Notices by Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅ (schestowitz@mastodon.technology)

old: THE DARK SIDE OF MIT & AARON SWARTZ - Cory Doctorow on London Real
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n5enOlUmxQ

Drug Mafia.
Billionaires.
Nor prosecuted.
Remain unknown.
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/10/19/who_profits_from_the_opioid_crisis
#Opioid

Western MSM "repeatedly pumped out the mantra that it is only a minority in #Catalonia that support Independence." https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2017/10/banning-democracy-catalonia/

#Spain Moves To Strip #Catalonia Autonomy After Secession Showdown http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/19/558691815/yes-or-no-spain-demands-an-answer-on-catalonias-independence

#Spain is Operating Way Beyond Democratic Legitimacy https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2017/10/spain-operating-way-beyond-democratic-legitimacy/ #catalonia

LOCK HER UP!
Oh, I mean...
Lock HIM up!
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/9/24/16358388/jared-kushner-private-email-white-house
#trump #kushner #ivankaTrump

The Symphony Software Foundation: Bringing Open Source To Wall Street https://www.benzinga.com/fintech/17/09/10081937/the-symphony-software-foundation-bringing-open-source-to-wall-street will this teach them about freedom/ethics?

#W3C is dead
If the #internet falls down with it, so be it.
We need an alternative without #drm moguls
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/09/open-letter-w3c-director-ceo-team-and-membership

Scholar says #Google criticism cost him job: 'People are waking up to its power' https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/31/google-new-america-foundation-criticism-job-barry-lynn

As pointed out here:
Microsoft Office = paying rents to be spied on
#libreoffice = no spying, no cost
https://liliputing.com/2017/07/libreoffice-5-4-released-free-open-source-office-suite.html

Generation hipster https://i.imgur.com/6E50Mju.jpg

Yes, #censorship is facilitated by #copyright #law that the rich and powerful #lobby for (to control us) https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170522/14415637422/world-tanks-developer-gets-negative-review-video-taken-down-under-threat-copyright-claim-backlash-ensues.shtml

#trump is intolerant. It's almost as though he went to visit #isis over the weekend or something... https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DAZmdkBU0AAV5Hr.jpg:large

Big cats http://i.imgur.com/d8NMbcE.jpg

#mastodon is, to me at least, reaction to beasts like #twitter which yesterday sent us all euphemisms-filled E-mail to say they’ll spy MORE

Best way to avoid ransomware? Stop using Windows https://www.itwire.com/open-sauce/78193-best-way-to-avoid-ransomware-stop-using-windows.html #microsoft #windows #wannacry

"IT Guys" http://funkyounow.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/funny-it-comics-li-anne-dias-4-58fdcc197e0f6__700.jpg

#NSA backdoor detected on >55,000 #Windows boxes can now be remotely removed https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/04/nsa-backdoor-detected-on-55000-windows-boxes-can-now-be-remotely-removed/ intentional: http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Microsoft_and_the_NSA

In #Wikitribune "those with the most money to hire people to camp on articles will continue to win out"
-iophk, #techrights
Sad reality

Democracy campaigner: governments are scared of the participation revolution
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2017/apr/25/democracy-campaigner-governments-are-scared-of-the-participation-revolution
iophk: "FB is part of the problem"