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Content warning:police violenceIf you dehumanize people long enough, you won't like who you...

Content warning:police violence

If you dehumanize people long enough, you won't like who you become.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ3SSNJIQ2k

Content warning:queerphobiaJ.K. Rowling’s new book imagines a fantasy world where she is right about trans peopleUnlike one of her...

Content warning:queerphobia

J.K. Rowling’s new book imagines a fantasy world where she is right about trans people

Unlike one of her previous books that features a trans woman who attempts to commit murder, the villainous killer in Troubled Blood is not actually a trans woman, but rather a cis man who is dressed as a woman. Because of this, she explained, her use of this fear mongering trope that has been used to demonise trans women for decades has nothing to do with trans issues.

https://www.thebeaverton.com/2020/09/j-k-rowlings-new-book-imagines-a-fantasy-world-where-she-is-right-about-trans-people/

Content warning:nudity, sexuality, racismthe most recent video by Ian Danskin is one of my favourites:The semiotics of...

Content warning:nudity, sexuality, racism

the most recent video by Ian Danskin is one of my favourites:

The semiotics of "cuck"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQjVbk6JSck

Content warning:Most Pedestrian Infrastructure Is Really for DriversWhen we build a sidewalk along a busy arterial, or put in a traffic...

Content warning:Most Pedestrian Infrastructure Is Really for Drivers

When we build a sidewalk along a busy arterial, or put in a traffic signal or build a pedestrian overpass, we may call it “pedestrian” infrastructure, but the only reason it’s actually needed is because of the presence and primacy of cars. And its purpose is primarily to benefit cars, speeding car travel, by freeing them from the need to pay attention to or yield to pedestrians.

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2020/09/07/op-ed-why-most-pedestrian-infrastructure-is-really-for-drivers

Content warning:domestic terrorismAmerica already has an ISIS, a Taliban, an SS waiting to be born. A group of young men willing to do...

Content warning:domestic terrorism

America already has an ISIS, a Taliban, an SS waiting to be born. A group of young men willing to do violence at the drop of a hat, because they’ve been brainwashed into hating. The demagogue has blamed hated minorities and advocates of democracy and peace for those young men’s stunted life chances, and they believe him. That’s exactly what an ISIS is, what a Taliban is, what an SS is. The only thing left to do by an authoritarian is to formalize it.

https://eand.co/we-dont-know-how-to-warn-you-any-harder-america-is-dying-26ff80912391?gi=76494025858f

i would wave the nihilist flag, but there isn't one

i would wave the nihilist flag, but there isn't one

original: When markets don't work https://danso.ca/blog/when-markets-dont-work/

original: When markets don't work

https://danso.ca/blog/when-markets-dont-work/

Content warning:The Case of the Top Secret iPodIt was a gray day in late 2005. I was sitting at my desk, writing code for the next year’s...

Content warning:The Case of the Top Secret iPod

It was a gray day in late 2005. I was sitting at my desk, writing code for the next year’s iPod. Without knocking, the director of iPod Software—my boss’s boss—abruptly entered and closed the door behind him. He cut to the chase. “I have a special assignment for you. Your boss doesn’t know about it. You’ll help two engineers from the US Department of Energy build a special iPod. Report only to me.”

https://tidbits.com/2020/08/17/the-case-of-the-top-secret-ipod/

"It seems that, over the last few years, non-binary and trans folks have reached stage three on the Williams Scale: ‘then they fight...

"It seems that, over the last few years, non-binary and trans folks have reached stage three on the Williams Scale: ‘then they fight you’. Hopefully, it won't take long to reach stage four: ‘then you win’."

- Tom Scott, https://www.tomscott.com/gender-neutral-pronouns/

Content warning:Who will be worse off in the switch from CERB-to-EIBreaking down the CERB by province, we see that the more populous...

Content warning:Who will be worse off in the switch from CERB-to-EI

Breaking down the CERB by province, we see that the more populous provinces of Quebec, Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia are home to the most recipients. However, 87% of CERB recipients in B.C. and 84% of recipients in Ontario will be worse off after they are rolled back into the EI program under the current rules.

http://behindthenumbers.ca/2020/08/14/more-on-who-will-be-worse-off-in-the-switch-from-cerb-to-ei/

original: `git branch --delete master`In three steps you can rename a git branch without making a big deal out of it, all while avoiding the...

original: `git branch --delete master`

In three steps you can rename a git branch without making a big deal out of it, all while avoiding the wrath of internet reactionaries.

https://danso.ca/blog/git-branch-delete/

Content warning:What would it take to set software free?Stallman framed the argument for free software in moral terms, positioning it as not...

Content warning:What would it take to set software free?

Stallman framed the argument for free software in moral terms, positioning it as not only technically but ethically superior to proprietary software.

It wasn’t until the free software movement shed its rebellious roots and rebranded as the more business-friendly “open-source movement” that it really took off. Corporations that had previously considered open source to be dangerously redolent of “communism” started to see its value.

https://logicmag.io/failure/freedom-isnt-free/

Cryptocurrency is not a traditional business in any sense. These “investments” are not tied directly to economic activity, these are...

Cryptocurrency is not a traditional business in any sense.

These “investments” are not tied directly to economic activity, these are what economists call non-productive assets.

In this negative sum game each early investor mathematically needs to onboard more investors or inflate the price of the asset. The mechanism that has risen to achcieve this is effectively a new religious movement deeply entangled with fringe economic theories and right wing conspiracies.

https://www.stephendiehl.com/posts/crypto.html

Content warning:Inclusiveness in Language for Outsiders Looking InI've recently been in a few discussions related to open-source...

Content warning:Inclusiveness in Language for Outsiders Looking In

I've recently been in a few discussions related to open-source projects that have received pull requests asking to change words being used in their code and documentation.

You might disagree with the idea that you should just "fold" and make the changes people ask you to make. My counter-argument is that if you're not an asshole, you already do it and it's entirely natural, but just not in that context.

https://ferd.ca/inclusiveness-in-language-for-outsiders-looking-in.html

Content warning:Canada has an unused card up its sleeve against China: our immigration systemAs the People’s Republic seeks to impose its...

Content warning:Canada has an unused card up its sleeve against China: our immigration system

As the People’s Republic seeks to impose its will on Hong Kong, an open-door refugee policy is one that permits Hong Kongers to vote with their feet between an oppressive China or an open Canada.

Above all, welcoming Hong Kongers aligns with Canadian democratic traditions – standing against tyranny and welcoming the oppressed.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-canada-has-an-unused-card-up-its-sleeve-against-china-our-immigration/

Content warning:Quebec has a systemic racism problem, obviouslyRemember when the report came out last year revealing that black and...

Content warning:Quebec has a systemic racism problem, obviously

Remember when the report came out last year revealing that black and Indigenous people were four to five times more likely than whites to be stopped by Montreal police and SPVM Chief Sylvain Caron said he was “very surprised”? Really? I’m not stopping them, your officers are. Why are you surprised? Shouldn’t you — at the very least — be aware of it?

So, solidarity, mais quand tu nous tiens?

https://cultmtl.com/2020/06/quebec-has-a-systemic-racism-problem-obviously-montreal-police-george-floyd-protests-demonstrations/

Content warning:Using COVID-19 money to fund political parties is a disgraceSo much is wrong with the whole thing: the clubby, secretive way...

Content warning:Using COVID-19 money to fund political parties is a disgrace

So much is wrong with the whole thing: the clubby, secretive way in which federal parties have sought it; the possible conflict of interest in voting for it, the stark fact that political parties have declared themselves eligible while municipalities are not.

After the pandemic, it’s time for a conversation about public transparency in return for public money, for all the political parties.

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Yes, you should use an ad blocker.

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Content warning:The Bottom Line: We Are Saving Millions of LivesWe will never really know what would have happened on a planet that took no...

Content warning:The Bottom Line: We Are Saving Millions of Lives

We will never really know what would have happened on a planet that took no action against this pandemic. But one early model estimated that 40 million people would die from COVID-19 in 2020 if absolutely no measures, like social distancing, were undertaken.

Measures like physical distancing may yet succeed in saving tens of millions of people this year alone from COVID-19. That’s astonishing.

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/05/15/Bottom-Line-We-Save-Millions-Lives/