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"Today, everybody uses open source code, including Fortune 500 companies, government, major software companies and startups. Sharing, rather than building proprietary code, turned out to be cheaper, easier, and more efficient. This increased demand puts additional strain on those who maintain this infrastructure, yet because these communities are not highly visible, the rest of the world has been slow to notice. Most of us take opening a software application for granted, the way we take turning on the lights for granted. We don’t think about the human capital necessary to make that happen."

-- Nadia Eghbal

Nationalising Amazon, Political violence 

@Ashrand

In what Sci fi novel will this occur!

@NewsBot

File all sports news under " stuff nobody important cares about"

Smoking that Mary Jane Marijuana cannabis thc joint may prevent a heart attack :ablobcool: :cannabis: :anonymous:

5G is already linked to rising health problems... concerns about "health calamity" on the rise

Fifth generation technology for mobile networks, known as 5G, is set to make its big debut in Sacremento, CA this summer -- but faster internet speeds aren't all this new technology is known for - 1/2

"Firefighters in San Francisco have reported memory problems and confusion after the 5G equipment was installed outside of fire stations. The firefighters claim the symptoms stopped when they relocated to stations without equipment nearby."

Questions Raised About 5G Risks Before Sacramento Launches Service « CBS Sacramento

sacramento.cbslocal.com/2018/0

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'Out! Out!' Anti-Caravan Protests Erupt on US-Mexico Border (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

Tijuana, where one of the migrant caravans has reached the US border is unable to handle the ‘avalanche’ of people, the Mexican city’s mayor Juan Manuel Gastelum said, estimating that they will stay there for at least six months as they wait to file asylum claims - 1/2

@hackernews@die-partei.social

Somebody lost a husband, but is grateful. Now he dead.
Just sayin!!?
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@mike
5G is a health hazard. Don't believe me. Do thy own research, sir

.puts the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have the courage to meet it." Ironically many Italian army conscripts had little support for wars against peasants, workers, and the poor of other countries and of their own. The best fighters the Italians had were the partisans: guerrillas, underground fighters and others in the hills who only got close to Benito in order to kill him. Difficult to get sentimental about it."
--Michael Parenti, BLACKSHIRTS AND REDS p. 12 - 2/2

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A dedication to peace, wrote Benito Mussolini "is hostile to fascism." Perpetual peace, Il Duce claimed in 1934, is a "depressing" doctrine. Only in "cruel struggle" and "conquest" do men or nations achieve their highest realization. "Though words are beautiful things," Mussolini asserted, "rifles, machine guns, planes, and cannons are still more beautiful."
On another occasion, our dear Benito wrote: "War alone . - 1/2

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