Thomas Blackwood @followingdra@qoto.org

RT @Napoleonlegal
As pathetic and pitiful as one person's refusal to participate is, that act of REFUSAL may be the ONLY thing a 21st century person can still do that will save what is left of their soul. Pulling out the IV and going hands on may be the wisest choice.

RT @Napoleonlegal
IF we are all fodder for the monster apparatus that is this "thing" then do we not have an obligation to withdraw from it? @ebay does not care about the issues I address here related to mores. That is the reality and it should put all of us in our place.

This author spins a disturbing tale of academic gatekeeping. Thoughts?

https://quillette.com/2018/09/07/academic-activists-send-a-published-paper-down-the-memory-hole/

(Link originally posted Mastodon by @rnitsch.)

"Two-thirds (68 percent) of American’s [six] who identify as libertarians are men, and 94 percent are non-hispanic whites."

https://www.salon.com/2015/06/10/why_libertarianism_is_so_popular_on_the_right_its_the_last_bastion_of_white_male_dominance/

Also interesting is the comment that "fringe movements tend to be dominated by men". Judging by the photos, the leaders of the National Popular Vote project (https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/about) are all white men. It's fringy in that most people haven't heard of it, but it may succeed in its one very specific goal.

Tell HN: Using Gmail? You will be force logged into Chrome
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17942252
#hackernews #tech

https://www.businessinsider.de/boyan-slat-ocean-cleanup-launch-into-pacific-on-september-8-2018-7?r=UK&IR=T

https://qoto.org/media/D5LO0OZkk3wK_w3Kygo

trunk - a tool to mass-follow a list of people on Mastodon https://alexschroeder.ch/cgit/trunk/about/

@blair are people really saying #BlockChain protects privacy? #FacePalm What they might means is #P2P - ie serverless apps, so no corporate #DataFarmers - but people need to be educated that those two terms are not interchangeable. It's possible for centralized orgs to make use of blockchains, and lot's of P2P tools don't use them

Aww yeah. Just flexing our TXs :)
RT @Bitcoin@twitter.com In the past 24 hours, Bitcoin Cash #BCH has accounted for 64.7% of ALL cryptocurrency transactions.

Chart from http://bitinfocharts.com
#BitcoinCash #Cryptocurrency #blockchain

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Bitcoin/status/1036197542030200833

Bookmark: Smart Contracts as Evidence: Trust, Records, and the Future of Decentralized Transactions https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-94-024-1202-4_28-1 This looks like an interesting mix of Internet research and archival theory by @krisbcorn #blockchain #archive #trust #standard

Can New 5G Technology and Smart Meters be Used as Weapons? https://healthimpactnews.com/2017/can-new-5g-technology-and-smart-meters-be-used-as-weapons/

RT @4thAnon
Google and Apple’s Systems to Track you in Person: What the Media Isn’t Telling You https://astutenews.com/2018/09/07/google-and-apples-systems-to-track-you-in-person-what-the-media-isnt-telling-you/

RT @MarkRob79551953
The last attack was illegal. No question.

RT @MaxBlumenthal
It seems increasingly clear that Israeli evacuation of Syrian insurgents on August 22 through the occupied Golan Heights exploited the White Helmets name for public relations cover. How many actual White Helmets were even among the evacuees? https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201809071067819544-Israel-Islamist-Commanders-Syria-White-Helmets/

RT @nytimesworld
Trump administration officials held secret talks with Venezuelan military officers plotting a coup, including one on the American government’s sanctions list https://trib.al/loW1WFd

RT @ShehabiFares
Schools in Syrian army protected areas where girls are free to dress like they want and get the education they need to be a working force in their societies.