Achilleas gioypi @gioypi@qoto.org
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Computer scientist with a passion for open-source projects.
Always interested in AI and game dev. Withal, a music enthusiast. 🤘☮️
Joined May 2020
The Nairobi National Park in #Kenya is now threatened by several plans for development, including a luxury tourist resort in rhino breeding grounds and a plan to fully enclose the park.
These proposals contradict the 2030 National #Wildlife Strategy recently adopted by the government which aims to sustain natural habitats and reduce biodiversity loss.
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"The internet: A global, borderless world of its own where you have to keep explaining to people that you're not an American."
OP by Polychrome : https://cybre.space/@polychrome/104279531312302718
"You can’t have #climatechange without sacrifice zones, and you can’t have sacrifice zones without disposable people, and you can't have disposable people without #racism," writes Hop Hopkins.
Thoughts?
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The metastasis of DRM into every product category shows that when business apologists talk about the sanctity of property, they mean the sanctity of CORPORATE property.
If the manufacturer gets to override your decisions about the things you buy - and felonize any attempt to wrest control back - they property ceases to exist. We become tenants of our devices, not owners.
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It is quite suspicious how the laws passed the Parliament during lockdown, in a rush really, hidden among more than 100 articles that cover many different environmental issues.
But most importantly, there is no standard regulation on how to vote during a pandemic, not all members of Parliament voted.
Outside the Ministry: the banner reads "Mr Hatzidakis, natural wealth or oil?"
Kostis Hatzidakis is the current Minister for the Environment and Energy.
You may not hear about it, but #Greece is in a pivotal period regarding sea health, #tourism and #climatejustice .
During the lockdown, a set of anti-environmental laws passed, allowing fossil-fuel companies to start harmful research activities throughout the country, both on land and seas. Yes, there is probably natural gas in Greece, so why not drill everywhere?
The laws were promoted as a "modernization of environmental regulations" and cover many different subjects, here's the juice:
1. You can start searching for fossil fuels by announcing it to two state bodies, no permission needed,
2. Natura 2000 regions are practically no longer protected from drilling and other activities,
3. Local authorities no longer have a voice on how their lands will be utilized,
4. If you want to invest in wind parks, you are encouraged to build anything larger than 150MW (the law is not very clear about this one).
#Greenpeace and #WWF are working together to stop this. Today 4 Greenpeace activists were arrested for protesting peacefully outside the Ministry of the Environment and Energy.
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#1yrago Inequality makes a nation poorer https://stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_mumbling/2019/05/how-inequality-makes-us-poorer.html
#1yrago Amazon's facial recognition fear crusade ramps up: now they're paying Facebook to show you pictures of suspected criminals to scare you into getting a surveillance doorbell https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pajm5z/amazon-home-surveillance-company-ring-law-enforcement-advertisements
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You could think that after #Zoom was criticized for the lack of #encryption and finally acquired KeyBase, it would include some form of encrypted calls...
Well, free users are not getting any.
As the CEO puts it, they "want to work together with FBI, with local law enforcement in case some people use Zoom for a bad purpose".
But, of course, the most popular software is usually far from the best available option.
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#DefundPolice is gaining steam across America. If you want to sign onto a letter in your city, check this master list:
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Please, note that these are not police officers! They are employees of a private company.
From their website: "The National Eviction Team (formerly known as UK Evict) are protestor and traveller removal experts. Our people are fully trained and have specialist equipment, meaning that we go into any situation to get the job done."
A private security company, National Eviction Team (NET), has been hired by HS2 Ltd to patrol the public byways bordering the HS2 construction sites and evict protesters from public lands in UK.
NET employees have frequently used violence and intimidation tactics against the peaceful protesters, and local police have turned a blind eye.
One protester was placed in a choke hold until he blacked out. Another bled profusely after being repeatedly hit across the head. Another had their life endangered when a NET employee tried to evict them from a tree without the use of a safety harness.
In addition to the violence, both NET and HS2 Ltd employees have repeatedly ignored the Covid-19 safety guidelines on social distancing and protective masks.
A study suggests that hispanic and black people are more concerned about climate change in the USA...
https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/race-and-climate-change/
What if #climatechange and #racism are connected through a culture of violence?
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson makes a compelling argument about it: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/06/03/im-black-climate-scientist-racism-derails-our-efforts-save-planet/
New episode from the juice media!
A reminder of the current #shitfuckery in #australia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CMUtKWubxg
Links to take action:
https://350.org.au/a-peoples-recovery/
https://www.foe.org.au/take_action
https://www.getup.org.au/campaigns/covid-recovery/out-of-this-crisis-a-people-s-recovery/out-of-this-crisis-a-people-s-recovery
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privacy is your local scope where you perform your local reasoning
maybe people who don't think privacy is important are okay with programming by only mutating global variables
In USA, #police are using facial recognition to target protesters and stingrays to track cell phones, and the #Trump administration is trying to get the power to collect web browser information on any #American without a warrant, including protesters.
In his statement, Trump said he would use the #military to "dominate the streets," and he encouraged state governors to do the same.
The land of the what?
#surveillance #surveillancestate #facialrecognition #fascism
- github
- https://github.com/gioypi
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/gioypi
Computer scientist with a passion for open-source projects.
Always interested in AI and game dev. Withal, a music enthusiast. 🤘☮️
Joined May 2020
