Dangerous Thinker
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2019-12-07 17:14:36 UTC
- Modified: 2019-12-07 17:14:36 UTC
Summary: Society oughtn't be alarmed by people who say unusual things; it should be wary and sceptical of those corporations ever so eager to silence such people
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- Reprinted with permission from Ryan Farmer
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- Stay focused
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- Urgent Need for SLAPP Litigation Transparency
- Microsofters really want to shut us up
- On Shutdowns and 2,000 More Layoffs at Microsoft (10,000 Microsoft Staff May Have Already Been Laid Off in 2025)
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- The case of Romania, Europe's notorious Microsoft fan
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- disaster
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- Links for the day
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- Reprinted with permission from Ryan Farmer
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- Zombie sites
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- Links for the day
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- This is becoming more "normal"
- Over at Tux Machines...
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- IRC logs for Monday, April 07, 2025
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- Links for the day
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- Links for the day
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- Links for the day
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- Links for the day
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- Links for the day
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- Over at Tux Machines...
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- Links for the day
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- There's also zero
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- Links for the day
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- Links for the day
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- Any other stance would sidle with moral depravity or moral hazard
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- Links for the day
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- It's a big improvement compared to what we saw last year
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- Over at Tux Machines...
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- IRC logs for Saturday, April 05, 2025
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- Links for the day
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- How will tariffs against France impact things in the coming months?