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schestowitz> Have you been following this, by any chance?Feb 26 05:54
schestowitz> Feb 26 05:54
schestowitz> http://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/blogs/lxo/2020-02-25-incommunicado.en.htmlFeb 26 05:54
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.fsfla.org | ::[FSFLA]:: incommunicadoFeb 26 05:54
schestowitz> Feb 26 05:54
schestowitz> http://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/blogs/lxo/2020-02-24-not-a-coup.en.htmlFeb 26 05:54
schestowitz> Feb 26 05:54
schestowitz> http://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/blogs/lxo/2020-02-23-on-being-cancelled.en.htmlFeb 26 05:54
schestowitz> Feb 26 05:54
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.fsfla.org | ::[FSFLA]:: not a coupFeb 26 05:54
schestowitz> http://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/blogs/lxo/2020-02-22-trolling-oppressors.en.htmlFeb 26 05:54
schestowitzSee techrights. All the above were reposted in  techrights.Feb 26 05:55
schestowitz"alexandre  oliva's personal blog FYI"Feb 26 05:55
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.fsfla.org | ::[FSFLA]:: on being cancelledFeb 26 05:55
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.fsfla.org | ::[FSFLA]:: trolling oppressorsFeb 26 05:55
schestowitz>>>> Talking with people, especially about JA, I'm more and more getting theFeb 26 05:57
schestowitz>>>> idea that we are in a post-fact society.  Collapse is imminent andFeb 26 05:57
schestowitz>>>> probably unavoidable unless something happens to massively restore theFeb 26 05:57
schestowitz>>>> general population's ability to get information rather than disinformation.Feb 26 05:57
schestowitz>>>>Feb 26 05:57
schestowitz>>> I'm still thinking about the LF but have no ideas.  It is important forFeb 26 05:57
schestowitz>>> people to realize that the name suggests the opposite of what it doesFeb 26 05:57
schestowitz>>> and what its members aim to achieve.  As mentioned before it is longFeb 26 05:57
schestowitz>>> past time for Linus to take his trademarks and go elsewhere, but thoseFeb 26 05:58
schestowitz>>> who cancelled him and who also damage the LF probably have somethingFeb 26 05:58
schestowitz>>> hanging over him to prevent that even if it is just his daughters'Feb 26 05:58
schestowitz>>> college bills and his (now advanced) age.Feb 26 05:58
schestowitz>> You keep mentioning the college bills.Feb 26 05:58
schestowitz>>Feb 26 05:58
schestowitz>> I've been wanting to ask you for like a year....Feb 26 05:58
schestowitz>>Feb 26 05:58
schestowitz>> Considering his salary, do the college bills represent that much of anFeb 26 05:58
schestowitz>> issue?Feb 26 05:58
schestowitz> It's probably at least a psychological issue, depending on how much heFeb 26 05:58
schestowitz> has squirreled away over the years.  If his kids are going out of stateFeb 26 05:58
schestowitz> he will pay over $50k per year per kid for a decent school, for example:Feb 26 05:58
schestowitz> Feb 26 05:58
schestowitz> https://admissions.illinois.edu/Invest/tuitionFeb 26 05:58
schestowitz> Feb 26 05:58
schestowitz> The average costs are lower, and there are some good programs withinFeb 26 05:58
schestowitz> otherwise average schools, but the overall quality really plummets awayFeb 26 05:58
schestowitz> from the well-known schools:Feb 26 05:58
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-admissions.illinois.edu | Tuition, Illinois Undergraduate AdmissionsFeb 26 05:58
schestowitz> Feb 26 05:58
schestowitz> https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/paying-for-college/articles/paying-for-college-infographicFeb 26 05:58
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 403 @ https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/paying-for-college/articles/paying-for-college-infographic )Feb 26 05:58
schestowitz> Feb 26 05:58
schestowitz> Then there is the matter of family health care.  In the US it is usuallyFeb 26 05:58
schestowitz> tied to an employer's insurance package.  Usually only one family memberFeb 26 05:58
schestowitz> carries the whole family.  So it is unlikely that his wife has insuranceFeb 26 05:58
schestowitz> if he has it and unless his wife has a magnificent arrangement with herFeb 26 05:58
schestowitz> employer, or they pay through the nose for independent insurance, the LFFeb 26 05:58
schestowitz> will have him over a barrel.Feb 26 05:58
schestowitz> Feb 26 05:58
schestowitz> The US has the highest per-capita health care costs in anyFeb 26 05:58
schestowitz> industrialized world because of this insurance scam.Feb 26 05:58
schestowitz> Feb 26 05:58
schestowitz> https://www.statista.com/statistics/184955/us-national-health-expenditures-per-capita-since-1960/Feb 26 05:58
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.statista.com | • U.S. national health expenditure per capita 1960-2019 | StatistaFeb 26 05:58
schestowitz> Feb 26 05:58
schestowitz>> Or something else?Feb 26 05:58
schestowitz> Probably multiple other factors, too.Feb 26 05:58
schestowitz> Feb 26 05:58
schestowitz>> What other leverages exist?Feb 26 05:58
schestowitz> Not sure, probably they found a way to break him psychologically andFeb 26 05:58
schestowitz> make him think he is in a weaker position than he really is.  He stillFeb 26 05:58
schestowitz> could take his trademarks and walk.  But he sure does not look ok anyFeb 26 05:59
schestowitz> more, so Greg and the others probably really stabbed him in the back inFeb 26 05:59
schestowitz> a way that shocked him to the core, which was then followed byFeb 26 05:59
schestowitz> coordinated bullying and harassment.Feb 26 05:59
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/theGuruWithin/status/1232734146520240129Feb 26 18:45
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@theGuruWithin: @schestowitz Around the Empire ep150 has whistleblower revealing HOW #CIAtorturesASSANGE Around The Empire: Ep 150… https://t.co/m8IxmFFsrUFeb 26 18:45
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@theGuruWithin: @schestowitz Around the Empire ep150 has whistleblower revealing HOW #CIAtorturesASSANGE Around The Empire: Ep 150… https://t.co/m8IxmFFsrUFeb 26 18:45
schestowitz"Feb 26 18:45
schestowitzAround the Empire ep150 has whistleblower revealing HOW #CIAtorturesASSANGEFeb 26 18:45
schestowitzAround The Empire: Ep 150 Assange: Torture and Interrogation feat Karen KwiatkowskiFeb 26 18:45
schestowitz"Feb 26 18:45
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/kimcyr68/status/1232737751180697600Feb 26 18:46
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@kimcyr68: @schestowitz @auerfeld @wikileaks Mark Davis has an amazing collection of work documenting his time spent with Juli… https://t.co/pNy7JfyMGRFeb 26 18:46
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@kimcyr68: @schestowitz @auerfeld @wikileaks Mark Davis has an amazing collection of work documenting his time spent with Juli… https://t.co/pNy7JfyMGRFeb 26 18:46
schestowitz"spent with Julian. If you haven't seen it, I encourage you to look it up."Feb 26 18:46
schestowitz"Mark Davis has an amazing collection of work documenting his time spent with Julian. If you haven't seen it, I encourage you to look it up."Feb 26 18:46
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