From One Form of Fake 'Independence' ('Exile') to Another Phony and Shallow 'Autonomy' (Webchats)

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2021-12-20 00:21:23 UTC
Modified: 2021-12-20 00:29:40 UTC

Meme reference: Napoleon Dynamite (no, not that Corsican who was sent to exile; the one who sent his judges ('opponents') to exile)

Working 'from' Munich Over compulsory 'ViCo'

Summary: Earlier today in Daily Links we included about 5 very shallow articles (except this one; see the 17 comments in there; no matter how much the EPO's management lies and bribes the media, the "court of public opinion" has made up its mind); Working 'from' Munich over compulsory 'ViCo' is hardly regaining one's independence, it's all about optics

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software in the public domain: Reprinted with permission from Alex Oliva
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Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
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From One Form of Fake 'Independence' ('Exile') to Another Phony and Shallow 'Autonomy' (Webchats)

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