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| schestowitz | >>> Clownflare has been blocking ITWire for so long that I can't remember | Dec 31 04:24 |
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| schestowitz | >>> when I last read something there. I will soon, probably this week, | Dec 31 04:24 |
| schestowitz | >>> remove ITWire from the sites I check on if they don't resolve their problem. | Dec 31 04:24 |
| schestowitz | >> It started about 2 years ago. They won't go back... | Dec 31 04:24 |
| schestowitz | > Ok. ITWire is gone, I've removed it from my routine now. Sam was a | Dec 31 04:24 |
| schestowitz | > great writer, I hope he moves upward to another site. | Dec 31 04:24 |
| schestowitz | Last I checked, which was a few days ago, he barely writes anymore and receives no comments. | Dec 31 04:24 |
| schestowitz | >>> Oh, well. | Dec 31 04:24 |
| schestowitz | >>> | Dec 31 04:24 |
| schestowitz | >>> Here's the final batch for the year and for the 2010's as well. | Dec 31 04:24 |
| schestowitz | >> Just in time; I needed links (my RSS feeds are at 0 right now). | Dec 31 04:24 |
| schestowitz | >> | Dec 31 04:24 |
| schestowitz | >> You're mentioned implicitly in | Dec 31 04:24 |
| schestowitz | >> | Dec 31 04:24 |
| schestowitz | >> http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/132317 | Dec 31 04:24 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.tuxmachines.org | The End of Tux Machines' Strongest Year | Tux Machines | Dec 31 04:24 | |
| schestowitz | > Nice. | Dec 31 04:24 |
| schestowitz | Rianne and I don't always sleep at the same times, so we can cover news within hours (or less than an hour) of publication. I think this is TM's strength; no site even touches us when it comes to speed. | Dec 31 04:24 |
| schestowitz | >> Also published a minute ago (partly in response to Christine Hall): | Dec 31 04:24 |
| schestowitz | >> | Dec 31 04:24 |
| schestowitz | >> http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/1323> | Dec 31 04:24 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 404 @ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/1323 ) | Dec 31 04:24 | |
| schestowitz | > | Dec 31 04:24 |
| schestowitz | > On 12/31/19 6:15 AM, Roy Schestowitz wrote: | Dec 31 04:24 |
| schestowitz | >> the second link I said was wrong (cut). It's | Dec 31 04:24 |
| schestowitz | >> http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/132319 | Dec 31 04:24 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.tuxmachines.org | Why Tux Machines Occasionally Adds Editorial Comments | Tux Machines | Dec 31 04:24 | |
| schestowitz | > There might be a specific marketing term nowadays to refer to opinion | Dec 31 04:24 |
| schestowitz | > manipulation. M$ and Big Oil do it after learning from Big Tobacco. | Dec 31 04:24 |
| schestowitz | That goes further back than those industries; the medium changes, the methods are the same... | Dec 31 04:24 |
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| social_log | https://twitter.com/gregorylent/status/1211929323831087104 | Dec 31 11:26 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@gregorylent: @schestowitz pointless article | Dec 31 11:26 | |
| social_log | horses for courses | Dec 31 11:27 |
| social_log | https://twitter.com/aspfrt/status/1211697113890865156 | Dec 31 11:31 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@aspfrt: @schestowitz No need to imagine, see = Venezuela | Dec 31 11:31 | |
| social_log | https://twitter.com/nanotek911/status/1211974359662972930 | Dec 31 12:06 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@nanotek911: @schestowitz @DevuanOrg @Gartner_inc ..also public cloud :P | Dec 31 12:06 | |
| social_log | fancier term for oursourcing | Dec 31 12:06 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/nanotek911/status/1211996892676136961 | Dec 31 13:55 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@nanotek911: @schestowitz "Stallman-bashing Bruce Byfield, who in yesterday’s article wrote about Stallman that he “has had an i… https://t.co/brzSEVObSK | Dec 31 13:55 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@nanotek911: @schestowitz "Stallman-bashing Bruce Byfield, who in yesterday’s article wrote about Stallman that he “has had an i… https://t.co/brzSEVObSK | Dec 31 13:55 | |
| schestowitz | " | Dec 31 13:55 |
| schestowitz | "Stallman-bashing Bruce Byfield, who in yesterday’s article wrote about Stallman that he “has had an injured tendon in his leg since 1998.” | Dec 31 13:55 |
| schestowitz | What does that have to do with verbal and intellectual advocacy of GNU? He’s not an athlete." | Dec 31 13:55 |
| schestowitz | But why would anyone find that as offensive? | Dec 31 13:55 |
| schestowitz | " | Dec 31 13:55 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/AaronToponce/status/1212014666324398081 | Dec 31 14:46 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@AaronToponce: @linuxtoday https://t.co/bnYPpmBm3e is the target URL for those who don't want Dlvrit tracking their clicks. | Dec 31 14:46 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> techrights.org | What If Richard Stallman Spoke Like Linus Torvalds Does? | Techrights | Dec 31 14:46 | |
| schestowitz | "http://techrights.org/2019/12/28/cool-insults-and-rude-criticisms/ … is the target URL for those who don't want Dlvrit tracking their clicks." | Dec 31 14:46 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/ponderwall/status/1212014967794421760 | Dec 31 14:46 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@ponderwall: @linuxtoday Place: comp.os.minix Year: 1992 Young Linus vs Master Tanenbaum. Linus wins K.O. https://t.co/oiGrErHRNc | Dec 31 14:46 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> ponderwall.com | 1992 Newsgroup Linux Debate Between Tanenbaum And Linus Torvalds | Dec 31 14:46 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/BrideOfLinux/status/1212021861112074242] | Dec 31 14:48 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@BrideOfLinux: Folks used to say "I don't care what you write about me as long as you spell my name right" and all names here seem… https://t.co/FaaQEMulbt | Dec 31 14:48 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@BrideOfLinux: Folks used to say "I don't care what you write about me as long as you spell my name right" and all names here seem… https://t.co/FaaQEMulbt | Dec 31 14:48 | |
| schestowitz | "Folks used to say "I don't care what you write about me as long as you spell my name right" and all names here seem to be spelled correctly: With Byfield at the Wheel FOSSForce is a Force Against Richard Stallman (and What GNU Stands for) @bbyfield" | Dec 31 14:48 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/RonaldVermeij/status/1212020601839325187 | Dec 31 14:53 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@RonaldVermeij: @schestowitz ".. or bootable malware.. " Finally someone is seeing its true nature.. a software #petrydish which ac… https://t.co/hKTc227uac | Dec 31 14:53 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@RonaldVermeij: @schestowitz ".. or bootable malware.. " Finally someone is seeing its true nature.. a software #petrydish which ac… https://t.co/hKTc227uac | Dec 31 14:53 | |
| schestowitz | " | Dec 31 14:53 |
| schestowitz | ".. or bootable malware.. " | Dec 31 14:53 |
| schestowitz | Finally someone is seeing its true nature.. a software #petrydish which actively supports and enables other #malware and #viruses to grow and spread across the internet | Dec 31 14:53 |
| schestowitz | 0 replies 3 retweets 0 likes | Dec 31 14:53 |
| schestowitz | " | Dec 31 14:53 |
| social_log | https://twitter.com/unixterminal/status/1212033799133040642 | Dec 31 15:45 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@unixterminal: @schestowitz WSL is one of many ways to engage with Linux. We shouldn't engage in gatekeeping over how users use free software. | Dec 31 15:45 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/e_ros_ion/status/1212038021144440834 | Dec 31 16:06 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@e_ros_ion: 😂 https://t.co/H2z1ll2QHp | Dec 31 16:06 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: Size matters https://t.co/723Op0AIXw | Dec 31 16:06 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/stautistic/status/1212053206705922049 | Dec 31 17:04 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@stautistic: @schestowitz "Disregard the PR and legal expenditures made to hide the opposite being true." | Dec 31 17:05 | |
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| social_log | https://pleroma.site/notice/9qUyBSc3CXqs7Ufwem | Dec 31 18:07 |
| social_log | " Is it a KDE fork? | Dec 31 18:07 |
| social_log | Edit: Yep | Dec 31 18:07 |
| social_log | " | Dec 31 18:07 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-pleroma.site | Pleroma | Dec 31 18:07 | |
| social_log | https://pleroma.site/notice/9qUyVmYkkVsrm8p6Rs | Dec 31 18:07 |
| social_log | "certainly. I just meant to indicate that there was discussion." | Dec 31 18:07 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-pleroma.site | Pleroma | Dec 31 18:07 | |
| social_log | His 40th got loads of media coverage | Dec 31 18:08 |
| social_log | https://pleroma.site/notice/9qVB3svolOsypkdi4G | Dec 31 18:08 |
| social_log | "that are finally competitive with it on a feature by feature basis, after many years of development. But there's no guarantee that they will remain so - one day we may look back on xmms and wish we had it still working, as the current set of developers change the ui / etc to match whatever apple is doing to appeal to the kids" | Dec 31 18:08 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-pleroma.site | Pleroma | Dec 31 18:08 | |
| social_log | https://pleroma.site/notice/9qVB9VrdRNuT1qMnVA | Dec 31 18:09 |
| social_log | "i'm not sure about git, maybe git is still fine" | Dec 31 18:09 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-pleroma.site | Pleroma | Dec 31 18:09 | |
| social_log | gihub has a big hand in it, i.e. Microsoft | Dec 31 18:09 |
| social_log | github has a big hand in it, i.e. Microsoft | Dec 31 18:09 |
| social_log | https://pleroma.site/notice/9qVBbUSoEzxSnH5yBU | Dec 31 18:10 |
| social_log | "I'm spartacus" | Dec 31 18:10 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-pleroma.site | Pleroma | Dec 31 18:10 | |
| social_log | https://pleroma.site/notice/9qVPBp927qJulQV6VU | Dec 31 18:10 |
| social_log | " self funded journalism is hard. Linux foundation certainly not contributing." | Dec 31 18:10 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-pleroma.site | Pleroma | Dec 31 18:10 | |
| social_log | https://pleroma.site/notice/9qVWUAYDyXJq2uyitU | Dec 31 18:10 |
| social_log | "@schestowitz ...Calculate Linux. Any other #1 is the wrong answer." | Dec 31 18:10 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-pleroma.site | Pleroma | Dec 31 18:10 | |
| social_log | https://pleroma.site/notice/9qVgqnpBdXttlOLMQa | Dec 31 18:10 |
| social_log | " wait until open washing start promoting open circuit surveillance systems 😆" | Dec 31 18:10 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-pleroma.site | Pleroma | Dec 31 18:10 | |
| social_log | done already, partly... | Dec 31 18:11 |
| social_log | https://pleroma.site/notice/9qVikV7aShMvvY4aga | Dec 31 18:11 |
| social_log | " #Bhartiya is paid by #LF and pronounces himself "Top Open Source & Emerging Tech video journalist. Science Fiction Writer." I am familiar with @doctorow 's work. I am familiar with @larabel 's work. Never seen anything of his beyond paywall circles. Yet, whom is being paid for Linux advocacy by advocating all that is incompatible with Linux?" | Dec 31 18:11 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-pleroma.site | Pleroma | Dec 31 18:11 | |
| social_log | rhetorical question | Dec 31 18:11 |
| schestowitz | https://pleroma.site/notice/9qVjMVx7osULVeJ172 | Dec 31 18:12 |
| schestowitz | " https://www.cups.org/ though. This is helmed by Apple. Apple does contribute to free software. Our only other option for printing is not supported much (LPD)." | Dec 31 18:12 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-pleroma.site | Pleroma | Dec 31 18:12 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.cups.org | CUPS.org | Dec 31 18:12 | |
| social_log | https://pleroma.site/notice/9qWGhbjEpvoFzZTZXE | Dec 31 18:16 |
| social_log | "only signal client is open source. signal server is proprietary, centralised. hosted in some "cloud" based in us, knows all our phone numbers (personalised data)." | Dec 31 18:16 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-pleroma.site | Pleroma | Dec 31 18:17 | |
| social_log | https://pleroma.site/notice/9qWTtwbkKhr1cvBVQ0 | Dec 31 18:19 |
| social_log | "though he could be classed as a politician through association (IANAL). It is the same clause that USA uses against terrorists and criminals: guilt by association." | Dec 31 18:19 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-pleroma.site | Pleroma | Dec 31 18:19 | |
| social_log | https://pleroma.site/notice/9qWcnutkfwN2Aso6gi | Dec 31 18:19 |
| social_log | "z why do I feel that this is a bot account" | Dec 31 18:19 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-pleroma.site | Pleroma | Dec 31 18:19 | |
| social_log | me? | Dec 31 18:19 |
| social_log | https://pleroma.site/notice/9qWk50CWubtRDtgVFY | Dec 31 18:20 |
| social_log | "@schestowitz is that the way he announced it? | Dec 31 18:20 |
| social_log | It would be nice for India's manufacturing sector to actually profit from their work. | Dec 31 18:20 |
| social_log | Alibaba's did that for China, I think. | Dec 31 18:20 |
| social_log | Then again, it remains capitalism; does it just permit Americans to shop overseas, and the petrol and transport industry to profit?" | Dec 31 18:20 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-pleroma.site | Pleroma | Dec 31 18:20 | |
| social_log | https://pleroma.site/notice/9qWoshXywOsZfGfkf2 | Dec 31 18:20 |
| social_log | "the first people to make an OS level ad blocker for mobile will be _rich motherfuckers indeed._" | Dec 31 18:20 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-pleroma.site | Pleroma | Dec 31 18:20 | |
| social_log | https://pleroma.site/notice/9qWq8UauxxyC528hKy | Dec 31 18:21 |
| social_log | ">getting ads on your phone | Dec 31 18:21 |
| social_log | @schestowitz" | Dec 31 18:21 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-pleroma.site | Pleroma | Dec 31 18:21 | |
| social_log | https://pleroma.site/notice/9qWrKhJdauysxoRMgK | Dec 31 18:21 |
| social_log | " | Dec 31 18:21 |
| social_log | @schestowitz What does GitHub do to users?" | Dec 31 18:21 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-pleroma.site | Pleroma | Dec 31 18:21 | |
| social_log | Spying, censorship, discrimination... | Dec 31 18:21 |
| social_log | https://pleroma.site/notice/9qWt96xIdmZ4uvawXg | Dec 31 18:21 |
| social_log | " | Dec 31 18:21 |
| social_log | @schestowitz GOOD GOSH THIS CAT IS CUTE" | Dec 31 18:21 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-pleroma.site | Pleroma | Dec 31 18:21 | |
| social_log | https://pleroma.site/notice/9qWufbNPAgASUGrVWi | Dec 31 18:21 |
| social_log | "@schestowitz Also "racist" and "fascist"" | Dec 31 18:21 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-pleroma.site | Pleroma | Dec 31 18:21 | |
| social_log | https://pleroma.site/notice/9qWx8xUaDxOfNtLUky | Dec 31 18:22 |
| social_log | "@schestowitz Creating a Global, World-Class Organization by Leveraging our Synergies. Work Smarter, Not Harder!" | Dec 31 18:22 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-pleroma.site | Pleroma | Dec 31 18:22 | |
| social_log | https://pleroma.site/notice/9qX2kfLmchkBtR1s2a | Dec 31 18:22 |
| social_log | "@schestowitz yes" | Dec 31 18:22 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-pleroma.site | Pleroma | Dec 31 18:22 | |
| schestowitz | Re: Happy New Year | Dec 31 18:25 |
| schestowitz | Ah: that's for a different kind of calendar. :D | Dec 31 18:25 |
| social_log | https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1058735025533087744?focusedCommentUrn=urn:comment:1058735025533087744:0:0:0:1058802125447499776 | Dec 31 18:34 |
| social_log | "Ka. Boom. Thanks @schestowitz. Gates is going down on everything. #ANONYMOUS #OCCUPY #REVOLUTION #SEXSLAVEISLAND#ILLEGALSURVEILLANCE" | Dec 31 18:34 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.minds.com | With a Cybersecurity Panel Like This, Who Needs Any More Demands for Back Doors? | Dec 31 18:35 | |
| social_log | "A song for the downfallen tyrants https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEUTYW3aNMA" | Dec 31 18:35 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.youtube.com | Ka-Boom Ka-Boom (Explicit) - YouTube | Dec 31 18:35 | |
| schestowitz | https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1058689656862404608?focusedCommentUrn=urn:comment:1058689656862404608:0:0:0:1058761538890485760 | Dec 31 18:36 |
| schestowitz | "For whatever reason, he is coming forward now to tell the story of Greta’s journey into activism. He said that Greta was depressed for three or four years before becoming a community organizer. He said she stopped talking, stopped eating and going to school. Ironically, she is still not going to school. She even encourages students across the world to skip school, too, every Friday. As we have been told repeatedly, she was diagnosed | Dec 31 18:36 |
| schestowitz | with Asperger’s at the age of twelve." | Dec 31 18:36 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.minds.com | Greta Thunberg Offers Advice to Young People, Dismisses | Dec 31 18:36 | |
| schestowitz | https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1058729018795429888?focusedCommentUrn=urn:comment:1058729018795429888:0:0:0:1058729396019548160 | Dec 31 18:37 |
| schestowitz | "I have no idea about any of that." | Dec 31 18:37 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.minds.com | With Byfield at the Wheel FOSSForce is a Force Against Richard Stallman (and What GNU Stands for) | Dec 31 18:37 | |
| schestowitz | https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1058710362926501888?focusedCommentUrn=urn:comment:1058710362926501888:0:0:0:1058712940914466816 | Dec 31 18:37 |
| schestowitz | "Interesting. Unredacted sounds even better." | Dec 31 18:37 |
| schestowitz | If only... | Dec 31 18:37 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.minds.com | One more week and hopefully #seattle PD will finally hand over some redacted documents about #billgates They will probably get pressured not to... | Dec 31 18:37 | |
| social_log | https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1058129239669411840?focusedCommentUrn=urn:comment:1058129239669411840:0:0:0:1058150252730798080 | Dec 31 18:38 |
| social_log | "Let's hope the software improves over time." | Dec 31 18:38 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.minds.com | Early Experiences With PinePhone | Tux Machines | Dec 31 18:38 | |
| social_log | https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1058556113404878848?focusedCommentUrn=urn:comment:1058556113404878848:0:0:0:1058556967159652352 | Dec 31 18:38 |
| social_log | "With all respect to Ian, that was strange for me, f... y... https://crux.nu" | Dec 31 18:38 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.minds.com | Debian Votes to Stop SystemD 'Monopoly' | Tux Machines | Dec 31 18:38 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-crux.nu | CRUX | Main / HomePage | Dec 31 18:38 | |
| schestowitz | https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1057661981442498560?focusedCommentUrn=urn:comment:1057661981442498560:0:0:0:1057671804457971712 | Dec 31 18:39 |
| schestowitz | "| | Dec 31 18:39 |
| schestowitz | The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not." ~ Thomas Jefferson | Dec 31 18:39 |
| schestowitz | https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1057665455817428992 | Dec 31 18:39 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.minds.com | Avoiding the Collapse of Democracy Is Our Responsibility | Dec 31 18:39 | |
| schestowitz | "The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not." ~ Thomas Jefferso... | Dec 31 18:39 |
| schestowitz | minds.com | Dec 31 18:39 |
| schestowitz | thumb_upthumb_downreplyReply | Dec 31 18:39 |
| schestowitz | 3d ago | Dec 31 18:39 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.minds.com | "The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not." ~ Thomas Jefferson | Dec 31 18:39 | |
| schestowitz | ZedHed | Dec 31 18:39 |
| schestowitz | "Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide."~John Adams | Dec 31 18:39 |
| schestowitz | “I do not say that democracy has been more pernicious on the whole, and in the long run, than monarchy or aristocracy. Democracy has never been and never can be so durable as aristocracy or monarchy; but while it lasts, it is more bloody than either. … Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. It is in vain to say that democracy is | Dec 31 18:39 |
| schestowitz | less vain, less proud, less selfish, less ambitious, or less avaricious than aristocracy or monarchy. It is not true, in fact, and nowhere appears in history. Those passions are the same in all men, under all forms of simple government, and when unchecked, produce the same effects of fraud, violence, and cruelty. When clear prospects are opened before vanity, pride, avarice, or ambition, for their easy gratification, it is hard for the | Dec 31 18:40 |
| schestowitz | most considerate philosophers and the most conscientious moralists to resist the temptation. Individuals have conquered themselves. Nations and large bodies of men, never.” | Dec 31 18:40 |
| schestowitz | ― John Adams, The Letters of John and Abigail Adams | Dec 31 18:40 |
| schestowitz | https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1057667026648190976 | Dec 31 18:40 |
| schestowitz | "Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide."~Joh... | Dec 31 18:40 |
| schestowitz | minds.com | Dec 31 18:40 |
| schestowitz | thumb_upthumb_downreplyReply | Dec 31 18:40 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.minds.com | "Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide."~John Adams “I do not say that democracy has been more pernicious on the whole, and in the long run, than monarchy or aristocracy. Democracy has never been and never can be so durable as aristocracy or monarchy; but while it lasts, it is more bloody than either. … Remember, democracy neve | Dec 31 18:40 | |
| schestowitz | 3d ago | Dec 31 18:40 |
| schestowitz | SilverWolf8 | Dec 31 18:40 |
| schestowitz | Democracy has never existed | Dec 31 18:40 |
| schestowitz | " | Dec 31 18:40 |
| schestowitz | https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1056878476624564224?focusedCommentUrn=urn:comment:1056878476624564224:0:0:0:1056896306990649344 | Dec 31 18:40 |
| schestowitz | "Religion should be something private and personal. If someone waves around a sign flaunting their religion, something is wrong in my view. I take a more Kierkegaardian perspective on Christianity, if I am in a reverent mood." | Dec 31 18:40 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.minds.com | The Christian Right and Left Share the Same Faith But Couldn’t Be More Different | Dec 31 18:40 | |
| schestowitz | https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1057391583883821056?focusedCommentUrn=urn:comment:1057391583883821056:0:0:0:1057392018554482688 | Dec 31 18:40 |
| schestowitz | "What is good for the goose is good for the gander." | Dec 31 18:40 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.minds.com | ‘Bombshell’ Glosses Over the Horrors of Fox News | Dec 31 18:41 | |
| schestowitz | https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1057389729124257792?focusedCommentUrn=urn:comment:1057389729124257792:0:0:0:1057392019316838400 | Dec 31 18:41 |
| schestowitz | " | Dec 31 18:41 |
| schestowitz | hey forgot to mention Blackstone... | Dec 31 18:41 |
| schestowitz | Back in 2010ish, I was buying single family home portfolios from the banks for them in the tens-of-thousands per transaction. | Dec 31 18:41 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.minds.com | American Cities Are Becoming Shell Companies for the Rich | Dec 31 18:41 | |
| schestowitz | Mostly in the form of soured paper (non-performing assets, bank foreclosures, seizures, and REO’s) with very little title provenance, or due diligence. | Dec 31 18:41 |
| schestowitz | The banks wanted this paper off their balance sheets, and we were happy to oblige; 10¢ on the dollar. | Dec 31 18:41 |
| schestowitz | " | Dec 31 18:41 |
| schestowitz | Sounds like "rebel-Statistism" | Dec 31 18:42 |
| schestowitz | https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1056264925685035008?focusedCommentUrn=urn:comment:1056264925685035008:0:0:0:1056267562219864064 | Dec 31 18:42 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.minds.com | We're unwittingly raising a generation with zero social skills -- a phenomenon which is actively encouraged and makes people only more miserable, with no real friends, only "facebook 'friends'" They won't rise up against oligarchs or even VOTE | Dec 31 18:42 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/bbyfield/status/1212077769787527168 | Dec 31 18:49 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@bbyfield: And Happy New Year to you, too, @schestowitz. All this time, & you still don't know how to quote in context or to r… https://t.co/4DB1D1deXK | Dec 31 18:49 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@bbyfield: And Happy New Year to you, too, @schestowitz. All this time, & you still don't know how to quote in context or to r… https://t.co/4DB1D1deXK | Dec 31 18:49 | |
| schestowitz | "And Happy New Year to you, too, @schestowitz. All this time, & you still don't know how to quote in context or to report accurately. I've released free books & will soon have another one; what have you done, except to spread lies & hatred? #techrights" | Dec 31 18:49 |
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| schestowitz | >> Much of the below can be rewritten by you into an article form, I think. | Dec 31 18:49 |
| schestowitz | > articles need to knock people on their ass in 2020. i dont want to be having the same conversation in five years. | Dec 31 18:50 |
| schestowitz | > | Dec 31 18:50 |
| schestowitz | > uncover the coups. expose the corruption. or this is masturbatory. we need to stop losing the game. they need to stop winning. | Dec 31 18:50 |
| schestowitz | I already do all that, but my capacity is limited as one person | Dec 31 18:50 |
| schestowitz | > maybe if we could hit just a LITTLE harder then. | Dec 31 19:10 |
| schestowitz | > | Dec 31 19:10 |
| schestowitz | > seems like there is a lot to work with. and a lot of reason to do it. | Dec 31 19:10 |
| schestowitz | I might get around to gnome... soon | Dec 31 19:10 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/16540956#704c52a0ec4a01371ea57a163ef10931 | Dec 31 19:16 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Bruce Byfield says calling #GNU programs "GNU" and not "Linux" is "ideological correctness" http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/130624 I can see again why I spent years fighting his sheer dishonesty. He's pro-Microsoft, de icaza, Novell, Mono, OOXML... | Dec 31 19:16 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.tuxmachines.org | Putting to Rest the Free Software/FOSS Divide | Tux Machines | Dec 31 19:16 | |
| schestowitz | " | Dec 31 19:16 |
| schestowitz | And what if the GPL program in question is running under BSD? Huh? | Dec 31 19:16 |
| schestowitz | OK, and if that is not enough, what if the GPL program was developed under BSD and later ported to the linux environment? | Dec 31 19:16 |
| schestowitz | tomgrz | Dec 31 19:16 |
| schestowitz | tomgrz - about a month ago | Dec 31 19:16 |
| schestowitz | Talk about your “ideological correctness”! This Byfield guy has a projection problem. | Dec 31 19:16 |
| schestowitz | freemedia@share.naturalnews.com | Dec 31 19:16 |
| schestowitz | freemedia@share.naturalnews.com - about a month ago | Dec 31 19:16 |
| schestowitz | bruce byfield is a dumb, narcissistic, lying piece of shit and i dont know why you quote him. hes worthless-- an antijournalist. | Dec 31 19:16 |
| schestowitz | I spent years fighting his sheer dishonesty. | Dec 31 19:16 |
| schestowitz | i think hes perfectly happy just to have his trolling boosted by people arguing with his clickbait. sometimes its better to argue without people without feeding their name recognition. the man is all ego-- no substance. fuck that guy. and to hell with fossfarce too. what they did is immoral-- driven by dishonesty and greed. i will never respect either of those people again. | Dec 31 19:16 |
| schestowitz | " | Dec 31 19:16 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/16059174#8836a5b0c3180137525b0cc47a07853c | Dec 31 19:16 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Bruce Byfield on Stallman https://fossforce.com/2019/09/yesterdays-man-the-fall-of-richard-stallman/ More: http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/128122 @BByfield still doesn't know men too can be virgins? | Dec 31 19:16 | |
| schestowitz | "its a start." | Dec 31 19:16 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> fossforce.com | Yesterday's Man: The Fall of Richard Stallman | FOSS Force | Dec 31 19:17 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.tuxmachines.org | Stallman Under Fire for Views on Epstein | Tux Machines | Dec 31 19:17 | |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/16545439#66227870ecc101371ea17a163ef10931 | Dec 31 19:17 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: And @bbyfield - now dancing on RMS's 'grave' - wants us to think that now it's OK for #linuxfoundation (Microsoft et al) to 'take over' GNU | Dec 31 19:17 | |
| schestowitz | "Thank goodness that RMS did not resign from the GNU organization." | Dec 31 19:17 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/16177215#7273b240cb4a013752750cc47a07853c | Dec 31 19:17 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: And @BByfield comes around the stick the dagger into RMS (as usual) https://fossforce.com/2019/10/whats-the-future-of-free-software/ | Dec 31 19:17 | |
| schestowitz | " | Dec 31 19:17 |
| schestowitz | Dec 31 19:17 | |
| schestowitz | i was unable to read it because i have the website in my / etc / hosts. i can bypass it in a few ways, but honestly, fuck fossforce and fuck byfield. worthless piece of shit. | Dec 31 19:17 |
| schestowitz | " | Dec 31 19:17 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> fossforce.com | What's the Future of Free Software? | FOSS Force | Dec 31 19:17 | |
| schestowitz | "i was unable to read it because i have the website in my / etc / hosts. i can bypass it in a few ways, but honestly, fuck fossforce, bribeoflinux and fuck byfield. worthless sack of shit." | Dec 31 19:17 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/16878572#8308b0a00e2401381e9f7a163ef10931 | Dec 31 19:18 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: ..and SJVN says (this week in #cbs #tabloid #zdnet with #microsoft ads) that Microsoft is now "open source company"!! Great. Done. Microsoft is open. Everything is open!!! EVERYTHING! We "won"... | Dec 31 19:18 | |
| schestowitz | " | Dec 31 19:18 |
| schestowitz | Dec 31 19:18 | |
| schestowitz | Just keep in the forefront of your mind: "Open" is NOT FREE! | Dec 31 19:18 |
| schestowitz | " | Dec 31 19:18 |
| schestowitz | >> I might get around to gnome... soon | Dec 31 19:19 |
| schestowitz | > they are to gnu what lf is to the kernel. | Dec 31 19:19 |
| schestowitz | > | Dec 31 19:19 |
| schestowitz | > i was going to suggest a similar investigation as lf got. the new sources seem ripe. i just asked about gnome, then about recent gnome-- looks like we got our answer. | Dec 31 19:19 |
| schestowitz | > | Dec 31 19:19 |
| schestowitz | > ill probably be checking them out as well. | Dec 31 19:19 |
| schestowitz | > | Dec 31 19:19 |
| schestowitz | > however, we might actually go at different aspects. i might even borrow ted, if its appropriate (i think it will be.) people know who he is. thats not important. | Dec 31 19:19 |
| schestowitz | There are LF overlaps, but the two issues aren't the same and I don't have inside sources at GNOME with tips, pointers and 'dirt'. For LF... I did. | Dec 31 19:19 |
| schestowitz | > then my new years wish for you is that you find one. | Dec 31 19:25 |
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