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schestowitz>> When someone mentioned it to me regarding Hack-a-Day (with evidence ofOct 13 00:59
schestowitz>> deletions) I could almost sympathise because in IRC the subject of COVIDOct 13 00:59
schestowitz>> routinely gets brought up and there's always the change of some idiotOct 13 00:59
schestowitz>> posting truly ridiculous things.Oct 13 00:59
schestowitz> It wasn't really a Covid issue thoughOct 13 01:00
schestowitz> Oct 13 01:00
schestowitz> Did you look at the nature of the drawing that brought Professor RiddOct 13 01:00
schestowitz> before the High Court?Oct 13 01:00
schestowitzYou lost me on that last one. I don't know who that is and what this case is.Oct 13 01:00
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schestowitzhttps://www.fosslife.org/top-linux-distros-based-kdeOct 13 13:38
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.fosslife.org | Top Linux Distros Based on KDEOct 13 13:38
schestowitz"|Oct 13 13:38
schestowitzKDE is one of the most customizable and fastest desktop environments available, says Ankush Das. Although you can always install KDE from scratch, you might want to choose a distribution that comes with KDE out of the box.Oct 13 13:38
schestowitzThis article lists several KDE-based Linux distros to consider.Oct 13 13:38
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schestowitzvisualbob 🖱️🎨 (@bobduffy): "I believe COVID restrictions and subsequent income stimulus, to allow for lock downs, cut the world's ability to create supply while retaining the demand. Thus cost of basic materials inflates. This was predicted at the start of the Pandemic. Get people to work inflation corrects" | nitter ⚓ https://nitter.eu/bobduffy/status/1448303049349365764 ䷉ #nitter | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/10/13/#latestOct 13 16:28
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-nitter.eu | visualbob 🖱️🎨 (@bobduffy): "I believe COVID restrictions and subsequent income stimulus, to allow for lock downs, cut the world's ability to create supply while retaining the demand. Thus cost of basic materials inflates. This was predicted at the start of the Pandemic. Get people to work inflation corrects" | nitterOct 13 16:28
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-schestowitz.com | Social Control Media PostsOct 13 16:28
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/humanidee/status/1448155684302819331Oct 13 16:29
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@humanidee: @schestowitz Wow, she's really going somewhere. Maybe UK parliament can have Julian Assange come address them?Oct 13 16:29
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schestowitz>>>> When someone mentioned it to me regarding Hack-a-Day (with evidence ofOct 13 23:58
schestowitz>>>> deletions) I could almost sympathise because in IRC the subject of COVIDOct 13 23:58
schestowitz>>>> routinely gets brought up and there's always the change of some idiotOct 13 23:59
schestowitz>>>> posting truly ridiculous things.Oct 13 23:59
schestowitz>>> It wasn't really a Covid issue thoughOct 13 23:59
schestowitz>>>Oct 13 23:59
schestowitz>>> Did you look at the nature of the drawing that brought Professor RiddOct 13 23:59
schestowitz>>> before the High Court?Oct 13 23:59
schestowitz>> You lost me on that last one. I don't know who that is and what thisOct 13 23:59
schestowitz>> case is.Oct 13 23:59
schestowitz> Despite the discussion on the FOSDEM list, it was not a case aboutOct 13 23:59
schestowitz> anti-vax issuesOct 13 23:59
schestowitz> Oct 13 23:59
schestowitz> The Ridd case was about climate denial and the Anderson case was aboutOct 13 23:59
schestowitz> the swastikaOct 13 23:59
schestowitz> Oct 13 23:59
schestowitz> According to the Australian courts, swastikas are OK but climateOct 13 23:59
schestowitz> skeptics are not.  Go figure.Oct 13 23:59
schestowitz> Oct 13 23:59
schestowitz> Oct 13 23:59
schestowitz> Notice that it is not about climate though, it is about Ridd's attitudeOct 13 23:59
schestowitz> to colleagues too:Oct 13 23:59
schestowitz> https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-13/qld-controversial-queensland-academic-court-battle-jcu/100534402Oct 13 23:59
schestowitz> Oct 13 23:59
schestowitz> Anderson's "victory" for the swastika:Oct 13 23:59
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.abc.net.au | Controversial Queensland scientist Peter Ridd has lost a High Court battle against JCU dismissal - ABC NewsOct 13 23:59
schestowitz> https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/court-backs-academics-free-speech-in-swastika-dismissal-case-20210831-p58ngf.htmlOct 13 23:59
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.smh.com.au | University of Sydney lecturer Tim Anderson backed by court in swastika dismissal caseOct 13 23:59
schestowitz> Oct 13 23:59
schestowitz> Nothing about anti-vax in either case.  The FOSDEM list reply was justOct 13 23:59
schestowitz> nonsense to stifle the discussion.Oct 13 23:59
schestowitzFOSDEM is corporate now.Oct 13 23:59
schestowitzhttp://techrights.org/2021/02/08/fosdem-ibm-gag/ http://techrights.org/2021/01/04/fosdem-us/Oct 13 23:59
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | FOSDEM and Free Speech: Will It Blend? | TechrightsOct 13 23:59
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | FOSDEM or FOSDEMerica? | TechrightsOct 13 23:59

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