Francis 🇾🇪 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @francis@greenplenty.social

the constant "we need to get more signatures for this gov petition" deal is a massive nonsense circus.

it doesnt do anything.

the only time they U-turned on doing more horrible things to trans people was when the PM's girlfriend told him to think again.

Kids queuing with their unemployed parents at the jobs office because the schools are all on strike - the Toriest of sights in Tory Brexit Britain

Johnson & Johnson’s bankruptcy gambit fails. “J&J told women to put carcinogens down their underwear. For decades. It gave tens of thousands of women ovarian cancer. Then it tried to use Texas's courts to walk away with billions. But this time, a court stopped them… This time, the company might just have to pay for its crimes.” | Cory Doctorow, Pluralistic
https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/01/j-and-j-jk/ @pluralistic

Me: Free software licenses should include ethics clauses.

Folks: Don’t be silly, you can’t put restrictions on licenses like that. It’s unworkable.

Apple: You can only run this operating system on hardware I sell.

Folks: Sounds good to us, sir. Whatever you say, boss!

If our only answer to unethical licenses is indifferent ones—as opposed to ethical ones—I don’t see how we win this. I feel the offhand dismissal of ethical licenses in technology has been and is a mistake.

#foss #ethics

Solidarity with everyone taking strike action today.

Support teachers.
Support rail workers
Support nurses
Support doctors
Support ambulance crews
Support firefighters
Support Civil Service staff
Support bus drivers

We band together to make this country better.

Why is it that a pay rise for a teacher causes inflation, but a bonus for a banker doesn't?