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May 15 2012

It’s import to understand that it’s not that capital does not want to fund free and open platforms, or that capitalists choose not to: capital simply can not do so.

Capital can not fund free and open platforms because capitalists must capture profit or lose their capital, and thus for-profit platforms that can not capture profit must eventually vanish.

In order to capture profit, capitalist funded platforms must introduce choke-points and/or toll-gates into their platforms, because their business models depends on the control of user data and interaction, and therefore these platforms can not be free and open.

Thus, the prospects for free and open platforms returning in any mainstream form seem slim without alternatives to the profit motive to finance them.

Free and open communication platforms that don’t surveil, control or exclude can only be provided socially, as a public good.

Commercialization makes your online rights irrelevant, more thoughts from my talk with @ioerror at #rp12 « @dmytri
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Auch beim Burschenschaftergedenken am 8. Mai auf dem Wiener Heldenplatz "trauert" ein Clown mit einschlägiger Binde besonders herzzerreißend.

May 14 2012

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Russell Brand at Drug Inquiry
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May 10 2012

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May 09 2012

This will be the first wholesale attempt at reform since 1843 and an amazing achievement for the campaign and its 60,000 supporters. The bill will open the way to ending libel tourism and protecting free expression for journalists, writers, bloggers and scientists around the world.
Queen announces a defamation bill | Index on Censorship

It's funny what we see as victory ...

In this context, a circuit rider is part trainer, part management consultant, part computer expert. They provide consulting and assistance with technology strategy development, make multiple visits to the organizations they serve, and provide advice and information by phone and e-mail. They can serve regional constituencies by travel from a central location. Additionally, circuit riders can "cross-pollinate" the groups they service, transmitting insights, tools, and tips as they travel throughout the sector. In addition, training materials and resources can be used at multiple sites thereby spreading the development cost out across a number of organizations.

Circuit rider (technology) - Wikipedia
Ob es Männer nicht abstoßend fänden und der ungehemmte Haarwuchs ihr Liebesleben hemme? Doch die Erfahrung der Testerin hat gezeigt, dass in dieser Hinsicht viele Männer wohl stark unterschätzt werden. Die meisten Männer, die die Autorin traf, fanden ihr Unternehmen gut, "wäre ich eine Frau, würde ich meine Beine auch nicht enthaaren", meinte einer. Die Bloggerin stellte überrascht fest, dass es viele ganz und gar nicht abstoßend finden, wenn Frauen die sozialen Normen brechen wollen.
"Weil Frauen da eben keine Haare haben!" - Schönheit - dieStandard.at › Alltag
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May 06 2012

Der autonome Kultur-und Sozial Verein „Das Bäckerei“ lädt zur Eröffnung: Nach mühsamen Monaten des Renovierens öffnen wir erstmals die Türen zum Kennenlernen des Projekts und zum Quatschen.

Wo: Tannengasse 1 im 15ten
Wann: Freitag 11.5. ab 15 Uhr und Samstag 12.5. ab 13 Uhr 

http://dasbaeckerei.net/

Scientists at Northwestern University in Chicago, with funding from the National Institutes of Health, have successfully bypassed the spinal cord and restored fine motor control to paralyzed limbs using a brain-computer interface.

MAKE | Brain-Computer Bypasses Spinal Cord Injuries

It's getting creepy now. I wish our society was more Star-Trek-y than our technology Borg-y.
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Dan Ariely on our buggy moral code
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April 30 2012

A white linen blanket strategically stained with different shades of urine. I experimented with consuming different foods, liquids, pharmaceuticals, and vitamins to change the color of my urine. 


I lol'd.

April 29 2012

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April 27 2012

majestic.
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April 26 2012

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Gumpendorfer Strasse, Vienna, Austria.
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Mosh: the mobile shell

Remote terminal application that allows roaming, supports intermittent connectivity, and provides intelligent local echo and line editing of user keystrokes.

Mosh is a replacement for SSH. It's more robust and responsive, especially over Wi-Fi, cellular, and long-distance links.

tl;dr ZOMG AMAZING.

I’ve stopped classifying things as “love” or “friendship” 
according to arbitrary superficial details—the feelings I share 
with certain friends are so intimate, so beautiful, that it’s 
ridiculous that I don’t call them lovers just because we don’t 
sleep together. It’s fucking absurd that sex should be the 
dividing line between our relationships, between which ones 
take precedence, between who we play with, live with, sleep 
with, who we take care of first, who we die with at last.
— From the zine Infinite Relationships (http://zinelibrary.info/files/infiniterelationships.pdf)
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11:45 Uhr: Soeben haben alle BesetzerInnen das Grundstück verlassen. Die privaten Sicherheitskräfte sind im Begriff die Infrastruktur zu zerstören, welche von verschiedenen BOKU-Angehörigen über Jahre hinweg mühevoll aufgebaut und für die Landbewirtschaftung genutzt worden ist. Derzeit werden mit einer Baggerschaufel Gartenhütten zerstört. Die BesetzerInnen haben verhindert, dass die privaten Sicherheitskräfte Materialien der BOKU-Landwirtschafts-Gruppe GroßStadtGemüse zerstören. Die privaten Sicherheitskräfte der Firma “Hel-Wacht” handeln im Auftrag der BOKU.

Ticker | Ein Blog zu den Aktionen rund um den 17 April

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