Richard Stallman

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2024-09-27 07:28:27

[2/5] … Here's how to make the actionnetwork.org letter campaign linked above function without running the site's nonfree JavaScript code. First, make sure you have deactivated JavaScript or are using the LibreJS plug-in. I have done the next step for you: I added `?nowrapper=true' to the end of the campaign URL before posting it above. That should bring you to a page that starts with, "Letter campaigns will not work without JavaScript!" They indeed won't work without some manual help, …

2024-09-27 07:08:24

[2/2] … contributions from corporations, would tend to correct this problem as a side effect of correcting the problem of legalized bribery.

2024-09-27 07:08:23

[1/2] https://substack.perfectunion.us/p/trump-allies-lobby-for-nippons-takeover
The modern American way to lobby for an anticompetitive merger is to hire lobbyists who are tied into networks of support for major politicians. Each time these lobbyists go to work, their goal is harmful to the public interest. We should change our laws so that there are no such lobbyists - but how to do that? I tend to think that blocking large anonymous campaign donations, and blocking all campaign …

2024-09-27 06:52:44

[2/2] … Palestinian territories. Let's not lose sight of where we want to end up.

2024-09-27 06:31:11

https://act.demandprogress.org/sign/sanders-weapons-resolution/?t=1004
https://stallman.orgtel:+12022243121
US citizens: call on Congress to pass Bernie Sanders's resolution to end weapons sales to Israel. Explain I might have proposed to adjust some details, of this, but I have confidence in Sanders and I trust him to know such matters better than I do. If you phone, please spread the word! Main Switchboard: +1-202-224-3121

2024-09-27 06:11:44

https://act.colorofchange.org/sign/cocacola_rufoevent/
Everyone: call on Coca-Cola to stop sponsoring neo-segregationist Chris Rufo.

2024-09-27 03:26:03

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/we-have-a-right-to-safety-privacy-and-protest-say-no-to-mask-bans?nowrapper=true
US citizens: We have a right to safety, privacy, and protest. Say no to mask bans.

2024-09-27 03:05:25

[1/2] https://stallman.org/glossary.html#scrotus
https://stallman.org/glossary.html#wrecker
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/23/government-spending-shutdown-bill-trump
SCROTUS gave up on the wrecker's demand for a new nationwide voter suppression requirement, and dropped the threat to shut down the US government otherwise. Indeed, they could not even pass that bill in the House of Representatives, despite having a small majority there. The decision not to shut it down was …

2024-09-26 11:56:01

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/09/omnipresent-ai-cameras-will-ensure-good-behavior-says-larry-ellison/
Billionaire Larry Ellison called for a society of total surveillance in which everyone is constantly monitored by hypothetical future AI. We could expect the AI to share the political bias and racial/religious/ethnic prejudices of the organizations that run them.

2024-09-26 11:40:32

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/13/springfield-ohio-bomb-threat
The saboteur's hate messages about Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, inspired a bomb threat. If the time bomb threat is accompanied by a real bomb, I expect he will leap for joy.

2024-09-26 10:53:50

[2/3] … promoting Putin and he knows Putin won't stand for shenanigans. "Just stop the fighting" has been the standard line of Putinite influencers ever since Putin launched the invasion. The reason is simple: that would leave Putin in possession of conquered territory, probably permanently. That would be victory for him, even if not total victory. It is surely no coincidence that the Republicans in Congress have been willing to obstruct and threaten to interfere with US support for …

2024-09-25 12:40:57

[3/3] … profit more from fining more. Side issue: I wonder what they mean by "fly tipping". Is it anything like cor tipping? A cow that is lying down can get back on its feet, but can a fly do that?

2024-09-25 11:30:39

[2/4] … it could be money well spent of reducing CO2 emissions and boosting the economy of places away from London. Crucial for civil liberties, this is also an opportunity to reduce surveillance - or to increase it. With a fee paid per month, the pass could serve as a ticket for anonymous travel. It would be easy to allow the holder to ride a train without collecting per identity. But if the system does record who rode each train, as I fear the surveillance-mad UK will do, it would …

2024-09-25 11:30:38

[1/4] https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/19/campaigners-call-for-unlimited-climate-card-uk-rail-pass
https://stallman.org/archives/2005-nov-feb.html#27%20December%202005%20(Track%20cars)
https://stallman.org/archives/2023-jul-oct.html#8_September_2023_(Facial_recognition_cameras_around_Britain)
Greenpeace proposes to offer unlimited rail passes for Britain at a low flat fee per month (though trains passing anywhere near London will cost extra). This scheme will cost money, but …

2024-09-25 11:06:21

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/21/honeymoon-over-keir-starmer-now-less-popular-than-rishi-sunak
* Keir Starmer has suffered a precipitous fall in his personal ratings since winning the election, according to a new poll for the Observer that comes before his first Labour conference as prime minister.* It seems lots of voters don't like his Toryish loyalty to rich people's wealth.

2024-09-21 11:18:20

https://act.winwithoutwar.org/act/eygi-investigation
https://stallman.orgtel:+12024561111
US citizens: call on Biden to investigate West Bank violence including the killing of Aysenur Eygi. If you phone, please spread the word! White House: +1-202-456-1111 and (TTY/TDD) +1-202-456-6213

2024-09-21 10:25:37

https://stallman.org/glossary.html#extwitter
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/12/twitter-ai-bot-grok-election-misinformation
Ex-Twitter's chatbot spread incorrect statements about the election: specifically, whether another candidate could replace Biden on ballots. It took the intervention of several states' secretaries of state to get this corrected.

2024-09-21 10:06:11

[1/2] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/13/france-far-right-left-election
*The US government is right to investigate Nvidia for alleged unfair practices.* Too bad that its unjust practices are not the target. My understanding is that Nvidia's processors have secret specifications, so no one but Nvidia can make tools to generate code that can actually be installed in them. This is an injustice to every user, because it blocks the use of them without nonfree software. …

2024-09-21 09:41:03

[1/3] https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/sep/13/we-will-never-stop-fighting-why-afghan-women-have-risked-their-lives-to-attend-a-summit-in-tirana
https://stallman.org/archives//2021-may-aug.html#23_August_2021_(Prevention_of_Taliban
Afghan women went to Albania so they could have a public event, which they wanted to hold in a majority-Muslim country (though I don't see why that was crucial). Most of those supported the Taliban by refusing. Most of the women who …

2024-09-21 08:53:10

[1/2] https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/sep/09/dutch-school-that-banned-mobile-phones-calvijn-college
https://gnu.org/malware/
https://stallman.org/archives/2023-jul-oct.html#8_October_2023_(Student_safety_not_improved_by_surveillance_technology)
Calvijn College banned students from carrying of portable phones in school four years ago, and has observed an amazing positive change among the students. The students and teachers in Calvijn College probably don't know about the …

2024-09-21 08:27:44

[1/2] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/17/arizona-elections-error-eligibility-impact
http://web.archive.org/web/20201125025031/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/11/opinion/republicans-hijack-an-election-agency.html
Arizona's policy of requiring people to prove citizenship to vote in state and local elections led to a big confusion in the voting in Maricopa County (Phoenix). There would have been no problem at all if not for that measure, which is a variation on a typical …

2024-09-21 06:40:50

[2/2] … already on the ground." Some protesters' actions may have called for a forcible response, but police offers are supposed to determine judiciously when and where that is necessary, not go wild and rampage against all.

2024-09-17 10:25:04

https://actionnetwork.org/forms/demand-news-networks-expose-project-2025s-nightmare-tax-scheme-now?nowrapper=true&referrer=group-patriotic-millionaires&source=group-patriotic-millionaires
US citizens: call on news networks to expose Project 2025's nightmare tax scheme.