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prison, crime against humanity 

Whistleblowers: Software Bug Keeping Hundreds Of Inmates In Prisons Beyond Release Dates

kjzz.org/content/1660988/whist

The only reason I know it's a Wednesday is because I've got a comic to update. New Drugs & Wires page where we're finally catching up with Fixer and Shitparade :D
drugsandwires.fail

:boost_ok: indigenous land destruction, current, action links in reply 

"Breaking: Judge Steven Logan has denied an Apache injunction to halt destruction of Oak Flat by mining giant Rio Tinto.

He quoted a case saying, "The exclusive right of the U.S. to extinguish Indian title has never been doubted. And whether it be done by treaty, by sword, ... by purchase, by the exercise of complete dominion adverse to the right of occupancy, or otherwise, its justness is not open to inquiry in the courts."

Oak Flat is set to be transferred to Rio Tinto as private property for mining on March 11th."

twitter.com/PeccaryNotPig/stat

GG: action links in reply to this toot

current slavery, Ivory Coast, cocoa, legal action 

"Eight children who claim they were used as slave labour on cocoa plantations in Ivory Coast have launched legal action against the world’s biggest chocolate companies. They accuse the corporations of aiding and abetting the illegal enslavement of “thousands” of children on cocoa farms in their supply chains.

Nestlé, Cargill, Barry Callebaut, Mars, Olam, Hershey and Mondelēz have been named as defendants in a lawsuit filed in Washington DC by the human rights firm International Rights Advocates (IRA), on behalf of eight former child slaves who say they were forced to work without pay on cocoa plantations in the west African country."

theguardian.com/global-develop

haskal tech tip!

despite what Big MPAA will tell you, there is nothing morally wrong about piracy

Never forget how Oxford wanted to open source their vaccine but the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation stepped in and AstraZeneca got exclusive rights. khn.org/news/rather-than-give-

:emacs: 📚 just wondering 

Siri is it normal to read four books about your text editor

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me: wow. such amazing, intelligent creatures. it astounds me every day that we seem to exist in separate but intertwined worlds, separated by a useless veil of ignorance and hostility.

a local crow: how eat both peanut 🧐

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LIFE PRO TIP: Read News Articles Behind Paywalls (EXPAND) 

If you're ever on a news site, and you want to read an article that's behind a paywall, try sending it to Outline.com.

HOW TO?

In the address bar, add "outline.com/" behind the URL.
For example:
https://example.⁣com/cat-saved-from-tree/
becomes
outline.com/https://example.com/cat-saved-from-tree/

Then hit enter and just wait for the site to load. 𝘝𝘰𝘪𝘭𝘢! Enjoy.

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!

Alternatively, you can automate this process by installing the browser extension "Send to Outline". It will make this whole thing easier by sending the webpage to Outline.com in one click.

Firefox: addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firef
Chrome: chrome.google.com/webstore/det

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