We are seeing the #Enclosures of the #Internet #Commons.
Just as the free #airwaves were #regulated, corporatized, and oligopolized in the 1930's, now we see this #centralization and #capitalization of the internet.
See:
#Television: a struggle for #power
by #Waldrop, Frank C; #Borkin, Joseph, joint author
1938
Capitalization Tip: File Formats
👉 Most of the time, use all caps for file formats:
“Discussing GIFs out loud is now against office rules. The last argument over pronunciation ended in two black eyes and a broken toe.”
"I forgot to attach the PDF!"
👉 But use lowercase when writing them as extensions:
“Look for the .docx extension on the file name.”
“Maybe downloading Virus.exe was a mistake.”
#AmEditing #capitalization #Grammar #WritingTips #WritingCommunity
I've been working with a new-to-the-organization senior leader, Steve, who struggles with this challenge: He wants to capitalize some operational expenses. (That's a move from OpEx to CapEx.) He is convinced that will give him some freedom to change things while everyone is still working hard. So they've asked all the technical people to fill […]
"Capitalism and extreme poverty: A global analysis of real wages, human height, and mortality since the long 16th century
[…]
• Data on real wages suggests that, historically, extreme poverty was uncommon and arose primarily during periods of severe social and economic dislocation, particularly under colonialism.
• The rise of capitalism from the long 16th century onward is associated with a decline in wages to below subsistence, a deterioration in human stature, and an upturn in premature mortality.
• In parts of South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, wages and/or height have still not recovered."
Sullivan, Hickel, 2022 : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X22002169
#progress #appropriation #enclosures #landGrab #economics #property #theft #capitalism #power #ownership #stateViolence #slavery #capitalization #history #anthropology #bioPower #bioPolitics #reputation #domination #beliefs #manufacturingConsent #whiteSupremacy #India #colonialism #BritishRule #BritishIndia #BritishEmpire #UK #Britain
Here is an AI Demo showing and aid emo.
Remember this: #Capitalization is important in #hashtags, too. Text to speech engines depend on #CapitalLetters in hashtags for prounciation. And some users with #visual challenges depend on #TextToSpeech engines.
Privatizing the Post Office Would Be a Disaster
https://jacobin.com/2024/12/us-post-office-privatization-trump
* Trump confirmed he’s considering privatizing US Postal Service
* would be a big step in direction of a libertarian dystopia
* USPS Offers an Irreplaceable Public Service
* We Need a Bigger Public Postal Service
#JRE #JoeRogan #sycophants
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #MailBallots
#USPS #USmail #PostMaster #LouisDeJoy
#capitalization #privatization #libertarianism #billionaires #CharlesKoch #SPN #TFAS
My style and #usage manuals did not survive my last move; so I am asking here.
When using #German substantives in #English text should I follow English #capitalization rules or German Groß- und Kleinschreibung?
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[2020] One Billionaire vs. the Mail
https://persagen.org/docs/charles_koch-one-billionaire-versus-the-mail.html
* Charles Koch's 50-y war on US Postal Service
Louis DeJoy
https://persagen.org/docs/Louis_DeJoy.html
* DeJoy: Board Trustees, Koch-funded "Fund for American Studies"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fund_for_American_Studies
* State Policy Network
[2020] USPS at Grave Risk
https://persagen.org/docs/a-combination-of-forces-puts-our-postal-service-at-grave-risk.html
* Lisa Graves on attack on USPS
#USPS #USmail #PostMaster #LouisDeJoy
#MailDelivery #MailBallots
#capitalization #privatization #libertarianism #billionaires #CharlesKoch #SPN #TFAS