Some small good news among the far right rioting and violence that's been sweeping the UK this last weekend, a fundraiser to replace the books damaged at #SpellowLibrary in #Liverpool had a target of £500 and at the time of posting has received more than £50,000
🆕 blog! “Book Review: The Internet Con - How to Seize the Means of Computation by Cory Doctorow”
★★★★⯪
This is beloved firebrand Cory doing what he does best. Rallying the rebellion with righteous indignation and a no-nonsense approach to fixing technology's ills. If you've read any of his fiction, or liste…
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This is beloved firebrand Cory doing what he does best. Rallying the rebellion with righteous indignation and a no-nonsense approach to fixing technology's ills. If you've read any of his fiction, or listened to him talk, you'll know what to expect. An overview of how big tech has screwed us over and the consequences of [...]
UPDATE: the govt killed it a month later: https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-scraps-brossard-traffic-light-that-rewards-good-driving-says-it-wasn-t-consulted-1.6456678
This. Is. Amazing.
Montréal suburb has a school zone traffic light that only turns green when its camera detects a car driving under the speed limit.
The light is on a 90-day trial, on a 2-lane residential street. Similar signals are widespread in Europe.
Before installation, vehicles averaged 40 km/h. But in the past week, average speed has dropped to 29 km/h.
Jules she/her
Fight for the Future
Tim Carmody
Terence Eden
Cameron MacLeod