Net Neutrality, More Bad News...
Net Neutrality, more bad news...
Not a huge Matt Damon fan, but these are not his words anyways (short but awesome video)... the speech he's reading is from a historian/author/activist:
"In one of his last interviews, Zinn stated that he would like to be remembered "for introducing a different way of thinking about the world, about war, about human rights, about equality," and
for getting more people to realize that the power which rests so far in the hands of people with wealth and guns, that the power ultimately rests in people themselves and that they can use it. At certain points in history, they have used it. Black people in the South used it. People in the women's movement used it. People in the anti-war movement used it. People in other countries who have overthrown tyrannies have used it.
He said he wanted to be known as "somebody who gave people a feeling of hope and power that they didn't have before."
Speaking of the government... more bad news.... you probably haven't heard anything about it on the mainstream news channels, but a federal court just struck down most of the FCC's net neutrality rules... [SCROLL TO BOTTOM OF PAGE TO CHECK OUT A COOL INFOGRAPHIC THAT WILL GIVE YOU A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT IT IS and WHY THIS IS A BFD]... "Indeed, the court has very nearly given the FCC — and state utility commissions, to boot — carte blanche to regulate the entire internet. And that’s the real story here."
The Feds Lost Net Neutrality, But Won Control of the Internet (Wired)
Ars Technica did a great job of summing up: ""In other words, the court is allowing the FCC to do anything except stop phone and cable companies from discriminating or blocking," Free Press wrote. "That’s right: They can do anything except protect Net Neutrality.""
FCC will find new way to prevent ISP abuse after net neutrality loss
One more quote for y'all "We must ensure the same quality access to online educational content as to entertainment and other commercial offerings. But without net neutrality, we are in danger of prioritizing Mickey Mouse and Jennifer Lawrence over William Shakespeare and Teddy Roosevelt. This may maximize profits for large content providers, but it minimizes education for all.
And with education comes innovation. While we tend to glorify industrial-park incubators and think-tanks, the fact is that many of the innovative services we use today were created by entrepreneurs who had a fair chance to compete for web traffic. By enabling internet service providers to limit that access, we are essentially saying that only the privileged can continue to innovate. Meanwhile, small content creators, such as bloggers and grassroots educators, would face challenges from ISPs placing restrictions on information traveling over their networks."
Why Net Neutrality's Demise Hurts the Poor Most (Wired)
I'm so disappointed in our government, in our country. When are people going to wake up????
Some more reading if you're interested:
What you need to know about the court decision that just struck down net neutrality U.S Court Throws Out Net Neutrality Rules – Explained
My bookmarks on Net Neutrality
bonus infographic
'They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety' Benjamin Franklin
More Posts from Krillion and Others
Statement: Fordham Against Torture Weighs in on Revocation of Bill Cosby’s Honorary Degree
To the Fordham Community
From: Fordham Faculty and Fordham Against Torture
President McShane and the board of Trustees have acted responsibly and conscientiously in deciding to rescind the honorary degree awarded to Bill Cosby, in the light of what we now know. The members of Fordham Faculty against Torture understand the difficulty involved in publicly acknowledging and moving to correct a mistake, for the sake of the victims and to preserve the good name of the university. The moral logic applied to the personal crimes of one man, though, applies equally well to a situation of profound international political significance. We must ask, therefore, how Fordham can be so attentive to the actions of Bill Cosby while ignoring the actions and words of John Brennan, especially in the light of what we now know of his support for torture in the aftermath of the Senate Report on Torture.
It is also dismaying to us that the Cosby decision, though certainly appropriate, appears to have been made behind closed doors and entirely without consulting the Fordham community in any way, just as was the decision to grant the degree in the first place. In contrast, the petition to revoke John Brennan’s honorary degree emerged from the Fordham community itself, was vigorously debated by proponents and opponents alike, and had the support of more than 700 faculty, students, staff, and alumni, only to be rejected on the flimsiest grounds. If the decision to revoke the Cosby degree can be said to represent the university, how much more compelling is the strong evidence of community support in the matter of John Brennan?
At this point in time, we want to thank all those hundreds of people who signed the petition, and all those students and faculty who gave passion, time, and energy to move the university to a morally responsible position. We are sorry that this passion and commitment could not convince the Board of Trustees and the President to act. At the same time, we are determined to continue to fight for human rights and justice, and to guarantee that the labors of so many will result in a permanent resource for the Fordham community.
Sincerely,
Orlando Rodriguez Jeanne Flavin Jeannine Hill Fletcher Glenn Hendler Brad Hinze James Kim David Myers Louie Dean Valencia
For more, see the recent article in The Fordham Ram
The importance of play
Play is more than just fun (TED video)
Children today are suffering a severe deficit of play (article)
Keep a list...
Week 10: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so you’ll remember.
Amy Siskind posts her list each week on Fb and shares it on Medium. She is the Co-founder of The New Agenda, organization “dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls by bringing about systemic change in the media, at the workplace, at school and at home.”
If you’re not keeping your own list-- this is one of the best I’ve seen online that you can follow. Want to catch up on the other weeks? Amy has them all listed at the bottom of her post.
It’s pretty chilling.... but, even as: We’re heading into dark times. This is how to be your own light in the Age of Trump
"Hoar frost on fence, Dunfermline, Fife - 1" flickr photo by SwaloPhoto shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC) license
Get up, Stand up
Your Guide to the sprawling New anti-Trump Resistance Movement
These are some of the resources from this wonderful article along with other helpful resources I have found online.
Indivisible
A practical guide for resisting the Trump agenda... Former congressional staffers reveal best practices for making Congress listen
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes, make 5 calls.Calling is the most effective way to influence your representative.
Resistance Manual
Open-source platform to harness the collective power of the people to resist the impact of a Trump presidency and to continue to make progress in our communities. Already, thousands of pieces of content have been contributed to the site from people all over the country, helping to keep communities informed and ready for the work ahead.
Also see
Pussyhat Project
Movement Match
#MarchforScience
#ResistTrumpTuesdays
Town Hall Project- Google Spreadsheet with upcoming events/town hall meetings of appearances made by representatives
What to do when you’re so overwhelmed by the Trump presidency you can barely move
It Seems to Me: What Young Women May Not Know
What the Fuck Just Happened Today
Week 12: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so you’ll remember. (see links to previous weeks at bottom of the post)
My previous post: Science not Silence
We do NOT want to trade our civil liberties for ANY amount of freedom. Death + freedom > slavery + safety. This is not complicated.
by commentator on ArsTechnica post
Privacy matters, pass it on
https://www.flickr.com/photos/krillion/16433017276/
The Graphing Calculator Story
When His Project Was Canceled, an Unemployed Programmer Kept Sneaking Into Apple to Finish the Job via Mental Floss
The Graphing Calculator Story by Ron Avitzur
Why did Greg and I do something so ludicrous as sneaking into an eight-billion-dollar corporation to do volunteer work? Apple was having financial troubles then, so we joked that we were volunteering for a nonprofit organization. In reality, our motivation was complex. Partly, the PowerPC was an awesome machine, and we wanted to show off what could be done with it; in the Spinal Tap idiom, we said, "OK, this one goes to eleven." Partly, we were thinking of the storytelling value. Partly, it was a macho computer guy thing - we had never shipped a million copies of software before. Mostly, Greg and I felt that creating quality educational software was a public service. We were doing it to help kids learn math. Public schools are too poor to buy software, so the most effective way to deliver it is to install it at the factory.
Some of what I come across on the web... Also check out my Content & Curation site: kristentreglia.com
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