Janet D. Stemwedel
@docfreeride.bsky.social
Academic philosopher, lapsed chemist, occasional science writer, perpetual ethics booster. All views my own. (she/her)
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What software stuff do you actually own, that is actually yours, versus stuff you are merely renting at the whim of a rich asshole?
How much of your computer-doing stuff is actually yours, in the sense that a serf's hammer or table actually belonged to him
How much of your computer-doing stuff is actually yours, in the sense that a serf's hammer or table actually belonged to him
January 15, 2026 at 9:12 PM
What software stuff do you actually own, that is actually yours, versus stuff you are merely renting at the whim of a rich asshole?
How much of your computer-doing stuff is actually yours, in the sense that a serf's hammer or table actually belonged to him
How much of your computer-doing stuff is actually yours, in the sense that a serf's hammer or table actually belonged to him
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A medieval serf under feudalism might have had to rent land from a rich asshole, but like: they did own stuff.
More stuff than you do, if you think of software as concrete things instead of abstract things.
More stuff than you do, if you think of software as concrete things instead of abstract things.
January 15, 2026 at 9:06 PM
A medieval serf under feudalism might have had to rent land from a rich asshole, but like: they did own stuff.
More stuff than you do, if you think of software as concrete things instead of abstract things.
More stuff than you do, if you think of software as concrete things instead of abstract things.
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The LUCE network has been *doing* protection work since the beginning and has a ton of trainings this weekend. If you are in MA save their number to your phone and consider getting trained. www.lucemass.org
LUCE Immigrant Justice Network of MA
www.lucemass.org
January 16, 2026 at 12:46 PM
The LUCE network has been *doing* protection work since the beginning and has a ton of trainings this weekend. If you are in MA save their number to your phone and consider getting trained. www.lucemass.org
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wait I thought it was crucial for FREEDOM for bakeries & restaurants to discriminate against their customers
I remember when the height of SMALL BIDNESS HERO was not making wedding cakes for gay couples or not selling pizzas for gay weddings
www.foxbusiness.com/media/tennes...
I remember when the height of SMALL BIDNESS HERO was not making wedding cakes for gay couples or not selling pizzas for gay weddings
www.foxbusiness.com/media/tennes...
Tennessee pizza shop faces backlash after declining to cater same-sex wedding
A pizzeria in Tennessee was attacked online after it declined to cater a same-sex wedding. The business put out a statement asking the community "to extend grace and listen to one another."
www.foxbusiness.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:38 PM
wait I thought it was crucial for FREEDOM for bakeries & restaurants to discriminate against their customers
I remember when the height of SMALL BIDNESS HERO was not making wedding cakes for gay couples or not selling pizzas for gay weddings
www.foxbusiness.com/media/tennes...
I remember when the height of SMALL BIDNESS HERO was not making wedding cakes for gay couples or not selling pizzas for gay weddings
www.foxbusiness.com/media/tennes...
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We need more of this stuff. “Why do they get to veto my first amendment rights “ is what we should always ask people who do this sea lioning bullshit
January 16, 2026 at 12:25 PM
We need more of this stuff. “Why do they get to veto my first amendment rights “ is what we should always ask people who do this sea lioning bullshit
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Linda is alive to tell the tale; she told me today that nobody will take her pitch about the situation. Because of course they won't.
January 16, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Linda is alive to tell the tale; she told me today that nobody will take her pitch about the situation. Because of course they won't.