Tootfinder

"Arduino wasn’t valuable because it was just a microcontroller company. It was valuable because it was a commons. And you can’t apply enterprise legal frameworks to a commons without destroying it"
You also can't buy a #commons, at least without destroying it as a commons. The key point about a commons is that it isn't property.

Did Qualcomm kill Arduino for good? | Molecularist
The maker community worried Qualcomm would kill the Arduino ethos. New T&Cs confirm the community's worst fears. Here's what's at stake, what Qualcomm got wrong, and what might still be salvaged.

Borderline adorable/bittersweet: "news brief" recorded by English #Wikinews gumboyaya in June 2006, when Wikinews people were still trying very hard.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil

File:170606 1800 newsbriefs.ogg - Wikimedia Commons

Megyn Kelly Escalates Feud with Bari Weiss: 'More Truth Coming' (Annabella Rosciglione/The Daily Beast)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/megyn-kelly-escalates-feud-with-bari-weiss-more-truth-coming/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251223/p116#a251223p116

¡No puedo creer que un libro como este haya llegado a ser publicado! La bajeza intelectual y tergiversación de la historia es de un nivel aberrante.
Axel Kaiser convertido en un propagandista de lo peor.
#Politica #Chile #Comunismo

Sources: Infinite Reality, rebranded as Napster, told staff that $3B in funding from an unnamed investor is not coming, calling itself a "victim of misconduct" (Phoebe Liu, Iain Martin/Forbes)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/phoebeliu/202<…

Napster Said It Raised $3 Billion From A Mystery Investor. Now The ‘Investor’ And ‘Money’ Are Gone
Forbes raised questions about a massive funding round metaverse-turned-AI firm Napster supposedly raised in January. The money is never coming, the company said Thursday.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
DJ Tron:
🎵 Santa's Coming
#DJTron
https://burningsolerecords.bandcamp.com/track/santas-coming
https://open.spotify.com/track/784mMAey6gYVUBxn9k5xXZ

After the Devastation of Trump’s First Year,
Popular Rebellions Offer Hope
Elections,
labor,
mutual aid, and
local organizing wins in 2025
point to strategies that can work in the coming year.
In 2026, we the people can build power
and we can win significant victories if we:
🔸Show up for the most vulnerable in the face of federal government attacks and neglect;
🔸Push back on racism and misogyny, and support inclusivity;
🔸Call …

After the Devastation of Trump’s First Year, These Popular Rebellions Offer Hope
Elections, labor, mutual aid, and local organizing wins in 2025 point to strategies that can work in the coming year.

Looking at "THE PARCHED EARTH OF COOPERATION: HOW
TO SOLVE THE TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS IN
INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
GOVERNANCE", thinking:
Too bad we have no world governance really, so regulation does not work out. The second approach, privatization, actually *caused* a lot of tragedy-of-the-commons issues; see wastewater, climate change, labor exploitation, inflation, shortages, wealth distribution and all the corresponding collateral damage (non-exhausti…

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Carly Simon:
🎵 Coming Around Again
#NowPlaying #CarlySimon
https://edit-mix.bandcamp.com/track/carly-simon-coming-around-again-pulse-traxx-695-bpm
https://open.spotify.com/track/4YVjOnSTkv0ZVdgI6sS7Wb

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Alton Ellis:
🎵 Christmas Coming (Dmonick Dawson Version)
#AltonEllis
https://dominicdawson.bandcamp.com/album/christmas-coming-dominic-dawson-re-versions