Police Reform Bill Needs Our Help (December 11, 2020)
Governor Baker has issues with the long-awaited police reform bill (S.2963). Specifically, he opposes the statewide moratorium on regulation of facial recognition for…
Category: Issues
Mass. Mesh Tech Meetup Tonight (December 8, 2020)
The weekly Mass. Mesh weekly tech meetup is tonight, 7-9pm. It is on-line at https://jitsi.massmesh.net/massmesh, as you would expect. Mass. Mesh is a commons-oriented…
Pirate News: Tell Gov. Baker: SIGN THE POLICE REFORM BILL! (December 7, 2020)
After months of deadlock, the Massachusetts House and Senate have finally passed the long-awaited police reform bill. Pirates Joe and James talk about…
Today is Intl. Day Against DRM! (December 4, 2020)
The International Day Against DRM is today. Our latest Pirate News talks about Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) and why it harms people and the…
Tell Gov. Baker: PASS THE POLICE REFORM BILL! (December 3, 2020)
After months of deadlock, the Massachusetts House and Senate have finally passed the long-awaited police reform bill. Though it fails to abolish qualified…
Pirate News: Day Against DRM #idad (November 30, 2020)
The latest news from a pirate perspective. This week we talk about Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) and why it harms people and the…
Getting Better with Application Privacy (November 25, 2020)
Apparently a social media site got hacked recently, or perhaps an employee put some of their unencrypted date on a public server. I…
No IRC Meeting Tonight (November 25, 2020)
Since tomorrow is Turkey day, I am canceling tonight’s IRC meeting. We hope you are able to gather with your immediate family and…
Pirate News Starts 7:30pm Tonight (November 22, 2020)
We had technical difficulties and were not able to record last Sunday’s Pirate News. We talked about Disney’s creative way to screw writers…
Sunday Party Conference Session (November 15, 2020)
Our party conference is starts today at noon. It will go until 4:30pm. The schedule is up at our 2020 Conference. You can…