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The cloud vs humanity: Adobe terminates every software license in Venezuela, keeps Venezuelans’ money

mostlysignssomeportents:

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If you live in Venezuela and rely on Adobe products to do your job – whether that’s publishing a newspaper, running an NGO, or doing design work, Adobe has a very special message for you: GO FUCK YOURSELF.

Today, citing US sanctions, Adobe terminated every software license in the country of Venezuela. And because Adobe has “pivoted to the cloud,” switching its software to “software as a service,” that means that all the software that some of the most desperate, hard-hit people in the world paid good money for are out in the cold.

They’re not issuing refunds, either.

It’s just part of Adobe’s repudiation of capitalism and the idea of private property – just because you paid for your Adobe products, you don’t actually own them.

https://boingboing.net/2019/10/07/sorry-not-sorry-4.html

egypt-museum:
“  Wine Preparation in Ancient Egypt  “The appeasement of Hathor by means of wine, music and dance furthermore symbolised the victory of civilisation over untamed nature. Before Hathor [Sekhmet/Tefnut] came to civilised Egypt, she was a...

egypt-museum:

Wine Preparation in Ancient Egypt

“The appeasement of Hathor by means of wine, music and dance furthermore symbolised the victory of civilisation over untamed nature. Before Hathor [Sekhmet/Tefnut] came to civilised Egypt, she was a wild, ferocious lioness. After she made contact with the symbols of civilisation, namely music, dance and wine, she became the benevolent Bastet. 

This change of nature, however, did not mean that she had already abandoned her untamed character. This is why she needed constant appeasement. Hathor’s double nature reminds one of the character of the inundation, which is violent when it arrives and benevolent when it settles.”

Wine & Wine Offering In The Religion Of Ancient Egypt, by Mu-chou Poo

Detail of a wall carving depicts wine preparation from the Mastaba of Ptahhotep, Saqqara necropolis.

blankurlblog:

I recently met a sex offender on Tinder. I have now changed the pictures and caption as I have gotten many hate messages (thanks for that!) about it. He was charged recently and I do not feel safe knowing that Tinder has not taken steps to take down his account. I had contacted Tinder and they gave me the generic response. Please reblog this but also stop sending me hate for it as he was ARRESTED FOR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. I know that sex offenders have a right to freedom of speech and can date, but I do not believe he should have such a freedom as on an app of Tinder. Tinder is crawling of young girls and I am ONLY TRYING TO PROTECT THE GIRLS.  In our very short ‘relationship’ I don’t believe is capable of rape or anything but I do not want him to take advantage of any girls. I do know that there could also be underage girls on the app that he can have access to (incorrect age on their facebook accounts which then carry over into Tinder’s system) PLEASE UNDERSTAND I AM ONLY TRYING TO KEEP YOUNG GIRLS SAFE. He is a registered sex offender for child pornography and that is in no way okay. Thank you for reblogging. 

gahdamnpunk:

Ngl the answer couldn’t be more perfect

workingclasshistory:
“On this day, 27 May 1971, 800 pupils in a school in east London went on strike and won the reinstatement of a teacher who had been sacked for publishing a book of the children’s’ poetry. This is a short account of the strike:...

workingclasshistory:

On this day, 27 May 1971, 800 pupils in a school in east London went on strike and won the reinstatement of a teacher who had been sacked for publishing a book of the children’s’ poetry. This is a short account of the strike: https://libcom.org/history/stepney-schoolchildrens-strike-1971 https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1132739486911200/?type=3

shimshi13:

sixpenceee:

Evaporating seawater forms an inverse waterfall. (Source)

DUDE

honestlydeepesttidalwave:
“Hammer horror
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everythingfox:

“Pack of wolves howling”

(Source)

neillblomkamp:

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) Directed by Tobe Hooper

workingclasshistory:
“On this day, 12 November 1984, a group of anti-nuclear weapon activists damaged a nuclear missile silo in Missouri, taking a pneumatic drill to the silo. Four, including Helen Woodson, a mother of 11, were arrested and jailed...

workingclasshistory:

On this day, 12 November 1984, a group of anti-nuclear weapon activists damaged a nuclear missile silo in Missouri, taking a pneumatic drill to the silo. Four, including Helen Woodson, a mother of 11, were arrested and jailed with extremely harsh sentences. Woodson (pictured upon her release) ended up serving 27 years inside. https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1262012817317199/?type=3