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Notices by Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.ourcoffs.org.au)

  1. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.ourcoffs.org.au)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2017 00:01:52 UTC Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    • ruben h
    @tregeagle Sounds like the thespian equivalent of Jeffrey Bernard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgRv3a0-1Gg
    In conversation Saturday, 15-Apr-2017 00:01:52 UTC from microblog.ourcoffs.org.au permalink

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    1. RIP Peter O'Toole
      By tardycannon from YouTube
  2. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.ourcoffs.org.au)'s status on Thursday, 06-Apr-2017 07:03:17 UTC Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    in reply to
    • Danyl Strype
    • Hallå Kitteh
    • yukiame
    @clacke @strypey @yukiame & everyone in the Eurozone is using a foreign currency not issued by a state at all. #Keynes had a better solution to what the Euro or USD pegging tries to fix: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bancor
    In conversation Thursday, 06-Apr-2017 07:03:17 UTC from microblog.ourcoffs.org.au permalink

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  3. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.ourcoffs.org.au)'s status on Thursday, 06-Apr-2017 05:48:22 UTC Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    • Danyl Strype
    • yukiame
    @yukiame @strypey Currency-issuing states never need to tax in anything but their own currency. Taxes don't finance spending; spending finances taxes. Where else would the first $ taxed come from? #MMT
    In conversation Thursday, 06-Apr-2017 05:48:22 UTC from microblog.ourcoffs.org.au permalink
  4. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.ourcoffs.org.au)'s status on Monday, 03-Apr-2017 03:07:09 UTC Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    Anybody in the #Fediverse know of any attempt to pin down a definition of free network services since the Franklin Street Statement? https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20151006113744/http://autonomo.us/2008/07/14/franklin-street-statement/ Those nine years passed awfully quickly.
    In conversation Monday, 03-Apr-2017 03:07:09 UTC from microblog.ourcoffs.org.au permalink

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  5. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.ourcoffs.org.au)'s status on Sunday, 26-Mar-2017 10:56:18 UTC Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    • Danyl Strype
    @strypey Accepting taxes in #Bitcoin would be insane. It would mean surrendering the ability to use the monetary system to achieve public policy objectives. It'd be like joining a monetary union in the absence of political union. Who would do that? Oh, wait…
    In conversation Sunday, 26-Mar-2017 10:56:18 UTC from microblog.ourcoffs.org.au permalink
  6. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.ourcoffs.org.au)'s status on Sunday, 26-Mar-2017 10:47:44 UTC Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    • Danyl Strype
    @strypey Yep. I've a lot of time for #Graeber and was pleased he arrived at the #Chartalist / #MMT position of Mosler (http://ur1.ca/qoo52), Kelton (http://ur1.ca/qoo53), Mitchell (http://ur1.ca/qoo55) et al.
    In conversation Sunday, 26-Mar-2017 10:47:44 UTC from microblog.ourcoffs.org.au permalink

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    2. Stephanie Kelton -The Angry Birds Approach to Understanding Deficits in the Modern Economy
      By Dave Strickler from YouTube
    3. Bill Mitchell: Demystifying Modern Monetary Theory
      By New Economic Thinking from YouTube
  7. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.ourcoffs.org.au)'s status on Sunday, 26-Mar-2017 09:59:00 UTC Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    in reply to
    • Danyl Strype
    @strypey Money is _used_ in exchange, & also as a store of wealth, but neither is what money _is_. Money is an accounting credit. It's useful to hold & accepted in payment because it has a killer app - eg. the ability to settle taxes. #Bitcoin, at any price, is not money. #MMT
    In conversation Sunday, 26-Mar-2017 09:59:00 UTC from microblog.ourcoffs.org.au permalink
  8. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.ourcoffs.org.au)'s status on Sunday, 12-Mar-2017 08:06:02 UTC Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    in reply to
    • ruben h
    @tregeagle #Suburbia: arrive with a spouse, end up with a cellmate.
    In conversation Sunday, 12-Mar-2017 08:06:02 UTC from microblog.ourcoffs.org.au permalink
  9. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.ourcoffs.org.au)'s status on Saturday, 11-Mar-2017 07:21:11 UTC Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    Was going to mow the lawn, but new neighbour has just started with a much larger and louder electric mower than ours. I'll have knee-high grass before admitting to being outclassed in plastic power tools! #suburbia
    In conversation Saturday, 11-Mar-2017 07:21:11 UTC from microblog.ourcoffs.org.au permalink
  10. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.ourcoffs.org.au)'s status on Thursday, 02-Mar-2017 09:32:28 UTC Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    • Danyl Strype
    @strypey I dunno. I set up a #Facebook account a couple of years ago to check out #Drupal integration and just thought "Is this it? Is this what all the fuss is about?" The vanity value of feeling important enough to be surveilled appears the killer feature.
    In conversation Thursday, 02-Mar-2017 09:32:28 UTC from microblog.ourcoffs.org.au permalink
  11. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.ourcoffs.org.au)'s status on Thursday, 02-Mar-2017 02:18:12 UTC Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    in reply to
    • Danyl Strype
    @strypey But enough metadata constitutes data, and Facebook et al. have enough metadata. Stick a Facebook widget on your site, and identifying your visitors is just a database query for the NSA.
    In conversation Thursday, 02-Mar-2017 02:18:12 UTC from microblog.ourcoffs.org.au permalink
  12. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.ourcoffs.org.au)'s status on Thursday, 02-Mar-2017 02:14:14 UTC Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    • Danyl Strype
    @strypey I know Wobblies who do everything (since the 1970s) pseudonymously. Sure, intercept an email and figuring out who you are from that isn't hard, but you need to make some effort and know pretty much who you're looking for.
    In conversation Thursday, 02-Mar-2017 02:14:14 UTC from microblog.ourcoffs.org.au permalink
  13. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.ourcoffs.org.au)'s status on Thursday, 02-Mar-2017 01:46:22 UTC Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    in reply to
    • Danyl Strype
    @strypey "The protests are outta control. Causing huge problems. Bad. Tough measures have been used in the past. I would be willing to use far worse. We're looking into it. We're looking into a lot of things."
    In conversation Thursday, 02-Mar-2017 01:46:22 UTC from microblog.ourcoffs.org.au permalink
  14. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.ourcoffs.org.au)'s status on Thursday, 02-Mar-2017 01:42:41 UTC Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    in reply to
    • Danyl Strype
    @strypey During WWI IWW members in #US, #AU and elsewhere were rounded up and imprisoned (or worse) in large numbers. If the NSA has Facebook's data on members & sympathisers of activist groups, why wouldn't it be used in some future process of "extreme vetting"?
    In conversation Thursday, 02-Mar-2017 01:42:41 UTC from microblog.ourcoffs.org.au permalink
  15. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.ourcoffs.org.au)'s status on Thursday, 02-Mar-2017 01:16:50 UTC Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    in reply to
    • Danyl Strype
    @strypey I see it more as encouraging #IWW members to join #Facebook et al., and to expose non-members as having activist sympathies. I can't imagine the NSA wouldn't be glad of the assistance.
    In conversation Thursday, 02-Mar-2017 01:16:50 UTC from microblog.ourcoffs.org.au permalink
  16. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.ourcoffs.org.au)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Mar-2017 23:41:39 UTC Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    in reply to
    • Danyl Strype
    @strypey I emailed the guy responsible for this initiative, asking why he wanted to build the FBI a hit list. He replied we unfortunately had to use these tools "until we seize the means of production". What means of production?! We have them already sitting on our desks!
    In conversation Wednesday, 01-Mar-2017 23:41:39 UTC from microblog.ourcoffs.org.au permalink
  17. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.ourcoffs.org.au)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Mar-2017 23:37:00 UTC Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    in reply to
    • Danyl Strype
    @strypey I used to be in the #IWW. This was one of the contributing factors in deciding to chuck it in: http://www.iww.org/guides/branch/socialmedia
    In conversation Wednesday, 01-Mar-2017 23:37:00 UTC from microblog.ourcoffs.org.au permalink

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  18. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.ourcoffs.org.au)'s status on Sunday, 29-Jan-2017 12:59:32 UTC Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    "There’s no getting round it. Call it Nazi, Fascist, racist, vicious, illiberal, immoral, cruel. More dangerously, what Trump has done is a wicked precedent. If you can stop them coming, you can chuck them out." #q Robert #Fisk http://ur1.ca/qeoqh
    In conversation Sunday, 29-Jan-2017 12:59:32 UTC from microblog.ourcoffs.org.au permalink

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    1. Donald Trump's arbitrary, cruel ban on refugees from Muslim countries sets a chilling precedent
      from The Independent
      So Donald Trump is going to f**k them all. No excuses for such filthy words today. I’m only quoting the man whose Pentagon offices he just used to disgrace himself – and America.
  19. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.ourcoffs.org.au)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Nov-2016 09:13:17 UTC Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    Every few years I'm struck by this: #GNU and #Debian are awesome. Living the last 20 technology-centric years chained to non-free software is just unimaginable. Thank you #RMS, #FSF, #SPI, and other freedom-enhancing acronyms. http://ur1.ca/304w0
    In conversation Wednesday, 30-Nov-2016 09:13:17 UTC from microblog.ourcoffs.org.au permalink

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  20. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.ourcoffs.org.au)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Nov-2016 09:50:10 UTC Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    #IThoughtWeFixedThis: If your site doesn't work without #JavaScript, it doesn't work. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_enhancement
    In conversation Wednesday, 16-Nov-2016 09:50:10 UTC from microblog.ourcoffs.org.au permalink

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