The F isn't Free its Freedom.

I've been using gsudo for a long time, its a game changer.

Happy Birthday comrade

Because you can't do self-harm. The state would never allow for its own hand to be cut off. Russian assets are from a whole different pool of capitalists.

What's truly ridiculous is how obvious it is and yet this Democrat held institution has done nothing about it.

I can't speak for most of your post. I'll say that an app that might allow you to find out if you're being paid your fair wage sounds great, I couldn't begin to know how to execute on that idea.

But what I will say is this:

I’m not sure if working with a union is worth it, especially in a country, where employers have reportedly hired goons to silence employees, not just blue-collar, but also IT sweat-shop employees.

The past has taught us that labor victories are achieved despite significant opposition. The history of the Pinkertons, the history of the Haymarket affair in Chicago, the history of the Ludlow Massacre and the greater Coalfields War in Colorado and more. These stories are filled with people fighting against a system that will, when it feels it's necessary, resort to incredibly oppressive methods of enforcement. You can probably find similar stories in India's history. This is a history that shows how powerful labor is because if it weren't, we wouldn't need groups like the Pinkertons. Is it personally worth it? It's up to you to decide, but the challenges we face today can help us build a better future.

I've had the same representatives for 37 years. Tell me, when does the democracy start?

Ok now that I've read your Edit:

Podcasts no longer have RSS feeds that simply link back to an mp3 file that you directly download. Any podcast that is running canned ads (not ad reads that the host reads) is using what's called Dynamic Ad Injection. This requires the podcaster to supply their distribution vendor with a key file that marks break points in the podcast that the system will use to slice the raw podcast file into parts, and then inject X number of ads into the break, and then reform the mp3 file for delivery. I imagine this can be done dynamically or as part of an automation that cranks out thousands of variations of the podcast file.

The reason this information is important is because it means that the PODCAST FEED itself is betraying you and your data. The feed is controlled by an ad delivery network, which works in partnership with the podcast, to inject dynamic ads based on demographic information the ad delivery network has, and they use metadata about your connection (such as IP address) to match you against a shadow portfolio of your data, or at least a pool of data that hits your demographic.

Now, one other thing here that is betraying you, is your flatmates. It doesn't matter how much you protect yourself, because you are likely connected to your wifi, along with the other flatmates, and they're likely not taking the same measures as you are to ensure anonymity online. So you could have received that ad not because of data collected about you, but because of data collected about everyone who uses your ISP-provided address to connect to the internet, even if they're not listening to this specific podcast.

A VPN can mitigate most of that, as well as using a FOSS Podcast reader like you are. But if you have to listen to the podcast through Spotify, it's still moot because the IP addresses you get via the VPN will become attached to your data profile from Spotify, which will then find its way back into the existing data on you which includes your apartment's IP address.

The reality is Podcasts are big businesses and all the feeds for all the popular podcasts are owned by ad networks that collect data on listeners and then pair that data up with other data they collect from data brokers.

Under the new framework, when a union requests recognition on the basis that a majority of employees in an appropriate bargaining unit have designated the union as their representative, an employer must either recognize and bargain with the union or promptly file an RM petition seeking an election. However, if an employer who seeks an election commits any unfair labor practice that would require setting aside the election, the petition will be dismissed, and—rather than re-running the election—the Board will order the employer to recognize and bargain with the union

The critical bit is bolded for emphasis. Any attempt to delay or reset the election process will result in instant union recognition and a demand for bargaining.

I want to make a super virus!

Crash your whole computer system and reduce you to papyrus!

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It is exciting to watch the hands of the dooms day clock inch closer to midnight.

Shadow Bans are bans that are not announced or visible to the end user. None of the content they post is visible to other users on the site. So to the banned user, everything seems normal except they get not engagement with their posts.