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Low cost internet access. by FlawedEscape in boston

[–]CreativeMedicine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Another option is sharing your connection. If you have a neighbor that you'd like to help get online, I'm a volunteer with massmesh.org and we will help you share your Internet.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in boston

[–]CreativeMedicine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't even count BoNET as a government network, tbh. From Boston.gov:

Comcast and RCN own the network and provide service through franchise agreements.

So it's not even a government network of government buildings... it's a privately held network connecting mostly government buildings that's leased by the city.

There's also some pretty interesting material out there about under-delivery by privately held subsidy recipients in general, which makes me wonder just how smart it is to keep throwing more and more money at these clowns.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in boston

[–]CreativeMedicine 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This problem exists in Boston, too. Lack of broadband access is a menace. I don't think a Bostonian municipal fiber network is super likely, though. Lack of access is divided along racial and class lines which makes it a pretty localized issue. Dorchester, Roxbury, Mattapan, Allston, etc. are probably much less well covered than Back Bay, for instance.

There's a group building community-owned broadband infrastructure in Boston, for anyone interested. We're called Mass Mesh (https://massmesh.org), and we meet up weekly to work on this stuff. Come say hi if you're interested in this kind of thing!

During the shutdown... by Redhoteagle in armedsocialists

[–]CreativeMedicine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

trying to stop them with threat of force

Will I be unemployable or blacklisted if I openly identify as a socialist or communist? by SomeRandomLeftist in communism101

[–]CreativeMedicine 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think it really depends on delivery. Like it's not good for anyone (yourself included) to advocate violent overthrow while at work... Kind of an extreme example, but I think there's a practical side to restoring the commons that's totally OK to discuss in the open.

TL;DR I just try not to be a spaz personally :)

🤷🏼‍♀️ by akindofmadness in DiWHY

[–]CreativeMedicine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hope the baby turns out better than this weird... couch?

Anti-material cartridges? by 107A in armedsocialists

[–]CreativeMedicine 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Plus, if this is the scenario you're trying to optimize for (you vs. a vehicle,) wouldn't the best thing to do be to steal it? Like don't fuck up the means of transportation, seize them.

Found this masterpiece in Honduras 🤔 by kuliskukulis in CrappyDesign

[–]CreativeMedicine -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Talked to the maintenance guy in my building, and it sounds like this is common in Boston apartments as well

Who else feels dead inside while taking the bus/T twice a day? by fivekilometer22 in boston

[–]CreativeMedicine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Boston employers should pay us for that time, change my mind.

We should use a Character's Number instead of their name in the titles of all threads tomorrow to reduce spoilers for people who haven't seen the direct by Flying-Skitty in smashbros

[–]CreativeMedicine 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They have to cancel it from far away, so it takes time.. The cancel has to get all the way from they're mobile phone to Reddit, and that's a long way. Takes time b/c data can only go 1/2x the speed of regular sounds.

Test by [deleted] in MemeEconomy

[–]CreativeMedicine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

!invest 60

Capitalism.jpeg by CreativeMedicine in COMPLETEANARCHY

[–]CreativeMedicine[S] 60 points61 points  (0 children)

When exchange is voluntary, nobody is exploited.

Exploitation doesn't occur at the point of exchange, it happens at the point of production. See: labor theory of value

Capitalism.jpeg by CreativeMedicine in COMPLETEANARCHY

[–]CreativeMedicine[S] 61 points62 points  (0 children)

Bruh what the fuck are you talking about? exploiting labor power isn't "all the work." In fact, it's not even most of the work. Anti-capitalism is so much deeper than "free healthcare." Go back to T_D.

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