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Author: Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com>
Date:   Fri, 30 Aug 2024 12:32:51 +0200

Drop obsolete article about Chile and FOSS

The links are all dead.

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diff --git a/content/blog/Help-Chile-promote-digital-freedoms.md b/content/blog/Help-Chile-promote-digital-freedoms.md @@ -1,52 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: Help Chile write free software values, privacy, and digital sovereignty into their constitution -date: 2022-01-19 ---- - -For those out of the loop, a group which included myself up until recently,[^1] -Chile is in the midst of a revolution. They're fighting against the increased -cost of living, privatization of essential services, and worsening inequality -&mdash; problems facing everyone who lives under capitalism around the world -&mdash; but in Chile's case, the people actually seem to be winning. The -Chilean people voted overwhelmingly in favor (80% with a 50% turnout) of -rewriting the constitution, a constitutional convention has been assembled, and -a call has been made for the Chilean people to re-define their country's values. - -[^1]: No surprise given that promising popular political movements like this are deliberately under-reported in western media, especially when they're happening in the global south. We can't have anyone wondering if we could make similar changes here! - -One of the answers to this call arrived in my inbox courtesy of Felix Freeman, a -Chilean hacker and activist for free software, free culture, and free knowledge, -who asked me to signal boost [Propuestas constitucionales para Chile en la era -de la información][6], three proposals to establish the following principles in -the foundations of Chilean law: - -1. [Access to knowledge][3] -2. [Technological and digital sovereignty][4] -3. [Internet privacy][5] - -[3]: https://www.EraDeLaInformacion.cl/acceso -[4]: https://www.EraDeLaInformacion.cl/soberania -[5]: https://www.EraDeLaInformacion.cl/privacidad -[6]: https://www.eradelainformacion.cl/ - -Each of these proposals needs 15,000 Chilean signatures to be proposed at the -constitutional convention, and I'd like you to help Felix and other advocates -for digital freedoms in Chile get the attention they need. These links provide -the canonical Spanish text and the appropriate place for Chileans to register -their support. Felix was also kind enough to provide me with English -translations for your reading pleasure: - -1. [Access to knowledge][0] -2. [Technological and digital sovereignty][1] -3. [Internet privacy][2] - -[0]: https://www.eradelainformacion.cl/docs/acceso_eng.pdf -[1]: https://www.eradelainformacion.cl/docs/soberania_eng.pdf -[2]: https://www.eradelainformacion.cl/docs/privacidad_eng.pdf - -This is exactly the kind of political action we need to enshrine the values of -free software, free culture, and free knowledge within Chilean law. I hope you -will support their efforts to score a victory for the Chilean people and for -global digital freedom. Opportunities like this one are vanishingly rare, and -need to be taken advantage of before they're gone. The call for signatures ends -on February 1st &mdash; act fast! diff --git a/layouts/partials/webring-out.html b/layouts/partials/webring-out.html @@ -1,73 +1,2 @@ <section class="webring"> - <h2> - Articles from blogs I read - <small class="attribution"> - Generated by - <a href="https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/openring">openring</a> - </small> - </h2> - <section class="articles"> - - <div class="article"> - <h4 class="title"> - <a href="https://emersion.fr/blog/2020/status-update-21/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Status update, August 2020</a> - </h4> - <p class="summary">Hi! Regardless of the intense heat I’ve been exposed to this last month, -I’ve still been able to get some stuff done (although having to move out to -another room which isn’t right under the roof). -I’ve worked a lot on IRC-related projects. I’ve added a znc-i…</p> - <small class="source"> - via <a href="https://emersion.fr/blog/">emersion</a> - </small> - <small class="date">2020-08-19 00:00:00 &#43;0200 &#43;0200</small> - </div> - - <div class="article"> - <h4 class="title"> - <a href="https://sourcehut.org/blog/2020-08-16-whats-cooking-august-2020/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">What&#39;s cooking on Sourcehut? August 2020</a> - </h4> - <p class="summary">Another month passes and we find ourselves writing (or reading) this status -update on a quiet, rainy Sunday morning. Today our userbase numbers 16,683 -members strong, up 580 from last month. Please extend a kind welcome to our new -colleagues! Thanks for read…</p> - <small class="source"> - via <a href="https://sourcehut.org/blog/">Blogs on Sourcehut</a> - </small> - <small class="date">2020-08-16 00:00:00 &#43;0000 &#43;0000</small> - </div> - - <div class="article"> - <h4 class="title"> - <a href="https://blog.golang.org/go1.15" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Go 1.15 is released</a> - </h4> - <p class="summary"> - - - - - Today the Go team is very happy to announce the release of Go 1.15. You can get it from the download page. -Some of the highlights include: - -Substantial improvements to the Go linker -Improved allocation for small objects at high core coun…</p> - <small class="source"> - via <a href="https://blog.golang.org/feed.atom">The Go Programming Language Blog</a> - </small> - <small class="date">2020-08-11 11:00:00 &#43;0000 &#43;0000</small> - </div> - - <div class="article"> - <h4 class="title"> - <a href="https://100r.co/site/north_pacific_logbook.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">North Pacific Logbook</a> - </h4> - <p class="summary"> -The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we&#39;ve ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.Continue Reading - </p> - <small class="source"> - via <a href="https://100r.co/">Hundred Rabbits</a> - </small> - <small class="date">2020-07-31 00:00:00 &#43;0000 GMT</small> - </div> - - </section> </section>