This is also raising questions of foreign interference/influence in democratic process.
In Canada, the federal Elections Commissioner has been called on to investigate the source of bot campaigns for the leading opposition party: Online bot campaign backing Pierre Pollievre prompts call for probe.
I’m still seeing this as an active posting, linked on other UN pages e.g.,
https://dppa.un.org/en/gazas-new-terror-booby-trapped-cans-of-food-unwary
However, a similar claim in January was found to be false by fact checking news orgs.
The StarTrek.website instance has nontoxic and active community with views - and of course one of the longest running franchises to discuss.
There’s even a great where to start post along the lines you’re looking for.
Now naturally other stuff exists, and we even have a place to discuss that over at /quarks.
I’ve recently become aware of mulesing, an appalling practice used on Merino sheep in Australia and NZ due to a specific fly problem. The problem is that most merino wool is from those countries.
Also, most fabric generically labeled ‘wool’ is mostly merino from mulesinged sheep.
Ethics conscious knitters, crocheters and weavers are aware, and merino yarns certified as mulesing-free are on the market now.
Knowing country of origin and wool type is another reliable way to avoid endorsing this practice, but again most manufactured clothing or even fabrics will not give the necessary information.
“Works-for-hire” is exactly the key point here.
This is about who holds the IP. Sometimes, depending on the employer and contract, an engineer will get to share in a patent created in the course of the job. Or might have incentives such as Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) or options.
So it’s not true that the IT folks are exclusively paid salary. Many share in the risk as well as the returns of their firms.
Let’s unpack that.
Yes, there are ‘writers for hire’ in licenced tie-in fiction and comics. These authors get a flat advance BUT they still get royalties based on the number of books or comics sold. That is - base payment and then returns based on success if the product.
Film and television writers are compensated by residuals in addition to salary. The studio owns the IP but the creators have a stake. It’s a risk and return sharing relationship with the studio. That’s the standard arrangement.
How is this different from an ESOP or options as an incentive remuneration?
How would an IT employee feel if a firm licenced the IP and then excluded its value from the calculation of ESOPs and options due, or the dividends on the nonvoting shares issued to employees?
StarTrek.website is an instance dedicated to the Star Trek franchise.
It is a solid, well functioning medium-sized instance, and the largest one specific to a particular show, movie or franchise. It was created by mods of related subreddits.
It’s communities cover Star Trek television shows and movies as well as tie-in books, comics, games and merchandise. It also has a general discussion (off topic) community.
Great that you were able to find a CSA that is a fit for your family.
We really wanted to do this several years ago, but found that most of the local ones balanced out their production with either canning or smoking themselves or dry goods. Unfortunately we have some food intolerances in our family and none of the CSAs could accommodate.
Instead we found a local delivery service with a focus on getting food from local and regional small farmers and producers as much as possible. They do their best to provide a clean label products and it’s been working for us since before the pandemic.
Thanks for this. I’d wondered if there was some kind of verification going on.
There’s currently an Redexit of Canadians who are looking to get off US-controlled social media.
Lemmy.ca has had a huge spike in enrolment as it’s the one that was most prominently promoted in r/BuyCanadian. Apparently, it’s had over 9k signups in the past day.