This week on #GoodNewsNextWeek: 2017 starts out with a whole new year’s worth of ways we’re winning w/space not spikes, free hot soup, p2p video and much more.
Notes/Links:
Space, Not Spikes: Little free libraries and a place to rest your rump
https://twitter.com/CY_Media/status/817928653178830848
The Misfit Samaritans of ‘Free Hot Soup’
https://twitter.com/seekingredress/status/818293500991172608
@PortOfPortland the 10th public entity on West Coast to sue @MonsantoCo for PCB contamination
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/817146243096772609
Washington Frozen Out of #Syria Peace Plan
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/816359577469865984
Israeli soldier convicted of Palestinian manslaughter
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/816603056137596929
EU’s highest court delivers blow to UK snooper’s charter
https://twitter.com/WikiWorldOrder/status/816381972113068036
DuPont hit with $10.5M in punitive damages in latest #C8 case
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/817453929130651648
Hyperface anti-surveillance clothing blocks security cameras’ facial-recognition software
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/817096984607670272
Flashback: How Fashion Can Be Used To Thwart Facial Recognition Technology (Jan. 6, 2014)
http://io9.gizmodo.com/how-fashion-can-be-used-to-thwart-facial-recognition-te-1495648863
Bitcoin Price Soars, Fueled by Speculation and Global Currency Turmoil
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/816601837495205889
World’s largest survival community comprises 575 off-grid doomsday bunkers
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/818481304870088708
The farmer who built her own broadband
https://twitter.com/rayvahey/status/813656683385761792
#BigUps to @rayvahey/@apolloslater on launching their #YouTube alternative #BitChute!
https://twitter.com/benjaminseagram/status/817555162441064451
88 year old creates super-powered machine to knit thousands of socks for shelters
https://twitter.com/brocwest/status/818206968271618049
#DavidBowie’s final recordings released as ‘No Plan EP’ for singer’s 70th birthday
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/818479613600903168
Vinyl records at 25 yr high 📀👍
https://twitter.com/TheFreds/status/816557420302495745
People Started Hacking Nintendo’s #NESClassic, Adding More Games To It 👾🕹
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/818167422540619779
Landmark State Court Ruling Says THC in Blood is NOT Sufficient Grounds for DUI
https://twitter.com/CY_Media/status/815652126676357121
Legal Marijuana Sales Reached over 6 Billion last year in North America
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/817207902708568068
Marijuana activist group plans to give out 4,200 free joints at Trump’s inauguration
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/817484766073106433