Richard Stallman
Founder of the Free Software Movement and the GNU Project, original author of GNU Emacs and the GNU General Public License, and long-time president of the Free Software Foundation.
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Ancient rock art does not encode a precise, detailed message the way writing does
To suppose that this rock art image has a precise message encoded in little details, as writing would have, has no factual basis that I know of.
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Ancient rock art does not encode a precise, detailed message the way writing does
To suppose that this rock art image has a precise message encoded in little details, as writing would have, has no factual basis that I know of.
Urgent: Raise the Wage Act Said 17 Sept 2026
Ancient rock art may convey a valuable but imprecise message that could someday be understood
Nonetheless, ancient rock art is precious, because it may convey a not-so-detailed message that would nonetheless be amazing to understand, if someday we can.
Urgent: Raise the Wage Act Said 17 Sept 2026
The US covertly intervened in Colombia's 2026 presidential election to help elect a right-wing president.
I am pretty sure that the US made some sort of vicious secret intervention, because the newly elected? president is a magat.
Urgent: Raise the Wage Act Said 17 Sept 2026
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Providing people with stable, home-like housing makes real progress toward ending homelessness, while cutting that spending drives homelessness back up
Finland made great progress towards eliminating homelessness by giving people houses which they could feel was home. Alas, right-wing government has cut some of the spending and is driving homelessness back up.
Urgent: Raise the Wage Act Said 17 Sept 2026
AI-developing companies cannot be trusted to protect the public from the dangers of their own systems
The systems are really dangerous, but we cannot trust the companies that develop them to protect us from them.
Urgent: Raise the Wage Act Said 17 Sept 2026
Companies that gain control over people's computing facilities have historically used that power to build malicious functionality benefiting themselves into the software they distribute
Historically, whenever companies get power over what people's computing facilities can do, they use it against us, building malicious functionalities, designed to benefit them, into the software they invite us to use.
Urgent: Raise the Wage Act Said 17 Sept 2026
Ecuador's president is turning the country into a dictatorship by banning parties that don't support him.
The president of Ecuador is turning the country into a dictatorship by banning parties that don't support him.
Urgent: Raise the Wage Act Said 17 Sept 2026
Global heating is being deliberately inflicted rather than occurring as a natural disaster.
Global heating is an intentional outrage, not a natural calamity. It is being done to us knowingly.
Urgent: Raise the Wage Act Said 16 Sept 2026
Accusations against a white person are treated as individual, while accusations against a Black person are used by racists to cast blame on Black people generally.
Racism today: when a white person faces accusations of wrongdoing, the accusation is against per alone. When a black person faces accusations, racists use that to cast aspersions against blacks in general.
Urgent: Raise the Wage Act Said 16 Sept 2026
Republicans' long-term strategy since Reagan has been to spend heavily on things that don't benefit the non-rich, refuse to raise taxes, and thereby balloon the national debt.
Republicans' long-term strategy, since Reagan, is to spend a lot of money (mainly on things that won't benefit non-rich Americans), refuse to raise taxes, and therefore greatly increase the national debt.
Urgent: Raise the Wage Act Said 16 Sept 2026
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Uses emacs
I spend most of my time using Emacs. I run it on a text console, so that I don't have to worry about accidentally touching the mouse-pad and moving the pointer, which would be a nuisance.
usesthis.com 23 Jan 2010
Uses PMON
To initialize the machine and boot, it uses PMON. Above that, it uses gNewSense, one of the totally free GNU/Linux distros.
usesthis.com 23 Jan 2010
Uses gNewSense
To initialize the machine and boot, it uses PMON. Above that, it uses gNewSense, one of the totally free GNU/Linux distros.
usesthis.com 23 Jan 2010
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Uses Lemote Yeelong
I am using a Lemote Yeelong, a netbook with a Loongson chip and a 9-inch display. This is my only computer, and I use it all the time. I chose it because I can run it with 100% free software even at the BIOS level.
usesthis.com 23 Jan 2010
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- Urgent: Stop jailing children in deportation prisons 18 Oct 2026 US citizens: call on your congresscritter and senators to stop jailing children in deportation prisons. I edited the sample letter to avoid associating myself or my views with religion, and to reject terms such as "dete…
- Urgent: Youth Voting Rights Act 18 Oct 2026 US citizens: call on Congress to pass the Youth Voting Rights Act, which would eliminate obstacles to registering and voting by young voters who are of voting age but lack experience. US citizens: Join with this campaig…
- Urgent: Don't silence overseas voters 18 Oct 2026 US citizens: call on the Pentagon not to silence overseas voters.
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- Urgent: Don't subsidize private schools 18 Oct 2026 US citizens: call on the US Treasury not to subsidize private schools. See the instructions for how to sign this letter campaign without running any nonfree JavaScript code--not trivial, but not hard.
- Urgent: Restore fuel economy standards 18 Oct 2026 US citizens: call on Congress to restore fuel economy standards that the saboteur's officials weakened. See the instructions for how to sign this letter campaign without running any nonfree JavaScript code--not trivial,…
- Urgent: School desegregation cases 18 Oct 2026 US citizens: call on the DOJ to stop dropping school desegregation cases and stick to Brown v. Board of Education.
- Urgent: Deportation to unrelated countries 18 Oct 2026 US citizens: Thank the Judges Who Ruled Out Deportation to Countries Unrelated to the Deportee.
- Urgent: Strictly limit the R&D tax credit 18 Oct 2026 US citizens: call on Congress to strictly limit the R&D Tax Credit. I used this as the text of my letter. Please legislate stricter rules for the research and experimentation tax credit, so that the companies that want…
- Urgent: Protect reimbursement of Planned Parenthood by Medicaid 18 Oct 2026 US citizens: call on Congress to protect reimbursement of Planned Parenthood by Medicaid (for services that Medicaid covers) from arbitrary revenge and interference. US citizens: Join with this campaign to address this…
- Suing newspapers before publishing 18 Oct 2026 *[The editor of the Wall Street Journal] said the tactic of suing newspapers before they had published a story had become an established PR strategy of the powerful amid greater distrust of the established media.*
- Federal Reserve changing rules 18 Oct 2026 The Federal Reserve is changing the rules to help big banks take dangerous risks, and risk causing nationwide harm.
- Summary of mass surveillance in the US 18 Oct 2026 A summary of mass surveillance in the US, and how the data thus collected is used against everyone. I protect myself from most of these systems by never using them. But there are a few I can't avoid, such as cameras use…
- Heatwaves and wildfires 18 Oct 2026 s are setting back air quality improvements, UN finds. WMO report details extreme weather events causing climatic feedback loop with serious health consequences.*
- Airline passenger tied to a seat and then arrested 18 Oct 2026 An article seems to say that an airline passenger was tied to a seat, and then arrested, for uttering statements of bigotry. Bigotry is nasty and I will rebuke people for that, but I don't think people should be tied up…
- Taxing driverless cars 18 Oct 2026 *[Driverless] cars should be taxed to offset job losses, thinktank urges.* If the worst problem the cars cause is loss of jobs, taxing them could be sufficient to deal with the problem. Today's driverless cars have othe…
- "War on terror" weakened the first amendment 18 Oct 2026 *The "war on terror" weakened the first amendment. Now we desperately need it.*
- (satire) Taking $5,000 from every American 18 Oct 2026 (satire) *[The Corrupter] Promises to Take $5,000 From Every American If Democrats Win Midterm.*
- ChatGPT encouraged user to commit suicide 18 Oct 2026 ChatGPT encouraged a user' delusional religious tendencies to the point that he tried to commit suicide, by telling per perse was Jesus.
- Meta platforms manipulate users to stay 18 Oct 2026 Meta (formerly known as Facebook) engineers its platforms to lead people to stay on its platforms almost compulsively, treating human minds as a resource to be mined for profit.
- Interviews with Israeli intelligence agents 18 Oct 2026 A documentary presents anonymous interviews with Israeli intelligence agents about the systems of killing Palestinians, sometimes because heuristics suggested they are HAMAS agents, sometimes merely for disobeying invis…
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- https://civicshout.com/p/thank-the-judges-who-stopped-ice-s-third-country-removals US citizens: Thank the Judges Who Ruled Out Deportation to Countries Unrelated to the Deportee. 19 Oct 2026
- https://stallman.org/glossary.html#corrupter https://theonion.com/trump-promises-to-take-5000-from-every-american-if-democrats-win-midterm/ (satire) *[The Corrupter] Promises to Take $5,000 From Every American If Democrats Win Midterm.* 19 Oct 2026
- https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/10/naza-review-israel-gaza https://apnews.com/article/naza-documentary-venice-film-festival-0bfc5f6b2ac5e6cb31728c4a9e776995 A documentary presents anonymous interviews with Israeli intelligence agents about the systems of killing Palestinians, sometimes because heuristics suggested they are HAMAS agents, sometimes merely for disobeying invisible boundaries. More about the film. 19 Oct 2026
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- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/07/heatwaves-wildfires-setting-back-air-quality-improvements-un-finds *Heatwaves and wildfires are setting back air quality improvements, UN finds. WMO report details extreme weather events causing climatic feedback loop with serious health consequences.* 19 Oct 2026
- https://civicshout.com/p/tell-congress-pass-the-youth-voting-rights-act-3 US citizens: call on Congress to pass the Youth Voting Rights Act, which would eliminate obstacles to registering and voting by young voters who are of voting age but lack experience. US citizens: Join with this campaign to address this issue. To phone your congresscritter about this, the main switchboard is +1-202-224-3121. Please spread the word. 19 Oct 2026
- [1/2] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/11/self-driving-cars-should-be-taxed-to-offset-job-losses-thinktank-urges *[Driverless] cars should be taxed to offset job losses, thinktank urges.* If the worst problem the cars cause is loss of jobs, taxing them could be sufficient to deal with the problem. Today's driverless cars have other, worse problems: identifying their passengers, blocking traffic, blocking emergency responders, and snooping on everyone that the car spies. 19 Oct 2026
- https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/may/06/worlds-most-powerful-are-suing-media-outlets-before-stories-are-even-published-says-editor *[The editor of the Wall Street Journal] said the tactic of suing newspapers before they had published a story had become an established PR strategy of the powerful amid greater distrust of the established media.* 19 Oct 2026
- https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/26/meta-social-media-addiction-trial-settlement Meta (formerly known as Facebook) engineers its platforms to lead people to stay on its platforms almost compulsively, treating human minds as a resource to be mined for profit. 19 Oct 2026
- [1/3] https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/sep/10/esther-rantzen-now-too-physically-fragile-to-end-her-life-in-switzerland Terminally ill broadcaster Esther Rantzen planned in advance to go to Switzerland for assistance in dying - later on. But now that her illness has advanced to the point where she wants to do this, she is considered "too physically fragile" to travel there. *Rantzen said: "Unfortunately, when I was strong enough to make the flight and go to Dignitas, my life was not 18 Oct 2026
- https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/11/9-11-war-on-terror-first-amendment *The "war on terror" weakened the first amendment. Now we desperately need it.* 18 Oct 2026
- [1/2] https://edri.org/our-work/edri-solidarity-statement-autistici-inventati/ https://stallman.org/archives/2013-jan-apr.html#28_March_2013_(No-Fly_List) https://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#05_December_2013_(Former_Stanford_student_sues_to_get_taken_off_terrorist_watch_list) EDRI reproaches the US government for its attack on Autistici/Inventati. The power to designate a person or organization arbitrarily for punishment, bypassing the trial that anyone accused has a right to, 18 Oct 2026
- https://civicshout.com/p/don-t-let-congress-cut-off-affordable-birth-control-again US citizens: call on Congress to protect reimbursement of Planned Parenthood by Medicaid (for services that Medicaid covers) from arbitrary revenge and interference. US citizens: Join with this campaign to address this issue. To phone your congresscritter about this, the main switchboard is +1-202-224-3121. Please spread the word. 18 Oct 2026
- https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/09/man-told-chatgpt-he-was-feeling-delusional-chatgpt-insisted-he-was-jesus/ https://stallman.org/glossary.html#perse ChatGPT encouraged a user' delusional religious tendencies to the point that he tried to commit suicide, by telling per perse was Jesus. 18 Oct 2026
- https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/tell-the-doj-dont-abandon-brown-v-board US citizens: call on the DOJ to stop dropping school desegregation cases and stick to Brown v. Board of Education. 18 Oct 2026
- [1/3] https://actionnetwork.org/letters/stop-locking-children-in-detention?nowrapper=true https://stallman.org/actionnetwork-letter-instructions.html US citizens: call on your congresscritter and senators to stop jailing children in deportation prisons. I edited the sample letter to avoid associating myself or my views with religion, and to reject terms such as "detention" and "ICE". You might want to do likewise. I condemn the jailing of children and families in deportation prison, and I 18 Oct 2026
- [1/4] https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-to-eliminate-the-rd-tax-credit?nowrapper=true https://gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#ArtificialIntelligence https://stallman.org/glossary.html#corrupter https://stallman.org/actionnetwork-letter-instructions.html US citizens: call on Congress to strictly limit the R&D Tax Credit. I used this as the text of my letter. Please legislate stricter rules for the research and experimentation tax credit, so that the companies that want 18 Oct 2026
- [1/2] https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-reverse-trumps-gas-guzzler-rollback-now?nowrapper=true https://stallman.org/glossary.html#saboteur https://stallman.org/actionnetwork-letter-instructions.html US citizens: call on Congress to restore fuel economy standards that the saboteur's officials weakened. See the instructions for how to sign this letter campaign without running any nonfree JavaScript code--not trivial, but not hard. US citizens: Join with this campaign to address 18 Oct 2026
- https://ourfinancialsecurity.org/news/banking-regulators-are-making-it-easier-for-big-banks-to-hide-risks/ The Federal Reserve is changing the rules to help big banks take dangerous risks, and risk causing nationwide harm. 18 Oct 2026
- [1/2] https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/13/nsw-to-put-strict-caps-on-screen-time-in-classrooms-while-pushing-for-pen-and-paper-learning The Australian state of New South Wales will strictly limit "screen time" in schools. The limits will vary with the grade level. I am not an expert on "screens"' effect on students minds. The views of teachers on this subject seem plausible to me. What I do know is that nonfree applications, which includes most ed-tech, have malicious 18 Oct 2026
- [1/2] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/08/racist-plane-real-estate-agent-tied An article seems to say that an airline passenger was tied to a seat, and then arrested, for uttering statements of bigotry. Bigotry is nasty and I will rebuke people for that, but I don't think people should be tied up, let alone arrested, just for saying nasty things. There is a brief hint that he may have done something worse than speak words of bigotry, but the article gives no details - as if 18 Oct 2026
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