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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe real Internet may die on Dec 14th, 2017 unless you act now
The Trump administration is trying to kill the only media that have consistently held him to account, independent media, and much more. Now they are about to ensure that in order to report broadly, you may need big bucks to do so, this unless you act now. This affects us all.
https://egbertowillies.com/2017/11/21/internet-death-december-2017/
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The real Internet may die on Dec 14th, 2017 unless you act now (Original Post)
egbertowillies
Nov 2017
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Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)1. republicans pissing on the Internet
like they piss on everything...
defacto7
(13,485 posts)3. You'd think they'd run out of urine...
But no, they have plenty more.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)2. K&R for the importance of open access to information
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)4. Glad to hear that I can stop them!
What were the steps to do that again?
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)5. K&R for visibility.
Mme. Defarge
(8,026 posts)6. Probably a dumb question, but
could public libraries become internet service providers?
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)7. Don't think libraries have the funds
Huge bucks to maintain current infrastructure, much less expanding it.
Mme. Defarge
(8,026 posts)8. Oh, well,
thanks!