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  • Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.nettoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Midwife is arrested for performing abortions in Texas, AG announcesEnglish
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    15 days ago

    A relevant reading:

    This is a collection of various first-hand accounts and documents from the underground abortion service known as Jane.

    Jane was the abortion counseling service affiliated with the Chicago Women’s Liberation Union (CWLU). Before abortion was legalized in 1973, Jane members, none of whom were physicians, performed over 11,000 illegal abortions. Their philosophy was that women had the right to safe humane abortions and that if that wasn’t legally possible, then it was up to the women’s liberation movement to take up the slack.

    Jane took its medical and social responsibilities seriously. So careful training and a humane relationship with the women who needed abortions were an important part of the Jane experience. Known officially as the Abortion Counseling Service of the Chicago Women’s Liberation Union, “Jane” was the name people would ask for when they first made contact.

    https://www.sproutdistro.com/catalog/zines/history/jane/

  • Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.nettoMemes@lemmy.ml•Communism in theory vs in practiceEnglish
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    17 days ago

    Competition does the exact opposite of centralization. That’s why I can buy most goods from completely different vendors that differ in price and quality.

    Competitions have winners, and in this case it means the competition goes out of business and dies, leaving you with a near monopoly or outright monopoly.

    That power then gets used to

    • lobby (bribe) the government to raise barriers to entry to prevent new competitors
    • buy out new competitors
    • intentionally price everything lower than competitors, at a loss, to kill competitors in a war of attrition that they can’t possibly outlast

    And that’s even assuming there’s any competition at all, which often isn’t the case with certain things like healthcare, internet, electricity, etc.

  • Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.nettoSolarpunk@slrpnk.net•Print zines, and put them in little free libraries!English
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    18 days ago

    There are some things you can do.

    1. Use an old cartridge that is empty, and reset the chip to make it think it’s new and full.
    2. Buy an ancient printer from like before the 2000s and use that.
    3. Don’t print the zine, and instead print a template to cut out and use spray paint on. A template that includes a QR code to the zine if it’s hosted online, such as the case with sproutdistro. This will be less effective though, as less people will be willing to scan a QR code.
    4. Use a stolen printer. So long as the theft can’t be traced back to you, you should be fine. The yellow dots only track things like the serial (which ideally doesn’t point to you and instead points back to some soulless corp), the time (which isn’t all that helpful on its own), and the IP address which can be delt with by not printing over wifi.

    Another thing to consider:

    Other methods of identification are not as easily recognizable as yellow dots. For example, a modulation of laser intensity and a variation of shades of grey in texts are feasible. As of 2006, it was unknown whether manufacturers were also using these techniques.