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@petergleick@fediscience.org Unpaywall (unpaywall.org) is also a very useful tool for this. The browser extension automatically checks for and usually finds open access versions of papers. It's entirely legal, just as with asking the author.

@christine@ruby.social I feel like the cat might be persuaded to defect and help your enemies which is an issue in 2FA.

@aud@fire.asta.lgbt @yabellini@fosstodon.org I believe even the US establishment belatedly conceded that what they did to Swartz was so abominable that the law was changed so that violations of terms of service couldn't be prosecuted criminally. But DMCA violations are still a crime so - there is a long, long way to go.

@QasimRashid@mastodon.social I would guess that it might be a case of trying to get to another country and apply for asylum in order to have any chance of being able to get treatment without repercussions (other than the obviously massive repercussion of exile).

@JugglingWithEggs@mstdn.social @Strandjunker@mstdn.social Even at that we likely had far fewer guns to begin with. The US has more guns than people.

@burgerdrome@aus.social I know it's effectively sort of the same thing but I've had a better experience turning off the network on the TV and connecting an external Roku stick. It has the advantage at least that Roku don't care about selling me a new TV so it keeps getting updates to work with new versions of services, and I can just use the TV unencumbered for broadcast.

@justsusan@sfba.social @bodhipaksa@mastodon.scot Nowhere in the UK is more than 70 miles from the sea but the height above sea level is also a factor. London is going to be difficult to preserve and if it is kept it will mean more flooding elsewhere from barriers diverting the water.

@justsusan@sfba.social @bodhipaksa@mastodon.scot I've heard some people say New Zealand or the UK but I'm not clear where we're at with potential sea level rises or Gulf Stream collapse . . . I've idly wondered whether some of Russia that is currently too cold and spartan for significant human settlement will end up being populated at some point in the future.

@bodhipaksa@mastodon.scot Paradoxically Europe's future may be one of devastating cold as and when the Gulf Stream gets sufficiently disrupted. This will also be catastrophic.