• the_itsb [she/her, comrade/them]
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    6 months ago

    This is so tantalizing! Was there legendary beef involved or just myopic selfishness or what?

    I'm dying to know about all these thread-severing moments, this is fascinating!

        • buckykat [none/use name]
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          6 months ago

          Other candidates for thread severing events might include the destruction of Project Cybersyn in Chile and the privatization of the internet under the Clinton regime. There must have been some tied up in the destruction of the USSR but I don't know enough about Soviet computer history to pinpoint them.

          The Stallman printer thing stands out to me because it was such a small thing but it symbolized and embodied such a huge shift.

          • the_itsb [she/her, comrade/them]
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            6 months ago

            I expected you were linking an article, and then I clicked through and found a whole ass book, and it's absolutely engrossing ❤️❤️❤️❤️ thank you so much for that and for these other moments to research!!