Cyberunions Podcast Episode 70 Why weren’t we drunk for the show but had hangovers instead

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We got drunk but not on the show

• Stephen is recovering from St Patricks Day has the hangover today
• Walton went on a subcrawl but had the hangover yesterday
• Walton and Stephen plan when they will drink on the show
• A belated shout out to This is Not A Podcast where Stephen get a shout out from them where he tried to do a British accent but it came out Irish.
• Marxcycle will be posting about his new tires this week
• Stephen has been doing some web development with javascripting and css coding…he did it on his own
• Stephen is mad at global warming cause Glasgow is getting snow and 8000 feet up in Mexico City there is no snow

Labor Section

• Student guestworkers revolting and organizing
• Stephen tries to explain how guestworker visas work and the point of them and the limitations of them
• The guestworkers are being threatened to be deported if they don’t work the shifts they are asked to work
• Walton brings up that super models are starting to organize the Models Alliance in the US
• It is very similar to the Actors union, equity effort in the UK to organize models.
• Trying to connect the production of clothing to the presentation of that clothing on the catwalk.
• Walton shares the story of the biggest design show in the world coming from South Africa
• It is a great story cause you can buy designer clothes in South Africa and it is union made

Tech Sector

• VentureCommunism is moving along and now has a weekly conference call for those that are interested.
• LibreOffice 4.0 The release we have been waiting for is out and H-online highlights its new features
• Now with collaborative support, and compatibility with Microsoft Office, this includes comments and formatting is better supported
• Google is killing the Reader! Stephen recommends the Firefox built in RSS reader and Thunderbird, Walton continues searching for other ways to read
• FSF releases a statement on Google controlling the XMPP or Google Talk’s openness
• Friendica releases a preview on their new Red software

Feed Back

• New and old listeners coming from the VentureCommunism IRC
• MJray gives a link to a logo for coop made

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