Hell yeah, California! "A California state net neutrality bill described <https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/04/nations-toughest-net-neutrality-bill-passes-california-senate-committee/> as the strongest in the country was approved by a key legislative committee yesterday and is close to final passage. The bill <https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVotesClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB822> was approved 9-3 by the state Assembly's Communications and Conveyance Committee, and is "head[ing] to the Assembly floor for a vote next week," bill author Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) announced yesterday <http://sd11.senate.ca.gov/news/20180822-senator-wiener%E2%80%99s-net-neutrality-bill-passes-out-its-final-committee-and-advances>. All nine yes votes came from Democrats while the three no votes were made by Republicans." - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/08/californias-strict-net-neutrali… On to the Assembly next week! \o/ Jenny (see also, "Should water flow to fightfires at Verizon be throttled? <https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/08/24/letter-should-water-flow-to-fight-fires-at-verizon-be-throttled/> ") Help open a professional kitchen at the Omni Commons in Oakland! https://omnicommons.org/kitchen `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` "Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories." -Laurie Anderson "Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it." -Hannah Arendt "To define is to kill. To suggest is to create." -Stéphane Mallarmé "Anything done for the first time unleashes a demon." --Dave Sim, "Cerebus the Aardvark" ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`