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Open and Closed Source Software

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Hamish Hallett and John Beasy speaking about the concept of software and the distinction between open-sourced and closed-sourced software. They examined what kind of future may happen in regards to software.

At the beginning of this episode, both Hamish and John made a statement regarding the ongoing black lives matter protests. They are both in solidarity and support these ongoing protests that want to achieve justice for those who have fallen victim of the system. Below you can find some resources of how you can help and support this movement.

Podcasts

About Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge

1619

Code Switch (NPR)

Intersectionality Matters!

Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast

Pod For The Cause(from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)

Pod Save the People(Crooked Media)

Seeing White

Books

Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper

Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon

How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad

Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold

Films and TV Series

13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix

American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix

Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 — Available to rent

Blindspotting (Carlos López Estrada) — Hulu with Cinemax or available to rent

Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu) — Available to rent

Dear White People (Justin Simien) — Netflix

Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) — Available to rent

I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc) — Available to rent or on Kanopy

Petitions

Breonna Taylor

George Floyd

Hands Up Act

Sheku Bayoh

Belly Mujinga

Updating GCSE reading lists

Teach British children about the realities of British Imperialism and Colonialism

Donate

George Floyd Memorial Fund

I Run With Maud

James Scurlock Memorial Fund

Tony Mcdade Memorial Fund

David McAtee Memorial Fund

Gianna Floyd Fund

Justice for Breonna Taylor

The Bail Project


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