Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Vendor-neutral open standards - the new ODF mandate in Germany (and much of Europe). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7jYaEJ8LFU Excellent explanation and arguments. MS' OOXML is not considered an 'open standard' under their definition. About time, I say.

Also online now: our How-To for using #Faircamp and #neocities to make your own band website.

https://the-counterforce.org/faircamp-how-to/

Hi @freebliss

The TENTH print issue of The Counterforce #zine is here and ready to print:
https://the-counterforce.org/zines/the-counterforce/

We got some requests, so an A4 version of this and a few previous issues is coming soon.

"In my daily life and organizing, I encounter people of various ages and backgrounds who feel stuck or unsure of what to do in this America. That’s when I recall Mr. Rogers’ wise words: “Look for the helpers”—particularly, the helpers most impacted and closest to the issues."

https://msmagazine.com/2026/04/01/community-building-local-organizing-mutual-aid-democracy-trump-activists/

Age-verification is hurting sex educators and sex workers, studies suggest - https://mashable.com/article/age-verification-is-hurting-sex-workers-educators "These laws aren't working to keep minors off adult sites, but they are hitting creators' incomes."

You knew Linked-In was evil, but did you know how evil?

"Every time any of LinkedIn’s one billion users visits linkedin.com, hidden code searches their computer for installed software, collects the results, and transmits them to LinkedIn’s servers and to third-party companies including an American-Israeli cybersecurity firm. The user is never asked. Never told. LinkedIn’s privacy policy does not mention it."

https://browsergate.eu/

Visit https://www.thewarehousenyc.com/ for event info!

But what if, just maybe, some of the things we think of as "boilerplate text" that "no one reads" are actually occasionally extremely important.

Think about incident reports following accidents in factories, documentation of medical practices, or judicial opinions (see: https://washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/04/02/judges-ai-hearings-rulings/).

Sometimes the boring stuff is important.

3/3

Creating an AI Means-Testing Machine. I know it's evil, but I need rich idiots' money.

Interactive timeline of warrantless surveillance in the United States:
https://www.tiki-toki.com/timeline/entry/2223082/A-History-of-Warrantless-Surveillance/

#surveillance #privacy #USPol

No wait, it's worse than you thought!

Membership [of the x402 governing body] will be comprised of participants from multiple verticals with initial intent and support being expressed by Adyen, Amazon Web Services, American Express, Ampersend.ai, Base, Circle, Cloudflare, Coinbase, Fiserv Merchant Solutions, Google, KakaoPay, Mastercard, Merit Systems, Microsoft, Polygon Labs, PPRO, Shopify, Sierra, Solana Foundation, Stripe, thirdweb, and Visa.

This is a list of people I don't want in charge of my money. And yes, I am forced to use some of them. Doesn't mean I trust them.

@AnarchoCatgirlism an entire product sector exclusively created by the people too ignorant to understand that this product sector should not exist and cannot be made to work.

RE: https://labyrinth.social/@nash/116178591588359360

you ever write code so inefficient you have to secure 80% of the world’s DRAM production

Can't help but wonder if politicians in Aotearoa are pondering the wisdom of selling off all our food processing (and timber, dairy, aluminium, etc.) to foreign corporations... Given that they can 'increase shareholder value' by moving production to places where they don't have to care for pollution or workers rights, it means we lose fundamental production capabilities to the detriment of the entire population.

25% of layoffs in March were due to AI according to reasons provided by employers. Tech layoffs are also up 40% compared to the same time last year.

I suspect 2026 is the year we will start seeing meaningful job displacements due to AI exacerbated by the U.S. economy being deliberately tanked.

https://www.cfodive.com/news/ai-tied-a-quarter-us-layoffs-march/816519/

Amid the rubble in Gaza City, this year’s Eid observance was a welcome departure from last year’s, which took place under heavier Israeli bombardments and a total blockade on aid entering Gaza, leading to widespread hunger.

“We, the displaced, scattered, homeless in these devastated and desolate places which emerged after war and widespread destruction, have come here to celebrate with the Eid prayer to revive what little hope and longing remains within us,” Abu Ali al-Dahdouh told UR.

French President Macron offers blunt advice publicly to US President Trump: “You have to be serious. When you want to be serious, you don't say the opposite every day of what you said the day before. And perhaps you shouldn't talk every day.” https://www.france24.com/en/macron-says-unrealistic-open-hormuz-strait-force-urges-trump-be-serious

#TikTok pulls #Israeli ultranationalist’s account for breach of hate speech rules - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/02/tiktok-israeli-ultranationalist-account-west-bank-settlers "Dozens of videos have gone viral on TikTok and Instagram showing harassment of #Palestinians and activists"

3D Print-blocking laws hand monopolistic power to manufacturers and can criminalize open source alternatives. We need to reject these onerous restraints on creation. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/print-blocking-anti-consumer-permission-print-part-1