Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Put $25 a month behind independent, worker-centered journalism, and we’ll send the first 10 new or upgrading sustainers a signed copy of Hamilton Nolan’s The Hammer.

You’ll also receive In These Times in print for as long as you sustain. The offer runs through August 7—or until all 10 copies are claimed.

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/itt-book-giveaway?refcode=thehammer-073126&amount=25&recurring=1

AIPAC and affiliated groups have spent nearly $30 million supporting Haley Stevens—their largest investment ever in a single race.

Danny Postel reports that her campaign has outspent Abdul El-Sayed’s 12 to 1.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/abdul-el-sayed-haley-stevens-michigan-senate-primary-democratic-party

Yegge’s only intellectual asset was a complete disregard for NDAs while working for secretive organisations and even then he arguably misinterpreted much of what he saw. Taking him seriously was always a mistake. (And, yeah, that was a mistake I definitely committed myself at one point.)

Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia

It's been a year & people tell me they've changed their mind, feel safer now to sign, etc. So I'm sharing it again for them. We're almost at 2k & anybody from anywhere can add their names.

https://openletter.earth/open-letter-stop-the-uncritical-adoption-of-ai-technologies-in-academia-b65bba1e?limit=0

“Attacks on LGBTI people are the warning sign of a wider backlash against democracy - Commissioner for Human Rights”

https://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner/-/attacks-on-lgbti-people-are-the-warning-sign-of-a-wider-backlash-against-democracy

Politico has become right-wing mouthpiece, and nowhere is that clearer than its crusade to make much more of New Jersey's voter registration goof's than it remotely deserves. Pathetic, but that's Politico under right-wing ownership. https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/legacy-medias-embarrassing-feeding-frenzy-on-new-jersey-voter-registration-error/?utm_campaign=13200977-Free%20Newsletter%20Emails&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=430946188&utm_content=430946188&utm_source=hs_email

On Wednesday, the Senate Commerce Committee will vote on four bills that would expand age verification, increase online surveillance, and make it harder to access lawful speech online. Take one minute to tell your senators to vote NO. https://www.acteff.org/campaign/167270/

Markwayne 🎵
Markwayne
Markwayne, Markwayne

They're beggin you to not expose the scammmm 🎶

https://newrepublic.com/article/213884/maga-erupts-trump-mullin-immigration

This week, the Senate Commerce Committee is considering a package of internet bills that would expand age verification and restrict online speech. The Youth AI Privacy Act is no exception. Congress should reject it. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/08/youth-ai-privacy-acts-privacy-paradox

Parents should decide the right level of tech oversight for their family. Congress shouldn’t mandate one model for everyone. But that’s the model of the CHATBOT Act. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/chatbot-act-forces-one-parenting-model-every-family

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (31/2026): Reported Progress

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-31-2026/

#Phosh #Sxmo #SailfishOS #UbuntuTouch #Librem5 #PureOS #Jolla2 #PlasmaMobile #GNOME #MechaComet #LinuxMobile

The difference--

What happens when productivity rises, but workers don’t get more time back?

Drawing on Juliet Schor’s decades of research, Steve Early and Suzanne Gordon examine the renewed push for a 32-hour work week—and the labor power it would take to make it widespread.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/four-day-work-week-labor-unions-juliet-schor

While the Trump admin publishes Fauci’s unredacted diaries, it is simultaneously proposing a government-wide NDA "to muzzle federal workers from sharing the very kinds of information" Rand Paul released, FPF's Lauren Harper writes in MS NOW.

https://www.ms.now/opinion/rand-paul-fauci-hearing-trump-government-records

Palestinian trade unionists have long called on workers worldwide to refuse arms shipments to Israel. Dockworkers answered—from Belgium and Sweden to Italy. Now unions in six countries are organizing for October 30.
https://inthesetimes.com/article/dockworkers-six-countries-announce-port-strikes-october-30

Writing your own ray tracer is fun bordering on wasting time.
Actually using it later to create #art by modifying basic parts of the tracer is so validating: I have the last word, world! My pointless experiments do lead to something!

https://gitlab.com/dcz_self/sciema

#graphics #programming #motivation #generalist #raycasting #raytracing

As forests burn across the planet and climate collapse accelerates, the ultra-rich are buying their way into the places still left standing.

In Montana, billionaires are carving out private refuges in Greater Yellowstone with fortunes tied to deforestation and extraction.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/yellowstone-billionaires-conservation-montana-deforest-amazon