Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Someone tell Speaker Mike Johnson that there’s nothing threatening or radical about a naked bike ride.

You know what’s actually threatening and radical?

Refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva.

Someone who was freely and fairly elected over three weeks ago and who Mike Johnson is preventing from governing.

That’s the real threat. He’s interfering with the democratic process.

#uspol #fascism #adelitagrijalva

Six people had their visas revoked due to their social media posts.

Six people are being deported because of what they said online.

Six people have had their freedom of speech suspended.

It won’t stop with these six people.

Either we all have freedom of speech or none of us do.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/14/us-foreign-visas-charlie-kirk-social-media

NEW, by me, the one some of you have been asking about:

Months After Being Notified, a Software Vendor is Still Exposing Confidential and Sealed Court Records

https://databreaches.net/2025/10/13/months-after-being-notified-a-software-vendor-is-still-exposing-confidential-and-sealed-court-records/

I don't usually ask for boosts, but if you are in a position to help spread the word about this vendor and that its clients need to check their security, that would be great.

#dataleak, #incidentresponse, #infosecurity, #cybersecurity, #SoftwareUnlimitedCorp #FBI #CISA

@zackwhittaker @euroinfosec @campuscodi @therecord_media @GossiTheDog @briankrebs

Is it just my imagination, or did GitHub *completely* fail to patch the part where Copilot will happily leak secrets from unrelated repos?

https://www.legitsecurity.com/blog/camoleak-critical-github-copilot-vulnerability-leaks-private-source-code

It looks like all they did was patch one avenue that allows for the exfiltration to be quiet.

Some of the most prominent "Young Republicans" are fascists and overt racists, with violent plans for people they despise.

And they're really unhappy that their group chat just leaked.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/14/private-chat-among-young-gop-club-members-00592146

Apple, Facebook, and Google are enemies of the open web, and they've shown it by removing apps or pages where people report sightings of Trump's ICE thugs.

The "Justice" Department can't (yet) force censorship of regular websites that don't break laws.

This is why we have to save the open web.

Wow - #SodiumIonBatteries half the price, 5x the lifespan, performs better from -100C to +70C, and has a higher energy density than LithiumIon & LithiumFP chemistries, with entirely common materials. Also, the manufacturing can use existing battery production lines with minimal retooling. https://yewtu.be/watch?v=eB_vfKA85po or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB_vfKA85po This changes the equations of pretty much everything.

People think I'm being hyperbolic when I say "Yeah the GOP is just pro-slavery at this point."

If their actual farm labor policy wasn't enough, there's always direct quotes from their own rising leadership.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/14/private-chat-among-young-gop-club-members-00592146

I'm getting closer to yielding to the numerous pressures to own a smart phone. I know phones in general are shit for digital sovereignty, but maybe there are some less gross ones? Does anyone have opinions about this?

#digitalsovereignty #phones

"...what are the US’ long-term goals? The three most likely ones are: a) the toppling of the Chavez government in Venezuela; b) its replacement by a new client State presumably headed by the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Machado; and c) the overt assertion of US dominance over the Caribbean region."

Why am I not surprised to find out that it was Marco Rubio and Mike Waltz that nominated Machado for the Peace Prize?

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/10/war-in-venezuela-could-be-another-vietnam-or-worse-warns-mexican-analyst-fernando-buen-abad.html

Today is the day  Mr. Hummelgaard wanted to push through a vote on Chat Control in the EU Council. But he failed! 🎉 

However, Chat Control will be back, so let's look at what this law means for everyone, not just here in Europe:

#ChatControl is nothing but a Trojan Horse for citizens and businesses in Europe. Why?

🧵 (1/7)

@Tutanota Here's another classic comic, sadly hard to repurpose for the EU, but the idea is the same.

Dear #hater !

I'm stoked that you care about me so much that you wrote me a personal message not about my work :D

I'm afraid your attempt at an insult hasn't really done anything.
Maybe you could get me to care if we got to know each other first.
I don't bite. I'm genuinely interested in having a chat. I used to be a bit of a hater back in the day, myself.

You already know how to reach me. (I wonder if you're on the Fedi.)

Have a nice day!

#haters #fame #celebrity #socialmedia #openletter

You think Free Software has won? Think again.

I explained it at @piwo :

https://dorotac.eu/posts/fosswon/

Still don't believe me? Right now, @fedora is making more space on your computer for nonfree software they ship:

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-43-Bigger-Boot-Firmware

What about all the things around us? And inside us?

I name drop @karen who has a story to tell.

And it's all our fault. Nerds who grab power over everyone's surroundings with #software that not everyone can even look at.

#freesoftware #firmware #fedora

I took this photo on the beach today.
It reminded me that there is light at the end of the tunnel.
There really is.
My daughter worries about me running around in an inflatable costume. Today she wanted to be sure that I understand the gravity of politics right now. She asked that if I plan to protest in costume that I bring one of them with me so I have a support person just in case.
I had to gently tell her how much I appreciate their concern and love but that if I didn't understand the stakes I wouldn't even consider spending my retirement years dressing up as a chicken or cow. This is one of many things I can do. There are also things I can't do. I think my appetite for naked bike riding is nil.
I have always understood the risks of living on the same earth with the kind of people running our country.
I've dealt with small ignorant humans all my life. I will not let them see me be afraid.
We will win. Maybe not tomorrow, but we will prevail.

Researchers pointed a satellite dish at the sky for 3 years and monitored what unencrypted data it picked up. The results were shocking: They obtained thousands of T-Mobile users' phone calls and texts, military and law enforcement secrets, much more: https://www.wired.com/story/satellites-are-leaking-the-worlds-secrets-calls-texts-military-and-corporate-data/🧵👇

Now that Marc Benioff, owner of Slack and Salesforce, has confirmed he sides with authoritarianism, it's more incumbent on us than ever to move off central platforms, which can dump communications we presumed were private or cut us off for any reason or no reason at all.

https://sfstandard.com/2025/10/10/marc-benioff-national-guard-sf/

Chris Smaje's Vision of a Post-Capitalist Eco-Localism that Works

https://geo.coop/articles/chris-smajes-vision-post-capitalist-eco-localism-works