Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

For those who don't like Amazon, there are other options available: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Mr-Lovenstein-2027-Day-to-Day-Calendar/J-L-Westover/9798881609313

Give yourself a mid-year gift with new EFF swag! Support for as little as $10/month to receive our new Claw Back t-shirt 😼 https://eff.org/summer

It's been about a month and a half since the layoffs, so it's probably time to start trying to #GetFediHired (ideally in a #consulting capacity):

I'm a staff-level software engineer with ~18 years of experience working with teams of all sizes. #PHP is my go-to, but I'm comfortable across the typical web stacks (and a quick learner).

My specialty is automated testing & code quality, and I've given > 100 talks since 2014.

I'm anti-AI, but good at setting up guardrails to protect against slop.

First they destroyed Google Search, now Google Translate.

@Vivaldi has their own, completely Gen AI-free, translation app! A good reason to install Vivaldi!

@davidgerard

https://youtu.be/CvhA4GXQfrA

I just published the first Faircamp 2.0 BETA builds! (ﾉ´ヮ`)ﾉ*: ･ﾟ

Packages for Debian (/Ubuntu/etc.) and Arch (/Manjaro/etc.) are now available.

Download: https://faircamp.org/download.html#beta

Documentation: https://faircamp.org/docs/2.0.0/

Very early release notes: https://faircamp.org/changes/2.0.0/

I will continually extend documentation around the changes in 2.0 over the coming weeks, so for now expect that some things might simply not be explained anywhere yet. You are very welcome to reach out to me and ask about things, this will in fact help me to figure out what people need to know the most! Thank you already!

Although things are fairly stable already, please make backups if you're using this on production data and/or in production environments.

And with that said, enjoy and let me know how it goes! :)

#faircamp

For the next two weeks, we’re encouraging you to become an EFF member for as little as $10 each month. Now's the time to defend privacy & free expression for everyone. https://eff.org/summer

“When you eat illusions you end up hungrier than before.” https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/hungrier-than-before

People who've only ever known broadband often imagine dial-up as "just slower internet." It really wasn't lol.

What was practical was fundamentally different. Clicking the wrong link could cost you several minutes and stall your browser. Also tabs didn't exist just additional windows.

A page with a few megabytes of JavaScript is effectively unusable on dialup. Which is... most of them 🙃.

Indiana says it excludes journalists from executions to protect prisoners’ “dignity.”

That’s a convenient excuse for shielding executions from public scrutiny.

Indiana lawmakers should end the ban and let the press in.

https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/5948477-indiana-press-execution-access/

Secret Panel HERE 🐝 https://patreon.com/mrlovenstein/posts/praise-be-44579396

We've completed our migration to metal!

Getting priced out of our previous cloud by the AI bubble was ultimately kind of a blessing, because we're very happy with our new setup, we're spending less for it, and we have a much higher degree of control.

We've centralized all our domains in one place (`sweetfern.net` is migrated and stable now), we've improved our backup strategy (Proxmox makes it so easy), and we're ready for what's next!

If you're in the Asheville area, join us for De-Google Together tomorrow at @firestorm at 6pm!

✌️😌

It is #DisabilityPrideMonth! I used this occasion to write a bit about accessibility in GNOME, ableism, and share some ideas about what we can use this pride month for.

I'm looking forward to learning about the perspectives of other disabled people #AccessibilityInFreeSoftware

https://blogs.gnome.org/sophieh/2026/07/07/accessibility-in-gnome/

#Wikipedia Banned Its Co-Founder Because Its Rules Mostly Work, Actually - https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/06/wikipedia-banned-its-co-founder-because-its-rules-mostly-work-actually/

China built a 40-story tower that stores wind power by stacking concrete - https://boingboing.net/2026/07/06/post-china-built-a-40-story-tower-that-stores-wind-powe.html "Nine more towers are planned across China, totaling over 3.7 gigawatt-hours. Unlike pumped hydro, a gravity tower needs only flat ground."

Hate “The Algorithm?” RSS Is One of the Tools You’ve Been Looking For

RSS is one of the best examples we have of the open web, where we can design and customize how we experience the internet, not the other way around.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/hate-algorithm-rss-one-tools-youve-been-looking

Dear @berlinfediday organizers,

thank you for accepting my talk proposal "Reasons to be hopeful: success stories from the Fediverse this year."

I've had a challenging time lately and this definitely cheered me up.

It'll be an honor to spend the summer preparing the talk and slides. And I hope to add fresh new examples.

See you in Berlin in September*!

*I mean, I would have come regardless, I love your event and I already made travel arrangements last month 🤗

#BerlinFediDay

(you can be my friend or believe in "AI". not both)

I find it telling when former professionals can no longer write one-liners to manipulate or search data, but will turn to the digital charlatans in the blink of an eye when confronted with such a humble task, with not a hint of, what shall I call it? pride, spirit, ambition, curiosity? Resilience, really. And basic regard for what one is doing.

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Bought a house, moved in, but the flipper who sold the house installed a stove with a gas leak and sent a repair technician who is making _me_ source the parts. They don't have a part number, they don't have the name of the part, they just told me to call the manufacturer.

I'm mad at the flippers, I'm mad at my home inspector, and I'm especially mad at this repair technician who charged me $49 for the privilege of sourcing parts when I am not an appliance repair person.

I cannot stress enough how _not an appliance repair person_ I am.