Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Down by Law: Criminalization, Solidarity, and Survival in Europe is a collaborative graphic novel by ethnographers, artists, and activists that starkly and honestly illuminates people’s stories of those whose lives have been shaped by the social and political implications of criminalization across Europe.
Back the Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ww3/downbylaw

[Freelance] UX Consultant at Open Knowledge Foundation https://www.fossjobs.net/job/11528/ux-consultant-at-open-knowledge-foundation/ #GetFediHired #fossjobs

The moral pygmies running Gannett are now taking orders from Trump. https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/04/gannett-will-stop-publishing-diversity-information-citing-trumps-executive-order/

Hello #Aachen (and nearby areas)! If you're interested in contributing to alternatives of big proprietary platforms (like #Codeberg :D - that being the alternative), I'm organizing a #Forgejo contribution workshop at the @cccac on Sunday, 20.04.2025 (next week), starting from 13:00.

Click here for more details. 🧵

Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained - https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/14/australian-academics-refuse-to-attend-us-conferences-for-fear-of-being-detained you'd be mad to go to #murica while mad king #trump is in power

Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/14/librarians-in-uk-increasingly-asked-to-remove-books-as-influence-of-us-pressure-groups-spreads?CMP=bsky_gu this is an awful development; needs to be mapped and fought #censorship #lgbt

Days BEFORE masked #ICE agents detained #Tufts University student #RumeysaOzturk to deport her, the #State Dept determined that the #Trump admin had not produced any evidence showing that she engaged in antisemitic activities or made public statements supporting a terrorist organization, as the govt has alleged.

#TrumpLies #immigration #law #StateSponsoredAbduction #DueProcess

I know this is EXTRAORDINARILY BAD TIMING but I am writing it to pin to my profiles.

So, I do a lot of stuff. I work in critical infrastructure. I volunteer operate career clinics. I teach and speak on the topics. I have not tooled my life to become wealthy by any means - I try to do ethical and interesting stuff.

Leaving X two years ago really hit my ability to be able to reach audiences. The hard fact is, I use the money I make on side gigs like commercial speaking to be able to do community stuff and run a free conference.

49/50 people reading this are not the target of this message. If you happen to be a security leader in an organization that hires speakers for security awareness, security education, or niche cybersecurity events - you can hire me! It's an important part of my ability to do more outreach, especially now with a massive and costly move.

If you are looking for a speaker in the next year, I have a easy to work with agent at https://www.leadingauthorities.com/speakers/lesley-carhart

My commercial prices are negotiable. I do not charge for community speaking. I cannot currently speak commercially in Australia and I am personally eating the cost of travel to the US for engagements.

If you wonder why people view "health" insurance CEOs with white-hot fury, ProPublica's detailed look into the contemptible actions of a Blue Cross boss (and his lawyers) should make it clear.

https://www.propublica.org/article/blue-cross-blue-shield-louisiana-insurance-lawsuit-breast-cancer-doctors

Key phrase: "...authorization (for surgery) never says we're going to pay you..."

Trump's official denouncement of former CISA director Chris Krebs (in the form of a "Presidential Memorandum") is chilling in substance and utterly Stalinesque in tone. By threatening anyone who hires him, it aims to render Krebs effectively unemployable.

I said it then, and I will repeat it now: There is no simply evidence that the 2020 election was "hacked". Krebs's forthright clarity about this in November, 2020 was a brave and important act of public service.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/addressing-risks-from-chris-krebs-and-government-censorship/

Poisoning GenAI music algos. More like this please.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMYm2d9bmEA

Community Repair Network: bringing repair to every community. "We’ve put together an extensive map of community repair groups in the UK. Use it to find your nearest Repair Café, Restart Party or similar group." https://communityrepairnetwork.org.uk/
#SolarPunkSunday #ReUse #RepairCafe #RepairCafes #Community #UK

New books chart #Biden’s downfall – and the picture is damning for Democrats - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/13/biden-books-democrats "Books detail president increasingly unfit to take on Trump, and party infighting that doomed Kamala #Harris’s chances" awful stuff...

HBD to Ben Fletcher, a brilliant Black union organizer and orator who helped lead the IWW’s interracial Local 8. In an era of exclusion, Fletcher stood fiercely for class solidarity and against racism. Ben Fletcher: The Life and Times of a Black Wobbly tells his story through his speeches, writings, and legacy.
Get 40% off this title with code STRIKE through 5/1 here: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1144

Learn more rom the blog post, “Ben Fletcher, Local 8, and Me (2007)” here: https://blog.pmpress.org/2020/10/05/ben-fletcher-local-8-and-me/

“Slopsquatting” in a nutshell:

1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.

https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/12/ai_code_suggestions_sabotage_supply_chain/

#Doonesbury by #GarryTrudeau on GoComics

https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2025/04/13

#Humour #Cartoon

Tech question: What event scheduling tools / platforms offer the best security against passive surveillance, and why?

(boosts welcome)

#InfoSec #cybersecurity #e2e #e2ee

The arguments brought forward by people saying #LinuxMobile can't be a thing sound about the same as why Linux on servers couldn't become a success back then.

"Only for enthusiasts/hobbyists", "Look at the security/usability/[whatever]", "Google is the thing" (formerly Microsoft or proprietary Unix).

This (as back then) fails to see already present upsides of the project and the enthusiasm of people willing to make it a success (independent from corporate money and product life cycles).

I just watched the most brilliant TED Talk by Carole Cadwalladr "This is what a digital coup looks like"

🔗: https://www.ted.com/talks/carole_cadwalladr_this_is_what_a_digital_coup_looks_like

It's filled with memorable, superb quotes about the broligarchy. A must see, to be shared widely.

But then I looked up Cadwalladr's online activity. She uses Bluesky for social and Substack for publishing. This is impossibly incongruous after her incendiary TED talk.

Honestly, it made me sad. One place is owned by crypto bros, the other is funded by A16Z...

https://www.patreon.com/posts/is-trump-corrupt-126329753