Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Scrub this off your phone if you're traveling to this dump. https://www.patreon.com/c/BrianMcFadden

Travelers to the U.S. must pay a new $250 ‘visa integrity fee’ — what to know - https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/18/visa-integrity-fee-what-to-know-about-new-travel-fee-to-enter-the-us-.html still want to visit #murica? I thought not...

Italian YouTuber Faces Jail Time for Showing Android Handhelds With Emulated Games - https://www.wired.com/story/italian-youtuber-faces-jail-time-for-showing-android-gaming-handhelds/ more #copyright absurdities

As a child I was taught that it's rude to point my finger at someone. I wish people nowadays were taught that it's also rude to point their phone's camera at somebody's face, even if they're not taking a photo or filming (taking someone's picture or filming them without consent would be more than just rude).

I wish more people would be considerate enough to just tilt their phones a bit when using them in public.
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#privacy

Update no.2:

No, Substack did not moderate the comments I had reported. They are still up. How bad are they? So bad they make my stomach turn. One in particular - terribly racist and with 6 likes by other users - haunted me for days.

And:

I just wrote to Jason at 404 Media with links to the problematic posts and unmoderated comments. Let's see. (Longtime fan of @404mediaco here)

A quiet climate policy that was working has been axed - https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environment/a-quiet-climate-policy-that-was-working-has-been-axed/ more self-harming stupidity by #ukgov

Fallout from #Epstein case widens as #Trump threatens to sue WSJ - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/18/trump-administration-news-today "US president contributed a sketch of a naked woman to Epstein’s 50th birthday album. "

How #Trump’s anti-immigrant policies could collapse the US food industry – visualized - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/17/how-many-immigrants-food-industry-workers as with #brexit, but worse

UK Lawyers for Israel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui70R8PCkJ4 "🚨UK Lawyers for Israel Ltd has tried to silence various voices supporting Palestine. Their charitable wing has made public statements rejecting international law." #LedByDonkeys

In my earlier toot I cited "overt racism and antisemitism" but the screenshots I gathered - posts by a very popular account with zero moderation - also include:
- homophobia
- misogyny
- dangerous misinformation around health issues

and so much unchecked hatred. The list could go on and on...

1 billion dollar valuation for a company with zero content moderation is very problematic.

I need to check if my reports of abuse were followed up on (terribly racist comments I had found). Ugh.

Yesterday Substack reached unicorn status with a 1 billion dollar valuation. Yes, Substack, the publishing equivalent of a Nazi bar.

A couple of months ago I collected evidence of what the lack of moderation really does: putting unchecked racism, antisemitism & fatphobia out in the open.

I collected evidence of this but I'm not the right person to air this. Do you have recommendations about bloggers / journalists who might be interested?

… why someone saw the Bluesky post and wanted to warn Harriett. I fully understand how Harriett could feel shocked that it looked like I was talking about her on another platform. And I fully understand how Gottalaff would amplify that and try to stop me from harassing Harriett.

So please, do not send any negativity their way. Let us just all learn from this:

Never jump to conclusions about other people. If you see sudden strange behaviour from someone, ask questions before concluding.

7/7

"NEW:🚨A horror story emerges from hacked flight logs of the Mar15 flight to SLV: MASS DISAPPEARANCES.

It's possible:💔DOZENS of additional ppl the Trump admin sent to be imprisoned in SLV w/o trial *imprisoned there -names: never disclosed."
-A R-Melnick

"Flight manifests for 3 legally contested deportation flts from TX to SLV contain dozens of additional, unaccounted for pax than a previously pub #DHS list of ppl deported from the US on those flts.
#Deportations #USPol https://www.404media.co/flight-manifests-reveal-dozens-of-previously-unknown-people-on-three-deportation-flights-to-el-salvador/

Mega-billionaire Musk's sleaze and hypocrisy are boundless. One of his companies claimed to be a ‘disadvantaged business’ to get special federal treatment while he was wrecking agency after agency.

Destroying Tesla, his primary piggy bank, has never bee more important.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/17/elon-musks-neuralink-says-owned-by-disadvantaged-persons-in-filing.html

The super-public hug of a CEO and his employee is no cause for snickering or satisfaction. We have created a surveillance monster that can turn any misstep into a humongous scandal. We're sneering at the very idea of private moments. We will ALL regret this someday.

https://www.404media.co/the-astronomer-ceos-coldplay-concert-fiasco-is-emblematic-of-our-social-media-surveillance-dystopia/

Wrote in @globalvoices about the Ethiopian doctors' labour movement. Their month long labour strike paralyzed Ethiopia's health sector. Ethiopian doctors are among the lowest paid doctors in Africa, with salaries on average ~70$ monthly. Strikers demanded better pay & fair working conditions among other things.

In response, authorities arrested 149 striking doctors.

Undeterred, the MDs are planning a new strike if reform isn't inplemented by Sept 15.
https://globalvoices.org/2025/07/15/whats-behind-the-mass-arrests-of-ethiopian-doctors/

CBS, soon to be owned by Larry Ellison and family, is wasting no time turning into just another right-wing media company.

Paying Trump's extortion, trial-ballooning a "Free Press" buyout, canceling Colbert (and soon Stewart?) -- there's nothing mysterious in this pattern.

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/17/nx-s1-5471581/cbs-stephen-colbert-late-show

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If you are using a Bluesky bridge on Mastodon, DO NOT TAG Mastodon accounts in your posts without prior informed consent from this person.

This could end up showing a preview of this person's profile picture and bio on Bluesky without their consent.

Additionally, be careful about how the upcoming Quote Post feature could behave with Bluesky bridges.

Some of us don't want our information shared with commercial platforms like Bluesky, and have not consented to this bridge.

This practice can even endanger some Fediverse users.

If you have chosen to share your
own data with commercial platforms, make sure you leave the same choice to others.

This is important.

#Privacy #Mastodon #Bluesky #BlueskyBridge #Fediverse #Consent

Disabled people make easy targets for ICE thugs.

What’s worse, the detention facilities are designed to maximize cruelty.

They worsen existing disabilities and can create new ones.

I wrote about two ICE victims, Alma Bowman and Rodney Taylor.

Both are still being held: https://www.disabledginger.com/p/disabled-people-are-being-mistreated

#ice #immigration #abolishice #uspol #fascism #disability #ableism #eugenics