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Two important state actions have dealt a big blow to automated license plate reader (ALPR) networks. This is just the latest proof of the growing tide of public opposition to mass surveillance. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/09/texas-and-florida-step-back-alprs

Many people are misunderstanding something important about the administration's efforts to block vote-by-mail ("VBM"). The plan isn't to stop completed ballots being RETURNED by mail; it's to stop BLANK ballots being DELIVERED TO VOTERS by mail.

Please think about what that means. If we weren't allowed to cast our ballots by mail, no big deal; we could simply drop our completed ballots in the dropboxes already scattered throughout most (all?) VBM states. But the ban on mailing BLANK ballots TO voters means that states like Oregon, in just over two months, would need to set up in-person voting in hundreds of locations, or at least in-person ballot distribution locations so that people could pick up their ballots and then drop them off again once they're completed. Even setting aside the impact on the elderly, the disabled, etc. and the *increased* risk of fraud, just creating that infrastructure in that timeframe is a Herculean, possibly impossible, task. If the state can't get your ballot to you, how can you vote?

TL;DR: they're not trying to stop vote by mail. They're trying to stop many blue states from voting altogether.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/us/politics/whistle-blower-voting-by-mail.html?unlocked_article_code=1.91A.kwS3.DUcieRYbgOZw&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Democrats are offering an abundance of midterm messaging. https://patreon.com/BrianMcFadden

I want to fight for the user, but the user just wants to chug slop.

Show your support for the MN 15!
We've teamed up with N.O. Bonzo to produce this t-shirt benefitting the legal defense of the Minnesota Fifteen after their arrest on June 16th, 2026.
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Obama Center's First Amendment fail: The erroneous quiz answers may have children thinking that free speech is easily curtailed, priming them to accept censorship as normal and reasonable.

Read FPF’s Seth Stern's op-ed in Chicago Sun-Times:

https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/09/02/obama-center-first-amendment-journalism-press-freedom-speech-trump-seth-stern

🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug

"For once, Donald Trump is right. The names of the important geographic sites of this great nation are antiquated"

Brought to you by the Inner Hive, including long-time member Monica Le and new member Wolfman III, patreon.com/rubenbolling/membership

READ IT HERE👇

So you want an example of why copyright doesn't do shit for real-life artists who aren't already fucking rich?

One of my friends got their music sampled by Timbaland. Those of you who know anything about Timbaland are probably saying "oh for fuck's sake" right about now. For those who know nothing: he does this shit A LOT.

The resulting song got used in a big musician's album. I don't wanna doxx them and they want to be private, and disclosing what would expose them. So, suffice it to say: it was a successful album.

Anyway, she sued.

They settled for $12,000. Which the IRS wanted money afterwards. They took home about $7.5k or so.

They used this money to buy a used car.

Meanwhile: he made millions off the song upfront for his work.

That wasn't punishment or a deterrent, that was an accounting rounding error.

Timbaland still routinely does this, by the way, and most artists actually don't even bother fighting back, they put him on blast on social media and then nothing happens, because that's about all they can do.

That's how copyright works in the real world.

I wrote this article nearly two years ago but it’s just as relevant today.

I wish every healthcare worker would read it and realize patients deserve protection.

They deserve to be safe in the place they go to get care.

They deserve to feel valued and like their doctor understands the science.

They deserve masks in healthcare: https://www.disabledginger.com/p/a-plea-to-maskless-healthcare-workers

“People who have no reverence will destroy a mountain to get the coal out of it or destroy a field to get a crop out of it. They’ll make extravagant assumptions about their own competence and intelligence, and they’ll make extravagant mistakes." -- Wendell Berry.

Blog post: https://dangillmor.com/2026/09/01/wendell-berry-r-i-p/

The monthly #PureOS development report for July is available:

https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-development-report-july-2026/

It describes forking, carrying on and coming together again of PureOS and #Debian.

The upcoming PureOS release, #Dawn, will be based on Debian #Trixie.

PureOS is the operating system for @purism devices, like the #Librem5 #Linux #phone. It is fine tuned for #Purism hardware.

You can support #MobileLinux by a buying Purism devices or optionally paying for a PureOS subscription.

#OpenSource #Librem16 #FOSS

No, we're not renaming it. All map data in Organic Maps comes from the OpenStreetMap project.

status.codeberg.org & status.codeberg.eu got their new certificates! We also identified the cause and it should not happen in the future anymore.

How can workers that want to reject and refuse degenerative technologies ("AI") stand in solidarity with each other and start organizing? How can we resist "AI" inevitability narratives in the workplace?

Many of us are increasingly required to use AI tools – often presented as "the only option" without any alternative; and no-one is informing us about our right to resist, object, and refuse. In many workplaces, expressing AI-critical sentiments has become a no-go, leaving workers silenced and with even less options to build networks of solidarity.

If you feel alone, alienated and silenced, don't despair!

Join us for this discussion panel about organizing towards AI Abolition in the workplace.

Time: Tuesday, September 15th, 16.30-18.00
Place: Copenhagen, CSS, Auditorium 35.01.44, Gammeltoftsgade 15

#AI #ResistAI #AbolishAI #Union #Organizing #LaborOrganizing #Climate #GenerativeAI

Palantir executives donated more money to Democrats than Republicans: about $880,000 to 67 Democratic members of Congress and $420,000 to 48 Republicans.

Find out who took money from companies fueling ICE’s mass deportation agenda.
https://inthesetimes.com/article/immigration-customs-enforcement-ice-palantir-congress-donations

Codeberg.org was offline for a few minutes. We did a Ceph upgrade and noticed that it upgraded MDS services with disregard to keeping one MDS active. This meant our filesystem was unavailable due to no MDS being active and 'rejoining' takes a few minutes.

P.S. we are aware that status.codeberg.org has it's certificate expired and we are working on that.

“Immigrant women have always been the most vulnerable people in the prison system because there is no accountability for the guards.”

Khawla Nakua investigates how strip searches are normalized as security and used as tools of abuse.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/investigation-prison-abolition-invasive-humiliating-routine-violence-incarceration-women-strip-searches

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Stop Gen Al: Open House Action Planning

Saturday, September 12th, 2026

UTC: 5pm

Pacific (Americas): 10am

Central: Noon

Eastern: 1pm

BST (British): 6pm

CEST (Europe): 7pm

CST (China): 1am Sunday

AEST (Australia): 3am Sunday

Meeting will take place via Zoom, free-of-charge, and open to all*. All Al features in Zoom will be turned OFF, and any attendees caught using Gen Al will be removed from the meeting.

Feel free to speak up, and let your voice be heard. Or stay quiet and lurk. Its up to you.

We need your help to plan: coordinating with datacentre protesters, fundraising activities to help humans who have lost their income, future media appearances, help for people to overcome chatbot addiction, help for parents to protect their kids from slop at school, and how to plan for survival once the bubble’s burst.

Attendees may be removed for bigotry, pro torment nexus views, harassment, Al use, or being bots, at host’s discretion.

https://stopgenai.com/open

You’re allowed to use a pseudonym/fake name. On scheduling page, click forward to September 12th.

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