Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Ursula K. Le Guin's son authorized some changes to the new editions of her children's books--it sounds like this will work much better than the Roald Dahl changes. I have mixed feelings about publishers changing old books because honestly it would be better to just publish new, diverse authors rather than pretend dead English bigots weren't actually bigots, but Le Guin is such a treasure (and not a bigot!) 💖 https://lithub.com/why-i-decided-to-update-the-language-in-ursula-k-le-guins-childrens-books/

Omfg. An FBI agent testifying against Proud Boys in the seditious conspiracy Jan 6 trial accidentally sent a spreadsheet with "thousands of hidden rows" to the Proud Boys' lawyers, containing classified internal FBI messages about the investigation.

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/national/capitol-riots/spill-of-potentially-classified-messages-upends-proud-boys-trial-dominic-pezzola-enrique-tarrio-zachary-rehl-ethan-nordean-joe-biggs/65-a2c3fd15-6d21-4580-8983-3d6fd15c8446

"As preparation for her testimony, Miller provided a spreadsheet of messages she’d sent through an internal FBI communications tool called Lync between Jan. 6, 2021, and Nov. 11, 2022 – the day before the trial was initially set to begin. The spreadsheet was sent to defense attorneys in November, but it wasn’t until the last week when attorney Nicholas Smith, representing Washington state Proud Boy leader Ethan Nordean, said he’d discovered thousands of hidden rows in the document. Those rows contained messages from other FBI agents to Miller and, in at least one case, an apparent reference to an agent accessing potentially privileged attorney-client communications involving another defendant, Zachary Rehl."

"By Thursday morning, prosecutors said the issue had become more complicated. During their review of the spreadsheet overnight they determined some or all of the thousands of newly discovered messages might not have gone through a classification review. And at least one, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Jocelyn Ballantine, appeared to relate to a “classified equity.”"

It's now officially safer to keep your money in a bank -- no matter how much you have -- than under the mattress. With the Silicon Valley Bank bailout of all depositors, there's no longer a $250,000 limit on the 'insurance" -- and you can bet the crooks are going to take full advantage of this new loophole to loot the rest of us.

Dear devs,

It's NEVER ok to lock people out of a webapp because their User-Agent doesn't match your predefined list. 😡

Especially webapps they need to manage their healthcare.

(I am in fact using one of the browsers on this list, your code just isn't able to tell.)

Please boost for basic education.

#webdev

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⚠️ PSA: If you see tech giants trying to wedge themselves in to serve as a global "home" for public goods, while at the same time they're stealing many billions from your fellow citizens ...

... raise hell. 🔥

I'm looking at you, #Microsoft.

🏷️ #OpenSource #publicGoods #digitalPublicGoods #GitHub #GiveUpGitHub

In case you missed it . . . my weekend blog post "Rogue Prosecutors."

You know all of those Hot Takes about how the proposed Georgia legislation is to shut down Fani Willis as she is on the verge of indicting Trump?

From Bill 231:

"The commission shall commence by October 1, 2023, and the rules and regulations promulgated by such commission shall be established no later than April 1, 2024. No complaint shall be filed before April 1, 2024."

My blog post is here:
https://terikanefield.com/rogue-prosecutors/

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Seems like the Venture Cooperative is #coopwashing.

It's not an actual coop.

https://www.venturecooperative.org/

Spotify: 25000 people listened to your album, we’ll never tell you who they are and how they found you! Here’s $1.74.

Bandcamp: 30 people bought your album and left a comment! Here’s $250.

#DeathSantis appointed this quack in Sept. 2021. The FDA is very concerned about the disinformation he spews, increasing vaccine hesitancy, endangering vulnerable Floridians. A federal letter was sent to FL SG Lapago Friday, signed by FDA Commissioner Califf & CDC Director Walensky rebuking him for undermining public health:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/12/florida-surgeon-generals-covid-vaccine-claims-harm-public-health-agencies-warn

Scientists warn of ‘phosphogeddon’ as critical #fertiliser #shortages loom | #Pollution | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/12/scientists-warn-of-phosphogeddon-fertiliser-shortages-loom

#Phosphorus #Agriculture #Farming #Environment #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange

Libertarians are the antivaxxers of economic regulation: having never lived in a world without it, they've deluded themselves into thinking stability is naturally occurring.

Study of the Co-operative Movement is an important part of the activity of https://www.principle5.coop/
I would like to share the first 'Principle 5 Study Special'. This first edition focusses on The Co-operative Party

https://www.principle5.coop/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Co-operative-Study-Special.pdf
#coops
#cooperative

All the stuff that happened after the election was a circus but I don't think people outside of Brazil realize how close Bolsonaro came to stealing the election on election day. He had the federal highway police blockade the roads to stop Lula supporters from voting. If Lula had lost by a small margin I was absolutely ready to take to the streets...this song about not being afraid is everything I needed to hear that night 🌟

How did Facebook convince every journalist to go along with the renaming of the company to "Meta" while almost all journalists call Alphabet "Google"?

RT @Noshu4me
The Atlanta Police stripped the original audio to this video but I was able to find it 🧐