Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

@emaytch The thing that is interesting to me about it is that being "federated" means being recognized by a single central authority (the VC-backed company). That doesn't sound like decentralization and sort of doesn't sound like a federation for that matter

"I serve with some real scumbags. Matt Gaetz, he paid minors to have sex with him at drug parties. Bob Good endorsed my opponent, a known neo-Nazi. These people used to walk around with white hoods at night. Now they’re walking around with white hoods in the daytime.” - Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) on CNN today https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2024/04/21/sotu-gonzalez-during-panel.cnn

Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) and the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ).

“The Intersections of Press Freedom and the Environment,” a virtual discussion and Q&A on Thursday, May 2, 12 p.m. ET

https://www.sej.org/calendar/sej-webinar-intersections-press-freedom-and-environment

Moderated by FPF’s Adam Glenn with Caitlin Vogus, who will be joined by freelance journalist Carlos Berríos Polanco and Halle Parker, journalist and SEJ board member.

@freedomofpress @SEJ
#Journalism #Environment #Climate

“Prisons show us how businesses would treat us if they could get away with it.” - @pluralistic 🏴

A bill in Louisiana, HB 777, would make it a crime for librarians to use public funds to join the American Librarian Association or attend an ALA conference, punishable with prison time and hard labor for up to two years.

#libraries #education #books #librarians #theocracy

Wanting to breath new life (or extend the life) of an Android-powered phone? See https://www.sustaphones.com/ ! I've been running LineageOS (and CyanogenMod before it) on all my phones for the past decade or more... but it's a hassle to set it up... this new system promises to make it much more accessible to less technically confident folk: https://openandroidinstaller.org/ You can install your preferred OS ROM... I'm planning to use it when I upgrade my OnePlus 6T from Lineage 20 to 21 in the next few weeks.

“This machine kills AI.”

So, Microsoft is silently installing Copilot onto Windows Server 2022 system and this is a disaster.

How can you push a tool that siphons data to a third party onto a security-critical system?

What privileges does it have upon install? Who thought this is a good idea? And most importantly, who needs this?

#infosec #security #openai #microsoft #windowsserver #copilot

Hey, folks. I need some help.

One of my partners was in a car wreck a few days ago. They have a spinal fracture (T12 for certain, others unknown). They also have Ehlers-Dahlos syndrome.

So far the doctors are saying that a thoraco-lumbar fusion is going to be necessary. What they're not sure of is how well a spinal fusion is going to work while also being hypermobile.

Does anybody out there have experience with this? Any anecdotes? Data points? Papers to reference?

it might seem weird to toot this from carfree dot city, but go VW auto workers!

would i rather they were making buses and trains and e-bikes?—obviously, but as long as there are cars, the people who make them damn well deserve a union. labor is entitled to all it creates

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68861396

It’s a nice #SunnyDay outside and it really feels like spring. The #bees are busy making use of the #flowers, while the flowers are busy making use of the bees.

Seeing a lot more obvious trolling in my timeline these days. Fortunately, blocking is still simple and quick.

Purism Differentiator Series, Part 10: Convenience

Fully protecting your privacy, security, and having your digital rights retained should not require a person to be inconvenienced. While Purism works hard and invests millions to create ever more convenient products, the current product line-up from Purism has varying levels of convenience.

Read full article here: https://puri.sm/posts/purism-differentiator-series-part-10-convenience/

The world's billionaires now hold a combined $14.2 trillion in assets.

That exceeds the GDP of every country in the world except the US and China.

And we’re supposed to believe the ultra-wealthy can’t afford a wealth tax?

Hey there, #WritingCommunity!
I’m a full time indie author. My latest book is on how I make a steady middle class income even with a chronic illness and other life challenges.

I’d appreciate it if you checked out my Kickstarter! It’s filled with practical action items as well as mindset shift advice.

#bookstodon #writing #IndieAuthor #books

🗓️ Join us and the
Society of Environmental Journalists on May 2 at noon ET for a webinar: The Intersections of Press Freedom and the Environment

We will address obstacles U.S. journalists face when reporting urgent environmental issues for their communities.

RSVP: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yuNtVb5ZSjGybsi9N2lstQ

"Changing elements usually has the least effect on the system. If you change all the players on a football team, it is still recognizably a football team. (It may play much better or much worse—particular elements in a system can indeed be important.) A tree changes its cells constantly..., but it is still essentially the same tree. Your body replaces most of its cells every few weeks, but it goes on being your body."

---Donella Meadows, _Thinking in Systems_

https://wtf.tw/ref/meadows.pdf