Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Congress is debating a bill that will lead to weaponized takedown requests of lawful speech with no real safeguards. Tell Congress to vote No on TAKE IT DOWN. https://act.eff.org/action/the-take-it-down-act-will-censor-legal-speech-without-helping-victims

The A.I. bubble's a bust, invest in me, techbros! https://www.patreon.com/c/BrianMcFadden

An appeals court may kill a #GNU #GPL software license - https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/27/adverse_appeals_court_ruling_could/ "It will create a dangerous legal precedent that could be used to undermine all open-source licenses" potentially very bad #licensing

Addy Osmani highlights the growing divide in AI-assisted coding: those who leverage it effectively and those who do not.

His analysis offers valuable insights for both junior and senior engineers.

This aligns with my perspective on AI’s role in learning programming: it can enhance learning depth but not necessarily speed. AI is most beneficial after students have grasped the fundamentals, whereas using it too early may hinder their learning.

https://addyo.substack.com/p/the-70-problem-hard-truths-about

Successfully tested receiving #cellbroadcast messages on the #PinePhone as well:

# _build/test/mmcbmmonitor
[/org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/CBM/0] new cbm: received
4371: Hallo, this is a CBS test message

So hopefully all devices supporting `+CSCB` on an AT port should now be able to show these messages in #phosh (if the MR makes it into the next #ModemManager release).

The #osmocom stack is such a great help for testing these things.

#LinuxMobile

Hey Elon: You Don’t Just ‘Ooopsie’ The Destruction Of Ebola Prevention - https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/27/hey-elon-you-dont-just-ooopsie-the-destruction-of-ebola-prevention/ "Elon decided to share a cute little anecdote about his #DOGE team’s approach to governing. Just a fun little story about how they “accidentally canceled” Ebola prevention efforts. What a knee slapper!"

US shutdown of #HIV/#Aids funding ‘could lead to 500,000 deaths in South Africa’ - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/feb/28/usaid-funding-health-development-hiv-aids-antiretroviral-mothers-lgbt-sex-workers-south-africa "USAid cuts to clinics dispensing antiretroviral drugs will be ‘death sentence for mothers and children’, expert warns" #trump #musk

The unprecedented exposure of large swaths of personal financial data by DOGE hackers as well as the dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau mean every American should take action to protect themselves against fraud, identity theft, and economic instability. https://www.damemagazine.com/2025/02/25/how-to-protect-your-money-during-a-coup/

@mathew @davidgerard @ikanreed I have a PhD and I can tell you there are many idiots with those. The skills required are perseverance, commitment, being able to write your thesis and making it more or less intelligible, and complete and utter lack of regard for trauma and PTSD.

For anyone who thinks it's good progressivism to mock victims of climate disasters because of their (assumed) politics, Jim Hightower has a message for you.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bwmd6iF10Jg

Manual focus control on @postmarketOS never was so easy (slider is not a part of camera app)

https://gitlab.com/NekoCWD/cameractrl

The mass firing of both new hires and recently promoted senior staff within #NOAA, including mission-critical and life-saving roles at the National Weather Service (#NWS), is profoundly alarming.
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The Trump administration has launched a portal where you can report DEI in schools, "ensuring all students have access to meaningful learning free of divisive ideologies and indoctrination."

You know what to do: https://enddei.ed.gov/

Eh; let’s do another post. Hi friends, I am currently looking to get a job that will sponsor a visa for a US citizen. My primary skillset is in the land of SRE, devops, and related modern-ops things, but I also have some experience doing full stack dev w/ Typescript and even skill with C and C++. I know some Rust but don’t have formal experience there.
I’m looking for a gig in any country that looks safer for trans people than the US right now. I currently only know English (native) and Japanese (approx. JLPT N3 level, am actively studying), but am willing to learn whatever.
#getfedihired

Great news everyone! I have infodumped all my job search advice into a gigantic article, and I have channeled all my benevolent sociopath energy on your behalf. Godspeed!

https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/ludics-guide-to-getting-software-engineering-jobs/

https://defenseofdemocracy.org/

If you think abortion information isn’t being censored, think again. Advocates have had their accounts suspended and posts removed. It’s time to fight back. https://www.eff.org/uncensored. #StopCensoringAbortion

For folks who think BlueSky's a good option, this is a most useful analysis: https://phillipjreese.com/the-social-network-that-cant-sell-out-understanding-mastodon-vs-bluesky/ and for folks in Aotearoa NZ, this analysis has a nice key nugget on the 'real future of social media': https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/27/nothin-but-blue-skies-from-now-on/

Poverty.

How do you reduce far right support? Social spending.

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/political-science/articles/10.3389/fpos.2025.1516985/full

"... economically deprived individuals have systematically lower political dissatisfaction in municipalities with higher social spending compared to those with lower social spending."