Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Special shoutout to film-maker Elena Rossini who is working hard to promote the Fediverse, runs the "Future is Federated" newsletter, and is writing about how to self-host Fediverse services from a novice's point of view.

Rossini's blog about the Fediverse is at:

➡️ https://news.elenarossini.com

You can follow Rossini's main account at:

➡️ @_elena

You can also follow Rossini's self-hosted accounts:

➡️ @elena (GoToSocial)
➡️ @ele@videos.elenarossini.com (PeerTube)
➡️ @ele@photos.elenarossini.com (Pixelfed)

#Fediverse

Happy Indie Bookstore Day! Did you know PM Press owns @autumnleavesbooks, an independent bookstore in Ithaca, NY? This Indie Bookstore Day, support spaces that keep radical ideas alive—and thriving. If you’re local, stop in and pay the Autumn Leaves Crew a visit!

@kvuzet

You know what, the whole software industry deserves to collapse.

https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/vibe-coding-the/9798341634749/

Failed-State Media. https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/4/25/2318656/-Cartoon-White-House-approved-programming

Thinking of moving my existing Patreon to Ghost – both because it’s been recommended to me by someone I trust, and because, well…Patreon. 🤢

Do any of you have experience with Ghost, and suggestions about whether/how best to make such a transition? It’d be a big lift, but I’m willing to make the effort if it’d be a more pleasant experience for me and my readers.

Just seeing that they are threatening Wikipedia's tax exempt status. The one good thing on the internet, the one healthy way we have of interacting with information.
https://www.theverge.com/news/656720/ed-martin-dc-attorney-wikipedia-nonprofit-threat

#USPol #Wikipedia

I'm not sure anyone would feel safe being operated on by a 'video-surgeon.' The same goes for being flown by 'vibe-pilots' or rescued by 'vibe-firefighters.' The idea behind 'vibe-coding'—that someone can build an entire product with minimal technical knowledge—isn't just unrealistic, it's dangerously misleading. This hype isn't just naive; it's reckless.

Can you believe that
you are here, and I am here,
and we can share and communicate together,
and no billionaires were involved in this happening or continuing in any ways?

How fraking fantastic is this!

#Mastodon #Fediverse

launch lancement

@lesrevoltes x @subMedia

Projection du premier épisode de la nouvelle série documentaire de
@subMedia, InterRebellium. Le tout sera suivi d'une discussion. La
projection et la discussion seront en anglais.

Screening of the first episode of @subMedia 's new documentary series, InterRebellium. Followed by a discussion. The screening and discussion will be in English.

Friday, May 2 at 7:30 p.m @ Les Révoltes (2035 St-Laurent, second floor)

InterRebellium cover the 2019 Estallido Social in so-called Chile.
During that time, sub.media has been collaborating with anarchists on the ground to compile footage, coordinate and film interviews, and weave it all together. This has been a very rich and rewarding process, and they’re very excited to release their first film.

InterRebellium is a multipart documentary series examining the global wave of uprisings that shook the world from late 2018 to mid 2020. The project aims to tell the stories of these uprisings from the perspective of their participants, and to compile and critically examine some of their tactical and strategic innovations, successes, and shortcomings. The lessons gleaned from these revolts often came at an incredibly high cost, and it’s vital that they be passed along to the next generation of militants to help sharpen future revolts against capitalism, colonialism and the state.

Hey Sac-Town folks! Come out and celebrate our solidarity with some great tunes, radical books and other cool vendors!

Now the regime is arresting judges. https://apnews.com/article/immigration-judge-arrested-7997186bbca5730e70a25f2347e631f6

“If a worker committed the kind of incompetence that WorkComposer did, this data might be used to fire them,” EFF’s José told @Gizmodo of a massive bossware data breach. “WorkComposer, too, should be out of a job.” https://gizmodo.com/an-employee-surveillance-company-leaked-over-21-million-screenshots-online-2000593880

The Good Law Project is fundraising to challenge the UK Supreme Court's recent ruling on in the European Court of Human Rights.

If you are unaware, the ruling of the UK Supreme Court was that under the Equality Act 2010, 'sex' was to be interpreted as 'biological sex', rather than gender. This upended over a decade of existing practice and interpretation.

If you are able to contribute, please do: this ruling was devastating blow to the community, undermining our expectations and safety.

https://goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/supreme-court-human-rights-for-trans-people

Boosts would be welcome - the more people see this, the better the chances of them hitting their goal.

#Trans
#TransRights
#CrowdfFunding
#UKpol
#SupremeCourt
#Discrimination
#EqualityAct2010

Is there anybody on here familiar with using JAWS screenreader, and particularly with troubleshooting it? Asking for a friend who's having some mysterious issues with it on her thinkpad that I couldn't figure out. Thanks in advance (boosts appreciated).

EFF is a partner of this year’s Palestine Digital Activism Forum, taking place May 20th and 21st. Register today to hear from 60+ speakers about how war has impacted the digital rights of Palestinians in Gaza. https://2025.pdaf.net/

I really shouldn't be spending much more time on bunker websites. You could write a book just about the economics and assumptions baked in to these schemes, and I'm just trying to make this an illustration for a chapter.

But *look at this*. A company has bought out a 20th century army weapons depot as is "selling" each metal box for $55k, plus $1k per year. For a metal box in the ground. Bring your own water.

Next question: who do *you* think would make an insightful guest for a podcast about developing mutual care and collective power in our time of catastrophe, materially, socially, psychologically and/or spiritually? Point me, if you would, at folks whose work you think is underattended to, and could use a little shine.

The tech stack we use is an endorsement of the companies behind it. Technological platforms are not neutral. If we truly want to resist the digital coup that is currently under way, we need to normalize the use of free, open source solutions.

@_elena: https://mastodon.social/@_elena/114348001009857066

#platforms #NotNeutral #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #fediverse