Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Good morning Fedi friends!

The day starts on a bright note, seeing the results of the Canadian elections 🇨🇦

Yesterday was the 1st day of pre-production for the Fediverse promo video. FASCINATING discussions with my interns. I understood so many things about the Fediverse from the POV of people not familiar with it.

The concept of servers / instances and software can be confusing. I finally got a breakthrough thanks to FediDB.

Today we’re reworking the script.

Have a great day everyone!

From the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker:

In the first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s second term, his appointees and allies in Congress have joined his campaign against the press, and are endeavoring to defund, defang and silence independent and critical reporting:

https://pressfreedomtracker.us/blog/trump-allies-pursue-multipronged-campaign-against-the-press/

If more people decline face scans, TSA might rethink “whether it’s actually effective to roll out programs like these,” EFF’s Saira Hussain told @huffingtonpost. Without pushback, they're "just going to keep instituting more and more invasive techniques.” https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-you-can-and-should-opt-out-of-tsa-facial-recognition-right-now-goog_l_680a673ae4b0b1be33560c93

#Temu adds ‘import charges’ after #Trump #tariffs - https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/28/temu-adds-import-charges-after-trump-tariffs/ "Temu is adding “import charges” of around 145%" maybe this will teach people how tariffs actually work...

Government Actually Threatens #Wikipedia’s Editorial Freedom; Self-Proclaimed Free Speech Warriors Suddenly Have Other Plans - https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/28/government-actually-threatens-wikipedias-editorial-freedom-self-proclaimed-free-speech-warriors-suddenly-have-other-plans/ "Even if Wikipedia’s content was biased (it isn’t), even if every editor was actively trying to push an anti-Israel narrative (they aren’t), that would still be protected by the First Amendment."

🚀 New on #TheFutureIsFederated 👩‍🚀

"This is what resistance to the digital coup looks like"

https://news.elenarossini.com/this-is-what-resistance-to-the-digital-coup-looks-like/

mentioning @jaredwhite @anildash @ghost @caseynewton @molly0xfff @404mediaco @Daojoan @theindex @dangillmor @ryanbroderick @micahflee @melaniebartos @kleisli

I'd love to hear what you think about #AdoptAWriter ✨

#tech #Fediverse #activism #BigTech #SocialMedia #FOSS #FLOSS #blog #resistance #SaveSocial

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DHS Deported A Two-Year-Old US Citizen To Honduras And Now A Federal Judge Wants Some Answers - https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/28/dhs-deported-a-two-year-old-us-citizen-to-honduras-and-now-a-federal-judge-wants-some-answers/

I have never felt as helplessly frustrated as trying to help my friend troubleshoot a JAWS screenreader problem on Windoze. JAWS tech support tells us it's a Windows problem, MS accessibility support tells us it's a JAWS problem. Meanwhile, she's paid good money for software that is essential to her being able to work, only the software doesn't work. Oh, and there's only one guy in our whole state available to help people in this situation - ONE F'n GUY!

“In addition to all the principled reasons to not cave to Trump, there’s also the practical one that it doesn’t work,” Seth Stern tells The Guardian. “He will be right back at your door with his hands out the next day.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/27/trump-60-minutes

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Car Subscription Features Raise Your Risk of Government #Surveillance, Police Records Show - https://www.wired.com/story/police-records-car-subscription-features-surveillance/ "law enforcement agencies are eager to take advantage of the data trails generated by a flood of new internet-connected vehicle features." well, obvs

Oh also the House GOP wants to cut $230B in farm spending.

INCREDIBLE

The ag lobby is begging for the USDA secretary to be put on the teams that are negotiating new trade deals.

And she's just.... not even in the room.

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/weekly-agriculture/2025/04/28/farmers-plea-to-trump-00312065

I did another video on farm bailouts! As a small farmer in the US, there are some things I think everyone needs to know.

Here are the 3 most common reasons we hear on why farms need bailouts, & why they don't make much sense- especially right now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1GVWpe6e_U

Failed state media. https://www.gocomics.com/brian-mcfadden/2025/04/28

yup. The downsides of Linux are, at most, equivalent to the downsides of using windows (as far as annoyance factor) and after using Linux for even a few weeks, well, going back to windows is.... horrible.

Anyone that isn't forced to use Microsoft products should not be using Windows; It's just a better experience to not.

#MontyPython and the #HolyGrail at 50: a hilarious comic peak | #Comedy #films | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/apr/28/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-50th-anniversary

#Humour #Art #Cinema #MPFC