Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Pentagon declares war on 'outdated' software buying, opens fire on open source - https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/06/us_dod_software_procurement/ it should be supporting #opensource better, not attacking it

I had someone tell me we shouldn't be using Scheme at Spritely because AI code generators aren't good at writing it

No no no

That's a huge feature

Inventing a reverse NDA so no one talks to me about #AI

when I find out someone's been using an AI assistant to compose replies to me they drop to the bottom of the queue of people I will talk to

I don't need someone to disrespect me like that. use words you mean

Save the Tapanuli #orangutans! - https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/save_the_last_tapanuli_lt_1/ "corporate giant Jardine Matheson is set to expand a gold mine that could tear down over 500 hectares of these great apes’ only home." appalling. please sign if you can #indonesia

This VE Day is not a reason to celebrate. It should all be about noting lessons not learned. https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/05/08/this-ve-day-is-not-a-reason-to-celebrate-it-should-all-be-about-noting-lessons-not-learned/ Eighty years ago, we won a victory in Europe. Today, we are losing the fight against fascism at home, and those leading the celebrations are responsible for that.

Trump and the GOP are purging, deleting, censoring, moving, and hiding hundreds of government webpages, documents, and assessments that report on environmental and climate-change threats to U.S. national security and the military.
I've documented some examples here:

https://www.gleick.com/blog/censorship-deletion-and-purging-of-us-defense-and-intelligence-assessments

The statement “why would I bother to read something someone couldn't be bothered to write?” almost perfectly captures so many peoples’ feelings about #AI.

And it evokes @pluralistic’s reminder that although AI probably can’t do your job, an AI salesman can probably convince your boss that it can.

In the end, this technology (or rather the market for this tech) is aimed squarely at its least noble use: cheapening and degrading human labor that doesn’t fit neatly into a balance sheet.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c15q5qzdjqxo

Despicable invasion of medical privacy, brought to you by the state of California and LinkedIn. "...broke every state privacy law in existence..."

https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2025/04/28/how-california-sent-residents-personal-health-data-to-linkedin

I donated to the University of Michigan for years after a fellowship there. After a lapse I was planning to start again, to support institutions that are standing against fascism.

But no, not another nickel.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/outgoing-umich-prez-santa-ono-pulls-his-name-from-academic-freedom-letter

Musk dishing out his BS on Mars to the ignorant Fox News host and its viewers, by revealing that the Sun will destroy earth in a few million years and hence we need to build a city on Mars.

The Fox host was clueless about the science of the Sun and how it will get brighter and destroy life of earth ... in about a billion years. I suppose Fox folks don't read Wikipedia. And they probably think that they are getting to a ticket to Mars very soon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Em4QyUuLUU
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun#Life_phases

one of the reasons the AI bros have noticeably upped trotting out bogus arguments about the hyperscalers' ghastly environmental damage (arguments they nicked from bitcoiners) is that discontent at their bullshit is going mainstream

example: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/chatgpt-is-everywhere-environmental-costs-oped

A Palestinian-American journalist was interrogated at the border about her reporting, but she refuses to stay silent.

Journalists must continue to speak up about these abuses.

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/5/5/fear-and-intimidation-at-newark-airport

Anybody have experience with WP Beaver Builder? Want to help a lefty journalist figure out how to use it to update her website? I just tried and failed 😟

It's shameful that six weeks after Ozturk was abducted we're fighting about jurisdiction.

It should take any judge anywhere in the United States seconds to rule that people can't be imprisoned for writing op-eds.

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/07/g-s1-64726/federal-court-rules-student-rumeysa-ozturk-detention-vermont-challenge

Free in ~13 hours? Swing by "Co-op Kite-flying", an informal drop-in to talk about Co-op Cloud (that's us!)

☁️ Ask your questions about the project
☁️ Get help with anything you're stuck on
☁️ Share your ideas for new apps or new features

Same links as usual:

Agenda: https://pad.autonomic.zone/VtyrLUl9RWaJGgEDrncQUw?edit

Call: https://vc.autistici.org/CoopCloudKiteFlying

Docs: https://docs.coopcloud.tech/federation/organisers/

#KiteFlyingHours #CoopCloud

– 3wordchant

Seven states have right-to-repair laws to date. If you’re in Washington, urge Gov. Ferguson to sign HB 1483 and SB 5680 and make your state the eighth to join this elite club! https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/washingtons-right-repair-bill-heads-governor

A major FOIA win by FPF debunks the Trump administration's excuse for deporting Venezuelans and rolling back DOJ’s rules protecting journalists and sources.

The now-public memo it called a “threat” just contradicted its narrative.

Watch Lauren Harper explain.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3CTuVtJRecQ

"Congress mandated VOA to report reliable and authoritative news, not outsource its journalism to outlets aligned with the president's agenda," VOA White House bureau chief Patsy Widakuswara and press freedom editor Jessica Jerreat said in a joint statement.

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/07/nx-s1-5389453/kari-lake-says-oans-far-right-coverage-will-fuel-voice-of-america

Trump administration plans to shutter money-saving Energy Star program - https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/07/trump-administration-plans-to-shutter-money-saving-energy-star-program/ of course; after all, who wants to save money?