Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Because they hate their own voters, Texas Republicans are about to ban all products containing THC, plus they are also about to ban many popular anime series due to a very poorly written law against child deepfakes.

Both bills await Greg Abbott's signature. He'll likely sign. https://screenrant.com/anime-ban-censorship-america-texas-goblin-slayer-controversy/

#anime #texas #marijuana #weed

In the following account, the author recounts scenes from the movement against deportations in Paris in the late 1990s. As Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and their lackeys scapegoat the undocumented and kidnap immigrants who oppose genocide even when they hold green cards, it is a good time to study how people have resisted the violence of the state in other times and places.
https://blog.pmpress.org/2025/04/08/the-anti-deportation-collective/

https://thomaspalley.com/?p=2545

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#Hawaii will tax vacation stays and use money to help counter #climatecrisis - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/28/hawaii-tourist-tax-vacation-climate-crisis that's good; #trump will hate it

This is a bipartisan agenda (and has been for my entire life).

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/05/why-are-they-trying-to-kill-us.html

ICCL secures permission to take Ireland’s first ever class action - https://www.iccl.ie/digital-data/iccl-secures-permission-to-take-irelands-first-ever-class-action/ " hopes to force Microsoft to bring its systems into compliance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (#GDPR)." #big #privacy

Saudi Arabia’s secretive rehabilitation ‘prisons’ for disobedient women - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/may/28/saudi-arabia-women-girls-rehabilitation-prisons-dar-al-reaya “If you are sexually abused or get pregnant by your brother or father you are the one sent to Dar al-Reaya to protect the family’s reputation” #barbaric #saudiarabia

"Europe has devolved into a hotbed of digital #censorship, mass migration, restrictions on religious freedom, and numerous other assaults on democratic self-governance." - https://statedept.substack.com/p/the-need-for-civilizational-allies-in-europe says, the US, where scientists are forbidden from talking about #climatecrisis or even #gender... #hypocrisy much?

First case on #AI and #copyright referred to the #CJEU - https://www.technollama.co.uk/first-case-on-ai-and-copyright-referred-to-the-cjeu "we really have to discuss the fact that a case involving a summary listicle from what appears to be a Facebook clickbait farm is going to be the first case that will decide the future of copyright and AI in the EU." good analysis

#NPR sues #Trump over blocked funding, says it may have to shutter newsrooms - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/05/npr-sues-trump-over-blocked-funding-says-it-may-have-to-shutter-newsrooms/ " Trump move "is textbook retaliation and viewpoint-based discrimination," NPR says."

My business model of selling tours of people's homes doesn't work if I have to get their consent.

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PureOS Crimson Progress Update Since July 2024, we’ve built a strong foundation—now climbing the stack! Recent Updates:

• Faster USB charging
• Speedier storage access

First alpha release coming soon.

Learn More Here: https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-crimson-development-report-march-2025/

#FTC Opens Up Bullshit Investigation Into Media Matters For Highlighting Ads Next To Nazi Content On ExTwitter - https://www.techdirt.com/2025/05/23/ftc-opens-up-bullshit-investigation-into-media-matters-for-highlighting-ads-next-to-nazi-content-on-extwitter/ #twitter

Check out the new blog from Jeremy Brecher: Strategic Guidelines for Social Self-Defense: https://blog.pmpress.org/2025/04/17/strategic-guidelines-for-social-self-defense/

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Some signs of #AI model collapse begin to reveal themselves - https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/27/opinion_column_ai_model_collapse/ "Prediction: General-purpose AI could start getting worse" indeed

By the way, someone here – and please do speak up, if it should happen to have been you, so I can thank you! – made a throwaway comment I haven’t been able to forget, about designing a card game about Gerrard Winstanley and the Diggers, where the players have to cooperate to prevent the enclosure of their commons. I’m now hellbent on actually designing this game, as an act of living resistance with woodcut-style illustrations. Call it The World Turned Upside Down!

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The Librem 5 & Liberty Phone aren’t just modular in hardware—they’re modular in software.

From keyboards to the entire OS, YOU decide what runs on your device.

Learn More: https://puri.sm/posts/retain-your-control-and-customize-everything-with-modular-software/