Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

#Trump says EU could face 35% tariffs if it fails to meet $600bn investment promises, threatens with pharma #tariffs - https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/aug/05/ukraine-russia-zelenskyy-putin-eu-us-tariffs-europe-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6891fca98f08dc7a3db41483#block-6891fca98f08dc7a3db41483 remember, if you give into blackmail, they always want more

Didn’t Take Long To Reveal The UK’s Online Safety Act Is Exactly The Privacy-Crushing Failure Everyone Warned About - https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/04/didnt-take-long-to-reveal-the-uks-online-safety-act-is-exactly-the-privacy-crushing-failure-everyone-warned-about/ "turned out to be exactly the privacy-invading, freedom-crushing, technically unworkable disaster that everyone with half a brain predicted it would be." great takedown by @mmasnick #osa #privacy

Tor is hiring! Open roles:
👥 Director of People and HR
🔧 Senior Director for Internal Structures and Support
📊 Nonprofit Accounting Specialist (Part-time)

Whether you're passionate about culture, strategy, or numbers, there’s a role for you here. https://www.torproject.org/about/jobs/

@kyle @philtel is doing the same!

Hi all,

Iffy Books, the solarpunk, hacker, free-culture bookstore that hosts our flagship phone is coming to a financial crossroads and needs our help if they want to keep hosting as many great (often free!) events and stay open for as many hours as they do.

@iffybooks means a lot of things to a lot of people and it disappearing would leave a huge hole in the community. Not everyone is in a position to donate, but if you are, there is info in Steve’s letter!

https://iffybooks.net/a-letter-from-steve-at-iffy-books-june-13-2025

I love this. Engineer sets up free previously-payphones in his community to cover cellular dead zones:

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/04/nx-s1-5484013/engineer-restores-pay-phones-for-free-public-use

#Substack’s Algorithm Accidentally Reveals What We Already Knew: It’s The Nazi Bar Now - https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/04/substacks-algorithm-accidentally-reveals-what-we-already-knew-its-the-nazi-bar-now/ "when you build your platform’s reputation around welcoming Nazis: your recommendation algorithms start treating Nazi content as more than worth tolerating, to content worth promoting."

The #Forgejo monthly report was published ✨

The Forgejo v12 release was on time. The runner saw significant progress, and the release tooling was improved. Discussions emerged regarding AI contributions, contributor attributions in the documentation, and the future of communication. An #NLnet grant ended, allowing time for a retrospective.

https://forgejo.org/2025-07-monthly-report

Congratulations to @john and the rest of the @index Ghost team for launching their 6.0 version!

"The social web turns your Ghost publication into a networked social profile that people can find, follow, like, reply, repost and interact with from anywhere —bringing network effects directly to decentralized publishing. Popular posts can be shared, re-posted, and discussed by millions of social web users."

https://ghost.org/changelog/6/

#ghost #fediverse #SocialWeb #OpenWeb #blogs #blogging

Rich shitheads should give me a $25 billion capital investment to add chatbots no one wants in my comics. https://www.gocomics.com/brian-mcfadden/2025/08/04

People are talking about leaving Spotify because the CEO is a douchebag, so let me remind you that you can stream radio stations from all over the world for free with Radio-Map. It's been my primary source of music the past few weeks. I'm a little biased because I built it, but I've never invested in a company that's building dystopian killing machines, so you can stream guilt-free.

@dangillmor ”There must be in-groups who the law protects but does not bind, and out-groups who the law binds but does not not protect.”
-Frank Wilhoit

This is the only true rule of conservatism.

And it was made in the context of pointing out that we have no other politics than #conservatism left.

All parties today protect the wealthy at the price of hurting the non-wealthy. Only different flavours of implementing #wilhoitslaw remain in power.

This needs to change.

I have to #diy handlebar grips.

What would you recommend that doesn't get slippery when sweaty?

Long story short: the grip shift rubber came off years ago. Tape doesn't fit very well.

#bicycle #biketooter #bike #cycling #AskFedi

Recent comic: Cutting out the Middleman

I suspect that some readers might interpret this cartoon as a call for Luddism, but mostly it's a reflection of thoughts I've been having lately about out-of-control data harvesting and a growing surveillance state.

#tech #technology #privacy #data #comic #cartoon #surveillance #consumers #corporations

Dude, why in the name of everything that is holy am I just now learning about Simone Weil's social and political thought? I've heard her name before, but never had anyone impress on me just how aligned with cooperative and solidarity economy thinking she is...WHY?!? I know more than one co-op focused academic, but it was my old house painting partner who turned me on to her 🤔 Definitely buying "The Need for Roots" at my earliest convenience.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Weil#Spiritual_Nature_of_Work

#RightToBuy in #England ‘fuelled #HousingCrisis and cost taxpayers £200bn’ | #Housing | The Guardian

What’s this? So, #Thatcher's flagship social engineering policy was a disaster? Well thanks a lot, Maggie! [Sarc.]

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/aug/03/right-to-buy-england-fuelled-housing-crisis-cost-taxpayers-common-weath-report

#UK #Politics #Tories

Duckduckgo image search can now hide AI generated images:

https://duckduckgo.com/settings#aifeatures

Someone has produced these stickers and been putting them on Israeli produce (like hummus) in the UK. Depressingly needed genius.

@_elena @ahltorp fully agree. It's so upsetting to think that Aaron was driven to suicide for making science (mostly publicly funded) available to the public for free, while Sam Altman from the exact same Y Combinator cohort took the entirety of human endeavors to enrichen himself and the capital class while not only escaping accountability but receiving accolades.