Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

With 40 states under single-party control in 2024, tech regulations moved faster than ever. State-level policies are shaping the future of AI, privacy, and digital rights. Get the full breakdown of how 2024 tech policies set the stage for 2025: www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/how-state-tech-policies-2024-set-stage-2025

1/ Here's my take on what's happening with DOGE.

I've got fed experience through contracting with Health & Human Safety, Head Start, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and DOD. I get brought in when people need to get shit done. Other people here have way more experience than me.
https://dan.mastohon.com/@danhon/113953007466779969

U.S. Government agencies have been ordered to enact sweeping takedowns of information— but technologists, librarians, and open access organizations have mobilized a preservation effort. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/ddosed-policy-website-takedowns-and-keeping-information-alive
#censorship #lgbtqia

#Teslas turn toxic as sales crash in Europe and the UK - https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/02/tesla-sales-plummet-in-the-uk-france-and-germany/ " EV sales in the region are growing, but not for Tesla." well done #ev buyers...

Climate change target of 2C is ‘dead’, says renowned climate scientist - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/04/climate-change-target-of-2c-is-dead-says-renowned-climate-scientist "Prof James Hansen says pace of global heating has been significantly underestimated, though other scientists disagree" oh dear, if he says it, we are in trouble...

A 25-Year-Old Is Writing Backdoors Into The Treasury’s $6 Trillion Payment System. What Could Possibly Go Wrong? - https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/05/a-25-year-old-is-writing-backdoors-into-the-treasurys-6-trillion-payment-system-what-could-possibly-go-wrong/ "Let’s be clear about what we’re seeing: deliberately obscured payment-blocking capabilities being added to absolutely critical government infrastructure by an inexperienced developer with minimal oversight." #musk

The FCC cannot deem constitutionally protected journalism outside the "public interest" whenever it wants to censor the press.

The slope is even more slippery with an unprincipled partisan hack like Brendan Carr in charge.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/fcc-launches-probe-soros-backed-radio-station-revealed-live-locations-undercover-ice-agents?intcmp=tw_fnc

The First Amendment permits identifying and harshly criticizing government workers, even when the world’s richest person doesn’t like it.

We shouldn’t have to remind sitting U.S. attorneys of that, but here we are.

https://freedom.press/issues/groups-demand-us-attorney-for-dc-respect-first-amendment/

While news giants with armies of expensive lawyers capitulate to the powerful, independent journalists represented by rights orgs and law profs fight back and win.

Congratulations to Jack Poulson.

https://sf.gazetteer.co/judge-tosses-sf-lawsuit-that-spurred-streisand-effect-for-tech-execs-arrest

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USAID getting shut down is, quite frankly, probably the least of our concerns right now.

"Musk Cronies Dive Into Treasury Dept Payments Code Base," via Talking Points Memo 👇

My retired civil servant father was worried about his retirement payments getting cut off under a Trump admin. Seemed far fetched to me 6 months ago. Now, not so much.

These people are absolute clown-shoes.

So good to see Hakeem Jeffries staying on message while the opposing party is doing an administrative coup. Don't worry about Treasury or the NLRB, we need to focus on bombing Iran! Fucking goon.

These people are unhinged. The Democratic Party leadership is absolutely useless.

I'm just going to leave Freedom of the Press Foundation's excellent guide to leaking to the press right here in case anyone happens to need it: https://freedom.press/digisec/blog/sharing-sensitive-leaks-press/

Tūhura Tech – Lead Mentor Wanted
📍 Location: Wellington, NZ
💰 Pay: $40/hr (Fortnightly pay)
📄 Job Type: Permanent, Part-time

Tūhura Tech runs hands-on tech sessions for rangatahi. We need a Lead Mentor to run sessions, create content, and inspire students

What You’ll Do:
Lead after-school tech sessions
Develop content
Engage with students and schools

What You Need:
Tech skills (Scratch, Python, etc.)
Passion for mentoring
Strong communication

To apply, email: contact@tuhuratech.org.nz

Anarchy in the Big Easy is an anarchist graphic history of the quest for freedom in radical and revolutionary New Orleans.

These stories are recounted by surregionalist writer Max Cafard and brought vividly to life through the striking images of comix artist Vulpes. You can help these hidden histories come to life by backing the Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ww3/bigeasy

looking for a new colleague in my team:
https://go.uvt.nl/22644 "Linux IT Infrastructure Engineer" , Debian GNU/Linux , Tilburg .nl , 0.8 or 1.0 FTE , remote work partly possible

Deep dive on the US administrative coup from Lambert at Naked Capitalism:

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/02/tankus-kelton-on-musks-doge-seizing-the-treasurys-payments-chokepoint-where-are-the-lawyers.html