Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

I've been pretty quiet with my MAGA family members lately. Last time, I was outspoken and it didn't do one bit of good, they just dug in their heels.

We live far apart anyhow, so I have limited contact, but I'm not "tolya-so-ing" them or anything. If they eventually come to me, I won't be a dick about it. There's no point.

PSA:
Now may be the first time you hear about Magnus Hirschfeld and the Institute for Sexual Science.

Be aware of the fact that Hirschfeld was not only gay, but also Jewish.
"The Nazi Party attacked Dr. Hirschfeld for his ideas about sex, sexuality, and gender, as well as his Jewish ancestry."
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/magnus-hirschfeld-2

My point: Stuff is intersectional - be wary of every 'simple' history. And fight together ✊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #TransRights

https://apnews.com/article/black-consumers-dei-buying-guide-naacp-34664d8af92e2dc1ba787a498348b7a4?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
And because I think there's so much dubious morality in the corporate world in general, I think it's worth specifically highlighting the companies that the NAACP is praising for standing by their commitments to DEI:
"The advisory praises Costco for standing by previous commitments, as well as Apple, Ben & Jerry’s, Delta Airlines, e.l.f. Cosmetics and JPMorgan Chase & Co."

Latest comic on the dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

#cartoon #comic #economy #uspol #oligarchy

Meet Elon's dipshits. patreon.com/c/BrianMcFadden

Philosophical question: If I can't stop tinkering with the words in a blog post, does that mean I will never be finished?

Okay, that's it. Time to stop and publish.

I started out writing about the trial and execution of Socrates.

That brought me to the nature of subversiveness and the role of subversive elements in a democracy.

🎶 Come gather 'round people wherever you roam . . . "🎶

https://terikanefield.com/part-4-socrates-and-the-subversive-element/

I'm so fucking sick of these attacks on human rights.

I propose the following course of action:

We pick a specific target and trash its value.
- Do whatever we can to make it lose money, customers, resources, employees, reputation.
- Do our best to make it toxic waste that investors won't touch.
- We make it easy for anyone to join the carnage.
- We keep hammering it until it dies or we get protections

Then we collectively pick another target and do it again.

And again.

Until the dying screams of US corporations reach the ears of those with the power to call off the attacks on women, minorities, LGBTQ+ people, disabled people, and everyone else this administration is going after.

When they stop, we stop, negotiate, and stand ready to start again if they don't follow through.

I suggest Tesla be the first to burn.

#ResistEverywhere #CitizenSabotage #HumanRights #USPol #FuckCapitalism #FuckFascism #EatTheRich

We have left the Cool Zone and entered something much, much worse, and stupider. https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/2/14/2303653/-Cartoon-The-MAGA-zone

Trump regime fired the Epidemic Intelligence Service -- you know, the people who track diseases that sicken and kill Americans.

https://med-mastodon.com/@luckytran/114004704845979956

The contempt for human life is extraordinary. I said this a few minutes ago but I have to say it again: Trumpists aim to kill millions.

HHS employees, DO NOT OPEN YOUR EMAIL

HHS employees, DO NOT OPEN YOUR EMAIL.

Not without reading this first.

They’re going to cut off your network access as soon as you read your email, so you need to download a bunch of things first. Details at the link.

DO NOT OPEN YOUR EMAIL WITHOUT READING THIS FIRST.

See also the firings in the Epidemic Intelligence Service.

Sending much love and solidarity to all the public health workers who have been inexplicably fired from government agencies today. The world is far less safe as a result.

BREAKING: A bunch of U.S. Digital Service employees (including me) were fired tonight. It's still unclear exactly how many. There is no visibility whatsoever into what determined who was let go. Legacy USDS (i.e., pre-DOGE) leadership was not involved in the decision about whom to let go and was not notified in advance that people were going to be fired.
#politics #USPol #DOGE #coup #USDS
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What's the hottest thing a person can do on Valentines Day?

"The fact is that a dancing, foul-mouthed monkey at court was an amusement. I was like a court jester, paid to speak truth to power, which laughs at it. Pocket rebels like me were kept on the payroll (algorithmic or otherwise) to brand Empire as Free Speech© to outsiders. Like buying Marx on Amazon. They actually get paid off a certain amount of rebellion, but if it stops being profitable, they defenestrate you."

https://indi.ca/why-i-left-medium-they-defenestrated-me/

What are you doing with your morning? Here's an idea, in case you're looking for something.

https://www.404media.co/anyone-can-push-updates-to-the-doge-gov-website-2/

https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/trump-dei-fig-newton-black-air-force-general-20149856.php

Retired 4-star general denounces Trump's racism and says he doesn't recognize his country anymore.

Is #BlazingSaddles racist? Not at all – it shines a torch on a nation undergoing a serious identity crisis | #Film | The Guardian

One of my favourite films. When you realize that all the racist jokes about black people were written by the great #RichardPryor, you get a better idea of the context. #MelBrooks was courageous to make this film.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/14/blazing-saddles-western-racism-mel-brooks

#Racism #Attitudes

Scoop: The databases powering doge. gov are insecure, and people outside the government have already pushed their own updates to the site to prove it:

https://www.404media.co/anyone-can-push-updates-to-the-doge-gov-website-2/

Huh, I hear Anonymous might be engaging in some political action sometime soon. Could be interesting.