Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Trump spiritual advisor pleads guilty to child sexual abuse - https://boingboing.net/2025/10/03/trump-spiritual-advisor-pleads-guilty-to-child-sexual-abuse.html no comment necessary...

Here comes Mr. Autumn Fascist! https://patreon.com/BrianMcFadden

## October 2025 community update

We’re delighted to share the latest and greatest from Co-op Cloud 🤘 It seems safe to say that *a lot* has happened! Grab a `$geographic_location_appropriate_temperature` beverage and enjoy 🎉

https://coopcloud.tech/blog/oct-2025-update

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#China’s most infamous ghost town is now training ground for #driverless trucks - https://restofworld.org/2025/china-ordos-ghost-city-autonomous-vehicles/ "The empty boulevards that once symbolized the mainland’s property bust now serve as testing grounds for hundreds of autonomous vehicles." #amazing

Stop the world, I wanna get off.

Welp. Despite the fact that our National Tax Office (the Dutch IRS) has an OSPO and despite them being "aware of privacy concerns" they're still going forward with moving their on-premise email and office software to Microsoft Office 365. 🫠

Why is this problematic?

"Under the US Cloud Act, cloud service providers can be required by law to make information available to government authorities, even if the storage is located in Europe." ☁️🇪🇺

https://www.dutchnews.nl/2025/10/dutch-tax-office-moves-email-to-microsoft-despite-privacy-fears/

I'll be giving a talk on @coopcloud at @SeaGL, if you are near #seattle that weekend would love to see you there! https://pretalx.seagl.org/2025/talk/BXX88L/

Cowardice at Apple: https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/apple-takes-down-ice-tracking-app-after-pressure-from-ag-bondi

The once-sterling CBS News has been sucked into the right-wing vortex, and its fascist-supporting owners are making no pretense about what their plans are.

So, for me, henceforth, it is CBS "News" -- and I say that with deep sadness for journalism, and our nation.

https://newrepublic.com/post/201302/bari-weiss-cbs-editor-in-chief

Turn off location permissions for as many apps as you can. (3/4)

Turn off your phone’s “advertising ID” to make it harder for location data brokers to track you. (2/4)

🟠this week’s classic Tom the Dancing Bug
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Lucky Ducky, in “Lucky Loopholes”
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https://www.gocomics.com/tomthedancingbug/2025/10/02

Journalist Mario Guevara is being deported because the American government punishes reporters to protect its own power.

We should all be outraged.

https://freedom.press/issues/mario-guevara-to-be-deported-for-reporting-the-truth/

Soon-to-be olds! Retirement isn't out of reach if you harness the power of imagination. https://inthesetimes.com/article/comics-retirement-corporations-investment-trump

This week’s comic is now up on Daily Kos
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A Busy, Busy Day in Washington, DC
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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/10/2/2346357/-Cartoon-Tom-the-Dancing-Bug-presents-a-busy-busy-day-in-Washington-DC

🚨 PSA: Journalists in Gaza are being targetted to prevent reporting on a UN-acknowledged program of genocide.

If you are an IDF member with information that could save lives and bring the war to a close, consider sharing it with the press safely via @securedrop:

The enormous elephant in the room regarding the increasing demands on our electricity grid is simply this: we don't actually _need_ AI. It's not in any way a public need for public good. It's a private and public want. If you turned off every major GAI tomorrow nothing would demonstrably change except for our power consumption would go down and nvidia's stock would crash.