Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

"In 2024, rent for a three-bedroom apartment in the co-op was $828 a month, a very affordable price compared to the $1,687 for a much smaller one-bedroom apartment listed on kijiji.ca in the same city."

https://thewalrus.ca/why-co-ops-are-the-solution-to-our-housing-crisis/

As one of the "fallen professionals" who ended up in a nonprofit, but who worked in the trades for many years prior, I can tell you this guy knows what he's talking about.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/benjamin-studebaker-on-the-chronic-crisis-of/id1607255944?i=1000740672437

The modern, European right winger is socially nazi, but infrastructurally liberal

Wonderful people from Barcelona: a friend of mine got mugged of her smartphone, and buying a new one is difficult for someone who just got an asylum. If you have an old smartphone that still works OK that you don't need, please get in touch with me...

Waymo cars ignored stopped school buses in Atlanta. What happens now?
L: https://www.ajc.com/news/2025/12/waymo-cars-ignored-stopped-school-buses-in-atlanta-what-happens-now/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46246683
posted on 2025.12.12 at 12:58:33 (c=4, p=6)

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Ralph is not pulling his punches.

https://nader.org/2025/12/05/open-letter-to-zohran-mamdani-political-moderate/

Gandi refuses to delete my account unless I upload a government ID, claiming that this is required under GDPR.

Pretty sure this is bullshit, especially because there's nothing for them to compare the ID to.

Stop making a commodity of artistic expression. There is no "good" and "bad" for art. There is only the expression, and whether or not it clicks for you.

The middle school band doesn't suck, they're building skills. The sculpture isn't terrible, you just don't see what the artist was going for, and that's OK.

Let expression just be expression; no need to give it a rating out of five stars. Doing so limits the power of human expression and cheapens the very concept of culture and the human experience.

Another reason to buy via eBay versus Amazon:

USPS treats it's employees respectfully and most of my transactions via eBay ship through USPS.

TIL that there is a World Porridge Making Championship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Porridge_Making_Championship

#food

Must watch for all co-op people, imho.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMa63wautfg

Liam Neeson Narrates #AntiVax, Pro-#RFK Documentary - https://www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeson-narrates-anti-vax-pro so Neeson turns out to be a moron. I shall avoid his films in future...

Hey Social.coop peeps, we're looking for some new Finance working group members. If you are interested, let me know and I'll put you in the loop.

"The #GenAI #bubble is going to pop. Everyone knows that. To me, the urgent and interesting questions are how widespread the damage will be and what the hangover will feel like." - https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/12/07/Thin-Spots-In-the-AI-Bubble

RE: https://mastodon.social/@_elena/115701266365517824

Remember how everyone got into baking their own bread during lockdowns? If you can feed yourself by turning flour, water, and yeast into bread like a grain alchemist, you can cultivate your own digital garden as well!

#digitalsovereignty #newbies #techTips #FediTips #LeaveBigTech #AntiSocialMedia #AntiCaptialism