Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

What I do not apologize for: thinking that a list of open-source software encumbered by AI antifeatures should exist. It's a useful resource if you're trying to avoid the proliferation of AI — my mistake and my harm as far as that's concerned was in the how and not the what.

I also do not apologize for believing that AI boosters should be held accountable for their actions. This was the wrong way to do it, but I don't believe my own personal goal was bad, and I do not apologize for holding it.

AI is improving so rapidly, soon creating technical debt will not even require developers anymore.

FCC lets Verizon lock phones for longer, making it harder to switch carriers
FCC waives rule that forced Verizon to unlock phones 60 days after activation.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/fcc-lets-verizon-lock-phones-for-longer-making-it-harder-to-switch-carriers/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Waymo passenger flees after car drives on Phoenix light rail tracks
L: https://www.azfamily.com/2026/01/08/waymo-passenger-flees-after-car-drives-phoenix-light-rail-tracks/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46593168
posted on 2026.01.12 at 14:39:55 (c=2, p=7)

NEW: As protests against ICE continue across Minneapolis, right-wing influencers have flocked to the area to create content and agitate the crowd. Protesters have confronted far-right personalities such as Jake Lang, Jayden Scott, and Gregor Butzow on Friday and Nick Sortor and Cam Higby over the weekend. Other agitators have also appeared and are seeking clicks.

https://youtu.be/ntt3gu-Gn68

BREAKING: Senator Mark Kelly sues Pete Hegseth, DOD, and others over Hegseth's censure of Kelly and effort to reduce his retirement grade, alleging violations of the First Amendment, due process, Speech & Debate Clause, and federal laws.

Kelly is represented by Arnold & Porter.

if you are in nyc or nearby, come join this sunday for the first ever nyc co-op cloud convergence, at 2:30pm at ridgewood commons ❄️

co-organized with @3wordchant and paul
flyer created by @halopoem

more info about co-op cloud at https://coopcloud.tech/

Palestinian women are at the forefront of the anti-colonial struggle against Israel’s occupation of their lands. Everything We Thought Was Beautiful: Interviews with Radical Palestinian Women broadcasts these women’s struggles in their own words and on all fronts—against colonialism, white supremacy, conservatism, patriarchy, state control—and Israel’s occupation.

This new edition is now available https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1823
Use coupon code "January" at check-out to get the new book discount.

Statement from Federal Reserve Chair
L: https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/powell20260111a.htm?mod=ANLink
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46589489
posted on 2026.01.12 at 10:05:51 (c=1, p=6)

Please #Report this sick #Gofundme for the #Murderer of #ReneeNicoleGood & share the info with your networks 👊
https://www.gofundme.com/f/ice-offuver-jonathan-ross

#FuckICE #DefundMurderers #USpol #DomesticTerrorist #Murderer

My comic spotted in the wild.

"dell is not pushing AI" story is bollocks

i went looking for anything other than that PCGamer selective quoting, and everything else Kevin Terwilliger said at CES is AI, AI, AI

even the quotes are in the context of Dell pushing local AI really hard and pushing the suitability of their PCs for AI

Their plans for Project 2026. https://www.gocomics.com/brian-mcfadden/2026/01/12

Meantime, I hear from friends that a number of #mutualaid hubs in the #TwinCities that are coordinating in resistance to ICE are consciously referring to themselves as “lifehouses,” and if it’s true I could not possibly be prouder.

If there’s anyone on the ground in a position to confirm or deny, do get in touch, but in the meantime please keep right on doing what you’re doing. The struggle continues – but, beloved, never forget that victory is certain. 👊
#lifehouse

The main things that I look for when I go to a business website are:
* Their address
* Their hours
* How to contact them

Sometimes you can find this information if you really dig.

I do not trust the EU either.

Hello all - it's that time again - tomorrow evening, Tue 13 Jan, at 20:00 NZDT, we'll be having our Jan Libre/FOSS meeting at https://meeting.iridescent.nz - anyone welcome to join us. It'll be held on our BigBlueButton instance (thanks to Prodigi.nz for sponsored hosting infrastructure!). We'll talk about whatever folks want to discuss. Maybe this month we can take a look at Mailcow, to show what full-service, multi-tenanted self-hosted email infrastructure looks like... There'll be many more demos!

So by comparison... ICE sounds sadly like an other "highly trained" police force.

Sexual assault at ICE detention centers under the Obama admin were so common that ICE tried to claim its not their responsibility to police their detention center staff and contractors.

Many of these cases stem from a ICE center opened in 2014 under Obama but didn't go to trial until the 1st Trump admin.

This is bipartisan and systemic abuse with police forces.

https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/ice-detention-center-says-its-not-responsible

#Obama #Trump #FuckICE