Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Oh no, the AI rollout would have totally worked so well if it wasn't for those Damn Kids sabotaging it. They do it out of fear, you see, because the AI companies' random text generators are so good at, like, jobs and such.

Process without verification.

True story: 100% *successful* autonomous completion of non-trivial coding tasks by "AI agents" isn't a thing. It doesn't exist. It's not even close to existing.

Treat any such claims like you would treat claims of people teleporting to the office.

New comic: Name that Bellicose Babbler

#war #language #cartoon #uspol #quotes

RE: https://universeodon.com/@georgetakei/116383246419414734

He’s taking the parks, too. This guy just sucks in every imaginable way.

Reddit has been ordered to appear before a grand jury as the Trump administration tries to unmask anonymous online critics. “We should be very, very, very concerned that they’ve now taken one of these to a grand jury,” EFF’s @davidgreene told @theintercept. https://theintercept.com/2026/04/10/reddit-ice-protest-grand-jury/

Positive News: France has announced its plan to ditch Windows & switch to Linux for government desktops. 🥳 🇫🇷

Not only that, but they have also moved 80, 000 National Health Insurance Fund Employees to open source alternatives replacing U.S owned Big Tech platforms like Microsoft Teams & Zoom.

It’s amazing to see the country take action, push for real digital sovereignty, & opt for open source solutions! 👏

More here: https://www.numerique.gouv.fr/sinformer/espace-presse/souverainete-numerique-reduction-dependances-extra-europeennes/

"sharp rise in narratives framing #London as a "fallen city" where crime goes unpunished and "basic decency has all but disappeared"." - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp3l4kwer5ko pathetic lies from right-wing nutters: I've lived in the city all my life, and it's going through a golden period now, full of life, excitement and joy

This just in: Target uses ALPR tools to keep track of who drives to or near their stores. Don’t shop at Target. Screenshot from their privacy policy attached.

Don’t shop at union-busting, police-state funding, privacy-violating, creepy-ass Target.

This weekend we are excited to be at the #CablesofResistance conference in Berlin, which brings together various forms of resistance against Big Tech. Read the conference’s manifesto: https://cableresist.de/#manifest and the program: https://programm.infraunited.org/cableresist26/schedule/

We will be participating in the panel “Data Centers Everywhere, Data Justice Nowhere” alongside other activists from across Europe on Saturday, April 11. More info: https://programm.infraunited.org/cableresist26/talk/WMNMGP/

The panels will be livestreamed on the conference website.

A new interview by Freddy Alva on DIY Conspiracy digging into SPAR (Skins & Punks Against Racism) and the late ’80s NYC scene.

Ali Smith, Matt Gard and Brendan SFA share their recollections of pushing back against racism from within.

https://diyconspiracy.net/spar-skins-and-punks-against-racism/

#punk #skinheads #NYC #NYHC #antiracist

📣 IT'S THE TOM THE DANCING BUG JOURNAL OF DEMENTIA AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS*
*Formerly The Tom the Dancing Bug Review
🥣 Donnie wants his pudding
💻 Amazon' Grace
🐰 The Rabbit Tetraology
🎬 Movie in a Comic!
🤣 Yuks
All this and MORE, for FREE!
https://open.substack.com/pub/tomthedancingbug/p/give-me-my-pudding-you-crazy-bastards

#Forgejo 14.0.4 and 11.0.12 were just released! They are security releases.

We recommend that all installations are upgraded to the latest version as soon as possible.

Check out the release notes and download it at https://forgejo.org/releases/. If you experience any issues with this release, please report to https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/issues.

#forgejorelease

#Google News Now Prominently Featuring #Polymarket Bets - https://futurism.com/future-society/google-news-polymarket "often appearing as large blocks that contain links to numerous gambling opportunities on the service."

@rhelune @lwriemen @pelle you mean other than incorporating AI and applying downward pressure on wages?

@lwriemen @pelle LLMs can only solve problems that have been solved many times before. The question is, how much of software development is solving new problems at all.

Dad stuck in support nightmare after teen lied about age on Discord
Data dump confirms dad's suspicions that Discord knew teen's age prior to hack.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/dad-stuck-in-support-nightmare-after-teen-lied-about-age-on-discord/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social