Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Open access is a human rights issue. Potentially life-saving medical knowledge should not be restricted to those connected to institutions that can afford expensive journal subscriptions. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/embracing-open-science-medical-crisis-0

Wildlife Collapse From Climate Change Is Predicted to Hit Suddenly and Sooner - Scientists found a “cliff edge” instead of the slippery slope they expected.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/climate/wildlife-population-collapse-climate-change.html #climatechange #climatecrisis #extinction

I'll level with you all

I'm lazy, and I cruise through a lot of my personal projects

I get bored easily and I put things down and I come back to them weeks or months or so later

And you know what, that's okay. Frequently I put things down because they're too difficult for my current skill level. It might take a few months or so to get over the self loathing of the fact I couldn't solve an issue

I agree with others on here: the only way to learn is to simply dabble around in the discipline area you're interested in, with absolutely no clue about what you are doing, until something starts to stick, and you run with that

I had no idea I actually liked programming until I discovered other languages than imperative ones like JavaScript, Java, C++ and C. By chance I stumbled, after not coding for ... 15 years, upon LOGO again after using it as a child, and then LISP, its granddaddy

Don't pressure yourself so much, and don't be a perfectionist. I keep having to tell myself that. EVENTUALLY I am going to finish the Atari 2600 game I have written in 6502 assembly. That project in particular fills me with guilt.

I have my whole life to finish all these projects - the one about the discrete transistor computer I started in 2013 after recuperating from a bad bout of psychosis. I designed the computer then, and it has taken this long for me to get the money in order to buy the components and understand how I failed over and over in its construction over the years.

Enjoy the journey, and always ask yourself if you at actually enjoying what you are doing. I need to keep reminding myself of this, as well. Just quit doing things that make you feel bad. Do something else. For me, the fastest way out it poverty has usually been a choice to have fun and be in poverty and dodge work that kills my will to live and be happy. I dunno if that actually makes sense, but I honestly believe that if the sale of your labour is making you waste your life away, as much as mine did, just simply don't do it.

You are not your achievements. You will grow tired of your achievements and will eventually forget them and think they are pointless. So just do what you find fun in the moment.

Blah. I hope this was useful to at least one person.

#showerthoughts

Any reasonably scaled Lego model is more expensive than the original it is trying to imitate.

A year ago, SESTA FOSTA was put into place, silencing online speech by forcing Internet platforms to censor their users.

We're fighting it in court—and we expect to win. https://stopsesta.org/

One of the anons who had been contributing to my book saw me dunking on landlords and got indignant because apparently they're a landlord. In typical landlord fashion they're now withholding the rights to their illustrations so that I can't publish.

I need some ~18 illustrations recreated because some "lefty" doesn't understand that having the power to throw people into the streets and profiting off that position are incompatible with socialism.

Anyone want to help out?
https://riotmedicine.net/

Starting to get familiar and comfortable with life in the terminal. Really an efficient way of doing things.
Now I just wish more websites had text-only versions.

Cramped living conditions may be accelerating #UK spread of #coronavirus | World news | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/12/virus-hitting-hardest-modern-equivalent-victorian-slums

#Housing #Covid-19

Chicago, IL: Cook County Jail Noise Demo “Decarceration Caravan” Reportback https://itsgoingdown.org/chicago-il-cook-county-jail-noise-demo-decarceration-caravan-reportback/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

The Youth Are Calling for an International Workers’ Day General Strike! https://itsgoingdown.org/youth-call-may-day/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Verizon’s pledge to “Keep America Connected” and give breaks to low-income customers apparently only applies completely if you live in the areas it's previously deemed the most profitable. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/04/verizon-refuses-to-give-dsl-users-its-low-income-deals-during-pandemic/

Reject the "EARN IT Act" (s. 3398) which threatens free speech, encryption, privacy, and the nation's cybersecurity. | We the People: Your Voice in Our Government
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/reject-earn-it-act-s-3398-which-threatens-free-speech-encryption-privacy-and-nations-cybersecurity

The debate about healthcare is often framed as between private and public ownership.

The role and potential of healthcare #coops is too often left without the attention it deserves.

A new article "Are co-operatives the future of healthcare? A discussion with Jose Perez of the International Health Co-operative Organisation" on Mutual Interest, a free online newspaper #coop owned by the readers and writers.

https://www.mutualinterest.coop/2020/04/are-co-operatives-the-future-of-healthcare-a-discussion-with-jose-perez-of-the-international-health-co-operative-organisation

Join here:
https://opencollective.com/mutual-interest-media

TIL about http://linuxsynths.com/
It has samples of each and they are varied and it's really great.

New Issue of Anathema Vol 6 #3 https://itsgoingdown.org/new-issue-of-anathema-vol-6-3/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Some #FSFE #supporters collectively wrote about the good reasons to use #FreeSoftware for #remote #working and collected a detailed list of good solutions that respect your freedom: https://fsfe.org/news/2020/news-20200403-01.html

The Courts Won’t Free Migrant Children: We Must https://itsgoingdown.org/the-courts-wont-free-migrant-children-we-must/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

"Why do you wear a mask?"

"They are terribly comfortable, I think everyone will be wearing them in the future."

Scientists create mutant enzyme that recycles plastic bottles in hours
Bacterial enzyme originally found in compost can be used to make high-quality new bottles
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/08/scientists-create-mutant-enzyme-that-recycles-plastic-bottles-in-hours#maincontent
A glimmer of hope for our grandchildren?