Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

California's Attorney General began enforcing the California Consumer Privacy Act on July 1. Here are answers to 10 common questions about the CCPA and what it means for you: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/01/ten-questions-and-answers-about-california-consumer-privacy-act

They also took the streets to remind people of the ongoing targeted and systematic state violence that is carried out by the police against Black, Indigenous and People of Color.
#BlackLivesMatter #Fuck12 #fuckthepolice

Librem 5 Dogwood: Update 3

"The Librem 5 Dogwood batch has finished our manufacturing and is finalizing testing and fulfillment all from Purism headquarters before shipping to those who are part of this batch."

https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-dogwood-update-3/

#freedom #privacy #librem5

The "non-commercial" (NC) option in the Creative Commons suite of licenses introduces more confusion than it eliminates. I wrote a short essay to sum up the main problem, as I see it. This core problem can get lost in discussion of more technical issues. I'm hoping this short statement will be useful to share with well-intentioned copyright owners considering NC. But this "first draft" could probably use your edits or comments! https://freedomdefined.org/The_non-commercial_provision_obfuscates_intent

For those who want a written summary of the discussion, RNZ have since published this: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/audio/2018754514/anand-giridharadas-beware-of-billionaire-do-gooders

The solarpunk hero we all need

Snap, Flatpak, AppImage, etc - are all attempts to make Linux more palatable to either proprietary software, or to software with reckless runaway complexity. Personally, I want neither, and will give no quarter to "solutions" for their "problems".

“I Thought A Few Guys Might Cry”: Patriot Front Rally Was “Complete Failure” Reports Undercover Antifascist https://itsgoingdown.org/patriot-front-chicago-failure/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Yup - this rings very true. http://techrights.org/2020/07/02/microsoft-article-by-alessandro-ebersol/

Well, that was fast!

At least until such time as I need to get a "real job," I'm pleased to announce that I will be spending 50% of my time working for the Libre-SOC project, working on Libre-licensed open hardware designs.

See https://libre-soc.org

This will be my first exposure to "real-world" semiconductor logic design, and I'm happy that I'm being afforded the opportunity.

With any luck, this will turn into a paying gig which can help support me and my family.

Climate Change Could Make Arctic Waves Two Stories Higher
https://earther.gizmodo.com/climate-change-could-make-arctic-waves-two-stories-high-1844311611 #climatechange #climatecrisis

How to tackle climate change, food security and land degradation
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200707140929.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis

Wow. This toot apparently prompted several dozen of you to unfollow me 😆

Good riddance!

To the rest of you:

Thanks for actually reading the article instead of falling for that headline, not noticing the inverted commas, and then jumping to conclusions! You people are why I love the Fediverse so much 😊

Why Mastodon and the fediverse are “doomed to fail”:

https://write.as/eloquence/why-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-are-doomed-to-fail

@LeoSammallahti Interesting that people believe there is such a thing as a news source that has "no point of view" 🤔

Be OK with failure. It sucks and makes us feel all types of ways. Through those emotions there is ALWAYS wisdom if you choose to find it. Failure and facing it can be a helpful tool to success.

There is currently a bill that would ban federal use of face recognition and limit funding streams for police use of the technology at the state and local level. Contact your elected officials here: https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-to-ban-federal-use-of-face-recognition

These Colors DO Run: Seattle Reportback from July 4th “Patriot” Rally https://itsgoingdown.org/these-colors-do-run-seattle-reportback-from-july-4th-patriot-rally/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

I feel so utterly devoid of energy right now, it's hard to grasp... even though I just had a few days off, I feel like I could really do with a few months off right now.

Fairphone is a member of the Fair Cobalt Alliance, a program addressing hazardous working conditions, child labor and low incomes among artisanal cobalt miners in the DRC. @DavidSturmes@twitter.com shares more in our latest blog: https://bit.ly/3glcmOF