Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

As we've said, app mandates are the wrong call. Richmond schools should not force students and staff to install contact tracing apps on their devices https://www.nbc12.com/2020/08/24/mayor-stoney-asks-richmond-colleges-universities-require-covidwise-app/

DOCUMENTS: SFPD got live access to hundreds of cameras in the Union Square Business Improvement District to monitor protests against police violence https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/07/san-francisco-police-accessed-business-district-camera-network-spy-protestors

Google reportedly took five days to decide not to remove misleading ads about voting by mail - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/29/21406609/google-voting-mail-fraud-ads-trump-election-misinformation

Malicious npm package caught trying to steal sensitive Discord and browser files | ZDNet
https://www.zdnet.com/article/malicious-npm-package-caught-trying-to-steal-sensitive-discord-and-browser-files/

“Not a Family Friendly Event”: Militia Leader Invokes Kenosha Killer on Eve of “Straight Pride” Rally Backed by Local Pastors https://itsgoingdown.org/straight-pride-modesto-militia-2020/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Big news: NLnet/NGI0 PET will fund the development of two new open hardware processor modules compatible with MNT Reform: An NXP LS1028A module developed in partnership with RBZ Embedded Logics and an FPGA module for prototyping with open CPU designs:
https://nlnet.nl/project/MNT-Reform

... i started having thoughts a while back, in a particularly annoyed moment, about the proprietary nature of so much of the audio/music industry. As an audio engineer, this is a particularly true sentiment, as so *incredibly* much of the gear my fellow engineers and i use is entirely proprietary -- both in the software and hardware departments. From how our soundboards are not-entirely-but-close-enough-to black boxes, to how the new digital age has brought so many new proprietary "standards" -- Dante, AES50, etc. There are actually open/non-proprietary standards out there for audio and video transmission over networks, and for sound control. There is no seriously good reason why we should throw hundreds of thousands of dollars at single pieces of equipment.

With this in mind, i started a new project: OpenSourceStudio. The goal of the project is to create open hardware versions of the tools we use on a daily basis in our work, and to allow for a far more modular studio. So far, i have a... start, in the form of a wiki. While this project is still early stages, i believe it has great potential to make our lives better and our work easier.

The wiki: https://osstudio.wiki.klisglitch.space (Registration is closed, and edit access can be requested through the Matrix community.)
Matrix community: +osstudio:matrix.klisglitch.space

i look forward to working with those of you who see potential in this project! And please, spread the word! Thank you!

#AudioEngineering #OpenSourceStudio #OSStudio

The regulation that ensures you don’t have to change your phone number when you change the provider made it easier for businesses to compete with lower prices. Markets became less "free" but more "open".

Left should move the debate from free vs regulated to free vs open markets.

Nothing reveals the hypocrisy of big businesses like when they beg for government protection from the free market forces they always cite to justify their greed.

France suspends controversial glue-trapping of songbirds - https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/france-suspends-controversial-glue-trapping-of-songbirds/ good; now ban it completely forever

RT @protctdemocracy: BREAKING: Several voter advocates and watchdogs are suing #POTUS for retaliating against social media companies for fa…