Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Can we put an end to <any name> office software suites? There's never been a good technical reason to bundle orthogonal pieces of office software together. It's always been about marketing and monopoly.

From Work Won't Love You Back by Sarah Jaffe, 'Work-life balance is something that these workers choose to give up, missing the way that their choices quickly become job requirements...Those who move up in the organization through such a style of work then impose it on others.' #unpaidOvertimeIsExploitiveAlways

Bored with first impressions and reviews of Librem 5; all are now irrelevant until mine arrives, and by that time everyone will be bored with unpacking videos, etc.

This is different than news on advances in development and delivery of the Librem 5. The technology is still very interesting.

Saw a job ad today with so many different responsibilities listed, that it was hard to determine the actual job. Is this a sign of HR/management cluelessness, a commentary on the rise of generalization in software, or a call to do more with less? IAC, probably a red flag about a burnout company. #pass

After fighting the OS wars, I'm resigned to the fact that most people don't care about the evil inherent in big tech. Just try to survive off the leavings and take pride in pyrrhic victories. Us former OS/2, Amiga, and Atari users are the former (Firefly universe) Browncoats of today.

Does Biden know that failure to pass $15 minimum means he'll be a one term president? #dumballover

Biden's neoliberalism is still alive and strong. Going to have to laugh in the face of all the minimum wage workers with large student debt who voted for him in the primaries. Then I'm going to have to hunker down and prepare for a neoliberal approach to tackling climate change and another four more years of Trump. #USAbozobus

Why won’t Joe Biden let ethanol die already? https://grist.org/energy/joe-biden-ethanol-biofuels/

When the grid went dark, Texans faced 3.5M pounds of excess air pollution https://grist.org/justice/when-the-grid-went-dark-texans-faced-3-5m-pounds-of-excess-air-pollution/

Key Biden aide said pandemic was 'best thing that ever happened to him', book says https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/24/covid-best-thing-biden-anita-dunn-lucky-book-jonathan-allen-annie-parnes

Biden is locking up migrant children. Will the world still care with Trump gone? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/24/biden-is-locking-up-migrant-children-will-the-world-still-care-with-trump-gone

Corporate Lawyers Line Up for Justice Department Top Slots https://theintercept.com/2021/02/23/merrick-garland-justice-department-corporate-lawyers/

Fossil Fuel Executives Gloat About Profits, PR From Texas Winter Storm Crisis https://theintercept.com/2021/02/23/texas-winter-storm-gas-prices-executives/

AOC criticizes Manchin over apparent targeting of Biden’s nominees of color https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/23/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-manchin-biden-nominees-neera-tanden-deb-haaland