Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Attack on Cars of Prison Profiteers in Berlin in Solidarity with Russian Anarchists

#BurnThePrisons #AnarchistAction

https://www.amwenglish.com/articles/attack-on-cars-of-prison-profiteers-in-berlin-in-solidarity-with-russian-anarchists/

The foreign tech megacorps are going to lash back at this G7 tax proposal https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/444134/rich-nations-back-deal-to-tax-multinationals by dividing and conquering, and they've got just the tool to do it: secret ISDS claims which are part of the CPTPPA that NZ and a bunch of other silly countries ratified. Will be interesting to see - although, of course, the suits brought will be secret.

Geeky YouTube Terminal Workflow auf @gnulinux https://gnulinux.ch/mein-youtube-terminal-workflow #nt

Security researchers, journalists, & online activists should sleep easier tonight knowing that the Supreme Court has rejected the many overbroad interpretations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act which have previously deterred or chilled their vital work https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/06/van-buren-victory-against-overbroad-interpretations-cfaa-protects-security

Did you know law enforcement can seize money from a person that has not been found guilty and never will be? This money often goes straight to funding surveillance technology. https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2021/5/11/22425299/cpd-chicago-police-drone-secret-emails-hack-lori-lightfoot-dodsecrets-city-hall
Learn more:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/01/end-two-federal-programs-fund-police-surveillance-tech https://t.co/5iyy7Jackc

MusicBrainz’ dream of a communally built music database arose with the early hopes of the Internet. After 20 years, it's proof that the internet can support & expand a long-term public good, as opposed to a proprietary, venture capital-driven growth model https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/06/organizing-public-interest-musicbrainz

The most recent shutdown of a PayPal account isn’t worrisome just because of its effect on one user, but because of the societal harms from patterns of account closures. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/06/paypal-shuts-down-long-time-tor-supporter-no-recourse

@lwriemen

If people with power don't make the changes, the people won't need to fight it at all, and I don't think there's a plausible mechanism for getting those in power to do the right thing, if not by leveraging the power of the people.

Twitter announces "Blue", a subscription service for a monthly fee, that unlocks a bunch of extra features.

Editing tweets is among them apparently.

Why that is a horrible idea:
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2018/06/if-you-could-edit-tweets/

@bhaugen @codeberg I use Codeberg for my scientific code. Science is global and GitHub blocks several countries due to US trade sanctions.

Enlightening scientific article: The varying openness of digital open science tools https://f1000research.com/articles/9-1292/v2

Why Can’t We Call It an Emergency?
https://gizmodo.com/why-can-t-we-call-it-an-emergency-1847020403 #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

We need more leaders like this: has transparent values and sticks to them even if it's unpopular with some powerful people. Doing the right thing is often quite dangerous. But now's when we need leaders who're up to it in our gov't declared Climate Emergency. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/local-government/300322473/oh-god-sorry-dunedin-mayor-gets-emotional-on-climate-change-and-floods