Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

If you're mad about what a billionaire is doing to destroy Twitter, wait until you hear what billionaires are doing to destroy the planet.

Mysterious root CA TrustCor dropped by Mozilla and Microsoft. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/30/trustcor-internet-authority-mozilla/

Off call w activist group arrested for peaceful action. Again, phones taken by forensics, accounts/chats compromised

Frontliners, ask if you truly need to take your phone & not a burner, cheap SIM. If yes

- Backup to local encrypted storage, stash
- Strong lockscreen passphrase
- Check disk encryption active, incl any MicroSD
- Disable USB debugging
- Logout platforms before action
- *Fully power off* before arrest
- Don't say "I won't give you access". Say nada

Abandon device/SIM if returned

Oh boy
https://blog.lastpass.com/2022/11/notice-of-recent-security-incident/

I am tired of *verbalisms* thrown at me with concepts such as "freedom of expression", "democracy", etc.
Idiots *think* in labels.

Pretty telling the Mr. Biden has sided with the railroad companies in denying essential workers *4 sick days*. In fact, it tells me everything I need to know about Biden and the Dems (as if I didn't already know they were a bunch of useless clowns) If someone ever again tries to tell me the Democrats are the "party of the working class," I swear to gawd I will slap the taste out of their mouth.

Fkn A. SIS has agreed to issue a public apology & pay $40k compensation & $26,400 in legal costs to investigative journalist Nicky Hager over the unlawful capture of call logs from his phone. "This is an impt result for journalism. Our intelligence services are given substantial powers for use to protect NZ from harm. Those powers cannot be used to go after a journalist’s sources just bc the govt does not like what that journalist is saying" - F.Geiringer, Hager's lawyer https://thespinoff.co.nz/live-updates/30-11-2022/nicky-hager-wins-apology-and-40000-compensation-from-nz-spy-agency

40k users, 50k projects. We're providing service to so many, this was unbelievable four years ago when #Codeberg was founded.

Thank you for supporting our mission. Together we fight the monopoly of proprietary platforms, and work towards a future where websites are hosted by non-profit associations and federate with each other.

Learn how to help: https://docs.codeberg.org/improving-codeberg/

Big thanks to: #Gitea + #Forgejo, #Debian #GNU/#Linux and all these nice people in the #FLOSS community. You rock! 💙

I've released version 2.0.0 of my RSS to ActivityPub converter! This now provides functionality I'd hacked in to https://rss.friend.camp - it requires OAuth 2.0 authorization for someone to create a new AP account for an RSS feed.

I used to run this service "in the open" but was overwhelmed by spammers. Now the admin of a Mastodon (or Pleroma or any federated server that is an OAuth 2 provider) can provide this converter as a service solely to members of their instance.

https://github.com/dariusk/rss-to-activitypub/releases/tag/v2.0.0

Jeff Bezos says he plans to give away the majority of his ~$117 billion net worth during his lifetime.

That’s nice, but can I let you in on a secret?

Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity. It’s PR to distract you from low wages and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.

If it was up to me, a product that can not be repaired should not be allowed for sale in any market.

Simple.

#Canada Steals Cultural Works From The Public By Extending Copyright Terms - https://www.techdirt.com/2022/11/29/canada-steals-cultural-works-from-the-public-by-extending-copyright-terms/ yup - this is the real #copyright theft...

FYI: There's an #Indigenous people server now as of last week, indg.club.

Big thanks to @roag505. And, @aerynlynne made new #emojis.

#IndianCountry #NativeAmerica #AllNations #AllMyRelations

Big #polluters given almost €100bn in free carbon permits by #EU | #CarbonTax | The Guardian

The EU is culpable for prolonging its dependence on polluting industries though various #subsidies.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/29/big-polluters-given-almost-100bn-in-free-carbon-permits-by-eu

#Environment #Politics #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #FossilFuels

#England and #Wales now minority Christian countries, census reveals | #Census | The Guardian

The trend towards ditching ridiculous beliefs as a basis for morality continues.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/29/leicester-and-birmingham-are-uk-first-minority-majority-cities-census-reveals

#UK #Demographics

We urgently need Congress to act to #ReinInBigTech, but #KOSA is not the bill. This legislation would make vulnerable kids less safe and could be weaponized against the #LGBTQ community. Congress should focus on #antitrust and #privacy instead. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/28/kids-online-safety-act-may-harm-minors-civil-society-groups-warn.html

London’s ultra-low emission zone will be expanded across the entire capital from next August, a move that the mayor said would bring cleaner air to 5 million more residents.

Drivers of older, polluting cars will have to pay £12.50 a day to use their vehicle across Greater London from 29 August 2023. #London #UK #cities #urbanism #transportation #climatecrisis

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/25/ulez-to-be-expanded-across-whole-of-greater-london-from-august

Here's a scatterplot of health spending per capita (x axis) and life expectancy (y axis) in OECD countries. The lines represent averages.

One country sits alone in the bottom right quadrant due to its much higher health spending and below-average life expectancy.

Source: https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/ae3016b9-en/1/3/1/index.html?itemId=/content/publication/ae3016b9-en&_csp_=ca413da5d44587bc56446341952c275e&itemIGO=oecd&itemContentType=book