Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

TikTok is, as security expert Bruce Schneier says, part of a "shady" company.

China is a vile dictatorship that censors and spies on its people, and is an international predator.

But Congress members are lying when they pretend that banning TikTok is a solution to the problems Congress itself has allowed to fester -- namely the tech and big data industries' relentless spying on all of us.

Solve that, with tough laws, and TikTok is much less of an issue. Hint: Congress prefers theatrics.

"Clearview is a private company that is making face prints of people based on their photos online without their consent," EFF’s Matthew Guariglia spoke with BBC News for a story about this "huge problem for civil liberties and civil rights" that absolutely needs to be banned." https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-65057011

I'd love to see this succeed: https://antitrust.nextcloud.com/

#UK #supermarket #inflation hits record high, making shoppers hunt for bargains | Supermarkets | The Guardian

The biggest rise is in basic foods, you know, the ones which nobody can do without, least of all the poor.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/mar/28/uk-supermarket-inflation-record-high-bargains-prices

Do not -- do not, do not -- click on a link in Google search when you're looking for software to download. The scammers are smarter than Google. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/02/until-further-notice-think-twice-before-using-google-to-download-software/

Watching this reminds me of how completely the US screwed the pooch by not electing this man. He continues to do good, inspire, and demonstrate total commitment to his (transparent) principles. https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=yShH6MNQuXQ or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yShH6MNQuXQ

Just in case you're wondering why we need regulation to control the data broker market ASAP, here's the FBI circumventing the courts by buying data from the commercial sector.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy3z9a/fbi-bought-netflow-data-team-cymru-contract

EU ministers to approve vehicle emissions law after deal with Germany - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/27/eu-ministers-to-approve-vehicle-emissions-law-after-deal-with-germany foolish compromise... #ClimateCrisis

BREAKING: In an emergency alert, #Philadelphia residents (~1.5M people) have been warned to not drink the city water due to a new chemical spill upstream into the Delaware River.
All over the city people are rushing to stock up & stores are limiting purchases.

US life expectancy is dropping fast. Bottom line: We suck in so many ways.

"The panel looked at American life and death in terms of the public health and medical care system, individual behaviors like diet and tobacco use, social factors like poverty and inequality, the physical environment, and public policies and values. 'In every one of those five buckets, we found problems that distinguish the United States from other countries.'

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/03/25/1164819944/live-free-and-die-the-sad-state-of-u-s-life-expectancy

Une photo pour comprendre #SainteSoline hier.

Pendant plus d'une heure, la police s'est gazée toute seule, puisque leurs propres gaz étaient poussés vers eux par vent.

Cela explique la violente charge par derrière de la brigade en quad contre des familles et des élus.

" the only borders that seem to be hardening are the borders between nation-states. Those continue to be hard-wired, patrolled. When they are breached by armies, we call it war. When they are breached by people, we call it a refugee crisis. When they are breached by the unregulated movement of capital, we call it the free market. " Arundhati Roy https://lithub.com/approaching-gridlock-arundhati-roy-on-free-speech-and-failing-democracy

@Di4na I mean the district court’s opinion basically hinges on “there’s no prior case which says this exact set of behaviors is fair use,” which is to be expected because it’s a summary judgment ruling, but then again this was true for all of the cases cited too, before those rulings were made

Deep-sea mining for rare metals will destroy ecosystems, say scientists - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/26/deep-sea-mining-for-rare-metals-will-destroy-ecosystems-say-scientists the next wave of greed and stupidity...

Your #garden should be a multilayer #food #forest, says #RHS horticulturist | #Gardens | The Guardian

There is an odd mindset in certain people in the #UK of gardens being ornaments rather than living environments.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/mar/25/garden-multilayer-forest-biodiverse-tom-massey-rhs

#Horticulture #RoyalHorticulturalSociety #Wildlife #Biodiversity #Plants #Ecology

High concentrations of DDT found across vast swath of California seafloor - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/24/california-pacific-ocean-ddt-high-concentration humans are just awful

If the US bans TikTok because of its Chinese ownership, what’s stopping future administrations from banning foreign news sites or public media outlets? The government should address privacy concerns with privacy laws, not mass censorship. https://freedom.press/news/unconstitutional-tiktok-ban-would-open-the-door-to-press-censorship/