Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Are there any #shotwell devs here in the #Fediverse? I'm wondering if anyone's working on 'publish to Peertub instance' functionality...

Another of my information streams on the subject of lithium is the #VisionZero #urbanists I follow here on Mastodon, who note that one of the many benefits of compact urban design, public transit, and a cultural focus on smaller lighter vehicles would be a dramatically smaller societal demand for lithium compared to a continued focus on individual ownership of midsized to large automobiles.

I just completed a thread about my reactions to an interview on PRX's _The World_ about how the Chilean government is trying to manage lithium extraction in the country.

The thread is meant for general consumption, but most of the posts in the thread are followers-only, in an attempt to evade scraping.

The top of the thread is here:
https://social.coop/@dynamic/110275490833637976

Periodic reminder: public corporations are the problem. They're not the solution. They're not even part of the solution. The solution is a world without them. That is the lesson we must take to heart.

Many of us are, often through no fault of our own, totally dependent on corporations. We need to break those dependencies as a top priority. Until then, we won't make much progress at making the world better.

The fact that Bernie Sanders is endorsing Biden doesn't bother me in the slightest.

Progressives in the U.S. need to focus on local and state government, not to mention the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. Better yet, work on engaging voters.

The kind of big change we want is never going to come from the top in this country.

Revealed: most of EU delegation to crucial fishing talks made up of fishery lobbyists - https://www.theguardian.com/global/2023/apr/26/revealed-most-of-eu-delegation-to-crucial-fishing-talks-made-up-of-fishery-lobbyists appalling and unacceptable behaviour by @EU_Commission #overfishing

Brooklyn Public Library Offers Free eCards to Teens Nationwide Facing Book Bans in Local Communities

BPL is launching a new campaign “Books UnBanned”, to help teens combat the negative impact of increased censorship and book bans in libraries across the country. For a limited time, young adults ages 13 to 21 nationwide, will be able to apply for a free eCard from BPL, unlocking access to its collection of eBooks

#usa #freedom

https://www.bklynlibrary.org/media/press/brooklyn-public-library-94

Listen to Professor John Womack and Peter Olney discuss supply chain chokepoints and their new book and commentaries, Labor Power and Strategy, on Wade's World podcast. https://blog.pmpress.org/2023/04/20/wades-world-john-womack-and-peter-olney/

Neil Gorsuch Has Joined the Supreme Court Ethics Scandal Party

The head of a law firm that practices before the court bought property from the conservative justice nine days after he was confirmed

Thomas is not alone. Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch has also benefitted financially from parties with an interest in the high court’s business while neglecting to disclose it

#usa #scotus #law

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/neil-gorsuch-supreme-court-ethics-scandal-1234723374/

This sums up @1Password and Big Tech so well

Microsoft's Edge browser appears to be sending all the URLs you visit to its Bing API website.

Reddit users first spotted the privacy issues with Edge last week, noticing that the latest version of Microsoft Edge sends a request to bingapis.com with the full URL of nearly every page you navigate to. Microsoft tells The Verge it's investigating ...

*cough*

"Oh did we accidentally write code and put it in our browser that collects info on everything you do, again?

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/23/04/25/209254/microsoft-edge-is-leaking-the-sites-you-visit-to-bing

Another must-read newsletter post from the consistently excellent @msifry -- this one's about some of AI's prominent attackers and insiders:

"Clowns to the Left, Jokers to the Right"

https://theconnector.substack.com/p/clowns-to-the-left-jokers-to-the

"While self-styled tech ethicists Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin warn that AI is about to end human agency, a Biden AI advisory panel stacked with industry reps avoids the hard calls."

"lawyers told Fox execs that Murdoch would be 'disgraced on the stand, run out of the boardroom, and his testimony will expose him as a lunatic sliding into senility.'"

That is intriguing. And will make the shareholder lawsuits even more interesting. Very Sumner Redstone.
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RT @gabrielsherman
My latest on the Tucker Carlson mystery

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/04/tucker-carlson-fox-news-rupert-murdoch
https://twitter.com/gabrielsherman/status/1650962661218086915

@lightweight which is another thing to consider with earn it, chat control and Online Harms. Scanning everyone's private communications isn't going to get you intelligence really either.

You still need analysis, and AI isn't going to help with that either.

'Artificial Intelligence' is a marketing term. It's misleading based on most people's understanding of 'intelligence'. It's really exactly the opposite of intelligent.

Last update: https://crab.garden/@alexm/110194488534805675

Well, I just landed breakpoints:

- https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/libadwaita/doc/main/class.Breakpoint.html

- https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/libadwaita/doc/main/class.BreakpointBin.html

- https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/libadwaita/doc/main/class.Window.html#breakpoints

Now we just need replacements for leaflet and flap, good thing there's another MR for that. :)

Thanks @nahuel for the original idea. ^^

Otherwise not too much happened. There were a few fixes in switch rows and spin rows, and a new point release. So hopefully the next update will be a bit more exciting :)

NitroKey disappoints me...

https://blog.brixit.nl/nitrokey-dissapoints-me/

So the #ChiefEconomist of the #BankOfEngland thinks that citizens and businesses “need to accept” they are poorer, and stop pushing prices higher and seeking pay increases, no doubt while drawing a salary in the hundreds of thousands if not millions. Talk about tone deaf.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2023/apr/25/price-rises-nestle-profits-uk-grocery-inflation-cbi-business-live?page=with:block-6447dc8d8f0802b5b51ddd97#block-6447dc8d8f0802b5b51ddd97

#Politics #UK

Three Way Fight: **Merci Montréal!**

"Members of Three Way Fight who were in Montréal this past weekend want to say MERCI! to our friends – old and new – who helped make our time there so memorable! Dure Réalité, Mtl RASH (Red and Anarchist Skinheads), Union Thugs – you all are always so gracious and inspiring and show what a revolutionary counter culture is and can be! We were also so excited and fortunate to connect with Rebel Time Records. Thanks for all that you have and continue to do! This weekend happened by you connecting all of us t…"

https://threewayfight.blogspot.com/2023/04/members-of-three-way-fight-who-were-in.html

#anarchism #bot