Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Happy Death to Capitalism Day to all who celebrate

@ferrisffalcis @RD4Anarchy @teledyn

Violence is assuredly the bedrock of capitalism, but there aren’t enough cops in the world to enforce it. Capitalism requires more than just violence to survive; it also requires ignorance of better possibilities, or even the idea that things could be better.

We are at a tipping point. Let’s learn from our history to continue to inspire our future.

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every video essay should have a transcript

1. it's better for citations
b. it's an accessibility issue
iii. i don't want to have to listen to annoying video essayist voice when i could be listening to post-rock and reading

the fundamental issue of "the State has no right dictating anything about my gender or the steps i choose to take to alter my biological sex characteristics" doesn't change under the Dems. it just gets entrenched in medical establishment gatekeeping and i have little to no faith that the average voter gives even a fraction of a flying fuck about this

You know what really grinds my gears about American political discourse? So many people are so naive about how our system actually functions, and the amount of corruption and bribery that goes on at every level of government. So many people seem convinced that only the party they don't vote for is dirty. But guess what? That SC justice you love so much, who you hold in such high esteem - they are definitely taking bribes. No question.

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/04/26/u-s-supreme-court-justices-take-lavish-gifts-then-raise-the-bar-for-bribery-prosecutions/

Good news. Indiana to drop ban on cameras in court.

Prediction: nothing bad will happen and the public will be better informed. All studies show that hypothetical harms from courtroom cameras never materialize. https://www.wrtv.com/news/delphi/wrtv-digital-special-indiana-supreme-court-lifting-ban-on-courtroom-cameras-heres-what-that-means?_amp=true

Elsevier and other academic publishers have pivoted from oligopolistic publishers to researcher-surveillance vendors. They track everything you do and sell the analysis back to your employers.

It's about time that academics became more aware of this.

https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/yu34t/

Can someone recommend to me a cell phone that supports 4g and 5g but ISN'T a smartphone with apps -- I'm talking old school cellphone and texting only. I'd prefer one without a camera as well, but I figure that's pushing it.

https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2023/04/26/bill-restricting-state-auditors-access-to-information-heads-to-governors-desk/ right-wing state dictatorships springing up in Republican controlled states...

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English version:

"Hello all.
Clear names are irrelevant to the story for now.

On 10.02.2023, the SEK stormed the apartment of one of our collective members at 06.00 to collect evidence, according to the police. It is about a special serious crime. He allegedly wrote a tweet, which does not comply with the legal framework and rewards crimes. Apart from the disproportion of the employment as well as the psychological consequences for 3 further uninvolved ones, who were confronted with firearms, several humans, under it also uninvolved ones, a sleep mask over the eyes were pulled, as in a bad film around thereby further pressure to exercise...."

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I'm at the age where if someone says "Go big or go home," I'm usually fine with going home.

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Join PM Press at a book launch for "Smash the System! Punk Anarchism as a Culture of Resistance" at Autumn Leaves Books in Ithaca, featuring talks from co-editor Caroline Kaltefleiter and author (and Autumn Leaves employee) @spencerbeswick. Friday May 5th at 6pm. #punk #anarchism #books

As previously noted, the UK's blocking of the blatantly anti-competitive Microsoft buyout of Activision was a great development. For much more context, read this wonderfully incendiary piece from @doctorow https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/27/convicted-monopolist/#microsquish

Dwyane Wade and the toll of anti-trans rhetoric

Former Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade moved his family out of Florida because of the state’s increasing hostility to LGBTQ people — including Wade’s daughter, Zaya

That revelation emerged in an interview Wade gave reporter Rachel Nichols: “I have to make decisions for my family, not just personal, individual decisions,” Wade told Nichols

#usa #gop #freedom

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/27/dwyane-wade-transgender-florida-desantis/

I'm not interested in having Fedi 'splained to me. I'm just saying why more Black folk are on BlueSky:

1. It should be almost impossible for a new, non-technical user to onboard onto the Fediverse and accidentally join a server where they will receive racist death threats.

2. It should not be possible for racists to reply to a Black user's post with hateful gore images, without other users on the server knowing it.

3. It should be easy for a new admin to default into a safe, general denylist.