Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

New proposed @USPTO rules will bring more bogus software patents. They're a big threat to open source developers. We're standing together with @linuxfoundation insisting on a "fair and open system" of patent reviews. https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/stand-up-for-open-source-software-patent-defense

We live in a strange world, where we think we can buy or build our way out of a crisis that has been created by buying and building things.
Where a football game or a film gala gets more media attention than the biggest crisis humanity has ever faced.
Greta Thunberg

Ron DeSantis supports pastor who says gay people should be "put to death" https://boingboing.net/2023/06/02/ron-desantis-supports-pastor-who-says-gay-people-should-be-put-to-death.html such lovely people, these "christians"....

REI trying to do a little ethics washing after their anti-union shenanigans, smh.

https://www.thenews.coop/170288/sector/retail/rei-co-op-donates-us40m-to-nonprofits-working-for-a-more-equitable-outdoors/

"By an 8-to-1 vote, the [U.S. Supreme Court] ruled against unionized truck drivers who walked off the job, leaving their trucks loaded with wet concrete, but it preserved the rights of workers to time their strikes for maximum effect."

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/01/1179524247/supreme-court-ruled-against-a-union-but-left-strikers-rights-protections-untouch

In the annals of completely biased journalism, this Toronto Star piece about Canada's plan to extort social media companies on behalf of handpicked legacy media companies is a classic example. One guess whose side it takes:

https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2023/06/01/facebook-and-instagram-are-about-to-start-blocking-news-for-random-canadians-heres-what-it-will-look-like-if-youre-targeted.html

"...However, through the magic of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, large corporations cannot rewrite online history...."

❤️

"Amazon announced the Shipment Zero initiative in a blog a few years ago. The company has deleted the post. However, through the magic of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, large corporations cannot rewrite online history. Here's a version of the blog."

https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-shipment-zero-gives-up-most-important-part-climate-pledge-2023-5

US deal could plug #Turkmenistan’s colossal methane emissions - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/02/us-deal-turkmenistan-colossal-methane-emissions this is an easy and urgent "win" for the world's climate - please do it quickly... #ClimateCrisis

I just posted a new video with my solutions for mobile digital painting on GNU/Linux! It's not sponsored, about a refurbished 5 y/o hardware, and relatively low budget. 🙂

Ptb: https://peertube.touhoppai.moe/w/oU74hKW7xGuAfVjrL4Kkoi
Ytb: https://youtu.be/bIJ0yYDOHrw

#thinkpad #lenovo #wacom #linux #krita #MastoArt

Me: I won't discuss business in a room with an Alexa, because Amazon is my business competitor and they eavesdrop.

Various other folks:

Today: Amazon to pay fine for eavesdropping. https://www.npr.org/2023/06/01/1179381126/amazon-alexa-ring-settlement

NEW: In a long-awaited step, the IRS announced it will develop a pilot program for free online tax filing. A tax prep industry group representing Intuit and H&R Block just hired more revolving door lobbyists as it works to block the plan.

https://readsludge.com/2023/06/01/tax-prep-industry-hires-more-lobbyists-as-irs-announces-free-e-file-pilot/

@lightweight @strypey This. We have to stop doing capitalism. Education never works when monetary profits are expected.

#India cuts #PeriodicTable and #evolution from #school #textbooks — experts are baffled

#RightWingPoliticians everywhere are trying to turn the clock back to the dark ages.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01770-y

#Politics

I recently switched from Ubuntu to Debian, because I had heard that Debian is better on privacy issues. In relative terms, Debian kind of seems like a huge headache in terms of support and package availability, though.

Question: How bad is Ubuntu, really?

(boosts welcome)

The Biden administration should be searching for how to drop the case against Julian Assange -- universally acknowledged to be a direct threat to press freedom -- not figuring out how to keep it going. https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/fbi-restarts-julian-assange-probe-despite-hopes-of-release-20230531-p5dcoe.html

As the toxic legacy of opencast mining in Wales shows, operators get the profits, and the public get the costs - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/01/fossil-fuel-toxic-legacy-coal-wales-mining appalling - and appalling that politicians keep falling for these tricks... #dirtycoal

@aradionetwork is on Kolektiva! Follow them!

Here’s proof fishing bans leave plenty to eat, says study of Mexico marine park - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/01/heres-proof-fishing-bans-leave-plenty-to-eat-says-study-of-mexico-marine-park seems likely they will help to boost numbers...

BU President whines about dissent, calls it "cancel culture"

https://popehat.substack.com/p/speech-or-cancel-culture-at-boston

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