Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

An investigation by The Intercept showed that only 10 out of 54 officers involved in killings that sparked BLM protests had their police certifications or licenses revoked.

As more states allow officers involved in on-duty killings to keep their names secret, this type of investigation may become impossible. https://theintercept.com/2023/09/16/police-decertification-license/

Great to see this about Matrix - which is now getting substantial attention for countries (mostly in Europe, but I wish we'd see some here in Oceania cotton onto this!) concerned about digital sovereignty... https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/30/inside-matrix-the-protocol-that-might-finally-make-messaging-apps-interoperable Also great to see my old fave Rocket.Chat has decided to adopt the Matrix standard, allowing it to federate with other Matrix systems. Those who don't join will eventually wither away. So be it.

2. unpublished files from the #Snowden archive (2013) reveal that the #NSA backdoored #Cavium, an American semiconductor company marketing Central Processing Units (CPUs):

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366552520/New-revelations-from-the-Snowden-archive-surface

Going solar? New co-op kicks off in Boulder County to get cheaper rate https://boulderreportinglab.org/2023/09/18/interested-in-going-solar-new-co-op-kicks-off-in-boulder-county-to-get-residents-cheaper-rooftop-rates/

A reminder that these little tools make designing for GNOME a little more pleasant.

https://tools.design.gnome.org/

#gnome #design #designtools #makeappsnotextensions

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To folks who always feel (mildly) offended when people ask them to join a Slack instance, or an MS Teams meeting... you should. Suggest better alternatives. If you're not aware of them, ask me. :)

Important note for Slack users!

Just quit using Slack.

(Follow me for more Slack tips.)

@ian

8675309 (as in, Jenny's number from the Tommy Tutone song) is a prime number. What's more, it's the bottom half of a twin prime pair: add 2, and you get 8675311, which is ALSO prime.

If you're writing software that implements number-theoretic algorithms, it can be problematic to test it using small primes like 7 or 11, because small primes tend to have a lot of weird properties tend to trigger exceptions and edge cases. Having a pair of easy-to-remember, "big enough" prime numbers like the Jenny primes is really useful.

The US News and World Report just released their annual College Rankings — and you should ignore them.

A reminder that last year their "Chief Data Strategist" somehow admitted in public that every year they screw around with the ranking algorithm until it gives results they like.

Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-news-college-rankings-yale-law-fe24f0b2

@jhavok @sofiav @HeavenlyPossum @RD4Anarchy @jameshowell @breadandcircuses @emmreef I'm just gonna leave this here.

Look at the year it was written.

Let that sink in.

Just keep following @breadandcircuses and think about how much time we've already wasted playing these games.

Lancaster's Music #Coop is coming back after signing a 99 year lease with the city and getting funding for repairs.

https://www.aol.com/lancaster-music-co-ops-future-172052561.html

Native American tribes are joining together to create a hemp #cooperative consortium!

https://www.buffalosfire.com/native-hempsters-follow-global-cooperative-consortium-example/

#Maine has a new #WorkerCoop!

https://cdi.coop/odonals-nursery-is-maines-newest-worker-owned-cooperative/

Subscribe to the GEO Newsletter and get #Cooperative and #SolidarityEconomy goodness delivered to your inbox every Tuesday!

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Welcome to the co-op fam Louder Than Ten! https://louderthanten.com/coax/introducing-the-louder-than-ten-workers-cooperative #canada #workercoop

HELLO PARTY (Chicago area) PEOPLE!!!

I will be at Women & Children First Bookstore THIS FRIDAY to talk about my book PERIOD with the amazing Heather Corinna of Scarleteen.

Spread the word! Come yourself! Buy a book or seven!

(AND for my fellow covid safe girlie pops* - masks required!)

https://www.womenandchildrenfirst.com/event/person-event-period-kate-clancy

*My teen son swears girlie pop is gender neutral

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