Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

ON October 12 there is NOTHING TO CELEBRATE.

TODAY is another COUNTER CLOUD ACTION DAY!

Why is October 12 another Counter Cloud Action day?

The 12th October marks the trans-oceanic invasion of Abya Yala (aka the Americas) and is nowadays actively celebrated by many as "Columbus Day" or "day of Hispanity" (sic). Activists have reclaimed the day to remember the atrocities of colonialism and to celebrate Indigenous and anti-colonial resistance instead: "nada que celebrar" (nothing to celebrate)!

In case you were wondering, why yes, the world is still the warmest of record for this time of year, which has been the case almost every single day since early June. Graphic from U. Maine Climate Reanalyzer. #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #ClimateDiary #Climate

I've just written this: https://tech.oeru.org/foss-libresoftware-its-about-clarity-and-values to explain why I've adopted the term #LibreSoftware over #FOSS or #OpenSource to talk about the *non-proprietary* software about which I'm passionate.

FYI for anyone who uses Dropbox, this perhaps has appeared in your settings and defaulted to "on". You'll probably want to turn it off.

Public corruption prosecutions rise where nonprofit news outlets flourish, research finds. https://journalistsresource.org/media/watchdog-public-corruption/

According to HackerNoon, they consider #ActivityPub as the "future of social networks". In addition, they have crafted an outstanding explanation of its functionalities and capabilities, accompanied by remarkable code-based illustrations.

It is highly recommended reading material for developers interested in constructing a Fediverse app.

https://hackernoon.com/a-brief-introduction-of-activitypub-the-future-of-social-networks

How about it Aotearoa!!

Let’s start with a ban on the big ones very soon — they’re polluting the air, driving climate change and endangering the lives of pedestrians and cyclists.

Stockholm is banning petrol and diesel cars from centre from 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/11/stockholm-ban-petrol-and-diesel-cars-city-centre-2025-swedish-capital-pollution?CMP=share_btn_tw #nzpol #transport #auckland #wellington #christchurch #dunedin #hamilton #tauranga #nz #newzealand

Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible
https://niemanreports.org/articles/npr-twitter-musk/

> The numbers confirm what many of us have long suspected — that Twitter wasn’t worth the effort, at least in terms of traffic

/via @cguess

@lightweight Yep Bernard Hickey yesterday pointed out that National's tax policy is a huge gift to landlords and will cost beneficiaries $17k over 4 years. Magnified Trickle up.
https://thekaka.substack.com/p/wednesdays-chorus-tax-cuts-for-mega

I'm not a great interviewer, but fortunately Rachel and Travis were pretty good at answering my rambling questions about their conversion to a #WorkerCoop and their work in #ProjectManagement training.

[Turning Up the Cooperation with Louder Than Ten]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNTbDjG61h0

"When I look at the Crazy Horse Memorial a few miles from where I live, I know that the colonial power of Euro-Americans is directed to invent their own sculpture, art, literature, and history of a Lakota man who defended his lands and people from enforced prison. When they blow up a mountain to honor him, their action sustains the theft that killed him." (209) #ElizabethCookLynn

DRM ruins efforts at historical preservation. If all of our media is locked up in digital streaming platforms -- which will go under eventually -- how will it be preserved for future generations? Live DRM-free instead: https://u.fsf.org/1aj #EndDRM #DRM

It's an exciting week here in #OpenSource author land. Yesterday was the fifth birthday of my first book, and today my second is available in beta/early release! 🎉

Introducing Business Success with Open Source!

Is your company using open source in any way? (yes, it is)

Does it want to do that in a way that improves the #business while also being good for the #FOSS ecosystem? (yes, it does)

Then this is the book for you! Check it out!

https://pragprog.com/titles/vbfoss/business-success-with-open-source/

#plsBoost

This has @pluralistic written all over it: Google is bragging about enshittifying search. https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/intl/en-gb/consumer-insights/consumer-journey/the-consumer-decision-making-process/

Fuck Gary Bettman.

However, it is nice to see a corporation go full mask off and admit that all of their stupid Pride initiatives were just pandering bullshit.

It took seven whiny snowflakes to get the NHL to *ban rainbow tape on sticks during warmups*.

If I was an NHL coach, I wouldn't want someone that weak on my team. Get back in the locker room, wimp. You can't handle rainbow tape, you can't handle a body check.

What's going on with inflation and unemployment? Not what the mainstream economists are telling you, that's for sure.

[In the Footsteps of Ptolemy: The ‘Science of Monetary Policy’ and the Inflation of 2021-2023]

https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/in-the-footsteps-of-ptolemy-the-science-of-monetary-policy-and-the-inflation-of-2021-2023

"To write or create art without acknowledging that hate borne of historical experience is a genuine thing is to...abandon political matters, forget the tremendous pressures of tribal histories in this country, and move on into metaphysics, fantasy, cyberspace, or other opportunistic attitudes that will get the writer or researcher or professor tenure, three cars in the garage, and a lifetime academic chair...Better yet, a seat at the tribal council table." (#ElizabethCookLynn, 111)

More from #ElizabethCookLynn:

"The forming of Israel...was an act of courage and salvation, some have said. Others, including myself, suggest that it was an act of aggressive colonization...it has engendered acts of resistance that have been long and devastating and that, some say, should have been anticipated. Much of my writing...has [tried] to understand not only colonization but the resistance to it." (60)

i'm not here to argue, but to share insights of a too-little-known Dakota scholar.

Entries will be accepted until December 6 for the 2023 Shaufler Prize in Journalism. The prize honors #journalism that reports on #underrepresented communities. The first-place winner in the professional media category will receive $10,000. Second and third place will receive $3,000 and $2,000, respectively. Entries must consist of work published or aired on #print, #digital, #audio or #broadcast platforms between Sept. 1, 2022, and Sept. 1, 2023. https://cronkite.asu.edu/news/2023/shaufler-prize-in-journalism-recognizing-reporting-to-advance-understanding-of-underserved-communities-now-accepting-entries/

Got an email from a respected researcher who's heard that Gannett has been quietly closing more weekly print papers in Eastern Mass. Has anyone heard anything? Any insiders have a memo? Discretion assured - dkennedy56 at gmail dot com. #LocalNews #journalism