Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

We are hiring contractors to work on #GNOME and the #Linux Desktop

Do you have experience working on Linux desktop technologies? Get in touch with your resume or portfolio stf@gnome.org ✉️

Some areas we are interested in hiring for:

• Flatpak
• Linux desktop accessibility
• Freedesktop / XDG services and components
• Desktop security
• GNOME services and components

@XOrgFoundation @kde @gnome

Boosts welcome!

#freedesktop #KDE #getFediHired #jobs #FLOSS #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

When faced with a problem, some people "solve for no" (think of obstacles/reasons it can't be done) and some "solve for yes" (think of ways to do it).

While it's true that some folks default to one or the other approach regardless of the problem, I've found one of the best ways to tell whether someone actually wants to do something (and more accurate than what they claim to want), is whether they solve for no or solve for yes.

He spent more than 16 years for a crime he didn't commit. On Monday, he was pulled over for speeding, and a deputy shot him dead. It's under investigation. No paywall. https://nyti.ms/45B0O3g

The game puts you in charge of a trust & safety team at a rapidly scaling social media startup. You have to make a bunch of tough calls on moderation decisions, but also make decisions about policies and resource allocation, all while trying to keep the site from descending into a cesspool.

New MailChimp TOS just dropped.

"We may suspend the Service to you at any time, with or without cause. We won’t refund or reimburse you in any situation."

That's encouraging...

Is there any good alternative to Patreon other than just making your own website and hoping people donate through that? I had some ideas for projects I could put on Patreon but I'm just not sure they'd get enough interest for the cost/time of running my own website to be worth it for me 🙃

Quick report on my first foray into Friendica. It definitely has some things going for it, but I'm not sure how I feel, on balance.

:thread: (1/?)

Attn #Poneke #TeWhanganuiATara #Wellington #NZTwits

Talk on what to do about the #ClimateCrisis while #NACTional is at the helm, tonight and tomorrow.

Plz boost for reach

People are annoyed by Youtube ads. Instead of spending too much energy to disable ads, start to upload your videos on Peertube:

https://joinpeertube.org/en

Peertube is to Youtube what Mastodon is to Twitter. But better because people don’t need to create an account, they can subscribe to your videos channel directely with their Mastodon account (or other Fediverse tool).

My video channel: @oneploumshow

Let’s raise awareness about Peertube:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37906699

Welp, almost 50% of #Bandcamp staffers were laid off today. The #enshittification button push was inevitable as I said. https://nitter.unixfox.eu/modernistwitch/status/1713962311579234428

Hacker News discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37903172

More reactions:
https://social.lol/@stefan/111245993557957559
https://spaceballs.masto.host/@nedraggett/111245861885056429
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/epic-games-cuts-almost-half-of-bandcamp-pre-songtradr-sale

It surely didn't take too long for #EpicGames and #Songtradr to say "Fuck the Bandcamp workers for our bottom lines!"

I'm sure @bandcampunited has tons to say about this in due time.

Support them!!

"About half of Bandcamp was laid off today"
https://twitter.com/modernistwitch/status/1713962311579234428
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37903172
posted on 2023.10.16 at 13:25:33 (c=0, p=5)

New York: Freelance journalist @taliaotg was harassed, assaulted and her press credentials snatched from her hand while she reported on a pro-Israel demonstration in Manhattan on Oct. 8.

One of her charging cords was also deliberately damaged. https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/freelance-journalist-harassed-press-badge-briefly-stolen-at-pro-israel-rally/

EU abandons promise to ban toxic chemicals in consumer products - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/16/eu-abandons-promise-ban-toxic-chemicals-consumer-products shame on @EU_Commission

After MONTHS of contention to try to get #Ithaca's Common Council to reject a bad deal where "nonprofit" #Cornell ($10bn endowment) would effectively keep being subsidized by struggling working people, Cornell's Board of Trustees approved it on their end WITHIN 72 HRS of Common Council caving to Cornell.

Wealthy elites are more than happy to keep being subsidized by working people.

I uploaded a 4K video showing the struggle + links; pls share with prospective students.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x476D930cbw

#SUVs emit more #climate damaging gas than older #cars do, study finds | #AirPollution | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/16/suvs-emit-more-climate-damaging-gas-than-older-cars-do-study-finds

#UK #Environment #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #Pollution #Emissions #FossilFuels

Killing children anywhere is wrong. Killing civilians is wrong. Taking civilians hostage is wrong. Attacking music festivals is wrong. Shutting off food and water to millions of people is wrong. Apartheid is wrong

Apparently according to right-wingers this statement makes me (Ukrainian Jewish ancestry) an antisemite.

#Israel #Hamas #Palestine

A great explanation/take-down of one of my least favorite #economics concepts: efficiency.

https://lpeproject.org/blog/who-cares-about-efficiency/

When Foster #Parents Don’t Want to Give Back the Baby
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In many states, #adoption lawyers are pushing a new legal strategy that forces biological parents to compete for #custody of their #children.

#Families #Moms #Dads #Kids #Courts #News #colorado

https://www.propublica.org/article/foster-care-intervention-adoption-colorado?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Children's book publisher Scholastic is doing everything it can to please bigots, which is terrible for education: https://popular.info/p/scholastics-bigot-button?utm_campaign=email-post&r=qs4z&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email