Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

The #Forgejo v1.21 release is due to be published on 25 november 2023 🚀. If you would like to help finalize the release notes or test the latest release candidate published this week, feel free to visit the development matrix channel at https://matrix.to/#/#forgejo-development:matrix.org ✨

Right now in Montreal

HAPPENING NOW: SHUT IT DOWN FOR PALESTINE – CALL FOR IMMEDIATE SUPPORT

COME TO JOIN US NOW (where de Lorimer and Papineau converge), CALL ALL YOUR FRIENDS, HELP KEEP IT SHUT DOWN

This morning, as Israel continues its relentless assault on civilians, schools and hospitals in the Gaza strip, hundreds of Montrealers have disrupted rush hour traffic on the Jacques-Cartier Bridge. In the face of the horrific, genocidal violence currently being inflicted upon the people of Gaza, and in solidarity with all the people of Palestine, we are putting an end to business as usual. We are demanding an immediate ceasefire, an end to the genocide currently being carried out against the people of Gaza, and an end to Canadian complicity in Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land.

*** Please join us right now! Please call your friends and forward on all platforms! We need your *immediate* support to increase our numbers and to help amplify our voices. We all have a role to play in the struggle against genocide and apartheid. ***

• WHERE: Jacques-Cartier Bridge, south-east of Parc Des Faubourgs, where de Lorimer and Papineau converge (close to metro Papineau).
If this area is not accessible, meet instead at Metro Papineau for a rally.

•. WHEN: Thursday, November 16, 7h00  RIGHT NOW!

• HELP MOBILIZE: We need as many people as possible to support our action! Please call friends and allies right now and wake them up to join us, and please share our calls on social media!

Since the escalation began on October 7, over 11,000 Palestinians have been killed and over 25,000 injured in Gaza. Hundreds of thousands have been displaced from their homes, and are currently living in tents as winter rains begin to fall. At the same time, attacks from settlers and Israeli soldiers have increased dramatically in the West Bank – over 185 Palestinians have been killed and 2000 injured. This latest round of violence is a continuation of Israel’s decades-long colonial occupation of Palestine, and its ambition to further dispossess the Palestinian people from their land. This is an absolute catastrophe, and all people of conscience must stand against it.

From Tiohtià:ke (Montreal) to Palestine occupation is a crime!

Join us now and demand a free Palestine!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYxt21b_IkI

I didn’t notice this when it happened, but it looks like Lucira’s at-home molecular covid tests are back in stock under Pfizer, who acquired Lucira in bankruptcy. Notably the new ones *also test for the flu.* These were approved by the FDA just as Lucira declared bankruptcy – really poor timing for Lucira.

They seem to be priced somewhat more cheaply as well at $50 vs $75 (though not more cheaply than when they were being liquidated and I got a bunch for $23).

https://chromamine.com/2023/11/at-home-molecular-tests-are-back/

Hmm, I'd really love to find a project sponsor for my work on Mastodon, where it's like €500-1000 per month to dedicate a certain amount of time per month to Mastodon.

My work is mostly on the Mastodon Streaming server, but also the OAuth 2.0 setup where I'm trying to make it more standardised.

Also, you'd get listed on my website & potentially as a line in PR comments/descriptions.

https://support.thisismissem.social

Ok, so the Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) have just asked me, as a "Dear Supporter of Digital Freedom", to complete a community survey... which uses Microsoft Forms. Are you serious?! That's their credibility, in tatters. So disappointing.

Globally, September 2023 was the warmest September on record by a large margin.

https://climate.copernicus.eu/september-2023-warmest-record-large-margin

New USDA hardiness zone maps just dropped, now based on data from 1990 - 2020. This country is definitely getting hotter...
https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/

#gardening #climatechange

#FreePalestine, #LandBack, #AbolishThePolice, #NoMoreDeaths, #CooperationJackson

Get 25% off all benefit bandanas while still supporting our partner groups.

Use coupon code MERCH until 12/1 at http://pmpress.org under "Bandanas" & learn more at https://myemail.constantcontact.com/-Free-Palestine--Land-Back--Abolish-the-Police---25--off-all-benefit-bandanas-.html?soid=1102455632475&aid=_8htxM7SltM

I despise the phrase "speak truth to power," and the mentality it implies.

Power already knows the truth, you* dipshit. It's power who's lying to everybody in the first place. It's THE PEOPLE you should be speaking truth to, not fucking Power. Wanting to "speak truth to power" just tells me that you desire to situate yourself INSIDE the halls of power. Fuck that. Speak truth to those who have been lied to, not to the liars.

*not you personally

Journalists/commentators in NZ say that house prices are "recovering" when they increase.
I think they should say "relapsing"

If I have a fever, I'm recovering when my temperature goes down, and relapsing if it goes up again.

IMO #NZ house prices need to fall a lot further before they have recovered from their current feverish levels.

You have to be rich to get old comfortably in America. Otherwise, get ready for becoming a pauper and wrecking your loved ones' lives. https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/dying-broke-facing-financial-ruin-as-costs-soar-for-elder-care/

Kaiser Health News and the NY Times collaborated on this story that will enrage you -- but should also make you question our budget and policy priorities, which are unsustainable in every way.

I'm seeing reports of pro-Israel marches featuring far-right, anti-semitic celebrities and I...

I feel like this is a good time to remind everyone of what some of those fashy folks said was their plan:

1) Drive a wedge between Black voters and Jewish voters to enable a far-right US takeover
2) Drive Jewish people out of the US through violent anti-semitism (and presumably to Israel)
3) End US military support for Israel (knowing what this will lead to)

"The incarcerated voice is paramount in the world of journalism. Without it, the world in general is left with a significant information void — what transpires behind the double-razor wire fence that surrounds each prison."

Really grateful to our advocacy team at @freedomofpress for featuring this guest opinion from Jeremy Busby, about what it's like to be a journalist working within America's system of mass incarceration.

https://freedom.press/news/guest-opinion-incarcerated-journalist-calls-out-relentless-retaliation-by-prison-officials/

They can reuse this headline the next time a billionaire goes to space. https://www.popsci.com/technology/iss-toolbag-lost-spacejunk/

Technical News Regarding Upgrades to Secure and Private PCs Supported by PureOS Manufactured by Purism!

New orders of Librem 14 and Librem Mini v2 are now shipping with Intel AX200 Wi-Fi and Bluetooth cards, replacing the Qualcomm Atheros AR9xxx series.

Like the Librem 11‘s integrated AX201, the device firmware is provided by the PureBoot Firmware Blob Jail.

We made this decision with care and to promote customer control over their own devices.

https://puri.sm/posts/intel-ax200-wi-fi-bluetooth-shipping-for-new-orders/

Recently came across the very interesting assertion that use of hashtags goes against the culture on Fedi. I've been here since 2019, and I think that's the first time I've heard such a thing, but maybe that's just me?

Do hashtags go against the culture on Fedi?

EU Parliament committee rejects mass scanning of private and encrypted communications

https://edri.org/our-work/eu-parliament-committee-rejects-mass-scanning-of-private-and-encrypted-communications/

On 14th November, Members of the European Parliament’s ‘Civil Liberties’ committee voted against attempts from EU Home Affairs officials to roll out mass scanning of private and encrypted messages across Europe. It was a clear-cut vote, with a significant majority of MEPs supporting the proposed position.

Scoop: a16z is the money behind CivitAI, an AI platform that we've repeatedly shown is the engine for nonconsensual AI porn. We also revealed the site is offering "bounties" for AI models of specific people, including ordinary citizens https://www.404media.co/andreessen-horowitz-invests-in-civitai-key-platform-for-deepfake-porn/

Government in Marion County, Kansas, was deployed at almost every level in one of the most blatant-ever attempts to kill freedom of the press.

Thankfully, the local newspaper -- with vital help from people who still believe in the First Amendment -- is prevailing against this cabal.

The county's taxpayers should get ready to pay higher taxes to cover what, if there's any justice, will be a massive lawsuit settlement.

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/11/13/well-it-looks-like-pretty-much-every-government-agency-was-complicit-in-the-raid-of-a-small-town-newspaper/