Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Reposted from @MostlyHarmless with alt-text.

"A Little Sleight of Hand"

Just a reminder of the shipping deadlines to get gifts by you know when & to get 50% off books, e-Books, DVDs & CDs at http://pmpress.org w/ coupon code GIFT until 1/1/24.

Domestic US
Standard 12/13
Priority 12/18
Priority Express 12/20

International
Priority Express 12/12

The only unusual thing about this case of official racism in Texas is that the agency felt obliged to lie about it. These days, racism is loud and proud in the state.

https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-historical-commission-book-removal/

14 years old, but still useful:

Attention, and Other 21st-Century Social Media Literacies

#attention #socialmedia #literacy #edutech

https://er.educause.edu/articles/2010/10/attention-and-other-21stcentury-social-media-literacies

@eff yes, except for the fact that, as with WhatsApp, Facebook/Meta control the client apps at both ends of the E2EE link... so that means they can truthfully say that the communication is E2EE, while still harvesting the message content (via a separate link between the clients) for advertising purposes.

"More than 750 journalists and business-side staffers at The #WashingtonPost walked off the job today...

"The newspaper's acting CEO, Patty Stonesifer, announced plans in October to cut 240 jobs, about 10% of the workforce

"Union members say specific areas have been disproportionately targeted for buyouts, including metro news, copy editors and the audio team.

"'What they're doing is really going to decimate the local news desk'"
https://www.npr.org/2023/12/07/1217690720/washington-post-workers-strike
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#media #journalism #WaPo

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"Doom"

Tomorrow I’m walking off the job with hundreds of my Washington Post colleagues because the company is breaking the law and bargaining in bad faith. Respect our picket line during our 24-hour strike by avoiding Washington Post journalism on Dec. 7, and send a letter to our bosses here: bit.ly/postguildsupport

(Reposted with alt text, thanks for the reminder @bodhipaksa!)

ORG warns "Clause 2 could allow for the commercial exploitation of personal data under the guise of scientific research. By overextending the definition of scientific research, the clause risks undermining public trust in legitimate research activities."

The #DataGrabBill will “reduce transparency... such as by exempting researchers from providing information to large numbers of individuals or when personal data have been collected a long time ago.”

#privacy #DPDIBill

https://www.verdict.co.uk/what-does-the-uks-data-protection-and-digital-info-bill-mean-for-companies-and-consumers/

Our Health Minister wants more smoking

Our Climate Minister wants more coal mines

Our Minister for Regulation wants fewer regulations

Our Finance minister wants higher unemployment

You have to start wondering who they are working for.

#nzpol #NewZealand

If you use a Windows or Linux device, it's vulnerable to a new post-exploit attack that can remotely install an undetectable backdoor at the UEFI level. Updates from just about every vendor available today. Impressive work from @matrosov and the rest of Binarly.

https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/12/just-about-every-windows-and-linux-device-vulnerable-to-new-logofail-firmware-attack/

For more on the campaign, visit
https://stopsilencingpalestine.com/

3D Print with Purism.

Purism makes products that put you, the customer, in control. Generally, Librem devices are easy to disassemble for access to their internals. For the Librem 11, our focus in the first iteration is on the interior components rather than the chassis itself, which means it has an adhesive back.

If you or a friend have a 3D printer, it’s possible to replace that single adhesive component with a modular back cover and screws.

https://puri.sm/posts/3d-print-a-modular-librem-11-back-cover/?mtm_campaign=status_update&mtm_source=organic&mtm_medium=librem_social&mtm_content=ls-3d-print-a-modular-librem-11-back-cover

"#RemoteWork could cut the value of office buildings by $800 billion by 2030" - esp. #SanFrancisco (@McKinsey)

This is why the clamor for #ReturnToOffice. Not #productivity, #collaboration, #innovation.

It's about #RealEstate.

https://www.businessinsider.com/remote-work-could-erase-800-billion-office-building-value-2030-2023-7

#FutureOfWork #WfH #WfWW

This year, i didn't wish for any birthday presents. Instead i asked the people to donate to projects that i care about. Since there are so many, i started with two this year: #PostmarketOS & #CodeBerg.

Maybe - if you are priviliged like me and not in need of material presents - you can consider this as well.

#FOSS #DonateOrShare

📢 You’re invited to FPF’s next event, “Behind the Headlines: Victims of newsroom raids in Marion and Tampa tell their stories” on Monday, Dec. 11, at 3 p.m. ET.

We’ll be joined by journalists Eric Meyer of @marionrecord and @bubbaprog.

RSVP: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86063244790

"Phrasing"