Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

If you want all the gory details on how I migrated my Citation Needed newsletter from Substack to self-hosted Ghost, here they are:
https://citationneeded.news/substack-to-self-hosted-ghost/

Happy to try to help anyone else making this move!

I don't think Boston proper's gonna survive this century, gang. https://www.universalhub.com/2024/they-did-warn-about-coastal-flooding

Rest in Power Sekou Odinga, founding member of NY Black Panther Party, member of the NY Panther 21, combatant of the Black Liberation Army, former political prisoner of war.

Here's Sekou with dequi kioni-sadiki discussing their book, Look for Me in the Whirlwind: From the Panther 21 to 21st-Century Revolutions, on WBAI https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=863

Sekou Odinga was a member of Malcolm X’s Organization of Afro-American Unity, a founding member of the New York chapter of the Black Panther Party as well as the Black Panther International Section, and was a member of the NY Panther 21. A citizen of the Republic of New Afrika and combatant of the Black Liberation Army, Sekou was captured in October 1981, mercilessly tortured, and spent the following thirty-three years behind bars—a prisoner of war and political prisoner of the U.S. empire. Since his release in November 2014, he has remained a stalwart fighter for justice and for the release of all political prisoners.

I lost touch with many of my #mutualaid #diabetic friends when I left the bad site, so please boost for me.

My wife’s Opa passed away this week, leaving behind ~vials of #Humalog #insulin and a number of #Dexcom #G7 #CGM sensors (non-pump compatible). Everything is paid for and we don’t want it all to go to waste.

If you or someone you know could really use this stuff, please contact me at:
“mutualaid.abruptly295@ passmail.net”

Not nearly as much as you might think.

https://theintercept.com/2024/01/11/dnc-biden-israel-palestine-immigration/

Saw this great short film tonight with other @GEO_Collective folks, including @GuerillaOntologist and @GeorgeCheney

Works For All
Cincinnati's Co-op Economy

Since 2011 Co-op Cincy has been building an inspiring network of worker-owned cooperatives in Cincinnati to create a regional economy that works for all.

http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/wfa.html

My course on Agricultural and Environmental Planning and Analysis at Tufts' Nutrition School is open to learners outside of Tufts via the University College.

https://universitycollege.tufts.edu/courses/browse/food-systems-modeling-analysis#section-39953

This graduate-level course covers methods of modeling and analysis used to study food systems using publicly available datasets and several modeling approaches. We focus on regional food systems and the relationship between diet & land use.

It runs from Jan 23 to May 9, 2024, and the cost is $6,540.00.

Good news to break the mess of the past day: Work on federating #Forgejo is ongoing. We are now one step closer to federated stars: https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/pulls/1680

Federation is a key to resilient networks. We are looking forward to it.

What's Congress up to this year? https://brianmcfadden.org/2024/01/05/2024-congressional-schedule/

A friend got laid off at #Discord and they didn’t even have the decency to give people time to wrap up what they’re working on! Computer access cutting off today. No goodbyes? Employees give 2 weeks notice as a courtesy but employers don’t need to bother? #layoffs

Tomorrow on my live webcast “History Matters:”

On Domestic Terrorism: Let’s Talk

Swatting judges.
Claiming the right to assassinate opponents.

It’s not normal.
It shouldn’t go unnoticed.

Let’s talk.
We HAVE to.

Friday 10AM ET
NCHEteach.org/conversations

#politics #history #democracy #terrorism #immunity

In case you haven't gotten sick of hearing me talk about this issue, I was on CBC-Yukon this morning talking about satellite pollution: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-393-yukon-morning/clip/16034585-the-story-one-astronomers-battle-satellites

The short version: satellites are super annoying for astronomy, but are completely terrifying for what they might do to the atmosphere as they deorbit in large numbers.

Shaping a Syllabus for Indigenous Podcast Studies (ep 338)

This episode is a live audience recording taped at the ICA 2023 Pre-conference, “20 Years of Podcasting: Mapping the Contours of Podcast Studies” (May 24-25 in Toronto)

This four-person roundtable brought together Rick Harp, Brock Pitawanakwat, Kim TallBear and Candis Callison to explore how producing for a primarily Indigenous audience compares to addressing a mass audience.
https://podfollow.com/1092220986/episode/398f6ca142cfac14ddcad7d6a3d873e18ab54dc4/view

@RollingStone should have written:

"ExxonMobile left #NewYork in 1989, three decades before #LetitiaJames assumed the role of attorney general.

Yet today, during a break in the closing arguments of his New York civil #fraud trial, Donald #Trump claimed that James was responsible for forcing the oil and gas conglomerate ExxonMobil to leave the state and move to #Texas."

#FactsFirst #LeadWithTheTruth #TruthSandwich
#TrumpLies #Journalism #Journalists #Press #Media #News #USA

Rest in power, Klee Benally, author, activist, musician, filmmaker, and indigenous anarchist.

He was a driven organizer with Indigenous Action Media, Kinlani Mutual Aid, Indigenous Mutual Aid, and Haul No.

Support and keep the fire burning: https://www.indigenousaction.org/donations-accepted-for-the-family-of-klee-benally/

« #AaronSwartz planned to publish millions of scientific articles, financed by public money and on which the authors received nothing. Prosecuted before he had published anything, he risked 35 years in prison. Facing this prospect, he committed suicide on 11 January 2013. 11 years ago.

In 2024, #OpenAI will apply its algorithms to any document, online or offline, without the consent of the authors. No one is likely to be prosecuted.

#IntellectualProperty is just a tool of oppression. »

@ploum

It's easy to fault the founders for all the things they got wrong. Once in a while, we should note when they got something right.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ohio-woman-miscarried-home-will-not-criminally-charged-grand-jury-says-rcna132093#

A grand jury refused to charge the Ohio woman who miscarried in her bathroom.

Grand juries were added to the Fifth Amendment to check a potentially tyrannical government.

‘The wildlife that has come is phenomenal’: the UK farmers holding off floods the natural way
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/11/uk-farmers-holding-off-floods-the-natural-way good farmers show how it's done

‘Astounding’ ocean temperatures in 2023 intensified extreme weather, data shows - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/11/ocean-warming-temperatures-2023-extreme-weather-data "Record levels of heat were absorbed last year by Earth’s seas, which have been warming year-on-year for the past decade" #2024 is going to very hot...expect lots of disasters and deaths...