Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Remember when Biden promised to veto single-payer healthcare if it ever crossed his desk? Remember when he pointed to Italy's COVID experience as evidence that universal healthcare doesn't change anything? Good times. But anyway...
[The Great Medicaid Purge was even worse than expected]
https://archive.ph/nUfEP

@EU_Commission why not also enforce the existence of nomadic lifestyles in all the EU? It is literally illegal for Roma people to exist in the way they traditionally have within the EU itself. That needs to change.

MPs in Ghana have passed a draconian bill that will criminalize LGBTQ+ people, stifle free speech, and incite discrimination. EFF and 34 civil society organizations wrote to President Nana Akufo-Addo urging that he reject the bill. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/eff-and-34-civil-society-organizations-call-ghanas-president-reject-anti-lgbtq #ghana #lgbtq #freespeech

Hi everyone, we are doing user research for #Forgejo, the software that powers #Codeberg.

If you have 30 minutes in the next week, consider participating in the interviews to help us get insights in how you interact with Codeberg and how we can improve the experience for you.

https://cloud.splvs.net/apps/calendar/appointment/MiRtBJ5rYdT4

Latest comic on microplastics and PFAS getting into food. Yum!

#food #cartoon #environment #pollution #pfas #farming #gardening

With the help of sleazy "investment firms" whose job is to help rich people hide their money, rich tax evaders laugh at the IRS -- and the rest of us.

Read this leak-fueled report from @icij https://www.icij.org/inside-icij/2024/04/how-investment-firms-shield-the-ultra-wealthy-from-the-irs/

The estate tax rate should be 100% after -- let's be wildly generous to heirs who've never lifted a finger to earn their parents' money -- the first , say, $10 million.

Here's where #KOSA is likely to harm young people, in their own words. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/thousands-young-people-told-us-why-kids-online-safety-act-will-be-harmful-minors

Turns out, we all have a lot in common, regardless of where we live. Whodathunkit, amiright?

"This shoddy analysis and faux expertise does real damage. It is clear that the overwhelming portrayal of rural America as angry and irrational feeds into and amplifies the divisions between rural and urban Americans, overshadowing the shared challenges and aspirations that cut across these geographic lines."

A must-read, especially for liberals from large urban centers. If you've every wondered about "white rural rage," read this.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/04/05/white-rural-rage-myth-00150395

I wish more people who are worried about FOSS supply side attacks would realize that universal basic income and free healthcare would result in an almost infinite stream of excellent software from people who care more about quality than profit.

Do I know any cooperators who would want the domains cornergarage.coop and cornergarage.net?

They're due to expire in ~5 days and I'd rather the .net go to a co-op instead of getting slurped up by a reseller or something. I'm not selling them, I'll just transfer them to you if your cooperative organization wants them.

Scammers use "AI" to create fake law firm that extorts people on bogus copyright claims.

https://www.404media.co/a-law-firm-of-ai-generated-lawyers-is-sending-fake-threats-as-an-seo-scam/

German state ditches Windows, Microsoft Office for #Linux and #LibreOffice - https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/04/germanys_northernmost_state_ditches_windows/ good to see; more please... #schleswigholstein

Neoliberalism as a theory centers and prioritizes individual interest and greed. If all issues are matters of the market then it is the market interests (wealth) which will guide us

In that scenario sympathy is unimportant and almost a detriment to success
It would behoove me to Not care for others

Adam Smith yes was a capitalist but not a neoliberal capitalist and saying he'd be a techno optimist is bullshit
Leave Smith alone. Landlords are vampires according to Smith never forget

Once again, The Onion goes there when others won't.
https://www.theonion.com/israel-orders-strike-on-chef-jose-andres-boyhood-home-1851388482
#WCK #Gaza #Israel #TheOnion #Palestine #JoseAndres #WorldCentralKitchen

Risk of socially engineered backdoors in critical software seems like an indictment of open-source projects, but it could happen anywhere, EFF’s Molly told @theintercept - in fact, this one was found only due to the project’s open nature.
https://theintercept.com/2024/04/03/linux-hack-xz-utils-backdoor/

We have 4 new open calls for funding for projects that contribute to an open, trustworthy, human-centered internet. Projects must be free and open source and papers published

Deadline is June 1, 12.00 (noon) CEST
#NGI0 #opensource