Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

NEW: IRS Audit of #Trump Could Cost Former President More Than $100 Million
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The #tax agency concluded in its long-running investigation that Trump effectively claimed the same massive write-off twice on his failed #Chicago tower.

#News #Law #IRS #Taxes #RealEstate #Government

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-irs-audit-chicago-hotel-taxes?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

End-to-end hardware encrypted chat is now possible on the Librem 5 using its onboard smartcard!
https://puri.sm/posts/hardware-encrypted-comsec-bundle-by-purism/?mtm_campaign=status_update&mtm_source=organic&mtm_medium=librem_social&mtm_content=ls-hardware-encrypted-comsec-bundle-by-purism
#purism #librem5

The Non-Profit Industrial Complex going about it's grisly business 🤬

To paraphrase the NPIC a-holes featured in the story: "You were exploited before by the capitalist landlord, so we don't have any choice to but screw you even harder now. Maybe if he's screwed you over less we wouldn't have to dispossess you now, but what choice do we have?And your complaining about it only shows that you feel entitled to that which you don't deserve (affordable housing)."

https://shelterforce.org/2024/05/10/nonprofit-to-close-mobile-home-community-to-build-a-park/

I want to write a brief reply to this emphasizing the importance not just of ownership or arms length governance but of actual self-governance, self-management, and self-organization, on the one hand, and a fundamental social movement orientation, on the other.

https://jacobin.com/2024/04/canada-worker-ownership-policy-democracy

#tyranny #firstammendment

all the #chi2024 papers are now available, open access (free download) --
https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3613904

imma read so fast and so much that the digital library thinks i'm a bot! (which really isn't that much, it's detection for this has really low precision)

Democratic leaders — including Obama & Biden — have spent 15 years telling voters they are outraged about this tax loophole that lets billionaires pay a lower tax rate than everyone else.

But those same Democratic leaders have refused to use their executive branch authority to close the loophole. https://www.levernews.com/sirotas-signals-why-hasnt-biden-closed-this-tax-loophole/

I can't figure out if mastodon is a high context culture or not. People seem to be expected to give long introductions and do a lot of identity/positionality disclosure, but also an enormous reply guy culture which is defined by low context drive-by. Conversational turn-taking is extremely low compared to other platforms ime, but depth-seeking is high. What an interesting mix.

*obviously, these experiences are all situated within my own network effects, and I'm not well networked here.

Organizational fairness exists upwards and downwards, but critically: LATERALLY. Peers can be a source of *protection* and *repair* after negative mistreatment from authorities, but conversely, mistreatment from peers can also undo the good done by fair leadership (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/job.2441). We are all in it together, no one is separate from this

The solar storm is interfering with some tractors' GPS capabilities. https://www.404media.co/r/15913771?m=ea6b4c29-f97b-4025-aaeb-1d01a70b3b30

A well-written blog might include a salient title, a resonate introductory sentence, and a "tl;dr" summary of what the author sees as the most relevant information. A summary is not the same thing as a microblogging post within a "thread", however.

I needed #Rust bindings for an app to interact with #feedbackd to submit #haptic feedback. Here's the generated bindings for libfeedback in case someone else needs it too:

https://gitlab.gnome.org/guidog/libfeedback-rs

#phosh #gnome #LinuxMobile

"Mobile-zombie-free zone" sign spotted at a playground in #Rålambshovsparken in #Stockholm recently.

Ironically that made me pick up my own phone to take this photo, acting like another of those infamous zombies. In my defense I did not actually enter the playground, so strictly speaking I did not violate the sanctity of the mobile-zombie-free zone. Also, the phone (#Librem5 yay!) was back in pocket directly without further zombie-like behaviour. 🙂 #ShotOnLibrem5

For example: I meet someone & find out they're 'in IT'... turns out they train or support people using Windows/Apple products. I find it hard to disguise my lack of enthusiasm for their work. The way I see it, they're helping people develop a perceived dependence on & entitlement to proprietary software often accompanied by a disdain for things they don't understand. It's like teaching someone to drive a petrol car & implicitly denigrating use of public transportation.

Cue the jealous girlfriend meme with Microsoft, Canonical and Red Hat:

https://siliconangle.com/2024/05/10/microsoft-red-hat-open-source-partnership-rhsummit/

#FOSS #RedHat #Microsoft #Canonical #Azure

The ACLU is going after Mastercard's "policies on adult content".

https://action.aclu.org/petition/mastercard-sex-work-work-end-your-unjust-policy

Finally. This was from 3 years ago: https://thenib.com/payment-processors-vs-porn/

If Robert Mann were a right-wing blowhard, he'd be all over cable TV, celebrated as the latest and greatest example of a American hero willing to stand up the Stasi Thought Police. https://www.patreon.com/posts/civility-is-not-103930633

One of journalism's consistent flaws is ignoring relevant context.

Case in point is this NY Times story about a judge tossing out a new federal regulation limiting extortionate credit card late fees.

Here's the context the Times didn't care to include: The financial companies that profit so wildly from these fees went forum shopping, and landed one of their favorite far-right-wing, Trump-appointed judges, who predictably did what they wanted.

Journalistic malpractice, IMO.

Emotional rollercoaster of starting new projects:

- This is cool
- I've spent 18 hours on this
- This is awful
- I'm awful
- The world is awful
- This is cool (goto 1)

I think something that sustains me and keeps me able to do work I'm proud of is this: I am comfortable with the fact that all important, deeply loved work has an expiration date. And you never know what that date is, but it's coming for you.

We've heard a number of bells toll in our household at the same time. It is really interesting to recognize turning points when they happen, not just afterward.

What's ahead, I'm not sure, but I am sure that things are changing.