Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

“For a non-trivial number of Americans, the desire to keep the United States a ‘white nation’ appears to be stronger than their desire to ensure that the country is led by a law-abiding president.” https://www.psypost.org/why-do-republicans-stick-with-trump-new-study-explores-the-role-of-white-nationalism/

Early video from McGill shows occupiers with access to windows on the third floor and about a dozen supporters blockading an entrance. Police are keeping their distance for the moment.

✅ Show up with friends and share tactical knowledge.
❌ Say no to peace police. You don't owe them anything.

It's not just the mindset of the sheltered, privileged executives that view everything as line items on a balance sheet. It's the idea that the public good can be monetised and made into a profit centre by making services worse.

It's #enshittification of democratic institutions.

https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/06/07/govt-thinking-inside-corporate-box/

Why are NatACTs obsessed with reducing government spending as a proportion of GDP? It's like indexing tax rates to Goat aBdominal Product (or the entrails of a goat).

What increased public spending does is make more public goods (eg infrastructure) and public services (eg healthcare) available, adding to the real economy. Often by funding people who can do that using underutilised skills and resources. But NatACTs seem to think it takes a bigger bite out of an economic pie that stays the same.

TotalRecall has been updated to exfiltrate Recall database and screenshots without needing admin rights: https://github.com/xaitax/TotalRecall

@johnnymac shares some little known history of the US Worker Cooperative movement in his contribution to our USFWC 20th Anniversary collection. Get yourself a ☕ and settle in for an important history lesson.
#WorkerCoops #P2P #TechnicalAssistance

https://geo.coop/articles/2024-reflections-john-mcnamara-phd

This is just the latest arrest, detention or assault of journalists covering protests in California.

It's outrageous, and there’s no excuse.

These anti-press aggressions must stop.

https://freedom.press/news/california-police-violate-press-freedom-law-right-and-left-during-protests/

Throughout history, plagues and wars have left greater equality in their wake. Can we get there again without violence?

https://aeon.co/essays/are-plagues-and-wars-the-only-ways-to-reduce-inequality

99.97% of Venture Capital money goes to people that are not Black women.

0.03% of Venture Capital goes to Black women.

The US Supreme Court cited civil rights law when it said that it is racist to stop anyone from having access to VC based on their race, and that setting aside VC for people of a given race is racist.

So they ruled *against* a group of Black women looking to give their own money to Black founders. For violating the civil rights. Of white men that want that 0.03% too.🙂🙃

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I wonder if there's any data on vi vs emacs in terms of repetitive stress injuries.

Corporate landlords routinely rip off tenants, with the help of sleazy software and market concentration. Finally, the feds are going after one of worst offenders, it seems:

https://popular.info/p/feds-raid-corporate-landlord-escalating

NPR piece on Republican-controlled states in the U.S. trying to make ranked-choice voting illegal.
https://www.npr.org/2024/06/05/nx-s1-4969563/ranked-choice-voting-bans

Higher social class predicts increased unethical behavior

https://www.pnas.org/doi/suppl/10.1073/pnas.1118373109

"Seven studies using experimental and naturalistic methods reveal that upper-class individuals behave more unethically than lower-class individuals."

I really like the KPFA podcast / program Against the Grain.
https://kpfa.org/program/against-the-grain/

This Hacker Tool Extracts All the Data Collected by Windows’ New Recall AI
Windows Recall takes a screenshot every 5 seconds. Cybersecurity researchers say the system is simple to abuse—& 1 ethical hacker has already built a tool to show how easy it really is. https://www.wired.com/story/total-recall-windows-recall-ai/

A friend just pointed out:

"ADHD creates impulse control issues and, consequently, advertising takes advantage of a disability.  Ergo, ad blockers are assistive devices and interfering with their operation for commercial gain constitutes a willful violation of the ADA."

Let’s do this.

Join us for the Montreal Anarchist Tech Convergence
The weekend of September 7th and 8th, 2024

Amid the crushing destruction wrought by the sprawling military-industrial complex and the recuperation of the hack by capitalist tech bros, anarchist resistance exists within the cadaverous monster of Leviathan itself.

The Montreal Anarchist Tech Convergence is an opportunity for anarchists to discuss and explore the potential roles of technology in our lives and struggles. Let's learn about security best practices, self-hosted autonomous ways of connecting and finding each other, and media projects that allow us to form international communities of solidarity and how to build stuff out of garbage left behind by capitalism.

The first Purism Free Software Game Jam is almost here, scheduled for June 10th! Join us in creating free software games to promote freedom-respecting software and hardware. Don't miss this opportunity to be a part of shaping the future of open-source gaming! #FreeSoftware #GameJam #purism
https://puri.sm/posts/free-software-purism-game-jam/?mtm_campaign=status_update&mtm_source=organic&mtm_medium=librem_social&mtm_content=ls-free-software-purism-game-jam

If you're into anarchist podcasts, but haven't checked out the Child and Its Enemies from the Channel Zero Network, do yourself a favour and give the latest episode a listen.

https://shows.acast.com/the-child-and-its-enemies/episodes/vicky-osterweil-author-of-the-extended-universe