Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

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I turned 53 today. That would normally just be annoying, but yesterday the AARP sent me a letter congratulating me for turning 65 and invited me to join, so I'm a bit put off by that.

I can't think of any other thing that happened yesterday that would destroy my faith in humanity. Nope. Not a single thing. :-/

While much of the US celebrates its so-called "Independence Day," this is a good time to remind everyone to explain to your kids that if they are ever lost or in danger:

Never go to the house flying an American Flag.

My new post: "At its moment of peril, democracy needs journalists to be activists"

"Dear journalists: This is your moment, your opportunity.

"It’s your chance, maybe your final one, to stand proudly for reality and democracy, for freedom of expression, for human rights. Stand up as journalism’s best — think Ida B. Wells and Edward R. Murrow, among so many others — did in earlier times as they challenged a tide of political evil and helped America change its course."

https://dangillmor.medium.com/8776aa9c99c3

The Hunt for the Most Efficient #HeatPump in the World - https://www.wired.com/story/heat-pump-maximum-efficiency/ "A new generation of engineers has realized they can push heat pumps to the limit, but just how much heat you can extract depends on your setup."

Another insightful post by @celesteh about keeping a clear-eyed view of political realities:
https://lgbt.io/@celesteh/112716099378607198

"I think to have journalism with integrity you have to have technology with integrity, and in my mind, Open Source is the way to have technology with integrity. I want the best journalism to win because its the best journalism, not because they have the best platform."

#JohnONolan, founder of Ghost
https://dot-social.simplecast.com/episodes/john-onolan-g6azzKz0

#podcasts #DotSocial #Ghost #journalism #integrity

I'm currently watching someone use story points as time estimates (1 point = 1 day), but ALSO using the heuristic that 5 points is too much (which is for when story points represent complexity), so now no one is ever allowed to work on one thing for five days.

💀

I move ever closer to my villain arc.

Brazil's Amazon sees worst 6 months of wildfires in 20 years
33 minutes ago33 minutes ago

Climate change has caused parts of the Amazon to become drier and more prone to fires. Meanwhile, the Pantanal wetland is facing the worst drought in more than 70 years

(text available in “reading mode”)

https://www.dw.com/en/brazils-amazon-sees-worst-6-months-of-wildfires-in-20-years/a-69533902

#Brazil #Amazon #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

Great news everyone! Now that I'm scarcely anonymous and some managers at my day job can weaponize this against me, I've decided to talk about mental health:

https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/on-burnout-mental-health-and-not-being-okay/

Welp, as I warned, SCOTUS overturned Chevron. This was the holy grail for polluters, and all mega-wealthy conservative extremists. It will be used to gut almost every environmental, health and welfare regulation passed since the 1930s. It’s simply the biggest harm of the conservative age yet, but our complicit press fails to alert the public.

God damn it, I hate living in a world where I have to earn money to survive. There are so many things I want to do but can't/don't want to figure out how to monetize.
I've hit the end of my savings I've been living off of. Plus my car just broke down and I found out I won't get my tax return until September.
I've currently got two part time jobs but the hours aren't enough and are super inconsistent. For my gardening gig, my boss often cancels on me morning of. (I was supposed to work 3 days last week and ended up working none).
But, finding a job I can do that doesn't rot my brain feels near impossible.
I just wish I could spend my life doing things that I felt mattered without worrying about rent or groceries

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has done the nation a service by writing a dissent that explains today’s #Trump #Immunity decision in extremely accessible terms. I’ve posted her dissent by itself, here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ryZF_jO-DKeeCSnxxpXANt8PJVmpgVmV/view?usp=drivesdk. Please read and share widely, online and off. #LawFedi

Trump ran by far the most corrupt presidency in American history. He -- and the people he appointed to federal jobs -- used their offices to enrich themselves and abuse their powers in countless ways.

(Our feckless press never even tried to explain how broad and deep the corruption ran.)

Now, with immunity, it's almost unimaginable what a new Trump world in Washington (and beyond) would do.

Imagine the absolute worst, and expand on that. You'll be close.

Ahem. #politics #SCOTUS

Queers for a free Palestine.

Happy Pride from Seattle 🇵🇸

https://git.autonomic.zone/ is back online. SSO login is working.

If you have a non-SSO login and it's not working, let us know: helo at coopcloud.tech ✉️

Ok so that's everything back online (https://servers.coop/ was on that server also).

Running away! 😫

Hi folks,

We're having server troubles at the moment 🔥

Our team of anarchist bog people are busy fixing things but expect some downtime for the time being.

We released the Librem 5 hardware layouts under GPLv3 (as original PADS and converted KiCad projects), joining the schematics that were already available from the start!
https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/l5-schematic
#librem5 #linuxmobile #kicad #openhardwar