Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

‘Very concerning’: BP dilutes net zero targets as global retreat from green standards gathers pace - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/13/very-concerning-bp-dilutes-net-zero-targets-as-global-retreat-from-green-standards-gathers-pace as things get worse, the ghouls want to make it even worse #ClimateChange

#Israel orders more evacuations in Lebanon and threatens medics who treat Hezbollah members - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/13/israel-orders-more-evacuations-in-lebanon-threatens-medics-who-treat-hezbollah-members "Military spokesperson demands that medics ‘avoid dealing with Hezbollah operatives’ and claims ambulances used to transport weapons" and so #lebanon becomes #gaza 2.0

If capitalism works so well, why is it so hard to find a paying job doing labor that is actively beneficial to society, or at least not actively propagating harm?

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For October, we're doing a Membership Drive to get the word out about our 100% artisan owned cooperative that is building a better handmade online marketplace!

You can join for as little as $10, and you can find out more at https://artisans.coop/pages/membership !

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Point being: people make mistakes. Even people who really, truly should know better.

You might be tired.
You might be unwell.
You might be distracted.

You might click the link.

And so might people you're tasked with helping and protecting.

Keep that in mind. It's never just the person's fault.

Design systems and policies in a way that takes this into account, always. Add a little friction, it really helps.

Because… people make mistakes. Even people who really, truly should know better.

Migrant workers living in a caravan encampment in #Bristol raided by immigration enforcement officers have accused the Home Office of targeting the victims of labour exploitation rather than companies profiting from the hidden economy.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/12/calls-for-investigation-of-uber-eats-and-deliveroo-after-raid-on-bristol-caravan-camp

#Deliveroo #Uber #GigEconomy

Translation sessions for #Forgejo and #AESminetest server are starting now. Join via https://lecture.senfcall.de/ott-78d-3o5-z9o

Find the details on https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/translathon-2024/

If you can, consider spreading the word and advocating for software translation outside of the free/libre tech bubble.

Getting started with software localization can be easy, get started here: https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/translathon-2024/#for-translators

Looks like the only solution that might work is to modify the actual DNS records to redirect specifically to "https://www.eviscerati.org/comics" . I have no idea how to do that, or if it's even possible (honestly I've only ever seen domain names point to ip addresses). I barely know how to modify .htaccess, and it usually requires my site go offline for hours while I figure out how to fix whatever it is I initially tried to do.

So for the moment all I can do is be annoyed. So I am annoyed. 3/fin

We've got to do something right with #LinuxMobile when #Android now gains a feature to run #Linux https://androiddev.social/@MishaalRahman/113290317583072192

Hitting the road for Buffalo soon. Come out to Gutter Pop comics tonight and see me present along with some great local cartoonists!

Voter suppression is going to be a huge thing this U.S. election cycle, and there's a critical need for observers in Georgia to help ensure that everyone has a chance to cast a ballot and have it counted.

If you care about U.S. electoral democracy but don't want to advocate for specific candidates, one way you can get involved is to help recruit people as election observers and poll watchers.

On Monday I participated in a phone bank to recruit poll observers in Georgia, and it was pretty low stress:
https://www.mobilize.us/swingbluealliance/event/712049/

"...there are some voters who find the support of both parties for genocide in Gaza and now planned for Lebanon unacceptable, and as a matter of conscience cannot vote for either of the two major parties."

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2024/10/so-you-dont-like-trump-or-harris-heres-why-its-still-best-to-vote-for-one-of-them.html

@scy @Codeberg Strong recommendation for ditching GH Pages!

Oh, nice, Codeberg Pages supports proper HTTP redirects these days!

https://docs.codeberg.org/codeberg-pages/redirects/

Including catch-alls like /my-spa/* to /my-spa/index.html 👍

Thanks @Codeberg!

#Codeberg #CodebergPages #HTTP #redirect #WebHosting

"While generative AI may not actually solve almost any of the problems that it is marketed to solve, it does solve one massive problem for the US economy: how to keep selling more and more gas.

In 2023, computer infrastructure and oil and gas extraction were two of the five fastest growing sectors of the US economy. Of the other three, two (telecoms and software development) are interrelated to these trends. It's a boom time for oil, for data centers, and for tech infrastructure.

The prominence of the hard-right Big Tech fascists, exemplified but hardly exhausted by Elon Musk, JD Vance and Peter Thiel, is reflective of the increasing alignment of tech with extractive and war industries. Big Tech has failed to make truly innovative and exciting products for almost a decade now, and it has "solved" this problem by creating ever more absurd grifts that derive their apparent legitimacy and value from exactly how expensive they are in energy and material effort."

I wrote about the ecological devastation of Big Tech and AI and what we can do to resist

https://all-cats-are-beautiful.ghost.io/ai-must-be-destroyed/

@michaelgemar @dangillmor This is 52 U.S. Code § 30119 - Contributions by Government contractors

These restrictions apply to the contractor itself, such as an entity like SpaceX, and not to its employees unless the contractor is a sole proprietor, which Musk is not.

Furthermore, this statute does not apply to recipients of federal research grants. Even if it did, it would apply to the grant recipient—typically the university—not to individual researchers or Principal Investigators.