Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

‘My right side was paralysed, I was so sick’: the #pesticide poisonings in #Brazil that lead back to the UK - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/08/pesticide-poisonings-brazil-chemicals-diquat-banned-uk-health-problems "Investigation uncovers how chemicals like diquat, banned in the UK but legal to export, are causing health problems in the global south"

My bank uses phone SMS as its standard "2-factor authentication" -- better than nothing at all but GROSSLY insecure compared to encrypted messaging that it refuses to supply.

I paid extra for an RSA dongle, but when I log in there's an option to use SMS, which makes the dongle completely pointless.

Crap security is standard in the banking industry -- because contrary to pious words, it doesn't give a damn about your financial privacy.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/make-sure-texts-calls-are-encrypted-fbi-security-warning-rcna182810

The fall of Bashar Al-Assad shows that no amount of force can freeze history forever. Every autocratic regime will fall.

But will they be succeeded by other authoritarian regimes? That will be determined by how they fall.

This is the reason to build multiethnic, horizontal revolutionary movements that can play a role in the changes ahead.

The more that ordinary Syrians from all backgrounds and walks of life participate in the next phase of the revolution—the less that it is dictated by money, weapons, and agendas outside of Syria—the less bloody it will likely be.

As the millions of refugees who were forced to flee Syria make their way home, we hope that they will play a part in this.

Tonight, we give thanks for every soldier who deserted rather than fighting for a dictator. May their refusals inspire others, in turn, not to kill or die for things that are unworthy of humanity.

Burn every prison.

Topple every oppressor.

Some background on the situation:

https://crimethinc.com/Syria2024

Thousands of prisoners have been liberated from Sednaya Prison, Assad's main torture and extermination camp on the outskirts of Damascus. What a historic moment for humanity, and all those who love freedom.

The billionaires who will make up the majority of (nominated) Trump cabinet are (like the boss) walking, talking conflicts of interest.

Which is, of course, one of the reasons they were invited to join. They'll cash in, and as in any gangster operation, a cut of the loot will find its way to Dear Leader and his family.
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The burden of catching malware or adware should not be placed on the consumer. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/11/one-down-many-go-pre-installed-malware-android

If you're a "senior associate scientist" at a large Pharma company, you can now afford to live with your siblings. In other news, the economy is great.

https://archive.ph/3zNx8

"Grant and Dylan Gechtman, 25, share a rented three-bedroom home in Fremont, Calif. They do almost everything else together too. They work as senior associate scientists at the same pharmaceutical company, share a Mazda CX-5, and even joined the same Jewish fraternity in college."

Latest comic: Experts explain why America voted for plague

#cartoon #comic #politics #uspol #media #journalism #election #authoritarianism

We can discus pros/cons/features/implementation/culture all we want … but have y’all considered that most folks aren’t making a well considered choice after thorough research? At most they’re going off the vibes, and more likely they haven’t even heard of mastodon. BlueSky is just a lot bigger and well known. Addressing much needed changes around here is important, but “people won’t join mastodon until…” just doesn’t feel like a real thing to me.

(This is separate from whether aspiring to have more people / replace Twitter is the best goal, which gets into social vs the social-but-actually-broadcast media that twitter became and many people seem to want and then the algorithm amplified because it mistakes engagement for wanting.)

Daraya is free!

"Daraya was a star before the revolution and a star during. What the young men and women of the city built took immense efforts and resulted in a small exemplary model for the future of Syria, the one we dream of."
https://leilashami.wordpress.com/2016/08/26/daraya/

What's on the Schmaltzmark Channel this month? https://www.dailykos.com/story/2024/12/6/2290489/-Cartoon-Schmaltzmark-channel-holiday-specials

Did you know that @gnome contributors have curated a list of issues for you to work on as you’re just starting?

https://gitlab.gnome.org/groups/GNOME/-/issues/?state=opened&label_name%5B%5D=4.%20Newcomers

The #Newcomers label will make for an easy onboarding. Join us now!

Elon #Musk revealed as sole funder of RBG Pac that claimed Trump and Ginsburg were aligned - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/dec/06/elon-musk-rbg-pac-abortion "Musk bolstered Pac with $20.5m ahead of election while late supreme court justice’s family denounced it as ‘appalling’" this man is a liar from top to bottom

‘#Brexit problem’: UK tap water safety at risk after testing labs shut down - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/07/brexit-problem-uk-tap-water-safety-at-risk-after-testing-labs-shut-down "EU countries will share laboratory capacity but UK rules mean products cannot be tested abroad" what a continuing insane fiasco

#Israel attacks hospital in northern #Gaza, leaving bodies lying in streets, director says - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/07/israel-attacks-hospital-in-northern-gaza-leaving-bodies-lying-in-streets-director-says "Head of Kamal Adwan hospital says ‘large number’ of dead left by Israeli attack; Israel denies targeting medical complex" so normal, people don't even notice it now... #genocide

in all the coverage of the woolworths strike — which is partly about opposition to the company's new "efficiency" staff monitoring system — i'm not seeing enough people crediting the guardian's Ariel Bogle for her investigation which was the first media coverage of the system and its issues

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/23/woolworths-staff-efficiency-productivity-crackdown-timed

Please read this 2014 plea by a very rich guy to his fellow very rich people to help rebuild, not wreck, what's left of the middle class.

"The Pitchforks Are Coming… For Us Plutocrats"

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/06/the-pitchforks-are-coming-for-us-plutocrats-108014/

Turns out the 'falling sales' of electric cars in the UK were wishful thinking.
November sales: battery electric vehicles +51% year-on-year; petrol/gasoline -35%.
Via Simon Evans on the birdsite
#EVs #cars

#opengl is like:

let's throw a bunch of global variables around and call it a state machine.

#gles 2.0 is the following circle of hell.

I had a bug in my OpenGL and I knew immediately what it was. I'm scared of what I had become.

#etnaviv

If you use #Codeberg for your #Git hosting, which other services you rely on can you recommend further?

For instance, we appreciate the service by #LetsEncrypt for our TLS certificates and @Anoxinon for our Mastodon instance.