Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

So quite some tech journalists and "influencers" out there keep on telling us that #Mastodon (and the whole #fediverse, because they typically don't know that there is more than just one service ;) is losing users after the last wave of newcomers.

Weird thing is: I keep on getting more followers and my timeline is getting better and better with a lot of inspiring content and respectful discussions.

So, I guess, smaller is better :)

Is anyone bringing #pinball machines to the #38C3 ?

I donated at #cccamp19 but on #cccamp23 they weren't there :(

I haven't pinballed in 5years and the withdrawal is kicking in!!111one

#ccc #Congress #CCCongress

NEW on Eviscerati.Org: The Points Between, Part Two, Chapter Four

"Windows to the Soul"

https://www.eviscerati.org/fiction/tpb/2024/12/the-points-between-part-two-chapter-four/

Petition:
#^https://actionnetwork.org/forms/urge-delegates-elect-ben-wikler-chair-of-the-dnc/

Quote:

"For years, the Democratic National Committee has been little more than a fundraising machine, which means it’s been tilted toward sources of big money -- billionaires, big corporations, and Wall Street.

"...
There’s no way the Party can speak for the majority of working people in America when it’s reluctant to bite the hands that feed it.

"Wikler gets this key ingredient, the thing that sets the Democrats apart from Republicans and makes us the ones who can truly stand up for the working class, as he says: “Democrats win when voters know that we’re the ones fighting for them against those who will seek to rip them off to add an extra billion dollars to their bank account.”

"Tell the DNC: Become the anti-establishment party and shake up the system on behalf of the vast majority of Americans! Vote for Ben Wikler for DNC Chair!"

(boosts welcome)

The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED BUT REPULSIVE", "WRONG BUT WROMANTIC", "FREQUENTLY MISUNDERSTOOD", "NOBODY BOTHERS WITH THIS BIT", "SHOULDN'T REALLY BUT WE WON'T JUDGE", "REQUIRED IN ORDER TO WORK AROUND EVERYONE ELSE'S BUGS", "YOU DO YOU", and "OBVIOUSLY ABSURD BUT VERY COMMON FOR SOME REASON" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119.

I must admit that I dearly hope the people who love LinkedIn... stay there, where I can continue to be blissfully oblivious to their existences.

Prepared most of the Demo devices for tomorrows Embedded Software Meetup in #zurich . @devrtz and me will give a session about #linuxmobile, #mobian and #debian - Feel free to join us at Gardena, digitalhub.

https://www.meetup.com/embedded-software/events/304286819

For the record: I've never submitted a prompt to any GenAI service. I've never needed or wanted to, because I know the cost it exacts on our world and our societies. It's not worth it.

Josh talks with Kate "Sassy" Sassoon about her long history in co-ops of all different varieties and her current work as a co-op facilitator.

https://geo.coop/articles/interview-kate-sassy-sassoon

I'm working on putting together a list of U.S. advocacy organizations that coordinate campaigns to put pressure on legislators.  I've been using 5calls.org, but I feel like groups with more specific political agendas might have better scripts.

Any recommendations?

(boosts welcome)

Apparently hey don't have active shooter drills in business schools. https://www.gocomics.com/brian-mcfadden/2024/12/16

The Syrian revolution started off as a bottom-up, working class uprising from the peripheries organised through local coordination committees. They set up local councils throughout the liberated areas that coordinated to provide services in the absence of a state.

They actually experienced life without the state, and they thrived. They were the living proof that not only can it be done, but that it can be fun and meaningful.

🧵

I may be coming across as some academic computer science nerd. It's actually the opposite. I'm a humanities nerd who cares about the agency of users so much I've twisted myself into a shape where I can do a computer science thing.

But architecture matters. It affects the worlds we can have.

Holy moly. I just learned that only 27% of the German population bought at least a single book (including audio and ebooks) in 2023. I mean, not even ONE book in a year!?
https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/wahlprogramme-mit-diesen-versprechen-ziehen-die-parteien-in-den-wahlkampf/100094918.html

I’m embarrassed to admit that I left something off my CV because it wasn’t paid work. It was a big thing too! (Helping start a tenants union). The myth that only paid capitalist work is real is so ingrained that even I fell for it. (Don’t worry, I’ve added it now).

The enemy of your enemy is not necessarily your friend. This is important to remember. For instance, the Cheneys are enemies of Trump, but that shouldn't make them friends to everyone else who hates him. In the same way, Mr. Putin my be opposed to people who are not, however, folks you'd want to hang around with. It feels like a lot of people are getting taken in by this rn. "Some crappy person doesn't like X? Well fuck them, X is my new favorite person!" Don't fall for it.

Senate Democrats Might Vote Into Law the First Anti-LGBTQ National Legislation in Decades. Contact Your Senator Now.

https://www.madycast.com/p/senate-democrats-are-about-to-vote

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Those (not us) who thought they were escaping Twitter/X by joining BlueSky might usefully note that a third of the money raised so far to run it was raised as a cross investment from.... Twitter/X.

So while they might be 'safe' from Musk right now, behind the scenes he's hardly disconnected.... oh dear.

If you really want to be in the fediverse you need to be in the fediverse

#BlueSky #fediverse