Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

If you are reading this, then welcome to Day Two of #fluConf2025

For those just tuning in now, #fluConf is intended as an alternative, online venue for those in involved in #openSource and #freeCulture who still care about public health.

Our program is fully online and includes contributions in a variety of formats, including pre-recorded videos, live presentations, and articles.

https://fluconf.online/program/#day-two

Got to explain to Mr 10 that one of reasons why higher education used to be (almost) free, and now isn't, is because charging for education overwhelmingly favours the rich.

Free education runs the "danger of producing an educated proletariat", which is trouble if you're trying to run a country that doesn't favour the masses.

https://archive.is/U1cuC

Federal agencies requiring you to have an account on Musk's vile platform to see official documents?

It's a reminder that fascism requires the merger of government and corporate interests.

How about a little good news in this *gestures around*... you can now get ebooks via bookshop.org, including THE AI CON! (Available May 13, but you can pre-order now.)

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-ai-con-how-to-fight-big-tech-s-hype-and-create-the-future-we-want-alex-hanna/22044744?ean=9780063418554&digital=t

w/ @alex

It is critically important for all NZers to understand that, amongst other rights and resources, #TeTiritioWaitangi protects the right to water for all people of NZ. Privatisation of water is a key aim for the #AtlasNetwork funded #ACT Party and #NZPol govt. While the treaty principles remain intact this will not be legally possible. #ToitūTeTiriti #JohnathanPie #UKPol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj-gAUaUF-4

I'm going to read this, and no one can stop me.

https://annas-archive.org/md5/38149f9d67cd722c3b514cb47634aa0e

#uspol I talked to stateside mum the other day and she said that her hopeless MAGA brother had finally broken the peace with her over her resolute retelling of Jan 6. He lives in the San Joaquin Valley, surrounded by irrigation-dependent farms. I wonder what the local mood is like now that the monumentally stupid orange skidmark just flushed next summer's profits into a dry lake where it will never be recovered.

All to score points with his base on social media.

The last session of Day One of #fluConf2025 will be @coopcloud's

"Co-op Cloud: Grow Your Own International Democratic Tech Federation"

https://fluconf.online/sessions/co-op-cloud-grow-your-own-international-democratic-tech-federation/

hosted as a livestream via their cooperatively operated Owncast instance, starting in 15 minutes (at 18:00 UTC)

https://cast.coopcloud.tech/

#fluConf

@jensorensen Saw a suggestion to stop saying D.E.I., use re-segregation instead. When they try to eliminate that, ask why they want segregation again.

The term “DEI” is being used as a cover to tear apart much of the federal government. It’s not that this language didn’t exist before, but it’s being weaponized now. Suddenly the cold, impersonal-sounding acronym DEI has replaced “diversity initiatives,” “civil rights,” “equal rights,” “fairness,” and “anti-discrimination” in everyday conversation. I would suggest that one small thing we can do is return to using those actual words. This week's comic:
#cartoon #uspol

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@sam first told me just how REI has been benefitting from being co-op washed while not being a true co-op.
This article gives a great overview: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/rei-workers-look-to-shake-up-co-ops-board-amid-push-for-a-first-contract/?utm_campaign=EO%20News%20Sharing%20ICA&utm_content=323220061&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&hss_channel=lcp-2989070

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By the way, Wikipedia is here!
And is doing all the good Fediverse organizations things!

Hosting their own instance 🏠

Verifying themselves ✅

Adding alt-text to their pictures 📝

They have nowhere near the follower count they should have! Add your support by following them here: @wikipedia

#Wikipedia #Mastodon #Fediverse

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It is no surprise that Google searches for VPNs in Florida have skyrocketed. But as more states and countries pass age verification laws, it is crucial to recognize the broader implications these measures have on privacy. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/vpns-are-not-solution-age-verification-laws

You don't have to be a fighter to fight fascists. https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/1/31/2300356/-Cartoon-The-pacifists-playbook-for-frustrating-fascists

Are you aware of digital public goods? The TOR browser is now a DPG as well.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_public_goods

#fosdem #fosdem2025 #torBrowser #DPG #DigitalPublicGoods

My hair has grown pretty long, down between my shoulder blades unless I tie it up. At first, it was just my "pandemic hair," but I literally haven't been to the barber since the end of 2019. Every 6-9 months I lop some off with scissors.

Anyway, I've been sensing some hostility when I go walking through my neighborhood, particularly in the wealthy area. Once, people yelled at me from a passing car.

Apparently, my hippie hair has become a statement, and I'm okay with that.

Most Democratic office-holders are are so incompetent and cowardly at this point that they can't even reach the hand-wringing stage.

Fascists are taking over and the Democrats are almost completely AWOL.

Meanwhile, the New York Times -- America's most important (god help us) news organization, reflects its usual business-as-usual calm, normalizing everything.