Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Children in school shelter among 25 killed in wave of Israeli strikes on #Gaza - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/23/eleven-killed-in-gaza-school-shelter-as-israel-continues-bombing-campaign brave #israel continues to wipe out those terrifying child terrorists... #gazagenocide

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But for most of her life, nobody asked.

She died in 1991.

Things have changed. Today is designated Barbara Johns Day.

A Barbara Johns statute in Virgina, and check this out:
https://dhr.virginia.gov/blog-posts/barbara-rose-johns-maquette-approved-for-us-capitol/

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I just realized that it's April 23.

That means it's the anniversary of the Farmville, Virginia Motion High School student strike.

What? You don't know about that?

Well, in 1951, Barbara Johns was fed up with the deplorable conditions in her segregated school, so she organized a strike. She was inspired by labor strikes.

After she and her classmates turned the rural town of Farmville upside down, she called in the NAACP.

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A collation of results from peer reviewed studies shows that an overwhelming majority worldwide (80% globally) want action on climate pollution, despite that same number being trained to believe they are outliers, within a general minority.

"The question is whether and how that mass sentiment might be translated into effective action. What would it mean if this silent climate majority woke up [...]?"

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2025/apr/23/climate-action-public-support

#climate

If someone was outside Mar-a-Lago writing down everyone's license plate numbers, “eventually someone from the Secret Service would go over and figure out who they are and what they’re doing,” EFF’s Dave Maass told Politico - so what’s up with the ALPRs? https://www.politico.com/newsletters/digital-future-daily/2025/04/23/the-cops-have-two-license-plate-readers-outside-mar-a-lago-where-does-the-data-go-00306306

Huh, imagine that... the infamous 'you wouldn't steal a car' anti-piracy campaign used a pirated font, throughout. See https://fedi.rib.gay/notes/a6xqityngfubsz0f

PureOS Crimson Progress Update 🚀

Since July 2024, we’ve built a strong foundation—now climbing the stack!

March highlights:

• Faster USB charging
• Smoother touchscreen
• Speedier storage access

PureOS developer Sebastian Krzyszkowiak tackled major package updates, syncing key components from Debian Bookworm and patching PureOS-specific enhancements for devices like the Librem 5.

First alpha release coming soon. Stay tuned.

🔗 Learn More Here: https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-crimson-development-report-march-2025/

- Tesla Q1 profits down •71%• YoY
- Earnings per share of $0.27 lower than analyst expectations of $0.41
- Without carbon credits, company would have posted an operating loss

Bad as all that sounds for Tesla, keep in mind that this company regularly publishes falsified data. It hacked its odometers to push customers out of warranty. It wildly exagerrated Cybertruck orders. It almost certainly published fraudulent sales figures in Canada to get in on an expiring gov benefit.

I’m assuming this dismal quarterly earning report isn’t reality, but is the rosiest lie they could manage to sell to investors. The reality is probably even worse.

https://gizmodo.com/elon-sounds-extremely-depressed-after-tesla-profits-plunge-71-2000593013
#TeslaTakedown

Truly my greatest professional joy is that, not only did we get to build a tool to help people stop AI bots from scraping up their work without consent, I was able to have our in-house artist create a SLOP sign to mark the spot where the bots expire.

If you are a non-profit or open source project that does good internet stuff, we’ll protect you for free. If not, then you can pay us money and we will hook you up. Either way, good tools to put you in control over the bots. https://www.fastly.com/blog/take-back-control-make-ai-bots-play-by-your-rules

Republican economics has been insane since before I was born. Anyone pretending they're good at it just wants tax cuts for the rich. https://brianmcfadden.org/2025/04/14/republican-economic-innovations/

We are thrilled to announce the fourth member-owner of Limeleaf! Read all about it at https://limeleaf.coop/blog/welcome-mubs-to-limeleaf/. #coops

“Our time at work is not really part of our lives. It is dead time controlled by our bosses and managers.” Get 40% off of @prole.info's Abolish Work and all labor titles thru 5/1 with code STRIKE at checkout. Shop the sale here: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_list&c=50&sortby=num_sold:desc

When the government guts worker protections, we all pay the price. Eliminating TSA unions is a move that endangers both workers and travelers. Read the full blog from PM author Jenny Brown and @labornotes here: https://blog.pmpress.org/2025/03/28/trump-tries-to-blow-up-airport-screeners-union/
Get 40% off of Jenny's book with code STRIKE thru 5/1 Here: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=998

For everyone who is justifying using LLMs and other GenAI BS, these are your fellow-travelers. These are the people you are following right over a cliff.

https://blog.dshr.org/2025/04/going-out-with-bang.html

absolutely deranged

[AI Energy Demand Can Keep Fossil Fuels Alive, Tech Backers Promise World’s Two Biggest Oil Producers]

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/ai-energy-demand-can-keep-fossil-fuels-alive-tech-backers-promise-worlds-two-biggest-oil-producers.html

Sanctioned #Russian and #Belarusian wood being #smuggled into UK, study suggests - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/23/russia-belarus-sanctions-wood-smuggling-uk-illegal-imports-laundering-certification-fsc-pefc-research-aoe "‘Chemical fingerprint’ shows 46% of wood samples certified as sustainable did not come from labelled country of origin"