Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

#Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell ‘hyper personalized’ ads - https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/perplexity-ceo-says-its-browser-will-track-everything-users-do-online-to-sell-hyper-personalized-ads/ #nope #privacy #surveillance

Tapeworm in fox poop that will slowly destroy your organs is on the rise - https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/04/tapeworm-in-fox-poop-that-will-slowly-destroy-your-organs-is-on-the-rise/ " The worm indefinitely proliferates into cystic masses in organs, mimicking cancer." oh, great

Federal Prosecutor Fires Off Letter To Medical Journals Asking About Their Policies On ‘Competing Viewpoints’ - https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/24/federal-prosecutor-fires-off-letter-to-medical-journals-asking-about-their-policies-on-competing-viewpoints/ also known as "crank theories"

#NSF director resigns amid 55% budget cut, mass layoffs from Trump admin - https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/04/nsf-director-resigns-amid-55-budget-cut-mass-layoffs-from-trump-admin/ " The director did not state a reason for the resignation." The director did not state a reason for the resignation."

Just as true today as it was in 2013!

Someone just spent $8 million on $TRUMP memecoins after the president announced that the top holders would be invited to join him at a private dinner at his DC golf club.

The purchases were funded by a Binance account, suggesting the wallet owner is not based in the US.

#crypto #cryptocurrency #USpolitics #USpol

#wlroots is putting out release candidates for 0.19.0 and I'm running my #phoc branch targeting that on my laptop since today and it didn't crash yet (https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Phosh/phoc/-/merge_requests/599). That's a pleasant surprise. 🎉

I've also uploaded the wlroots RCs to #debian #experimental just in case.

#phosh

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The Upstate Anarchist Bookfair is BACK! May 3rd and 4th 12pm-10pm at 21 Emma Street, Binghamton NY. There will be 40+ vendors, workshops, talks, live music, a drag show, a film screening, and a dance party! Hope to see you there!

Stephen Miller’s long-shot FOIA lawsuit could thwart Congress’ ability to conduct oversight of the executive branch.

https://freedom.press/the-classifieds/is-stephen-miller-trying-to-take-away-congress-watchdog/

ActivityPub 5.8.0 for WordPress is out now! 🎉

This update includes two things I’ve been especially excited about: new email templates and user-specific notification settings.

Emails now have way more information—mentions and direct messages embed the full post, and the refreshed design looks more modern and polished. New follower emails come with a profile card to help you get a sense of who’s engaging with your content.

#WordPress #ActivityPub

👉 Full changelog: https://wordpress.org/plugins/activitypub/#developers

Hello Fedi friends!

I'm currently getting an advanced degree in all things #PeerTube - after setting up my own self-hosted instance earlier this week (thanks @yunohost ❤️ )

Joining an existing instance is one thing... but creating your own is a completely different ball game. I plan to write about all this for #TheFutureIsFederated... once I'm a little less clueless 😅

A moment of gratitude for @FediTips and their excellent explainers: https://fedi.tips/peertube-video-hosting-on-the-fediverse/

P.S.: https://videos.elenarossini.com/a/ele/video-channels 👀

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Hello Fediverse. I come bearing GIFs (calm down, it's a PNG)

https://www.eviscerati.org/comics/hd/2025/04/doge-hunt/

Co-op Cloud kite-flying, coming up in 45 minutes at 12 UTC! Drop by for an informal chat about the project, get support for anything you're stuck on, or feedback on something you're working on.

Same links as usual:

Agenda: https://pad.autonomic.zone/VtyrLUl9RWaJGgEDrncQUw?edit

Call: https://vc.autistici.org/CoopCloudKiteFlying

Docs: https://docs.coopcloud.tech/federation/organisers/

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– 3wordchant

Miliband says electricity bills will be lower by 2030 because prices will no longer be pegged to global gas prices - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/apr/24/ed-miliband-energy-pricing-keir-starmer-nigel-farage-latest-live-uk-politics-news?page=with%3Ablock-6809f8d08f0848f875062b97#block-6809f8d08f0848f875062b97 should do it now; insane system

100 Human Rights Harms in 100 Days - https://www.hrw.org/feature/2025/04/24/100-human-rights-harms-100-days/trump-administrations-assault-rights-united "The Trump Administration’s Assault on Rights in the United States and Abroad" lots more to come, doubtless

Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s #ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/24/labour-nature-england-ecosystems-planning-bill-keir-starmer #labour seems determined to prove that yes, it can get worse, and no, there is no reason to vote for them next time