Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

No responses on this question yet, beyond one person saying that end-to-end encryption should theoretically work for calendar events.

Does *anybody* have thoughts, recommendations, or words of wisdom on privacy-respecting scheduling and calendar tools?

@smicur "AI" was always just a package of marketing pitches for a series of unrelated technologies over time. different tech, same pitch: your plastic pal who's fun to be with, especially when you don't have to pay him to work for you.

long, long version https://www.boundary2.org/2022/04/david-gerard-creationism-on-the-blockchain-review-of-george-gilder-life-after-google/

"Intel admits what we all knew: no one is buying AI PCs"

People would rather buy older processors that aren't that much less powerful but way cheaper. The "AI" benefits obviously aren't worth paying for.

https://www.xda-developers.com/intel-admits-what-we-all-knew-no-one-is-buying-ai-pcs/

New zines available

Doing some home tech support the other day and made the mistake of trying to do a search on the client's computer using the url bar of her Brave browser. It just gave an #LLM generated response...like, there weren't any links anywhere that I could find. wtaf? 😱

@purism Small correction: The crimson suite was created in 2023 already. See e.g. this librem5-base upload: https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/librem5-base/-/blob/pureos/latest/debian/changelog?ref_type=heads#L90 and lots of packages were uploaded afterwards. There was a stall in between but the foundations for crimson are about 1y older.

Special shoutout to film-maker Elena Rossini who is working hard to promote the Fediverse, runs the "Future is Federated" newsletter, and is writing about how to self-host Fediverse services from a novice's point of view.

Rossini's blog about the Fediverse is at:

➡️ https://news.elenarossini.com

You can follow Rossini's main account at:

➡️ @_elena

You can also follow Rossini's self-hosted accounts:

➡️ @elena (GoToSocial)
➡️ @ele@videos.elenarossini.com (PeerTube)
➡️ @ele@photos.elenarossini.com (Pixelfed)

#Fediverse

Happy Indie Bookstore Day! Did you know PM Press owns @autumnleavesbooks, an independent bookstore in Ithaca, NY? This Indie Bookstore Day, support spaces that keep radical ideas alive—and thriving. If you’re local, stop in and pay the Autumn Leaves Crew a visit!

@kvuzet

You know what, the whole software industry deserves to collapse.

https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/vibe-coding-the/9798341634749/

Failed-State Media. https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/4/25/2318656/-Cartoon-White-House-approved-programming

Thinking of moving my existing Patreon to Ghost – both because it’s been recommended to me by someone I trust, and because, well…Patreon. 🤢

Do any of you have experience with Ghost, and suggestions about whether/how best to make such a transition? It’d be a big lift, but I’m willing to make the effort if it’d be a more pleasant experience for me and my readers.

Just seeing that they are threatening Wikipedia's tax exempt status. The one good thing on the internet, the one healthy way we have of interacting with information.
https://www.theverge.com/news/656720/ed-martin-dc-attorney-wikipedia-nonprofit-threat

#USPol #Wikipedia

I'm not sure anyone would feel safe being operated on by a 'video-surgeon.' The same goes for being flown by 'vibe-pilots' or rescued by 'vibe-firefighters.' The idea behind 'vibe-coding'—that someone can build an entire product with minimal technical knowledge—isn't just unrealistic, it's dangerously misleading. This hype isn't just naive; it's reckless.

Can you believe that
you are here, and I am here,
and we can share and communicate together,
and no billionaires were involved in this happening or continuing in any ways?

How fraking fantastic is this!

#Mastodon #Fediverse

launch lancement

@lesrevoltes x @subMedia

Projection du premier épisode de la nouvelle série documentaire de
@subMedia, InterRebellium. Le tout sera suivi d'une discussion. La
projection et la discussion seront en anglais.

Screening of the first episode of @subMedia 's new documentary series, InterRebellium. Followed by a discussion. The screening and discussion will be in English.

Friday, May 2 at 7:30 p.m @ Les Révoltes (2035 St-Laurent, second floor)

InterRebellium cover the 2019 Estallido Social in so-called Chile.
During that time, sub.media has been collaborating with anarchists on the ground to compile footage, coordinate and film interviews, and weave it all together. This has been a very rich and rewarding process, and they’re very excited to release their first film.

InterRebellium is a multipart documentary series examining the global wave of uprisings that shook the world from late 2018 to mid 2020. The project aims to tell the stories of these uprisings from the perspective of their participants, and to compile and critically examine some of their tactical and strategic innovations, successes, and shortcomings. The lessons gleaned from these revolts often came at an incredibly high cost, and it’s vital that they be passed along to the next generation of militants to help sharpen future revolts against capitalism, colonialism and the state.

Hey Sac-Town folks! Come out and celebrate our solidarity with some great tunes, radical books and other cool vendors!

Now the regime is arresting judges. https://apnews.com/article/immigration-judge-arrested-7997186bbca5730e70a25f2347e631f6

“If a worker committed the kind of incompetence that WorkComposer did, this data might be used to fire them,” EFF’s José told @Gizmodo of a massive bossware data breach. “WorkComposer, too, should be out of a job.” https://gizmodo.com/an-employee-surveillance-company-leaked-over-21-million-screenshots-online-2000593880

The Good Law Project is fundraising to challenge the UK Supreme Court's recent ruling on in the European Court of Human Rights.

If you are unaware, the ruling of the UK Supreme Court was that under the Equality Act 2010, 'sex' was to be interpreted as 'biological sex', rather than gender. This upended over a decade of existing practice and interpretation.

If you are able to contribute, please do: this ruling was devastating blow to the community, undermining our expectations and safety.

https://goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/supreme-court-human-rights-for-trans-people

Boosts would be welcome - the more people see this, the better the chances of them hitting their goal.

#Trans
#TransRights
#CrowdfFunding
#UKpol
#SupremeCourt
#Discrimination
#EqualityAct2010