Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Musk dishing out his BS on Mars to the ignorant Fox News host and its viewers, by revealing that the Sun will destroy earth in a few million years and hence we need to build a city on Mars.

The Fox host was clueless about the science of the Sun and how it will get brighter and destroy life of earth ... in about a billion years. I suppose Fox folks don't read Wikipedia. And they probably think that they are getting to a ticket to Mars very soon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Em4QyUuLUU
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun#Life_phases

one of the reasons the AI bros have noticeably upped trotting out bogus arguments about the hyperscalers' ghastly environmental damage (arguments they nicked from bitcoiners) is that discontent at their bullshit is going mainstream

example: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/chatgpt-is-everywhere-environmental-costs-oped

A Palestinian-American journalist was interrogated at the border about her reporting, but she refuses to stay silent.

Journalists must continue to speak up about these abuses.

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/5/5/fear-and-intimidation-at-newark-airport

Anybody have experience with WP Beaver Builder? Want to help a lefty journalist figure out how to use it to update her website? I just tried and failed 😟

It's shameful that six weeks after Ozturk was abducted we're fighting about jurisdiction.

It should take any judge anywhere in the United States seconds to rule that people can't be imprisoned for writing op-eds.

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/07/g-s1-64726/federal-court-rules-student-rumeysa-ozturk-detention-vermont-challenge

Free in ~13 hours? Swing by "Co-op Kite-flying", an informal drop-in to talk about Co-op Cloud (that's us!)

☁️ Ask your questions about the project
☁️ Get help with anything you're stuck on
☁️ Share your ideas for new apps or new features

Same links as usual:

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

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

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

#KiteFlyingHours #CoopCloud

– 3wordchant

Seven states have right-to-repair laws to date. If you’re in Washington, urge Gov. Ferguson to sign HB 1483 and SB 5680 and make your state the eighth to join this elite club! https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/washingtons-right-repair-bill-heads-governor

A major FOIA win by FPF debunks the Trump administration's excuse for deporting Venezuelans and rolling back DOJ’s rules protecting journalists and sources.

The now-public memo it called a “threat” just contradicted its narrative.

Watch Lauren Harper explain.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3CTuVtJRecQ

"Congress mandated VOA to report reliable and authoritative news, not outsource its journalism to outlets aligned with the president's agenda," VOA White House bureau chief Patsy Widakuswara and press freedom editor Jessica Jerreat said in a joint statement.

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/07/nx-s1-5389453/kari-lake-says-oans-far-right-coverage-will-fuel-voice-of-america

Trump administration plans to shutter money-saving Energy Star program - https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/07/trump-administration-plans-to-shutter-money-saving-energy-star-program/ of course; after all, who wants to save money?

“We’ve crushed fascism before and we’ll crush it again.” A 98-year-old WWII veteran demolishes a Tesla with a Sherman tank. (Love the replays from several camera angles.) https://kottke.org/25/05/wwii-vet-crushes-a-tesla-with-a-sherman-tank

Excited to announce my next farm video, Ten Crops You Can Plant & Harvest Faster Than NC Judge Jefferson Griffin Can Lose An Election

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/republican-jefferson-griffin-concedes-nc-supreme-court-race-rcna205358

The next time you come across body-worn cameras or another piece of tech on your city council’s agenda or police department’s budget, take a closer look to see what other strings and surveillance tools might be attached.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/beware-bundle-companies-are-banking-becoming-your-police-departments-favorite

⚫️😷⚫️ NEW LEE REED LYRIC VIDEO!

#BlackMask is from Lee's new LP #PitchforksAndTorches - available everywhere you 🎧🎶 this Friday May 9, or right now at StrangeFamousRecords.Bandcamp.com!

🎞️: subMedia

#StrangeFamous!

https://kolektiva.media/w/hxdXuu6J7gEs1FvSSLQ4tv

Hi!
We're #newhere and exited to talk to you about #FLOSS, working in #techcooperatives, our #software project LAUTI - Open Source Community Calendar and much more.
We're based in Stuttgart, Germany and already run a community calendar there called EINTOPF.

Hi!
Wir sind neu hier und freuen uns mit euch über #FLOSS, IT #Kollektivbetriebe, unser Software Projekt LAUTI - Open Source Community Kalender und vieles mehr auszutauschen.
Wir sind aus Stuttgart und betreiben dort den Kalender EINTOPF.

#Trump administration to stop US research on space pollution, in boon to Elon #Musk - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/07/space-pollution-elon-musk "#SpaceX and #Starlink owner may benefit from Trump cuts to projects that could have led to regulations and costs" amazing coincidence....

Trump plans to announce US will call #Persian Gulf ‘#Arabian Gulf’, officials say - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/07/trump-rename-persian-arabian-gulf #trump is like a child with a pencil, crossing things out....

Setting a crucial precedent, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that consumers can sue national or multinational companies in the consumers’ home courts if those companies violate state data privacy laws. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/ninth-circuit-hands-users-big-win-californians-can-sue-out-state-corporations

Cool. Now, cosponsor the PRESS Act.

https://swalwell.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/swalwell-blumenthal-reintroduce-journalist-protection-act-defend-free

if we were not idiots, gen AI would be driving us to turn colleges into Socratic spaces. everything would be in-person, synchronous, analog. writing would be blue book. we’d discuss (rather than rate) one another’s work. any “homework” would be productive projects, for which use of any tool is fine.