Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

KOSA lets the government decide what’s “safe” to read online. That’s not protection—it’s censorship. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/kids-online-safety-act-will-make-internet-worse-everyone

Support forums. LGBTQ resources. Mental health info. KOSA puts it all at risk. Content will disappear—not just for kids, but for everyone. Tell the Senate to reject KOSA: https://act.eff.org/action/don-t-let-congress-decide-what-we-re-allowed-to-read-online

"We cannot meaningfully engage in self government when we don't know what the government is doing," Lauren Harper told NPR's 1A show.

The National Archives "plays a key role in ensuring that the public has access to information about government activities."

https://the1a.org/segments/the-national-archives-and-the-trump-administration-2/

Because nothing else is 5 bucks anymore. Not fast food. Not eggs. Not iced coffee. But, you can get a mystery bundle of radical reads for $5 each! The Grab Bag and Grab Box Sale is back thru 6/1! You pick the vibe—we pick the books. Get 4 for $20 or 20 for $100. Dozens of categories are available. Please note: This sale cannot be combined with any other discounts.
Shop the sale here: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_list&c=243

We are proud of InterRebellium. For the better part of a year we coordinated with anarchists and anticolonial activists in Chile and the diaspora. We were able to make full-length documentary about the 2019 transit fare hike uprising for under 2000 CAD which we had originally budgeted for a 30 minute film. In film making terms, this is next to nothing. We’re eternally grateful to the comrades who donated and those who volunteered film interviews and were only reimbursed for travel expenses and recording equipment.

The reality of the situation is financially we are running on fumes. We stretch our budget and use every dollar donated as efficiently as we can. We’re motivated by our desire to make as much revolutionary content as possible to inspire people to action, to educate new anarchists and to inject a sense of revolutionary optimism into our movements. The bulk of our funding comes from people just like you who donate 20 USD per month or less. If you’re one of the people who already donates, we can’t thank you enough. If you recently found us by seeing a screening of InterRebellium or a This Day in Anarchist History we invite you to check out the rest of our over 20 year catalog of radical media. If you’ve watched our videos for awhile and never donated please consider making a one time donation or becoming a monthly sustainer at sub.media/donate

Good to see that at least one FCC commissioner still understands the First Amendment and will speak up loudly in its defense.

https://www.wral.com/story/fcc-commissioner-rips-a-weaponized-agency-punishing-news-outlets-trump-dislikes/22008631/

"Microsoft, for example, cancelled Khan’s email address, forcing the prosecutor to move to Proton Mail, a Swiss email provider, ICC staffers said. His bank accounts in his home country of the U.K. have been blocked."

When you mention to companies or other people the power the U.S. government has over Microsoft, you usually come across as paranoid. We need to get back control.

As an individual user try https://cryptpad.fr (CryptPad) for your personal documents.

#digitalautonomy #icc

I'm not on Bluesky.

I learned from the past.

I'm not investing my time and energy (and data) again in another platform that could get bought by Elon Musk (or another malevolent billionaire) tomorrow.

Incredible (but predictable) : #Microsoft has blocked the International Criminal Court's access (#ICC) to its services on the orders of the #Trump mafia.

Read that carefully : an international organisation that has no presence in the United States and no US legal rights has had its work tools blocked simply because it disagrees with the Trump administration. 🚩

Get the hell out of it right now.

› https://apnews.com/article/icc-trump-sanctions-karim-khan-court-a4b4c02751ab84c09718b1b95cbd5db3

#Facism #Autocraty #Criminal #BigTech

Pack Your Corporate Social Media Go Bag

If you use #Bluesky or #Substack have an escape plan!

As repeatedly demonstrated, corporate platforms are vulnerable. Will you be ready when they inevitably bend to data exploitation, political manipulation and censorship? Has it already started?

Have a plan to evacuate to Public Social Media. Create backup accounts on #Mastodon and #Ghost and use them as secondaries. Be prepared. Begin building your online presence free from corporate overlords.

“Direct capture is a scam, carbon capture is a scam, blue hydrogen is a scam, and electrofuel is a scam. These are all scam technologies that do nothing for the climate or air pollution,”
https://heimildin.is/grein/24581/climeworks-capture-fails-to-cover-its-own-emissions/

Congratulations to @jamiem and the @mayfirst community for this beautiful report on getting out of the Google ecosystem! https://mayfirst.coop/en/post/2025/cutting-the-cord/

Your right to know deserves a plan. We just published ours.

Read our 2025-2026 strategic plan:

https://freedom.press/about/announcements/freedom-of-the-press-foundations-2025-2026-strategic-plan/

There's no tariff on bribes, apparently. https://www.patreon.com/BrianMcFadden

This proposal is a tax on American TV viewers, forcing them to buy new, DRM-laden TVs to continue accessing a public resource. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/fcc-must-reject-broadcast-drm

🟠 This week's Clässïk Tom the Dancing Bug:
GOD-MAN and his adorable sidekick GOD-GIRL!
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https://www.gocomics.com/tomthedancingbug/2025/05/15

https://calendrier.constellationmtl.net/event/salon-du-livre-anarchiste-anarchist-bookfair

HBD to storyteller, folk singer, and anarchist, Utah Phillips. Phillips spent his life amplifying the voices of workers, wanderers, and radicals. His songs weren’t just music—they were living history. Check out Utah Phillips’ work at the link in our bio.

"Birthright citizenship" says what it is right in the name. Unfortunately, Habeas Corpus and Emoluments Clause are nerd words.

A colleague misheard a patient listing their medical history. They then searched for the nonexistent acronym they misheard. Their search engine's 'AI assistant' dutifully made up* a matching condition. They did not realise the result was from the 'AI' and brought it to a meeting......

Use of LLMs as the default first item for search is dangerous.

(Yes this was a teaching moment)

*A conflation of real conditions in a trenchcoat