Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Just donated to this effort. https://chuffed.org/project/hope-giving-circle

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By and large, free and open source software projects don't compete with FOSS projects. If your project has more users than mine, than we both win.

Even if a project is developed and "owned" by for-profit companies, that doesn't necessarily hurt other projects.

Non-free software is the competition. Possibly even the enemy.

Another example: both @forgejo and @radicle work on anti-centralized Git project hosting. Both benefit from the existence of the other: the more people see that GitHub isn't the only option for this, the easier both projects will have to convince people to try switching away from the world's most centralized version control system.

The goal is not to have a bigger share of a few people who don't use GitHub. The goal is to have as many people as possible not use GitHub.

@dangillmor

A stark warning from #UCBerkeleyLawDean #ErwinChemerinsky

Professor #Chemerinsky is detailing the ominous implications the Republican House #BudgetReconciliation Bill that just passed

Which will effectively, on a retroactive basis, make #courtorders against the #TrumpAdministration unenforceable

The provision requires a bond (security) to be paid by the plaintiff before enforceable court orders are issued

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/23/2323953/-A-Stark-Warning-from-the-Dean-of-UC-Berkeley-School-of-Law-Edwin-Chemerinsky

A friend is selling her house. The realtor had a photographer come over and then had an LLM write the listing. She counted 37 errors in the listing, including that she has a concrete floor in her livingroom. Apparently, this (dys)functionality is built-in to the MLS system now.

I'm not surprised that Gitlab decided to run off a cliff to follow GitHub:

«AI coding bot allows prompt injection with a pull request»

Everyday I'm more grateful for @Codeberg and @forgejo!

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/24/ai-coding-bot-allows-prompt-injection-with-a-pull-request/

If any other site did this, they would be removed from Google, but because it's Reddit ( https://www.reddit.com/answers/ ), it's allowed. It's AI-generated[1] crap designed to further pollute search results. It's good to see how much a 50-million-dollar deal can ruin the internet

[1] https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/32026729424916-Reddit-Answers-Currently-in-Beta

When Amazon tells you they're replacing actual human narrators at Audible with AI for the glorious cause of accessibility, remember that those assholes regularly rope authors into Audible Exclusive deals, which not only means you can only hear them on Audible, it also means those audiobooks then become inaccessible to PUBLIC LIBRARIES.

It's not about accessibility, it's about the profits.

#Amazon #Audible #AudioBooks

First, they'll ask for your official IDs to confirm your age and identity.

This will create large treasure throve
of sensitive data, which will attract criminals, and will inevitably leak from either negligence or malice, sooner than later.

Then, they'll claim your official ID is
unreliable, because it was stolen so many times, and demand you share your biometric data.

They will collect your face scan,
your palm scan, and even your iris scan (no exaggeration, these are all already being collected by some companies for identification). They will claim it's super safe.

This will create large treasure throve
of sensitive biometric data, which will attract criminals, and will inevitably leak from either negligence or malice, sooner than later.

Then what? Rinse and escalate.

You will have lost control of not just your corporate social media accounts by participating to this, but to any data capable of validating your identity, to your privacy rights, to the protections you could use online to stay safe.

We don't have to wait that it escalates.

We can, and must, push back and say No now. Start to say No now.

#Privacy #Biometrics #DataMinimization #AgeVerification

Brilliant essay -- "The Copilot Delusion" -- on how "AI" is ruining so much, programming in this case.

https://deplet.ing/the-copilot-delusion/

"We’re building a world where that curiosity gets lobotomized at the door."

Now just lay off the CEOs, then https://www.theverge.com/news/673194/tech-ceos-zoom-klarna-replace-earnings

This week's comic: Highly selective health nuts

#health #science #climate #environment

I took a stab at redesigning Massachusetts' stabby flag. https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/5/23/2323880/-Cartoon-Massachusetts-flag-redesigns

#Mountain marvel: how one of biggest #batteries in #Europe uses thousands of gallons of #water to stop blackouts | #Energy industry | The Guardian

#GravitaionalBatteries are very reliable.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/24/europe-battery-gallons-water-dinorwig-wales

#Environment #RenewableEnergy #Renewables #Hydroelectricity #UK #Wales

Live #FacialRecognition #cameras may become ‘commonplace’ as #police use soars | Facial recognition | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/24/police-live-facial-recognition-cameras-england-and-wales

#UK #Surveillance #Privacy #CivilLiberties #HumanRights

> If you think your workers and colleagues are too stupid to recognize good tools that will help them do their jobs better, then... you are a bad leader and should step down. Because you've created a broken culture.

From a scathing but accurate post by @anildash

https://www.anildash.com/2025/04/19/ai-first-is-the-new-return-to-office/

"Indigenous Land defenders are not solely responsible for resisting the colonial death march of extractive industry—the frontlines are everywhere. Don’t wait for permission. Don’t ask for justice. Fight alongside those creating it. Land defenders need immediate material support and brave anti-colonial accomplices."

https://mtlcounterinfo.org/all-eyes-on-the-nehirowisiw-aski/

Tusky on Codeberg / Codeberg on Tusky
#Tusky #Codeberg

@dangillmor Bluesky’s validation form does not require uploading a photo of an identification card.