Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

“Yuck”: #Wikipedia pauses #AI summaries after editor revolt - https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/yuck-wikipedia-pauses-ai-summaries-after-editor-revolt/

#Trump’s war on knowledge requires re-inventing academic publishing as #diamond #openaccess - https://walledculture.org/trumps-war-on-knowledge-requires-re-inventing-academic-publishing-as-diamond-open-access/ time to fight back

Israeli army officers refuse to serve in ‘unnecessary, eternal war’ in Gaza - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/11/israeli-government-orders-must-not-be-obeyed-idf-intelligence-officers "41 signatories say government’s orders are ‘clearly illegal’ and hostages have been given ‘death sentence’" #kudos to them

Solidarity with Los Angeles! Arson attack on multiple NYPD vehicles.
Multiple NYPD cars were set on fire in the early, early morning of Thursday June 12th. The cars were just waiting there, practically begging for a new makeover! Tips on replicating this can be found on most counterinfo sites or just common knowledge; this was way easy. And so fun. Apo
https://neversleep.noblogs.org/post/2025/06/12/solidarity-with-los-angeles-arson-attack-on-multiple-nypd-vehicles/
#arson #Brooklyn #NYPD

White House press corps asks Fascist Barbie some mildly challenging questions. She can't take it, and bails out of her daily propaganda fest.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/leavitt-storms-out-of-press-briefing-over-free-speech-grilling/

We have pushed a new newsletter to our members (please read the e.V.-internal news there as well) and a reduced version to our blog: https://blog.codeberg.org/letter-from-codeberg-we-love-our-new-infrastructure.html

We talk about the infrastructure changes we have done recently and provide an update about our plans for quota, give a summary of other changes and finally, share our #CommunitySpotlight.

Good morning Fedi friends!

I'm currently packing my suitcase - destination: Amsterdam! Tomorrow I have the great honor of speaking on a panel at @publicspaces about the Fediverse: https://conference.publicspaces.net/en/session/engagement-strategies-of-the-fediverse

And right after, in the same room, there will be this superb panel: "No Musk, Zuckerberg or Trump can shut us down" feat. @bjoernsta and @andypiper (just reading the title makes me erupt in applause).

Wishing everyone a great day! 🌞

#PublicSpaces

A #question to #audio freaks:

can you recommend a #microphone setup for recording #birds on nearby trees?

I'd like to be able to extract a clean #sound later, but there's always the rustling of leaves, the hum of a tractor somewhere, sometimes other animals.

#Blackbirds make amazing sound effects and I want to have a collection os jingles for app notifications before their mating season ends.

#bird #nature #NatureLovers #birdwatching #AskFedi

I went to a talk lately that was mostly about something else, but the speaker came out with:

“If you only remember one thing from this talk, remember this. Everyone in this room who likes helping people, raise your hand.”

Every hand, or nearly every hand, went up.

“If you like asking other people for help, keep your hand up.”

Almost every hand went back down.

“As you can see, people like helping you. When you ask for help, you’re making them feel good, even if you don’t like asking.”

I’ve genuinely forgotten the rest of the presentation but I won’t forget that.

Trump's generals, disgracing the uniforms they wear, are following orders. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/06/silence-generals/683106/?gift=otEsSHbRYKNfFYMngVFweC9SKhWuL8c7oypTub1ifvo

Reposting this Facebook post from Castenada's Market in Windsor, Calif. Please read. 👇

Military.com - Uniformed troops in the audience for the president’s Fort Bragg speech were handpicked for their political leanings and physical appearance (“no fat soldiers”), while MAGA merchandise was sold on site. https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/06/11/bragg-soldiers-who-cheered-trumps-political-attacks-while-uniform-were-checked-allegiance-appearance.html

“The news norms that facilitate democratic life may also facilitate its undoing.”

Important new book by Nik Usher and Jessica C. Hagman, "Amplifying Extremism: Small Town Politicians, Media Storms, and American Journalism" -- free download (apparently for a limited time).

https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/how-american-journalism-amplifies-extremism-its-not-the-way-you-think/

Always remember

- Age verification is deanonymization
- Deanonymization is censorship

There is no nuance on this

https://icosahedron.website/@bstacey/114666162022621001

"Without a commitment to documenting truth, all that’s left is propaganda."

As Big Journalism mostly bows to Trump and normalizes his extremism and crimes, a very few journalists are doing what's needed -- standing up to give us the reality and the context. Molly White (https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff) is a brilliant example.

https://www.citationneeded.news/it-matters-i-care/

Boosting an upcoming online event this weekend focussing on alternative funding models for the Solidarity Economy. Hosted by HUMANS ("Humans United in Mutual Aid Networks" - based in Madison but with links worldwide).

https://mutualaidnetwork.org/event/humans-june-solidarity-summit-2025-06-14-2025-06-15-27/page/introduction-humans-march-solidarity-summit-copy

Could be relevant to those of us with an interest in alternative currency / finance and solidarity networks.

Schedule: https://mutualaidnetwork.org/event/humans-june-solidarity-summit-2025-06-14-2025-06-15-27/agenda

Lots of interesting links on their participant map: https://padlet.com/steph280/solidarity-summit-action-map-the-human-family-i0f3qaq50vzmkl0w

Hey... you (ᵘˢᶦⁿᵍ ᵗʰᵉ ᴳᵉⁿᵉʳᵃᵗᶦᵛᵉ ᴬᴵ). Write the damn email yourself. Take the notes for the meeting yourself. It's not that hard. Also, stop fooling yourself, you're not THAT busy.

'Tech giants’ carbon emissions up 150% with AI growth'
https://www.energymonitor.ai/news/international-telecommunication-union-operational-emissions/

The deployment of federal agencies to LA may be getting the headlines, but many of the most serious abuses have come from local police.

We helped lead a letter to the LAPD and LASD reminding them of journalists' rights and the liability they're risking.

https://media.freedom.press/media/documents/LAPD_LASD_letter_06112025.pdf

Today is June 11, the annual day of action in solidarity with long-term anarchist prisoners. As we mobilize to defend our communities from ICE and DHS, our thoughts are also with Marius Mason, Monica Caballero, and other captured comrades.

Abolish prisons. Freedom for all.

https://june11.noblogs.org/

Background on the history of June 11, which has been observed for 25 years:

http://crimethinc.com/June11