Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

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He's mocking the people who mock people in rural areas, pointing out their obvious hypocrisy. Living out here in the sticks, I see what he is doing and approve of it. Everyone who's ever said, "That's what you get for voting Republican" when a natural disaster hits a state whose electoral votes went to the Rs should be ashamed of themselves. It's so nasty, I want to think only right-wing plants would express that opinion, to stir up controversy, but idk...

More and more, the Trump administration is accusing journalists of inciting violence or lawlessness by simply reporting the news.

These claims are baseless, but they’re not harmless.

https://freedom.press/issues/no-reporting-is-not-incitement/

Migrants at #Ice jail in #Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’, report alleges - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/21/migrants-miami-ice-jail-abuses "female detainees were made to use toilets in full view of men being held there, and were denied access to gender-appropriate care, showers, or adequate food." #trump

Radio geeks reveal how to access crucial hurricane data after US Department of Defense cut it off - https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/ssmis_satellite_decoder/ "Hams for the win: Amateur-built decoder taps SSMIS satellite data amid NOAA cutoff" #trump

Can someone help me find the thread that talked about furries as a sign of ecological health of online communities?

“The government wants to use me as an example, they want to send a message that people can’t be following ICE operatives or expose what’s happening.”

https://www.ajc.com/news/2025/07/direct-retaliation-hispanic-journalist-detained-by-ice-speaks-out/

Israel’s genocide isn’t just murdering Palestinians en masse, it’s also destroying any semblance of morality or ethics the West might have purported to possess. International law? Bullshit. European values? Trash. Western democracy? A joke.

#israel #unitedStates #germany #europeanUnion #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #internationalLaw #europeanValues #democracy #Palestine #Gaza #WestBank

Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia is the world's largest salt flat, which transforming into 'the world's largest mirror' (used for calibrating the altimeters of Earth observation satellites) during the rainy season, when a thin layer of water covers the surface. This creates a breathtaking natural phenomenon where the sky and clouds are perfectly reflected, offering surreal and stunning views.

Cast member displays Palestinian flag at end of Royal Opera House performance - https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/jul/20/cast-member-displays-palestinian-flag-at-end-of-royal-opera-house-performance "Flag held up during curtain call for Il Trovatore, with attempts to remove it resisted" #bravo #palestine #gazagenocide

‘Everything here is just better’: Ellen DeGeneres confirms she moved to the UK because of Donald #Trump - https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jul/21/ellen-degeneres-uk-move-donald-trump-ntwnfb “Everything here is just better – the way animals are treated, people are polite. I just love it here.”

My background is in #AI and ML, even though I’m not working on it directly now.

One of the reasons is that I’m utterly disgusted by the kind of people who have taken over this field.

These are the same kind of sociopath cynical anarcho-capitalist cryptobros who screwed up the few good ideas about Blockchain and transformed it into just another speculative financial instrument.

And you know why I hate them from the bottom of my heart, why I believe that they have negative added value for society?

Because the previous generations of computer engineers, those who gave us the digital computer, modern operating systems and the Internet, would NEVER get a boner thinking of how many jobs they would have replaced. They didn’t repeat all the times “this will make all employees redundant so I can keep all the money for myself, it’s so beautiful!”

No, their focus was just on building things that improved society.

Not on creating chatbots that consumed as much energy as a country, and dreaming about how long it’d take them to kick people out of jobs and screw their lives.

And they don’t even bother to think on how to prepare anybody for the transition, or how to build a sustainable post-employment world.

No, the only mission of these filthy motherfuckers is to make them and their shareholders disgustingly rich. Millions losing their jobs in the process is just a small collateral effect in the way of their wealth.

These are parasites screwing up one great idea after another just because they need a next-big-thing wagon to jump on and get rich. They are literally reversed Midas who turn whatever they touch into shit.

This kind of people would belong to a psychiatric hospital in a functioning society, but unfortunately in today’s ultracapitalist world they are seen as technological gods - and even inspire new generations of tech enthusiasts to be jerks.

https://gizmodo.com/ai-will-replace-recruiters-and-assistants-in-six-months-says-ceo-behind-chatgpt-rival-2000631871

Non disabled people can’t fathom what it’s like to wake up every day sick & in pain

To know that things aren’t getting “better”

You can’t “try harder” you’re way out of it

We live with things that would send most running for the hospital & we do it while facing intense ableism and discrimination

It’s exhausting. It’s why we fight. It’s why advocacy is so important.

This is horrifying and blatant misogyny and discrimination.

A woman in Tennessee was denied prenatal care because she wasn’t married.

The doctor said it went against their “Christian values”

This in a so called “pro life” state which has enacted an abortion ban as well.

It was never about life, it’s always been about control.

They want people procreating, but they want it to be those they deem the “right” people.

The Christian, white, married people.

Tennessee has the worst maternal mortality in the country.

What a shocker.

https://open.substack.com/pub/wellsrachelm/p/pregnant-woman-in-tennessee-denied?r=19dk2e&utm_medium=ios

#uspol #healthcare #discrimination #ableism #eugenics #pregnancy #misogyny #patriarchy #abortionbans

One of the most revolutionary things you can do right now is demand we feed the hungry, house the homeless, provide healthcare to all and tax the rich.

This is not radical.

It’s not unattainable.

It’s what we owe one another and it is easily doable if we have the political will.

A 15 year old child was thrown in Alligator Alcatraz.

A concentration camp designed to apparently house the worst and most dangerous criminals was where they put a defenceless kid.

Homeland Security is also sending threatening letters to unaccompanied minors telling them if they don’t leave, they will be found and locked up.

They’re targeting children. The elderly. The disabled.

They have no bottom. No morals. No red line.

They must be stopped.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/alligator-alcatraz-teenager-criminal-history-detention-b2791927.html

#immigration #ice #abolishice #fascism #uspol #alligatoralcatraz

Take a long hard look at this graphic, the longest continuous direct measurement of atmospheric carbon dioxide. This is the famous Keeling Curve from the station atop Mauna Loa, Hawaii.
Trump and the GOP are closing the observatory.

https://scripps.ucsd.edu/bluemoon/co2_400/mlo_full_record.png

It hasn't been many years since racists felt mostly obliged to keep their ugly views quiet.

The Trump era has completely reversed that. Now -- with Dear Leader in the front of the parade -- they flaunt their racism, and threaten people who refuse to be bigots.

https://www.reuters.com/sports/trump-threatens-washington-stadium-deal-unless-nfl-team-readopts-redskins-name-2025-07-20/

What to expect from @debian #trixie:

https://michael-prokop.at/blog/2025/07/20/what-to-expect-from-debian-trixie-newintrixie/

Is anyone here on #fiber #internet ?
Did you get a device from your #ISP ?

...is it running #Linux ?

I just realized I can't fnd any sources to the #Telekom Glasfaser Modem on the internet. Did no one ever request the #code under the GPL?

The device is powerful enough to use as a VPN endpoint. #openWRT deserves it!

#AskFedi #licensing #OpenSource #freesoftware