Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

I love how the second part of Banksy's newest mural, which is a comment on censorship and oppression, was done by the very people he is critiquing.

Their response was predictable, and relied upon, and imho has created a masterpiece.

Is this solvable? Of course it is.

We're a big country with a lot of good farmland, skilled people, and wealth to invest in doing the job right.

The only thing standing in our way is ourselves- a fear of trust-busting, and nostalgia that blinds us to how agriculture & wealth really work.

Turning Point USA's history of racism and white nationalist ties | Media Matters for America https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/turning-point-usas-history-racism-and-white-nationalist-ties #kirk #WhiteSupremacy #DidNaziThatComing

Re the murder of Charlie Kirk, please read this thread by Ken White, a former prosecutor and strong defender of human rights in the age of goon-filled regimes like our current one:

https://mastodon.social/@kenwhite.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy/115181576166347676

Screenshot of first post:

📢📢📢 abra v0.11.x is here 📢📢📢

TLDR; `abra upgrade` 👍

Upgrade docs:
https://docs.coopcloud.tech/abra/upgrade/

Changelog:
https://git.coopcloud.tech/toolshed/abra/releases/tag/0.11.0-beta

0.10.x-beta 👉 0.11.x-beta migration guide:
https://docs.coopcloud.tech/abra/upgrade/#10x-beta-011x-beta

A huge thanks to everyone who helped get this release done ❤️‍🔥

Happy Hacking 🫂

-- @decentral1se

It’s unsurprising that Eugene police have been crediting all their successes to license-plate readers, EFF’s Sarah Hamid told Lookout Eugene-Springfield; police often do that when Flock contracts are the subject of public outrage. “That is play-for-play from the playbook.” https://lookouteugene-springfield.com/story/justice/2025/09/10/voices-grow-louder-in-debate-over-license-plate-reader-technology/

Journalists are being massacred in Gaza and the U.S. is doing nothing to stop the bloodbath it’s bankrolling.

Use our easy new tool to tell Congress you’re fed up with the government’s inaction.

https://freedom.press/issues/israelgaza/

* When searching for support online, you will get wide ranging advice. Often multiple suggestions might solve a problem. But if a suggestion starts with "Now open a terminal..." put a pin in that one, and start with one that solves your problem with graphical tools.

* With a modern Linux distro, a regular desktop user should be able to do everything they need to use their computer normally without ever opening a terminal. If not, it's a shortcoming in the distro. 2/2

A giant in the civil liberties field! We all owe a debt of gratitude to Cindy Cohn for her indelible leadership at @eff for so many years (and for being our legal counsel at FPF since our founding in 2012).

https://www.wired.com/story/eff-cindy-cohn-stepping-down/

Can't wait to hear Kansas prison officials explain how newspaper subscriptions threaten incarcerated people's safety.

https://kansasreflector.com/2025/09/08/kansas-prisons-reject-newspaper-subscriptions-blindsiding-publishers-and-cutting-off-information/

🔴 Brand new comic now up on Boing Boing.
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RFK Jr.’s Brain Worm presents…
THE HISTORY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
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https://boingboing.net/2025/09/10/tom-the-dancing-bug-rfk-jr-s-brain-worm-presents-the-history-of-medical-science.html

Great news that the absurd RICO charges against Cop City protesters got thrown out.

Prosecutors called everything from talking to reporters to recording cops to using encryption part of a conspiracy.

We wrote about the threat to press freedom in 2023.

https://theintercept.com/2023/09/11/cop-city-indictments-protest-press-freedom/

I still regularly attend a local Linux Users' Group I joined over 20 years ago. Last night something happened I hadn't seen in some time--a brand new Linux user showed up with their Thinkpad looking for advice.

She was a Windows 10 user who drew the line at Windows 11 AI's invasion of privacy, and wanted a clean break. Apparently many of her friends are watching her to see how the switch goes. Interesting times...

#Linux #LUG

Firefox hit me today with the fucking AI bot popups

discovered some of the browser .ml .* shit i'd disabled in about:config had *switched back on*

someone at mozilla is playing fuck fuck games with users' preferences

Very late first rehearsal for my presentation at #mrmcd25 and it's not overlong :D I found a few bugs in the slides, too.

TL;not gonna W: #ECS is nicer than object-oriented #programming .

https://talks.mrmcd.net/2025/talk/U87GK7/

3 days until #presentation ...

#mrmcd #rustlang

#Greens call for the arrest of Israeli president Isaac #Herzog - https://greenparty.org.uk/2025/09/09/greens-call-for-the-arrest-of-israeli-president-isaac-herzog/ "accusing him of being part of the “Israeli government engaged in an ongoing #genocide.”" shrewd: will gain a lot of support for this

Proud that @fsfe volunteer Nicole went through this whole process with #sumup about the #GNU #GPL.

Nicole’s efforts show that individuals can have outsized positive impacts on #softwarefreedom, and many little steps like Nicole’s, when taken together, can amount to a large enough movement to further develop the #FreeSoftware movement in a positive direction.

https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20250820-01.en.html

Thanks also to @conservancy and @LaF0rge for all the work they do / did on this.

First my microwave broke. I can’t cook on the stove or oven so I went a few days without food.

Then my loaner microwave broke in a most spectacular fashion that caused anaphylaxis.

Almost as soon as I got a new microwave, construction began in the unit above me which necessitated my leaving the apartment.

Leaving my home is nearly impossible in my current state of health. It costs far too many spoons and finding a safe environment is a herculean task.

I found a place to go, but unfortunately the scented products there triggered another episode of anaphylaxis.

My baseline was demolished.

I finally returned home only to find out my washing machine was broken.

I have severe MCAS and chemical sensitivities. Laundromats, dry cleaners or laundry services are not an option.

I’m in a huge city and there’s not a single service that can guarantee scent free.

So now I’m stuck trying to hand wash my clothes while I’m too weak to stand, when I was supposed to be coming home to recover from multiple setbacks.

This is the life of someone with complex chronic illness.

Stuff that would be barely a blip for a healthy person can absolutely shatter us.

I am shattered.

I’m not writing. I’m barely sleeping. Eating? What’s that? Resting? Gosh knows I’m trying but it eludes me as well.

I want to thank everyone who’s helped support me through this. Either logistically or with messages of support.

I’m feeling pretty down but this community is keeping me going.

You guys lift me up and make me feel like I’m making a difference in the world.

When I’m suffering and in pain, that means everything to me.

I will hopefully write about this when I’m feeling better as I’m sure my experience mirrors others. But for now it’s rest, rest and then resting some more!

#chronicillness #mcas #spoonie #disability

Here’s the full video of our #ScienceUnderSiege event earlier today at the @bakerinstitute in Houston TX:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbpVl82GVhM

Texas punishes university for teaching reality after student complains that it goes against Trump's dictates. https://archive.md/RipBU

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”