Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

@mackiwg and, incidentally, for about the same cost as what our single MailChimp account would currently cost us annually, we're making 54 separate web services - including all of the services for a full online university - available to our learners and our educator community, serving at least 100 million visitors/year. I think our approach is revolutionary in the midst of this 'cost of living' crisis most of us find ourselves in.

I should note, too, that Mautic is far more powerful in many ways than MailChimp, and is fully #libre. If you want see an earlier case study on our use of Mautic, see https://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/5763/5600 and search for 'CastStudy' - it's a peer-reviewed journal paper we wrote a few years back.

Huh, how time flies. 6 or 7 years ago, at the OER Foundation, for whom I work as Open Source Technologist, we decided to replace our MailChimp with, eventually, a self-hosted instance of Mautic (https://mautic.org) to communicate with learners taking courses in our online open university courses (https://oeru.org)... We made the change when we had about 5k contact. We now have 66k. Wondering how much we're saving every year...

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Is Disney is pulling a head fake by "reinstating" Kimmel show? With scores of Trump-ified affiliates still refusing to air it, Disney could announce soon that it can no longer afford to keep the program going.

In other words, don't assume that Bob Iger has grown a spine.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/09/disney-abc-reinstate-jimmy-kimmel-amid-uproar-over-government-censorship/

A reminder that the most corrupt president in American history controls the most corrupt Supreme Court in American history.

There has never been anything remotely like this.

https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/09/supreme-court-allows-trump-to-fire-ftc-commissioner/

Healthy forests in protected Indigenous territories could help reduce the risk of certain illnesses for humans, a new study shows.

Researchers found that Indigenous territories can effectively reduce the risk of vector-borne or zoonotic diseases if they’re located in municipalities with at least 40% forest cover.

by Constance Malleret
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/protecting-indigenous-amazon-lands-may-also-protect-public-health-study-says/

#news #indigenouspeople #forests #zoonoticdiseases #health

Disappointing to see the UN climate boss so lost on this

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/22/ai-carries-risks-but-will-help-tackle-global-heating-says-uns-climate-chief

#climate

Meta admits that some categories of speech aren’t eligible for recommendation. Abortion content doesn’t clearly fit those rules, but content creators who use their platforms to spread educational information about abortion are feeling the consequences of being shadowbanned anyway. https://www.eff.org/pages/algorithmic-suppression-abortion-content-creators

#MAGA’s Big Miscalculation - https://www.techdirt.com/2025/09/22/magas-big-miscalculation/ "over 70% of Americans now view immigration positively, while Trump’s deportation policies poll in the 30s."

“When we’re talking about LGBTQ content creators and queer content online, what we're talking about is an algorithmic silencing of this content,” EFF’s Paige Collings told the Bay Area Reporter - even as anti-LGBTQ hate content proliferates on the same platforms. https://www.ebar.com/story/158296/News/Queer%20SF%20content%20creators%20say%20Instagram%20applies%20double%20standard%20to%20LGBTQs

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Republican Freedom Fighters. They've snitched to more people's bosses by 6am than you will in an entire lifetime. https://www.gocomics.com/brian-mcfadden/2025/09/22

What a beautiful morning!🌺

I feel happy, energized, and full of so much love. I was with @aral , helping our ppl in northern #gaza move to more stable places. Yesterday, we covered the costs of displacement, transportation, & tents for 6 families, & today Aral will continue for the rest of the families.
I feel so much love, comfort, & peace of mind knowing they'll be in places where we can feel more reassured abt their safety.

Thanks to all the donors. I've so much love & respect for you.

Tylenol in pregnancy doesn’t cause autism.

There isn’t an “epidemic of autism”.

Autism is not the fault of the mother or the child.

RFK Jr has not “cracked” autism.

Whatever they announce tomorrow, it won’t be based in science or truth.

It won’t help anyone.

Stay vigilant, follow the science and support the neurodivergent community.

Karoline Leavitt confirmed that the US will take control of TikTok’s algorithm in the coming days.

With X being run by a literal Nazi who bought an election, and Meta having bent a knee to Trump… people should be very worried about this development.

Control social media, control the masses. It’s a hallmark of fascism.

Puking in my mouth, hearing about the lionisation of Charlie Kirk. So entirely wrong. He's no hero. Just an unfortunate, loud-mouthed wrong-thinking instigator.

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#UK recognises #Palestine as an independent state | UK news | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/21/uk-recognises-palestine-as-an-independent-state

#Politics

Any San Francisco kid under the age of 5 can get a free book mailed to them every month under a new partnership announced Friday by city officials and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.

The first book that all children will receive in the mail, addressed to them, is The Little Engine That Could.

https://www.kqed.org/news/12055693/dolly-partons-imagination-library-launches-in-san-francisco

Families can enroll their children here:

https://sfdec.org/imagination-library/