Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

#Mastodon feature request: you know how you can opt in to a confirmation dialog before you boost a post or you publish media without #AltText?

I think it would be WONDERFUL if there could be a prompt to ask: "are you sure you want to boost this?" when you're about to boost a post that has a picture without #AltText...

Because the "Explore" page makes me a little bit angry when I see EVERY SINGLE DAY the same accounts posting screenshots that do not contain any alt text descriptions. Not cool 😒

"Coops4Coops is a growing, embeddable digital directory that connects co-operatives offering services to other co-operatives across Canada. Built by and for the co-operative movement, the platform addresses a persistent challenge in our sector: the fragmentation and regional silos that limit inter-cooperation and leader co-operatives to default to non-cooperative suppliers."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du_CHFrS82g

Just had to turn off the stupid AI bullshit on @DuckDuckGo for the third time. It used to remember my settings, but I guess they care more about trying to jam AI down our throats than about respecting their users choices.

From the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker:

Update: Chicago journalists and press groups won a temporary restraining order today, restricting federal agents’ violent tactics in response to protests outside an ICE facility in Illinois.

https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/journalist-shot-with-pepper-balls-at-illinois-ice-facility-protest/

hmm this Art. it speaks to me

🎉LEGISLATIVE VICTORY🎉
We’re glad Gov. Newsom signed AB 566, which makes it easy for Californians to tell companies what they want to happen with their own personal information. The easier it is to exercise your rights, the more power you have.

It's official — a court ruled that the public's interest in knowing if Elon Musk has a security clearance and access to classified information outweighs any potential privacy interests.

Great FOIA ruling in favor of The New York Times.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.639038/gov.uscourts.nysd.639038.21.0.pdf

It's becoming increasingly clear to me that Reflect Orbital's fucking stupid giant mirror satellite, with absolutely NOTHING useful to offer, which will cause countless safety issues, ecological disasters, and destroy the night sky, is going to launch.

A bunch of astronomers and I have sent out a fact sheet about them to a bunch of journalists, but very few are going to write about this. So, let me try posting it all here.

Here's what I know about Reflect Orbital and all the downsides:

We're excited to announce that @altstore has joined the fediverse! Their innovative implementation of ActivityPub allows you to follow updates from your favorite apps, demonstrating a new way to bring more apps to the open social web.

We extend our heartfelt gratitude for their generous donation, in support of our mission to create an open and safe social internet.

Welcome to the fediverse family, AltStore!

https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/07/alternative-app-store-altstore-raises-6m-connects-with-the-fediverse/

#Mastodon #Fediverse #AltStore

The only rich comedian I want to hear from is Rich Hall's Sniglets. https://patreon.com/BrianMcFadden

Drawing inflatable costumes is easier and more pleasant than drawing the gerontocracy's necks.

The day after a Yankees elimination, it's fun to imagine every vocal fan of that vile team wearing Rudy Giuliani's brace and Curtis Sliwa's beret.

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The Oregon national guard general says if the Oregon National guard were to be deployed they would be instructed under his leadership to protect the protesters not ICE.

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Here is the Web URL for the site archiving ICE arrests, that Apple is now censoring from their app store

https://eyesupapp.com/

Spread the word.

If you are a progressive talking about immigration, please try to frame your messaging as follows:

Immigration is, according to a load of studies, an overall benefit to the economy. But we all know from personal experience that ‘good for the economy’ is not always good for individuals. Immigration can suppress wages, at least in the short term and in local areas, because immigrants are easier to exploit than a lot of other groups. They’re unplugged from any support networks they had growing up, they may not be aware of all of their rights (they may have fewer legal rights), they may miss nuances of language, and so on. And this means that unscrupulous businesses can under pay, over work, and otherwise take advantage of them.

This is even more true of refugees (who literally don’t have anywhere else to go) and people on work visas sponsored by their employers (and so are dependent on their employer’s good will to remain). Work visas that allow partners to come over but not work places more pressure on the single wage earner and makes them even more dependent on their employer.

By creating a class of people that are easy to exploit, unscrupulous businesses can make you directly compete in the labour market with people who have no choice but to accept conditions that you would find unacceptable.

If you’re worried about immigrants taking your jobs, the solution to this is to provide stronger worker rights for immigrants and big penalties for any employer who is found to have violated minimum wage laws. It’s to end loopholes where people act as employees but have the rights of self-employed workers. It’s to make sure that people on high-skills visas can easily move jobs and must be paid a fair market wage.

When someone is demonising immigrants, it’s because they benefit from having an exploitable underclass. The more afraid immigrants are, the easier it is for employers to take advantage of them. And it’s hard for you to compete in the job market against people who have no choice except to accept whatever terms their employer offers.

Good day all! I'm super excited that tomorrow Friday 10th of October at 0800 Eastern UTC-4 I'll be talking with @_elena !

I'm sure everyone knows her, but if not:

Italian filmmaker, photographer and writer based in Paris, France who ❤️ #FOSS

🎬 Director of: The Illusionists documentary + a Fediverse promotional video (https://news.elenarossini.com/fediverse-video/)

Watch the show live:
#Owncast #Livestream - https://stream.firesidefedi.live

After the show:
#Peertube #VOD - https://video.firesidefedi.live
#Castopod #Fedicast - https://audio.firesidefedi.live

#Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@btfree_org

All #Links - https://firesidefedi.live

#stream #interview #firesideFedi #FsF #people #peopleOverPlatforms #protocolsOverPlatforms #fedi #fediverse #open #internet #openInternet #podcast #peertube #vod #castopod #boostplease #fedizen #btfree

If you're enjoying the show, please consider supporting our new nonprofit btfree.org at https://givebutter.com/btfree. We're currently running https://tubefree.org which is a moderated peertube open for signups right now!

@laboratoriodemedios is a finalist in the IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Challenge 🎉

Please vote and support our friends at the Red Abya Yala Toolkit project 💗 You can leave a like/comment on the video and it counts as a vote.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMFdcHD-Z1U

It's a great project which (re-)uses low-cost small desktop computers which can run on solar power and runs our config commons to support community managed self-hosting!

-- d1

They say "rights," we say "restrictions" #DRM are not for your digital /rights/, they are /restrictions/ imposed on you. Celebrate your own intellect by staying away from DRM. Learn more about DRM-free living at https://u.fsf.org/44y

☀ India shines brighter than ever! 🌍
With 125 GW of solar energy capacity, our nation has become the 3rd largest solar power producer in the world — paving the way for a greener and more sustainable future💚⚡

#SolarPower #RenewableEnergy #SustainableIndia #CleanEnergy #GreenFuture #SolarIndia #GoGreen #EnergyRevolution #SolarPanels #ClimateAction #EcoFriendly #IndiaProgress #SolarMission #GreenEnergy #FutureIsSolar #SustainabilityGoals #EnvironmentFirst #PowerOfSun #MakeInIndia #SolarGrowth

Coming to cyberspace near you in ~6.5 hours:

Let's Check Out Some Software That's Not Co-op Cloud! 🕵️

Another themed "Kite-Flying" session, our weekly(ish) open community drop-in call.

This week (as well as maybe some other things), we'll be looking at – and maybe even trying out? – some of our cOmPeTiTiOn: other rad #LibreSoftware #hosting platforms.

12:00 UTC today Thursday 9th October

Voice/video call: https://vc.autistici.org/CoopCloudKiteFlying#config.disableAudioLevels=true
Collaborative agenda / notes: https://pad.autonomic.zone/VtyrLUl9RWaJGgEDrncQUw?edit