Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

As I have noted on more than one occasion: it's easy to get an American liberal to support reactionary conservative politicians - just so long as they are from some other country, ideally one with a left-leaning government.

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Just an FYI: Machado winning the Peace Prize is the committee kowtowing to Trump without actually giving him the prize directly - they are helping the admin make the moral case for a military invasion of Venezuela.

https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/top-trump-officials-ramp-up-pressure-for-military-strikes-in-venezuela-to-oust-maduro/

And what is it that the conservative "Iron Lady" of Venezuela so opposed to? You know, nasty things like this:

https://venezuelanalysis.com/interviews/chavezs-legacy-in-action-the-palmarito-afro-descendant-commune-part-v/

The Guardian buries the real story in the last two paragraphs of their article (quote below)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/10/venezuelan-politician-maria-corina-machado-wins-nobel-peace-prize

Depending on your definition, you might say that crypto is having a bit of a glowup moment rn, with all the official adoption by the current admin (which would have likely happened much the same had the other party won, fwiw). And yet, while the speculators are banking W after W, I don't hear A THING from the DAO people. Where did they all go? Have they all just blocked me, or are there still some true believers out there trying to "trustlessly" do...something or another?
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/10/time-bomb-how-uninsured-stablecoins-and-crypto-derivatives-threaten-financial-and-economic-stability.html

Can I ask people to send me some spare good vibes, prayers and juju tonight?

I’m facing a few very serious threats to my survival and baseline right now that I haven’t been able to talk about.

I’m working on an article.

I’m trying to ask for help.

But right now I could just use some hope from anyone with spoons to spare.

#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

I wrote about Riyadh and Sun City: https://brendanhalpin.com/aint-gonna-play-sun-city

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.

😆

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.