Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

“Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg" by Rei Takver for @desmog:

https://www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/bill-gates-donated-climate-denier-bjorn-lomborg-copenhagen-consensus-center/

When the economy melts down one of these days, among the culprits will be people like Marc Andreessen and other major backers of the sleazy cryptocurrency industry, both of which got Trump's support after spending wildly to help him win. Their legacy will be toxic. https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-cfpb-marc-andreessen-silicon-valley

. . . he was trained as a carpenter and had worked his way up the ranks.

The problem with his interpretation was that he was missing the interplay of that particular part of the building code with other portions. He was also ignoring the stated legislative intent behind the statute.

I complained all the way up to the level of mayor.

He was fired for reasons having nothing to do with me.

This weekend I learned that he was using an AI chat bot to "interpret" statutes.

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It's (East Coast) lunchtime, and Mike Johnson's got you covered. https://patreon.com/BrianMcFadden

OpenAI released its ChatGPT Atlas browser last month, sparking a fresh wave of research outlining the security problems with AI browsers.

Check out the latest edition of our digital security newsletter to learn more about these security concerns and steps you can take to keep your browsing safe.

https://freedom.press/digisec/blog/ai-browsers-the-security-headache-nobody-asked-for/

🔴 Brand new comic now up on Boing Boing
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Letters Home from The Second Civil War
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https://boingboing.net/2025/11/05/tom-the-dancing-bug-letters-home-from-the-second-civil-war.html

Very proud as a resident of one of the outer-outer boroughs, near the end of Amtrak Northeast Regional subway line.

Our democratic tech worker organizations have produced a thing of beauty, my friends: https://www.workersdecide.tech/resources/2025-09-18-bingo/

#OnThisDay, 5 Nov 1872, suffragists Susan B Anthony and 13 other women illegally vote in the US Presidential election.

Anthony is subsequently arrested and put on trial. She is found guilty, but refuses to pay the fine. The judge decides not to jail her.

Nine of the voters were initially reported as a "minor topic".

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons #VotesForWomen

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Good morning Fedi friends! This is the first time in forever - at least in over a YEAR - that I wake up to good news headlines.

HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ZOHRAN MAMDANI! 🥳

May this moment mark a turning point - and become a blueprint for how to run campaigns - for progressives the world over.

I feel like I’m finally seeing some light after being in a dark tunnel for a loooong time. I love this sense of hope (I forgot what it felt like) and I thank Mamdani for it.

New Jersey and Virginia both elected Democrat Governors.

Every Virginia county flipped blue.

Zohran Mamdani won New York City despite the elite spending millions of dollars to defeat him.

This is a night for the history books.

The people are sending a clear message that they’re done with fascism.

They’re done with Trump.

They’re ready for change.

#uspol #mamdani #democrats #fascism #newjersey #newyork #virginia

Tonight showed that playing to the middle isn’t the way to win

Voters want progressives who will push for change

Mamdani stood with immigrants. He stood with trans people. He stood with the homeless and the marginalized. He stood with people of colour.

He stood with everyone society has left behind.

He won.

Abigail Spanberger made it clear throughout her entire campaign that she would protect access to abortion.

The Democrat will be the next Governor of Virginia, protect that state’s status as the only safe haven for abortion care in the south.

Way to go Virginia!

“In this moment of political darkness, New York will be the light.

Here we believe in standing up for those we love.

Whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many black women that Donald Trump has fired from a federal job, a single mom still waiting for the cost of groceries to go down, or anyone else with their back against the wall.

Your struggle is ours too.”

Zohran Mamdani in his NYC Mayor victory speech

#uspol #nyc #mamdani #newyork #ZohranMamdani

Things I learned from State Farm today:

- My 50 lb ebike can no longer be insured by a personal articles policy. It is now understood to be an automobile.

- Specifically, it's a *motorcycle* auto policy, because like bicycles are only ridden in summer (!?)

- If someone gets an ebike and replaces ~90% of their car trips, that clearly lowers their risk of making a car claim. So does the "auto" policy for the e-bike allow you to get a multi-auto discount on the auto policies? lol no gfy

Zohran Mamdani elected as New York mayor in historic win
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/5/zohran-mamdani-elected-as-new-york-mayor-in-historic-win?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into US & Canada News @us-canada-news-AlJazeera

So, apparently, Mamdani is the new mayor of NYC. This could be a huge deal for modern democracy.

Suburban Chicago mayor calls Trump's violent thugs “a bunch of liars" after they "forced this car accident, and then they started literally beating up innocent bystanders.”

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/02/us/evanston-border-patrol-arrests-investigation

PSA from 404 Media: you can opt-out of a data broker selling your flight travel data to the government to be searched without a warrant. Here's how I did it. This is ARC, the data broker owned by major U.S. airlines like United, Delta, American, etc

https://www.404media.co/how-to-opt-out-of-airlines-selling-your-travel-data-to-the-government/

Dear Bill Gates,
If Trump loves your climate statement and you say he misunderstood it, and if climate scientists don't like your climate statement and you say they also misunderstood it, maybe the problem is your #climate statement.

https://www.axios.com/2025/11/04/climate-bill-gates-memo