Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

@pluralistic
An article that talks about the killjoy of people using AI for fun activities, like escape rooms. A good read. But the part I like was the author’s playful use of enshittification.

“Killjoy in the MachineWhy do so many people use AI to cheat at fun?” by Michelle Santiago Cortés - link to the article: https://www.thecut.com/article/would-you-use-chatgpt-to-cheat-at-hobbies.html

#enshittification

Today I found out that google docs infects html exports with spyware, no scripts, but links in your document are replaced with invisible google tracking redirects. I was using their software because a friend wanted me to work with him on a google doc, he is a pretty big fan of their software, but we were both somehow absolutely shocked that they would go that far.

🔥 Latest issue of my curated #cybersecurity and #infosec list of resources for week #45/2025 is out!

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📂 #Anthropic’s Claude tricked into stealing user files;

🧩 Vibe-Coded Malicious #VSCode Extension Found with Built-In Ransomware Capabilities;

🌍 💰 State-sponsored hackers stole all #SonicWall cloud backup files;

🔙 🚪 #Microsoft found a new #backdoor called #SesameOp that uses the #OpenAI Assistants API;

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Kagi Small Web
L: https://kagi.com/smallweb
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45856136
posted on 2025.11.08 at 07:16:22 (c=0, p=3)

Killing usually requires dehumanizing one's victims. Thus, one of the most important services the press can perform is to rehumanize them. Profiles of some of the Venezuelan villagers recently murdered by the U.S. military at Trump & Hegseth's direction (and the loved ones left behind): https://apnews.com/article/trump-venezuela-boat-strikes-drugs-cocaine-trafficking-95b54a3a5efec74f12f82396a79617ea

BBC ‘100% fake news’, says Donald Trump’s press secretary - https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/nov/08/bbc-100-fake-news-says-donald-trumps-press-secretary oh, shut up. clearly part of a concerted right-wing attack #BBC

Apart from under the hood changes to brightness and auto-brighness in #Phosh that landed for 0.51 there's also now an indication when auto brightness is active and @arunmani added a toggle to settings so you can quickly turn it on and off. When auto-brightness is on the slider now also acts as offset to the calculated value. We have some more tweaks scheduled but that likely will happen in the 0.52 cycle.

#LinuxMobile

@neil A universal basic income could help here.

Society should give everyone enough to live on and trust that they know how best to spend it.

Some of us would then spend it on doing useful things for society.

you know what's fun? the growing realization that a lot of Americans have no idea what rabies is

Old Yeller was necessary trauma it turns out : /

AI is Dunning-Kruger as a service
L: https://christianheilmann.com/2025/10/30/ai-is-dunning-kruger-as-a-service/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45851483
posted on 2025.11.07 at 16:44:04 (c=0, p=13)

Trying to get a Thinkpad T430s working again.

It was working a few years ago, but now the only thing that happens when I push the power button is that the button light turns on, there's fan whir, optical drive click, keyboard light flash... and then nothing. The battery light also responds to AC connect/disconnect. Nothing on VGA port.

I left it unplugged for a while, replaced the backup battery (which was down to 1V), and same results.

What else should I be checking?

DOGE and others in the administration want to build a giant database of records by haphazardly combining info the government collected for one purpose, like paying taxes, and use it for another purpose, like targeting immigrants. We can't let this happen. https://takebackctrl.org/get-a-warrant

The body-worn camera “that was sold to us as a police accountability tool should not be turned into a shaming-random-civilians tool,” EFF’s @Adam_D_Schwartz told Vox.
https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/466006/bodycam-youtube-viral-content-police-transparency-policy

My child in Gaza,after all hes endured,asks for nothing..just achicken. After a long absence,he saw chickens in the market.But now he sees them with his own eyesnot on our plates;their price is aburden on parents.Please,dont let our child go to sleep tonight with abroken heart&a hungry dream.Your help now is the price of hope,not the price of ameal🥺💔🙏
https://gofund.me/74c01145
#Gaza_Hunger_and_Resilience #Dreams_of_Children_of_War #Broken_a_Child's_Heart
@aral
@evan
@fabio
@neutrinoceros

Rockstar employee shares account of the company's union-busting efforts
L: https://gtaforums.com/topic/1004182-rockstar-games-alleged-union-busting/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45849281
posted on 2025.11.07 at 13:22:09 (c=0, p=11)

112 yrs since Mr. Block debuted in 1912! Get a copy of Mr. Block: The Subversive Comics and Writings of Ernest Riebe here: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1498

Maybe the only company on the planet that owns the browser and ad market shouldn’t be the one propagating a standards change that would undermine user privacy controls?

https://github.com/explainers-by-googlers/third-party-cookie-allowlist-header

Y’all might want to get in on the discussion.

FBI sources say #Epstein files "worse" than photos "showing #Trump with half naked teenage girls," says journalist - https://boingboing.net/2025/11/07/fbi-sources-say-epstein-files-worse-than-photos-showing-trump-with-half-naked-teenage-girls-says-journalist.html ""more than 100 Republicans" now planning to vote alongside Democrats to release the files"

When your local reporter needs the same protection as a war correspondent

Check out this story by Michelle Zenarosa in Poynter:

https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2025/la-public-press-journalists-covering-ice-raids-safety/

#30DayMapChallenge Day 7: Accessibility 🌍✈️

I mapped visa-free travel:
🛫outbound (where citizens can go) and 🛬inbound (who countries let in).

It reveals global mobility inequality and rising deglobalisation. Borders are tightening due to geopolitics, trade, migration fears & right-wing politics.

This affects researchers & global collaboration.

📊 Data: 2025 Passport Index
🛠️ Made with QGIS

#VisaFreeTravel #Deglobalisation #QGIS #GIS #DataViz