Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

It’s been six years since the first reported case of SARSCov2.

It’s never too late to wear a mask.

It’s never too late to clean the air.

Every infection avoided or delayed is a win for long term health.

We can drastically reduce transmission if everyone does their part.

Reminder, perpetual copyright is an affront to a free society.

All titles below are just $5. No coupon code necessary. Get 'em before the deal is off (tomorrow morning at 8am PST).

https://pmpress.org/

As more and more states roll out some form of mobile driver’s license, you might be asking yourself: should I use this thing? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/10/should-i-use-my-states-digital-drivers-license

Science fiction scenario:

Some company finally figures out self-sustained asteroid mining. Maybe they get their start in reaction mass delivery, but at this point they've got automated fabs that can maintain (and repair) themselves with what they mine.

...and then they intentionally cause a Kessler Syndrome situation in order to prevent any competitors from pulling the same trick.

Hey all, you remember that time that it was legal for the United States to unilaterally close the airspace of another sovereign nation that has not engaged in acts of aggression against anybody?

Me neither.

By my count, Linux has 11% of the desktop market. Here's how I got that number
L: https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-people-keep-flocking-to-linux-in-2025-and-its-not-just-to-escape-windows/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46099985
posted on 2025.11.30 at 15:14:12 (c=0, p=8)

RE: https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/115638305698750538

There are two really interesting data points in that article.
1) execs are far more excited about AI than all other workers and are using AI more than anyone else
2) mediocre performers feel much higher benefit from AI while top performers find it more of a problem than a help

I'll leave the conclusion as an exercise for the reader ...

@GossiTheDog

I’m sure this won’t have any negative consequences in 5 to 10 years.

This is… pretty accurate. A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages: https://james-iry.blogspot.com/2009/05/brief-incomplete-and-mostly-wrong.html

Too bad that it hasn’t been updated after 2010. I’d love to see his take on Rust and Go.

Thank you, Dr. Morale. 😡

“Jeff Sharlet, a leading scholar of Christian nationalism and author of The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War, has described Pete Hegseth as a clear, self-identified Christian nationalist whose ideology is explicitly militarized and apocalyptic, not just culturally conservative. Sharlet emphasizes that Hegseth’s own writings and symbols reveal a project of holy war within the United States, not merely a defense of traditional values.” - Constitutional Crisis Alert

Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Marco Rubio gave orders leading to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of human beings, most of them children. These three "leaders" killed USAID, and in the process ordered those deaths.

A crime against humanity, IMO.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-documentary/the-shutdown-of-usaid-has-already-killed-hundreds-of-thousands

According to Reuters, over 600 Americans were fired, suspended or investigated over social media posts about Charlie Kirk.

That’s not including the immigrants who had their visas revoked and were deported.

There’s no free speech anymore.

Which is why we all need to keep speaking up.

They can’t punish everyone.

Mike Davis, former member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, told Gabby Giffords to f*ck off because she said gun violence cut Sarah Beckstrom’s life short.

He then called her husband Mark Kelly a “piece of sh*t”

This is MAGA.

Gabby was shot in the head in an act of political violence

Her husband retired from military service to care for her

She’s an advocate for gun control and Senator Kelly is a hero for reminding troops to disobey illegal orders

Mike is a despicable coward for speaking to them this way

#uspol #gunviolence #markkelly #gabbygiffords

If you ever find yourself in Idaho, please boycott the Old State Saloon.

They’re offering free beer if you turn in your immigrant friends and neighbours.

The Nazis also encouraged “reporting” on our friends and family.

#uspol #abolishice #immigration

There’s been a mass shooting at a kids party in Stockton, California.

4 are dead and at least ten are wounded.

School shootings. Birthday party shootings. Christmas tree lighting shootings.

It doesn’t have to be this way. This isn’t normal.

The problem is the guns.

#uspol #california #guncontrol

Your worth is not determined by your job, your bank account or your ability to produce for capitalism.

Disabled people have worth.

Children have worth.

The elderly have worth.

The homeless have worth.

Those in power want you to de-value others so you will accept atrocities.

As soon as you’re willing to label a certain group of people expendable, the fascists win.

When you decide that social supports aren’t necessary, the billionaires win.

When you demand to pay less taxes even if it causes intense suffering? The 1% wins.

Microsoft is increasingly shrill in its desperation to get people to love it's 'AI' service, 'Copilot'... https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/11/28/you-heard-wrong-users-brutually-reject-microsofts-copilot-for-work-in-edge-and-windows-11/ As Microsoft famously does, making up 'grassroots clamour' that suits its strategic agenda... How pathetic. Apparently *no one* wants this. (I've never seen it first hand, as I'd never let any Microsoft software on my hardware)

I was going to put all the links, but you can find them here: https://terikanefield.com/musing-about-books-law-and-politics-blog/

“Teri, why are you giving away your book for free?”

“Because I’m a rebel. It’s easy to make money in this new information revolution, but, for reasons I explain in the later sections of the book, the pursuit of profit too often leads to click-baity, rage-inducing, bias-confirming content. Repairing the public sphere requires an open exchange of ideas. People shouldn’t have to buy a ticket.”

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