Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

2025 has been a year unlike anything we've seen in the US.

In the second Trump administration, attacks on journalists are no longer sporadic. They're systematic.

This #GivingTuesday, consider donating to support press freedom, so we can keep on fighting: freedom.press/donate

It wasn't even the soybeans that had the problem.

The cargo ships that carried the soybeans had OTHER cargo holds with wheat in them. The wheat had pesticide levels that were too high.

So the grain terminals that filled those ships have to clean up before their shipments can be accepted in China.

If you're seeing headlines about how China is "switching back to US soybeans" after Brazil's turned out to be contaminated

LOL no. It's like 5 facilities and 69K tons of soybeans.

Out of ~2,000 facilities and ~100M tons of beans shipped from Brazil to china.

https://www.thepoultrysite.com/news/2025/11/china-bans-five-brazilian-soy-exporters-after-cargo-issue

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I learned that some people are using AI to generate a summary of my book!

I therefore decided to compete with AI by writing my own summary, which I am calling Over the Cliff Notes.

The Over The Cliff Notes are here:
https://terikanefield.com/over-the-cliff-notes/

I also linked to them on the main page:
https://terikanefield.com/whyextremismhappens/

But nobody ever reads just the Cliff Notes, right?

As Aotearoa New Zealand considers the undue influence of the petro-chemical and tobacco industries on its current government, spare a thought for Ireland, where the newly-appointed Data Protection Commissioner cannot even legally criticise Meta.

https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/01/erin-go-blagged/#big-tech-omerta

'If you'd asked me a year ago, I would have said that this is as terrible as things could get. But now that Ireland has put an ex-Meta exec in charge of deciding whether Meta is invading Europeans' privacy, without confirming whether this dingo babysitter is even allowed to criticize Meta, it's clear that things could get much worse than I ever imagined.'

On this day in 1952, Christine Jorgensen became the first widely known American to undergo gender‑affirming surgery.
“We didn't start the sexual revolution but I think we gave it a good kick in the pants!” – Christine Jorgensen
Explore related titles at pmpress.org. Now thru 1/1/26 all titles are 50% off with code GIFT.

Stop scrolling and read a book. https://www.gocomics.com/brian-mcfadden/2025/12/01

Your ticket to Fairyland:

https://nhmu.utah.edu/articles/experts-explore-new-mushroom-which-causes-fairytale-hallucinations

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How well or badly is your #country/region doing in terms of how much it pollutes the #Environment in order to generate its #Electricity?

https://app.electricitymaps.com/map/live/fifteen_minutes

#FossilFuels #Renewables #RenewableEnergy #NuclearEnergy #GreenhouseGases

More of Silicon Valley is building on free Chinese #AI - https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/silicon-valley-building-free-chinese-ai-rcna242430 "AI startups are seeing record valuations, but many are building on a foundation of cheap, free-to-download Chinese AI models." be crazy not to... #china #opensource

Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/01/uk-sue-foreign-oligarchs-corporations-litigation-offshore-courts we've been warning about #ISDS for over 10 years; UK gov still hasn't addressed this...

Germany’s Data Center Boom is Pushing the Power Grid to its Limits - https://algorithmwatch.org/en/germany-data-center-boom/ "Data centers are using fossil gas in response to energy bottlenecks" awful; germany gets worse and worse... #ai #climatecrisis

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.

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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)