Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

We are currently fighting against a DDoS attack against our service and our status page. We are analyzing network traffic with the help of our ISP at the moment and let you know once we have updates to share.

Running my own full-service, multi-tenanted & multi-domain email service gives me a remarkable feeling of power. It's is seriously cool (been running 4 of them for a bunch of years). In other news, Mailcow is superb - . https://mailcow.email/ (I run their Dockerized install)

Can't help but wonder why democratic governments, worldwide, are doing whatever US BigTech tells them to do with regard to 'AI' policy & adoption. How do these governments not realise that BigTech is inherently authoritarian, psychotic, & working against democracy? They are antithetical to our societal values & yet they're welcomed with open arms? Do our governments secretly realise that they're 100% dependent on these corporations & are therefore vassals, not sovereign? Or is it corruption?

If you value cartoonists and the work they do, a great way to show your support this #GivingTuesday is with a donation to our Pledge Drive: https://cartoonistsrights.org/donate

Making peace with Western Massachusetts by shaking hands across the rain/snow line.

anecdotal reports are that this makes Firefox noticeably faster

that list of settings to disable:

browser.ml.enable
browser.ml.chat.enabled
browser.ml.chat.menu
browser.ml.chat.page
browser.ml.chat.page.footerBadge
browser.ml.chat.page.menuBadge
browser.ml.linkPreview.enabled
browser.ml.pageAssist.enabled
browser.tabs.groups.smart.enabled
browser.tabs.groups.smart.userEnabled
extensions.ml.enabled
browser.search.visualSearch.featureGate

If impeachment's off the table for feckless Dems, at least put a BAC ignition interlock device on Hegseth's desk.

Why do business with Trump-collaborating retail conglomerates or Trump-complicit online behemoths?

You can get great deals on wonderful gifts for your loved ones from a hard-working, Trump-resisting, independent, semi-obscure cartoonist!
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TODAY is the last day to order and be GUARANTEED your package will be in the mail and on its way to you by December 5 (or earlier!) (but no later!).📦

There's a first time for everything. Just had to deny a registration request on the official OctoPrint plugin repository as the plugin the author tried to register turned out to be pretty much completely vibe coded. And in the end, even their communication seemed to be the output of an LLM.

Unbelievably bad quality: tons of bugs, dead code, (future) vulnerabilities, ... I honestly haven't yet seen this amount of shittiness from a human developer, no matter how clueless.

I hate this future.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux/115648850423801359

TIL: Desktop Linux has overtaken macOS in gaming (3.20% vs 2.02%).

FOSS is outplaying Apple thanks to Valve’s investments in SteamOS (gaming-focused Linux distribution) and Proton (compatibility layer for running Windows software in Linux).

Zillow deletes climate risk data from listings after complaints it harms sales - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/01/zillow-removes-climate-risk-data-home-listings stupid: you can't flee reality

Just as tech bros have spoiled the technology sector, cycle bros do likewise for the world of cycling.

Hello Fedi friends!

What I'm up to for the next couple of days: https://aseachange.com/@elena/statuses/01KBF76ZF4MJ9MAGFAQSK4JWTK

It's so promising to see growing interest in the Fediverse. I'm hopeful for the future of social media (and FOSS tools), now more than ever ❤️

Wishing you all a great day!

Sen. Mark Kelly: "When Trump was driving the Taj Mahal Casino into bankruptcy, I was being shot at over Iraq. When Trump was writing birthday greetings to Epstein, I was the first on the scene to recover the bodies of my fellow astronauts. When Trump was peddling conspiracy theories against Pres. Obama, I was sitting next to my wife’s hospital bed. I’ve been through a lot worse in service to my country. Pres. Trump & Pete Hegseth are not going to silence me."
copy: @renewedresistance #politics

There is going to be a flood of misinformation at the House E&C hearing of NINETEEN bills to regulate children's Internet usage. This article provides some helpful fact-checking of what we know and don't know about children and the Internet https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/jonathan-haidt-anxious-generation-right-about-smartphones

"Learn about the power of Los Angeles’s Measure ULA, New York City’s take on a shared services model, cooperation between conservationists and affordable housing development in New York’s Hudson Valley, and more."

https://geo.coop/articles/fueling-future-community-ownership

I’m having my housing threatened for being disabled and have no one to talk to about it.

I just want to say that the way disabled people are treated when it comes to the most basic human needs is absolutely appalling.

I will try and ask for help from the community in the coming days … but I guess I just wanted to put this into the world to ask for good vibes and thoughts because I didn’t see this coming at all and it’s massively destabilized my health.

Bullies are the absolute worst.

Illegal boat strikes.

“Kill them all” orders.

Senate investigations.

Cardiac MRIs.

The regime is working overtime to make us forget about the Epstein files.

We can’t forget. The Epstein survivors deserve justice.

My latest is on the push to normalize pedophilia, the misogyny that enables predators and the way the ‘othering’ of sexual assault victims closely mirrors the ‘othering’ of disabled people.

We are not others. We are not expendable. Do not look away.

https://www.disabledginger.com/p/15-year-olds-are-children-and-they

#uspol #epstein #misogyny #disability #justice #patriarchy

OpenAI desperate to avoid explaining why it deleted pirated book datasets
L: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/openai-desperate-to-avoid-explaining-why-it-deleted-pirated-book-datasets/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46114303
posted on 2025.12.01 at 17:34:15 (c=0, p=8)

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