Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

The cost of living has never been higher, but life? Life is cheap. Innocent life has never been as cheap as right now.

"where were all the trans people before?"

We hid. And if we didn't hide, we died.
- we were deemed clinically insane.
- we were put in institutions.
- we were forcibly medically castrated.
- we were tortured with electric shocks.
- we were hunted down and killed.
- our murderers claimed "panic" and were set free.
- many of us chose the "easy way out" instead.

Helping trans people exist is good, actually.

Bari's gonna get to the bottom of all this. https://www.dailykos.com/story/2026/1/2/2360664/-Cartoon-Bari-minutes

It's egregious not because it flouts international law (god knows we've done that enough times), but because it also violates US laws and US norms, where the President would normally keep US lawmakers informed (at the very least). It's a show of force, not only against Venezuela, but to US citizens as well.

3/?

Kamala wouldn’t invade Venezuela because THERE’S NO FUCKING REASON FOR A GIANT-ASS ECONOMY LIKE THE US TO KIDNAP THE TINPOT DICTATOR IN VENEZUELA UNLESS OF COURSE OUR SHITHOLE COUNTRY IS ALSO RUN BY A TINPOT DICTATOR WITH A TINY PENIS AND WET DIAPER.

Kthx.

My fellow Americans, ours is a rogue state.

I demand the immediate impeachment, arrest, and trial of all Trump administration officials involved in the war crimes which took place in Venezuela over the last several months. This is a clear abuse of power, and it obviously amounts to war crimes.

Donald Trump, and his administration, is a clear and present danger to all civilized people throughout the world.

"Millions of people are using AI! It's the world's most popular technology. People clearly want it."

Tech companies have been using every dark pattern available, every business deal and agreement, every subsidy they could find to jazz up numbers, so none of these user numbers can actually be trusted

Anybody who trots out the "this is an incredibly popular tech used by millions, be careful about regulating its harms" is being a manipulative dick. They know it, so you should remember it too.

This is a very good point, and something I need to keep at the front of my mind. Even if there was somehow a magic use case for LLMs and other AI bullshit machines, that would not justify:

• Making fascists rich.
• Displacing labor rights.
• Fucking over the environment.
• Enclosing culture behind corporate ownership.
• Giving fascists a giant disinfo machine.

https://toot.cat/@zkat/115773741492078349

„I’m a developer for a major food delivery app. The 'Priority Fee' and 'Driver Benefit Fee' go 100% to the company. The driver sees $0 of it.“

That’s so wild, if it’s true.

https://www.reddit.com/r/confession/s/S8WTkwkvN8

Next up for PM we have Mason in to talk about their setup, influences and memories from their favourite shows.

https://askapunk.au/articles/pm-mason
#punk #pfm

Building Social Wealth through Mutual Aid: An Interview with Stephanie Rearick

https://geo.coop/articles/building-social-wealth-through-mutual-aid

🎆🎇WINNER🎇🎆
2025 HEADLINE OF THE YEAR

So out of the blue I got a request for access to a 10 year old Google Docs file. This request also came from someone who actually might be interested in that file, so I contacted him. Turns out he was making **exercise schedules** and had asked Google Gemini for help, and Gemini decided it needed access to my document on a new government law (from 2015). So be careful out there!

New phone, new phone OS to break the duopoly. Thanks @agx @z3ntu for the work in progress.

#Phosh #postmarketOS #Fairphone #Fairphone6 #LinuxMobile

Hey #Punk ! Happy #Fediverse Punk Month !

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http://allpunkspleaseleavemeta.com/

#fediversepunkmonth

Happy New Year! Our Holiday sale is being extended thru 1/5/2026. There’ s just a few days left to get 50% off all books and e-books with code GIFT at pmpress.org!

It’s New Years Eve and that means a predictable glut of articles about “How to save money this year” with dumbass tips such as “Get those birthday freebies most restaurants give out” and “Declutter: make money from your unused junk.”

Hey, I’ve got an idea… how about we TAX BILLIONAIRES OUT OF EXISTENCE! They and their children could never spend their hoarded wealth in multiple lifetimes even if they tried!

With that money we could *easily* feed the hungry, house the homeless, provide universal healthcare, free college education, and free childcare.

A better society is possible, but not while billionaires exist.

#TaxTheRich

Until Kari Lake seized control of USAGM and collaborated with Elon Musk’s DOGE to dismantle the Voice of America, the VOA Persian Service had a 24/7 satellite TV channel, multimedia website and five social media platforms reaching ~16% of Iranian adults.