Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

So now I’m watching Tron Legacy (2010). At the start of the film, we see that two of the lead characters from the previous film have become the co-CEOs of the company, rewarded for their accomplishments. One had written a very popular videogame, and the other some infosec software.

The third lead character from the previous film, a woman, who had invented an actual star-trek-like transporter that can dematerialize and rematerialize people, gets no mention whatsoever. Like, after inventing the most incredible and valuable technology of her century, she is forgotten with her invention moldering in a basement.

Sadly, this is the most realistic aspect of the film.

#Tron #TronLegacy

A comic from 2022. I want to make a distinction between the Democrats who are speaking out forcefully against authoritarianism and those whose overcautious approach enabled the extremist takeover of our institutions. This is about the dangers of unaccountability and kicking the can down the road. As recent elections demonstrate, voting is still extremely important.

#comic #cartoon #uspol #authoritarianism #democracy

If you feel your life is better when rules are clear, and when someone is telling you what to do and how to behave, and you think that kind of oppressive authoritarianism is worth devoting your earnings to, then I am begging you: just hire a dominatrix and stay out of politics. You CAN have an authoritarian rule over you without subjecting everyone else to the same. There are people who will keep you in line for a fee.

HOW TO MOVE FROM WINDOWS TO LINUX:

0. Extract your Windows license key with Produkey https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.html You may need it later.

1. Pick a distro. Doesn't really matter, but see comments for 1000 suggestions and misleadingly excess complications and twiddles that nobody asked for. Ubuntu and Mint are common starters. I use Xubuntu. Again, really doesn't matter.

The one thing I *do* suggest is: you pick one with a live USB. That way you can start the computer in your chosen distro and check all your hardware works before committing. Vital if you have any weird stuff.

2. Install it.

3. Many programs will have Linux versions. If so, sweet!

4. Most Windows software works under Wine. If you use Steam, just install that.

5. Windows stuff that refuses to work under Linux? Set up VirtualBox and install Windows 10/11 using the product key you extracted in step 0. That way you can use That One Fucking App without having to use Windows the rest of the time.

#India proposes forcing #smartphone makers to give source code in security overhaul - https://www.reuters.com/world/china/india-proposes-forcing-smartphone-makers-give-source-code-security-overhaul-2026-01-11/ not a problem for #opensource, of course...

Brussels plots #opensource push to pry Europe off Big Tech - https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/11/eu_open_source_consultation/ should have done this years ago as we urged....

Dem leadership showing clearly how and why they got into their positions of power.

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/01/schumer-jeffries-refuse-to-join-democrats-growing-calls-to-slash-ice-spending.html

Our next online community get together is in less then 🔟 days: https://ev.phosh.mobi/gettogether/ . Join us!

#LinuxMobile #Phosh

Just had a great conversation about all this with a good cop. Oh, no, wait. It was Bigfoot, who is much more likely to exist.

NEW: DHS and Protesters Face off at Whipple Federal Building

https://unicornriot.ninja/2026/dhs-and-protesters-face-off-at-whipple-federal-building/

When did you stop posting on X?

Person A: When its owner made nazi salutes.

Person B: When it became a production and distribution channel for images of child sexual abuse.

Government: We're still posting there.

Yesterday I volunteered for https://icelist.is

Let's track those fuckers down and expose them

No privacy for nazi's! 💪

#ICE

"consumers aren't buying based on AI” is demonstrably untrue, because i am a consumer, and i buy based on AI. i see a product uses AI and i choose something else

@Lazarou @stefanfrede @EUCommission Chat Control, like the British "on line safety act" was never about safeguarding children but controlling the citizenry and safeguarding politicians.

Trump on the Danes in #Greenland: 'But you know, the fact that they had a boat land there 500 years ago doesn’t mean that they own the land.'
The US First Peoples have been saying this for centuries, too.

Hot take: public surveillance should be publicly accessible. If our overlords wish to watch us all day, it only seems fair we can watch them, too.

“… Mar-a-Lago was crucial to Epstein’s sexual predation, a fact that was well-known by Trump’s inner circle long before Epstein was charged with any crime.” https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/mar-a-lago-jeffrey-epstein-donald-trump/

The fact that Renee Nicole Good's
family closed their GoFundMe after it
reached more than they ever
imagined and requested we instead
send donations to others in need is
exactly the difference between the
Good family and grifter Erika Kirk.

Anyone in or near the occupied Mohican / Lenape land of "New" "York" "City" 🗽, consider saving the date, Sunday 18th January 2026 (afternoon/early evening), for the possibly-first-ever local Co-op Cloud gathering & workshop 🤩 More details coming soon!