Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

"How do you make limited‑equity housing co‑ops work on a community land trust? What does it take to convert a manufactured home community into resident ownership? And what exactly is a permanent real estate co‑op?

"If you’ve ever wished for clear, practical explanations of the shared equity models helping communities secure permanently affordable housing, this webinar is for you."
#Housing #Coops

https://ncbaclusa.coop/blog/cdf-introduces-new-catalog-of-shared-equity-models-helping-communities-secure-permanently-affordable-housing/

A must-read report from CPJ: "We returned from hell": Palestinian journalists recount torture in Israeli prisons

"58 Palestinian journalists reported being subjected to what they described as torture, abuse, or other forms of violence in Israeli detention facilities."

https://cpj.org/special-reports/we-returned-from-hell-palestinian-journalists-recount-torture-in-israeli-prisons/

AI vibe-generates the same ‘random’ passwords over and over

The most random number is 7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0B6hoOE9uo&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260219-ai-generates-the-same-random-passwords-over-and-over - podcast

time: 5 min 32 sec

HEADLINE: "Trump announces $10B donation to Board of Peace"

ALT HEADLINE: "Trump steals $10B from the American people in broad daylight"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_978LLWYags

NEW: ‘I’m a U.S. Citizen and I was arrested by ICE,’ A Statement from a Legal Observer in Minneapolis

Upwards of 206 U.S. citizens have been hauled off the streets by masked federal agents over the past 3 months in Minnesota.

One of the hundreds shared their experience which they said illustrates the broader systemic harm faced by immigrants, Indigenous people and communities of color.

https://unicornriot.ninja/2026/im-a-u-s-citizen-and-i-was-arrested-by-ice-a-statement-from-a-legal-observer-in-minneapolis/

Let's disrupt <industry> by reinventing <thing that already exists> but exempt from labour laws!

"They're going full steam ahead to figure out how to wring a profit out of this stuff," EFF’s Cooper Quintin told @Bbcworld. "There are countless ways to abuse this." https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260218-i-hacked-chatgpt-and-googles-ai-and-it-only-took-20-minutes

Is the DISCHARGE guy wearing sunglasses ? An eye patch ? Are they confused 😖 ? Are they sad 🙁? Are those two lips or is it lips and a chin crease?
What is the line beside the ? Is it an ! with the bottom cut off? Is it a hair part?

Only thing thats for sure is that they are certainly concerned about nuclear war.

Please tell me your opinions.

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@danmcquillan/116098694142499511

TL;DR: AI keeps getting massive investment despite not working as promised. This is because AI isn't really a technology solution, but instead a way for existing power structures to maintain control as the old world order falls apart. It makes the problems it claims to solve *worse* rather than better.

The alternative is "decomputing": less tech, instead of more; slower, not faster; tools built around collective care rather than automation.

Instead of asking how to power bigger data centres, we should ask who should control society's energy and water in the first place.

"The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffering upon which its power is founded." —Leo Tolstoy

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DOGE Bro's Grant Review Process Was Literally Just Asking ChatGPT 'Is This DEI?'
L: https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/19/doge-bros-grant-review-process-was-literally-just-asking-chatgpt-is-this-dei/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47076826
posted on 2026.02.19 at 13:01:50 (c=0, p=3)

Grok Exposed a Porn Performer’s Legal Name and Birthdate—Without Even Being Asked
https://www.404media.co/grok-doxing-real-names-birthdates-siri-dahl/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into 404 Media @404-media-404media

🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug
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Researchers Declare That A.I. Model Is Conscious;
ICE Immediately Seizes and Detains It

Brought to you by the brilliant Inner Hive, including longtime member Marcelline and new member David Howell
(you can too patreon.com/rubenbolling/membership)
READ IT HERE👇

"Our right and ability to do this work is now under intense assault."

"I asked journalists who have been covering the ICE raids in LA, Oakland, Chicago, and Minneapolis to share their advice on staying safe."

"Here's what they said."
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Author: Brooke Anderson
Publication: Prism
February 18, 2026
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#USA #Media #Protest #Military #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
https://prismreports.org/2026/02/18/photojournalists-ice-raids-movement-journalism/

bad category of person: person who comments "just buy a new <thing>, they're only like $25" under a post by someone asking how to fix something

“The hunting of whistleblowers is wrong because it is failing to address the actual problem, which is the reason they blow the whistle in the first place,” FPF's Adam Rose told Lookout Eugene-Springfield.

https://lookouteugene-springfield.com/story/government-politics/2026/02/18/officials-investigating-how-lookout-obtained-state-hospital-report/

Consequences in the US are too fantastical, so I'm hoping for a kaiju to emerge from the Potomac and stomp the Federalist Society and Heritage Foundation into dust.

Flexible spending accounts just aren't worth the effort, are they? This shit just feels like a scam.

Saw someone create a 19,000 line long Python dictionary today and now support loosening labour laws until they can be fired

Not seeing any redeeming qualities in this US-owned mining corporation. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-18/alcoa-fined-for-clearing-jarrah-forest-for-bauxite-mine/106359988 Why do countries like NZ and AU continue to allow any of these corporations even enter their country, much less put them in charge of carving it up and shitting on the piece. Irredeemable.