Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

So, in my circles, the phrase "purity culture" refers to the harmful & abusive attitudes & behavior around sex & sexuality in religious communities (especially within evangelicalism).

I'm seeing discussion of Cory Doctorow's use of the term "purity culture" to mean something like people who are (supposedly) so obsessed with being perfectly ethical that they harass others and...I dunno...halt progress. I guess he's not the only one who uses it that way, but it's news to me.

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Really awesome talk by friend of the project, @jadehopepunk on behalf of @coopcloud !!

Features a cheeky shoutout to common.guide if you watch till the end.

Neighbourhood-first software definitely fills a void we've been feeling as of late and are very keen to see that space develop!

Please give it a watch <3
https://tv.lumbung.space/w/nzuB248U2LQA1LCn7vYmER

I have decided to stay with Zoho. I know it is not ideal because the server for users in the EU is in the Netherlands and both the Netherlands and Norway (Runbox) are Nine Eyes countries. I might change the provider after 1 year.

📢📢📢 abra v0.13 is here 📢📢📢

TLDR; `abra upgrade` 👍

Upgrade docs:
https://docs.coopcloud.tech/abra/upgrade/

Changelog:
https://git.coopcloud.tech/toolshed/abra/releases/tag/0.13.0-beta

0.12.x-beta 👉 0.13.x-beta migration guide:
https://docs.coopcloud.tech/abra/upgrade/#012x-beta-013x-beta

A huge thanks to everyone who helped get this release done ❤️‍🔥

Happy Hacking 🫂

-- d1

the future is still old news

#unix_surrealism #technomage

https://kolektiva.media/w/vjyo5hzJZ3cZJZaZD4G6vJ

For years, a massive decentralized network of neighborhood councils known as Resistance Committees has existed in the lands ruled by the state of Sudan. Anarchists in Sudan have been active participants in these Resistance Committees, surviving against all odds through a brutal civil war, as armed factions compete for power.

Comrades at the Dugout Podcast, a Black anarchist media project based in the US, have created a fundraiser to get money directly to anarchists in Sudan. These Sudanese anarchists are building people’s power from below, through mutual aid initiatives, food distribution networks and medical clinics. This is an ongoing fundraiser intended for the long term support of anarchist organizing in Sudan. Donate individually, share within your networks or organize a fundraising event in your community.

Our comrades in Sudan are an inspiration to what anarchist organizational methods are capable of achieving as society around them breaks down and fails to meet the needs of the people. It’s imperative that we support their efforts from afar.

Find out more: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/sudanese-comrades
Donate: https://opencollective.com/support-sudanese-comrades

The FCC's new mandatory TV recommendations: https://www.gocomics.com/brian-mcfadden/2026/02/23

I just completely embarrassed myself in front of my 5-year-old for failing to get the printer to work... she is now VERY skeptical of my computer skills.

Troubleshooting this Canon Pixma and very eager to get it to work to restore my honor and dignity.

Hope you're having a better day than me 😅

> I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day

The examples included here are horrible. Not just the sex-shaming, but that too.

I'm far from convinced that a social media ban is the answer, but the comment is still well worth reading - especially by men.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/23/15-year-old-girl-misogyny-social-media-online-abuse

#Introduction Hi there, we've just set up our first account in the Fediverse!

We are a local, #grassroots campaign, supported by #Medact Sheffield, and part of a national network founded by Health Workers for a Free Palestine working to make South Yorkshire's NHS a Palantir-free zone.

We hope to reach out to others on the Fediverse who support this!

We're revving up for a demo on the 12th of March in Sheffield Town Centre. See you there!

#UK #Sheffield #Palantir #NHS #SouthYorkshire #Medact

Popular YouTube creators hold so much power in raising awareness about alternatives to Big Tech platforms.

I felt hope while watching Johnny Harris's latest video "The Internet Didn't Fail. It Was Taken"... which ultimately launched a new initiative: crowdsourced journalism on a site called NewPress.

Looking at screenshots I thought the site was hosted on #Ghost and thus federated.

Alas it's on SquareSpace and filled with trackers 😭

Who can we get on the Fediverse? Maybe Vanessa Wingårdh?

Everyone wants to build panopticon.

They're just claiming it's to "protect children" or for "antiterrorism" efforts or immigration screening or whatever bullshit they think you're most likely to swallow.

"AI" is about automating surveillance and if you think "AI" makes mistakes now, wait until it's what the government relies on when heavily armed masked men raid your home in the middle of the night.

A warning for Adobe #InDesign users. I recently updated my copy, and after preparing a document, the recipient of that document sent me the alt text that popped up on one of their figures. Apparently, by default, InDesign uses AI to generate (often hilariously wrong) alt text for images.

20 members of Congress are finally speaking out for Rodney Taylor, a disabled double amputee who’s now spent more than a year in an ICE camp.

He was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when they detained him.

He’s been denied his prosthetics, placed in solitary & his health is declining.

Please make noise for Rodney. He’s suffered for so long.

It’s time to get him out.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/pramila-jayapal-ice-double-amputee-georgia

#abolishice #immigration #uspol #fascism #disability #ableism #eugenics #rodneytaylor

https://truthout.org/articles/the-black-anti-fascist-tradition-recognized-fascism-didnt-begin-in-europe/

Doing blizzard prep: Putting on all my winter gear, downing four tallboys of Cloud Candy, and wandering around Boston until a news crew interviews me.

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Today I tried looking up a medical bill with a date of birth and account number. A formatting issue prevented the system from locating the database record so I could pay the bill.

It took me four tries to figure out how to properly format the date in order for the record to be located.

The format which worked? `DD-MON-RR` (today is 22-FEB-26 in that format)

Ballerina Farm's back in the news, for raw milk problems this time.

The reporting has been a little sparse on details with exactly what happened. So since I have some professional food safety experience, I went through the reporting to fill in some of the blanks.

youtu.be/mdOyeNCkC0I