Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

By me: I'm suing the U.S. government under the Freedom of Information Act.

https://this.weekinsecurity.com/plot-twist-i-am-suing-the-justice-department-and-fbi/

Putting some feelers out, as I am facing the potential of losing my job for an aversion to engaging with generative AI.

I am looking for work. I am in New Zealand.

I am very good at:
- Written communication
- Picking up new software and...
-- Writing help guides
-- Developing e-learning
-- Delivering training (in person or online)

I also have some experience with
- Digital design
- Interpreting legislation

My software-specific skills are unfortunately
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Microsoft Power Apps
- Microsoft Power Automate

I do no want to engage with generative AI in any way. This seems to be incompatible with my skillset, but I have to try I guess!

If you know someone hiring something like this, I'd love to hear about it.

#GetFediHired

A binman in Turkey’s capital found a bag of thrown-away books on his rounds and couldn’t bring himself to take it to the dump. He kept it. Other workers started doing the same. The pile has now grown into a public library of over 9,000 books, run by sanitation workers, in an old brick factory 📚

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/15/europe/garbage-collectors-open-library-with-abandoned-books

#Books #Library

Remember Don Martin, whose bizarro, sick cartoons were always one of the best things about MAD magazine? I did a deep dive on him and his work for the latest issue of @flaminghydra, on the first day of our soon-to-be-legendary MAD WEEK! https://flaminghydra.com/don-martin-mads-sickest-artist/

Love the Wayback Machine? ❤️
Here’s your chance to stand up for it 📣

When news can't be archived, we all lose part of the public record 🕳️📰

Tell major publishers: keep journalism in the #WaybackMachine.
✍️ Sign here: https://savethearchive.com/NewsLeaders

This campaign is a project of @fight ✊

Holy shit, Microsoft. Whoever made this decision should be fired. Into the Sun.

https://lemmy.world/post/46435614

#infosec #facepalm #clowncar

RE: https://post.lurk.org/@emenel/116517272057997355

Mmm… Linux but make it fascist.

Timely, I guess.

"Science runs on Open Source. Let’s fund it."

https://os4science.org/

I'm hosting @Mastodon's first ever Discovery Week in just a few days. It's a chance for the public to weigh in on the future of online communities.

We'll be discussing topics like user-controlled algorithms, trust & safety, creator tools, and more. Your input will help steer Mastodon towards a more inclusive and impactful roadmap. Non-technical folks strongly encouraged to attend, and there's an async option if you can't make the live sessions!

https://app.hi.events/event/7599/mastodon-discovery-week-2026

#mastodon

Lucy Powell says Labour has ‘no magic bullet’ as MPs brace for heavy losses in local elections - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/03/lucy-powell-no-magic-bullet-labour-britain-problems-local-elections there was, actually: it's called rejoining the #EU...

Days of Dissent: Revolts, Strikes, and Rebel Histories by Gabriel San Román brims with defiance in recounting the rebellious history that has reshaped the United States and the world. For every reader who is a worker, student, activist, or is just frustrated by the status quo, this book offers one simple suggestion: Read, remember, rebel!
Back the project here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ww3/daysofdissent

#Trump administration cites national security in stalling 165 wind farms - https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/05/trump-administration-cites-national-security-in-stalling-165-wind-farms/ what a stupid, vindictive old man #renewables

#China has decided that firing a worker because an #AI can do their job is illegal. No Western country has done the same. - https://thenextweb.com/news/china-court-ai-layoffs-illegal-labor-law

Well, look here.

So, the word technofascism is being used more often these days, ever since that Palantir published a literally fascist manifesto.

All the tech billionaires at Trump's second inauguration are a direct sign on technofascism happening.

Gen AI is inherently fascist, and I'm not the first to say it. Surveillance, trying to get people to delegate their thinking to the bot controlled by fascists, eliminating human ingenuity and creativity...

Thank you for having me on, @davidgerard

Here's where you can Late Pledge approximately $10 for an eBook now before it's published in June. I need it for rent money. Thank you: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kimcrawley/technofascism-survival-guide/

#NoAI #tech

https://youtu.be/KheeSCTysTo?si=Q2bCT7IZZNY4qHOP

These regretful Trump voter safaris are so unnecessary, you can just make up the quotes. No one cares! https://www.gocomics.com/brian-mcfadden/2026/05/04

VANISHING CULTURE is out now!

From Internet Archive, this book looks at what is disappearing online.
🌐 Websites vanish
🗞️ News archives go offline
🎮 Games become unplayable
📼 Personal media breaks & becomes unreadable

It asks what it means when the record of ourselves starts to disappear 🕳️

📖 Download & read: https://archive.org/details/vanishing-culture-2026
🛒 Purchase in print: https://www.betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/vanishing-culture-a-report-on-our-fragile-cultural-record-9798995425014/new

#VanishingCulture #DigitalMemory #InternetArchive #Bookstodon

@MikeDunnAuthor

Any Labour PM who somehow manages to make Margaret Thatcher look good by comparison, on anything, but especially on humanitarian issues, is the worst Labour PM in history. What a disaster. What a disgrace.

Yesterday at the hackerspace, a friend had forgotten the password to their (demo / showcase) computer.

Luckily, the convenient new sysadmin tool “copy.fail” saved the day! With one line, we could get a root shell and set a new password 😂

Way easier than rebooting into init=/bin/bash. So convenient! 2026 is truly the year of Linux on the desktop :P

Seriously, I should have done more strength training. My arms are on fire. 🏋️

How to digitally liberate your #Community

Step 1: Join a tech #collective or #cooperative
Step 2: Organize a #DigitalIndependanceDay
Step 3: Work on community hosting using @coopcloud and other democratic tech projects

Note: If no tech collective exists in your area you may want to start with step 2 and find some like minded people to start one