Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

People are cheapskates with poor people but spendthrift with billionaires.

I just listened to someone complaining about how "the garbage union" has schemed so that there are always two people operating NYC garbage trucks to "waste my tax dollars" and I guess making too many wealthy sanitation workers... oh no the horror.

I like that there are two people on each truck. It's more efficient and safer. But, even if it was somehow a waste I promise you that's not who is wasting your money bud.

@johnzajac I guess what we need is to avoid putting reformist liberals in power. You don’t reform ICE. you dismantle and prosecute it. Same with other fascist tools.

I'm telling you: this motherfucker knows that USians are literally done with the ruling class. And he knows what they muse about doing out loud in the privacy of their own homes. And he wakes up screaming every night thinking about it.

Do I think it's gonna get there - a literal eating of the rich? No. I don't.

But I do think the rage and violence of USians has risen to the point where, when the economy tanks like a motherfucker in June-July, there will be some blood and fire.

/fin

new post, in which I outline the absolute absurdities of recent 0-day disclosure, and curse myself for having any foresight on what might happen in the coming years.

read it here: https://sdomi.pl/weblog/29-please-do-better-thanks/

(and do bring the tea…)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/israel-blasts-un-chief-for-adding-idf-to-war-zone-sexual-violence-blacklist/ar-AA24j8Nw

Since May 22, 300 detained immigrant workers at Delaney Hall in Newark have been on a work stoppage and hunger strike.

“We are also doing this to demand freedom,” one worker said. “We’re not treated like people. We’re treated like animals.”

https://inthesetimes.com/article/new-jersey-prison-immigrants-strike-ice-trump

I read lots of books on #coops, so I thought I would start writing short reviews of them for co-oppy people on #Bookwyrm. First up is this interesting book called Worker Cooperatives and Deep Democracy by Williams and Satgar. Its well worth a read.

https://bookwyrm.social/user/caribou/review/11387098#anchor-11387098

#cooperatives #bookstodon

In Arizona, clean energy candidates beat utility insiders backed by business groups and Turning Point Action.

Marjorie Kelly and Thomas M. Hanna
report that advocates for renewable energy and affordability now hold a majority on the Salt River Project board.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/arizona-salt-river-project-democratic-utility-public-ownership

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Thinking about leaving Google but not sure where to start?

@fight, @mayfirst and @ptp are hosting a webinar on de-googling yourself and your organization.

📅 Wednesday June 3rd, 2–3pm ET
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Hello, world!

We're Wiki Workers United, a global solidarity union for the staff of the Wikimedia Foundation.

This account will share updates on our organizing effort, relevant news/info, and maybe the occasional meme. We promise to keep posting volume reasonably chill.

More info here:

https://wikiworkersunited.org

And we welcome the community to express support here:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Workers_United

Hey @limeleaf 👋 We had the idea of creating a starterpack for tech co-ops but you already did it. Great! :) Seems like the focus was to have personal accounts in there. Would you be open to add all the organizational accounts currently floating around? Or is there even the possibility to collaborate somehow on the list? Otherwise we could collectively collect them all in answers to this post.

https://fedidevs.com/s/MjM4/

#techcoop #tech-coops #coop #coops

Meta has been blocking human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia and the UAE. EFF joined ALQST and 10 other organizations in calling on Meta to restore access to accounts and provide more transparency about their practices https://www.alqst.org/en/post/meta-blocks-human-rights-accounts-from-reaching-audiences-in-saudi-arabia-and-the-uae

Happy birthday to Louise Michel, born on this day in 1830. She was a teacher, poet, and revolutionary who fought on the barricades of the Paris Commune in 1871 and was exiled to New Caledonia. The "Red Virgin of Montmartre" never stopped.

In response to *gestures wildly*, I've written about LLMs and why tech communities (in particular) should take an ethical stance against their use.

https://linguacelta.com/blog/2026/05/LLMs.html

It took me a bit to realize that the person laid off by Wikipedia is our own @brooke. Now I'm even more motivated to support the #WWU than I was already!

An injury to one is an injury to all!

Flathub moves to ban nearly all apps and submissions made with generative AI https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/flathub-moves-to-ban-nearly-all-apps-and-submissions-made-with-generative-ai/

#Linux #OpenSource #Flathub #AI #GenAI

More than 300 federal agents descended on a Chicago apartment building. Black Hawk helicopters. Doors kicked in. Residents zip-tied and detained.

Rebecca Burns reports on why tenants now suspect the raid may have served as an eviction by ICE.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/eviction-by-ice-on-chicago-tenants-landlord-renters-immigrants