Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

I sometimes think about how if open source had never happened at scale, and all LLMs had to train on was proprietary code, how different things might look right now. Breaks my heart; sharing code openly has been a huge part of my life and belief system for so long, and I was so convinced that the good that it did outweighed the bad actors taking advantage. I never imagined that the bad actors would win by automating their behaviour

I put out a video that was critical of AI without AI being mentioned in title, thumbnail, or description. And it was dogpiled with pro-AI comments almost instantly.

This video has almost 2.5X as many comments per view as my most recent "controversial" video, and 4.5 the average.

I don't want to say that AI bots are being used to astrorturf videos after scraping scripts, but I have a hard time believing this is real based on experience.

RE: https://nileane.fr/@nileane/116715874283622057

So:
• With Siri AI, Apple deliberately developed a brand-new (and central) OS feature that they knew would not meet the DMA requirements they've been subjected to since 2023
• They went to the EU Commission with the proposal of a technical solution that is not ready and would not roll out before 18 months
• The EU Commission said no because lol what do you mean you plan to disobey the DMA *again* for the next 18 months
• Apple whines

#fedihire The NextGraph association is pleased to announce it is opening a position for an open source front-end developer, fulltime or part-time, fully remote and European based, working with React and/or Svelte frameworks, and who is interested in creating the next generation productivity tools and social media applications. Experience with CRDTs, local-first and linked data technologies are a plus. If you like Rust that could also be a good match. 1/2

Thanks to my RSS reader, I recently saw that the long-running mp3 blog https://hc-punx.blogspot.com/ has relaunched as a self-hosted website at https://blog.punkify.cc/ !

Read their rational here: https://blog.punkify.cc/about/

It looks like they even are trying to add Fediverse integration from the blog (so one could follow it/comment from a Mastodon account) but it doesn't appear to be working just yet!

Updated the former Fediverse Punk Month site at https://allpunkspleaseleavemeta.com to be more evergreen content. Now has a standalone version of The Counterforce Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse (for punks) alongside printable zines, links, and other resources.

If you'd like to translate the site + guide please get in touch and we'll add multiple languages (including printable versions of the zines!)

THE TIME OF MONSTERS

The neoliberal world order as we know it is collapsing under the weight of its own contradictions. But celebrations of its downfall are muted by the bleak reality of the world that is rising to take its place. Every day, our screens are flooded with images of war, genocide, and AI slop. And we all know we’re living in dark times.

So, what does this mean for us, and how do we move forward?

Video in English w English and Arabic subtitles

#SubMedia #Anarchism #Politics #Capitalism #Neoliberalism #Crisis #Resistance #Solidarity #DirectAction #Self-Organization #Anti-Capitalism #Society #Geopolitics #SystemCriticism #DarkTimes #MutualAid

https://kolektiva.media/w/sDi4fpHQm6FnqJvnfnzg5X

I get that this bit about "helping parents manage their children" is clearly aimed at legislators, not people, but god damn how Americans talk about child rearing is creeeeeepy.

PM Press is turning TWENTY! Help us pay off our warehouse, and secure the future of left publishing! Explore limited edition merch and exclusive rewards and support the project here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ww3/pmpress

If anyone out there with deep pockets would like to sponsor @Iconfactory or hire us for design work and help us keep developing the apps and art you love please get in touch.

I hate to be all doom and gloom on the verge of #WWDC but here we are. What a way to celebrate our 30th, right? 😬 Boosts appreciated.

Newly added to https://Fedi.Punk.Guide:
@Generation_Y_Punk (Movie from Germany on Mastodon)

UK's answer to AI job fears is a bot to polish your CV - https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/06/08/uks-answer-to-ai-job-fears-is-a-bot-to-polish-your-cv/5251983 stupid: this will be detected as AI-written, and chucked away...

“Grassware – Hi, I'm Heather Burns”

https://heatherburns.tech/2026/06/07/grassware/

> No, they are not; the point is that age verification providers now hold themselves to be delegated law enforcement and extensions of the judiciary

I'm despondent about 60 Minutes' new correspondents. https://www.gocomics.com/brian-mcfadden/2026/06/08

Does anyone have experience #archiving CDs with redumper?
I get some SCSI errors that show up as SKIP, but `redumper refine` seems to ignore them...

The refine run took care of C2 errors at least.

#CD

Things are getting better, but my last paycheck was only for a week. Just had to spend our last $100 on prescriptions to get me through next week.

Payday is Friday

Anything helps

#MutualAid

RE: https://mstdn.social/@TechCrunch/116710721279789800

Boy am I sick of all of these price increases.

RE: https://live.acarsdrama.com/@acarsdrama/116708457056507627

“New AI driven flight route optimization software working well so far,” declares airline

Hell to the yes....NYT reports that a political activist and a Vietnam veteran represented by an anti-corruption organization filed a lawsuit on Saturday challenging what it called the “night of cage fights” that President Trump planned to hold at the White House as part of the celebration of the country’s 250th anniversary.

The lawsuit alleges the significant transformation of the White House grounds to fit the monstrous UFC fight ring on the South Lawn was never authorized by Congress, but more importantly the POTUS will personally profit from this spectacle (shocker, I know):

"It cites reporting that U.F.C. was selling premium tickets to the event for more than $1 million, and the fees that Paramount Skydance, the media company owned by two other executives with ties to the president, Larry and David Ellison, will collect for streaming the event. The suit also notes that Mr. Trump purchased between $15,000 and $50,000 worth of stock in TKO Holding Group, the parent company of U.F.C., in March — while he was in the process of promoting the event."

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/us/politics/lawsuit-ufc-fight-white-house.html

📡 Battlemesh v18 is happening!

Join us from 7–13 September 2026 in Gornji Karin, Croatia, for a week of talks, workshops, hacking, testing, and collaboration around community networks, mesh networking, OpenWrt, and open communication infrastructure.

Participation is free and open to everyone.

Read the announcement and find all details here:
https://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV18/Announcement

Please share and help us spread the word!

#Battlemesh #CommunityNetworks #OpenWrt #MeshNetworking #FOSS