Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

I can't believe the subset of Firefox users who didn't turn off telemetry also didn't find the tiny menu item buried in the settings to turn off AI features, I'm shocked

"Mozilla built an AI kill switch into Firefox after its users demanded one. Only 1% have used it. Another 3% turned off some AI features selectively. The rest left everything on."

Poppycock. The people who turned off all the AI had already turned off the telemetry that measures this.

Even if headlines are now pointing to a possible end to the war, that cannot erase the central fact: This war was never legal.

Phyllis Bennis explains why the U.S.-Iran war violates both U.S. domestic law and international law, and why accountability still matters.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/iran-war-united-states-israel-trump-illegal

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#NHS patients can't opt out of #Palantir's data platform – but their hospital can - https://www.theregister.com/databases/2026/06/13/nhs-patients-cant-opt-out-of-palantirs-data-platform-but-their-hospital-can/5254766 "Minister says trusts can go it alone on procurement as Parliament mulls February 2027 FDP contract renewal"

Oh and now I can't `git push`

All of us put all of our eggs into this one very shitty basket FUUUUUUUUCK

US #AI giants are colonising #London, and squeezing its startups in the process - https://thenextweb.com/news/us-ai-giants-london-expansion-talent-squeeze "London is cementing its place as the most important AI hub outside the United States. "

Half of #world’s #children exposed to at least three #climate hazards, #Unicef says | Climate crisis | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/16/half-of-worlds-children-exposed-to-at-least-three-climate-hazards-unicef-says

#Environment #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange

This sounds pretty crooked. Good thing we have highly respected television news magazines and 24-hour news networks that can help get to the bottom of Trump-Ellison corruption.

Oh, right…

https://www.wsj.com/business/media/justice-department-decision-to-allow-paramount-deal-surprised-staff-investigators-a18f70da

TOMORROW we're talking to soatok@furry.engineer and Equilabs founder Luísa Franco Machado about censorship and targeted surveillance facing LGBTQ+ communities. Join us and learn how to push back. https://eff.org/livestream-pride

Spanish households save €10 a month thanks to #renewables expansion, report finds - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/16/spanish-households-save-renewables-expansion-electricity-gas-prices-iran-war "Thinktank says decoupling electricity from gas prices has also helped shield Spain from hikes caused by Iran war" clever old #spain

They're hiring big beefy reflecting pool boys to keep it clean and cry while thanking the president for the amazing job he is doing.

“hmm, how is the market doing”

computer hardware went up 5x because memory that hasn’t been yet manufactured was bought with money that doesn’t exist for pairing with gpus that don’t exist in data centres that haven’t been built which would be powered by infrastructure that isn’t even planned to satisfy demand that doesn’t exist in order to generate profits that will never exist

“good god”

@broadwaybabyto During the Clinton regime, then Sec. of State Madeline Albright stated during a TV interview that the US knew that it's sanctions of Iraq would lead to the deaths of hudred's of thousands of children, but that they decided to do it anyway because they thought it was important "to send a message" to Saddam

This is what the US has been for a long time. Elon is evil, but that disease is a distinctly bi-partisan one. We need to rid ourselves of both parties and the entire political class if we want to save our nation's soul (assuming that it isn't already far too late for that).

I dont like the term “digital sovereignty” because of the pronounced nationalist and authoritarian connotations that it carries, regardless of what the actual intentions of its particular users are.

I propose that as hackers, we reframe the core concept (independence of US-centric cloud operators) as “digital autonomy”. I think this carries the same core idea while being less about who rules the digital realm, and more about the freedoms we all have within it.

Was just talking to a friend at a US technology company, they’ve had their budget reduced by 50% as the company says it wants to announce “the largest layoffs in US corporate history” to prove GenAI can replace jobs.

There’s no plan to actually replace the jobs with GenAI.. they just have to decimate their area.

Not naming company as the staff don’t know they’re about to fed to the line going up.

Despite the insistence of MAGA hats that "tHeRe aRe oNlY TwO GeNdErS", it's vastly more complex than that. Here's a nice overview.

#Pride

Using AI takes so much of the fun out of hacking. It's not _not_ fun, but there's something special about figuring stuff out for yourself.

The UK social media ban for under-16s does nothing to sort out the harms caused by platforms.

Harmful content is a product of a business model that uses data to drive engagement and target users with ads.

Digital ID checks feed more data into this system, while leaving the engine for harms unchecked.

Read our response ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/starmers-social-media-ban-fails-to-address-root-causes-of-online-harms/

#socialmediaban #socialmedia #starmer #stopkillinginternet #ukpolitics #ukpol #onlinesafety #ageverification #digitalid #privacy #censorship

Me: "What'd you study in school today?"

Kid: "We talked about poverty."

Me: "Oh, like what?"

Kid: "In countries where people make a dollar a day."

Me: "You know there's a woman living in her car in front of the house?"

Kid: Stunned silence.

Wife: "What?!?"