Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Corporate and establishment Democrats are desperately trying to stop Abdul El-Sayed from being Michigan's U.S. Senate nominee. They claim it's his (for them) too-progressive views. Nowhere in the news coverage have I seen talk of another plausible (if ugly) reason: they're worried about his name.

A hero for our authoritarian times: https://www.cltampa.com/news/a-77-year-old-republican-man-is-staging-a-solo-protest-against-st-petes-flock-cameras/

So, Codeberg (which is a FOSS/freedom-focused code hosting site) is run as a cooperative, with members able to nominate measures/policies and vote on them etc.

They just had a vote and approved policies making "AI" / LLM-based projects basically unwelcome there. The vote wasn't close; 70% voted in favour of the policy. It's not a hard & fast "if you use LLM, you're banned" or anything of the sort - it's quite a measured, reasoned stance.

The slopcoders are freaking out. They just don't understand how this is possible. Imagine! A community of people that makes their own decisions and you can't just make them do what you want or ignore them and consume their resources without their consent!

"I like slopcoding, actually" is turning out to be a *really* good litmus test for people you want to have absolutely nothing to do with your project or your community.

Look at some of the whining (this is the only reason I would ever link to YCombinator [1]):
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49021856

[1] Your occasional and irregular reminder: "Hacker" "News" is neither.

#NoAI #NoLLM #sloperator #slopcoding #vibecoding #consent #Codeberg #hosting #forge #community #FOSS #HackerNews #YCombinator

The Handbook for Exposing an Undercover Cop is now available on our website in *9 languages*, after the recent addition of Basque, French, Galician, and Portuguese translations.

"This manual was written by activists who have experienced police infiltrations first hand, which were uncovered between the years 2022 and 2024. It is aimed at all past, present and future activists, as well as all organisations and groups that are in any way concerned about the security of their spaces."

Read or download:
https://notrace.how/resources/#handbook-undercover-cop
http://i4pd4zpyhrojnyx5l3d2siauy4almteocqow4bp2lqxyocrfy6prycad.onion/resources/#handbook-undercover-cop

Did another stream this morning, talking about why Taylor Farms is lashing out at everyone & everything right now.

This one is less "let's catch up on current events," & more How The Food Safety Sausage Actually Gets Made.

So if you're looking for less "chatter about this week's news" & more "How TF does the food system actually work," this is your stream!

https://youtube.com/live/r2KK_-jZpKs

#Science #ClimateCrisis #AISlop

How the Met police spent £2.5m hiding #spycop from former partner - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/26/how-the-met-police-spent-25m-hiding-spycop-from-former-partner "Spycops inquiry has revealed how Helen Steel was secretly monitored in her search for undercover officer who deceived her into relationship" staggering waste of our money

Nearly two weeks of U.S. bombing have given way, for the moment, to talk of diplomacy. But the blockade is still in place, the region remains on edge, and Jack Ohman finds Trump asleep in the middle of the war.
https://inthesetimes.com/article/trump-is-sleeping-through-his-war-on-iran-comics-jack-ohman

@zzt @dysfun more broadly, this essay is sticking in my head again

https://marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-i-dont-write-like-chatgpt

the bots take the forms of persuasive writing and do them extremely badly

I find the defensive panic of US ‘AI’ enthusiasts in response to the use of Chinese models kind of comforting

“Look, if you actually do the numbers, the Chinese models aren’t cheaper!”

You don’t say. Really? Do you mean to say that they aren’t going to make this whole house of cards sustainable after the bubble pops?

@varx
I was having a hard time finding something more reputable, apart from the SBU FB page, which I was trying to avoid linking to here. But if you doubt:

"Have you felt sick after handling Starbucks’s blending powder? If you’re at a union store, reach out to your staff organizer as soon as you’re able (if you don’t know who that is, text us at the link in our bio). If you’re not yet a member of our union, you can still reach out to us if you have questions through the link at our bio."

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1007114328699042

Finally have given up on Dropbox -- Linux support just doesn't cut it -- in favor of local encrypted backups and rcloning that directory to Backblaze. Less convenient, yes, but since I couldn't trust that Dropbox was functioning properly, a worthwhile tradeoff (and also less expensive)...

I just convinced my local #punks to upload their music on @mirlo. Here they are:

@headwindsband / https://mirlo.space/headwindsband

Give them some love if #midwestemo #emo is your thing!

We're not buying what Silicon Valley's selling. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/7/24/800074512/cartoon/silicon-schlock-market/

Attn: Starbucks workers and customers

https://www.prismnews.com/workplace/starbucks/starbucks-workers-raise-alarm-over-silica-in-new-blended

i have put tens of thousands of hours into FLOSS over the years, at least. i have released hundreds of projects under FLOSS licenses, all hand written by me (and sometimes other contributors). I've done the time, I've worn my values on my sleeve and I've learned a thing or two about software development in the process.

I'm even prepared to go out on a limb here and say I care about FLOSS software more than every single one of these shitheads who are telling us we should just embrace the new era of buggy unmaintainable shit.

If they were really on the side of FLOSS, they'd be looking at what happens if the bubble pops. I mean it is going to pop, but they will never accept that, so let's leave it open. What do you do when your FLOSS software has hemorrhaged quality and become unmaintainable junk? And what of the unsettled legal status of generated code and the copyright concerns?

The FLOSS movement has weathered storms before and it will weather this one. But I think it's clear that we've got a lot of work to do building slop free replacements for the shit that's being contaminated in the meantime by the metaphorical asbestos.

I appreciate how helpful these shitty websites are reminding me to delete my account by updating their shitty terms and playing M&A games.

if you have access to debian-vote, please for the love of all gods vote Proposal A to ban the use of LLMs in #Debian packaging tools
https://www.debian.org/vote/2026/vote_002

"Misogyny and homophobia are central to the reproduction of violence in radical activist communities. Scratch a misogynist and you’ll find a homophobe. Scratch a little deeper and you might find the makings of a future informant (or someone who just destabilizes movements like informants do). "

Why Misogynists Make Great Informants
How Gender Violence on the Left Enables State Violence in Radical Movements - Courtney Desiree Morris

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/courtney-desiree-morris-why-misogynists-make-great-informants