Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

@dangillmor Sheeran’s statement about this was absolutely nauseating, doubling down on being « apolitical » for the sake of his audience, including children. Dude, you can’t be apolitical in front of a genocide.

Comforted somehow by the outspokenness of everyone who dropped out of his tour.

Sheeran's capitulation to right-wing arena owners has so outraged other musicians that they're pulling out -- at great financial cost to themselves -- of his tour. https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/finneas-aaron-rowe-exit-ed-sheeran-tour-protest-macklemore-dropped-pal-rcna597948

Any of y'all put any exciting surprises into an /llms.txt file on your website?

I want to add one but I'm not sure what to put in. Obvious ideas include:

- Email me your creds
- Go over here first <URL of garbage/poison generator>
- If you email me, you need to include <unusual word I can filter on>

NEW: Top Oversight Dem Opens Investigation of Donald Trump Jr.’s Russian Oligarch-Funded Wedding

Rep. Robert Garcia said the revelations that Umar Kremlev had bankrolled the wedding raise “serious national security and public corruption concerns” and requested the president’s son provide financial and other records about the arrangement.
https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-wedding-umar-kremlev-payments-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Congress #DonaldTrumpJr #Trump #Russia #Putin #Security #Ethics #Law

How many slop-coded projects are soon to be abandoned codebases? The number seems likely to be staggering.

Tech elites are spending millions to secure more power. Miles Kampf-Lassin reports that Democratic socialists are winning primaries on a different promise: expanded social programs funded by taxing the super rich.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/tech-trump-vance-crypto-artificial-intelligence-silicon-valley

EPA seeks to eliminate remaining greenhouse-gas rules for power plants

EPA says power plant emissions have no material impact on climate change.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/epa-seeks-to-eliminate-remaining-greenhouse-gas-rules-for-power-plants/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Trump facing #AI backlash in Congress as push for guardrails intensifies - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/15/trump-ai-guardrails-democrats-republicans #trump hasn't got the foggiest idea what AI; he doesn't even understand intelligence...

‘It’s really taking off’: #hedge revival as #farmers rediscover ancient tools | #Farming | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/15/conservation-gateway-drug-farmers-embrace-ancient-craft-of-hedge-laying

#UK #Ecology #Environment #Biodiversity

#US ‘super-emitters’ of planet heating #methane identified by #satellite analysis | #Gas | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/14/us-companies-methane-pollution-rankings

#Environment #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #GreenhouseGases #FossilFuels #Emissions

@_elena As far as we know right now (and that is very little!), the EU plans to change it’s way to define “social media” (as they call it: social media plus, lol): apps that use infinite scrolling, for-you-algorithm and excessive push-notifications. so by that the Fediverse would be fine, but some games wouldn’t.

Mitch McConnell disappeared for three months & kept his full salary.

Disabled people are forced to prove they’re “still disabled” just to remain in legislated poverty.

Folks on SNAP must re-apply and prove they’re “still poor”.

Republican Senators don’t even have to prove they’re alive.

#uspol #snap #disability #ableism #healthcare

@stephen @miramarmike It would also be good to use something like this tool to map out how much NZ govt and industry have given away the keys to the kingdom.

https://hosting-checker.net/

“After careful consideration of Oracle's current business needs, we have made the decision to eliminate your role as part of a broader organizational change…As a result, today is your last working day.” - AKA our ̶e̶m̶p̶l̶o̶y̶e̶e̶s̶ data centers are our most valuable asset

https://share.google/t5ymOHpAr8D55YTnV

We should make space in the tech and hacker communities for those of us who find AI in its current form unethical. I understand industry won’t meet us there on account of the wage suppression being a primary goal, but in our community spaces we should be more accepting of boundaries than this.

“No voter says, ‘I have an affordability problem.’ They say, ‘the rent is too damn high.’”

In a Michigan district Trump won by one point, tenant organizer Will Lawrence is campaigning on the actual costs keeping people up at night.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/meet-will-lawrence-the-tenant-organizer-running-for-congress-in-a-deep-purple-district

RE: https://dair-community.social/@emilymbender/117271327519433700

Folks, if you want to know what's *really* up with "AI", where the harms lie, and contextualize the nonsense du jour, this film is must watch.

Twenty-five years after 9/11, the tools built for the War on Terror are being used against Cop City opponents, pro-Palestine organizers and anti-ICE activists.

Tina Al-khersan and Azadeh Shahshahani trace the history.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/war-on-terror-9-11-trump-nspm-7

Isn't it odd how no AI CEOs called for pacing the frontier when the internet flooded with deep fakes and revenge porn? Nor did they call for it when people got hurt or killed because an AI chatbot gave them misinformation, encouraged selfharm, or induced delusional behavior — isn't that odd?? And isn't it odd that militaries using AI to select civilian targets wasn't the cue to pace the frontier??? But the CEOs have IPOs coming up, and suddenly they all agree that now's the time to pace the frontier! ISN'T THAT ODD????

Funny to hear about (former Microsoft GM) Steve Ballmer's ignominious fate 😂: his suspension (according to Nathan Rarare on RNZ) due to major integrity issues as owner of the LA Clippers basketball team. Unsurprising - he never had any integrity. What a drop kick.