Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

having used llms before for work, i have first hand experience of the effects they have on your mind, especially if you use them for creation (like writing code)

they're addictive gambling machines, even if you know they are. they can't be used responsibly. after stopping with their use for work, i noticed myself reaching for them. it took me months to fully recover. there was also very noticeable skill atrophy

i knew of the many issues, but these things work on your monkey brain, they're very hazardous

if you use them and you're not forced to use them, stop using them. they are not worth it in any way

this technology needs to be eliminated, there is no way to salvage it

and this is me focusing on the psychological issues, there are way more severe social and ethical issues with it

This is the one and only campaign I have donated to this cycle. I am from Ohio, but haven’t lived there since I was 14. I am also a survivor of child abuse, and Vivek’s ad incorporating his opponent’s abuser is fucking unacceptable. JD Vance’s approval of this ad is unacceptable.

Vivek’s ad is exactly what has kept me from running for elected office.

https://youtu.be/u_9GX4n5GHI

Incredible reporting from @kevincollier on how local governments and police departments are able to secure Flock contracts without notifying the public. In several cases, the government bids were *just* under the threshold for public disclosure and council votes, which oftentimes probably would have voted them down.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/flock-cameras-safety-surveil-spread-location-where-contract-town-city-rcna595745

Drop-In Time is a time where I hang out in a room at the library with a big table and a lot of chairs and help people with their technology problems for two and a half hours. These are their stories. It was cold today so I was warming up some water for tea and by the time I got upstairs at three past the hour there were four people waiting for me. Whoops!

Bob and Kathy had a Medicare prescription drug plan that wasn't going to be around next year so they needed help finding a new one.

RE: https://flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/117484552248037958

Thread on CBS "News" joining forces with gambling companies. Not the first news org to do this, which is even more pathetic.

"Bay Area 'rapid response' hotlines monitoring immigration arrests have seen an uptick in reports since this weekend, said Lisa Knox, co-executive director at California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice. Knox is in contact with eight regional hotlines that field calls of reported arrests."

https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/10/22/theres-been-an-uptick-in-violent-ice-arrests-in-the-bay-area-immigration-attorneys-warn

i have no wish to 'convert' or 'convince' AI-art-creators to stop doing/creating AI art. instead i wish for them to go away and leave me+us alone. i see it the same as bigoted people! i'm not here to educate u, please leave

seeing some art communities try to make room / welcome / fix ai-art-creators. to me it says "goodbye Lu". goodbye

luckily this seems to be a pretty rare view but its more common in laptop/computer-based communities (surprise surprise)

yes we are all trying to figure out what AI taking over the world and our jobs means. that doesnt mean we let it into our art spaces

if u turn up to one of our events in london doing something AI, no one is gonna stop u, but i think you'll be swept away by all the human-as-possible collaboration going on instead and no one will be interested in your AI art project

(yes yes yes i'm using the term "AI" to mean "big bad AI" dont shoot the messenger and dont be that reply guy)

Apparently, my daughter was given an assignment to use generative #AI to create a poster / cover for A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court in her English class. She took offense to this and asked if she could just do the assignment by hand or digitally using one of her #art apps. She was told no. So, my daughter decided to take a stand and not do the assignment. We support her decision completely. Asking someone who lives for creating her own art to use AI and refusing to accept anything else is inexcusable.

So, my criteria are:

* Desktop, graphical calendar.
* Multiple calendars.
* Subscribe to remote ICS files, or at least be able to import them.
* The usual repeating-event features.
* Persistent *graphical* alerts (that nag me, but can be snoozed) with customizable time horizons. Not just a little background bloop or whatever.
* Not fucking losing my data.

That's not much to ask for.

Reminder: if you could use some good news, the GEO "release party" for our journal issue on union co-ops is happening this coming Monday!

Monday, October 26
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM CDT

https://luma.com/0u9j9wgm

RE: https://social.coop/@SocialCoop/117479349533889344

Update: the wiki is back online. Thank you, @3wordchant!

Hey, this eMudhra cert issue might mean I can MITM this Blink home camera system and get it to work without phoning home or requiring a smartphone!

I wrote on Boing Boing about The Underwater Cabaret, a satirical magazine incredibly made by a poet hiding from the Nazis in a Netherlands attic.
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https://boingboing.net/2026/10/22/the-underwater-cabaret-a-magazine-made-by-a-poet-hiding-from.html

Framing the php2shell story as "AI uncovered php2shell" is like hearing an awesome song and crediting the guitar instead of the player. It's just incorrect and steals credit from a good researcher.

The underlying bug was discovered in 2020, a related one in 2024, and they were both rediscovered again through exploitation in 2026 by a human researcher. The researcher used LLM tech to help with parts of the process, not all of it, and says so in the writeup.

https://calif.io/php2shell/

There goes 6250 tonnes of CO₂ removal every year…

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2026/oct/22/finland-google-felling-trees-datacentre?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu

press 4 to pay respects

https://www.bseindia.com/xml-data/corpfiling/AttachLive/82503e00-335c-49dc-b022-f4633a08b642.pdf

The right-wing owners of Scientific American, once the pillar of science writing, have ruined the publication's content and reputation. An incredibly sad situation: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/scientific-american-springer-nature-trump/

RE: https://narrativ.es/@janl/117484474907395355

#FOSDEM will not have a DEIB room 😔 True to #DIY #OpenSource spirit we will fix this ourselves.

Support @Gina @elena @RosannaSibora initial proposal for a DEIB room with the #FOSDEMPledge @janl proposes:

Take a min or 2 to discuss the need for diversity, equity, inclusivism & belonging (DEIB) in your talk or have a talk on this topic in the room you organise.

For me #FLOSS is about people. Let's make sure everyone feels welcome & enable their participation in the FLOSS ecosystem. ✊

I bought something from Best Buy online for store pickup, and they put me on a mail list that has no unsubscribe link. They want me to create an account to unsubscribe. I tried the chatbot with ridiculous results: It only wants to talk about products.

Spam filter time...

I work in the #food industry – and the UK is heading for full supply-chain collapse - https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026-10-21/food-industry-supply-chain-collapse-secret-source "#Climatechange will soon throw our food system into chaos. But solutions are there for a government willing to see them"