Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Since I was born, this is probably the fourth "once-in-a-lifetime" financial crisis we're heading for.

But I think our whole system is one big, deepening crisis, and it's collapsing before our very eyes. It is inherently out of balance and is essentially based on the assumption that we all agree that people take advantage of others. Whether it is corporations capitalizing on the working class or wealthy nations that abuse their powers to gain advantages in the global scheme of things.

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See our recent blog post about the First Amendment right to record the police. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/06/you-have-first-amendment-right-record-police

EFF joined a coalition of 53 organizations in a statement condemning harassment and violence against journalists. More than 80% of recent reports were attacks by police officers. https://ncac.org/news/the-free-press-in-a-time-of-crisis

Los Angeles rental scooter riders: the city is tracking your rides in real-time as part of an "experiment." We joined the ACLU in a lawsuit on behalf of two riders to put a stop this privacy-invasive practice: https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-aclu-file-lawsuit-stop-los-angeles-collecting-real-time-gps-tracking-data

Our guide to attending a protest has been updated. Stay safe, stay healthy, and stay heard. #BLM https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/attending-protest

Portland, OR: Portland Police Chase and Harass Court Supporters https://itsgoingdown.org/portland-police-harass-court-supporters/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

It's interesting when even former Google developers start to de-Google-ify their websites. This is from Jake Wharton who quit his job at Google just over a month ago (via Twitter):

"Google has been slowly rotting for years from their products outward."

Reason for removing Google Analytics from his website?

"Performance and privacy. Win-win."

https://plausible.io/blog/remove-google-analytics

I suspect it'd be far far more effective (and kind) to put the money required to equip NZ police with guns into social welfare for society's most desperate instead.

This.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Thatsactuallyverycool/comments/gxselk/now_this_is_some_deep_graffiti/

Apparently, the uptake of Microsoft's "Windows Linux Subsystem" is miniscule despite it being blared from all MS PR speakers at full volume. Smart technologists realise that enclosing Linux within Windows is a stage in Embrace, Extend, Extinguish. Locking the magnificent eagle, symbol of freedom, into a dingy little cage... is not a compelling proposition. Just drop Windows and use Linux. Only a fool puts on the shackles voluntarily.

Ban This Shit
https://gizmodo.com/ban-this-shit-1843904434 #privacy #security #purism

Anyone on here using collective.tools yet and have feedback?

Considering adopting it for our #Vt real estate co-op before we lock ourselves too deeply into Google, but figured I'd check before dropping the $$ for a subscription.

Our five-part series responding to the President includes an explanation of how the Executive Order is unconstitutional on several grounds, built on false premises, and is bad policy to boot. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/05/dangers-trumps-executive-order-explained

If they're not evil now... there's nothing to stop them from being evil later (when they've got more power). I've written about it before: https://davelane.nz/megacorps

Ubuntu and Canonical - this is not cool. https://ubuntu.com/blog/creating-cross-platform-applications-with-net-on-ubuntu-on-wsl You're far better than this. Have a bit of pride in your principles. Microsoft is *not our friend*. Not even a little bit.

The digital technology you use is a political statement, whether you know (or like) it or not. Be prefigurative by choosing technologies aligned with your principles. And actively avoid those which are not.

Google Facing $5 Billion Lawsuit for Tracking Incognito Mode
https://gizmodo.com/google-facing-5-billion-lawsuit-for-tracking-people-us-1843886498