Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Police spy tech like ALPRs puts everyone at risk of false arrests, and especially people of color. https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/aurora-police-detain-black-family-after-mistaking-their-vehicle-as-stolen

Purism is hiring!

We are looking for an On-site Electronics Engineer here in Carlsbad, CA.

This role involves:

- good electronics engineering skills
- BOM management
- PCB EQ
- working with design tools like CAE and CAD
- experience in hardware debugging
- assisting and collaboration with software team
- free software / open source oriented
- ...and more

If interested, please apply here: https://puri.sm/job/on-site-electronics-engineer/

Harvard's TraceFi appears to be the introduction of a powerful new location surveillance for everyone on their campus. Students should not be asked to sacrifice their privacy to use this technology. https://covidtech.harvard.edu/howitworks.html

Schools were already operating as testbeds for mass surveillance before the advent of COVID-19, from kindergarten through college levels. We shouldn't give them another tool in their surveillance arsenal. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/02/schools-are-pushing-boundaries-surveillance-technologies

The Constitution requires disclosure of the source code of programs used by prosecutors to prove an accused’s guilt in order to ensure that the evidence is reliable. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/eff-and-aclu-tell-federal-court-forensic-software-source-code-must-be-disclosed

This is some pretty terrifying shit, US: https://www.democracynow.org/2020/8/3/nils_gilman_2020_election_scenarios - I'm in despair that it's got to this point.

#England's biggest #landowners not growing enough #trees – report | #Environment | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/04/englands-biggest-landowners-not-growing-enough-trees-report

#Forests

"The Truth Is Paywalled But The Lies Are Free"

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/08/the-truth-is-paywalled-but-the-lies-are-free/

Two on-site job postings added today: https://puri.sm/jobs/ more (including remote work) will get posted in the future.

Tools and Tactics in the Portland Protests : From Leaf Blowers and Umbrellas to Lasers, Balloons, and Power Tools https://crimethinc.com/2020/08/03/tools-and-tactics-in-the-portland-protests-from-leaf-blowers-and-umbrellas-to-lasers-bubbles-and-balloons?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

https://freetube.writeas.com/the-invidious-project-will-be-shutting-down-soon

Hello world! This is the mastodon account for #Mobian, a Debian customized for mobile phones/tablets. Here, we will comment, respond and report on the development. It will also contain quite some redundancy to our content on twitter (I guess). Welcome!

Logical fallacies explained by robots!

By Michele Rosenthal. Source:
https://michelerosenthal.com/portfolio/logical-fallacies/

If this trend continues, we might be without Firefox soon....

https://news.softpedia.com/news/google-chrome-microsoft-edge-keep-growing-firefox-is-the-main-victim-530701.shtml

"The revolution cannot be controlled by a vanguard of activists; if it is, it will fail. The revolution must be controlled by its participants, because only then will we learn how to claim agency over our own lives and futures."