Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Ilhan Omar is once again being attacked by her own party for speaking out https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/12/week-in-patriarchy-newsletter-ilhan-omar

Can’t Vote/Why Vote? https://rall.com/comic/cant-vote-why-vote #rall

Oregon house expels Republican who helped far-right rioters enter capitol https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/11/oregon-mike-nearman-state-house-far-right-capitol

This is a bullshit article; more evidence that #capitalism needs to die.
Facing shortage of high-skilled workers, employers are seeking more immigrant talent, study finds https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/10/study-employers-seek-immigrants-amid-shortage-of-high-skilled-workers.html

Let me fix that title, "Facing shortage of high-skilled workers willing to work for lower wages than their skill set and experience dictate, employers are seeking more low-cost, immigrant talent". #fixedit

Got a call from a job recruiter /sarcasm today from a very poor speaker of my language and was struggling to read the job position script. It's obvious that this is now a low wage skill. As an employer, I wouldn't be happy, but then again the employer obviously hired this cut rate service.

Buzz word bingo recruiting was bad, but the field has really devolved into useless these days. You'd think if there was actually a shortage of SWEs, then more effort would go into recruitment.

The NYPD Is Still Stopping and Frisking Black People at Disproportionate Rates https://theintercept.com/2021/06/10/stop-and-frisk-new-york-police-racial-disparity/
#ACAB

"Give me a break don't tell me
That life is great in the big city
It's all based on money and greed
Everything you'll never need"
- Subhumans (UK) from Big City

"Spent my whole life in the city
Where junk is king and the air smells shitty
People puking everywhere,
Piles of blood, scabs and hair
Bodies wasted in defeat
People dying on the streets
But suburban scumbags they don't care
They just get fat and dye their hair"
- Fear from "I love living in the city"

It’s raining “forever chemicals” in the Great Lakes https://grist.org/science/its-raining-forever-chemicals-in-the-great-lakes/

Secret IRS Files Reveal Just How Little the Wealthiest Pay in Income Tax https://inthesetimes.com/article/irs-taxes-jeff-bezos-elon-musk-warren-buffett

Flipped by Jen Sorensen https://thenib.com/if-we-treated-our-homes-like-we-do-the-earth/

Should we blame society for high cholesterol?

Software development processes have got to be the longest running con game in the industry. They are never backed by anything more than anecdotal data, and they are always extended into development areas outside of even their slim anecdotal evidence.

scrum has to be one of the worst, as it is just thinly veiled Taylorism.

U.S. Southwest, already parched, sees ‘virtual water’ drain abroad https://grist.org/agriculture/u-s-southwest-already-parched-sees-virtual-water-drain-abroad/

It’s not just your imagination — ticks are out of control this year https://grist.org/article/its-not-just-your-imagination-ticks-are-out-of-control-this-year/

#climatechange

How bankruptcy lets oil and gas companies evade cleanup rules https://grist.org/accountability/oil-gas-bankruptcy-fieldwood-energy-petroshare/