Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Remember folks, **all the people in power are sociopaths,** including the ones in the US. Putting Dems back in power did not change that one iota.

https://mate.substack.com/p/siding-with-ukraines-far-right-us?s=r

#Køpiplatz resquatted. We are here to reclaim what is ours [#Berlin] - Read more: https://enoughisenough14.org/2022/04/16/kopiplatz-resquatted-we-are-here-to-reclaim-what-is-ours-berlin/ #Koepibleibt #KoepiPlatzBleibt #koepi #KoepiPlatz #B1504 #squat #antireport

Just had a great convo with a member of Earthworker cooperative in Australia, fascinating cooperative, labor union, social movement project with several cooperatives. Well worth checking out: https://earthworkercooperative.com.au/

Just for clarification, for anyone using Javascript or considering thinking about it: https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=Uo3cL4nrGOk or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo3cL4nrGOk

REUTERS: The company found itself on the EU competition enforcer's radar again after German software provider Nextcloud, France's OVHcloud and two other companies filed complaints about Microsoft's cloud practices.

https://www.reuters.com/business/microsofts-cloud-business-targeted-by-eu-antitrust-regulators-2022-04-01/

Was involved in a discussion recently looking at the levels of lustre that could be achieved when polishing a turd (those who know me can probably guess the inspiration) and someone posted this: https://www.dorodango.com/

Great to see the Metro New York Library Council exploring the many advantages of the decentralised, non-corporate Fediverse ... https://metro.org/events/goodbye-facebook-hello-decentralized-social-media-can-peer-peer-lead-less-toxic-online but is it too much to ask that they consider employing some of their tech people to set up a BigBlueButton rather than forcing people to endure the painful irony of using Zoom for the session?

#BenJennings on the #UK’s #CostOfLivingCrisis – #cartoon | Opinion | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2022/apr/12/ben-jennings-on-the-uks-cost-of-living-crisis-cartoon

#Politics #Satire

April is Earth month🌎 . Thanks to the strength and bond of the Purism community as well as the resilience of a local economies we have been able to cross the chasm and pursue a better way of contributing to a planet built on purposeful actions. Read more about the why and how: https://puri.sm/posts/purism-cares-about-environmental-impact/

“Co-operatives and mutuals are ideally suited to the provision of aged care and broader care services because they place those being cared for, as well as those providing the care, at the heart of the solution. In a co-op, people not profits are the beginning, middle and end purpose of the business."
#Coops

https://www.thenews.coop/161665/sector/health/australian-government-funds-national-scheme-to-develop-social-care-co-ops/

Congress passed the Video Privacy Protection Act in 1988 after a reporter showed you could get video rental records of anyone (by publishing rental records of a Supreme Court nominee): “When Congress’ own privacy is at risk, they somehow find a way to act.”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqn3gR1WTcA&t=1300s

Want to know more about how government officials use this sort of data? Illinois' IDOT purchased access to precise geolocation data about over 40% of the state’s population from Safegraph, a controversial data broker that was banned from Google’s app store.https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/illinois-bought-invasive-phone-location-data-banned-broker-safegraph

ICE used broad administrative subpoenas to collect over 6 million financial records from money transfer services. This is a blatantly illegal exploitation of government subpoena power–and an all too familiar one that must stop. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/heres-how-ice-illegally-obtained-bulk-financial-records-western-union

KOSA would allow individual state attorneys general to decide what topics pose a risk to a minor, and allow them to force online services to remove and block access to that material everywhere, by default. Tell the Senate: this isn’t safety—it’s censorship.https://act.eff.org/action/tell-the-senate-the-solution-to-kids-privacy-isn-t-more-surveillance

Imagine you've been arrested. An officer hands you a digital tablet for communication. It seems like a lifeline—until you try to use it. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/04/catalog-carceral-surveillance-tablet-advertising-can-also-issue-discipline

Etsy sellers are striking and asking for a boycott.

No matter what Librem device you own, you’ll now have a quick and easy way to find your how-to videos without too much digging around🔔
https://puri.sm/posts/definitive-guide-to-user-documentation-for-librem-devices/

"Walk away from the activist way of thinking, where you need dozens to hundreds of people, massive signal chats, a FB group, endorsement by local celebrities, & a snack committee, to do anything. You don’t need permission!" - Starting Autonomous Direct Action [Madison, Wisconsin] -> https://enoughisenough14.org/2022/04/11/starting-autonomous-direct-action-madison-wisconsin/ #antireport