Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Time to dump Discord

https://social.coop/@nano@yiff.life/109989197959070614

A combined deficit of infrastructure, suitable housing, accessibly health care, and environmental protection that stretches back over 35+ years.

All because we were told that markets would do a better job.

Bullshit.

The only thing markets do well is concentrate wealth, and even that is a fickle one since they are so bad at managing risk.

So we get ever-increasing inequality, spiraling costs of living, and a wrecked planet so the billionaires can party like it's 1999.

Oversight GOP won’t sign Democrats’ statement denouncing white supremacy https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/oversight-republicans-great-replacement-theory-b2295295.html

If one of my former students went to work for the Murdoch family's Fox "News" I would count that as a profound failure on my part.

Fascinating: https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=jN7mSXMruEo or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN7mSXMruEo The history of why #SUVs emerged form the US and how messed up it is.

Progressive liberal & leftist American Jews have been getting yelled at for nearly two decades for speaking up about Israel’s ongoing rightward shift & embrace of the intolerant & we have been marginalized & pushed out of the communal tent. Suddenly, liberals sound like we did.

Are there freelancers in the @FlatpakApps community who can be contracted for a few days' work bundling an (Electron) app as a #Flatpk and submitting it to #Flathub? I'm looking to make an introduction to another organisation that's not so familiar with the platform.

Part 6 already in the phone camera series :D

https://blog.brixit.nl/mobile-linux-camera-pt-6/

What passes for "left" politics in this country are so utterly bankrupt that people actually felt good about voting for this douche, thought he was a good guy who was going to save us from...something. What? I dunno. A less prettied-up fascism? Oppression with a snear, instead of a smile?

When this idgit the best option you have on the ballot, your democracy is a sham.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/03/snap-benefits-food-stamps-biden-welfare-poverty.html

"Durglo repeatedly heard from people who were 'sick and tired' of being told to adapt to a changing environment when they bore little responsibility for those changes. That’s why the plan focuses on climate mitigation, not adaptation, and embracing Indigenous customs and stewardship. Eight tribal elders were invited to share recollections of how the land has changed, and their insights helped shape mitigation projects."

https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/indigenous-community-wrote-its-own-climate-action-plan

Did you see Glass Onion & get curious about hydrogen? Did you know the utilities want to start blending it into your gas stove? Did you know it’s more NOx-polluting in your house than methane? Find out more March 16, 7 pm, with two walking encyclopedias on the topic:

https://greennewton.org/event/hydrogen-versus-electricity-for-heating-buildings/

On the heels of this major report released yesterday: https://www.gastransitionallies.org/hydrogen-report

In February 1958 London artist and designer Gerald Holtom designed the icon that is commonly recognized today as the “international peace symbol.” At the time, it was created with specific purpose. Holtom created it for the first Aldermaston March—an anti-nuclear weapons demonstration organized by a committee from the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. 🧵

#design #peace #nuclear #politics

Periodic reminder: the way we do digital education around the world (esp in the wealthier countries) is not the only way, nor, in my opinion, is it a good way. Here's another proven way I think we should all be emulating: https://davelane.nz/openschools #Trust #FOSS #Equity

We support the arrestees in Atlanta, even the innocent ones.

"It’s worth recognizing people who actually deserve to be admired. Consider this guy: He is spending some of the money he earned building wheelchair ramps to make public spaces in his city more accessible."

"His country, Iceland, voted him Person of the Year in 2022."

"His name is Haraldur Þorleifsson and Elon Musk just fired him over Twitter"

🔥 by @ethanz

https://ethanzuckerman.com/2023/03/07/elon-musks-compelling-case-for-worst-human-of-2023/

Department of "Do Not Buy Ring Surveillance Devices" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/07/privacy-loophole-ring-doorbell-00084979

My contempt for Big Telecom has risen another notch with its foul -- and successful -- smear campaign against FCC nominee Gigi Sohn. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/03/bidens-fcc-pick-withdraws-regrets-that-isps-get-to-choose-their-regulators/

As Gigi said in withdrawing, the American people are the losers to a cartel that defines everything wrong with business and politics.