Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

RFK Jr. gets presidential endorsement from Jack Dorsey, so bye, bye Bluesky.

And they were very impressed by BigBlueButton.

I must say, though, I do have some concerns about a cyber-security firm that uses MS Teams. Ouch.

High Prices Make Textbook ‘Piracy’ Acceptable to Most Students - https://torrentfreak.com/high-prices-make-textbook-piracy-acceptable-to-most-students-230604/ all textbooks should be free and #openaccess

Quote from above article 👆

"ChatGPT certainly can’t replace human thinking. Yet people project sentient qualities onto ChatGPT and feel like they are conducting meaningful conversations with another person. When they realize that’s a foolish claim, they say they’re sure that’s definitely coming soon!"

This dynamic (which reoccurs throughout our society) is how I know we live in the dumbest timeline.

Academia summed up in one photo:

@obtener
So I have confirmed that Morgan Freeman never said this, but
WE ALL CAN SAY IT!
I hate the word Homophobia
It's not a "phobia"
You are not scared
You're just a hateful asswipe
Better?
& this⬇️
#PrideMonth

I've known @jorge for almost twenty years. He lives in the future. Every time he is excited about something new, first I would shrug, then a few years later I would find myself using it (and loving it). Finally I learned that if I want to know the future of Linux, I should listen to him.

So when Jorge writes a blog post describing the future of the Linux desktop, you should read it.

https://www.ypsidanger.com/the-distribution-model-is-changing/

#linux #desktop #flatpak

Amazing things happened in America the last time we taxed billionaires at 90%. It’s an incredible story that every American should know!

https://hartmannreport.com/p/what-happens-when-you-tax-billionaires-fa3

New proposed @USPTO rules will bring more bogus software patents. They're a big threat to open source developers. We're standing together with @linuxfoundation insisting on a "fair and open system" of patent reviews. https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/stand-up-for-open-source-software-patent-defense

We live in a strange world, where we think we can buy or build our way out of a crisis that has been created by buying and building things.
Where a football game or a film gala gets more media attention than the biggest crisis humanity has ever faced.
Greta Thunberg

Ron DeSantis supports pastor who says gay people should be "put to death" https://boingboing.net/2023/06/02/ron-desantis-supports-pastor-who-says-gay-people-should-be-put-to-death.html such lovely people, these "christians"....

REI trying to do a little ethics washing after their anti-union shenanigans, smh.

https://www.thenews.coop/170288/sector/retail/rei-co-op-donates-us40m-to-nonprofits-working-for-a-more-equitable-outdoors/

"By an 8-to-1 vote, the [U.S. Supreme Court] ruled against unionized truck drivers who walked off the job, leaving their trucks loaded with wet concrete, but it preserved the rights of workers to time their strikes for maximum effect."

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/01/1179524247/supreme-court-ruled-against-a-union-but-left-strikers-rights-protections-untouch

In the annals of completely biased journalism, this Toronto Star piece about Canada's plan to extort social media companies on behalf of handpicked legacy media companies is a classic example. One guess whose side it takes:

https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2023/06/01/facebook-and-instagram-are-about-to-start-blocking-news-for-random-canadians-heres-what-it-will-look-like-if-youre-targeted.html

"...However, through the magic of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, large corporations cannot rewrite online history...."

❤️

"Amazon announced the Shipment Zero initiative in a blog a few years ago. The company has deleted the post. However, through the magic of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, large corporations cannot rewrite online history. Here's a version of the blog."

https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-shipment-zero-gives-up-most-important-part-climate-pledge-2023-5

US deal could plug #Turkmenistan’s colossal methane emissions - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/02/us-deal-turkmenistan-colossal-methane-emissions this is an easy and urgent "win" for the world's climate - please do it quickly... #ClimateCrisis

I just posted a new video with my solutions for mobile digital painting on GNU/Linux! It's not sponsored, about a refurbished 5 y/o hardware, and relatively low budget. 🙂

Ptb: https://peertube.touhoppai.moe/w/oU74hKW7xGuAfVjrL4Kkoi
Ytb: https://youtu.be/bIJ0yYDOHrw

#thinkpad #lenovo #wacom #linux #krita #MastoArt

Me: I won't discuss business in a room with an Alexa, because Amazon is my business competitor and they eavesdrop.

Various other folks:

Today: Amazon to pay fine for eavesdropping. https://www.npr.org/2023/06/01/1179381126/amazon-alexa-ring-settlement

NEW: In a long-awaited step, the IRS announced it will develop a pilot program for free online tax filing. A tax prep industry group representing Intuit and H&R Block just hired more revolving door lobbyists as it works to block the plan.

https://readsludge.com/2023/06/01/tax-prep-industry-hires-more-lobbyists-as-irs-announces-free-e-file-pilot/

@lightweight @strypey This. We have to stop doing capitalism. Education never works when monetary profits are expected.