Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Police can't arrest journalists covering protests with impunity.

No qualified immunity for Iowa police officer who arrested photographer at George Floyd protest https://www.courthousenews.com/no-qualified-immunity-for-iowa-police-officer-who-arrested-photographer-at-george-floyd-protest/

Chris Luxon’s threat to restart oil exploration is a shocker.

New oil and gas exploration would be a DISASTER for the climate and the ocean.

That ban was long-fought for and hard-won.

New oil exploration won't start in Aotearoa without a fight.

https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/story/luxons-threat-to-restart-oil-exploration-would-be-a-disaster-for-the-climate-and-the-ocean/?utm_medium=share&utm_content=postid-61257&utm_campaign=&utm_source=mastodon #climatechange #ocean #nzpol #newzealand #nz #climatecrisis #climateaction

Australians look set to vote against Indigenous voice in parliament - https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/12/australians-look-set-to-vote-against-indigenous-voice-in-parliament pretty staggering affirmation of racism...you OK with that, #Australia...?

Mobian started as a hobby project, triggered by the excitement of finally being able to hack one’s mobile phone at will. It is fair to say that the device that made it possible back then was the original PinePhone. However, after running once again into the same difficulties we experienced over and over, we’re wondering whether maintaining support for this device is still worth the effort…

https://blog.mobian.org/posts/2023/09/30/paperweight-dilemma/

@gecko @tootbrute @KinmenRisingProject The real difference there comes from @purism having kernel devs on their payroll: in terms of hardware parts, IMHO they didn't make obviously better choices when looking only at the "software support" aspect (heck, even they ended up with a downstream driver for the wifi cards they initially shipped)

Many people in the Codeberg community think that it is very important to read @drewdevault's blog post about the forbidden topics: https://drewdevault.com/2023/09/29/The-forbidden-topics.html

The responses to such posts even in our online spaces show that people disagree without even trying to understand it.

We kindly ask you: Read the post, think about it, and try to reflect your own actions accordingly.

ON October 12 there is NOTHING TO CELEBRATE.

TODAY is another COUNTER CLOUD ACTION DAY!

Why is October 12 another Counter Cloud Action day?

The 12th October marks the trans-oceanic invasion of Abya Yala (aka the Americas) and is nowadays actively celebrated by many as "Columbus Day" or "day of Hispanity" (sic). Activists have reclaimed the day to remember the atrocities of colonialism and to celebrate Indigenous and anti-colonial resistance instead: "nada que celebrar" (nothing to celebrate)!

In case you were wondering, why yes, the world is still the warmest of record for this time of year, which has been the case almost every single day since early June. Graphic from U. Maine Climate Reanalyzer. #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #ClimateDiary #Climate

I've just written this: https://tech.oeru.org/foss-libresoftware-its-about-clarity-and-values to explain why I've adopted the term #LibreSoftware over #FOSS or #OpenSource to talk about the *non-proprietary* software about which I'm passionate.

FYI for anyone who uses Dropbox, this perhaps has appeared in your settings and defaulted to "on". You'll probably want to turn it off.

Public corruption prosecutions rise where nonprofit news outlets flourish, research finds. https://journalistsresource.org/media/watchdog-public-corruption/

According to HackerNoon, they consider #ActivityPub as the "future of social networks". In addition, they have crafted an outstanding explanation of its functionalities and capabilities, accompanied by remarkable code-based illustrations.

It is highly recommended reading material for developers interested in constructing a Fediverse app.

https://hackernoon.com/a-brief-introduction-of-activitypub-the-future-of-social-networks

How about it Aotearoa!!

Let’s start with a ban on the big ones very soon — they’re polluting the air, driving climate change and endangering the lives of pedestrians and cyclists.

Stockholm is banning petrol and diesel cars from centre from 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/11/stockholm-ban-petrol-and-diesel-cars-city-centre-2025-swedish-capital-pollution?CMP=share_btn_tw #nzpol #transport #auckland #wellington #christchurch #dunedin #hamilton #tauranga #nz #newzealand

Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible
https://niemanreports.org/articles/npr-twitter-musk/

> The numbers confirm what many of us have long suspected — that Twitter wasn’t worth the effort, at least in terms of traffic

/via @cguess

@lightweight Yep Bernard Hickey yesterday pointed out that National's tax policy is a huge gift to landlords and will cost beneficiaries $17k over 4 years. Magnified Trickle up.
https://thekaka.substack.com/p/wednesdays-chorus-tax-cuts-for-mega

I'm not a great interviewer, but fortunately Rachel and Travis were pretty good at answering my rambling questions about their conversion to a #WorkerCoop and their work in #ProjectManagement training.

[Turning Up the Cooperation with Louder Than Ten]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNTbDjG61h0

"When I look at the Crazy Horse Memorial a few miles from where I live, I know that the colonial power of Euro-Americans is directed to invent their own sculpture, art, literature, and history of a Lakota man who defended his lands and people from enforced prison. When they blow up a mountain to honor him, their action sustains the theft that killed him." (209) #ElizabethCookLynn

DRM ruins efforts at historical preservation. If all of our media is locked up in digital streaming platforms -- which will go under eventually -- how will it be preserved for future generations? Live DRM-free instead: https://u.fsf.org/1aj #EndDRM #DRM

It's an exciting week here in #OpenSource author land. Yesterday was the fifth birthday of my first book, and today my second is available in beta/early release! 🎉

Introducing Business Success with Open Source!

Is your company using open source in any way? (yes, it is)

Does it want to do that in a way that improves the #business while also being good for the #FOSS ecosystem? (yes, it does)

Then this is the book for you! Check it out!

https://pragprog.com/titles/vbfoss/business-success-with-open-source/

#plsBoost

This has @pluralistic written all over it: Google is bragging about enshittifying search. https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/intl/en-gb/consumer-insights/consumer-journey/the-consumer-decision-making-process/