Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Do I know any cooperators who would want the domains cornergarage.coop and cornergarage.net?

They're due to expire in ~5 days and I'd rather the .net go to a co-op instead of getting slurped up by a reseller or something. I'm not selling them, I'll just transfer them to you if your cooperative organization wants them.

Scammers use "AI" to create fake law firm that extorts people on bogus copyright claims.

https://www.404media.co/a-law-firm-of-ai-generated-lawyers-is-sending-fake-threats-as-an-seo-scam/

German state ditches Windows, Microsoft Office for #Linux and #LibreOffice - https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/04/germanys_northernmost_state_ditches_windows/ good to see; more please... #schleswigholstein

Neoliberalism as a theory centers and prioritizes individual interest and greed. If all issues are matters of the market then it is the market interests (wealth) which will guide us

In that scenario sympathy is unimportant and almost a detriment to success
It would behoove me to Not care for others

Adam Smith yes was a capitalist but not a neoliberal capitalist and saying he'd be a techno optimist is bullshit
Leave Smith alone. Landlords are vampires according to Smith never forget

Once again, The Onion goes there when others won't.
https://www.theonion.com/israel-orders-strike-on-chef-jose-andres-boyhood-home-1851388482
#WCK #Gaza #Israel #TheOnion #Palestine #JoseAndres #WorldCentralKitchen

Risk of socially engineered backdoors in critical software seems like an indictment of open-source projects, but it could happen anywhere, EFF’s Molly told @theintercept - in fact, this one was found only due to the project’s open nature.
https://theintercept.com/2024/04/03/linux-hack-xz-utils-backdoor/

We have 4 new open calls for funding for projects that contribute to an open, trustworthy, human-centered internet. Projects must be free and open source and papers published

Deadline is June 1, 12.00 (noon) CEST
#NGI0 #opensource

If you love plants, this newsletter is for you. My guest editor this week is Vikram Baliga, host of the podcast Planthropology, my colleague at Texas Tech University and all-round lover of all things green.

Learn how an abandoned coal mine has been turned into a community garden, why it matters that prairies are at risk, whether you really should be putting shells on your tomato plants like little hats like the viral video tells you to do (no!), and how growing things yourself + with others is an amazing climate solution we can all be part of.

As always, please read and share! https://www.talkingclimate.ca/p/the-plant-prof-talks-horticulture

@NGIZero Thanks for acknowledging my application!

One "but". You wrote

"You've applied to the Mobifree Fund, which is focused on the Android ecosystem."

except https://nlnet.nl/mobifree/ doesn't contain the word #android. I had an "oh sh-" moment because my project is about #linuxmobile .

Who's wrong, the web site or the email? You might want to fix one.

“This is the clearest picture that we’ve gotten of how cell-site simulators are operated, installed, and sold to police in years,” EFF’s @cooperq told @HorizonMass. “There absolutely needs to be case law requiring a warrant for a simulator.”
https://horizonmass.news/2024/04/03/feature-follow-up-surreptitious-simulation/

#Brexit #ImportCharges may mean rise in #food #prices, say trad-e groups | Food & drink industry | The Guardian

Food would be cheaper, they lied…

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/apr/04/brexit-import-charges-may-mean-rise-in-food-prices-say-trade-groups

#UK #Politics #Tories

@drewdevault

@drewdevault https://translate.codeberg.org/ is now running on #redict.

(Switch was easy enough, no problems encountered: https://codeberg.org/Codeberg-Infrastructure/weblate-docker-compose/commit/7eefb48fed481ea10f5b1fe285ae737206e25dcc)

#gmobile 0.1.0 is out. Besides adding support for a new device (Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite) it's also now a shared lib (as updating it in >5 projects became cumbersome):

https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Phosh/gmobile/-/releases/v0.1.0

Contest cultures ("constantly prove you belong! Prove you're smart! Everything here is a dog eat dog competition!") tear people down under the guise of "toughness" and "identifying brilliance." In psych, we know this is destructive to long term sustainable work and mastery. We know it's systematically leveled at marginalized folks more.

These beliefs are at the heart of it all. This cannot be what we continue to let define who belongs in technical work and cultures.

https://mastodon.world/@Mer__edith/112202731458142364

Microsoft and its 722 advertising/spying partners would like you to use the new Outlook web software. https://www.ghacks.net/2024/01/12/proton-mail-says-that-the-new-outlook-app-for-windows-is-microsofts-new-data-collection-service/

If you're in Europe you can say no easily. If you're not, good luck.

if you've taken a weekend-long shot of "open source library security is bad", here's a "closed-source cloud security is a wreck" palate cleanser for you:
https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/112204031649314161

Huh, what do you know - Microsoft's been found to be broadly incompetent and dishonest about it, too... https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/04/02/microsoft-cyber-china-hack-report/