Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Hey there, #WritingCommunity!
I’m a full time indie author. My latest book is on how I make a steady middle class income even with a chronic illness and other life challenges.

I’d appreciate it if you checked out my Kickstarter! It’s filled with practical action items as well as mindset shift advice.

#bookstodon #writing #IndieAuthor #books

🗓️ Join us and the
Society of Environmental Journalists on May 2 at noon ET for a webinar: The Intersections of Press Freedom and the Environment

We will address obstacles U.S. journalists face when reporting urgent environmental issues for their communities.

RSVP: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yuNtVb5ZSjGybsi9N2lstQ

"Changing elements usually has the least effect on the system. If you change all the players on a football team, it is still recognizably a football team. (It may play much better or much worse—particular elements in a system can indeed be important.) A tree changes its cells constantly..., but it is still essentially the same tree. Your body replaces most of its cells every few weeks, but it goes on being your body."

---Donella Meadows, _Thinking in Systems_

https://wtf.tw/ref/meadows.pdf

@CedarTea @freakazoid

In *any* system, power will consolidate if not periodically disrupted.

Uniform unchanging ecosystems trend toward small numbers of species (about one per distinct ecological niche). The reason we have biological diversity is periodic physical disruptions (fire, drought, windstorms, etc.), combined with spatial patchiness.

If you're running Linux on a laptop and want to maximise your battery life, see this https://tilvids.com/w/19fca374-2047-4f9d-8b99-ecc063b179b5 from @thelinuxexperiment - thanks Nick!

Are you interested to participate to a public discussion on the development of open-source silicon and open-source Electronic Design Automation (EDA) in Europe?

Then join our introductory webinar on May 14 over #BigBlueButton:

https://wiki.goit-project.eu/index.php?title=Open-source_silicon_and_EDA_workshop_2024

This event will be followed by an in-person workshop on June 18 in Paris (right before #FSiC) and by Working Groups. The discussion will lead to a new #Roadmap for the #EuropeanCommission.

#openHardware #semiconductor #silicon #GoIT #NGIZero

#Forgejo v1.21.11-1 was just released. It contains a single bug fix for a regression introduced in v1.21.11-0 by which creating a tag via the API would fail with error 500 on a repository where a Forgejo Actions workflow triggered by tags exists. We recommend to upgrade only if you are impacted.

Check out the release notes and download it at https://forgejo.org/releases/. If you experience any issues with this release, please report to https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/issues.

Z80 officially discontinued after 48 years:

https://www.mouser.com/PCN/Littelfuse_PCN_Z84C00.pdf

No #LinuxFoundation, not "rebel", but "evil 800 pound gorilla suing the life out of projects left and right"

Don't whitewash history
#ossummit #opensource #Microsoft

The UK government is reported to be drawing up plans to nationalise parts of the failing water industry; & to take liability for the debts created by previous directors & shareholders.

Let's just pause & think about this for a moment.

The directors & shareholders have acquired immense sums of money by dubious means; they are responsible for the current situation. They must remain responsible for the debts, while the UK takes over the assets & responsibilities of providing the service.

Arizona governor vetoes bill seeking to erase trans folks from public life. “As I have said time and again, I will not sign legislation that attacks Arizonans," declared Gov. Katie Hobbs.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/04/arizona-governor-vetoes-bill-seeking-to-erase-trans-folks-from-public-life/

In Republican-controlled legislatures, cruelty is policy. Latest:

"A Louisiana House committee voted Thursday to repeal a law requiring employers to give child workers lunch breaks and to cut unemployment benefits — part of a push by Republicans to remove constraints on employers and reduce aid for injured and unemployed workers."

https://www.nola.com/news/politics/legislature/la-lawmakers-vote-to-remove-lunch-breaks-for-child-workers/article_ef234692-fd9e-11ee-99f5-771c7366107a.html

This is the relationship between Muslims and Jews in Vanderbilt's Palestinian solidarity movement: standing side-by-side, arm-in-arm engaging in joint organizing against occupation apartheid, and genocide.

#Palestine #StudentActivism

AG Merrick Garland’s pledge to narrowly interpret an amendment that vastly expands FISA Section 702 warrantless surveillance powers “isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on,” EFF’s Andrew Crocker told @theverge. https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/18/24134196/senate-cloture-vote-fisa-section-702-surveillance

#Forgejo v1.21.11-0 was just released! This is a security release.

We strongly recommend that all installations are upgraded to the latest version as soon as possible.

Check out the release notes and download it at https://forgejo.org/releases/. If you experience any issues with this release, please report to https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/issues.

The Value of in Housing Co-operatives in Australia
#HousingCoops

https://geo.coop/articles/value-housing-co-operatives-australia

Intentional Community and Capitalism

https://geo.coop/articles/intentional-community-and-capitalism

One of the things that I still carry baggage around from my time in higher ed is how difficult and lonely it is to be the one who speaks out while others thank you in private for your "bravery." It takes a massive unbelievable toll on people. Truth tellers do not want to be thanked for their bravery, they want you at their side also adding your voice to the mix. United we bargain, divided we beg.