Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

TFW I have to decide whether to immediately block someone simply because they are crowing about their DAO and posting AI art. Maybe it's mean, maybe it's judgemental, maybe they will post something interesting...

Yeah, no. We blockin' 'em. If you are that lost in the tech cult sauce, I probably don't need to be exposing myself to your brainworms, ya know?

I legit think civilization was probably a mistake (the industrial variety for sure, but probably all types, honestly). I'm having a hard time coming up with much in the way of benefits that aren't more than off-set by massive amounts of destruction and misery. Bill Hicks famously referred to humanity as "a virus with shoes." I don't think we're a virus, but I do think modern civilization is like one of these parasitic fungi that infect ants and make them engage in self-destructive behavior.

Billions lost from small retailers in tax evasion, says watchdog - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/sep/09/billions-lost-from-small-retailers-in-tax-evasion-says-watchdog "National Audit Office says trail of tax debts left by small UK retailers is widespread and increasing every year" tackling this should be priority - easy way to boost funding

@dynamic most of that seems correct. Though, you say "Fedi protocols" and when I use the term Fedi, it's short for Fediverse and that is specifically the nickname for ActivityPub. If a protocol doesn't connect to ActivityPub directly, it's not the Fediverse. Those protocols do connect, but that's because they had to change to do so when AP became more popular. BlueSky isn't and probably won't be Fediverse, just bridged to the Fediverse.

Also, BlueSky isn't all one big instance. Here's a detailed explanation of bluesky that I wrote earlier today. It's long, but very detailed.

https://social.beaware.live/@BeAware/113101470288348371

Nothing like some good old free speech and democracy, amiright? So glad the enlightened West isn't run by people like that nasty old Putin. I hear they don't have any human rights at all over there. That must be awful...

"Armed counter-terrorism police wearing balaclavas were used against a peaceful, female journalist. She was manhandled and physically hurt. The ashes in her mother’s funerary urn were desecrated in a ‘search’. "

https://www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/sarah-wilkinson-in-her-own-words/

Either a tragic copy-paste error, or a disgruntled staffer. Either way, I'm here for it. Halloween's over a month away, off with the masks already.

Lovely badge ideas from @joan_de_art #solarpunk #urbanism #mutualaid #queer #gardening #foraging #righttorepair

Forget Hollywood drama. Henry and Minh Chen are business owners in real life. They own a jewelry store. They made a legitimate purchase via cash. They mailed the cash to the seller via FedEx, because they could insure the package.

The money never arrived at the seller.🤔

Because police in Indiana trained dogs to sniff for money instead of drugs. They then have the dogs sniff all the packages that go through the FedEx depot, and just... steal any cash that the dogs find🤡

https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/2024/08/13/marion-county-asset-forfeiture-treats-cash-transfers-as-crimes/74777122007/

Trump's busy on the campaign trail. (If the trail's from the Mar-A-Lago buffet to the golf course.) https://www.dailykos.com/story/2024/9/6/2268250/-Cartoon-Trump-campaign-events

Hi all. I'm creating a wiki of public policies for the enabling and support of worker cooperatives and would like to adopt the evergreen tree logo that we have for social.coop (https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/000/050/248/original/b6f1174b16408327.png) but could not find anything in our online resources about licenses.

Does anyone know where the original one comes from/who made it?

Thank you and blessings.
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Latest comic: Prairie Progressives
#uspol #USPolitics #cartoon #comic #TimWalz #media #journalism #rural

@douginamug
I wrote a short story about this conundrum a few years ago. It doesn't have any answers to offer, because I don't, but it was the best way I could think of to explain (mostly to my parents, tbh) why I am the way I am, and think the way I do.

https://geo.coop/story/crumbs

In a new study, researchers demonstrate a real world method of teaching kids to think critically in order to protect them from the pseudoscience-to-alt-right-violence pipeline https://skepchick.org/2024/09/study-we-can-and-must-teach-kids-to-think-critically/

The framing on this story is wild. Summary: as a deadly fungal epidemic in bats spread across the US, increased insect activity resulted in an average 31% increase in pesticide use by local farmers, resulting in an average 8% increase in human infant mortality in affected areas.

And the message is: bats provide important economic benefits.

And yes, very true.

But also: The correlation between pesticide use & infant mortality is that well known & it's still allowed???

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/bats-north-america-research-1.7314579

In a perfect world, what do you think the relationship should be between non-corporate Fedi instances and instances run by for-profit corporations?

(Boosts welcome; If your opinion is something other than what is listed, it'd be great if you could post it.)

Millions of American youth face the dystopia of surveillance software installed on school-issued machines. School surveillance companies sacrifice the rights of students for unproven claims of keeping them safe. Students deserve better. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/09/school-monitoring-software-sacrifices-student-privacy-unproven-promises-safety

I talked with AIPT Comics about writing a new Toxic Avenger series, my love of mutants, and reviving a Troma property in 2024.
https://aiptcomics.com/2024/09/06/the-toxic-avenger-qa/

Someone sent me a note the other day that a funeral service for their late friend was being used to start a new Meta group that claimed to offer live streaming of the service.

But of course, those who clicked the link were sent to fake video streaming websites that try to collect payment information before supposedly letting you watch the service.

A little diggging show that not only are there hundreds of these fake funeral streaming groups, but all of them are tied back to some brainiacs in Bangladesh who naturally exposed their identities and operation by trojaning their own PCs.

What's crazy is how the fake funeral streaming groups on Meta are just one tiny microcosm of the scams these dudes in Bangladesh are doing.

Also, now I feel like showering after spending a few hours back on Meta. Eww.

The Toxic Avenger #1 hits stores in one month. Pre-ordering books is helpful so I made a little comic about it.