Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Actual exchange that happened during my first marriage:

Brother In Law: [tells a racist "joke"]
Me: not cool. you won't say racist shit around me.
BIL: or what?
Me: or I won't be around you.
BIL: it wasn't even racist
Me: yes it was. you won't do it around me.
BIL: whatever. (under breath) bitch.

Later, at Thanksgiving dinner:
BIL: [tells a second racist "joke" at the dinner table]
Me: [gets up and gets my keys and prepares to leave]
Mother in Law: where's she going??
Husband: I don't know. Lana, where are you going?
Me: I'm leaving.
MIL: why??
Me: ask your son.

Then I left. Later that evening I got an apology from BIL, and a promise to not say racist shit, at least around me. He tested it a second time, at a different family get together. I got up and started for my car. I got an immediate apology from him for his behavior.

Look, it's not a lot. But it's a start. Stick to your guns, folks, particularly around the holidays. Hold them accountable for their racist words and actions. Deplatforming racists works.

"CNN Anchors Won’t Stop Lying About Something Rashida Tlaib Never Said"

Reprehensible. https://theintercept.com/2024/09/24/cnn-rashida-tlaib-dana-nessel-antisemitism/

All righty, we're going live in 30 minutes. Other panelists include the former CDO of Yahoo, who is more bullish on AI than I am and we will possibly knife fight, and an AI ethicist/lawyer

I think anyone is able to jump on and ask questions as things go, so if anyone has time to kill, make me look hip and trendy:

https://event.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1688820&tp_key=b84db5360d&sti=hermit

In today's Help Desk, Mark finally learns what he's expected to do.

Unfortunately.

https://www.eviscerati.org/comics/hd/2024/09/an-unpleasant-revelation/

"Environmentalism without class struggle is just gardening." ~Chico Mendes (1944-1988)

People love framing complaints as coming from disgruntled employees, but I feel like gruntled (real word!) employees aren't necessarily less suspicious by any stretch.

Some of the people that cause the most harm to others with their work are the most gruntled sons of bitches I've ever met.

Also, like a kid in a candy store, I've just upgraded my Forgejo instance from 7.0.5 to 8.0.3. It just keeps getting better. Relentlessly. Great work Forgejo community!

A solid decision: https://forgejo.org/2024-07-release-v8-0/ Forgejo drops MS SQL Server support, "because it's not Free Software". It' incompatible with the project's values. Boom. Love it.

I'll be tabling at CXC this weekend in Columbus in my Ohio homeland. Come down, get some comics, and I'll have original art to sell for the first time in a while. Looking forward to seeing beautiful green paper money again!

Must-read about Ta-Nehisi Coates' new book on Palestine:

https://archive.ph/fKoDk

In today's Help Desk, Mark doesn't seem to know the big picture just yet.

"Someone Knows Something"

https://www.eviscerati.org/comics/hd/2024/09/someone-knows-something/

“‘I don’t think you solve the systemic economic problems just with worker co-ops,’ [John Duda of @redemmas] says. ​‘There needs to be a larger context in which worker co-ops are embedded⁠ — a larger fight. But I think there’s something really important and really precious about worker co-ops as a laboratory or a kind of learning.’”

@OsitaNwanevu writing for In These Times: https://inthesetimes.com/article/worker-cooperatives-baltimore-maryland

#cooperatives #workerCoop #workerOwnership #workplaceDemocracy #RedEmmas #Baltimore #OsitaNwanevu

Trying out #rr for the first time.

So far, loving it.

I feel the danger of never wanting to come back to regular #debugging again. But sometimes it can't be avoided :(

Maybe time-travel debugging could be add to #qtcreator, pretty please?

#programming

I created a 'burner' LinkedIn account so I could see some important-for-work postings that were only visible by authenticated users. I'm now getting (sometimes multiple) daily spam telling me how I'm 'on a roll'. No I'm bloody well not. I revile that place and everything it stands for.

Security expert @briankrebs is incensed (again and correctly) at Experian's privacy/security non-protections.

https://mastodon.social/deck/@briankrebs@infosec.exchange/113188769510542042

As he points out, the company is part of a cartel that is unaccountable for its shoddy practices.

Here's what I learned in year four of Platformer — or, everything that happened after we left Substack. https://www.platformer.news/leaving-substack-platformer-year-four/

Well, this is huge: https://www.un.org/global-digital-compact/en UN member states committing to digital policy - 14-17 commit member nations to promoting 'digital public goods', and it's all about open source, open standards, open data, etc.

h/t @downey

The one thing I find gut wrenching is that the title for the linked PDF... https://www.un.org/global-digital-compact/sites/default/files/2024-09/Global%20Digital%20Compact%20-%20English_0.pdf shows it was authored with %&#*en MS Word. Insidious and counterproductive.

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (38/2024): #GNOME 47 and updates on #Plasma Apps

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-38-2024/

#LinuxMobile #postmarketOS #SailfishOS #UbuntuTouch #PinePhone #Librem5 #Mobian #Phosh

A cooperative approach to the intersecting crises of housing and climate change.

https://geo.coop/gleanings/beating-extreme-heat-community

For any #Fedifolks who record music and want to distribute it... this is a very compelling option: https://wedistribute.org/2023/11/introducing-faircamp/ - I've been tracking this (and experimenting with setting one up) for my band's recordings for a while. Very cool project!