Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

The last session of Day One of #fluConf2025 will be @coopcloud's

"Co-op Cloud: Grow Your Own International Democratic Tech Federation"

https://fluconf.online/sessions/co-op-cloud-grow-your-own-international-democratic-tech-federation/

hosted as a livestream via their cooperatively operated Owncast instance, starting in 15 minutes (at 18:00 UTC)

https://cast.coopcloud.tech/

#fluConf

@jensorensen Saw a suggestion to stop saying D.E.I., use re-segregation instead. When they try to eliminate that, ask why they want segregation again.

The term “DEI” is being used as a cover to tear apart much of the federal government. It’s not that this language didn’t exist before, but it’s being weaponized now. Suddenly the cold, impersonal-sounding acronym DEI has replaced “diversity initiatives,” “civil rights,” “equal rights,” “fairness,” and “anti-discrimination” in everyday conversation. I would suggest that one small thing we can do is return to using those actual words. This week's comic:
#cartoon #uspol

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@sam first told me just how REI has been benefitting from being co-op washed while not being a true co-op.
This article gives a great overview: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/rei-workers-look-to-shake-up-co-ops-board-amid-push-for-a-first-contract/?utm_campaign=EO%20News%20Sharing%20ICA&utm_content=323220061&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&hss_channel=lcp-2989070

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By the way, Wikipedia is here!
And is doing all the good Fediverse organizations things!

Hosting their own instance 🏠

Verifying themselves ✅

Adding alt-text to their pictures 📝

They have nowhere near the follower count they should have! Add your support by following them here: @wikipedia

#Wikipedia #Mastodon #Fediverse

In 2016, Kanien’kehá:ka filmmaker Clifton Ariwakehte Nicholas traveled to Palestine, witnessing firsthand the struggles of Palestinians resisting occupation. A Red Road to the West Bank is a documentary about the deep parallels between Indigenous struggles in North America and Palestine—two peoples fighting against settler colonialism, displacement, and erasure.

This film is currently in development, and we need your support to create the materials necessary to secure further funding. Our goal for this development phase is $10,000, which will allow us to build key pitch materials, begin early-stage editing, and prepare for full-scale production.
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It is no surprise that Google searches for VPNs in Florida have skyrocketed. But as more states and countries pass age verification laws, it is crucial to recognize the broader implications these measures have on privacy. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/vpns-are-not-solution-age-verification-laws

You don't have to be a fighter to fight fascists. https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/1/31/2300356/-Cartoon-The-pacifists-playbook-for-frustrating-fascists

Are you aware of digital public goods? The TOR browser is now a DPG as well.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_public_goods

#fosdem #fosdem2025 #torBrowser #DPG #DigitalPublicGoods

My hair has grown pretty long, down between my shoulder blades unless I tie it up. At first, it was just my "pandemic hair," but I literally haven't been to the barber since the end of 2019. Every 6-9 months I lop some off with scissors.

Anyway, I've been sensing some hostility when I go walking through my neighborhood, particularly in the wealthy area. Once, people yelled at me from a passing car.

Apparently, my hippie hair has become a statement, and I'm okay with that.

Most Democratic office-holders are are so incompetent and cowardly at this point that they can't even reach the hand-wringing stage.

Fascists are taking over and the Democrats are almost completely AWOL.

Meanwhile, the New York Times -- America's most important (god help us) news organization, reflects its usual business-as-usual calm, normalizing everything.

"On Friday morning, the staffers at a half dozen U.S.-funded medical facilities in Sudan who care for severely malnourished children had a choice to make: Defy President Donald Trump’s order to immediately stop their operations or let up to 100 babies and toddlers die." They chose the children. https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-state-department-usaid-humanitarian-aid-freeze-ukraine-gaza-sudan

Dear California farmers and Congressional representatives:
Trump has just literally thrown millions of gallons of #water away that farmers were counting on this summer, purely to brag that he could.
That #cawater cannot be captured or used now by anyone: not farms, not cities, not firefighting.

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-01-31/trump-california-dams-opened-up

Elon Musk and his fascist friends now have control over government payment systems and databases that, if misused, could destroy countless lives.

To call this a clear and present danger to the nation understates the case.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-aides-lock-government-workers-out-computer-systems-us-agency-sources-say-2025-01-31/

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Hey #FOSS enthusiasts! 🍻
Join us for a beer this Saturday at 19:30 at Wolf Bar in Brussels!
If you're around and want to meet cool people and talk about GNOME, come on by!
📍 Rue du Fossé aux Loups 50, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium
https://wolf.be/en/bxl/contact-fqa/
#FOSDEM2025