Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Just saw a link to 'Cities Coalition for Digital Rights' on my feed. Looked at their site (with lots of participating cities, globally) trumpeting a checklist of good digital behaviours: https://citiesfordigitalrights.org/checklist mentioning good stuff like privacy-respecting IT, use of open source & open standards, etc. Then, at the bottom, they tell you to follow them... on Twitter & LinkedIn. No mention of the Fediverse. Even as I yank, I can appreciate that deep irony. I gently suggesting they get Fediwise.

Corporate executives are tempted to settle Trump’s frivolous lawsuits against their news companies to get on the administration’s good side. But they’re reportedly scared of getting sued if they do.

They should be. We explain why.

https://freedom.press/issues/how-shareholders-can-stop-media-outlets-from-bribing-trump/

Good news! Prosecutors have dropped their unconstitutional case against Chicago photojournalist Matthew Kaplan for covering an ICE protest in Gary, IN.

We're proud that our advocacy helped make this happen.

https://www.instagram.com/mkaplanphoto/p/DHuMXpYP5QI/?img_index=11

Happy birthday to Samuel R. Delany, born April 1, 1942. A visionary in science fiction, Delany redefined the genre. His explorations of language, identity, and queerness continue to influence writers and readers alike - a true literary pioneer. Check out The Atheist in the Attic here: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=897

SignalGate has gotten lots of attention.

But an important point is being lost. A strong argument can be made that the chat is a presidential record.

This would be the clearest proof yet that the White House isn’t appropriately saving its records (again).

https://freedom.press/the-classifieds/the-signalgate-problem-nobody-is-talking-about/

Why is Illinois State going on strike? Because the admin is all in on "AI," from the sounds of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOWHWiYOnHU

@lwriemen The theme song for the present age:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_7Bmz73w-U

"As we hand over more and more of the learning process to artificial systems, we risk training a generation of humans who are informationally saturated but cognitively underdeveloped...This creates a dangerous recursive feedback loop: AI teaches children, children lose depth, and the AI of tomorrow is trained on their shallow thinking. The result is a slow but accelerating decline in the quality of both human and machine cognition"

Supporting AI=supporting senescence.

https://substack.com/inbox/post/160268470

A reminder that France brought out the guillotines right about now.

it brings me no pleasure to inform you that the AI bros are still on their bull shit

@williampietri

@blogdiva @raganwald @davidgerard just delete your LinkedIn profile. I once fell victim to the thought that LinkedIn was somehow a legitimate platform to be on. It's not.

Some thoughts about Mastodon compared to other social media platforms that I posted in response to a thread by myrmepropagandist / futurebird:
#^https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/display/a458a5a0-a1f6-4e71-a2d8-aa4e35926c36

dynamic_hubzilla wrote the following post Mon, 31 Mar 2025 14:36:22 +0200 @damon @AJ Sadauskas @myrmepropagandist

Mastodon was designed as a Twitter replacement.  In my opinion, it does *very* well in that capacity.

But Twitter was never designed for the kinds of social interactions that can be had on Livejournal or even Facebook, so Mastodon wasn't either.  Friendica is designed as a Facebook replacement, with Facebook-like ways of interacting.  If you add and change enough features on Mastodon, you could eventually get something better engineered for social relationships, but ultimately it's taking a tool intended for one thing and trying to turn it into a tool intended for something else.

Happy Transgender Day of Visibility!

#TDOV #TransVisibilityDay

"Should Americans face devastating legal, financial, and emotional consequences simply for speaking out on a matter of public concern?"

Nope. Every state needs a strong anti-SLAPP law like the one that protected this journalist in Indiana.

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/iowa-view/2025/03/26/iowa-anti-slapp-bills-free-speech-protections/82671223007/

phosh 0.46.0 is out 🚀📱 :

There's 🐛 fixes and improvements, check out the full release notes at https://phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.46.0/ for details or see 👇 for a short 🧵

🙏 to everyone who contributed to this release.

#phosh #librem5 #pinephone #gtk #wlroots #gnome #linux #mobile #LinuxMobile

1/N

It's in the beautiful Peak district countryside, and it's going to be the best ever. There are 15 bursaries of up to £100 each for members or supporters who need help with the cost of a ticket - register now at https://www.workers.coop/civicrm/event/info/?id=94&reset=1

#MarineLePen #banned from running for #PublicOffice after #guilty verdict in #embezzlement trial – Europe live

The French show the way to do it.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/mar/31/france-marine-le-pen-embezzlement-verdict-europe-news-live

#France #Politics #Fraud

If your city's police department is working with copaganda "First 48" TV show, your city's priorities are screwed up. Fine reporting from @ProPublica --

https://www.propublica.org/article/first-48-reality-tv-police-minneapolis-wrongful-conviction-barrientos-quintana

I used the 1-year anniversary of moving my newsletter off of Substack (they monetize Nazis among other things it turns out) to write a few thoughts on the lessons I've learned from the experience.

https://www.the-reframe.com/1-year-after-substack