Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

The thing that frustrates me about @mattblaze having to say this (again!) is that our elections were in fact hacked, and in plain sight: by obscenely large political spending by billionaires, rampant disinformation, voter demotivation, voter disenfranchisement, gerrymandering, the electoral college, racism, transphobia, and xenophobia baked deep into our culture…and the list goes on.

That’s not speculation. It’s facts. It’s in broad daylight. And all of it is hacking.

We invent technological hacking when the social hacking is staring us right in the face. https://federate.social/@mattblaze/114311024655971781

The POTUS has issued a memo ordering a federal investigation into Chris Krebs, former head of DHS's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The president fired Krebs after the CISA director declared the 2020 election that Trump lost was the most secure in U.S. history.

"Trump's orders revoked the security clearances for Christopher Krebs, the former head of DHS's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and Miles Taylor, a former senior DHS official who wrote a highly critical tell-all book about his time in Trump's first administration."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/09/trump-orders-probe-krebs-2020-election/83016002007/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/04/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-addresses-risks-from-chris-krebs-and-government-censorship/

When Trump first took aim at Chris Krebs back in 2020, I started getting tons of hate mail that was directed at him. People full of ignorant rage figuring we're the same person because we share a last name. We're not even related.

Now it's happening again. Here's one I just got less than an hour ago:

From: Eric <eticket@countermail.com>
Subject: Accountability

Message Body:
Krebs:

I used to be an admirer of yours but, ever since the 2020 election, I lost all respect for you.

You either lied or were complicit in the 2020 election theft and DJT is coming after you.

Krooks like Krebs need to be held accountable and I can't wait.

This study -- showing how companies ignore do-not-track requests -- is just the latest evidence that you should always use ad/tracker blockers in your browser.

This means, among other things, that Chrome is no longer an option now that Google has blocked some blockers.

https://innovation.consumerreports.org/Mixed-Signals-Many-Companies-May-Be-Ignoring-Opt-Out-Requests-Under-State-Privacy-Laws.pdf

This week we're rolling out Filters - our most requested feature!

You'll be able to hide content with specific keywords across your entire Pixelfed experience.

We added this because everyone deserves a social space that feels welcoming and comfortable.

Can't wait to hear what you think! ✨

Update: Tariffs on imports from Taiwan to the US have returned to 10% for 90 days. With that, we’ve returned US pricing on items we manufacture in Taiwan back to their original pricing.

The latest in my #Signal Desktop saga: An annoying little banner has appeared telling me to launch Signal on my phone.

https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/9021007554074-Open-Signal-on-your-phone-to-keep-your-account-active

Apparently I'll need to download a new version of signal-cli (my "phone") every month or two and access my account that way, or Signal might stop working on my laptop.

What a load of bullshit.

This 90-day pause on tariffs (not you, China) is just giving other countries enough time to divest from America.

The world becomes USA: United, Sans America.

Our weekly newsletter is out! #Community #MutualAid #Security #Privacy

https://newsletter.geo.coop/archive/newsletter-4-8-25

160 years ago today, Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union forces in Richmond Virginia.

There are a lot of reasons the Confederates lost. Among them, its leaders didn't know how to run a functional economy.

Crippled by hyperinflation, trade deficits, & inability to industrialize, the Confederacy tore itself to shreds in just four years.

Democratic governors hit back at Trump order blocking state climate policies - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/apr/09/donald-trump-tariffs-full-effect-executive-orders-coal-us-politics-latest-updates-news?page=with%3Ablock-67f67d578f08f6017755e37b#block-67f67d578f08f6017755e37b "The federal government cannot unilaterally strip states’ independent constitutional authority."

Solar panels and pristine forest: how one Amazon village is adapting to protect itself – in pictures - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2025/apr/09/brazil-amazon-environment-indigenous-capoto-jarina-kayapo-chiefs-raoni-metutkire-climate-illegal-mining-in-pictures "Metuktire, in the Indigenous Capoto-Jarina territory in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, is a pocket of resistance against mining, which has devastated the landscape in nearby areas. "

Strange to see people on here in this day and age talking about web3 as if it were 1) still a thing (we've moved on to AI hype, get with the program), and 2) not extremely conservative coded at this point. Trump is beloved of the crypto-bros, so if you are publicly crypto-broing, a lot of us are just going to assume you're also fan of this admin, rightly or wrongly. I'd have thought Trump going full crypto would have made it toxic for "progressives," but alas...

The BBC report there is aggressive sale of US government bonds happening https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp8vyy35g3mt?post=asset%3A88198ce0-2ff6-4aef-b68a-221046550789#post

If #AI #Agents Catch On, Expect The Legacy #Copyright Industry To Turn Them Against You - https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/08/if-ai-agents-catch-on-expect-the-legacy-copyright-industry-to-turn-them-against-you/

MSFT NZ is not Māori Data Sovereignty because Māori Data Sovereignty doesn't enable genocide.

Furthermore, stop giving our languages to Big Tech. This is the only reason they want to support us. For surveillance and, if necessary, genocide.

"If I knew my work on transcription scenarios would help spy on and transcribe phone calls to better target Palestinians, I would not have joined this organization and contributed to genocide."

https://www.theverge.com/news/643670/microsoft-employee-protest-50th-annivesary-ai

> "When a politician promises to bring back American manufacturing with tariffs, ask them: who’s going to rebuild the ecosystem Wall Street torched three decades ago? Tariffs won’t fix decades of deindustrialization driven by elite consensus. Only massive, consistent investment in R&D, education, and infrastructure ever could... say the quiet part out loud: America was deindustrialized not by China or Mexico, but by its own ruling class chasing yield.” #WilliamHuo, Intel’s first rep in Beijing

I'm interviewing Eiad Husham for @thefirethesetimes about his piece on #mutualaid in #Sudan and the resistance committees. What are things you want me to ask?

This is his article: https://newint.org/resistance/2025/revolutionary-aid-sudan

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