Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Industry groups are not happy about the imminent demise of #EnergyStar - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/05/industry-groups-are-not-happy-about-the-imminent-demise-of-energy-star/ "endorsed by manufacturers and well-recognized by U.S. consumers, who have saved an estimated $500 billion over the past 33 years"

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UK Lawyers for Israel condemned over claim war may reduce obesity in Gaza - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/10/uk-lawyers-for-israel-condemned-over-claim-war-may-reduce-obesity-in-gaza truly sick attempt at whitewashing #israel's continuing #gazagenocide; shame on them

"Wrong but plausible" is a feature and not a bug for LLMs if you're looking for a system to deploy where you can use it, say, to fine-tune insurance reimbursements to the exact dollar amount you wanted and have it produce the justifications needed to get there at an industrial scale

Just now I saw an article describing Bluesky as the “billionaire-proof” social platform - you should have seen my eye roll. Sure, “billionaire-proof” (quote marks necessary) AND funded by the crypto bros at Blockchain Capital.

I wonder if the person who came up with the hype of Bluesky decentralization is the same who built up the myth of Space Karen as a genius.

Sure Jan - but you can’t fool me.

Media literacy and digital literacy are more needed than ever. I miss the late Neil Postman 🥲

It's really interesting to see a company report they are saving millions in storage fees alone by moving *from* AWS to on-prem, considering so many companies were influenced to move to AWS to begin with because of Netflix's articles many years ago about the money they saved on storage costs moving *to* AWS.

#cloud #aws #devops #onprem #datacenter

https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/09/37signals_cloud_repatriation_storage_savings/

Rümeysa Öztürk's detention “is one of the most shameful chapters in First Amendment history,” says Seth Stern about a federal judge’s order Friday to release her. “Without a system committed to its principles, the Constitution is just words on paper.”

https://freedom.press/issues/order-for-%C3%B6zt%C3%BCrks-release-is-welcome-news-but-it-took-far-too-long/

“If the administration wants to not have to disclose embarrassing information about its actions, it should stop making up reasons to deport people,” says Lauren Harper about the federal judge’s order today to release Rümeysa Öztürk.

https://freedom.press/issues/order-for-%C3%B6zt%C3%BCrks-release-is-welcome-news-but-it-took-far-too-long/

PureOS Crimson Progress Update

Since July 2024, we’ve built a strong foundation—now climbing the stack!

Recent Updates:

• Faster USB charging
• Speedier storage access

First alpha release coming soon. Learn More Features Here: https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-crimson-development-report-march-2025/

PeerTube have updated their official app, you can now sign in with a PeerTube account 🥳

Unfortunately Apple & Google are being crap:

Apple App Store users can only sign in on the built-in server list, Apple won't allow manually adding servers

Google Play users can manually add unlisted servers

F-Droid users get a *much* wider server list and can add servers manually

You can avoid app store problems by using PeerTube's web app: https://fedi.tips/how-to-install-web-apps-for-mastodon-and-the-fediverse

Ireland's Oldest Gym is a #cooperative that "any halfway decent person" can join.

https://defector.com/any-halfway-decent-person-can-join-and-own-irelands-oldest-gym?giftLink=16689e2454a332e057a7be94abdf5f54

"Two co-operative apexes have signed a joint letter urging the European Commission to prioritise business transfers – including worker buyouts, which suffer from a lack of recognition in most member states." #WorkerCoops #EU

https://www.thenews.coop/eu-not-doing-enough-to-support-worker-buyouts-warn-co-ops/

"High Yield Pale Ale is a story in a glass—a symbol of what’s possible when co-ops cross sectors and combine their strengths." #Cooperatives #CreditUnions #Community

https://www.cuinsight.com/a-toast-to-principle-6-when-cooperatives-collaborate-communities-win/

NYT could've kept me drawing dipshits with power instead of whoever's drawing their random focus group freakshows. https://brianmcfadden.org/2025/05/01/unfocused-groups/

Plan for #windfarm in German ‘fairytale forest’ stokes green energy culture war - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/09/plan-windfarm-german-fairytale-forest-reinhardswald-stokes-green-energy-culture-war "Rather than felling swathes of gnarled oaks in protected woodlands, two-thirds of the project area covers commercial spruce monocultures"

#Texas’s War On #Abortion Is Now A War On #FreeSpeech - https://www.techdirt.com/2025/05/07/texass-war-on-abortion-is-now-a-war-on-free-speech/ "Texas legislature is coming after the most common method of safe and effective abortion today—medication abortion."

@reiunion we won! None of the corporate picked candidates won enough votes to get on the board.

https://www.cascadepbs.org/news/2025/05/rei-co-op-members-reject-company-board-picks-after-union-campaign

#DOGE software engineer’s computer infected by info-stealing #malware - https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/05/doge-software-engineers-computer-infected-by-info-stealing-malware/ " The presence of credentials in leaked "stealer logs" indicates his device was infected. "

‘Hollowing out’: #NewZealand grapples with an uncertain future as record numbers leave - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/09/leaving-new-zealand-record-departure-numbers "Surge of departures – mostly fleeing a weak economy - fuels concern over the longer-term impact on the country as some small towns scramble for survival" never a good sign...

#Musk funds Texas group aiming to crush journalists with #defamation lawsuits - https://boingboing.net/2025/05/08/musk-funds-texas-group-aiming-to-crush-journalists-with-defamation-lawsuits.html "I am a free speech absolutist," Elon Musk declared on Twitter in 2022.