Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Pesticides, antibiotics, animal medicines: the chemical cocktail seeping into our rivers - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/29/pesticides-antibiotics-animal-medicines-chemical-cocktail-britain-rivers-aoe caused by farmer greed and stupidity

US federal court blocks Trump from imposing sweeping #tariffs - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/28/us-court-blocks-trump-tariffs "Ruling from court of international trade in New York comes after slew of lawsuits arguing president exceeded authority"

FediForum June 2025

🗓️ Start: June 5, 2025 8:00 am
⏳ End: June 7, 2025 5:00 pm

FediForum, the network-wide unconference for Fedizens, is back! The event has undergone a radical transformation to be more inclusive, with a diverse advisory board helping to build a safe and respectful space for attendees. Watch the latest presentations from the people building the network, participate in supportive discussions about what the Social Web currently needs, and watch cool demos from the latest apps and platforms!Thursday, June 58:00 am to 1:00 pm pacific time (UTC-7)
Keynote: Ian Forrester
Keynote: Cory Doctorow
Software speed demos
Orientation session: What’s new in the Open Social Web?
Collaborative agenda making and unconference sessionsFriday, June 68:00 am to 1:00 pm pacific time (UTC-7)
Keynote: Christine Lemmer-Webber
Collaborative agenda making and unconference sessionsSaturday, June 78:00 am to 1:00 pm pacific time (UTC-7)
Software speed demos
Collaborative agenda making and unconference sessionsCheck this page for a comprehensive schedule breakdown for each day! The unconference format allows attendees to help set the schedule for discussions and presentations.PricingFediForum offers the following price packages for admission:PackagePriceGeneral Admission$40.00 + $3.29 fee(Almost) Free Ticket$0.67 + $1.32 feeContributor Ticket (support the community)$100.00 + $6.29 feePlatform Employee Ticket$250.00 + $13.79 fee https://wedistribute.org/event/fediforum-june-2025/

“The reality is that there is no rational basis for this spate of actions. These guys just can’t help themselves. The urge to dominate people and institutions and make them conform to Trump’s will is just too strong for them to resist. Even when the result is that they will lose, and lose again, and lose again. Even when they actually strengthen the instinct among their foes to push back by clarifying that legal recourse is, indeed, available. Even when they can’t possibly believe they are going to prevail.

They just can’t help themselves.

And that isn’t scary. It’s pathetic.”

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-situation--they-just-can-t-help-themselves

#USPol

Trump and RFK Jr. may have just killed millions. As immunologists continue to track and warn about the evolution of the H5N1 bird flu virus, the Trump administration just cancelled a $600 million contract to prepare vaccines for a future pandemic.

https://www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/moderna-flu-vaccine-development-cancelled-by-hhs-mrna-platform-offers-speedy-pandemic-response/

Join Resistance Lab and Rep. Pramila Jayapal on June 1st to learn how to host a powerful organizing training with your friends and family using the Resistance Lab 1.0 curriculum. RSVP here: https://www.mobilize.us/pramilaforcongress/event/775585/

Because they hate their own voters, Texas Republicans are about to ban all products containing THC, plus they are also about to ban many popular anime series due to a very poorly written law against child deepfakes.

Both bills await Greg Abbott's signature. He'll likely sign. https://screenrant.com/anime-ban-censorship-america-texas-goblin-slayer-controversy/

#anime #texas #marijuana #weed

In the following account, the author recounts scenes from the movement against deportations in Paris in the late 1990s. As Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and their lackeys scapegoat the undocumented and kidnap immigrants who oppose genocide even when they hold green cards, it is a good time to study how people have resisted the violence of the state in other times and places.
https://blog.pmpress.org/2025/04/08/the-anti-deportation-collective/

https://thomaspalley.com/?p=2545

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#Hawaii will tax vacation stays and use money to help counter #climatecrisis - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/28/hawaii-tourist-tax-vacation-climate-crisis that's good; #trump will hate it

This is a bipartisan agenda (and has been for my entire life).

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/05/why-are-they-trying-to-kill-us.html

ICCL secures permission to take Ireland’s first ever class action - https://www.iccl.ie/digital-data/iccl-secures-permission-to-take-irelands-first-ever-class-action/ " hopes to force Microsoft to bring its systems into compliance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (#GDPR)." #big #privacy

Saudi Arabia’s secretive rehabilitation ‘prisons’ for disobedient women - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/may/28/saudi-arabia-women-girls-rehabilitation-prisons-dar-al-reaya “If you are sexually abused or get pregnant by your brother or father you are the one sent to Dar al-Reaya to protect the family’s reputation” #barbaric #saudiarabia

"Europe has devolved into a hotbed of digital #censorship, mass migration, restrictions on religious freedom, and numerous other assaults on democratic self-governance." - https://statedept.substack.com/p/the-need-for-civilizational-allies-in-europe says, the US, where scientists are forbidden from talking about #climatecrisis or even #gender... #hypocrisy much?

First case on #AI and #copyright referred to the #CJEU - https://www.technollama.co.uk/first-case-on-ai-and-copyright-referred-to-the-cjeu "we really have to discuss the fact that a case involving a summary listicle from what appears to be a Facebook clickbait farm is going to be the first case that will decide the future of copyright and AI in the EU." good analysis

#NPR sues #Trump over blocked funding, says it may have to shutter newsrooms - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/05/npr-sues-trump-over-blocked-funding-says-it-may-have-to-shutter-newsrooms/ " Trump move "is textbook retaliation and viewpoint-based discrimination," NPR says."

My business model of selling tours of people's homes doesn't work if I have to get their consent.

Organizing friends, neighbors, allies, classmates, or colleagues to defend digital rights in your community? We can help. https://efa.eff.org/pages/faq

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 Here: https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-crimson-development-report-march-2025/