Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Republicans investigate Wikipedia over allegations of organized bias - https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5473331-wikipedia-bias-probe-republicans/ what they mean: they want the right kind of organised bias in #wikipedia...

In Greece, neo-Nazis like the Spartans posed as “helpers” shopping for the elderly, escorting voters then entered into parliament.

Now UK extremists are copying the same playbook. They call it “concierge nationalism,” with street patrols, escort apps and fake charities that sell hate as care.

Don't be fooled. This isn’t protection. It’s fascism repackaged.

https://bylinetimes.com/2025/08/27/concierge-nationalism-how-the-far-right-is-selling-extremism-as-a-lifestyle-service/

“What we need are people who are prepared to be unpopular. Who are prepared to put themselves in danger. Who are prepared to tell the truth. Brave journalists can do that, and they have. Brave lawyers can do that, and they have. And artists — beautiful, brilliant, brave writers, poets, musicians, painters and filmmakers can do that.

That beauty is on our side.

All of it.”

#Books #MotherMaryComesToMe #ArundhatiRoy #literature

https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/we-are-being-lied-to-responding-to-request-to-hate-each-other-arundhati-roy-10215277/?ref=hometop_hp

"I am not here to make a careful comprehensive argument, because people have already done that. I am here to be rude, because this is a rude technology, and it deserves a rude response."

"But I am a hater, and I will not be polite. The machine is disgusting and we should break it. The people who build it are vapid shit-eating cannibals glorifying ignorance. I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself."

https://anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/haterdom/2025/08/26/i-am-an-ai-hater.html

CDC slashed food safety surveillance, now tracks only 2 of 8 top infections - https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/08/cdc-stopped-actively-tracking-6-foodborne-infections-amid-budget-cuts/ still want to eat #murican food, already less safe than UK/EU stuff?

Sneak preview of translations coming to Co-op Cloud's "abra" tool – including the sub-commands themselves! 🤘

You can follow along at https://translate.coopcloud.tech

–3wc

Funding local news by directing public grants through consumer coupons is a creative way to address the local news crisis.

Local governments must act to keep community news from dying.

https://51st.news/opinion-dc-must-invest-in-local-news/?ref=pressingissues.org

Following a recent NCBA event about Co-ops and "AI," I felt compelled to write this warning.

https://geo.coop/blog/avoiding-ai-hypetrain

(@steveediger I think you'll appreciate this)

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The federal government apparently believes that assaulting journalists covering protests is legal because "videotaping can lead to violence." The First Amendment says otherwise.

All Americans should be disturbed by this outrageous argument. We don't have secret police in the U.S.

https://courthousenews.com/news-groups-ask-judge-to-increase-protections-for-journalists-covering-la-protests/

‘Parents’ rights’ groups gain ground in Canada amid Alberta book ban - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/27/alberta-book-ban-canada-parents-rights-groups "a host of books face being purged, including George Orwell’s 1984" bigots on the move... #censorship

Looks like I'm going to #MRMCD ! Anyone wants to share a hotel room?

Did you know there are variants of common Linux shell tools that have decompression function built in? For example, instead of first uncompressing a file to then view it in `less`, you can simply use `zless`.

There's also `zcat`, `zgrep`, `zcmp` and`zdiff`.

#Norway wealth fund sells #Caterpillar stake over Israel allegations - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/26/norway-wealth-fund-excludes-caterpillar-over-israel-allegations that's the way to do it... #gazagenocide #israel

@DrALJONES Doonesbury in 1982
@palestine

Must-read:

So-called "age verification" laws are spreading.

They will not protect kids.

They are grossly insecure.

They will be tools of censorship, surveillance, and oppression.

They amount to requiring a license to speak -- and to read.

We have to stop this.

https://www.usermag.co/p/we-must-fight-age-verification-with

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"Any story that quotes an Israeli official or references Israeli allegations should say that Israel does not allow the international press to verify its claims and kills the local journalists who try," we told Al Jazeera.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/25/global-outrage-following-israeli-attack-that-killed-five-gaza-journalists

David Graeber warned a few years back about the dangers of so-called "Centrist" politicians.

Pro-#Israel lawyers investigated over alleged legal threats to suppress support for #Palestine - https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/aug/21/pro-israel-lawyers-investigated-over-alleged-legal-threats-to-suppress-support-for-palestine "UK Lawyers for Israel accused of sending ‘vexatious and legally baseless’ letters to silence support for Palestine" from last week