Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

"With five congressional seats at stake, virtually all of our national legacy media made the choice not to send anyone" to cover a hearing on whether what Texas did was illegal.

Democracy Docket is there, however. More evidence that we now have to rely on small outlets.

https://newsletters.democracydocket.com/legacy-media-skipped-this.-we-didnt

When I keep saying that being on #streaming platforms is a pointless exercise, I get sometimes asked for numbers, or proofs.

Here you go. A single song of mine was played a MILLION times in 3 months, in 2022 (and, in later months, another 750k times), with a net gain of £33.

A million plays on streaming pays for a pizza night out for me and @silviamaggi

Took me FOUR sales on Bandcamp to reach the same amount.

So, ask me again, why quit giving out music to the techbros?

#IndependentMusic

Tell your lawmakers to speak out against ICE’s repeated brutal assaults on journalists in Chicago, New York, and elsewhere.

It only takes a minute with our new action center tool.

https://freedom.press/issues/protests/

“The judge or the prosecutor doesn't know which portions were written by the AI and which portions were written by the officer,” EFF’s Matthew Guariglia told KPBS News. “It interjects a lot of uncertainty — and a lot of deniability for the officer.” https://www.kpbs.org/news/public-safety/2025/10/03/chula-vista-police-reports-and-ai-what-you-need-to-know

🔵 This week's comic!
🇺🇸 A BUSY, BUSY DAY IN WASHINGTON, DC
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Brought to you by the heroism of the INNER HIVE, including longtime member Kyle B. and new member Amitha Knight.
( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE, Y'ALL

Trump spiritual advisor pleads guilty to child sexual abuse - https://boingboing.net/2025/10/03/trump-spiritual-advisor-pleads-guilty-to-child-sexual-abuse.html no comment necessary...

Here comes Mr. Autumn Fascist! https://patreon.com/BrianMcFadden

## October 2025 community update

We’re delighted to share the latest and greatest from Co-op Cloud 🤘 It seems safe to say that *a lot* has happened! Grab a `$geographic_location_appropriate_temperature` beverage and enjoy 🎉

https://coopcloud.tech/blog/oct-2025-update

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#China’s most infamous ghost town is now training ground for #driverless trucks - https://restofworld.org/2025/china-ordos-ghost-city-autonomous-vehicles/ "The empty boulevards that once symbolized the mainland’s property bust now serve as testing grounds for hundreds of autonomous vehicles." #amazing

Stop the world, I wanna get off.

Welp. Despite the fact that our National Tax Office (the Dutch IRS) has an OSPO and despite them being "aware of privacy concerns" they're still going forward with moving their on-premise email and office software to Microsoft Office 365. 🫠

Why is this problematic?

"Under the US Cloud Act, cloud service providers can be required by law to make information available to government authorities, even if the storage is located in Europe." ☁️🇪🇺

https://www.dutchnews.nl/2025/10/dutch-tax-office-moves-email-to-microsoft-despite-privacy-fears/

I'll be giving a talk on @coopcloud at @SeaGL, if you are near #seattle that weekend would love to see you there! https://pretalx.seagl.org/2025/talk/BXX88L/

Cowardice at Apple: https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/apple-takes-down-ice-tracking-app-after-pressure-from-ag-bondi

The once-sterling CBS News has been sucked into the right-wing vortex, and its fascist-supporting owners are making no pretense about what their plans are.

So, for me, henceforth, it is CBS "News" -- and I say that with deep sadness for journalism, and our nation.

https://newrepublic.com/post/201302/bari-weiss-cbs-editor-in-chief

Turn off location permissions for as many apps as you can. (3/4)

Turn off your phone’s “advertising ID” to make it harder for location data brokers to track you. (2/4)

🟠this week’s classic Tom the Dancing Bug
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Lucky Ducky, in “Lucky Loopholes”
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https://www.gocomics.com/tomthedancingbug/2025/10/02

Journalist Mario Guevara is being deported because the American government punishes reporters to protect its own power.

We should all be outraged.

https://freedom.press/issues/mario-guevara-to-be-deported-for-reporting-the-truth/

Soon-to-be olds! Retirement isn't out of reach if you harness the power of imagination. https://inthesetimes.com/article/comics-retirement-corporations-investment-trump