Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

This is eugenics.

This is what disabled people are trying to warn you about.

People with learning disabilities had DNRs placed in their files, without consent, during the early days of COVID.

Now this man was left to die:

https://www.itv.com/news/2025-10-01/i-dont-want-to-die-downs-syndrome-man-starved-to-death-in-hospital

#disability #ableism #eugenics

Trey Reed, a 21 year old black student at Delta State University, was found dead and hanging from a tree.

He was the first in his family to go to college, and had only been on campus for a month.

His death was ruled a suicide within hours, despite concerns that it may have been a lynching.

Colin Kaepernick stepped up for Trey.

He paid for an independent autopsy.

He fought for the truth.

Today it was confirmed that Trey sustained massive blunt force trauma before he was hanged.

It was a lynching and it would appear they tried to cover it up. Racism is alive and well in America, and it’s being encouraged by the fascists in charge.

Thank you Colin Kaepernick.

Justice for Trey.

Adelita Grijalva won her special election on September 23rd.

Speaker Mike Johnson still hasn’t sworn her in.

She’s being prevented from governing.

Why? Because she’s the deciding vote to release the Epstein files.

Learn her name.

Call your reps and demand she be sworn in.

#uspol #fascism #epstein #adelitagrijalva

important note: the median small farmer in the US is a millionaire with a six-figure income

yes really

The word "democracy" has been poisoned by people who love dictatorship. BIg Journalism poisoned its own well. We need to talk up "local/community news and information" if we want people to care about saving both.

https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/dont-dwell-on-democracy-and-other-new-findings-about-how-to-market-local-news/

"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.
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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