Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Me in October 2024: "Hmmm #Linux seems interesting, maybe I'll start learning it on a Raspberry Pi... and if I'm lucky enough in 5-10 years I can host my own Fediverse instance."

Me in October 2025: "No we can't fly back to Paris on October 25th. IT'S LINUX DAY in Italy! I need to attend events." I'm also self-hosting my own GoToSocial, Pixelfed, PeerTube and NextCloud (thanks to #YunoHost). And no I'm not bragging, I'm sharing my new addiction. Send help please 😅🤣

⚠️ Wait for Forgejo v13.0.1 to be released, do not migrate to Forgejo v13.0.0 ⚠️

A bug that could remove part of the Forgejo Actions secrets or make some of them unusable during the migration was discovered.

It will be fixed in Forgejo v13.0.1. If you already migrated, please follow the instructions from the updated release notes.

https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/milestone/21377

#PieFed now has friendly looking urls for posts, like this one:

https://crust.piefed.social/c/nottheonion@lemmy.world/p/58005/top-white-house-official-selling-arlington-home-after-activists-write-chalk-messa

Now you can tell at a glance that the link goes to a post in a community called 'not the onion' and is something about an official selling their house.

Much better than https://crust.piefed.social/post/58005

#fediverse

As Microsoft EOLs Windows 10, I'm reminded of why Windows is fundamentally broken, by design. https://davelane.nz/windows-broken-design When you're a global platform monopoly, your existing users are your biggest competition. Your interests and those of your customers are diametrically opposed. Anyone who thinks that Windows could ever be better than it is... isn't paying attention. Just consider the incentives.

Fascinating to hear Rob say the 'quiet part' out loud: MS WIndows routinely overwrites Linux systems installed as dual-boots on systems running Windows, destroying the Linux part. Rob points out that, given that Linux is 30+ years old, and is entirely open source, there is zero reason that Windows couldn't identify a Linux system set up alongside WIndows on such a computer and avoid damaging... but MS hasn't. It serves their modus operandi to kill Linux.

📢 BREAKING NEWS 📢
EFF and co-counsel have filed a lawsuit against the Departments of State and Homeland Security for their viewpoint-based surveillance and suppression of First Amendment-protected speech online. (1/5)

Maybe he's fine! Primaries are good. And if the gerontocracy's hand-picked mummy beats him, that's not on me.

Scooby Doo and the gang discover Graham Platner is Sara Gideon in an oysterman costume.

The future of US Education
https://youtube.com/shorts/wJ7Hdtf4Nlo?si=qfyEZf6ix27Nxa-p

This week’s comic now up on Daily Kos
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Billy Dare’s adventure in a strange and brutal land
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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/10/16/2348775/-Cartoon-Tom-the-Dancing-Bug-s-Billy-Dare-Boy-Adventurer-finds-himself-in-a-strange-country

Data centres powering artificial intelligence (AI) in Scotland are using enough tap water to fill 27 million half-litre bottles a year, according to data obtained by BBC News.

You don't miss your water until your well runs dry.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c77zxx43x4vo

Yesterday at the Burlington #Vermont food shelf I gave away 32 pairs of used reading glasses. I wasn't sure if there would be much interest but they were pretty popular. All gone in about 2.5 hours. We set up a display by the check-in desk and people were constantly trying them on.

#Forgejo 13.0.0 was just released!

A new moderation tool is available to report inappropriate user behavior or content that should be looked at by instance administrators. Two factor authentication (TOTP, etc.) can be enforced on the entire instance for all users or instance administrators. Forgejo Actions usability was improved with static checking of workflow files and access to the logs of all run attempts.

Check out the blog post at https://forgejo.org/2025-10-release-v13-0/

#forgejorelease

"If armed, masked, federal agents are snatching US citizens off the street as they walk to work and throwing them in unmarked vehicles, you can only imagine what these agents must be willing to do to our immigrant neighbors" and people who dare speak out.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/14/chicago-ice-tv-producer-arrest

Give the KKK law enforcement authority and you end up with Trump's ICE good squads.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/ice-fines-chicago-man-for-not-having-papers-on-him/

New Privacy Guides article 🔓👁️‍🗨️
by @jw and me:

Outside the Fediverse, you may have
encountered platforms where you were obligated to provide your "real" name.

These so-called "real-name" policies, often in fact requiring legal names, are horrible for everyone's privacy. But it's also important to consider how discriminatory and dangerous they are.

Pseudonymity isn't a trivial matter,
it saves lives.

Fighting against policies attacking
online pseudonymity, such as real-name policies, age-verification policies, and Chat Control proposals, isn't just a banal fight to keep using silly nicknames online. It's a battle for democracy, for civil liberties, and for human rights.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/10/15/real-name-policies/

#PrivacyGuides #Privacy #RealNamePolicies #Meta #Facebook #MassSurveillance #Democracy #HumanRights

Today marks the anniversary of the Black Panther Party’s founding in Oakland, CA. In 1966 the Party promoted self‑defense, community programs and a bold challenge to systemic racism. Its legacy still inspires movements today. Explore related titles at pmpress.org

My cooperative development organization, Carolina Common Enterprise, lost federal funding earlier this year. We've re-engineered our business model to not depend on grants and internally to operate as a worker cooperative. There's a lot of need for our services. We have new projects in the pipeline and prospects to break even soon, but our cash has run out.
Please help us keep going for another month or two. Even a few dollars. Donate here:
https://givebutter.com/c/CCEBetterWorld

Supplies are limited. Get your protest costume today!
https://patreon.com/BrianMcFadden

A federal court just blocked a ridiculous law that banned almost all speech on public college campuses in Texas after 10 p.m., including student journalism.

Huge win by FIRE defending the First Amendment.

Free speech doesn’t have a curfew.

https://www.thefire.org/news/victory-federal-court-halts-texas-no-first-amendment-after-dark-campus-speech-ban