Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

No major #banks have yet committed to stop funding new #oil, #gas and #coal, research finds | Fossil fuel divestment | The Guardian

#FoosilFuels still receive huge subsidies from governments.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/22/no-major-banks-have-yet-committed-to-stop-funding-new-oil-gas-and-coal-research-finds

#Environment #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #Banking #Finance

Global use of #coal hit record high in 2024 | Coal | The Guardian

Still a long way to go…

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/22/global-use-of-coal-hit-record-high-in-2024

#Environment #FoosilFuels #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #Energy #Industry

Yesterday, Apple took the EU to court, to argue that it's "really mean" and "totally, like, not fair" to expect it to allow "stinky competitors" to access APIs on iOS. @fsfe intervened on behalf of "users" to argue why 6(7) does apply even to FruitCo. Their hearing is at https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20251021-01.en.html

#AI eats leisure time, makes employees work more, study finds - https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/21/ai_eats_leisure_time/ where is my surprised face...?

I'd really prefer if countries invest in HI (Human Intelligence) through education instead of giving taxpayers money to a few (foreign) companies for AI.

Local man realizes he's the only one getting his podcast appearances marked with the explicit tag

Here's one Democrat who's not afraid of his own shadow -- calling out America's Gestapo (aka Ice) for its attacks, which are going to escalate massively, on our nation:

Most Democrats -- and basically ALL of Big Media -- are too cowardly to yell about what is happening.

https://bsky.app/profile/senchrislarson.bsky.social/post/3m3pl3257322m

I voted at my county's Vote Center last week. Check your county's website for info. Everyone's also supposed to be getting mail ballots.

This is a crucial vote for America's future, if we are going to avoid dictatorship.

When anyone says "LLMs as normal technology" see if it's actually any better than "blockchains as normal technology" or "NFTs as normal technology"

this is the excuse crew trying to calm the increasingly pissed off crowd

Yes, it's private credit (again) that we should have been worrying about, not the public deficit or debt: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/21/bank-of-england-chief-warns-worrying-echoes-2008-financial-crisis-tricolor-first-brands

https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10/20/government-debt-is-private-wealth-so-why-do-people-want-to-get-rid-of-it/

Marimar Martinez was shot by ICE and ended up with seven holes in her body.

A TikTok personality was shot today in South LA.

Tear gas, pepper bullets and chemical munitions are being used in suburban areas.

A 15 year old autistic boy is in federal custody while his Mom pleads for his return, and a 15 year old Chicago girl who had kidney surgery was detained so violently that she ended up back in hospital.

ICE enforcement is shaping up to be a mass disabling event.

My latest looks at how we can protect one another:

https://www.disabledginger.com/p/ice-enforcement-may-be-a-mass-disabling

#ice #uspol #abolishice #fascism #disabilty #ableism #eugenics

From the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker:

Update: The lawsuit filed on behalf of journalist Mario Guevara that alleged ICE and other federal officials retaliated over his immigration reporting was voluntarily dismissed Oct. 6, days after his deportation to El Salvador.

https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/spanish-language-reporter-arrested-at-atlanta-area-protest-faces-deportation/

Can I ask a favour?

If you see someone who is asking for help using this place, and if no one else is helping them, could you tag me into the conversation and/or link to my website https://fedi.tips?

I'm trying to provide unofficial tech support for people using Mastodon and the wider Fediverse. I'm especially keen to help new people who want easy-to-understand advice, but they won't see me and I won't see them unless someone tags me.

Thanks 🙏

#FediTips #Fediverse #Mastodon

“Ring’s new partnership with Flock shows that the company is more interested in contributing to mounting authoritarianism than servicing the specific needs of their customers,” EFF’s Matthew Guariglia told @arstechnica. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/ring-cameras-are-about-to-get-increasingly-chummy-with-law-enforcement/

Fitness app knows I exercise and now ICE goons are peepin' in my window to learn the secret to doing a sit-up.

Collect 'em all, then throw 'em in the ocean. https://www.patreon.com/posts/young-trading-141446220

HBD to Ursula K. Le Guin, whose iconic sci‑fi and fantasy explored empathy, diversity, and humanity. Explore titles here: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_list&c=105

Masks off - time for the show trials.

https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2025/10/36-minute-trials-and-no-jury-starmers-fascist-mass-courts/

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The economics of the H-1B visa system:

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/10/not-the-fix-the-tell-the-meaning-of-a-100000-h-1b-fee.html