Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

"What China shows us is that, contra the whole line of technology-first scholarship following McLuhan, it’s the social system technology is embedded in that matters. China is not a utopia, but its citizens have a brighter future than ours, and they will be able to read about it, thanks to a sociopolitical system that still sees literacy as necessary and retains primacy over private capital."

"While literacy remains a mass phenomenon, the number of readers and the quality of what they read are declining. At the same time, while memory is traditionally the organizing principle of orality, those immersed in its second coming have seen their faculties of recall replaced by data centers, leaving them bereft of meaningful culture of either the print or oral variety."

https://thebaffler.com/salvos/we-used-to-read-things-in-this-country-mccormack

Dr Oz says healthcare premiums will increase by $13 and that’s “not a big deal”

Most premiums will increase far more

It’s interesting that $13 is “no big deal” when folks are screaming that their tax dollars shouldn’t fund SNAP

You know what the taxpayer pays for SNAP? $36

#uspol #aca #fascism #disability #healthcare #ableism

Some people don’t have family to feed them

Some lack access to a church that will accept them

“Personal responsibility” isn’t the solution to hunger

Many SNAP recipients work. 1.3 million are active duty military

The problem is low wages & high cost of living

Tax the rich.

Trump's masked thugs are using facial recognition on American streets to identify people to kidnap.

In dictatorships, the top criminals work for the government.

https://www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-agents-are-scanning-peoples-faces-on-the-street-to-verify-citizenship/

Jamaica Aid! (Updated) Community Through Colors, Sail Relief Team and Mutual Aid Disaster Relief have partnered to bring critical relief and recovery supplies to Jamaica in the wake of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa. These orgs are preparing to deploy solar kits across Jamaica to address basic needs.

Each solar kit can power a small refrigerator, a cell phone charging station, WiFi comms and a few lights. Donate to support this work.

I personally vouch for MADR.

https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/solar-power-for-the-people-community-relief-for-jamaica

Dear #Forgejo admins and users,

We are launching another series of user research interviews in the next weeks and invite you to participate. The 45-minutes interviews help us a lot to learn about your usage of Forgejo.

Visit https://cloud.splvs.net/apps/calendar/appointment/cHr5MB2PoZDp to learn more and to schedule an appointment.

Hi folks,

@coopcloud community members made a new Matrix channel for folks looking to start new tech co-ops. Soon to be a Matrix space.

Feel free to come say hi:
https://matrix.to/#/%23techcoop:autonomic.zone

Autonomic gets a lot of people asking if we need new members. We're going to direct them here now to see if they can find networks online to approach starting their own co-ops.

#coops #techcoops #workercoops #jobs #getfedihired #fedihire

Only 3 days left to get a limited edition All Cats Are Beautiful tote or a General Strike Cat Tote (available in English, Arabic, and Spanish) and 4 books for $30! You choose the vibe. We choose the books. Shop the sale here: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=2047

Grid Magazine has a whole issue devoted to #Cooperatives this month!

https://gridphilly.com/blog-home/2025/10/01/the-co-ops-issue/

Guess what! Today marks the 10th anniversary of the first #PeerTube commit! 🥳🎂

It's hard to believe that a project started by a student is now used by so many people and organizations around the world… 🤯

Thank you so much for your support over the years! 🥰

Indiana University ordered its student-run newspaper to cease all print publication Oct. 15, less than one day after the administration fired the student newspaper’s adviser.

https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/indiana-university-orders-student-paper-to-stop-printing-after-firing-adviser/

New physical attacks are quickly diluting secure enclave defenses from Nvidia, AMD, and Intel
On-chip TEEs withstand rooted OSes but fall instantly to cheap physical attacks.
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/10/new-physical-attacks-are-quickly-diluting-secure-enclave-defenses-from-nvidia-amd-and-intel/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#Atlas vuln lets crims inject malicious prompts #ChatGPT won't forget between sessions - https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/atlas_vulnerability_memory_injection/ just the start... #ai

Trump and Republicans Join Big Oil’s All-Out Push to Shut Down Climate Liability Efforts - https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26102025/trump-republicans-big-oil-climate-liability/ “Let’s be clear. You don’t seek a [liability] waiver unless you know you’re guilty" #climatecrisis

🔴 Brand new comic now up on Boing Boing!
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👀 A rare inside peek at the writers room that's ruining your life!
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https://boingboing.net/2025/10/29/tom-the-dancing-bug-inside-the-writers-room-thats-ruining-your-life

Our university published an AI chat bot that gives guidance on how to apply for funding from the Academy of Finland.

When it gives wrong information, it's the responsibility of the applicants who were mislead and whose applications were rejected.

I don't understand how a university would want to sabotage their chances of funding like this.

This is a valuable lesson for any manufacturer: never awaken the nerd sleeping inside your customer, because his wrath shall be terrible.

In this case the warning was quite literal.

The company annoyed a buyer enough to push him into full blown nerd mode. He tore the product apart, reverse engineered every part, and then published a step by step guide showing exactly how to disable "kill switch" that prevented the use of the product without the vendor spying on the user.

What started as a minor grievance became a public, technical exposé that left the maker exposed and embarrassed.

Moral of the story: underestimate your users at your own peril.

The Day My Smart Vacuum Turned Against Me

#Google trips over its own words, when they sell you #Android it's the best computing device in the world that does everything. After you bought it Google doesn't let you do anything *you* want to.

#Sideload is a made-up term. Putting software on your computer is simply called “installing”, regardless of whether that computer is in your pocket or on your desk.

What Do You Talk About When You Talk About Sideloading?

What does Google?

Here's #FDroid: https://f-droid.org/2025/10/28/sideloading.html