Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

We need better accessibility software for vision-impaired people on Linux. My blind friend is stuck using Windoze because apparently whatever Linux has isn't even close to up to par with what MS has on offer. This seems like a massive fail to me. I know it's probably a hard thing to develop, but still...

A visual summary of inequality. Cartoon from last year.

#wealth #poverty #inequality

As Tim Bray aptly puts it, Grokpedia -- copied from Wikipedia and then junked up with right-wing advocacy and LLM slop -- is "the encyclopedia that Elon Musk’s LLM can edit, with sketchy citations and no progressive argument left un-attacked.”

https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/10/28/Grokipedia

MIT Technology Revew: "I get it, I get it—calling AGI a conspiracy isn’t a perfect analogy. It will also piss a lot of people off. But come with me down this rabbit hole and let me show you the light."

https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1127057/agi-conspiracy-theory-artifcial-general-intelligence/

This is unbelievable. So Europe is not even allowed to discuss how to be more independent from Big Tech? #Nextcloud

The history on how the Netherlands returned to paper ballots after it was shown that voting machines cannot be trusted sounds rather boring on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_voting_by_country#Netherlands

"In September 2007 a committee chaired by Korthals Altes reported to the government that it would be better to return to paper voting. The deputy minister for the interior Ank Bijleveld said in a first response she would accept the committee's advice, and ban electronic voting."

Trust me, it was quite the drama at the time :)

Bingo: "awareness is growing that digital autonomy is no longer a luxury but a prerequisite for a well-functioning democracy." https://ginaplat.com/posts/20251031-digital-sovereignty-and-gov/ Thanks for this, @Gina - the world really needs to be moving away from BigTech and in a much different digital direction.

"The irony here is those of us in the military swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution" and the First Amendment, David Lapan, a former Pentagon spokesperson, said on France 24.

Now press freedom is "being degraded by this administration."

https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/scoop/20251031-penta-gone-why-legacy-media-walked-out-in-protest-at-new-reporting-rules

10 Principles of Next Economy Enterprises: A Guide for Designing a Regenerative Future

https://www.lifteconomy.com/blog/2025/10/22/10-principles-of-next-economy-enterprises-a-guide-for-designing-a-regenerative-future

He can add as many slippery floors and sharp edges as he likes. https://patreon.com/BrianMcFadden

🎬 **New film: BLOCKADE! **
Five years of struggle, blockades, and solidarity across Nehirowisiw territory.
This short film shows how Indigenous resistance forced the Quebec government to withdraw Law 97, a destructive forestry bill ignored by mainstream media.

📽️ Watch, download, and screen the film in your communities.
Ready-to-print posters are available to help you organize local screenings.

👉 https://amplifierfilms.ca/blockade

#BLOCKADE #Nitaskinan #LandDefense #IndigenousResistance #Forests #Law97 #AmplifierFilms

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@mkwadee #internet

https://news.itsfoss.com/internet-is-dying/

It should always be a holiday, but no one's getting quality work done on a Halloween Friday. Except for me. The cartoon I'm finishing is not half-assed! My costume is "Hunched over Cenobite forced to draw Mike Johnson for all eternity."

An #AI slop farm stole my #identity - https://algorithmwatch.org/en/an-ai-slop-farm-stole-my-identity/ fascinating and troubling tale... #journalism

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Edent/115467654159795435

"#OpenSource is facing a crisis. The code that the world relies on is often developed by underpaid engineers on the brink of burn-out. While I don't think anyone wants Open Source to have a paywall, it seems obvious that large organisation should pay their way and not rely solely on volunteer labour."

Imagine being such an irredeemably enshittified trillion-dollar company that makes bad products that you need to resort to dark patterns or straight out ostracism (#Immich is only the latest example, anyone remembers when they pulled K9-Mail from the Play Store?) in order to discourage people from using open-source software that competes with your products.

With all the resources it has, #Google could simply make Google Photos better.

But I guess that scaring off those who use its open-source alternatives is much easier and doesn't even cost development time.

https://immich.app/blog/google-flags-immich-as-dangerous

By the way, forgot to mention, a while back I set up another PeerTube instance in Aotearoa (thanks again to Prodigi.nz for their sponsored infrastructure!) for people to use: https://peertube.iridescent.nz

Idle speculation: given that Meta/Facebook control both ends (via proprietary mobile apps) of every (supposedly encrypted) WhatsApp communication, wonder if they offer a service to high-rollers (e.g. gov'ts and scions) to 'unmask' (sending the same content from both parties to FB unencrypted) the transmission... 🤔 Because they certainly could and no one would know... could be a nice little addition to shareholder value