Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Happy Armistice Day, friends. We should all celebrate the end of war and have such a reverence for peace that war itself is blasphemy.

WHOOPS: Softbank is cashing out of Nvidia! AI casino's closing, take your winnings *right now* ... or don't. Sucker. https://apnews.com/article/japan-softbank-son-nvidia-ai-chips-d8a10172850628c317a214280a4d94c9

Big banks’ coal money is derailing #Indonesia’s green plans - https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-11-04/major-banks-funding-indonesian-coal-after-promise-to-support-green-transition shame on #hsbc and #citibank

He fought to save #Congo’s mangroves, then the men with guns broke in - https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-11-11/drc-mangroves-conservation-attacks-illegal-oil-logging-plantations depressing story about a hero doing his best

This is your periodic reminder that if you think the Democratic Party needs younger and more progressive leaders, there’s no reason that one of those leaders can’t be you.

https://runforsomething.net/

#USPol

I don't understand how
the people who want to protect their own sensitive information from corporations in order to stay safe and not become victims are deemed paranoid,

But the corporations demanding
to verify our identity asking for our legal name, gender, sex, date of birth, email, phone number, home address, location, IP address, MAC address, list of apps, purchase history, access to contacts, device model, official ID, passport, birth certificate, fingerprints, facial scan, palm scan, iris scan, preferred sleeping side, and underwear color are not? 🤨

#Privacy

The Democrats who engineered and/or voted for the odious shutdown deal are even more cowardly and reckless than anyone could have imagined. See this:

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/shutdown-deal-would-let-senators-sue-over-jack-smith-searches

Redmond turns off #FlockSafety cameras after ICE arrests
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/redmond-turns-off-flock-safety-cameras-after-ice-arrests/

Did an interview with these guys regarding the Current Situation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gInB5lHtWW4

I'm sad to say that I am in need of financial support again.

My weekly work hours at my day job will be reduced soon, leaving me with less money than I already have, and I am looking for a second job and a few helping hands.

If you have enjoyed my work on Ubuntu Touch over the years, please consider donating via PayPal or Liberapay. I only hope for donations for the short term, long term I want to be able to stand on my own again. Links over at https://fredl.me

The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities.

Today, Lawfare is launching a new project–which includes a tracker and a map–to follow where and how the military is being domestically deployed. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-series/trials-of-the-trump-administration/tracking-domestic-deployments-of-the-u.s.-military

If you're in Boston and suffering from the government shutdown, the MSPCA is hosting some pet food pantries to help you and your furry loved ones

https://whdh.com/news/mspca-angell-hosting-pop-up-pet-food-pantries-amid-snap-funding-uncertainty/

Sometimes it feels like eSIMs are a scam to cause more customer service interactions where my mobile carrier can try to upsell me.

Someone told me to use Kada.ai for data governance. I go to look. There's no price listed, which usually means "Go away if you don't have enterprise money".

I try to look up "Kada.ai pricing" on a whim, and to my surprise there are two pricing pages. They're both filled with lorem ipsum text.

One of my colleagues says it must be AI-generated. Even I'm like "No, people make mistakes"

Turns out to be from something called Webflow, 100% AI generated, this is how AI nerds engineer I guess

EU Commission internal draft would wreck core principles of the #GDPR - https://noyb.eu/en/eu-commission-about-wreck-core-principles-gdpr "remote access to personal data on PCs or smart phones without consent of the user would be enabled." #EU wrecking its greatest legislative achievement

It’s been well over a decade since subMedia crossed the Atlantic. A lot has changed since then. There’s been some rather enormous political developments. Not to mention a veritable glut of riots, uprisings and other moments of insurrectionary rupture. And we’ve been busy distilling this high-octane footage into a refined, uncut, revolutionary analysis, ideal for projecting on the walls of finer squats and social spaces. So we’re thrilled to announce that this November and December, as civilization continues to explode in a fiery spectacular shitstorm, the subMedia crew will be once again returning to the European subcontinent – to connect with rad people and organizations; learn about rad spaces and projects; host rad screenings and workshops; and burn that circle-A shit into our host’s eye-holes. We’ll be coming equipped with some classics from the vault, and reels from our newest documentary series InterRebellium. And to make things even sweeter, we’ll be joined on the first leg of the tour by one of our favourite anarchist rappers, Lee Reed. We don’t get over to Europe often. And fuck knows what things will look like in another 10-15 years. So please spread word. Restock the popcorn. We hope to see you there!

More posts to come with event details OR find them at https://sub.media/transatlantic-tour/

Government and law enforcement have demonstrated that they are willing to use every tool available to spy on protesters, people seeking abortions, immigrants, and many others. That’s why we need to fight surveillance where it matters most: our local communities. https://takebackctrl.org/stop-surveillance

Self-hosting is a fun way to cut big tech platforms out of your life, but if the cops come knocking you need to know how to defend the privacy of you and your users. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/how-cops-can-get-your-private-online-data

I suppose GUI apps are more susceptible to churn, but I think this take on the keepassxc/llm debacle sounds about right. Software projects that are "finished" and require reduced maintenance should be the goal. Do password managers really need new features delivered in rapid succession? Why?

https://lobste.rs/s/53xbdq/about_keepassxc_s_code_quality_control#c_shvzkt

Tonight Democrats proved that old quip.

If a genie gave Democrats 3 wishes, they'd negotiate it down to 1, and then wish for something they think Republicans will like.

We need a true opposition party now more than ever. Because this aint it.