Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Latest #ChatGPT model uses Elon Musk’s #Grokipedia as source, tests reveal - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/24/latest-chatgpt-model-uses-elon-musks-grokipedia-as-source-tests-reveal "OpenAI’s platform cited Grokipedia on topics including Iran and Holocaust deniers" self-obsessed and needy #musk ruining yet more things...

ICE shoots another domestic terrorist. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

#ICE #USA #America #Trump

I despise how security updates are
bundled with feature updates.

Now we have to choose between getting malware from a random criminal gang or getting embedded malware from the tech company.

And honestly at this point, I'm not sure which is worse.

#Tech #Enshitification #NoAI

Somehow telework is supposedly an absolute productivity killer but the second we have inclement weather it’s required.

It used to be that when we had bad weather businesses and the government would just close down. We ended up with the worst of both.

The presumption that free software is sufficient or necessary to ensure all software you depend on is trustworthy is simultaneously naive and ignorant of what software is capable of. The only realistic way to develop trust in software is to trust the people who write it, and development processes associated with free software make that trust easier.

Say no to age verification in Washington state -- tell legislators not to follow Texas' lead!

If you're a Washington resident, here's an action to oppose HB 2112, which had a hearing last week. It's got a suggested script, talking points you can use if you want to extend the script or write your own, and an easy way to contact your legislators by email

https://www.takeaction.network/xactions/46385

#ageVerification #lgbtqia2s #privacy

After opposing climate action for decades, Federated Farmers wants the govt to foot the bill for storm-damaged roads to their farms https://piefed.social/c/politics/p/1702726/after-opposing-climate-action-for-decades-federated-farmers-wants-the-govt-to-foot-the

@sarahtaber I, too, would like my hobby and cosplay and new trucks and real estate play to be enabled by free government money.

Alas, I have been reliably informed that We Cannot Afford to be giving free money to anyone who is not already at least a millionaire.

"One of the striking developments about the extremism of Trumpian violence, lying, and abuse of power is its recruitment power – but for the opposition."

--Rebecca Solnit

https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/this-cold-winter-love-is-a-superpower/?ref=meditations-in-an-emergency-newsletter

Turns out that Microsoft's BitLocker security for the data stored on your hard drive is just a placebo.

Might as well give your password to everyone:

https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/23/microsoft-gave-fbi-a-set-of-bitlocker-encryption-keys-to-unlock-suspects-laptops-reports/

Joe Rogan's behavior is harmful, and shame on Spotify for financing it. He justifies harmful comments for members of the LGBTQ+ community, he gives cover to the Trump administration when they abduct, maim, and kill. He gives bad actors like Elon and Andreesen cover for their eugenicist ideas.

#DeleteSpotify #FuckJoeRogan

Fuck the UFC.

#lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbtq_plus #blackmastodon
https://awfulannouncing.com/ufc/josh-hokit-brittney-griner-joe-rogan.html

How many of you are picking "a c b" because you're misreading it as "a c a b"?

Are employers financing employees' slop machine addiction responsible for a resulting brain rot?

#AI #noAI #LLM #LLMs #vibe_coding

Once upon a time, I was very active on MySpace and then Facebook. Then things got really shitty, so I quit and joined BlueSky.

I felt horrible, like the smallest bit of the code, unrecognized, shouting into the void for robots and scammers. But it a good place, right? And then they banned trans people while bringing in the authoritarians.

So, I thought all social media is bad, and I should try and get a website going where I could shout at the void on my own space.

I came across @_elena and started playing around with PeerTube. I saw @firesidefedi talking about exciting things, connecting with real people, and rebuilding that good time I used to have being online.

It was exciting, but I wasn't sure. And then @TIBtv came on, and I was blown away. My people! There they are!

I hope other people like me quit lurking quietly and join in. It's fantastic here on the #fediverse

The green line is how much $ farmers make from selling crops & livestock. Goes up in D administrations, down in R ones.

The blue line is free money farmers get from the gov't. Goes down in D administrations, up in R ones.

It ain't rocket science.

Source article btw: https://www.agweb.com/news/policy/ag-economy/government-payments-drive-u-s-2025-farm-income-surge

Meaty explainer videos are such a fun kind of social media to make. Because by the time you make it & post it, it ain't the news anymore. : /

Anyway, for everyone wondering why farmers keep voting for Trump despite all the ::gestures broadly::

Free gov't money is a big part of why.

https://youtu.be/rZQxCvbLG6U

Looking at things from the outside, the USA is now a banana republic, where armed death squads go around terrorizing and openly murdering the population, while the dear leader and his backers live in ever increasing isolation and opulence.

ICE has spent hundreds of millions on surveillance. Some technologists are building tools to find it, map it, and push back. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/how-hackers-are-fighting-back-against-ice

This day in anarchist history, January 25th 1911, we remember the execution of Kanno Sugako.

https://kolektiva.media/w/9pcqmQLuzc1eauhhMd292k