Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

The FTC’s new policy on age verification "will allow businesses to do more of what they want to do, which is vacuum up young people's information," EFF’s @Adam_D_Schwartz told MediaPost. "It's a threat to privacy to force people to upload this information." https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/413093/ftc-endorses-age-verification-tech.html

This podcast on the intersection on AI& militarisation and how it's the buyout they've been waiting for is quite well done. Both Naomi Klein and the hosts (@emilymbender and @alex) are legends!

https://dair-community.social/@emilymbender/116142953228366820

In case you were wondering, before this morning's Iran attack, Polymarket had yet another spate of likely inside traders betting that the US would strike Iran by February 28.

Per the due diligence investigation service Bubblemaps, the wallets used were first used 24 hours earlier.

Betting prediction websites are national security risks, not Anthropic.

Head's up, Mastodon users: There appears to be a coordinated effort to impersonate relatively high-profile people who have accounts on various instances but who have not used them in a while.

I've gotten several follow notifications - and a couple of DMs - from impersonators of people I know. The bogus accounts have lots of underscores in the handles, and they repost items from the past, sometimes years old. If you spot this, please report, do not engage, and then block.

Pls boost.

Rewriting other people's original reporting and clickbait-wrapping the "new" story is not new. But a scumbag operation called "The Daily News Today" is doing it at AI-juiced scale.

Alexios Mantzarlis, one of journalism's expert observers of this stuff, explains here:

https://indicator.media/p/this-ai-generated-podcast-network-publishes-11-000-episodes-a-day-it-s-also-ripping-off-media-outlet

Please don't reward ripoff artists.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@lyndamerry484/116147389366094675

Please remember that this happens everywhere, not just the US.

In Switzerland, the right-wing politician and billionaire «Blocher» family is buying up one local journal after the other[1][2].

At the same time, the right-wing parties are denouncing and actively fighting public media by trying to take away their funds[3]. It makes sense, if you are a billionaire and recognize journalism as the fourth estate that it is, you want to push it as far into the "free market" as you can, because that is where money has the most unfettered power, and as someone with the infinite money glitch unlocked, you can reign freely and control the narrative.

Getting rid of public media and taking over private outlets has been the fascists' long-game for a while [4].

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[1]: https://dennisbuehler.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/blocher-vergrc3b6ssert-medienmacht.pdf
[2]: https://swissregiomedia.ch/medien
[3]: https://www.republik.ch/2026/02/28/die-grosse-srg-scharade-liquidierung-bitte-auf-raten
[4]: https://www.republik.ch/2025/06/02/wie-rechte-parteien-in-ganz-europa-gegen-oeffentlich-rechtliche-medien-vorgehen

#srg #switzerland #schweiz #chpol #journalism #fascism #blocher #media

Above all, the California Constitution requires the city to get a warrant before searching its ALPR data, which is what SIREN and CAIR California seek in their lawsuit against San Jose, represented by EFF and the ACLU of Northern California. https://www.eff.org/cases/siren-v-san-jose

Just fixed a big blocker for FLTK >= 1.4.

Blurry fonts were caused by a half pixel misalignment bug in FLTK which broke the font hinting leading to poor readability. Should be fixed in next FLTK 1.4.5 release.

I was not expecting to having to follow this whole font rendering pipeline rabbit hole. I'm surprised how little information there is on the Web about this topic, maybe I write more details later.

Forced to use AI at work, hate it. Usage is monitored so I can't avoid it. I've set up mine to play a Sim City clone. It burns through tokens, making crap cities that quickly go bankrupt. Just been told that I'm getting a bonus for being a top user.

New video goes public on YT tomorrow at 10am!

For Patreon followers, it's already up over there.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-farming-ep-2-151928810

For the second time this year, the US military has been sent into a foreign country to remove its leader.

It's February.

There's rumours circulating that Trump was gifted the Fairmont Palm Hotel which has been repeatedly hit.

But that's incorrect, Trump was gifted a different property (also nearby).

You know, the fact we have to clarify WHICH bribe hotel our shithead president was gifted at a time like this really should be all anyone needs to understand how evil the US is right now.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_International_Hotel_and_Tower_(Dubai)

DIY Solidarity is open for applications March 1–31, 2026.

DIY Solidarity is a project that allows us to redistribute funds among DIY communities to challenge at least some of the injustices created by a global economic order that is completely out of balance.

It means that, every year, we have some funds available to support DIY projects built entirely on participant involvement and community support. No state funding, no corporate sponsorship, no NGO backing.

The project grew out of an inheritance that was consciously redirected back into the DIY scene. Since 2024, we’ve approached it as a practical tool for redistribution: moving resources from those who have had relatively easier access to them to communities and projects that need them more. We aim to spread what’s available across a range of initiatives, including bands and venues, zine makers and distros, festivals and gatherings, social centers, squats, rural communities and living spaces.

Applications are open through March 31. Previous recipients can apply again, but priority will generally be given to new projects.

Apply to get funding or learn more at https://diysolidarity.org

Wait, are forever wars patriotic again? I can’t keep track. Is war peace or is peace war? Fucking hell, y’all.

CBS "News" = Fox "News"

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BREAKING: A US court has just sided with fossil fuel pipeline giant Energy Transfer and ordered Greenpeace International and Greenpeace entities in the US to pay them US$ 345 million.

This is a billionaire-backed attack on the right to protest. A thread ⤵️🧵

RE: https://mstdn.social/@mathcolorstrees/116145360660721113

Queue up some dumbass line to go to bat for this horrific corporation.

Here's a comic about Kash Patel if you want to read about some other person in this inept administration. https://www.dailykos.com/story/2026/2/27/2370646/-Cartoon-Man-child-detective

‘I live in constant fear’: surge in giant #sinkholes threatens Turkey’s farmers - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/28/i-live-in-constant-fear-surge-in-giant-sinkholes-threatens-turkeys-farmers "Falling groundwater, extreme heat and water-intensive farming are accelerating land collapse, forcing a rethink in agricultural practices"

I have nothing good to say about Anthropic just like I have nothing good to say about Muskrat during his spat with the orange man, or any of the orange man's associates when he turns on them.

Anthropic knowingly partnered with the pentagon. Their other partner, Palantir, is probably the most evil tech company in the world, which, among other things, powers the ICE abductions of members of our communities. I can go on and on.