Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Writing this up again so I can pin it: AI is literally a fascist project. Friends don't let friends use it.

Before I go into this, there are two types of responses to this that I have taken seriously so far.

One I'll call HashTagNotAllAI, which yields the obligatory "sure", but has the same smell. I'll leave it at that.

The other is that an anti AI stance also throws some assistive technology under the bus, making such a stance intrinsically ableistic. The easy thing to do is to refer...

In the context of the @DigitalCoup and #AuthoritarianTech, can we find an answer in #DemocraticTech? Something that goes beyond mere free/libre open source software, and combines #cooperativism and #commoning. Communities who govern their shared resources, and commit to shared responsibility.

I wrote an article about it, tracing the intellectual origins of the term "democratic technology", connecting to various intersectional critiques of the currently dominant model of surveillance capitalism from feminist, ecosocial perspectives.

For plenty of #neudivergent folks, having to listen to music in an already painfully distracting open-floor plan office is pure hell.

If workers feel that “[t]his studio is so quiet, it's like a morgue sometimes,” just put your own headset on and listen to whatever you enjoy. But please be so considerate to not play anything over speakers.

If you're really lucky, maybe there could even be quiet and a “noisy” zone in an office, so folks can freely choose. 🤷‍♂️ https://mastodon.cloud/@designthinkingcomic/116238150599295122

it seems the ai boosters really dislike to be reminded that openai and anthropic are working very closely with the concentration camp administrators.

"For all the fine talk at Substack about how easy it is to leave, the reality leaves something to be desired."

https://funeralsandsnakes.net/p/say-hello-to-buttondown-and-a-new-chapter-for-funerals-snakes/

The United States is at war with Cuba, but our weapons are aimed at further impoverishing -- and starving -- the population. Destroying the electrical grid will have that effect. It's all blatantly illegal, not to mention immoral. Big Journalism has kind of, sort of noticed, but doesn't really care.

Am I the only one who finds the sombre, weighty talk of sportscasters talking about a sacked coach or a team failing to reach its potential weirdly incongruous coming immediately on the heels of similarly sombre media discussing current events where thousands are dying and world war three is emerging (i.e. actual, real stakes).

Listening to the doctor talking up 'Heidi', the 'AI' scribe used by doctors to speed note taking... and struck by the irony of the call being interrupted by technical issues. It's crucial to realise this system only works if we've got working int'l connectivity, and are paying eye-watering amounts to the foreign service providers.

The report “Actions for environmental justice from autonomous and community-based technological infrastructures,” by APC members Sursiendo and May First Movement Technology, examines alternatives for environmental justice.

See this and other highlights in our #recap:

https://www.apc.org/en/news/accountability-and-resilience-what-our-2025-top-content-portends-year-ahead

Microsoft Locks Down Discord Server After People Wouldn’t Stop Making Fun Of #AI ‘#Microslop’ - https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/16/microsoft-locks-down-discord-server-after-people-wouldnt-stop-making-fun-of-ai-microslop/

The Latest Front in the Battle Over Climate Lawsuits: Bills Wiping Out Liability - https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14032026/republican-legislation-shielding-polluters-from-climate-lawsuits/ shameful greed: walking away from the problems they create

Turns Out The DOGE Bros Who Killed Humanities Grants Are Kinda Sensitive About It - https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/16/turns-out-the-doge-bros-who-killed-humanities-grants-are-kinda-sensitive-about-it/ "He said this while sitting in a deposition about his time holding multiple senior government positions for which he had no qualifications whatsoever. The lack of self-awareness is genuinely staggering."

So maybe the question isn’t just “how do I live longer?” but “how do I live more?”

More projects started. More people really talked to. More afternoons where something actually happened. More concerts, walks, dates, trips… more experiences.

Less content consumed. Less time spent in a feed that leaves no trace. Less of always the same days.

Difficult? Yes, sometimes… Worth it? Absolutely!

Both kinds of lifespan matter. But only one of them is almost entirely in your hands.

3/3

Answering the Thorstein Veblen question, via Naked Capitalism:
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/03/economic-questions-the-thorstein-veblen-question.html

“OPENAI, through its AI chatbot program ChatGPT, provides legal advice, legal analysis, legal research and can draft legal documents and papers for submission to a Court. ChatGPT provides these legal services to any user who requests them. ChatGPT is not licensed to practice law in Illinois.”

They're asking for declaratory judgement that OpenAI has been practicing law without a license, a permanent injunction barring them from providing the disgruntled woman with any more legal assistance, $300,000 to reimburse their costs in responding to the bogus motions, and $10 million in punitive damages.

You didn't get a wall
You didn't get a drained swamp
You didn't get affordable health care
You didn't get an eliminated national debt
You didn't get new infrastructure
You didn't get Hillary Clinton locked up
You didn't get Epstein accountability
You didn't get a $5 k DOGE check
You didn't get a $2 k tariff stimulus check
You didn't get lower grocery prices
You didn't get help buying a home
You didn't get America First
You didn't get peace
You lost family, friends, respect and credibility.
Gas isn't $1.99, nor are Eggs

(may be attributed to Hart Cunningham)

#Pedophiles #Lies #Trump #GOP #USA

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-abuse-harassment-stalking

The Ken Burns documentary about this war is going to have a lot more Yakety Sax than the other ones.

In 2025, @The_Counterforce received over 70 demos for the second edition of DEMO FEST. A fundraiser for Solidarity Across Borders, a Montreal-based migrant justice network.

A way to encourage punks to finish new recordings in the fall, giving all of us the gift of fresh noise as we enter the darkest and coldest months of winter.

We listened to every demo and made our picks. We picked the earworms, mind-smashers, and gut-driven anthems.

Link: https://diyconspiracy.net/demo-fest-2025-picks/