Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

New blog post!

A discussion of how modern visual-first algorithmic platforms are polar opposites of the predominantly text-based social networks of yore - and not only due to technological advancements, like "powerful computers with fantastic cameras in every pocket."

Sparked by a fantastic podcast episode (Details & links in the article - thank you @afelia )

https://technically-good.ca/blog/2026-04-08-a-blast-from-the-past-looks/

#socialMedia #platforms #algorithms #platformAlternatives

Important XScreenSaver policy update.

25: No contributions built with, or assisted by, LLMs or any kind of "generative AI" tools will be considered. If you didn't bother writing it, I'm not going to bother reading it. XScreenSaver is art by humans for...
https://jwz.org/b/yk56

When Claude Mythos is leaked and turns out to just be deterministic pattern matching 🙃 #AI #noAI #LLM #LLMs #vibeInfosec

Eurail B.V., a European travel operator that provides digital passes covering 33 national railways, says attackers stole the personal information of over 300,000 individuals in a December 2025 data breach.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/eurail-says-december-data-breach-impacts-300-000-individuals/

I’m delighted to announce that the OpenPGP implementation in #Conversations_im will see some love over the next ~6 months. Simultaneously, we will be laying the groundwork for OMEMO2 by implementing Stanza Content Encryption.

Thanks to funding from @nlnet and the European Commission.

https://nlnet.nl/project/Conversations-OpenPGP-refresh/

#XMPP #Jabber #OMEMO #OpenPGP

Not enough is made of the fact that ‘ChatGPT passes the Turing test’ isn’t news because ELIZA already passed it, and *really* not enough is made of the fact that it should be bloody obvious that human intelligence is flawed in ways that we clearly do not want to recreate in a machine to the extent of being indistinguishable from a human

LLMs are poisoning the knowledge base that has been painstakingly accumulated over the course of human history. We will, if this is allowed to continue, find that we have "destroyed the Library of Alexandria" once again. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01100-y?utm_source=Live+Audience&utm_campaign=4b50fd2341-nature-briefing-daily-20260408&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-33f35e09ea-49717696

Consumers urged to ‘completely avoid’ UK-caught cod as population plunges - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/09/consumers-urged-to-completely-avoid-uk-caught-cod-as-population-plunges greed and stupidity, will we never learn?

What happens to Britain's radical right if Orbán loses?
https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/orbans-brits
Inside the money, power and patronage connecting Hungary and the British right

The good news: the EU blocked mass scanning of messages. The bad news: they’re still considering other problematic scanning initiatives. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/eu-parliament-blocks-mass-scanning-our-chats-whats-next

# WireGuard VPN developer can't ship software updates after Microsoft locks account

I should be surprised if Windows will ever be suitable outside niche hobbyist communities with this kind of unreliable behaviour.

Real users need consistency and stability.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/08/wireguard-vpn-developer-cant-ship-software-updates-after-microsoft-locks-account/

«If copyleft codebases accept public domain AI generated code into their codebases, they are signing up to hollow out their projects from the inside out»

Very good overview by @yoasif on why copyleft projects in particular suffer when "AI" touches them, by breaking apart the social contract.

AI Code is Hollowing Out Open Source, and Maintainers are Looking the Other Way
https://www.quippd.com/writing/2026/04/08/ai-code-is-hollowing-out-open-source-and-maintainers-are-looking-the-other-way.html

Democracy gets a big win in Wisconsin:

https://boltsmag.org/wisconsin-supreme-court-election-2026-taylor-wins

Trump admin seeks medical records of federal workers—for vague reasons
The unprecedented proposal would give the Trump admin access to doctors' notes.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/04/trump-admin-seeks-medical-records-of-federal-workers-for-vague-reasons/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

RE: https://flipboard.com/@futurism/futurism-s-story-of-the-day-0rrl8sl7z/-/a-br7qTy0dRVO1os3V99ndRA%3Aa%3A1737388686-%2F0

From what I’ve heard, he actually has no idea how one extracts oil from a snake.

Four different shows on the calendar for tomorrow!

https://baltimore.askapunk.net/event/post-punkpost-hardcore-madness-in-baltimore

https://baltimore.askapunk.net/event/bedlam-brass-50female-and-the-worms-voltamatic

https://baltimore.askapunk.net/event/boyscoutmarie-or-sleeptalk-or-envyes-or-chain-of-memories

https://baltimore.askapunk.net/event/trash-diva-my-wifes-an-angel-tongue-scraper

And I didn't submit a single one of them myself. Amazing!

"On the acceptance of GenAI"
https://smallsheds.garden/blog/2026/on-the-acceptance-of-genai/

Remember when @pluralistic highlighted Chamberlain’s closing down of MyQ’s APIs so they could force ads into your app?

Well here’s the next step in their #enshittification plan: partnering with #Honda to charge you a subscription to open your own garage door from your own car.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb2fEBW0oDA

Would you like to help us test Privacy Badger for Safari on macOS? You'll need Safari 26 and Apple's TestFlight app.

If this sounds good, please send an email to extension-devs at eff.org and we'll send you an invite when the build is ready.

#Turkey to race ahead of EU on #battery storage amid fossil fuel crisis - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/08/turkey-ahead-eu-battery-storage-fossil-fuel-crisis "More than 33GW of battery capacity approved for Turkish grid since 2022 compared with 12-13GW in Germany" amazing stupidity by EU nations