Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

#Israel's response to #rape allegations: threaten the newspaper - https://boingboing.net/2026/05/14/israels-response-to-rape-allegations-threaten-the-newspaper.html "Israel's response appears to be skipping past the whole "investigate the accusations" phase and going directly to threatening the newspaper. Very normal, very confidence-in-the-facts behavior."

@iris_meredith sold out and wrote a marketing quiz that tells you your engineering class, but it has succesfully nerd sniped me: https://deadsimpletech.com/quizzes/whats-your-technical-character-class

And like, that's pretty accurate!

Some people call us “too sensitive.”

But if the lights harm us, they harm us.

Why moralise it?

If the noise overwhelms us. it overwhelms us.

If surprise plans dysregulate us, they dysregulate us.

Expressing needs isn’t a problem.

The problem is being expected to pretend what harms us doesn’t.

I bought a bunch of junk and analyzed the hell of it.
Not computers. #Bike parts.

On my #blog I reveal deepest secrets of Grip Shift:

https://dorotac.eu/posts/grip%20shift

(And now that it's done, what do I do with all that junk?)

#bicycle #mechanics #cycling #reverseengineering #biketooter #fedibikes

Earlier this week, we had the opportunity to get our (nearly 10yo) hound's teeth cleaned. It involves full anaesthetic... Wow. The unexpected side effect: dog breath is *gone*. Her teeth are stunningly white and clean. She seems pretty chuffed about it, too.

Successful move of blogdown/hugo website from GitLab to Codeberg Pages 🎉
https://stragu.codeberg.page/
After much pain figuring out that static files are stored in the "public" directory (which means the Forgejo webhook thingy doesn't work), and then playing with submodules to end up with one main sources repo, and a "pages" submodule that contains the files in that "public" directory.
Not sure the submodule management pain is worth it, maybe I should have done this: https://docs.codeberg.org/codeberg-pages/pushing-output/#manual-pushing

I just emailed a strongly worded letter
to my government representative to oppose Bill C-22.

If you are Canadian, you should too: https://action.openmedia.org/page/188754/action/1

#BillC22 #Privacy #HumanRights #Canada #CanPoli #CndPoli

Big Journalism never fails to demonstrate its fecklessness. As the Democrats (finally!) fight back against the Republicans' attacks on voting, journalists are trotting out their SOP "both sides" framing.

Top-down journalistic reform is impossible. It'll have to be from neighborhoods out.

Trump's campaign to wreck the United States, Exhibit 39,445: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/the-cost-of-the-gops-medicaid-cuts-er-bills-for-states-and-a-spiraling-oral-health-crisis

The Department of Homeland Security intends to continue its work with Cellebrite, a provider of digital forensics hardware and software tools. “I don’t think people realize just how invasive these mobile forensic tools are,” EFF’s @cooperq told @fedscoop. https://fedscoop.com/dhs-cellebrite-privacy-drones-data-mobile-devices-ice/

Reminder to software developers: You can just *not* use AI.

Yes, even if your company tells you to. There will probably be zero consequences.

(Want to argue with me based on your employer's behavior? That's fine, but I'm talking about the general case. My hunch is that almost all execs will flinch first. Hiring is *hard and expensive*.)

Need to fill out a performance review item? Repeat after me: "I used AI to the fullest extent possible in every task where it seemed likely to be beneficial."

Ok, we've gone even further! Encroaching tech authoritarianism is such a good monitvator 💻 🌱

We've added LaSuite Meet: https://meet.cooperative.computer

And LaSuite Files: https://drive.cooperative.computer/

All accessible through the Co-op Comp Single Sign On: https://cooperative.computer/

All hosted with @coopcloud a commons focussed app hosting ecosystem of high repute ☁️ 🌈

New website coming soon also! Hopefully based on Lichen-markdown: https://git.coopcloud.tech/coop-cloud/lichen.page

For clarity, we explicitly opted out of any sort of arrangement involving 'cuts'/donations, as it would've been too complicated on our side to deal with. If you ask me, we'd probably end up "losing" money in overhead costs from that.

Merch was heavily requested as it is, so we hope this makes it more accessible for you. And hey, you can still donate separately if you want. :) ~n

On May Day, the Trump admin fired a mine safety commissioner & closed the Pittsburgh office of the agency that handles mine safety disputes.

Kim Kelly reports on what that could mean for coal miners already facing black lung, silica dust & dangerous work.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/trump-coal-miners-doge-fmshrc

New stuff on the site!

The crossword is back: https://the-counterforce.org/the-counterforce-crossword-2/

Plus numerous new reviews:
https://the-counterforce.org/tag/reviews/

GLASS DOLLS, LUCKLESS, MASS HALLUCINATION, CELL DETH, POISON RUIN, DEMONSTRATE

Have you ever wanted a Codeberg t-shirt? Maybe a polo shirt? What about a towel or a mug? A barrel bag?! If that's the case, we put together a list of places where you can get them from: https://merch.codeberg.org

To be clear, we don't produce, sell or earn a commission from any sales made. Our logos can be used to print garments at no cost. (If you're interested in doing it yourself, you can get them here: https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/Design)

AI regulation is already happening at the state level—from Colorado’s protections against algorithmic discrimination to California’s transparency rules for frontier AI models.

A Trump executive order could put those laws in jeopardy.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/open-ai-serious-risks-trump-executive-order-state-regulation-of-artification-intelligence

https://kolektiva.media/w/vrD15TVttqff6JEzD96Uv3

Prosfygika Resist

The Greek state is planning the eviction of “Oi Prosfygika” in Athens, one of the largest self-organized housing communities in Europe. This space represents collective living, social projects, and resistance against displacement.

Since February 5, Aristotelis Chantzis has been on hunger strike. On May 1, Suzon Doppagne joined him. Both are protesting against the impending eviction and for the preservation of the community. But what exactly is Prosfygika?

#SaveProsfygika #Exarchia #Athens #Solidarity #Squat #Gentrification #FreeSpaces
#Anarchism #Kurdistan #Rojava

@intsaveprosfygika