Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

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“Because once you are curious about capitalism you must reject the bargain: if the price of the comfort of the few is the immiseration of the many then the price is too damn high. It is the skill of reading that hones that curiosity, sharpens our ability to notice what is before us, what is real and what is not, which bargains are fair and which are usurious. Reading is how we attend the world, which is also how we change it.”

https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/umyazu

In case anyone was thinking that maybe the environmental case against LLMs is overblown, let the data center lobbyists explain it to you:

Europe must choose between AI and climate goals, data center lobby says

Tech sector says only carbon-emitting gas plants are reliable enough today to power the EU’s AI goals.

https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-choose-ai-climate-goals-data-center-chief-warns/

Periodic reminder that Gil Scott Heron's "Whitey On the Moon" was a warning, not a suggestion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goh2x_G0ct4

I will block handles that post with AI images and unfollow posters boosting same. I don’t care why you posted it (unless you’re going ‘look at this ridiculous evil slop’), the planet-killing billionaire-boosted economic bubble-creating plagiarism software is not welcome on my timeline.

US auto regulators want to kill robotaxi brake pedals - https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/06/26/us-auto-regulators-want-to-kill-robotaxi-brake-pedals/5263228 nope nope nope

Trump-shuttered climate change site back online in nonprofit hands - https://www.theregister.com/science/2026/06/26/trump-shuttered-climate-change-site-back-online-in-nonprofit-hands/5263319 "Remove something from the internet? You can't stop the (climate change) signal, Mal" #climatecrisis

The Free And Open Web Is Under Attack At The IETF - https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/25/the-free-and-open-web-is-under-attack-at-the-ietf/

Data center that vowed to avoid Colorado River water is now suing for 260 million gallons per year.

Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing has gone to court to secure 260 million gallons of water per year — about 750,000 gallons a day. #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/data-center-vowed-avoid-colorado-143900694.html

“The Algorithmic Order”

https://2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/the-algorithmic-order/

> This does mean, of course – and this is truly paramount – that we plan for those things, that we reclaim public space for kids, that we fund activities and resources for them and with them. And not because we think they’re broken without their phones, but because we believe that they are whole people, worthy people regardless.

This week officially marks 10 years since Barrack Obama signed PROMESA Law. The promise was getting Puerto Rico’s finances under control. What we actually got was tons of austerity.

An “oversight board” was supposed to be temporary has become its own de facto government on top of the Puerto Rico government.

It already swallowed the electric grid. Now it wants to strangle the University of Puerto Rico.

May it forever be a stain on the names of everyone involved. #PuertoRico

Is Digital Sovereignty Another Word for Nationalism?

In which I share my experience at the United Nations' Open Source Week, discussing the critical issues around digital sovereignty and open source discourse. I'm a little disappointed that discussions focus on the localization of technology rather than addressing fundamental questions about privacy and human rights. Please don't view sovereignty purely as a geopolitical power play - this could lead to exploitation under the guise of nationalism. I'm calling for a definition of human rights in technology and urge that meaningful outcomes should take precedence over mere geographic considerations. https://osenetwork.com/2026/06/26/is-digital-sovereignty-another-word-for-nationalism/

RE: https://defcon.social/@HamRadioVillage/116818418146906648

I did ham in a day last year, it was such a great time!

New to #defcon? Traveling solo? Just want to make some new friends at #defcon34? The Lonely Hackers Club Community has your back!

You can learn all about their Community and Meetup schedule in their /r/defcon post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Defcon/s/B6noNV5SVp

Anti-abortion government officials are coming for online speech, targeting websites that do nothing more than tell people what their options are, how to find a doctor, and where abortion remains legal. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/four-years-after-dobbs-anti-abortion-lawmakers-keep-coming-online-speech

“Prediction markets go one better than sports gambling because they widen the online casino’s tent to encompass any possible topic you could think of — from the mundane to the grotesque.”

That now includes bets on wars, wildfires, disease outbreaks and nuclear detonation.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/prediction-markets-kalshi-polymarket-inflation-silicon-valley-capitalism

“Monopolies in rental housing have the same effect as any other monopoly—only in this case, it’s monopolization of something that’s a human right.”

Rebecca Burns reports, The Los Angeles Tenants Union and Debt Collective are organizing tenants facing junk fees, rent debt and opaque utility charges as AvalonBay and Equity Residential move toward a mega-merger.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/real-estate-monopoly-equity-residential-avalon-bay

Trump promised “the most epic party in all of American history.”

What showed up instead, Hamilton Nolan writes, was sod, security fencing, military flyovers, and “the air of a boss who threw a birthday party and required his employees to attend.”

https://inthesetimes.com/article/america-250-trump-state-fair-speech

The Prairieland sentences handed down this week followed a trial where the government argued that "antifa" posed an existential threat to national security.

FBI records tell a different story.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/prairieland-antifa-trial-protest-repression-fbi

Being forced to opt out of AI training seems to be the standard across sites and platforms. It doesn’t have to be this way. “I think ‘opt in’ is really asking the bare minimum of these companies,” EFF’s @Thorin told WIRED. https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-opt-out-of-google-search-new-ai-data-training/