Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Massive long shot, but...

The attached photograph was taken in Bristol (UK) in the late 1960s, in the Troubadour folk club. The photographer was local, probably professional, and took pictures at the club fairly regularly.

This newspaper cutting (source unknown) is the only copy I have. I'm sharing it with the promise that I won't name the subject, but she's someone close to me. I would love to get hold of the original.

Please feel free to share this with anyone who might have any leads.

#Doonesbury by #GarryTrudeau for June 28, 2026 | GoComics

https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2026/06/28

#Humour #Cartoon

Moreover, I’ve concluded that the best way to make sense of what is happening today is to back up and focus on the big picture and develop a framework for understanding our current moment.

Trying to correct bad information (including on our "side") is like trying to put out a forest fire with a squirt gun.

Better to back up and look at the big picture to understand where we are, how we got here, and how we might find our way out.

3/

The war on protest does not always begin with mass arrests.

Sometimes it begins with a city (ATLANTA) publishing the names and addresses of 100,000+ people who signed a petition, sending a message about what dissent may cost.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/war-protest-standing-rock-cop-city-repression-criminalize-dissent-political-rights-first-amendment

“Why have papers by one of history’s most famous physicists been retracted? | Science | AAAS”

https://www.science.org/content/article/why-have-papers-one-history-s-most-famous-physicists-been-retracted?utm_campaign=News

You found a vulnerability in a vendor's product at work. You reach out to your TAM and they tell you that they won't accept your findings through any path but their bug bounty path. The bug bounty rules explicitly declare your _good findings_ out-of-scope of the program. There is an executed NDA in place.

You've already argued with the vendor, they're not budging.

What do you do?

I’m genuinely tired of how often I run into the “you”’ve made too many requests” error after a single click on a domain. Your shitty SPA is DOSing your own server and for that you’re blocking me?

Can anyone recommend companies that do not require employees/devs to use AI (or better yet, restrict its use)?

Looking for a new job but also just companies and organizations I can support!

#fedihire #getfedihired #noai #antiai #softwaredevelopment #webdev

Increasingly clear that Reddit -- a site that can be useful but is also riddled with BS -- is one of the major sources, by its own choice, for the "AI" sites. Moreover, as people have learned to game the system by deliberately adding BS to Reddit, everything is getting worse. Not good.

28 June 1969: Stonewall Rebellion

Hi, Everyone,

Last week, I gave two talks in Madison, Wi.

Here is what I had to say:

https://terikanefield.com/the-power-of-lies/

It was my first time in Wisconsin. The weather was perfect, and the lakes were beautiful, and the Verona Public Library is an amazing building.

Back during COVID I looked into starting either a #DEFCON #VPN service, or a private email service.

Both VPN and email are well understood services, there is no shortage of people with expertise, it is not a big technical challenge to set up and operate...

Each became impossible or unattractive after talking to people who have operated them at deep levels over time. Here is why:

Because this post got a lot of traction, some more context:

Last year I had drinks with another VPN dude at a meeting, and he worked for a holding company that owned many VPN companies. They acquired them pretty regularly and integrated them best they could.

I asked why keep all the separate brands and marketing if it’s all basically the same thing, and he explained the market is segmented. Some users believe a particular VPN is better for gaming, or business, or torrenting, or porn, or cheapest or whatever.

It actually hurt them the couple times they tried to merge brands, so now they try to merge all they can behind the scenes technically but keep the brand identities separate.
#DEFCON #VPN #VPN #Tor

“The prosecution broke the law when it hid this evidence from the Prairieland defense,” said Texas attorney George Lobb, who is representing one defendant in the state’s case. “This internal FBI document shows the government lied about the defendants, because it presents a position contrary to what the prosecution alleged at trial. The prosecutors should be removed from this case and a new trial should be granted immediately.” https://inthesetimes.com/article/prairieland-antifa-trial-protest-repression-fbi

RE: https://mastodon.online/@mullvadnet/116822244689326681

If you don't want your Mullvad fees going to fund neo-Nazis - or MozillaVPN fees, which is rebranded Mullvad - cancel and get a refund immediately

that's whose "free speech" the official account is talking about here, and that's where your fees go to

If you want to be a good programmer, don’t use generative AI tools to program. Instead, learn.

RE: https://det.social/@lostgen/116820546568940358

I think that's the end of Mullvad for me, until maybe they denounce this jackass.

GOP stands for "Gross Old Pool" now. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/6/26/800061096/cartoon/reflecting-pool-party/

#Trump’s Board of Peace plans to grant itself sweeping #immunity, documents show - https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/jun/27/board-of-peace-legal-immunity-un how convenient; #gazagenocide