Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Under the Digital Markets Act, tech gatekeepers like Apple can’t lock out competitors in order to lock in users. The General Court of the European Union just affirmed this in ruling against Apple: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/european-court-apple-can-not-shirk-its-interoperability-requirements

The economic terms of this merger make no sense for Paramount shareholders.

If Paramount’s news networks are watered down to appease the administration, the public stop tuning in and will be less informed.

Read about the lawsuit FPF attorneys filed:

https://freedom.press/issues/shareholder-lawsuit-seeks-to-halt-paramount-merger-fight-corruption/

Ranked-choice voting lets people support the candidate they actually want without worrying that they’re handing the election to the candidate they like least.

J. Patrick Patterson explains how it works and why it could bring disillusioned voters back.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/ranked-choice-voting-big-idea-election

US continues to shun #Ebola-infected citizens; second American sent to Germany - https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/07/us-continues-to-shun-ebola-infected-citizens-second-american-sent-to-germany/ #murica the cowardly won't even look after its own citizens

200 economists just admitted they can’t see where #AI is taking the economy - https://thenextweb.com/news/economists-ai-transformation-we-must-act-now "The remarkable part is not the warning about AI and jobs. It is that a profession famous for its scepticism is admitting it is driving in the fog."

“Free” AI is being powered by coal plants kept online, new gas plants, water use, noise pollution and rising utility bills.

Dan Howells and Todd Larsen of Green America write about who is paying the real price.
https://inthesetimes.com/article/artificial-intelligence-ai-data-centers-climate-change

RE: https://hci.social/@fasterandworse/116460268527275229

Addendum:

If you find AI has utility for something, it's the "something" that you have found, not the "utility"

1/x

"Who doesn't want diarrhea lettuce and needless war?"

Even in the US a lot of people aren't going to CPAC any more. No wonder nobody showed up to "CPAC Great Britain."

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/liz-truss-opens-maga-style-cpac-gb-to-deserted-room-407901/

#UKPoli #ReformUK

Happy Birthday to Assata Shakur
“No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true history, teach you your true heroes, if they know that that knowledge will help set you free.”
― Assata Shakur

RE: https://mastodon.social/@livelakeontario/116925532059307444

You should treat wildfire smoke with AQI 200+ or so like you would treat a chemical accident—at the very least, do not go outside, do not open windows, wear a N95 mask (or better) and yes I mean wear a mask indoors.

It will permanently injure you and your loved ones to breathe that stuff in.

It’s correct to be angry that so many Democrats voted to send $3.3B more to Israel as they commit genocide of Palestinians.

But recognize this: An unprecedented 104 Democratic members of Congress — a majority — voted to stop funding Israel’s genocide. That is a major shift. It’s been made possible by countless progressives activating and organizing. Progress is slow but it is happening. Keep the pressure on. Let’s go ❤️✊🏽

Today's air quality here in the Twin Cities is brought to you by every oil pipeline and data center our elected officials prioritized over sustainability and people.

(at 1am I screen shotted the airnow app showing AQI of 526 -- although currently it's showing "only" 337 😑 😐 😬)

Tell the Senate to reject Jay Clayton for director of national intelligence.

Clayton just subpoenaed several New York Times journalists over their reporting on the Air Force One plane Qatar gifted to President Trump.

Someone who targets reporters shouldn’t be DNI.

https://freedom.press/action/write-a-letter-opposing-jay-claytons-confirmation-as-director-of-national-intelligence/

“It’s the same recipe they have been feeding the American people from Iraq to Libya to Afghanistan.”

Cuban journalist Liz Oliva Fernández warns that Washington is using familiar narratives to build public support for another U.S. war. Chris Mills Rodrigo reports.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/cuba-raul-castro-trump-sanctions-invasion

🔴 This week’s comic now up on Daily Kos
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Those irrepressible MAGAs do their own science research!
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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/7/16/800070468/cartoon/tom-the-dancing-bug-maga-does-its-own-scientific-research/

In Maine, ICE turned grocery runs, school drop-offs and ordinary errands into sources of fear.

In this excerpt from "Breaking ICE," Sonali Kolhatkar reports on the neighbors and organizers who built a community defense movement in response.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/the-people-fighting-back-inside-maines-immigrant-defense-movement

We're excited to see @forgejo releasing v16. We already deployed it to our internal staging environment and have not found any regressions.

We plan to deploy it later today in the evening at 21:00 CEST (19:00 UTC) which requires downtime of around 10 minutes. We'll keep you updated in this thread.

The FSFE turned 25 this year!! Hurrah for a quarter century promoting and defending #SoftwareFreedom 🙌
Check out our timeline with our key achievements since 2001: https://fsfe.org/about/timeline/

#FreeSoftware

Die neue PUNX.social website ist online!
https://punx.social

Sie soll als Anlaufpunkt für alle dienen, die sich für das Fediverse interesieren oder aber #neuhier sind.

Bitte verbreitet die frohe Kunde vor allem außerhalb des Fediverse, also auf Facebook, Insta, TikTok, Twitter, Bluesky oder wo immer ihr seid.

#punk @punk #fediverse #punkstodon #punktube #PUNKdotPHOTOS #fediverse101