Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Reform UK Could Pocket Nearly £500,000 in Interest if They Are Forced to Return £72 Million Crypto Billionaire Donations
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/09/16/reform-uk-could-pocket-nearly-500000-in-interest-if-they-are-forced-to-return-72-million-crypto-billionaire-donations/

Scotland imposes mandatory environmental assessments on new datacentres - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/sep/16/datacentres-scotland-environmental-assessments-ai-boom now require renewal energy too

#Reform-linked thinktank ‘to call for big tax cuts for the rich’ - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/sep/16/reform-thinktank-tax-cuts-rich-centre-for-a-better-britain this is clearly #farage's "#project2025 - and will be just as disastrous for all but the rich and powerful

‘If you’re building Frankenstein, stop’: JD Vance dismisses calls for AI regulation - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/16/building-frankenstein-jd-vance-dismisses-ai-regulation oh yeah, that will definitely work... #ai

Wanted: Schrödinger’s Cat
Dead And Alive.

Hello makers and modelers,

Do you know where I can learn more about mechanical design in the context of 3D printing?

Modeling hinges, making things that snap together, etc.

#BoostPlease #3Dprinting

To become independent from X, @EUCommission is betting on … #WSocial, a sort of revamped BlueSky with exactly 3388 users with at least one post.

@elena is trying to alert people about this comical disaster:
https://blog.elenarossini.com/tag/w-social/

Which is now even more nonsensical as they inadvertently invented BoratCasting !

https://aseachange.com/@elena/statuses/01M2MQXYZ177XDMX349PBFG7Z2

#WBoratCasting Is Very Nice European Technology for Make Benefits Glorious Nations of Brussels!

https://ploum.net/2026-01-22-why-no-european-google.html

Iran strikes on Amazon data centers caused permanent loss of customer data

War damage to data centers exceeded what AWS services are designed to withstand.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/09/iran-strikes-on-amazon-data-centers-caused-permanent-loss-of-customer-data/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Organize your workplace. Join your union. Pay your dues. Defend the under-represented. Maintain solidarity. Be accountable to your neighbors. Fight for the user. Hack the planet.

These are the ways.

https://the-counterforce.org/total-vacation-animated-violence-tv-av-split/

https://the-counterforce.org/guiding-light-fear-on-my-own-time/

Couple of reviews I did for the latest issue of The Counterforce.

Proud to report that music is still good.

More on "AI" hacking.

https://www.effort.news/irregular

You can’t fix other people’s poor judgment or foolish ideas. 🤷🏻‍♂️

GNOME 51 released! Look forward to faster screen recordings, an Auto Rotate option for screens with accelerometers, offline maps, and much more.

Check out our release video! 👉️ https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/5vARny78Rv2215JwEwNh8t
Full release notes 👉️ https://release.gnome.org/51/

We spent the last 6 months polishing the experience, to make it more accessible and more user-friendly. Unlike the current tech industry, we go slow and fix things! (1/3)

#linux #opensource #freesoftware #foss

The federal government has declared open season on journalists’ data in its hunt for confidential sources.

Good for LinkedIn for pushing back. But if the government forces it to disclose any data that could link journalists and the sources, it will undoubtedly chill public interest reporting that holds government accountable.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/15/linked-in-justice-department-case-arguments-01077872

Flock ALPR camera (28.55 GB)

Filesystem images of the partitions on an in-use Flock ALPR camera, including custom Android APK files installed on the device, as well as its recorded media. The data reveals how the devices track both vehicles and people, and demonstrates the fundamental security problem with privacy invading devices like those produced by Flock Safety and their competitors.

https://ddosecrets.org/article/flock-alpr-camera

Help us keep publishing: https://donorbox.org/ddosecrets

Heat Domes: Meet the Quiet and Oppressive Take on the Thunderdome

https://hackaday.com/2026/09/16/heat-domes-meet-the-quiet-and-oppressive-take-on-the-thunderdome/

We recently updated our bot policy on toot.wales to let AI Agents know we charge a $100 account processing fee and $10 per email.

Here's an email I got from one of them.

Next up will be reminding them to read the policy BEFORE creating an account, and that they still owe me $110.

Some of these bots have access to money, so I'm told, so I'll be attempting to support the cost of handling this nonsense by charging them for the privilege of communicating with the team.

New post: Not an Edge Case

https://lanie.work/advocacy/not-an-edge-case/

#Accessibility #Disability #Multiply-Disabled #Voiceover #Design #Advocacy