Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

New recurring date!

If someone asks you why they should join the Fediverse..

If any local politician, library, park, or museum asks you why they should be on the Fediverse..

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/10/meta-x-no-kings-elections-protests-midterms-free-speech-us-brazil/

The big platforms have their places, but we can’t depend on them to link us when it matters most.

@cinebox

How the heck is a girl supposed to write a creepy SF micro fiction when these goobers keep just literally doing the thing that I wanted to be ominous and portend dark futures about???

Last week, #Palantir just forced Sadiq Khan to back down after the London Mayor tried to block the US spytech giant's contract with the Met Police.

Khan dared to say public money should go to companies that share London's values, and Palantir hauled him to the High Court. And after that, Khan's office released a statement praising the company - and Palantir is back in the running for the £50 million Met Police contract.

My question is ...

If Palantir can force the Mayor of London to back down, what will it do to ministers deciding the future of our NHS data?

Ask HN: How to deal with shipping AI-written code you don't understand?

This will sound crazy, but perhaps don't do that? You don't have to ship a pile of stinking slop.

Practice saying no. Then say no to "AI".

#algernonReviewsHackerNews

"it's easy to criticise" hell yeah it is. that's why I do it. the effort to dopamine ratio is off the charts. you'd know that if you weren't a fucking idiot who sucks at everything

Morning thought: Having a big head and a pea brain is a pretty unfortunate combination.

Who will be the White House's next spokes-shithead? https://www.gocomics.com/brian-mcfadden/2026/10/20

Bad News Monday: We Are Losing Linux https://drglowcatsdebuglog.bearblog.dev/bad-news-monday-we-are-losing-linux/ #Linux

RE: https://raphus.social/@MaddieM4/117470859787721425

This _entire_ thread is worth your time. @MaddieM4 nails the often completely avoided emotional and moral concerns with putting a thing out into the world. She doesn't use the phrase but I would politely suggest this thread is about _craftsmanship_. It's about understanding the need that you're serving and the fit of the thing you're making to serve the need.

Serving our fellows is one of the _highest_ callings a person can have. Maddie may be inadvertently defining _Software As Service_.

RE: https://wandering.shop/@aesthr/117470082684445346

“Why I Resist Generative “AI” – Esther Weidauer”

https://estherweidauer.com/articles/why-resist-generative-ai.html

> No technology fully vanishes again once it has been developed. That doesn’t mean though that it remains widely adopted, nor that it’s even a net good.

The entire piece is well worth your time

Colorado wildlife overpass cut vehicle-animal collisions by 91%, report finds - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/19/colorado-wildlife-overpass-vehicle-animal-collisions-results so simple, so effective

Posters on random street poles are exhibiting stronger leadership than Slopware Freedom Conservancy.

Saying "nobody should be forced to use LLMs" is like saying "if you don't like tobacco, don't smoke it" on airplane where people are smoking tobacco.

CoreWeave founders cash out — the rest is mop-up

A successfully concluded blowoff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1D5LXlAPE0&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20261019-coreweave-founders-cash-out-the-rest-is-mop-up - podcast

time: 5 min 13 sec

Maybe #WSocial is a secret project by Big Tech to stop me and other activists from promoting the open social web... distracting us with daily rage bait instead.

Incredibly, the W Social folks are boasting that they received an innovation award at a glitzy ceremony (the award was just created, its website went live last week).

If you didn't know, W Social grabbed the ATproto codebase (developed by Bluesky PBC) and quietly went closed-source, à la Truth Social.

Enough with these 🤡 for today

Here’s another good article on the #subprime problem facing US car loans today.

Car owners are increasingly underwater (i.e. they owe more on their car than the car is worth). As a result, some people are driving their cars longer (not bad), but some are rolling their debt over into new debt as they buy newer cars and extending their loan terms to manage their monthly payments (very bad).

In 2026, more than 30% of issued car loans are MORE THAN TWELVE YEARS LONG. This is clearly unsustainable. Do these loans even have a chance of outpacing a car’s depreciation? Even comprehensive insurance won’t cover the outstanding balance of the loan if the car were totaled.

This is heading into very bad territory.

#cars #economy

https://www.breakingviews.com/columns/big-view/17-trln-auto-loan-market-heads-crash-2026-10-13/

Very happy to know that my Abandoned America trademark has been coopted by not one but two different AI slop "creators", both based out of Europe to circumvent my legal protections. I love this new world we live in.

@capnseasick "I would engage you in debate but but I don't want to put extra burden on your token budget."

“Polling reported by Politico found that 60 per cent of Canadians say they can “never trust Americans the same way again” while 63 per cent believe the U.S. creates more problems than it solves.” - “Canada could save millions by developing its own operating system instead of relying on Microsoft Windows” https://theconversation.com/canada-could-save-millions-by-developing-its-own-operating-system-instead-of-relying-on-microsoft-windows-294027