Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

I swear I've seen developers with 30 years of experience go from "I can debug a kernel panic blindfolded" to " oh wait, let me ask the AI how to write a for loop" in about 12 months.

‘The 2026 Democracy Perception Index asked 23,968 respondents in 84 countries which nation they consider to be “the biggest threat to the world”.

Most people in 65 out of the 84 countries said the United States is the largest danger.

- Another 10 countries (almost all in Europe) said Russia is the biggest threat.
- Seven (in West Asia and North Africa) said Israel.
- Israel said Iran.
- Japan said China.’

https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2026/06/07/study-world-usa-biggest-threat-china/

Greetings fellow humans.

My podcast editor has suggested that I start uploading episodes to YouTube, and to accomplish this, that I should get some artwork done to serve as a wall-paper-y thing for the audio to play over.

Is there any chance that there are any artists here that would be interested in a small job? Might be a long shot, but someone that listens to the podcast will probably have great opinions on the vibe!

Trump is having UFC on the WH lawn. UFC is owned by Ari Emanuel. Ari is the brother of Rahm Emanuel and a big time Democratic fundraiser. Ari Emanuel is also a big time Zionist. Ari Emanuel is pulling strings in both the Democrat and Republican parties.

We're told there are two parties, at odds with each other. In fact, they are all working for the same billionaires. Did I mention that Ari is also the owner of WWE? He learned from the best. It's kayfabe all the way down.

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/06/trump-ufc-white-house-freedom-250-tko-ari-emanuel.html

"To build a better internet, we need to change how its is owned and organized. What is at stake is nothing less than the possibility of democracy - a possibility that an internet organizes by the profit motive precludes."

#BenTarnoff, Internet for the People, 2022

https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/2674-internet-for-the-people

Quoted by #NaomiKlein in Doppelganger, 2023

(8/8)

China has achieved what neither the USA nor Aotearoa New Zealand has thought important ... until now.

https://www.carlyle.com/carlyle-compass/the-abundance-illusion

'Every gigawatt of domestic generation is a gigawatt that does not transit the Strait of Hormuz, the Red Sea, or the Malacca Strait.'

We host a free monthly workshop and hangout to learn about digital security, privacy and autonomy, here in #kaurnaYarta #Adelaide

No tech skills required, but if you've got skills we'd love to hear what you're working on!

Bring your laptop and any other devices, this Saturday 13th June, 12pm-4pm, at @Rewind (7a Barrpowell st, Welland)

So, we are doing about as well with the New World Screwworm outbreak as was predicted by our response to COVID

So far
- Defunding surveillance
- Firing the people who used to do the surveillance
- Ignoring the hazard signals when they first appeared
- Denying it when it was reported
- Implementing half-arsed measures that are voluntary and in the future

@GuerillaOntologist yeah, the US gov't is the 'insurer of last resort'. Big Tech are trying to make 'AI' an issue of National Security... it's all very calculated and quite evil.

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Have a look at some of this year's presenters at HOPE 26! (MANY more to come) https://www.hope.net/

🔴 Brand new Tom the Dancing Bug now up on Boing Boing
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THEY WALK AMONG US.
TRUST NO ONE.
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https://boingboing.net/2026/06/10/tom-the-dancing-bug-they-walk-among-us-trust-no-one.html

You can do it bubble!

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“Checking in on queer books this Pride month — Malinda Lo”

https://www.malindalo.com/blog/2026/6/5/checking-in-on-queer-books-this-pride-month

> So even though things are tough right now, don't forget that there are a lot of us out there who love queer books. We need to show publishers, libraries, and our communities that we're here. We can do that by continuing to read and buy queer books, and by talking about them on social media and in the real world.

I've got some good news and some bad news...

https://www.404media.co/cops-keep-getting-arrested-for-using-flock-to-stalk-people/

A court in Munich declared that Google is liable for their "AI summaries" and all its hallucinations. This is an important step to bring "AI" slop in line with all other products on the market: "AI" products are basically the only ones where a provider can just deliver unchecked garbage and put all the liability on the consumer. I hope to see aggressive change here.

https://the-decoder.com/landmark-german-ruling-declares-googles-ai-overviews-are-googles-own-words-and-makes-it-liable-for-false-answers/

Think it through: the US gov't buys into the big AI companies; now when people are protesting a new data center, they will be fighting not only big capital, but also the US government. And if you think the US gov't would use it's ownership stake to stop data center construction, I have a lovely bridge to sell you at a very reasonable price!

Why Bernie why?? Dr. Nathalie Maréchal joins me and @alex to observe and contextualize Sen Sanders’ descent into AI Doomerism:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/19314168-bernie-goes-down-the-x-risk-rabbithole-with-dr-nathalie-marechal-2026-05-04

Bernie Sanders has read the room and determined that what people want is for the gov't to give "AI" companies a shit ton of money...Man, fuck that guy.

https://oligarchwatch.substack.com/p/an-ai-trojan-horse

"His discussions included an hour-long meeting with Sen. Bernie Sanders, who has called for AI companies to be 50% state-owned."

For those coming in late, that's just a stealth bail-out. Scam Altman says "OpenAI has a one trillion valuation," and so we hand them $500 Billion. Great idea, Bernie! Much socialism (for the rich)!

"OpenAI...loses a lot of money...But if Trump forces the public into “a partnership” with the company, it immediately becomes more plausible that the federal government could use taxpayer dollars to cover OpenAI’s costs."

And if you don't understand what's going on here, I kinda think you just don't want to understand. Bernie and Trump singing from the same hymnal, both trying to hand money to billionaires. Do you get what's going on here yet? Well, do ya?