Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

“The idea that the police are actively tracking the location of women they believe have had self administered abortions under the guise of ‘safety’ does not make me feel any better about this kind of surveillance,” EFF’s @evacide told @404mediaco. https://www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-searched-license-plate-cameras-nationwide-for-a-woman-who-got-an-abortion/

“I may be free from Angola, but Angola will never be free of me.”
Happy early birthday to Robert King of the Angola Three. King spent 31 years in prison—29 in solitary—for a crime he didn’t commit. Since his release in 2001, he’s been a powerful voice against the prison industrial complex and for the freedom of all political prisoners. Check out King’s autobiography, From the Bottom of the Heap, here: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=506

Five years ago today, after Minneapolis police murdered George Floyd, demonstrators forced them to abandon the Third Precinct and set it on fire—a profound act of solidarity and faith in the possibility of social change.

This account describes how they did it:

https://crimethinc.com/thirdprecinct

Not long after, a Newsweek poll found that fully 54% of those questioned believed the burning of the Minneapolis Police Precinct was justified after George Floyd’s killing.

At that time, Joe Biden was polling around 46% and Donald Trump at 38%.

Never let them tell you resistance can't be popular.

What connects a Mohawk kid diving into the river at Kanehsatake with Palestinian boys leaping into the Mediterranean in Acre?

Joy.
Freedom.
Resistance.

This short scene from our upcoming film A Red Road to the West Bank draws a line between two colonized lands, two childhoods, and one shared spirit: claiming moments of life, even when the world tries to take them away.

📽️ Watch the clip.
https://kolektiva.media/w/fFqz2GJRATXsfb4KTJqXBK

🛠️ Help us finish the film: https://amplifierfilms.ca/redroad

#ARedRoadToTheWestBank #Palestine #Kanehsatake #MohawkTerritory #Acre #AntiColonial #AmplifierFilms #Resistance #ChildhoodUnderOccupation #IndigenousSolidarity

"Researchers must own up to the fact that EVERY opinion poll is an equation with two unknowns and therefore insoluble."

Pesticides, antibiotics, animal medicines: the chemical cocktail seeping into our rivers - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/29/pesticides-antibiotics-animal-medicines-chemical-cocktail-britain-rivers-aoe caused by farmer greed and stupidity

US federal court blocks Trump from imposing sweeping #tariffs - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/28/us-court-blocks-trump-tariffs "Ruling from court of international trade in New York comes after slew of lawsuits arguing president exceeded authority"

FediForum June 2025

🗓️ Start: June 5, 2025 8:00 am
⏳ End: June 7, 2025 5:00 pm

FediForum, the network-wide unconference for Fedizens, is back! The event has undergone a radical transformation to be more inclusive, with a diverse advisory board helping to build a safe and respectful space for attendees. Watch the latest presentations from the people building the network, participate in supportive discussions about what the Social Web currently needs, and watch cool demos from the latest apps and platforms!Thursday, June 58:00 am to 1:00 pm pacific time (UTC-7)
Keynote: Ian Forrester
Keynote: Cory Doctorow
Software speed demos
Orientation session: What’s new in the Open Social Web?
Collaborative agenda making and unconference sessionsFriday, June 68:00 am to 1:00 pm pacific time (UTC-7)
Keynote: Christine Lemmer-Webber
Collaborative agenda making and unconference sessionsSaturday, June 78:00 am to 1:00 pm pacific time (UTC-7)
Software speed demos
Collaborative agenda making and unconference sessionsCheck this page for a comprehensive schedule breakdown for each day! The unconference format allows attendees to help set the schedule for discussions and presentations.PricingFediForum offers the following price packages for admission:PackagePriceGeneral Admission$40.00 + $3.29 fee(Almost) Free Ticket$0.67 + $1.32 feeContributor Ticket (support the community)$100.00 + $6.29 feePlatform Employee Ticket$250.00 + $13.79 fee https://wedistribute.org/event/fediforum-june-2025/

“The reality is that there is no rational basis for this spate of actions. These guys just can’t help themselves. The urge to dominate people and institutions and make them conform to Trump’s will is just too strong for them to resist. Even when the result is that they will lose, and lose again, and lose again. Even when they actually strengthen the instinct among their foes to push back by clarifying that legal recourse is, indeed, available. Even when they can’t possibly believe they are going to prevail.

They just can’t help themselves.

And that isn’t scary. It’s pathetic.”

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-situation--they-just-can-t-help-themselves

#USPol

Trump and RFK Jr. may have just killed millions. As immunologists continue to track and warn about the evolution of the H5N1 bird flu virus, the Trump administration just cancelled a $600 million contract to prepare vaccines for a future pandemic.

https://www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/moderna-flu-vaccine-development-cancelled-by-hhs-mrna-platform-offers-speedy-pandemic-response/

Join Resistance Lab and Rep. Pramila Jayapal on June 1st to learn how to host a powerful organizing training with your friends and family using the Resistance Lab 1.0 curriculum. RSVP here: https://www.mobilize.us/pramilaforcongress/event/775585/

Because they hate their own voters, Texas Republicans are about to ban all products containing THC, plus they are also about to ban many popular anime series due to a very poorly written law against child deepfakes.

Both bills await Greg Abbott's signature. He'll likely sign. https://screenrant.com/anime-ban-censorship-america-texas-goblin-slayer-controversy/

#anime #texas #marijuana #weed

In the following account, the author recounts scenes from the movement against deportations in Paris in the late 1990s. As Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and their lackeys scapegoat the undocumented and kidnap immigrants who oppose genocide even when they hold green cards, it is a good time to study how people have resisted the violence of the state in other times and places.
https://blog.pmpress.org/2025/04/08/the-anti-deportation-collective/

https://thomaspalley.com/?p=2545

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#Hawaii will tax vacation stays and use money to help counter #climatecrisis - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/28/hawaii-tourist-tax-vacation-climate-crisis that's good; #trump will hate it

This is a bipartisan agenda (and has been for my entire life).

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/05/why-are-they-trying-to-kill-us.html

ICCL secures permission to take Ireland’s first ever class action - https://www.iccl.ie/digital-data/iccl-secures-permission-to-take-irelands-first-ever-class-action/ " hopes to force Microsoft to bring its systems into compliance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (#GDPR)." #big #privacy

Saudi Arabia’s secretive rehabilitation ‘prisons’ for disobedient women - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/may/28/saudi-arabia-women-girls-rehabilitation-prisons-dar-al-reaya “If you are sexually abused or get pregnant by your brother or father you are the one sent to Dar al-Reaya to protect the family’s reputation” #barbaric #saudiarabia

"Europe has devolved into a hotbed of digital #censorship, mass migration, restrictions on religious freedom, and numerous other assaults on democratic self-governance." - https://statedept.substack.com/p/the-need-for-civilizational-allies-in-europe says, the US, where scientists are forbidden from talking about #climatecrisis or even #gender... #hypocrisy much?