So the Denmark government is beginning a phased strategy to replace Microsoft Office with LibreOffice:

Clickwalled news article: https://www.thelocal.dk/20250610/why-denmark-wants-to-cut-use-of-microsoft-products-at-key-ministry

Thread on bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/grahamcluley.com/post/3lridbbmfp22k

This follows up an announcement the French/German governments are developing an open-source Notion clone (it's called Docs).

Europe is making a move toward digital sovereignty and it may coincidentally result in a tech stack with properties I want (AI-free, OSS, Linux-compatible). Hm.

Wifebot was picking some flowers in the garden and made this.

#Pride #PrideMonth #BloomScrolling

FYI: Calling a protest "a riot" is fascist behaviour. Protesters have a right to protest. It is in our Constitutions. The police do *not* have the right to stop them. That is blatantly the government restricting the right to free expression and the right to peaceably assemble.

So when the protesters are there, chanting and waving signs and otherwise doing what protesters do, IT IS THE POLICE WHO ARE IN THE WRONG. Their job is *not* to decide the demonstration is no longer "permitted". The right isn't something you can take away.

So when those police begin lobbing and shooting weapons at the protesters, THEY ARE THE ONES ACTING ILLEGALLY. They are literally the government not allowing people their rights. They are the redcoats here. They represent the King's tyrannical authority.

So never, ever call it a riot. A riot is an unreasoning mob, using violence to achieve their aims.

A protest that is attacked by police is "citizens taking up their right to self-defence when someone tries to violate their rights illegally."

Language matters here, folks. Don't accept their language. Call things what they are, not what they want you to think they are.

Also, "violence" against property is not violence. It is tortious, not criminal. Violence is what happens to *people*.

I am working on an app to connect people with lawyers in emergency situations (ICE raids, police encounters, protests). Looking for a Flutter developer and someone with legal background (lawyer, paralegal, legal aid experience) who want to help build something that could literally save lives and protect rights. DM me if interested.

Boost for reach.

#nokings #law #lawyers

The solarpunk thread I posted yesterday (https://climatejustice.social/@breadandcircuses/114670279088355579) elicited some interesting reactions, with at least one commenter suggesting that punks and anarchists can’t *possibly* contribute anything constructive or beneficial to civilized society.

So today this cartoon seems appropriate…

#History #Economics #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #Degrowth #SolarPunk

If there's anything that illustrated the hollowness of the Democratic Party as an effective opposition for me, it's this.

Yesterday, I watched a video of a sitting US Senator being thrown to the ground and cuffed by fed goons for asking questions of the fed official he has direct oversight authority over.

Within minutes, I'd gotten DOZENS of texts from Dems and Dem orgs asking for $5-$50 to "fight fascism."

That's it. "Are you terrified that your country is slipping into fascism? Pay me."