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“all the love in the world is useless when there is total lack of understanding” Kafka

backpack (over)preparation 

next to all the usual contents also have my full soldering kit, which now includes the logic analyzer as well, dslr (because it's gonna snow later today), tape and extra paper.

for a project workgroup you're probably able to do just fine without bringing any of that

Kanine has 2 incredible BBC Radio 1 Essential mixes, such a shame they're only 30 minutes of perfectly mixed drum and bass

Aug 2021 youtube.com/watch?v=k-7l3_4S4h

Oct 2022 youtube.com/watch?v=th6Cgqi1Q6

ah shit they're actually closing down at the end of April

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i absolutely have to visit a show at Printworks London someday, preferably multiple times

the XM4 "hold hand over the ear to temporarily lower volume a lot + amplify outside sound" works really well for hearing announcements, except you have no way of knowing *when* to do it because normally the noise canceling is too good :")

That part in Max Payne where Max said "I'm in Payne" and Max'd all over the place.

Kanine has 2 incredible BBC Radio 1 Essential mixes, such a shame they're only 30 minutes of perfectly mixed drum and bass

Aug 2021 youtube.com/watch?v=k-7l3_4S4h

Oct 2022 youtube.com/watch?v=th6Cgqi1Q6

rest assured, gnomefield has been mobilized in opposition to microsoft regime forces spotted near our borders this morning. threat neutralized.

moderation

To reiterate some of the issues with conferences:
- An entry fee keeps out poor people
- A scheduled conference time keeps out anyone who does not have much spare time (again, especially poor people) or who cannot just decide to do something at a specific time (eg. neurodiverse people)
- Video/audio calls exclude people with auditory processing issues or hearing impairments
- A physical conference excludes both disabled and poor people (for accessibility and travel cost reasons respectively)
- A conference on a proprietary platform excludes anyone who for whatever reason cannot use the proprietary client; this ranges from OS support issues to accessibility issues
- Not to mention all the safety concerns for marginalized people when being forced to interact with others in real-time

Centering your project decisionmaking around conferences means that the only people who can fully participate (and therefore be represented) will be able-bodied, well-off, sufficiently neurotypical, and otherwise privileged.

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ph+ realization 

just realized (knock on wood) it's been ages since I last had a nosebleed, even though I used to have them quite a lot when I was younger

It's literally been like a week since I tooted about how project decisionmaking at a conference means gatekeeping, and now we have an online conference charging admission(??) on a proprietary platform(????) claiming to be all about "making decisions on how to move fedi forward"

This is not how community governance works, people

@kim I'm sorry why are they charging a ticket fee for an online conference on a proprietary chat platform

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