Sven Slootweg (soft-deprecated) @joepie91@pixie.town
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- @joepie91@slightly.tech
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- @joepie91:pixie.town
- Pronouns
- they/them, he/him, whatever, it's not like I have any idea either 🙃
In the process of moving to @joepie91. This account will stay active for the foreseeable future! But please also follow the other one.
Technical debt collector and general hype-hater. Early 30s, non-binary, ND, poly, relationship anarchist, generally queer.
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- DMs are open.
- Flirting welcome, but be explicit if you want something out of it!
- The devil doesn't need an advocate; no combative arguing in my mentions.
Sometimes horny on main (behind CW), very much into kink (bondage, freeuse, CNC, and other stuff), and believe it or not, very much a submissive bottom :p
My spoons are limited, so I may not always have the energy to respond to messages.
Strong views about abolishing oppression, hierarchy, agency, and self-governance - but I also trust people by default and give them room to grow, unless they give me reason not to. That all also applies to technology and how it's built.
Joined Aug 2019
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@AgathaSorceress@eldritch.cafe Also .biz for all the sketchy stuff
@AgathaSorceress@eldritch.cafe There's a whole community of How It's Made reuploaders and viewers on YT!
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RT @josmeditor@twitter.com
Someone published an unofficial, paid and potentially malicious version of JOSM on the @MicrosoftStore@twitter.com. DO NOT download it! https://josm.openstreetmap.de/ticket/22452 https://twitter.com/VincentPrivat/status/1582459221844819968
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/josmeditor/status/1582509584635162624
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does anyone have an OBS preset that adds 'Unregistered Hypercam 2' in the corner
Goo Truther 
chaos communication congress, covid, ableism
@psy Yeah, you're pretty much proving my point here. And as I've already told you, I'm done with this topic. I've exhaustively explained my reasons and given concrete criticisms. If you keep going, then the next step is a block.
chaos communication congress, covid, ableism
@psy @satanskrapfen@chaos.social @snoopy@chaos.social
https://social.pixie.town/@joepie91/109189321281063383
https://social.pixie.town/@joepie91/109189426524963665
chaos communication congress, covid, ableism
@psy @satanskrapfen@chaos.social @snoopy@chaos.social Like, honestly, I'm very much done with this conversation. I'm getting nothing but shit, with no real attempt to understand my reasons, and see: https://social.pixie.town/@joepie91/109190034428096469
chaos communication congress, covid, ableism
@psy @satanskrapfen@chaos.social @snoopy@chaos.social Considering that there's basically zero communication from orga already, I honestly don't see how it could get any worse. And as I've said before, the needs of vulnerable/disabled people are more important here. Maybe your complaint shouldn't be levelled at me.
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The whole PolyMC thing is tragic but its successor has a gay logo now sooo it was Worth it
And if you don't have an answer to "how will the supply chain have been improved if my company folds tomorrow", then you're not rescuing the supply chain at all, you're just running a business
Like, all the systemic industry-wide security issues weren't solved with More Capitalism the last 3 times people tried that either, and in the end it was always some frustrated unpaid random creature with an angry blog post who did the actual work, if it was ever solved at all
Not so excited about the sudden explosion of "supply chain security startups" whose sales pitch seems to basically be that we can solve systemic problems with FOSS dependency security and funding by just Buying Their Specific Magical Product, rather than a commons-based solution.
what
@julialuna@chaos.social nintendo says nintendon't :(
chaos communication congress, covid, ableism
@dreiwert@chaos.social I have repeatedly complained over the years about the exclusionary characteristics of the ticketing process (not just in terms of scarcity), but at least an attempt was made there to find a workable solution, in the form of a replicating-voucher system.
That is not remotely comparable to "Congress without any attempt at safety precautions whatsoever". And this was never meant to guilt-trip attendees to begin with; it was meant to warn them about the very real dangers, and pressure the orga.
And no, I didn't "win". As I've stated further down the thread, I would have much rather seen an attempt to make it continue with the appropriate safety measures. This is barely a "win" in the sense that at least it's not going to be a superspreader event.
chaos communication congress, covid, ableism
It's also extremely telling how many people seem to be much angrier about me causing a stink, than about the prospect of vulnerable/disabled folks being excluded.
chaos communication congress, covid, ableism
@satanskrapfen@chaos.social Given the widespread ableist decisionmaking over the past few years, *including* in hacker and/or chaos circles, I unfortunately do not share that confidence. And my decision was made accordingly, and I still stand by that decision.
Had the orga communicated more clearly, see eg. https://social.pixie.town/@joepie91/109189426524963665, then this approach would not have been necessary.
But if there is no outward communication, and only evidence that vulnerable people are *yet again* being thrown under the bus by people, then this is the only remaining option, because the alternative is that "a decision is made" that is already a "compromise" and whose implementation then gets worn down even further by the usual noise from privileged people who oppose any sort of measures at all.
Yes, it sucks when your internal communications are leaked. But if the tradeoff is between that and vulnerable/disabled folks *once again* being excluded, I will always prioritize the latter.
If the orga does not want that to happen, then they should make a clear public commitment to safety and communicate to the public clearly about the decisionmaking process.
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Transphobia
There was research a few years ago about online interactions with racists. The researcher found that tweeting at people "don't be racist" caused a reduction in the racist's use of slur terms and bigotry **if** the account telling them to stop had a white male user icon and more than 500 followers. The same tweet coming from a black or low-follower icon triggered greater racism.
Assuming that all bigotry has authoritarian characteristics, arguing with transphobic strangers online is statistically not likely to be a good use of time for accounts belonging to people who are identifiable as trans. This is a place where cis allies can step in - especially if they have characteristics in common with the transphobes. Cis radical feminists asking terfs to stop **is** a good use of time.
In the study, the two accounts had only one interaction. So cis allies with 500+ followers can just say "don't be transphobic" and then ghost them and that would still be helpful.
We as trans people can help reduce transphobia by leveraging our existing relationships. We can make ourselves known as trans and that tends to have a positive effect. We can use the techniques in SPLC's guide on responding to every day bigotry. https://www.splcenter.org/20150125/speak-responding-everyday-bigotry Online, we can give our associates our blessing to act as allies and suggestions for how they might do that.
People who are de radicalised from transphobia (or who are bounced out) do need support, but, I dunno, I don't know how to offer that and I don't know if I want to learn.
chaos communication congress, covid, ableism
@KAOS@dragonscave.space Also more generally, communication from orga was really lacking here IMO:
- When could we expect a decision?
- How are vulnerable people included in the decisionmaking around COVID safety?
- Will the decision even be public *before* ticket sales start, so that those who need to be more careful don't miss out on a (scarce) ticket?
None of those questions seemed to be answered, and that led to a situation where everybody is in the dark, and so when evidence appears that safety measures are not being considered, then that pretty much leaves this sort of thread as the only remaining option to try and ensure sufficient safety... especially considering how vulnerable folks have been passed by in so many other situations already
- Future new account
- @joepie91@slightly.tech
- Matrix
- @joepie91:pixie.town
- Pronouns
- they/them, he/him, whatever, it's not like I have any idea either 🙃
In the process of moving to @joepie91. This account will stay active for the foreseeable future! But please also follow the other one.
Technical debt collector and general hype-hater. Early 30s, non-binary, ND, poly, relationship anarchist, generally queer.
- No alt text (request) = no boost.
- Boosts OK for all boostable posts.
- DMs are open.
- Flirting welcome, but be explicit if you want something out of it!
- The devil doesn't need an advocate; no combative arguing in my mentions.
Sometimes horny on main (behind CW), very much into kink (bondage, freeuse, CNC, and other stuff), and believe it or not, very much a submissive bottom :p
My spoons are limited, so I may not always have the energy to respond to messages.
Strong views about abolishing oppression, hierarchy, agency, and self-governance - but I also trust people by default and give them room to grow, unless they give me reason not to. That all also applies to technology and how it's built.
Joined Aug 2019
