Sven Slootweg @joepie91@pixie.town
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Technical debt collector and general hype-hater. Early 30s, non-binary, ND, poly, relationship anarchist, generally queer.
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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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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.
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.
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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
Also, something I want to clarify: my criticism isn't and never was towards those in orga who were trying to keep the event safe for everybody. I recognize that some of those involved in the orga will have tried their best. My criticisms were specifically about those who didn't.
chaos communication congress, covid, ableism
Update: it's just been announced that (centralized) Congress will be cancelled this year: https://ccc.de/en/updates/2022/no-congress-2022
Mixed feelings; I would have liked to see it continue with safety measures, but this is certainly better than continuing it with *no* measures.
The alternative suggested in the post (smaller local events) is probably a good one; the overall risk should be much lower there. I'm also more optimistic about Camp; with it being outdoors (= lots of natural ventilation), it would be much easier to limit the spread.
chaos communication congress, covid, ableism
From what I'm hearing, the plan is to organize this year's Chaos Communication Congress in an absolutely packed venue with *zero* COVID measures because the orga doesn't care about even *trying* to find workable solutions.
This would be grossly irresponsible and unacceptable. And as usual, vulnerable people are being thrown under the bus.
"Being inclusive is good, sure, buuuut maybe vulnerable people just shouldn't come for a few years."
This is not good enough. Fix this. There are *so many* possible solutions, see eg. the MCH2022 measures.
Encourage people to self-test, and provide free self-tests for those who cannot afford it. They're cheap in bulk now.
Tell people to wear a mask, even if you can't 100% rigidly enforce it. Public health measures are not all-or-nothing, it doesn't *have* to be perfect.
CCC folks speak loudly about inclusivity, but that requires actions, not just words. Pretending that COVID doesn't exist is ableist and needlessly harmful.
If the Congress orga go through with this, I will not go to #37c3, and neither should you.
I think we all know how widespread hacker pest is every Congress, so you're almost *guaranteed* to be exposed to COVID at #37c3, with all the consequences that that entails - including serious risk of chronic disability and, y'know, *your brain* not working right anymore.
And yes, this is information from the grapevine, but this needs to be talked about *now*, before things are set in stone and the only response we'll get is "sorry, it's already decided". I'm sure that the orga will be able to issue a clarification if the policy changes.
Wrote a little library that can be used to do relational queries on linearly-ingested larger-than-RAM datasets, demonstrated here on the (tiny) GTFS sample data feed: https://gist.github.com/joepie91/a1b702e693202653f0d94483e844dd43?ts=4
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our anti-crunch game jam 'a game by its cover' is back – no competition or prizes, long deadline, late submissions possible
with crunch and burnout as industry staples, more than anything we want to provide a safe, comfortable and fun way for participants to get creative
my friends and i made video with more info about the rules and how to participate
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I don't know who needs to hear this but
The postal service exists to deliver letters and parcels to people
Not to make money for shareholders
The transport system exists to move people to where they need to go
Not to make money for shareholders
The water, gas, and electricity supplies exist to provide people vital utilities
Not to make money for shareholders
The healthcare system exists to ensure (and that's ENsure, not INsure) the health of the population
Not to make money for shareholders
Shareholders in vital public services are a vampiric drain on those services
Capitalism is a disease
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i swear there’s a big machine somewhere stamping out identical right-wing FOSS guys
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Squatnet: **Amsterdam: Oud hotel gekraakt door studenten voor meer huisvesting**
"Op donderdag 13 oktober om 3 uur ‘s middags vond er een demonstratie plaats op het roeterseiland campus van de studentenvakbond ASVA voor meer studenten huisvesting. Om de hoek van het protest hebben dakloze studenten van Autonomous Student Strug…"
https://nl.squat.net/2022/10/13/amsterdam-oud-hotel-gekraakt-door-studenten-voor-meer-huisvesting/
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I feel like I, upon discovering Mastodon, found the total, like, 5–6 people I wanted to follow and've just stuck with them for the last 3 years so I don't know how effective asking the greater Fediverse will be but
Does anyone know of any artists on here who either can do ASCII art or, while not the medium they usually inhabit, are willing to give creating it a try? 'Working on an all-text video game and could use someone who's open for commissions, right now.
hey look Musk has finally sent the invoice for his ""donated"" starstink stuff
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/13/politics/elon-musk-spacex-starlink-ukraine/index.html
... why is PayPal serving up a revoked TLS certificate? https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=paypal.com&s=64.4.250.36&latest
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Thinking about the Freedom Convoy in light of the hearings that are starting
If you hold a meeting/rally/protest
And Nazis show up
And Nazis are welcomed
You just held a Nazi meeting/rally/protest
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I think I could be a shark plushie
you don't have to think, you just lie in bed all day, and occasionally people hug you
you don't have to think, you just lie in bed all day, and occasionally people hug you
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Thinking about how nurses in the pandemic, teachers in shootings, or people in "caring" professions generally are so often called on to be "heroes"
And like
By definition
If you're going "above and beyond", it means that what you're doing is literally not your job
If anyone ever uses a wartime metaphor to try to manipulate you into doing something, you should be extremely suspicious of what they're trying to ask you to sacrifice
- Website
- http://cryto.net/~joepie91/
- Matrix
- @joepie91:pixie.town
- Pronouns
- they/them, he/him, whatever, it's not like I have any idea either 🙃
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
