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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- 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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This is your random reminder, asking for help takes spoons and courage, but also, sometimes, is actually helpful.
I would encourage you to identify who the tech dude is in *your* FOSS community with a governance problem, and start drawing more attention to their role in the issue
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This ICE entered Köln Hbf without stopping on the bridge. I didn't knew that was even possible. 🤯
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I think that’s the most stylish Kleingarten hut I’ve ever seen though. Halensee
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Never know when that information might become relevant later
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I would subtly suggest to start taking notes of who in your tech circles works for companies like Anduril
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Dear vegans: be very cautious when buying orange juice in the Netherlands. The largest producer is now adding 0,02% cow milk to some variants to avoid the recently raised sugar taxes 😵💫
Perhaps the most frustrating part of this all is that if the situation continues for long enough, lateral violence often starts happening - nobody can hold the dude at the top accountable, therefore people start trying to hold *each other* accountable, even if nobody involved in those conflicts actually has the power to do anything about it
Like, I've seen and been involved with tons of governance issues in FOSS communities over the years, and I've lost count of how often it's just a situation of "everyone in the community is working really hard to make this work, and solving all the difficult problems, and then the entire effort grinds to a halt because of one singular white tech dude at the top being uncooperative or 'not seeing the problem' or being unwilling to delegate responsibility"
Behind every FOSS governance problem is seemingly a tech dude who holds the keys but just doesn't care
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yessss the monoliths are back
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I wanna just say something to neurotypical people for a sec
a lot of us autistic people mask pretty hardcore... and not all of us are actually bad at picking up social things that happen to us on a regular basis
such as: insults
now, that doesn't mean we *respond* like neurotypical people do! we may often, for example, be doing or not doing something because it's what makes the most practical sense in the moment and not be really worried about what other people think, which I know is a state of mind a lot of NT people are boggled by
...what I mean to say is, you should know, an autistic person who doesn't "get" your subtle digs, and one who 100% understands what you just did/said and just doesn't see a reason to respond immediately can look exactly the same
and there are more of the second one than you think, and we are *absolutely* judging you
Never know when that information might become relevant later
I would subtly suggest to start taking notes of who in your tech circles works for companies like Anduril
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The easiest way to see 'privilege in #FOSS' with your own eyes, is probably to observe how the people arguing for sketchy sponsors, legalistic moderation procedures, "neutrality" in moderation and government involvement, are virtually always white dudes - and those opposing them are everyone else (and, often, a small subset of white dudes).
Like, you don't actually need to believe me on this. Just keep an eye on who is saying what for a couple months. You'll see the patterns.
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Had the pleasure of illustrating the landing image for open-source text editor @novelwriter as part of its latest 2.3 update.
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Protesters have taken over the park around the convention center and have been holding a teach in about Boeing's role in US imperialism.
There's several live streams on the gram 🙄 (I'll see if I can xpost a speech)
https://www.instagram.com/resist.seattle/live/18024391120971510?igsh=bWppcmhkYjI0Zmw0
- 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
