Sven Slootweg (soft-deprecated) @joepie91@pixie.town

Onderzoek na onderzoek laat zien dat mensen graag stemmen voor linkse standpunten, maar linkse partijen doen er niets aan om dat te verzilveren. Het is tijd om alle tegengestelde belangen op tafel te leggen, want niet iedereen wordt een beetje armer. Mensen met een laag inkomen, die hardwerkende Nederlanders, sterven gewoon jaren eerder, en in slechtere gezondheid dan zij met een hoog inkomen. Hoog tijd om te stoppen met pappen en nathouden, hoog tijd voor politiseren en polariseren.

https://www.vn.nl/links-klassenpolitiek/

Cute queers in my computer, why are none of you here right now to snuggle me?

OK, a bit less subtoot this time: quantum computing as a field inherits the toxic culture of both academic physics research and 10x SWE techbros. As a result, harassment in general and sexual harassment in particular are absolutely pervasive in the field.

If you do not 100% take a proactive stance against that from the get-go, your space *will* be home to harassers. That's not a possibility, it's a certainty.

That didn't stop being true once the hellsite imploded and people noticed the fediverse. So yes, you need a code of conduct, and you need a moderation policy, and you need both in place *before* you admit a single fucking user.

Think about it like this.

We’ve never seen a show that speculates what the world would look like if Natives defeated the colonizers and kept their land but have several projects fantasizing about what if the Nazis won.

That’s not by accident.

I’ve just discovered r/BirdsTakingTheTrain, this is amazing

Okay, you all seem energized, so here we go! This time, with feeling!!

The Icculus Microgrant has money to give out! If you have an OPEN SOURCE PROJECT OF ANY SIZE, you are eligible!

Just reply to this toot with your project(s) and I'll put you on the list!

You can nominate other projects, too. You do not have to be American to participate; I send money in lots of currencies around the world!

details: https://icculus.org/microgrant/

I cannot imagine the gall of these companies forcing remote jobs to be on-site again. There's absolutely no limit to the power that companies will seize if they feel like they have even half a shot of getting away with it.

This is a nearly ideal pocket computer design. Wonder if it will actually pan out.
https://liliputing.com/auspicious-machine-is-a-modular-handheld-linux-pc-with-a-blackberry-style-keyboard-and-gaming-buttons/

Welp, I posted about the refusal of service nonsense on the Fairphone forums and all I got was sycophants and bootlickers telling me that ackhsually I'm ridiculous for... not having asked the guy I bought the phone from for proof of purchase?

Because apparently it's "irresponsible" to not make sure you're not buying a stolen phone by asking for a piece of paper with another person's personally identifiable information it?

tbh now I'm *really* soured on Fairphone and I'm going to recommend against dealing with them. Which legitimately sucks, they make the closest-to-ethical phones you can buy, but if you even dare to buy one used they'll refuse to fix your phone unless you have someone else's documents on your hands and you'll be berated by sycophants online.

Bleh. Now I *really* have no idea what phone I should get, I was still gonna get a FP4 before I saw the response but yeah fuck that

#Fairphone just to make this more visible 🥲️

Hint:

Telling people who face oppression, discrimination, and marginalization that things aren't as bad as they think they are is *NOT* helpful.

You are also probably wrong. The people targeted by hate have a better understanding of risk and what their situation is. We fucking live it.