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

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yessss the monoliths are back

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-68547161

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

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.

nixos-rebuild switch --rollback

#nixos #nixcon

Had the pleasure of illustrating the landing image for open-source text editor @novelwriter as part of its latest 2.3 update.

https://novelwriter.io/releases/release_2_3.html

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

Hilfe, mein catgirl hat eine Maus gebracht! Was mach ich jetzt damit?

Assume you have a bed. Then you can make a new bed by putting sheets, blankets and a pillow on that bed.

No idea how you get the first bed, that isn't defined. Beds probably form a causal loop or something; you can just make beds forever.

Gentle reminder that, compared to the phrase " #DarkPatterns ", #DeceptivePatterns is:

- more accurate
- less laden with unnecessary racist & colonial baggage from the Enlightenment
- already established within #UX conversations by the website https://www.deceptive.design/about-us , who prudently changed their name due to this whole set of concerns.

Thanks everyone for considering this small-but-important wording improvement.

Now back to doing whatever awesomeness you were doing!

If you care about the future of #NixOS, its governance, and its policies, right about now would be a good moment to get involved.

Some of the issues currently on the table:
- NixCon sponsorship by an arms dealer (Anduril)
- Moderation issues in the community, safety threats to marginalized folks
- What acceptable forms of participation are for the formal RFCs

A lot of things feel like they are coming to a head right about now, with the community growing rapidly, and I suspect that the decisions made are going to have long-term effects.

So if you've been waiting for a moment to get involved, that moment is probably now.