leinir @leinir@computerfairi.es

Today, over 100 students and community members in #Montreal "stormed into a talk at #McGill University" shutting down an event organized by a member of the LGB Alliance, a anti-trans hate group which works to oppose trans rights in the UK, even going so far as to oppose a ban on conversation therapy and claiming opposing same-sex marriage is "not homophobic." Like the rest of the TERF movement, it also has direct links and associations with the far-Right and open fascists.

Protesters reportedly "threw baking flour at [the speaker and] unplugged a projector," before the event was shut down.

Today, you can choose not to drive a Tesla if you don’t want Elon Musk, Inc. knowing everywhere you go.

Tomorrow, you might have to limit where you live because you won’t live in a Google Home and reconsider having 20/20 vision again in exchange for the artificial lens company seeing everything you see.

Privacy is not something you can “vote with your wallet” on. We either protect it as a human right or we lose it altogether.

#privacy #humanRights #BigTech #peopleFarming #capitalism

I really like this idea.

It's wild how computer programming went from exclusively women's work to "we're not sexist we just don't think women are interested in it" in like 40 years

reminder we are hiring for some cool jobs over at KO_OP - a worker owned and very queer indie game studio!

80k flat salary + bonuses, 4 day work weeks, fully remote, flex hours, very cool people and games. Open roles are:

Senior Engineer (membership track!)
Network Engineer
DevOps Engineer
UX Designer

https://ko-opmode.applytojobs.ca

Saw a post about how fedi bigots are feeling so isolated by defederation that they're making secret "normie" accounts so they can have human connection and like... this is where it all went wrong isn't it?

Instead of shaming and ejecting bigots and bullies from civil society we let them in and comment on our tweets and facebook posts and YT videos. And then liberals for whom this is all a game cause they remain largely unaffected were like "no! let's debate them in the marketplace of ideas!"

No. You make them afraid of the cost of going mask off. You make it not worth it. So that they hide and attempt to interact like normal human beings instead of demons wearing human skin. And even if they stay shitty, if they keep it a secret they can't spread it easily to others

Never in a million years did I see pandemic safety becoming one of the most punk rock things you could do in this world, but here we are

Its always morally correct to pirate @Adobe software, especially when they snatch data from your private artwork and feed it to their "Content Analysis" for (in their own words) Machine-Learning.

Good on Jon Lam for sounding the alarm. Remember: "Industry Standard" is a Marketing Term. What matters is if you can do the work well. Whatever tools work for you are what work best. Dont let corporations make you dependent on them.

Make changes to your Adobe account here:

account.adobe.com/privacy

Truly though … it does sometimes feel like the furry aesthetic is filtering into the mainstream and mundane world, which is amusing and fun!

But it remains our duty to keep the furry fandom weird and queer, and make sure the corporations and media companies are never able to take us over! Solidarity! ✊

OK fellow #Mastodon users I'm just putting out a little test to see how many of you see this toot. If you are reading this now then please ReBlog.

#HappyNewYear from all the team at #BlazingMinds

2022's been good to me. Made a real point of no longer putting off a lot of things, making up for time lost to the pandemic years, and building some really special friendships.

If 2022 was rough for you, I'm sorry and I hope 23 is better. Let's all have each other's backs, be kind, be supportive, cut each other some slack, but equally don't put up with toxicity in your life nor be the toxicity in someone else's. Let's make it good with gentle, unstoppable strength and love.

As Croatia is joining the Eurozone, Liberapay is, for the first time, dropping support for a currency.

- The Croatian Kuna (HRK) has now disappeared from donation forms.
- All existing donations and scheduled payments in that currency have been converted to the Euro.
- All accounts which had the Kuna as their main currency have been switched to the Euro.

Congratulations to Croatia, and happy new year to everyone! 🥳

Keep Furry Weird!!

Be whatever you want to be. Be silly, be affectionate, be kinky, be queer, be unique and special, be furry the way YOU want to be furry. Show the world that you're not afraid to be you.

Screw the haters. They'll hate you no matter what, so show them they don't matter!

I am SO PROUD of you. I'm proud of who you are, of your journey of self-discovery, of the fact that you have a "weird" side that you love.

Keep Furry Weird, and love our fandom for the people in it! 💙💙

Useful term I discovered this week: “toxic mimicry”. It’s the pattern of substituting systems/organisations/services that look superficially like they fill a core societal need but in fact act to take up the space that a genuine system would fill, and only provide virtual nutrition.

Examples:
- 6pm TV news mimics public discourse
- Malls mimic public spaces
- Daycare mimics collective child rearing

I like the term as it suggests something predatory and insidious.

Kdenlive fundraiser news: With only 3 days to go, we need one last push! We need just over 1,400 euros to reach our stretch goal of 20,000 euros.

All proceeds go to #funding development of new features and improving Kdenlive.

https://kdenlive.org/en/fund/

Hey cis friends, have you ever fantasized about being a different gender? Any context: sex or cool clothes or whatever, no shame attached.

Trans folks commonly think everyone questions their gender, but the few cis folks I've asked either say no, or only a tiny handful of times.

If none of these choices make sense for you, my DMs are open.

Trans friends, please sit this one out, but please do boost for reach.