leinir @leinir@computerfairi.es

UK petition: Review single sex spaces guidance requiring use on the basis of biological sex

Sign: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/780240

Graph: https://petition-track.uk/check-petition/780240

Closing date: 18 March 2027

It opened today! It's a trans-supportive petition. :)

You can sign if you are:
- a UK resident, regardless of citizenship status;
- a UK citizen living anywhere in the world.

#UK #petition #TransRights #trans #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #transgender

My main client has pulled work from the end of the month

This is devestating

Will try and get more work, but if anyone knows anyone hiring - or is looking for editors, writers, marketers or project managers - please let me know

I’ve worked across many industries

#GetFediHired

Over on Whatever today I go over @subvert.fm's "AI" policy and tell you why I think it's a really good version of such a policy, and why other organizations looking to create such a policy of their own would be well served to give it a look:

https://whatever.scalzi.com/2026/10/18/what-a-good-ai-policy-looks-like/

I read some post about how Mastodon consists primarily of German-speaking creatures talking in English. I'm gonna do a poll, need to test that. Boosts highy appreciated!

So, do you speak German?

❌ AI generated slop menus with pictures that make your food look like worms

✅ scribbles on a piece of paper saying how much the soup cost

To summarize, the EU Kids Act is considering video games a service, therefore the following restrictions will apply:

- ID Requirement for gaming.

- Indie games that cannot verify your age will thus not be legal within the EU.

Applies to all games retroactively.

If you're 18+ in the EU you should consider signing the "Stop killing the Internet" citizens' initiative https://eci.ec.europa.eu/066/public/#/screen/home

More info: https://www.notebookcheck.net/Biggest-threat-yet-New-EU-rules-could-severely-restrict-online-gaming.1413179.0.html

#stopKillingInternet #europe #european #digitalid

Today Igalia turns 25.

In September 2001, ten engineers from the University of A Coruña started a company with no outside investors, no managers, and no intention of ever appointing any.

There are now close to 200 of us, spread across the world. The arrangement has not changed: no managers, no shareholders, and everything we build left where anyone can use it.

Here is to the next twenty-five.
https://igalia.com/2026/09/21/Twenty-Five-Years-Upstream.html

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource

Given its extremely high energy and water consumption, the increased minimum system requirements driving premature hardware obsolescence, among other very problematic social and political issues, genAI/LLMs are not compatible with the values and goals of KDE Eco.

KDE is a diverse community and the opinions and projects of some KDE contributors are not representative of the entire community or KDE Eco projects.