leinir @leinir@computerfairi.es

Hey, look at this thing my friend Mint wrote on why he left.

You'll probably make fun of it like you do with the daily dot article.

But maybe you'll read it and... think? Reflect? Change?

https://mints.cafe/thoughts-on-mastodon-and-how-it-really-is-crumbling-actually-take-it-seriously/

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The level of stockholm syndrome among techies is fascinating:
https://www.wired.com/story/how-taiwans-unlikely-digital-minister-hacked-the-pandemic/

"Google charges a few dollars for every 1,000 times the map is accessed by users. On the afternoon of the first day after the web site went live, Wu received a bill for $2,000. The next day, the total jumped to $26,000."

Solution?

"Google also helped out by waiving Maps charges in the interest of fighting Covid-19."

If only there was some other, free, map. If only...

#OpenStreetMap

“So you see, there’s no way to prove that anything is real,” the android explained. “We can only know what our senses tell us, and senses are easily fooled.”

“So you're saying all of this," the programmer gestured at their surroundings, "could just be a big simulation?”

"Yes."

“In that case,” she frowned, “I’d like to file several bug reports.”

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#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

Please fucking boost this as far as possible. Please, PLEASE.

A Polish trans activist named Margot was arrested. Her "crime" is minor destruction of property (she cut up a tarp on a truck covered with vicious anti-LGBT propaganda).

Her pre-emptive arrest for two months was authorized by a court, despite the fact that such arrest, by Polish law, are meant to be used for people who are a flight risk or an immediate danger to others.

But wait, there's more.

Remember to support some of our KDE developers at https://liberapay.com/for/KDE/ @kde #KDE #FreeSoftware

"Dad," she called, "there are monsters under the bed!"
"Are they?" he called back.
She hadn't thought about that.
"Monsters?" she whispered.
"We are dust bunnies."
"But you sound scary."
"We grow. We watch. We grow... angry. We grow..."
"Hungry?"
"Yes! Lead us to the rich!"
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

"TransActual exists to raise the voices of people within the UK's trans community. We’re about to sit down and develop our plan for the next few years and we need your help. We need to know what matters to you.

Please note: only UK based trans people or people with a trans history should complete this survey. Cis allies and trans people outside of the UK, we love you but this isn't for you.

You can complete this survey completely anonymously, there is no obligation to supply your contact details."

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/D6GLK5X

Some awesome things about my native language, Tagalog, on #NonBinaryDay:
- No gendered pronouns ("siya" is for everyone)
- No distinction between gender for a lot of relationships ("kapatid" means sibling)
- No grammatically gendered nouns or articles ("ang")
- The common form of many nouns is neutral. ("doktor" isn't always a male doctor, it's just anyone who's a doctor)
- It's entirely possible (even common) to tell a story and not mention anyone's gender.

Gender is a construct. 🇵🇭

The release of @opensuse Leap 15.2 brings @kde LTS version of Plasma. If you haven't tried Plasma 5.18, you don't know what you are missing; really - https://bit.ly/2A1OlNm

So, remember about a month ago when stuff about the Linux Fox Girl went around? Someone reportedly tracked down Alan Mackey, and got his blessing on giving her a name (Xenia), and accidentally confirmed the character to be trans.

Source: https://twitter.com/cathodegaytube/status/1269405917700710400