leinir @leinir@computerfairi.es

Try to remember that some people have a more complicated relationship with pronouns than you do.

Encouraging people in give pronouns in their bio is nice, but try not to be so heavy handed. It's rude to insist.

Instead, consider normalising the use of they/them for anyone who doesn't explicitly state their pronouns.

#InternationalPronounsDay

Seeing as it's #InternationalPronounsDay, I'd like to remind you that singular they/them are genderless pronouns by definition. These do not refer exclusively to any nonbinary gender identities, and do not belong to nonbinary people.

They/them can be used for anyone and everyone.

If you don't know what someone's preferred pronouns are, using they/them is always a gramatically correct choice, because these words refer simply to "this one person"

UK #petition: Allow #nonbinary people in England and Wales to order #coronavirus tests

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/553314

... because at the moment, we can't!

Plausible: Self-Hosted #Google Analytics alternative

Plausible #Analytics is a 100% open source web analytics tool. Our mission is to reduce corporate surveillance by making a useful and privacy-friendly website analytics tool that doesn’t come from the adtech world

https://plausible.io/self-hosted-web-analytics

KDE is a worldwide community that develops free open source software such as the Plasma desktop environment, #Kdenlive, @Krita and lots more. You can follow their official Fediverse account at:

➡️ @kde

...they have a PeerTube channel at:

➡️ @kde

...there's a French-language account at:

➡️ @kdefr (in French)

...and a Spanish account at:

➡️ @kde_espana (in Spanish)

The official website is at https://kde.org

#KDE #Plasma #PlasmaDesktop #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

Just looked at some projects on Github and saw that the site no longer advertises a standard git command to copy for repo cloning. Now they encourage the use of 'Github CLI' with the syntax of 'gh repo clone'.

No doubt it's a wrapper around git that will slowly gain features that git won't add because there is no need for them.

They are no longer a 'git hub', they are a 'repo space'.

All leading to the classic, Embrace, Extend, Extinguish.

WOOHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOO! The last batch of printed proof looks perfect! Finally, after one year of struggle... Quick blog post: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article788/

I got a lovely comment about my book this weekend and I'm still all happy snuggly about it

This is what I'm like everytime I get a nice comment about my book

WHICH is why you should always tell writers when you enjoyed their writing ^_^

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.

"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