leinir @leinir@computerfairi.es

Never forget that when Seoul, Korea removed the #Cheonggyecheon expressway in 2003, and replaced it with a restored stream and 1000 acre park in the city’s centre, not only did it transform the city’s public life and economic success, but the vehicle traffic got better.

The traffic got BETTER.

#cars #cities #urbanism #Seoul #traffic #car

If you're looking for ways to show love and support for trans/LGBTQI+ creators, the "Trans Witches are Witches" itch.io bundle is a great option:

"A bundle of witchcraft and wizardry without the transphobia, antisemitism, and alt-right grifters. Reject Hogwarts Legacy's bigotry and support independent LGBTQ+ creators."

https://itch.io/b/1712/trans-witches-are-witches

#TransRights #IndieDev #HogwartsLegacy

Next I'll work on text-in-shape and white space fixes. After the next item is to work on the text tool itself.

If you have any strong (or even luke-warm) opinions about that, I've made a krita-artists thread for it: https://krita-artists.org/t/text-tool-thread/57973

I'd love to hear what people think is especially important as I myself have seen one text-tool too many by now.

Some says that Microsoft changed and that they now like and even support Linux but instead they continue pushing their old Embrace, Extend, Extinghish mentra and are have now made it possible to have linux programs able to use native D3D12 programs on Linux but only inside WSL. 😩 #windows #wsl https://devblogs.microsoft.com/directx/directx-heart-linux/ https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/d3d12-gpu-video-acceleration-in-the-windows-subsystem-for-linux-now-available/

Regular reminder: "bioplastics" are NOT better for the environment, and "biodegradable" plastics don't biodegrade unless they're in an industrial composter. The focus needs to be on reducing unnecessary plastic use, and closing the loop on everything else. Making plastic out of corn/bamboo instead really doesn't help. #Ocean #Pollution #Bioplastics See here for more:
https://hakaimagazine.com/news/dont-overestimate-bioplastics-benefits/?omhide=true&utm_source=Hakai+Magazine+Weekly&utm_campaign=18b87df7a5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_06_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0fc1967411-18b87df7a5-121628661

....Speaking of furries and content.... I do want to try putting it out there again that I'm a #furry that enjoys #WebDesign. While I still leave graphic work to the professionals, I enjoy helping people build a site/space for thier content....and help them feel like the space belongs to them.

While hosting costs (and online store function) can be costly, I will always feel it's a good idea to have your content displayed on something you can control. ....

“To a homophobe, even the most chaste kiss on the cheek between gay people is exactly as disgusting and degenerate as a hardcore BDSM orgy hosted in the town square, so you may as well ally with the BDSM orgy enthusiasts to throw bricks at the cops who are going try and arrest all of you together anyway.”

#pride #KinkAtPride #kink #lgbtq #trans

"From zero to 1 billion" -- Spotti IRl last weekend accepting a lifetime achievement physics award. If you're curious where the green light heartrate sensor or fitness wearables came from, or what Spotti does. I highlight fursuiting at work (20min).
Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O9QSn9h1TZ_BkYjFPwvDOgeRD7Ek1fCy/view?usp=share_link

Warning for furries: A production company is sending a deceptive casting call for a film that appears to be a furry documentary but is actually a hateful smear film.

It's the same deceptive tactic Matt Walsh used to trick trans people into appearing in "What is a Woman". They want to do the same for furries.

Please be careful and warn others!
https://mobile.twitter.com/PleasantPicnic/status/1618898371133210625

The tragedy here is that I would "flip burgers" for free. I love cooking! I'd be like a machine in a post-revolution community kitchen! Under capitalism, you either cook in the scraps of time left after a full work day, or you work as a cook, pulling insane hours under horrific conditions for less than a living wage. For this reason, my love of cooking only benefits a small number of people. Ironically, #capitalism disincentivizes important labor. #anarchism #communism

I studied capitalism in college because it was a particular interest of mine. I hated it. I also wanted to understand it, so that I could know why it rubbed me the wrong way and live intentionally to push against it.

There was this moment when I was in a grad course and the professor was talking about self-optimizing markets. That's when it hit me. I literally stood up in the class, interrupted everything and went like "wait, the math isn't optimizing for income inequality". It was kind of funny watching more than 100 little economists in training suddenly start tearing apart the equation at once. You could literally hear the sound of frantic spreadsheeting and charting.

In the end, the professor himself said that it was true, you could achieve a fully "optimized" economy with literally everything being owned by a handful of people. Made me think.

How is a system supposed to be beneficial for us all when the mathematics at its core don't actually consider societal benefit?

If an economy is fully "optimized" but everyone is sick, sad, and angry - is it actually optimal?

A mathematical model can make sense without being sensible. This is why I have an implicit distrust of algorithms and other systems of optimization. It's also why I'm an socialist.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

Shout out to everyone else who was "just interested in being supportive of queer people", who "didn't really have a reason" but started researching neurodiversity to "understand others better", or who "just really wished people were kinder to trauma survivors" without being sure why...

For everyone who has had the moment when you realize that the unheard, marginalized voice you've been trying to amplify for so long is actually your own.

Love y'all. In case nobody else has said it yet, welcome home.

The petition to remove #LGBT content from the uk curriculum now has 190,671 signatures, sigh. It only needed 100k to force a debate in parliament, so that will be scheduled by #Uk Gov.

The counter petition is rapidly gaining ground, being newer. It now has 33,030 signatures, but we need more!

Pls sign if uk, boost otherwise! 👇

Link to official petition to UK Gov & Parliament: Do not remove LGBT content from the Relationships Education curriculum
https://t.co/IIHgvhpB2O

#LGBTQ #TransRights

New study finds "no substantial evidence of any biological advantages for trans women competing in elite women's sport."

"'What threatens women's elite sport, for cis and trans women, is not trans women, but is rather misogyny in the form of underfunding, non-parity in participation and leadership, inequitable sport space allocation/access, and a range of sporting opportunities not afforded to women...in equitable ways.'"

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/trans-women-athletes-have-no-unfair-advantage-under-current-rules-study-finds

#TransRights #cycling #queer

"For we each of us deserve everything, every luxury that was ever piled in the tombs of the dead kings, and we each of us deserve nothing, not a mouthful of bread in hunger. Have we not eaten while another starved? Will you punish us for that? Will you reward us for the virtue of starving while others ate? No man earns punishment, no man earns reward. Free your mind of the idea of deserving, the idea of earning, and you will begin to be able to think."

--Ursula K. Le Guin, 'The Dispossessed'

I've just discovered that there's a petition on the #UK government petitions website to remove #LGBT content from the curriculum, effectively resurrecting the horrendous Section 28 from the 1980s.

There is also a counter-petition. As of this morning, the remove petition has over 178,000 signatures, the counter-petition has just over 2,500 signatures.

Please sign the counter-petition.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/631529

#LGBTQ #TransRights #Trans

Gondor called for aid, and Rohan have answered.

Furries Against Fascism have announced that they will be joining the protest against Posie and the losers who hang out with her.

I am so fucking excited.

11am at George Square babes

Pink Floyd is now asking for spec work with a music video contest, pretending they are helping upcoming animators by not paying them, then by monetizing their content, and keeping the copyright of all submissions (even if they don't "win").
🎵💰Money, it's a hit. Don't give me that do goody good bullshit.🤑🎶

occasional reminder that the leader of the opposition has a fetish for showing fisting porn to juries while going on about how horrible it is and how badly it must hurt.

For #Akademy2023, the Akademy team is looking for Keynote speakers.

Comment below if you have any suggestions.