leinir @leinir@computerfairi.es

I wonder how many persons with an IT background use fedi vs people with no IT background...

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OK can we get this same energy for Discord now?
OK folks can we see the problems now?

3 days left before the Pepper&Carrot game jam starts!

It's hosted by @brettmakesgames here:
→ https://itch.io/jam/pepper-carrot-jam

Good luck to the 17 participants who already joined, and because I cannot wait to see the results, I colored a sketch with Pepper and Carrot playing a 'VS Fighter' (Carrot is clearly winning).

#indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #videogames #krita #MastoArt #HumanArt

Free Software activists give people control over technology, and help defend their digital #rights. We have created means that have allowed us to become organized and connected, bypassing utilities controlled by unethical corporations.

KDE presents "For Activists": you to can leverage the tools to effectively organize rallies, privately communicate with fellow #community members, and safely manage your own grassroots #movement .

https://kde.org/for/activists/

For activists, by activists.

#activism

One of our most popular cartoons of all time is the "Who can work in science" pie chart. We felt that it was long overdue a small update. Happy #PrideMonth everyone #LGBTQ

There's yet another "AI will kill us all! It poses a risk of extinction!" letter going around, and I just… Y'all i am just so fucking tired.

CAPITALISM poses risk of extinction (climate change, right the fuck now).

WHITE SUPREMACY poses risk of extinction (genocide, eugenics).

HEGEMONY poses risk of extinction (nuclear FUCKING WAR).

And whatever "risk of extinction" "AI" poses, it poses because it is BUILT FROM THOSE EXTREMELY HUMAN VALUES.

Even if you stopped every "AI" project running, RIGHT THIS SECOND, those values would still kill us. And no matter how long you "pause" your "AI" projects, if you don't address those values? Then when you start your "AI" back up? You'll KEEP BUILDING THOSE SAME VALUES IN.

This is not hard. At this point, as much as it pains me to say it, it's not even novel. And yet you're still not fucking getting it.

I'm so goddam tired.

Pride month over at SPECTRUM
#starcitizen

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/3/thread/show-us-your-colors-celebration-2023

The #Akademy2023 schedule is here!

Find out all about how remote desktops work in Wayland; what new features and accessibility improvements enhance classic utilities like Kleopatra and KRunner; why you can integrate ActivityPub with everything; the state of Plasma for embedded; how to test KDE's software for efficiency and power consumption; and, of course, what's coming in Plasma 6 and beyond.

Don't miss the most exciting KDE-powered event of the year!

https://conf.kde.org/event/5/timetable/#all

Climate Scientists Leave Twitter For Mastodon

So, it is possible for a group to make the collective decision to leave Twitter. Scientists "suffering insults and mass-spam are abandoning Twitter," and setting up shop on Mastodon.

Climate scientists flee Twitter as hostility surges >>> https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230524-climate-scientists-flee-twitter-as-hostility-surges

"Glaciologist Ruth Mottram had more than 10,000 followers on Twitter but left in February and joined an alternative scientists' forum powered by Mastodon."

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#twittermigration #climate

Tech speakers, it's 2023. Stop using moms as your example of a non-technical audience. It's wrong, its not funny, and whatever you were saying, now most of your audience is not thinking about it.

Just use the exec team as an example instead and get on with your life.

School librarians face a new penalty in the banned-book wars: Prison

Several Republican led states have passed laws that could sentence people for years if they provide ‘obscene’ (LGBTQ or sex education) books to minors
#GOP #news #Politics #USA

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/18/school-librarians-jailed-banned-books/

Bummed to hear about the #RedHat layoffs today. I worked with a lot of amazing people there. Let's get a #RedHatLifeboat going!

Ex-Hatters, reply or post on the hashtags and I'll boost your post. Hiring managers, reply with job openings or reach out to these fine folks directly!

Next Monday, 22nd May, in Parliament square, the #TUC are organising an emergency protest against the anti-union #strike bill.

It's important that we do all we can to stop this unlawful bill that attacks our fundamental rights.

#RightToStrike

https://www.tuc.org.uk/ProtectRightToStrike

The enforcement of copyright law is really simple.

If you were a kid who used Napster in the early 2000s to download the latest album by The Offspring or Destiny's Child, because you couldn't afford the CD, then you need to go to court! And potentially face criminal sanctions or punitive damages to the RIAA for each song you download, because you're an evil pirate! You wouldn't steal a car! Creators must be paid!

If you created educational videos on YouTube in the 2010s, and feature a video or audio clip, then even if it's fair use, and even if it's used to make a legitimate point, you're getting demonetised,. That's assuming your videos don't disappear or get shadow banned or your account isn't shut entirely. Oh, and good luck finding your way through YouTube's convoluted DMCA process! All creators are equal in deserving pay, but some are more equal than others!

And if you're a corporation with a market capitalisation of US$1.50 trillion (Google/Alphabet) or US#2.3 billion (Microsoft), then you can freely use everyone's intellectual property to train your generative AI bots. Suddenly creators don't deserve to be paid a cent.

Apparently, an individual downloading a single file is like stealing a car. But a trillion-dollar corporation stealing every car is just good business.

@technology #technology #tech #economics #copyright #ArtificialIntelligence #capitalism #IntellectualProperty @music@fedibb.ml @music@lemmy.ml #law #legal #economics

The link below is to the Government's open consultation on retained EU Laws.

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/retained-eu-employment-law-reforms

Spread the word.

It's our chance to influence the EU laws Tories hope to scrap or change in their favour.

The whole consultation is not being widely publicised...

It's as if they hope to sneak it past us & pretend slashing our rights & protections are what we asked for.

Pass it on so as many people as possible can complete the consultation.
#NeverVoteConservative
#NeverTrustAToryPolitician

‘While the business secretary, Kemi Badenoch, was accused of “a massive climbdown”, barristers say the retention of sweeping “undemocratic” ministerial powers and the removal of the “interpretive effect” of EU law will blow up decades of legal precedent set by courts in Britain and makes for legislation like that found in authoritarian states.’

The A word is appearing more often
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/may/12/tories-revised-plans-to-scrap-eu-laws-are-still-reckless-say-lawyers

This is really the most basic level of trans allyship. No cash required. Just be counted. Share widely.

Stonewall - Trans rights are human rights – and right now they’re under attack. Join the official record of support for our trans community, add your name:

https://actions.stonewall.org.uk/a/stonewall-trans-rights-handraiser1?utm_source=facebookads&utm_medium=paidsocial&utm_campaign=transrights&utm_content=broad&fbclid=IwAR0f70E0B0h5dQRZV15_ij0ydWZttHTWwptQzSUVuJJaWWFu-oJ-v87ByLI

💵 $1,000,000,000,000 💵

If only we could spend a TRILLION dollars every year to fight global heating and promote climate justice. But where would we get that kind of money??

Oh...

Governments Spent Record $1 Trillion Last Year Subsidizing Fossil Fuels

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-16/fossil-fuel-subsidies-hit-record-1-trillion-in-2022-iea-says

#AntiCapitalism #FossilFuels #ClimateCrisis #ClimateJustice