leinir @leinir@computerfairi.es

The UK government has written some terrible draft guidance for schools about how to treat trans kids.

They're asking for people's opinions about the current draft.

As far as I can see, you don't have to be in the UK to respond.

The consultation is here: https://consult.education.gov.uk/equalities-political-impartiality-anti-bullying-team/gender-questioning-children-proposed-guidance/

And the draft guidance is here: https://consult.education.gov.uk/equalities-political-impartiality-anti-bullying-team/gender-questioning-children-proposed-guidance/supporting_documents/Gender%20Questioning%20Children%20%20nonstatutory%20guidance.pdf

This will be a thread of some suggestions for what I included in my response.

#transphobia #trans #lgbtq

Many people don't realise just how important it is to keep your silly levels high. Low silly levels can cause a variety of complications, but most importantly if your silly levels are too low you cannot dilly.
And if you can't dilly, where's the dally???

Keep your silly levels up, people! Nobody wants to be caught dully when it's time to dillydally.

KDE e.V. is hiring! The non-profit behind KDE is looking for a project lead and event manager for a new project to promote environmentally-sustainable software and long-term hardware and funded by the German government. It's a part time job (10h/week) and for a duration of two years.

If you are interested, here are some additional informaiton
https://ev.kde.org/2024/01/14/2024-01-14-job-project-lead-event-manager/

#FediHire @be4foss

« #AaronSwartz planned to publish millions of scientific articles, financed by public money and on which the authors received nothing. Prosecuted before he had published anything, he risked 35 years in prison. Facing this prospect, he committed suicide on 11 January 2013. 11 years ago.

In 2024, #OpenAI will apply its algorithms to any document, online or offline, without the consent of the authors. No one is likely to be prosecuted.

#IntellectualProperty is just a tool of oppression. » @ploum

your monthly reminder that diaspora.im is a server for bipoc folks tired of the very white fedi ...

this server is managed by me - fyrfli - alone at the moment. we are still small so just me is ok for the time being. i am keeping an eye out for help, tho... especially if we start growing.

anywho:

• boost this if you know someone who's getting silenced and ignored when they talk about their lives.
• boost this if you like the idea of more bipoc spaces on the fedi
• boost this if you like it here and want other folks to come share the joy
• boost this if you just like boosting things...

eh ... boost this cos ... why not.

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Hypothesis: queers make up roughly or more than 50% of the active people on Fedi.

Boost for science!

You are:

I think the Substack discourse is good and that we should really be asking "why are Nazis okay but sex isn't" for nearly everything involving our society.

@kde

The news you've all been waiting for is here! 🎉

#Akademy2024 is happening in Würzburg, Germany, and online, from Saturday, 7th to Thursday, 12th September. Mark your calendars!

For more details, visit https://akademy.kde.org/2024/

#KDE #FOSSevent #techevent #FOSS

I just saw a post that referred to ChatGPT as "Mansplaining as a service", and it is so wonderfully correct - instant generation of superficially plausible yet totally fabricated nonsense presented with unflagging confidence regardless of topic without concern, regard or even awareness of the expertise of its audience :D #chatgpt #mansplaining

My million dollar idea I want someone to steal and do, so I can be a customer.

"Dumb Stuff" we sell electronic appliances that aren't Internet connected. That's all.

That's it. That's the pitch. I would buy the <bleep> out of this company if their electronic gadgets were even half way decent, and repairable.

Electronic, no wifi, regular screws to open it up. That's it. Do those three things, and you can be sold by this store.

I will pay this business to curate and find these devices for me.

what operating system (or linux distro) do you use on a regular basis?

Exciting news for (aspiring) @godotengine users! This year I'll be releasing 3 additional Starter Kits for free covering popular genres; racing, 2D platforming and action RPGs ⚔️

Check out the existing Starter Kits here;
https://kenney.nl/starter-kits

#cyberpunk

It's stunning that the technical leader of the World Health Organization's COVID-19 response, Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, publically reaffirmed that COVID-19 is still a global health threat and still a pandemic, yet hardly any media outlet has covered this except for this one.

https://themessenger.com/health/covid-pandemic-who-cdc-russia-world-health-organization

I got answers from Amazon. It's as bad as expected, and not sure there's anything to do about it. They sell damaged goods as new, and I will get no royalties for those sales. Fuck them forever.

Let me scream it: Your problem isn't [X/Y/Z] its capitalism!
AI isn't a problem, social media isn't a problem, mondays aren't a problem, smut isn't a problem.

Under-the-radar late night launch: RSS Parrot is live! It talks like Mastodon, but it doesn't walk like Mastodon. BUT! It will relay any RSS feed straight into your timeline.

Turn Mastodon into your very own feed reader. Follow anything that has an RSS feed and get a toot about new posts.

How? Mention @birb with the address you want to follow.

More details at https://rss-parrot.net. Boost for visibility :)

#RSS #Atom #FeedReader #Fediverse

At #37c3 they have IRC, and Matrix for text and for voice they setup their own LTE/2G/3G/SIP/DECT network where you bring whatever phone-like device and pick a 4 digit phone number.

Meanwhile in the USA for #defcon they just paid Discord money and told everyone to accept their privacy policy, and even the DC Privacy Village asks people to sign up for Slack and Google.

People ask why I fly to CCC from the USA. It is because that is the closest place to find a thriving hacker culture.

jesus fucking christ. someone just told me "I block everyone who posts or boosts ads" and then blocked me because i posted about my games being on sale. people like this need to learn the difference between individual creators promoting art they made and "ads", for fucks sake