leinir @leinir@computerfairi.es

I'm suing to force the UK to allow nonbinary people to be legally recognized as such, starting with me. The trial is in 25 days.

I need £97,334 to cover estimated costs — anything I don't raise I will have to pay out of pocket.

Donations from outside the UK are welcome!

https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/non-binary-recognition/

If you’re British, you might want to sign this.

If you’re not, please boost.

The current Prime Minister was not voted in, and he’s making a lot of decisions that will harm most of the UK; everyone will be affected. Time to call a general election and let the public decide for better or worse (harder to imagine the latter tbh)

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/641904

Resonite launches in 20 minutes.

Please enjoy the track I composed and produced for their home world.

And please go play it.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2519830/Resonite/

Chrome: We're automatically opting you in to a new feature that sends your home address to advertisers but puts little asterisks over parts of it, and we're calling it Ultimate Privacy Protection

Firefox: We're encrypting every step of the DNS and HTTP connection process so nobody on the planet can know what you're doing online, because fuck anyone who would want to know

These two are not the same and should not be regarded as equals

I'm extremely sad and angry at the felling at #SycamoreGap, and will probably do another thread on that, but would just like to take a moment to appreciate Simon Heywood's poem and how it ties into the #folk tradition of rage and protest

Looking for your next sci-fi series? For #furrybookmonth, the Reborn series is available for US$2.99/AU$3.99 each. Check them out now!
https://books2read.com/reborn-jfrcoates

If you help to run a convention, either as staff or as a volunteer I need your help! I have been given the rare opportunity to present at LoNAP's 25th anniversary, and my chosen topic is "What it takes to run a convention". If you have any interesting insights or anecdotes, please let me know! I have just under a month to prepare.

Post-Self is free for the rest of the week! https://itch.io/s/103433/skunks-etc

New position statement from a large cross-section of the #OpenSource community (including both @osi and @fsfe) with final comments about what's wrong with the #CRA - tl;dr:

"legal responsibility should only be on commercial entities supplying the software in the course of a commercial activity"

https://newsroom.eclipse.org/news/announcements/cra-should-support-open-practices-open-source-and-development-european-open

#FOSS #FLOSS #SoftwareFreedom #security #Europe #Policy

Want to support a decentralized and FOSS social VR platform? Help me make barkvr a reality, let's make what these platforms should have been from the start.

Support us here please:
https://www.patreon.com/pupperdev
https://ko-fi.com/zodiepupper

PSA: Google has now begun to roll-out the Ad Topics "feature" onto Android itself. It's not just in Chrome you have to disable the settings. Please #Boost to spread awareness.

If you didn't get the pop-up screen on your Android device (it'll look like the first two screenshots), to opt-out of these settings:

1. Go to your device Settings
2. Press on "Google"
3. Press on "Ads"
   • While you're here, press on the "Delete Advertising ID" button and delete it
4. Press on "Ad Privacy"
5. Review: "Ad Topics", "App-suggested ads", and "App Measurement". Make sure they are all labelled as "OFF". (This page will look like the third screenshot.)

If you don't see "Ad Privacy" in Step 4 then it means that it hasn't been rolled out to you yet. You might need to wait and check back in a couple of days to see if/when it has been implemented to disable these settings.

#Android #Google #Privacy #AdTopics

Has anyone (other than me) proposed making bottom-posting the default when quote-boosts are implemented?

Bottom-posting is IMO the difference between "hey look at this" culture and "yes, and..." culture. It's a small difference, but I think it frames conversations in a very different way.

Coming soon: The Destiny of Dragons 10 Year Anniversary editions on Kickstarter! Follow the campaign to get notified when it goes live!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jfrcoates/the-destiny-of-dragons-10-year-anniversary

The #fediverse is international, but there may are continents with more users. Let’s proof that!

Which continent are you living on?
#poll #earth

Where to Buy eBooks (Other Than Amazon)

Every six months or so for the past several years, I’ve been doing a thread on Fedi about where to buy ebooks other than Amazon. It finally occurred to me that I could write it once, put it up on website, and update as needed, rather than constantly reinventing the wheel.

So, here we are. (And in spite of the title, this isn’t JUST about eBooks)...

https://jessmahler.com/where-to-buy-ebooks-other-than-amazon/

Don't like supporting Amazon? Don't blame you. There's better places to buy your books. Come take a look!

The "Oh No, #Unity has Done it Again" Sale!

My #GodotEngine course "Ultimate Godot User Interfaces Course (Game GUI and Inventory Systems)" is 80% off for the 1st time ever!

10h of content. Learn how to create complex data driven UI, dynamic systems w/ database of items & custom resources &+! #Godot

👉 Available on itch, DRM-free: https://splitpainter.itch.io/dynamic-inventory-system-and-ui-with-godot-course

ℹ️ The Dynamic Inventory System built in the course is open-source: https://github.com/alfredbaudisch/GodotDynamicInventorySystem #GameDev #Unity3D

Unity: We need more funding for engine development, therefore we will unilaterally increase fees and start charging per installation, or you can be exempt from that if you lock yourself into our advertising platform, and it's not like you can really switch to a competitor anyway

Godot: We need more funding for engine development, therefore we will cut out the donation processing middleman so that we get to keep more of your contribution, and do an additional funding drive for those who can afford it, but don't worry if you can't contribute!

I don't know, but if I were a game developer, I'd certainly be developing some Opinions around engine choices and sustainability right about now