louis rossmann, transphobia 

RE: tech.lgbt/@ShadowJonathan/1172

I'm so glad we finally have proof of him openly being transphobic, that being the way he refers to the representative who is a trans woman by the way (he misgendered her) and this comment.

I'll say this before everything else I'll say: I heavily support right to repair, believe me, I want our electronics and our vehicles to be repairable by anyone who is able to do so, and I also heavily support people having rights over the things they own (honestly, him calling us "consumers" is already such a capitalist thing to do).

There were already signs of his views before:

  • his open support of capitalism on his videos
  • his use of AI, mostly mentioned in the video about his website being ranked number one because of Gemini
  • his past presence on Kiwi Farms (a problematic platform) and how he's unapologetic about it
  • his FUTO company that he used to work for has given "legendary grants" for projects like Ladybird and Hyprland, which we all know that they have many controversies for their "apolitical" or borderline just right-wing views

I watched many of his videos thinking he was a good guy and, while he supports a good cause, it's bad that he does all while not really supporting minorities, because right to repair and right to own should be for EVERYONE, no one excluded.

Another thing is: the Clippy movement for change in tech is so stupid. The gist of it is: if Microsoft could've stolen your data in the 90s, they would've definitely done it. Read this post by @alexia about it: cyrneko.eu/clippy.html

I honestly think he should either apologise, or be de-platformed, though I don't think any of these two will happen because this controversy isn't really talked about a lot outside of the fediverse, so if you have more information or bad things that Louis did, share them all here: let's make this a Rossmann exposal thread xD

Finally, if I got anything wrong, please share it here and I'll do my best to verify them against my post. And if there's anything I can't fit here, look below :3

first day learning how to drive in poland, this parking spot looking really good :neofox_thumbsup:
any thoughts? :neofox_dagedigedagedago:

me: gets paperwork for adult adhd self-report scale stuffies from doctor, that I need to fill in before getting referred to get a diagnosis

also me: sticks it under keyboard so i dont forget

14hrs later me: ah yeah i should do that

When everyone in the chat's been assimilated but you

Swedish election starting to look a lot like Eurovision. They play tense music announcing exit poll numbers.

i have autism and adhd and neurotypicals just don’t understand that my brain has a manual transmission and a clutch

Q: Surely this time, this time the smart devices will work properly. It's a billion dollar industry, it can't all be useless slop, can it?

A: Dangit.

It's strange that some people worry that AI will turn into some AGI paperclip maximizer, when we already have a paperclip maximizer that is capitalism and the paperclips are data centers

Unbelievable props to whoever's been leaving 3D printed blue plaques on my mum's road to celebrate local potholes

Oh, right, new school year. University students: the secret to success is GO THE FUCK TO BED, GO THE FUCK TO CLASS, DO YOUR FUCKING HOMEWORK and to get HELP AND SUPPORT from people who want you to succeed if you find yourself neglecting any of these, and there are many more such people than you may think!

LTAS episode 2 is out! this week we're watching Once, the 2007 oscar-winning romantic musical.

youtube.com/watch?v=kujoOAE_YD

"purity test" this "purity test" that but we never use the opposite framing of a "corruption test" where bad actors will test how much bullshit you will tolerate to figure out if you're a weak enough target to let into their spaces

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