anyway with the pattern being set, i can't wait for purism's super secure super new super phone to ship, and be revealed as actually an iphone 7 with a big sticker that says ETHICS pasted over the apple logo
is this toot a bit mean? yes
however i think that as people open the hood, as it were, and peek at what lies within, it's utterly hilarious to see how the same ol' same ol' capitalism-bad-actually can entrance a large part of mastodon by running linux and saying "ethics" enough times, rather like dexter in that "omelette du fromage" episode of dexter's lab
( @purism / #purism voice) we're an extremely ethical company. you can tell because in our social network, nobody is able to make any abuse reports and all abuse reports incoming from other masto instances are rejected. nobody would ever need information from such things or to use such tools.
ethics! aka: if you're not a cishet white techbro and therefore might be harassed on the internet, feel free to use our service to Get Fucked!
so i can barely, *barely* follow the open source programming slang, but am i right in understanding that that @purism is standing around crowing about how they're so totes ethical you guise (SOOOOOO ETHICAL!) while using large swaths of open-source software without following the code of use for those public licenses, not giving credit to the community that made the software but instead just slapping the @purism logo on top?
....amazing, can't wait for their next move (see img for prediction)
A bit curious of @purism to fork @Tusky / K9 Mail and not even mention that anywhere on their website or app listings?
Also I can note the following:
- What is the point of the forks? Do they even at least pre-fill the "social.librem.one" domain for users?
- Is the source even published at all? If not, it's violating GPL. I can't find anything on their Github, at least.
i know there are definitely limits but i'm glad the mcelboys are out there being visibly some cishet white dudes who genuinely want to do better, to deal with problematic shit they have said, who admit fault for it and don't shirk away from doing that work
and also that they're out there doing that while bluntly stating that it's not about a pc culture war, it's about doing a better job, and their job is to entertain folks, and thus it's part of being a better person *and* a better comedian.
i kinda want to figure out what the ten-year-old tweets in question are, but i think it's probably better left alone
honestly even if you're not a fan of the mbmbam style of comedy - it's kinda absurdist marmite - i'm glad that the mcelroy brothers exist in pop culture to be a bunch of cishet white dudes who are genuinely interested in learning from mistakes and doing so humbly, being openly ready to listen, learn, do better, and not give buckets of dodges and excuses.
green fluff is good tho
like, it's white culture, in the same way puppy gender reveal parties are white culture, because we sure as fuck cannot blame this nonsense on anyone else. we just gotta sit here with our sins.
however, it's delicious
https://www.yellowblissroad.com/classic-pistachio-fluff-salad/
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Behold This Utter Terrifying Trash Fire (i chant as i post more au darth vader)
i'm actually mildly terrified that the next commission i get of vader from my au fanfic, some sort of DILF singularity will occur, and i will be crushed by an oncoming wave of people way too hornt for him due to artists just being way too good at delivering that vibe
source: see following comms by minttu, takens, and hoiist
cws for eye contact and a bit of blood
TIL how the Superman radio serial helped significantly weaken the KKK: https://youtu.be/LUOODp8PQac (17m video giving background and summarizing the story)
as part of a much bigger coordinated effort, of course, more with raising public awareness than anything else, but still significant
full original recording of the 16-part 15-minute episodes: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXvRiiEXQLZWVxE_Yd97MwuD4WsbVhmD-
30 y/o - token cishet - tumblr refugee. spoonie/15 chronic conditions in a trenchcoat/actual cyborg. just hangin' in there