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akareilly

@akareilly@hachyderm.io

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I once worked with goats. I moved into tech.This was a mistake. Expect sheep, wool, and textile history. Also birbs. Infosec on occasion. I use content warnings for topics and images that can trigger PTSD. I do not use them to shield people without trauma from experiencing racism, sexism, transphobia, and other forms of discrimination. If you can ignore politics, you’re not likely in need of content warnings for much of anything, really.

Avatar: me holding a baby goat.

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Before you select Linux, spend a day trying to get simple tasks done without a mouse.
Try Linux with speech to text.
Try Linux with a screen reader.

Frustrated? Either pick up some issues from an open source accessibility project or give them money.

...and stop being an ass to disabled people.

Oh sorry, GNU/ass

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Someone on social media:
unpaid labor is not actually free, so if you require volunteer work to take part enjoy projects with code from mostly white dudes

aforementioned dudes: OH I GUESS WE ARE BARTERING GOATS FOR GRAPHICS CARDS NOW GOOD LUCK WITH THAT

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No dehumanizing language for anyone.
No matter how bad things get, human rights are universal.
That is the whole point.

But what about…? No. Freedom for every person is the path to peace. No matter which “side” you are on. Security based on war crimes is no security at all.

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Bears don't try to convince you that blockchains are useful.

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If you interpret “I want freedom” as “death to you”,
that is on you.

All people in occupied territories must have their human rights restored. That is the opposite of a call for fascism.

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Yes but can I vote for Beans?

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You can hate the leaders of an open source project with the fire of a thousand suns and still not want to fork the tech.

Hypothetically of course. How would I know this personally?

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If you think there aren’t open source people who believe in blockchain bullshit and already disproven moderation strategies, I have bad news.

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There is a line between philosophy being a useful guide and finding yourself citing long-dead Germans to support your claim that down is up and water isn't wet.

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Wer sagt, dass Menschen, die Cannabis aus medizinischen Gründen benötigen, sich einfach ein Rezept ausstellen lassen sollten, hat noch keine unübliche medizinische Versorgung benötigt.

Wenn jemand Schmerzen oder Übelkeit hat, hat er keine Zeit oder Energie, sich mit Herrn Doktor Professor Dingens zu streiten, um eine fast homöopathische Dosis Medizin zu bekommen.

Der Freizeitkonsum senkt die Hürden für den medizinischen Gebrauch.

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If you're wondering if you're the baddies, putting snipers on college campuses is what one could call a clue.

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Universities should divest from war profiteers.

Everyone should divest from war profiteering.

War shouldn't make profits.

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Tapping the sign again:

If you're criticising VR as anti-social after 4 years of a pandemic that has further isolated disabled people, take a seat.

Take several seats if you don't wear masks to tech events.

You don't have to like VR, or how Apple and Meta are building it. But saying there's no legitimate use for VR at all? That it doesn't enable people to be social? Come the hell on dude.

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What you may not know about the escaped royal horses is that, not content with training them to trample peasants, one of the Georges cross bred them with kelpies. While they are not yet obligate carnivores, Charles IV being a vegetarian and trying to get the royal horses to go back to a vegan diet prompted them to break out and go on the hunt.

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Do not fall for bullshit.

A reminder that while the Iranian government is a bunch of assholes, the Iranian people are not assholes.

The military industrial Congressional complex of the US has been pushing for war with Iran for decades.

Iran had a democratically elected government, but Mossadegh wanted Iranians to benefit from their own oil (radical, amirite?) so the US and UK got together in 1953 and orchestrated a coup and installed A MONARCHY, FFS.

Do not fall for bullshit.

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Deepest apologies to Bill Bailey, who tried an audience participation segment with a German audience.
It required rhythm.

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I don’t know why companies need to fill up datacenters to run AI for hiring when this will run on a Commodore64 dragged out of someone’s garage:

BROLIZA: Are you a white tech bro?
YOU: No.
BROLIZA: Game Over!

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The Turtle moves!

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New challenge:

Stop shaming disabled and chronically ill people for using social media.

Yes, even commercial social media.

Not disabled? You have no idea how important an established community of people who help you NOT DIE is.

Sometimes, harm reduction doesn't lead to open source software. Shocking, I know.

"Why don't you just ask your general practice physici-" SHUSH.

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New version depicting FOSS maintainers who aren't supported.

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Either the IDF is absolutely shit at aiming very powerful weapons or is targeting aid workers on purpose. Neither possibility is acceptable.

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Hey funders,

You know you could just... give... the money... to projects that need it. Like software libraries that ARE IN EVERYTHING.

No grants. Don't make tech nerds write grants.
Don't make the tech nerds hire grant nerds to write grants.

FFS don't fund research into this problem with a budget of double what it would take to SOLVE THE PROBLEM for a significant number of open source projects with code that is, again, IN EVERYTHING.

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If you want many eyes on your open source project, you need to get rid of assholes.

Bad community management is a security risk.

Assholes bully sole maintainers.
Assholes gatekeep and keep maintainer numbers low.
Assholes waste time on the mailing list with petty bullshit.
If you fundraise, assholes are bullying your grant writers and community managers.

Some of the best security contributors don't write a single line of code. They yeet assholes.

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When I implore people to have a code of conduct and community management I am well aware that I sit on a throne of lies, but not like you may be thinking.

The "no asshole rule" does not apply to grant writers since we are only assholes to ourselves.

A grant writer is a meat computer that turns whisky and rage into funding for software development.

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