Conversation

Notices

1. Embed this notice
   Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@octodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Apr-2023 03:46:11 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

   • Efi (nap pet) 🦊💤

   I did that sketch of Xenia earlier this morning and a few people have said this is the first time they've heard of her! Here's a wonderful video talking about Xenia, a literal Linux trans icon, and the really cool collaborative story of her development: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b4eW1KAuWE

   For more about Xenia, @efi has a lovely website: https://xenia-linux-site.glitch.me/

   And here's my little sketch (it's nothing special tho): https://octodon.social/@cwebber/110135819349888250

   • Embed this notice
     Kevin Karhan :verified: (kkarhan@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Apr-2023 03:46:08 JST Kevin Karhan :verified:

     in reply to

     • Efi (nap pet) 🦊💤
     • Riley S. Faelan

     @efi @riley @cwebber

     "binary is for code, not gender!"
     - https://twitter.com/mechtranicus

     clacke likes this.
   • Embed this notice
     Efi (nap pet) 🦊💤 (efi@chitter.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Apr-2023 03:46:09 JST Efi (nap pet) 🦊💤

     in reply to

     • Riley S. Faelan

     @riley @cwebber I guess you'll have to ask her (?)

   • Embed this notice
     Riley S. Faelan (riley@toot.cat)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Apr-2023 03:46:10 JST Riley S. Faelan

     in reply to

     • Efi (nap pet) 🦊💤

     @cwebber: Considering how Linux is primarily distributed as source rather than binaries, I'd have expected Xenia to be non-binary. :blobfoxfloof:

     @efi

   • Embed this notice
     Righteous Hazard (bertwells@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Apr-2023 03:46:30 JST Righteous Hazard

     in reply to

     • Efi (nap pet) 🦊💤

     @cwebber @efi Cool.

     Interesting connection: To the ancient Greeks, Xenia was the concept 'Hospitality to Strangers', about which there were many myths. Xenia so was important that one of Zeus' roles was as God of Xenia and Protector of Guests. The tldr of most of those myths is: you have a nasty fate awaiting you for failure to uphold Xenia.

     clacke likes this.