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   Bradley M. Kuhn (bkuhn@fedi.copyleft.org)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Oct-2025 03:06:37 JST Bradley M. Kuhn

   • Michael Downey 🧢

   Thanks, @downey, for bringing this #FrameworkLaptop scandal to my attention. I read the whole thread in its entirety. I have since seen others' post that indicate they don't know how bad the situation is. Other TL;DR summaries are now making the rounds, but the big problem is Vaxry of Hyprland was given a grant by #Framework recently, but the receipts exist that show in past the Hyprland Discord & Vaxry himself encouraged anti-trans rhetoric in an extremely unprofessional sexually explicit way…

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     Bradley M. Kuhn (bkuhn@fedi.copyleft.org)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Oct-2025 03:06:36 JST Bradley M. Kuhn

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     …BTW, NB: Vaxry was ≈ 19 years old when he made/encouraged the toxic statements & is today only ≈ 22 years old.

     I also held some problematic views at Vaxry's age;(I was, e.g., way into Ayn Rand, whom I now find risible).

     Young folks have throughout history made woppers of mistakes at ages 17-25. The situation *is* different & worse if, say, 55-70 year old person says these things.

     Rewarding the behavior as #Framework did won't improve it, but ∃ room for them to help Vaxry in a productive way.

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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Oct-2025 03:21:03 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @bkuhn Yeah, it's why to me vaxry is best described as edgy and luckily Hyprland can typically be ignored.
     
     Pretty different case from say, DHH.
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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Oct-2025 04:10:54 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @bkuhn Didn't Omarchy get one as well?
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     Bradley M. Kuhn (bkuhn@fedi.copyleft.org)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Oct-2025 04:10:56 JST Bradley M. Kuhn

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     • Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

     @lanodan I didn't mention DHH because it was less clear whether DHH got a grant personally from Framework as Vaxy did or if DHH was merely promoted once by Framework.

     I.e., I read the whole thread and it was still unclear what money if any DHH got from Framework.

     It relates to another problem: Framework is a privately held for-profit entity & therefore they have absolutely no requirements to disclose where that huge pile of VC cash is really going.

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     Bradley M. Kuhn (bkuhn@fedi.copyleft.org)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Oct-2025 04:16:07 JST Bradley M. Kuhn

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     • Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

     @lanodan it seemed so but it was not completely clear. The announcements for the two were different.

     Again, transparency should be demanded? Why doesn't Framework post a clear list of grantees and amounts and frankly have a competitive RfP process for grants?

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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Oct-2025 04:16:29 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @bkuhn Yeah more transparency on that would be nice, even if they don't have to legally.