Notices by Danielle Foré (danirabbit@mastodon.online)

Landlord just raised my rent, so if you’d consider sponsoring @elementary I’d appreciate it 🙏🏼 https://github.com/sponsors/elementary

We’re about to land the workspaces switcher in the dock and the new multitouch gestures backend is almost ready, so there’s cool stuff to test in early access. And don’t forget you get a monthly email from me, sometimes with stuff that doesn’t make it into the blog. And sponsors only chat on discord!

Helping me pay rent 🤝 getting perks

Yes, a lot of open source software is kinda shitty. It’s made by often small teams of people, sometimes as a hobby, with super limited resources. As a whole, we struggle with things like UX and accessibility. But goddamn can we get some fuckin solidarity in the chat please?

Imagine being faced with the current capitalist hellscape of privacy invading enshittified proprietary platforms that are built almost solely to extract profit, and then taking your time and energy to attack open source software instead. Guys, what are we doing. Why are we doing this. Why is it so common this post could be about like a dozen different people and projects. C’mon

People aren’t exaggerating when they say whatever you’re doing right now is what you would have done in Nazi Germany. If you’re trying to see both sides, trying to remain neutral, you just don’t want to get involved, don’t want to talk about it. That’s what you would have done.

Being an open source software developer is like:

[Writes a new feature]
“Omg you never fix bugs! Clearly not a serious project.”

[Fixes bugs]
“Omg dead project. No new features boring”

[Tries to raise funds]
“Wow greedy! If you wanted to make money get a job”

And you just do this forever because there’s probably something wrong with you

Ugh the new @gnome homepage is so good https://www.gnome.org/

Easy and meaningful ways you can protest:
* Get vaccinated, wear a mask
* Walk, bike, take public transit
* Do something gender non-conforming (especially if you’re a cis man)
* Reduce time spent on corporate controlled social media (build a puzzle, go to the pub, park, etc)
* Do something creative with no regard for productivity or monetization, especially if it’s a social activity

I saw some folks talking about boycotting Chevron and I have to say the idea of trying to find the most ethical way to consume fossil fuel is hilarious to me

That said, my rule for whether to invoke “there’s no ethical consumption under capitalism” is whether you have reasonable alternatives. So firstly the best way to boycott Chevron is to walk, bike, take public transit. And then yeah if you have to drive there’s probably other gas stations in your area so it’s not like it’s an unreasonable burden to avoid Chevron

And just like that, we’re gone

@Ventor yeah and then I showed them a screenshot of me following a mastodon.art account from Pixelfed. I think that visual like sealed in why you’d want that

I think I just onboarded someone to the fediverse. I didn’t say “decentralized” or “open source” or “server” or even mention email lol I just said “It’s like you can follow anyone from any social network and there’s no ads”

If Debian has done something faster than you, it’s really time
https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux/113919204538974774

“I hope they get everything they voted for” is such a privileged thing to say. You know they voted for people to die right? You hope they get everything they voted for? For real?

Update from Erin Reed who is a reliable source on anti-trans legislation:

Information on passports for trans folks is moving fast right now with a lot of things unconfirmed or in a confusing state.

TL;DR it seems like new gender marker changes and ones that were in progress are already frozen. There is an unconfirmed report of someone’s document’s being confiscated but this seems like a one-off. Doesn’t mean it can’t happen again but doesn’t appear to be a policy of any kind. Be careful and stay safe

Don’t forget folks, self care is so important right now. Create little positive things in your day. Bake cookies. Go for a walk. Talk to someone you love. Indulge in your hobbies and interests. Find your moments of joy. Give yourself permission to find things to be happy about even when the big picture is not going well

I grew up in a home that had rules that weren’t meant to be followed. They were convoluted and conflicting because the goal was to make sure you could always be punished. There’s two ways to respond to this:

1. Do your best to follow the rules. Internalize shame and failure. Make yourself as small and invisible as possible

2. Do whatever you want. Fuck it. There is no way to “be good” so take every opportunity to live. Get really good at breaking the rules, they were meant to be broken anyways

This is real, I just watched this live https://x.com/rcmoya84/status/1881431062288679253

There’s gonna be a lot of scary shit posted today. Remember that you can take a break from social media or tv if you need it. Spend time with loved ones. Get yourself a little treat. Have coping mechanisms on hand. It’s important to be informed but be mindful of the line at which it becomes self harm. Above all take care of and be kind to yourself