Notices by Anna e só (anna@friend.camp), page 14

Do we really need an open federated alternative to every proprietary social media platform?

@lgatto I feel like replicating the format of proprietary social media without a second thought is pointless. Being able to access the source code of a platform that perpetuates dark patterns and is capable of disseminating huge amounts of misinformation doesn’t solve anything on its own.

@aral Thank you, I appreciate the support! I study at the Universidade Federal de Goiás, a federal public university in my state. Our accessibility center is overwhelmed with requests from disabled students, so I’m used to trying to advocate for myself on my own and then reporting the results to them.

@Robb_Munson @aral I Iive in Brazil and study at a federal public university. It’s funded by the government, and it struggled in the last decade as more conservative presidents took office (Michel Temer after Dilma’s impeachment, Jair Bolsonaro). For years, the future of my university was unclear because they barely had money for utilities. This is the result of almost a decade of dismantling.

I’m considering talking to my university’s accessibility center about it and seeing if I have any recourse to make specific courses I need to take to graduate to be offered at the same building. But I need to do that before the next semester as my faculty isn’t the only one trying to organize their schedule—finding another classroom can be an impossible task after they’re all assigned.

My faculty no longer offers courses in blocks of 4 classes (a full night); instead, they offer courses in blocks of 2 classes (1/2 night). That means that if I want to have a full night of classes, I may risk enrolling in a Course A that’s offered at Building A and Course B that’s offered at Building B which is located 1,1 km away from A.

Walking wouldn’t be a problem if my university campus treated pedestrians as first class citizens, but they don’t!

Sidewalks aren’t well maintained. There are so few street lights my campus has been getting increasingly dangerous and difficult to walk around at night. And, worse of all, my city is known for having some really aggressive drivers. I hear and see people speeding all the time.

So I won’t be able to graduate until 2026 because my faculty keeps offering courses I need to take at different buildings that are so far apart a disabled person can’t safely walk from a building to the other. 🥲

Replace “[disability] did not stop [disabled person] from [doing something abled-bodied folks are expected to do]” headlines with “society tried really hard to prevent [disabled person] from living their life as they wish”.

Someone stole my brother-in-law’s backpack on ICE 123. I’m wondering if anyone has experience with this kind of situation and has any tips? We’ve talked to people on board, reported it as stolen to the Dutch police, blocked credit cards, etc.

Here’s a pattern of speech that really annoyed me during the opening talk: Acknowledgment of a common, valid criticism (venue choice, overcrowding, lack of a health policy) ➡️ Cynical dismissal (attitudes like “You’re probably sick, and if you aren’t, you probably will become sick”, “Yeah, we’re operating over capacity, but this event is even bigger and even more over capacity!”).

My opinion about #FOSDEM: I had to experience it at least once, I think, and I’m grateful for the opportunity to be one of the keynoters.

But that smugness while saying “Yes, we’re a superspreader event, yes, you should probably wear a mask, but 🤷🏻 we ain’t making it a policy, you do you” killed me. I attended it once, but won’t attend it again (as I suspected).

The problem is talking about these issues in this matter-of fact way, as if that wasn’t an outcome they can change. It doesn’t have to be this way — YOU are choosing to keep it this way!

“Oh, but _no one_ is doing it anymore.” Let’s ignore that lie for a second—well, lead the way, then! Make things better, not worse!

Qual é a tradução acordada para enshittificafion, merdaficação?

Recebi um e-mail me informando que a minha palestra sobre teoria de sistemas e tecnologia foi aceita no DevFest Cerrado! 🎉

I hate that I have to rely only on individual precautions that are weakened by the lack of a sense of collective responsibility.

I really resent the fact that I’m only able to access certain opportunities now, not five or six years ago.

I hate that we live in a world that has chosen to ignore what we’ve learned in the last four years seeking a return to a sense of normalcy that no longer exists.

Today is the day I woke up exactly one year older.