@engideer@tech.lgbt

· 2w ago

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@zzt@mas.to I mean I won't let the LLMs take away my love for emojis but yeah the "made with heart emoji" is such slimy corporate shit. Similar vibe to rainbow capitalism in a way. (Also, isn't it funny how rainbow capitalism kinda just stopped the second it become socially acceptable again to be openly fascist)

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Maya @engideer@tech.lgbt

· 2mo ago

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@Theo_10@mastodon.social @mullvadnet@mastodon.online Mullvad basically just said "it's our freedom of speech to bankroll a campaign to cleanse the homeland of degenerate trannies and filthy migrants" and you're clapping in awe. The fuck's wrong with you

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Maya @engideer@tech.lgbt

· 3mo ago

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@Raffael1000@chaos.social @Tutanota@mastodon.social BaWü is by far the most surveillance-crazy, reckless, and straight up fascist state in Germany currently (which is wild given Sachsen and Bayern exists), and I mean even outside of implementing Gotham. Not a good time to be there over all 😅

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Maya @engideer@tech.lgbt

· 3mo ago

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@AdrianVolt@digitalcourage.social @BrentToderian@mastodon.online The bus having its own lane means its not stuck in traffic (jams) with private cars, means more frequent service is possible, means less overcrowded buses. Even outside of jams dedicated lanes always allow more reliable service and shorter commute routes. There's a hundred very direct correlations between dedicated bus lanes and bus passenger comfort.

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Maya @engideer@tech.lgbt

· 5mo ago

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@gryphonmyers @prietschka @zachleat I hate it so much that it's apparently illegal now to use structured form when writing. When I go through years old technical documentation of mine it's almost surprising to me how much I used lists, approximated em-dashes (double minus: --), emphasis, etc. Now I actively make my texts be more of a formless sludge, as otherwise it looks AI generated to people :,(

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Maya @engideer@tech.lgbt

· 6mo ago

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@BenjaminNelan @Scarlov @catraxx @kde @frameworkcomputer Yes, because big tech is evil, that means we should give full-throated support to Neonazis and fascist ideology, because nuance is dead apparently. Get out of my mentions with your tone deaf culture war shit

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Maya @engideer@tech.lgbt

· 4mo ago

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@MisterWanko@mastodon.social Btw you can get an "older" used Pixel in pristine condition on e.g. eBay for quite cheap nowadays. That's what I did to get on GrapheneOS. A budget of ~250-300€ is plenty. Best to try to get something from gen 8 onwards, since the older ones don't have many crucial hardware security features.

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Maya @engideer@tech.lgbt

· 5mo ago

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@NDR@ard.social Nahezu die Hälfte der in Berlin verbrannten Bücher stammen aus der Bibliothek des Instituts für Sexualwissenschaft und handelten von LGBTQ Thematiken, aber das haben Sie praktischer Weise übersehen? Es wären nur jüdische Bücher gewesen und welche von "politisch unbeliebten Autoren", nichts weiter? Ist es vielleicht weil hinter queeren Menschen zu stehen für Euch zu "politisch kontrovers" ist? Man möchte ja bloß nicht die Parallelen zwischen den heute populären Politikern und deren der NSDAP aufweisen. Es erinnert mich dran wie viele historische Bücher es ebenfalls gerne "übersehen" dass es außer den Uniformen mit dem Judenstern auch die mit dem pinken Dreieck gab, und dass die Alliierten die letztere Gruppe aus den KZs direkt in Gefängnisse brachte. Da war man halt mit den Nazis auf einer Wellenlänge.

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Maya @engideer@tech.lgbt

· 5mo ago

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@marsik @bms48 @ariarhythmic @maxleibman Are you the same thing as an LLM? Are you saying you also talk in an overly confident manner about topics you do not understand?

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Maya @engideer@tech.lgbt

· 5mo ago

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@Mr0@privacysafe.social @jdw@mathstodon.xyz Well here's the original "concerns raised by queer people" forum thread. https://community.frame.work/t/framework-supporting-far-right-racists/75986/2 Framework had since then doubled down, sending more free hardware to and doing more promotional posts about DHH's stuff.

Framework Community

Framework supporting far-right racists?

We support open source software (and hardware), and partner with developers and maintainers across the ecosystem. We deliberately create a big tent, because we want open source software to win. We don’t partner based on individuals’ or organizations’ beliefs, values, or political stances outside of their alignment with us on increasing the adoption of open source software. We’ve sent out large quantities of hardware to folks at Fedora, Bluefin, Bazzite, NixOS, Arch Linux, Linux Mint, Omarchy,

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Maya @engideer@tech.lgbt

· 4mo ago

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@transworld@masto.ai Talk is cheap https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-york-state-budget-released-0 But I suppose inaction is better than harmful action.

erininthemorning.com

New York State Budget Released: $0 For Transgender Care Access

Advocates wanted the state budget to support access to care as hospitals capitulate to the Trump administration.

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Maya @engideer@tech.lgbt

· 6mo ago

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@Scarlov @catraxx @kde @frameworkcomputer Framework heavily promoted the work of a well-known Neonazi (DHH) and didn't back down when it was brought to their attention. I can search out a few links for you tomorrow or so. I believe they also promoted another fascist apart from DHH but can't remember

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Maya @engideer@tech.lgbt

· 4mo ago

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@davidgerard@circumstances.run Sorry, I just thought you were quoting something, I didn't mean to be disrespectful, sorry :(

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Maya @engideer@tech.lgbt

· 4mo ago

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@n2o@23.social @CoMaps@floss.social The thing I love most about CoMaps is that it's offline-only, honestly. The performance difference between it and every other map app on my phone is massive. While CoMaps always renders everything in buttery smooth 120Hz and zero buffering, others choke and buffer and slow down to a crawl for each new tile. If they ever do an online-mode, I hope it'll be an opt-in setting and that they don't de-prioritize their amazing and unique offline perf.

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Maya @engideer@tech.lgbt

· 4mo ago

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@cubeofcheese@mstdn.social Absolutely, it's good to know it's daily drivable. Just installed it and did have a very good first impression 😊

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Maya @engideer@tech.lgbt

· 5mo ago

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@Fishd Holy shit wtf. So stupidly evil it's almost kinda funny. Thanks for the heads up, I didn't know that

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Maya @engideer@tech.lgbt

· 5mo ago

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@Mr0@privacysafe.social @jdw@mathstodon.xyz Framework's stuff is modular, but they're unfortunately not ethical. They proudly support and often promote the work of far-right extremists like DHH. When concerns were raised by queer people to them, the CEO shrugged them off, talking about wanting a "big tent". What that has to do with *actively* promoting Nazis (and continuing to do so), though, I don't know. Also, their stuff isn't compatible with open source firmware such as coreboot.

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Maya @engideer@tech.lgbt

· 5mo ago

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@Mr0@privacysafe.social @jdw@mathstodon.xyz There's a bunch more links which are probably relevant but this should provide a good start. I do remember there being a writeup about this but I haven't saved it.

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Maya @engideer@tech.lgbt

· 5mo ago

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@Mr0@privacysafe.social @jdw@mathstodon.xyz As for DHH, here's some links I had laying around: https://jakelazaroff.com/words/dhh-is-way-worse-than-i-thought/ https://davidcel.is/articles/rails-needs-new-governance https://tekin.co.uk/2025/09/the-ruby-community-has-a-dhh-problem https://drewdevault.com/blog/Cloudflare-and-fascists/ Among other things, DHH wants to purge all "non-native" Brits from England and wishes for an ethnostate, calls being trans a "mental illness and dangerous ideology", etc. And again, Framework has now multiple times sponsored him and publicly promoted his work, including after concerns were raised.

jakelazaroff.com

DHH Is Way Worse Than I Thought | jakelazaroff.com

DHH

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Maya @engideer@tech.lgbt

· 5mo ago

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@Mr0@privacysafe.social @jdw@mathstodon.xyz And not to forget also Hyprland, another project Framework often highlights and promotes via official channels, which is staffed with moderators that bully and call trans people similar slurs, with the project lead seeing no issue with that https://drewdevault.com/blog/Hyprland-toxicity/

drewdevault.com

Hyprland is a toxic community

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Maya @engideer@tech.lgbt

· 5mo ago

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@Tutanota @GrapheneOS Could this impact GrapheneOS?

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Maya @engideer@tech.lgbt

· 8mo ago

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@jgilbert @nixCraft Can't believe you're the only one in the replies saying this. It's access to information that saves queer (and especially trans) people's lives. If I had access to the modern web when I was younger, I would've realized much sooner why I felt the way I did, and would've had a chance at a fulfilling life. But hey, why be an intelligent parent that makes their kid feel safe enough to talk to you about everything, thus shielding them from a lot of society's ills online and offline... if you can instead be a toxic surveillance helicopter parent, not leaving your kid any room for own self exploration. Queerness and independent thought need to be stomped out, after all.

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Maya @engideer@tech.lgbt

· 4mo ago

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@davidgerard@circumstances.run Is this from a meme or green text? The structure feels so familiar but I can't remember an origin, nor find one ://

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Maya @engideer@tech.lgbt

· 5mo ago

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@nixCraft Why do you hate privacy and queer people?

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Maya @engideer@tech.lgbt

· 7mo ago

@harriorrihar This is really amazing! And a perfect example of the kind of beauty that the cancer of AI is aiming to destroy. I wish that real (human) art becomes more valuable as disdain for AI grows. 🙏

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Maya @engideer@tech.lgbt

· 4mo ago

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@yoasif@mastodon.social @jan_leila@mspsocial.net @jellyfin@mastodon.online There's also a million other issues on top of the copyright issues too, obviously. Some interesting articles I saw just recently:

"Across a variety of tasks, including mathematical reasoning and reading comprehension, we find that although AI assistance improves performance in the short-term, people perform significantly worse without AI and are more likely to give up. Notably, these effects emerge after only brief interactions with AI. These findings are particularly concerning because persistence is foundational to skill acquisition and is one of the strongest predictors of long-term learning"
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.04721

"We find that even when LLMs are prompted with expert feedback and asked to only make grammar edits, they still change the text in a way that significantly alters its semantic meaning"
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.18161

"Study finds asking AI for advice could be making you a worse person"
https://www.fastcompany.com/91518448/study-finds-ai-could-be-making-you-a-worse-person

And also: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/17/microsoft-us-tech-firms-lobbied-eu-secrecy-rules-datacentre-emissions

arXiv.org

AI Assistance Reduces Persistence and Hurts Independent Performance

People often optimize for long-term goals in collaboration: A mentor or companion doesn't just answer questions, but also scaffolds learning, tracks progress, and prioritizes the other person's growth over immediate results. In contrast, current AI systems are fundamentally short-sighted collaborators - optimized for providing instant and complete responses, without ever saying no (unless for safety reasons). What are the consequences of this dynamic? Here, through a series of randomized control

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Maya @engideer@tech.lgbt

· 5mo ago

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@jdw I've recently been on a mission to switch to using as much open source software as possible, and found that most computer's UEFI firmware is actually a closed source insecure mess. There is an awesome FOSS alternative called coreboot, but not many support it. The two companies with the most notebooks shipping with coreboot out of the box are Star Labs and System76, between which System76 looks nicer imo. They have a table here documenting which of their products use coreboot here: https://system76.com/support/articles/open-firmware-systems/ So that's the company I'd go with if I were buying a notebook today.

system76.com

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Maya @engideer@tech.lgbt

· 4mo ago

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@vicgrinberg@mastodon.social @ElenLeFoll@fediscience.org Oh ffs, das macht enttäuschend viel Sinn. Mein erster Gedanke, als ich OP's toot sah, war wie es jetzt nur noch eine Frage der Zeit ist bis das erste Paper aus Deutschland kommt in dem es heißt, dass HRT und gender-affirming care böse und ineffektiv sind. Worin dann 25% der Quellen erfunden sind, ein weiteres 25% nicht das sagen wofür sie zitiert werden, und ein weiteres 25% auf dem Qualitätsniveau sind von "wir haben 5 trabsphobe nazi Eltern über ihre verhassten trans Kinder gefragt"; wobei der Autor das nicht mal wissen wird weil er sie selbst nicht gelesen hat, und Chatgpt es verharmlost und legitimiert hat, da es immer um jeden Preis versucht möglichst nicht "politisch kontrovers" zu sein

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Maya @engideer@tech.lgbt

· 1w ago

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@markgl@mstdn.plus @bignose@awful.systems https://tech.lgbt/@engideer/117326285003857003

tech.lgbt

Maya: "@oblomov@sociale.network @bignose@awful.systems @…" - LGBTQIA+ and Tech

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Maya @engideer@tech.lgbt

· 4mo ago

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@Strandjunker@mstdn.social I mean, he absolutely is sidestepping all his promises regarding upholding the rights of trans people and ensuring their access to healthcare with flimsy excuses and/or silence https://bsky.app/profile/erininthemorning.com/post/3milwegfcek25

Bluesky Social

Erin Reed (@erininthemorning.com)

1. I've written a few times about Mamdani and what he can do for trans people to uphold his promises. But there are disingenuous people who apparently do not read articles, so I figured I would lay out his power and what other trans journos want him to do here directly and what is in his power. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Maya @engideer@tech.lgbt

· 5mo ago

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@GrapheneOS @Tutanota Good to know, thank you very much for clarifying

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Maya @engideer@tech.lgbt

· 5mo ago

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@Mr0 System76 has a table here where they list which of their systems are compatible with and ship with coreboot. If I were buying a notebook today, I'd only buy one of those tbh: https://system76.com/support/articles/open-firmware-systems/

system76.com

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Maya @engideer@tech.lgbt

· 2mo ago

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@alexadeswift@lgbtqia.space @Tutanota@mastodon.social It's even more fun when you're a migrant from a transphobic country who couldn't yet naturalize! You just get locked out of all financial services due to ID mismatch, and soon apparently out of all social media, too 🙈 I'd know.... *sigh*

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Maya @engideer@tech.lgbt

· 5mo ago

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@bms48 That's really cool! May I ask what piece of code that is? ^^

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Maya @engideer@tech.lgbt

· 4mo ago

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@bash2@momou.social @linguistgoneforeign@mastodon.social @CoMaps@floss.social I've been passively keeping an eye out for an OSM client with an actually good UX to finally ditch Google Maps. Would you say CoMaps is there yet to be a full replacement?

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Maya @engideer@tech.lgbt

· 1w ago

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@oblomov@sociale.network @bignose@awful.systems @e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de No, they are financially supporting both Omarchy and Hyprland (which is transphobia central), and have made an entire slew of tweets and other media promoting Omarchy. There are some more links in this thread, but that's not all either https://community.frame.work/t/framework-supporting-far-right-racists/75986

Framework Community

Framework supporting far-right racists?

Hi, I am not exactly sure how best to frame this, but recent events have got me wondering where exactly Framework, as a company, stands with regards to human rights and equality. If I understand correctly (and please do correct me if I am wrong), it seems like Framework has started sponsoring Hyprland: So I presume this is fact: Framework, as a company, has decided to sponsor a Wayland compositor who is well known to be led as a rather “toxic and hateful community”. Separately, but on the

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Maya @engideer@tech.lgbt

· 5mo ago

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@Mr0 @jdw Well they did donate money/hardware to both and did promote both on official channels, which I would say counts as supporting. I know the decision was most likely entirely business motivated for them with little regards for anything else, but again, so was IBM's decision to sell and service computers for the NSDAP in the 40s. Not saying the severity is the same, but the reasoning behind and spirit of are. Especially given that there *are* companies who try to be ethical including on the topic of human rights and not supporting and normalizing fascism. For the record, tho, Framework was also my preferred brand and I really wanted to get a Framework 16, until I learned of all this. It took many people by surprise.

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