Dean @dean@librem.one

I’m saying this as someone who was once on TWO of Ubuntu’s governance councils, deciding who had contributed enough to the community to have an [at]ubuntu[dot]com email address and who was trusted to upload packages to the archive and provide oversight for those not so-trusted.

If the #Ubuntu Community Council lets this stand then absolutely fuck the project I devoted 5 years of my life to.

From: @thadah
https://blahaj.zone/notes/aca8zuhiducu005g
#transphobia #queerphobia

Please boost for awareness.

Recently one of my friends posted an introduction post to the official Ubuntu forums.

https://web.archive.org/web/20250905060630/https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/lukas-here-hello-to-all/66658
(original link: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/lukas-here-hello-to-all/66658 )

Seems fine except for maybe a bit of bad grammar around the "I am also a furry" part right? Well turns out behind the scenes the post was edited to not say "I am queer" before mentioning being a furry, and they got in a lotta trouble with the mods. This led to them no longer feeling welcome on the Ubuntu discourse forums.

The reason given was that the word Queer is a sexual word, which is just patently untrue. Saying you're queer gives less info into your sex life than mentioning your wife/husband, and if that was banned it'd be fucking stupid. Of course by the responses of the mods, it is made clear that that's not the real reason, and instead they're making the decision because of politics.

In the next few posts I'll talk about these extremely problematic moderator responses.
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Stay calm and install solar panels.

Stay calm and install heat pumps.

Stay calm and build a Homelab to keep your data at home.

Stay calm and help your neighbours.

Stay calm and read the news but understand your anger on things you cannot change is wasted energy.

Stay calm and care about your direct environment where you can change things.

You are not alone. Many people around you are doing this already.

#StoicLife

July is #DisabilityPrideMonth

Wait, disability ... pride? Why would someone be proud to be disabled?

One of the most important aspects of disability pride for me is to counter the shame. The shame of “being different,” the shame of “needing help,” the shame of “being a burden,” the shame from the humiliation and abuse I have experienced.

Disability pride gives me the chance to counter the shame by saying, “I am disabled, and I am proud to exist and be who I am.”

#JulyIsDisabilityPrideMonth

Calling all map and train nerds in #Perth (who'd imagine that there'd be a crossover?): this Sunday is the opening of the new railway line Q120871210, and there's going to be an #OpenStreetMap meetup and travelling mapping party:

https://geogeeks.org/2025/0608_osm-thornlie-cockburn.html

(We'll be uploading photos to #WikimediaCommons.)

Most petitions don't have much impact, but if this European Citizens Initiative on banning conversion therapy reaches 1 million signatures by Saturday it will mean that it will be discussed at the European Parliament.

Last week there were about 450,000 signatures. It is now up to 620,000 and could easily reach the target if it is shared widely.

Please sign and share. https://eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#/screen/home

#EU #Europe #LGBT #LGBTQIA #LGBTQI