A manel on tech is just a shorter-lived monastery.

https://chaos.social/@onepict/116108311314263343

Arguments about AI purely about the tech feel like modern-day disputes between medieval monks about how to shave parts of their heads.

Yes, the issue is about gender and labour, environmental racism, colonialism, and other issues that need to be discussed among people other than white dude tech celebrities.

Calm down about tonsures, Dunstan, we’re worried about crop yields and plague at the moment.

@jik Nonprofits have to cater to a craving for new shiny objects from funders as well.

Putting the word “maintenance” in a grant application is a bad idea when applying for money from some foundations and governments.

A software license doesn’t make software good.

Open source code written by a bunch of sexist, racist, ableist assholes is no viable alternative.

Free, libre, open source code is good when:

- there are design docs

- there are risk assessments

- there is user research

- accessibility is a requirement from the beginning

- it is private by design

- documentation is a part of every release

All of this is enabled by teams with a code of conduct, and no tolerance for assholes.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion is the key to all of the goals FLOSS projects claim to share.

@drwho Sure!

There is a difference between “I resigned when I found out” and “I resigned after you found out”