"Omarchy is a fascist project that normalizes fascist thinking for everyone entering that community (even unknowingly). The baseline has to be not to use that system. And as people who believe in human rights and dignity, in community and a tech world that can be better we need to oppose Omarchy. Need to make sure it gets no seat at any table."
"This attempt to reframe people who are leveraging the cultural-economic weight of an international trillions-dollar spending spree as somehow disadvantaged is an active reframing that one doesn't need to buy into or admit through the door. "AI" Booster positions are bought and paid for and forced into every space with the backing of the most overpowered corporations and professional clout networks that have ever existed. Pushing back against it is what involves sticking out your neck."
a helpful list
"It may come as an uncomfortable surprise to discover that everything in the known world is actually made up, including this license."
a lot of this resonates with me, but the nick bostrom ref takes me out of it, and honestly i have a hard time buying the idea that the best way to keep software open is a bunch of local openclaw installs
"Perhaps, back then, the problem was that FOSS communities lacked the political consciousness necessary to recognise their strategic position and to connect it to a broader context and a theory of economic warfare. Nowadays, we deal with the reverse problem — growing political awareness with little strategic application."
"[T]hat’s not cool. That’s an ad hominem, and very immature of you. What do you have against a mixture of dried carbohydrates and powdered seasonings?"
very good list
fedora stops accepting code licensed as CC0. the concern seems to be about the patent rights clauses, which may expose users of the code to patent litigation later on
christ what a piece of shit