Christine Lemmer-WebberExecutive Director of @spritely@social.coop (but this is a personal account). I'm here to fix the Internet.
ActivityPub co-author, co-host of @fossandcrafts@octodon.social. Lisp sourceress, decentralized network architect, occasional Blender artist. she/they https://dustycloud.org/
Recently moved here from @cwebber@octodon.social
Lovely banner sketch by @juliaro@mastodon.art https://mastodon.art/@juliaro/114489465896761273
Christine Lemmer-WebberHear a lot about the magic of Lisp programming but never got into it? Watch this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDROSL-gGOo
https://share.tube/w/gdtnuipKbbVdR2u1murL4t
This is based on a intro-to-Scheme/Lisp at @spritely@social.coop which starts with no background and in 30 pages takes a tour of ideas and ends with writing Scheme-in-Scheme in 30 lines of code! https://spritely.institute/static/papers/scheme-primer.html
Christine Lemmer-WebberThe safest form of computing is still abstinence
Christine Lemmer-WebberThis was an unexpected detour rant for the middle of the day. But it's something I care about. Perhaps I will collect it into a blogpost later.
I guess I will summarize, then leave the thread here...
Christine Lemmer-WebberIt's incredibly easy to be full of despair right now. I get it, I feel it too.
Don't let anyone tell you that the people who are doing the best are because they deserve it or are "geniuses".
And also don't let anyone tell you that a group of people who by and large who seem to be suffering and aren't doing as well relative to the metrics of the system is because they're not worthy or have failed themselves.
We have to try to build the best world for each other we can, the best we can.
💜
Christine Lemmer-WebberThere's more to say, and I plan on taking a deep dive into our tech, piece by piece, over the days ahead. There's a lot to unpack!
But in the meanwhile, let's get back to the campaign. A call to action. The reason this thread is here.
Christine Lemmer-WebberI'm asking for your support, for you (yes you!) to help out @spritely@social.coop, however you can.
We are a small nonprofit. We can't do this without your support.
Please help donate for the future of the internet. Thank you. 💜
https://spritely.institute/donate/
Christine Lemmer-WebberI laid out a strong critique, but let me end on a call to empathy.
Bluesky is built by good people, and the fediverse is built by good people. Neither reflect the designs I presently would like to see today, but ultimately these are built by humans trying their absolute hardest.
Christine Lemmer-WebberThe infrastructure we build reflects our social dynamics, and our social dynamics are made possible by our infrastructure.
This thread has been long, and I have said everything I have to say. Thanks for listening. I hope we can build a good future for each other. 💜
Christine Lemmer-WebberRE: https://tech.lgbt/@JadedBlueEyes/115967791152135761
Cloudflare, who certainly has enough resources to not pull this kind of bullshit, wastes peoples' time and disrespects people actually working on decentralized networking tech by acting like a pile of vibe coded slop running on top of their proprietary infrastructure is a legit implementation of a protocol.
Deeply insulting. Props to @JadedBlueEyes@tech.lgbt for calling this out (and for actually doing real implementation work on Matrix tech).
JadeCloudflare just published a vibe coded blog post claiming they implemented Matrix on cloudflare workers. They didn't, their post and README is AI generated and the code doesn't do any of the core parts of matrix that make it secure and interoperable. Instead it's littered with 'TODO: Check authorisation' and similar
https://blog.cloudflare.com/serverless-matrix-homeserver-workers/
Christine Lemmer-WebberThe only people who might be NPCs are those who call people NPCs
Christine Lemmer-Webberhttps://apps.gnome.org/PikaBackup/ looks like a good backup application with good UX and also uses Borg behind the scenes, a good sign
Christine Lemmer-WebberHi!
Christine Lemmer-WebberIf it turns out that Trump's Reichstag Fire really just amounts to "homeless people exist"... well I don't even know what to say.
What an embarassing time to look back on for history, assuming history continues to be a thing that exists
Christine Lemmer-WebberI love weird creature designs
Christine Lemmer-WebberOk hyprland does look cool. https://hypr.land/
I see it's packaged in Guix. Anyone running it?
Looks like some people are talking about it on the System Crafters forum: https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/cool-hyprland-configs/290
EDIT: Looks like it's a super toxic community with a lot of transphobia. Guess not...
Christine Lemmer-WebberSo now for whether you should leave.
I'm still not going to tell you.
However, I'll note that we're at the point now that most people I know will be pretty assertive: if you are trans and in Texas or Florida, "you need to get out of there". And many people I know are helping trans people leave those places for safer parts of the US.
The question is then, could the US as a whole get to the same point as Florida / Texas? Or worse?
Christine Lemmer-WebberWhat I will say is: at the moment that everyone comes to a conclusion that they should leave the US, I don't think if we look historically it will be very easy to do so, unless if you've been preparing in advance. Everyone's rushing to the exits, and you can't get out. Similar to when there was a run on toilet paper at the start of the pandemic. At that infliction point, people start panicking and it's impossible to take action for everyone.
Christine Lemmer-Webber"Is it ethical to leave" is a wholly different question than "is it the right decision to leave". You'll note that I haven't made any assertion that anyone should leave in these threads. I have asked whether people are interested in leaving, I have asserted that it's ethical to leave, and I have pointed to resources for those who wish to leave.
If it's ethical to leave a state, it's ethical to leave a nation-state.
Christine Lemmer-WebberSo now for whether you should leave.
I'm still not going to tell you.
However, I'll note that we're at the point now that most people I know will be pretty assertive: if you are trans and in Texas or Florida, "you need to get out of there". And many people I know are helping trans people leave those places for safer parts of the US.
The question is then, could the US as a whole get to the same point as Florida / Texas? Or worse?
Christine Lemmer-WebberIn my previous thread/poll, and other places, I've had a lot of assertions about whether it's ethical for trans people to leave the US https://social.coop/@cwebber/114994588934133932
Let me put it this way: is it ethical right now for trans people to relocate within the US right now? Eg, is it ethical for trans people to leave Texas or Florida for a "safer" state.
Yes? Then I think it's ethical for people to choose to leave the US also.
Christine Lemmer-Webber"Is it ethical to leave" is a wholly different question than "is it the right decision to leave". You'll note that I haven't made any assertion that anyone should leave in these threads. I have asked whether people are interested in leaving, I have asserted that it's ethical to leave, and I have pointed to resources for those who wish to leave.
If it's ethical to leave a state, it's ethical to leave a nation-state.