Likes from 28 October 2023

If you attended the panel at #LFMemberSummit about open source software viability and project selection (or even if you didn't), you might want to listen to the CHAOSScast episode on this topic from last week. https://podcast.chaoss.community/72

At this point, I'm willing to learn Go to get a job, lol. (https://jacky.wtf/2023/10/gJ3M)

When people invite you to dinner/movie.. the chances are the activity is just an excuse to meet up and the real objective is to socialise. I find this endearing, for years I didn’t know this. I used to automatically assume that the suggested activity was the *main* purpose of a meet-up. I thought an invitation to dinner meant that the predominant point of focus was the FOOD, or an invitation to watch a movie meant the MOVIE was the centrepiece of the night. @actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe #actuallyautistic

Too spoon depleted to be diplomatic and return to the comments on one of my LinkedIn posts about #HealthAndSafety. Will have to wait. But two things strike me: 1) Requiring masks is doable at any scale of event. It's the most effective (cost & impact) way of mitigating spread of airborne disease. And if you have a Code of Conduct, you already have the tools for enforcement. 2) Stop putting the burden of inclusion on marginalized people 😠 #DEI #OpenSource #FOSS #Events #PHPledge

Like many kids, I remember drawing out the letters of my name in interesting ways in the margin of my notebook or on random scrap paper. I always liked the symmetry of the W and M in “William”, and …

Attached: 2 images B-roll from family photo shoot this morning.

Just a few things I struggle with: - Having to put on a vivacious, inauthentic display of happiness at a moment’s notice. - Having to adjust to a new item coming into my possession. - Finding somewhere to put it. - Potentially having to change my plans/do something out of character to use the item. @actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe #actuallyautistic

Attached: 1 image Nigel has it on good authority that today is National Black Cat Day* ! As is appropriate on this festive occasion, please shower your closest black cat(s) with love and appreciation. ("Just like you should every other day," adds Nigel.) * https://nationaltoday.com/national-black-cat-day/ #CatsOfMastodon

a lot of furry kinks involve clothing being ripped in some way, a reflection of the common innermost fantasy of being able to afford another pair of jeans