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Todd Vierling :verifiedenby:<p>I&#39;m moving! To <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ap.duh.org/@tv" class="u-url mention">@<span>tv</span></a></span> on my own domain&#39;s single-user instance.</p><p>If you follow me, then you should automatically get your follow moved over there, and a follow (or follow request) from there.</p><p>Thank you so much <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tech.lgbt/@david" class="u-url mention">@<span>david</span></a></span> for keeping this instance going ❤️ I&#39;m a little sad to go, but it&#39;s time to have a self-contained place for my own data.</p>
Todd Vierling :verifiedenby:<p>Sunrise</p><p>I am a veteran of war<br />not of military action<br />nor of servitude<br />but of genocide by ignorance and privilege</p><p>Ordnance of exclusion and hate<br />flamethrowers of fear<br />bombs of bigotry<br />and glass-bottle munitions broken over my skull</p><p>For decades we fought back<br />lost many battles<br />won a few — sort of<br />and I survived to see the sun rise</p><p>The sky is darkening again<br />over children now grown<br />our next generation<br />who never should have seen this happen</p><p>So I pass on wisdom<br />the will to fight<br />the strength to continue<br />that war forced me to learn nearly alone</p><p>We will fight back united<br />with all our might<br />in queer celebration<br />because we must survive to see the sun rise</p><p>____________________<br />[one I&#39;ve had in my pile of random writings for a couple years] <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/queerpoetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>queerpoetry</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Pride</span></a></p>
Todd Vierling :verifiedenby:<p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>introduction</span></a> and pinned post:</p><p>I&#39;m a Unix/Linux nerd in my 40s, working behind the scenes of a major Linux distribution. (It should be obvious, but my posts are my own and don&#39;t inherently reflect my employer&#39;s opinion 🤪)</p><p>I post infrequently. These days it&#39;s most often about queer politics because of how caustic that&#39;s been getting these days, but also software, retrocomputing, and sometimes motorcycling too.</p><p>Recently came out as <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/agender" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>agender</span></a> and have been a queer activist for decades.</p><p>So, hi!</p>
Todd Vierling :verifiedenby:<p>I&#39;m moving! To <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ap.duh.org/@tv" class="u-url mention">@<span>tv</span></a></span> on my own domain&#39;s single-user instance.</p><p>If you follow me, then you should automatically get your follow moved over there, and a follow (or follow request) from there.</p><p>Thank you so much <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tech.lgbt/@david" class="u-url mention">@<span>david</span></a></span> for keeping this instance going ❤️ I&#39;m a little sad to go, but it&#39;s time to have a self-contained place for my own data.</p>
Todd Vierling :verifiedenby:<p>1984: watched TV on a big screen from barely a few feet away and only mono audio</p><p>2004: watched TV on a big screen from a sofa distance with surround sound speakers</p><p>2024: watched TV on a small screen from a few inches away and mono audio (only one half of the BT earbuds in)</p><p>Not sure if regressing, or just lazy 😆</p>
Todd Vierling :verifiedenby:<p>It&#39;s one of those days when I realize I&#39;m looking through code that goes back over 30 years, and the fact that I&#39;ve used that software for that long.</p><p>My industry is not just maturing, but *aging.* There are plenty of young hungry hackers working on application development, but operating systems, compilers, and other lower-level programming tends to skew older now.</p><p>These days, anytime I encounter a young geek who is genuinely interested in low-level software development, I encourage the hell out of them. Somebody needs to take up the torch when my generation retires, because modern infrastructure depends on all these things.</p>
Todd Vierling :verifiedenby:<p>People keep suggesting that I use an official <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> app fork on my Android devices (like <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Moshidon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Moshidon</span></a> or <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Megalodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Megalodon</span></a>) because they are feature-rich. And they are — but all of those are STILL missing a fundamental feature <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Fedilab" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fedilab</span></a> gives me (even though it isn&#39;t as pretty as the others):</p><p>Threading cues!</p><p>Complex threads look like absolute crap in all the official app forks, and they become virtually impossible for me to follow. Fedilab, and also to an extent <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Tusky" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Tusky</span></a>, have thread depth indicator lines that make it possible to see at a glance who is responding to what post.</p><p>I honestly consider this an <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>accessibility</span></a> feature that should exist in any client. Thread depth indication has been a standard feature of social media going back to the web forum days before &quot;social media&quot; was even a phrase online.</p>
Todd Vierling :verifiedenby:<p>I&#39;ve been told people are reporting this post because of the intentional lack of CW.</p><p>While my instance mods are responsible and don&#39;t tell me about the details, it&#39;s likely those reports are from folks who are not actually affected by political oppression such as this. (I could direct you to have a word with some BIPOC folks who have been hate-reported for similar reasons.)</p><p>What that tells me is that this post had the correct effect: this is really important news that needs to be spread and not hidden. Your block and mute buttons are there for you to curate your own experience, so please feel free to use them.</p><p>Alternatively — take a moment to learn from this experience, and understand where privilege can be blinding to something very serious going on in the US. You may find more there to be in solidarity with, than to exclude. The fight for human rights is all of ours, and love can win over hate ♥️</p>
Todd Vierling :verifiedenby:<p>It&#39;s about &quot;protecting the children,&quot; right? No, it never has been, and this is mask-off, overt proof. Politicians openly talking about banning all <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gender</span></a> affirming care for <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trans</span></a> adults.</p><p>Scoop by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@ErinInTheMorn" class="u-url mention">@<span>ErinInTheMorn</span></a></span>, thank you so much for making this more widely seen.</p><p>I originally was going to CW this but ... No, not this time. This needs to be seen and needs to make people uncomfortable, because this is fucking <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>genocide</span></a> in action.</p><p><a href="https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/ohio-michigan-republicans-in-released" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">erininthemorning.com/p/ohio-mi</span><span class="invisible">chigan-republicans-in-released</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>transgender</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/HRT" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HRT</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>transphobia</span></a></p>
Todd Vierling :verifiedenby:<p>Saw a post on bsky today which emphasized the shrinking scope of safe spaces for <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>queer</span></a> (and in particular, <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trans</span></a>) people in the US, and it got me thinking. (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/ellebreaksloose.bsky.social/post/3kjsp5w56ik2w" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/ellebreaksloo</span><span class="invisible">se.bsky.social/post/3kjsp5w56ik2w</span></a>)</p><p>A lot of White folks didn&#39;t know of the existence of the &quot;Negro Motorist <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/GreenBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GreenBook</span></a>&quot;, a safe travel guide for Black folks in the 20th century, before it was showcased in the TV series Lovecraft Country.</p><p>But queer folks have had safe <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>travel</span></a> guides for decades too, thriving into the 2000s, even though they had felt less necessary in recent years. There&#39;s a project to preserve some historical guides at <a href="https://mappingthegayguides.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">mappingthegayguides.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> and a rough modern-day equivalent is <a href="https://iglta.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">iglta.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>.</p><p>While big cities tend to be safe haven for queer people, states around some of them are quickly becoming hazardous again. Perhaps it&#39;s time for a more-detailed Queer Motorist Guide (not just a &quot;vacation guide&quot;) to help us travel more safely across this country.</p><p>I *hate* that it&#39;s come (back) to this.</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>transgender</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/SafeTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SafeTravel</span></a></p>
Todd Vierling :verifiedenby:<p>COVID response is the other <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>genocide</span></a> I&#39;m living through now.</p><p>It reminds me of how <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/HIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HIV</span></a>/AIDS was treated — except that those tossed aside now are the <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/immunocompromised" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>immunocompromised</span></a> and <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>disabled</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/COVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>COVID</span></a> damaged my heart, and a second infection at full blast could kill me.</p><p>I get vax boosters. I mask in public, and go to restaurants only infrequently. I don&#39;t really attend large events anymore. I continue to test regularly. I have to protect myself because no one else cares anymore.</p><p><a href="https://www.teenvogue.com/story/covid-isnt-going-anywhere-masking-up-could-save-my-life" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">teenvogue.com/story/covid-isnt</span><span class="invisible">-going-anywhere-masking-up-could-save-my-life</span></a></p>
Todd Vierling :verifiedenby:<p>Doing a new system build in 2023, it feels so weird to have a mid-tower case with absolutely no front-facing drive bays anymore</p>
Todd Vierling :verifiedenby:<p>Ah, <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>queer</span></a> community infighting. Lately I&#39;ve been getting more interactions like this from some <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/cis" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cis</span></a> gay folks who are falling for the <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/LGB" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LGB</span></a> anti- <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trans</span></a> propaganda. To paraphrase:<br />___</p><p>me: I love that your life is good, that the activism work we&#39;ve done has made it safe for you to exist and love the way you want, and you deserve respect for your identity and self-expression, and connections to the communities you feel a part of.</p><p>them: Yeah!</p><p>me: And other people deserve your respect for their identity and self-expression, and connections to the communities they feel a part of.</p><p>them: ...not like that!<br />___</p><p>If some particular <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a>+ folks don&#39;t feel that they are part of a greater community, then that&#39;s fine for them, they don&#39;t have to be.</p><p>But that respect goes both ways. You don&#39;t get to treat others as less deserving because their lives don&#39;t look like yours.</p><p>(edit: removed two sentences to make it clear I am not rejecting anyone; that&#39;s the whole point.)</p>
Todd Vierling :verifiedenby:<p>The <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MAGA</span></a> cult has gotten so bad that the *American Bar Association* had to issue a statement on their violent actions.</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-georgia-indictment-threats-grand-jurors-b489aea1bf8210224d1500895830528d" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-georg</span><span class="invisible">ia-indictment-threats-grand-jurors-b489aea1bf8210224d1500895830528d</span></a></p>
Todd Vierling :verifiedenby:<p>I knew that <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/GoogleChrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GoogleChrome</span></a> was getting a lot larger lately, but I have a feeling the download for this <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Android</span></a> update will take longer than usual.</p><p>(Oops someone multiplied when they should have divided or something.) <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>coding</span></a></p>
Todd Vierling :verifiedenby:<p>Because something reminded me of <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/TPIR" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TPIR</span></a> sound effects while watching <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tech.lgbt/@MonsterMinty" class="u-url mention">@<span>MonsterMinty</span></a></span> &#39;s Twitch gaming today, this collection of Edd Kalehoff&#39;s music for <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ThePriceIsRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ThePriceIsRight</span></a> is worth a post. Always just delightful jingly stuff.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/HgPOQys1U8Q" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/HgPOQys1U8Q</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Todd Vierling :verifiedenby:birdsite is funding fascism now
Todd Vierling :verifiedenby:<p>I don&#39;t talk much directly about my employer here because this is my personal space, so I won&#39;t comment in more detail on this news. But yes, I work on this distribution as my day job.</p><p>In practical terms, Oracle Linux is now an independent distribution, but still guaranteed to be compatible *at the application level* with RHEL. And we&#39;re on the hook to make sure that compatibility continues, fixing any discrepancies we find along the way.</p><p>Oh, and we&#39;re hiring 😄</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Oracle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Oracle</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/OracleLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OracleLinux</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/RHEL" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RHEL</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/CentOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CentOS</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/AlmaLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AlmaLinux</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/RockyLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RockyLinux</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.oracle.com/news/announcement/blog/keep-linux-open-and-free-2023-07-10/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">oracle.com/news/announcement/b</span><span class="invisible">log/keep-linux-open-and-free-2023-07-10/</span></a></p>
Todd Vierling :verifiedenby:birdsite leader bigotry
Todd Vierling :verifiedenby:<p>All the &quot;wait and see&quot; and &quot;it would be nice to follow people from there&quot; arguments about <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Meta</span></a> making overtures about <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a> are silly.</p><p>I left Facebook long ago for a reason. I specifically *do not* want to interact with anyone from there, on top of my distaste for the company and its actions 😆</p>
Todd Vierling :verifiedenby:<p>If you&#39;re <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/gay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gay</span></a> and cisgender, don&#39;t think you are safe from the escalating hate directed largely at <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>transgender</span></a> and <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/nonbinary" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>nonbinary</span></a> people (and as proxy for <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trans</span></a> hate, <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/drag" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>drag</span></a> shows) right now.</p><p>They are looking in hate at you, and they are looking to push you out of public life too. We are all in this together whether you believe it or not.</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Pride</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/PrideMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PrideMonth</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/LGBwithTheT" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LGBwithTheT</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/fulton-county/drag-show-looking-become-permanent-fixture-metro-atlanta-community/7SJD6FMTHVCKLJSQGRYAT5PNYY/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wsbtv.com/news/local/fulton-co</span><span class="invisible">unty/drag-show-looking-become-permanent-fixture-metro-atlanta-community/7SJD6FMTHVCKLJSQGRYAT5PNYY/</span></a></p>
Todd Vierling :verifiedenby:<p>It&#39;s <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/PrideMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PrideMonth</span></a> again! Time to vanquish the queerphobes, let our freak flags fly, and celebrate our community with outlandish and fabulous parades and protests. (Probably more protests than usual this year. I hope!)</p><p>If you&#39;ve been on the fence about whether to attend a <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Pride</span></a> festival this year, honestly this is the time to go. We need to show up with force of numbers to prove that they&#39;re not going to take us down.</p><p>And for those who can&#39;t go to a Pride event, whether because of fear, risk, or other inability, the rest of us will be there to fight for you too. The <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>queer</span></a> community is called that for a reason, and we&#39;re going to prove it.</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Pride2023" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Pride2023</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>lgbtq</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TransRights</span></a></p><p>And for those of you who didn&#39;t know, yes, I&#39;m &quot;one of those&quot; 😆 (images SFW but perhaps unexpected). Art of my birdsona by twitter.com/HeffalumpJump</p>
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