American friends, I honestly have no words. I am so devastated for you, us, the planet, everything right now. I can’t even find it in me to be angry, I’m just so sad for us all

@[email protected] that was… a choice. well, an A for commitment, I guess.

@CatherineFlick Well, it's not for the best of reasons, but the timing is good enough 🥳

Ah yes “respect for the academic tradition”, that’s what we should be prioritising over EDI, more like “respect for the backward opinions of old white men in academia for whom the advent of EDI is the first time they’ve ever been challenged on their prejudices”.

@CatherineFlick I wish this was an unfounded fear.

I was quite active in the FS/OS community back at the turn of the century but ended up getting out because these creepy vibes were pretty much everywhere at the time. You just sort of put up with it in the moment, but it really did become "death by a thousand cuts" - constantly being hit on, constantly having to deal with graphic, "joking" discussions of sex or pornography, being undermined because how would women know anything about tech, etc. It got very very tiring.