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Aral Balkan

So, anyone else going to OFFDEM in Brussels next month?

ps.zoethical.org/pub/offdem-oz

I’m going to hold a little Kitten* workshop and take part in the roundtables on the Saturday. Looking forward to seeing some of you there.

* codeberg.org/kitten/app

ps.zoethical.orgOOO₃FFDEM Ozone Call for Participation - petites singularités

@aral now I know it exists! But I'm a little "off" fosdem this year generally tbh. Not sure I wanna put my body through the Petri dish that it normally is quite yet...

@aral ahhh. I might just for the parties and the "hanging out" 😂. Dunno, will see.

@aral that exactly what bothers me with some FOSS events sponsored by Google & co !

@aral nice, I'll try to attend on Saturday as Sunday I'll manage and talk in the Javascript devroom fosdem.org/2023/schedule/track but I understand the need. I don't know the details to be honest but will read about because I've always been uncomfortable with the sponsorship, especially as, as a volunteer, I don't get to see any of that but I need to better understand what is actually needed, financing-wise and what are the consequences of it.

fosdem.orgFOSDEM 2023 - JavaScript devroom

@utopiah Cool, here’s to seeing you there :) (I should be there all day Saturday.)

@aral I'm confused by the OFFDEM website, hoping you might know this. do regular participants need to sign up anywhere or is that only for people who want to speak?

@potatoes_fall As far as I understand, everyone contributes in one way or another (the focus isn’t on conference-style presentations – although I will be doing a short workshop on Kitten in a breakout room – but a general assembly and round-table discussions, which I very much look forward to taking part in). So think more unconference/barcamp than mainstream conference. I’m sure @how@s10y.eu can explain it better.

@aral I just need to take a further dig at FSF for its disgusting refusal to step away from Stallman after 2019. It undercuts anything they may say about supposed values and community.

@aral Such a great article! Thank you for taking a stand and calling out these BS when you see it. Unfortunately this thing has plagued the FOSS community right now, everywhere you see corporate sponsors for these supposedly well-meaning projects/organizations. I just wanna share these pages from the "Origin of most problems" book which warned people about this exact thing. I had to merge a few pages 'cause of limits in mastodon, but you can find the full book here - tromsite.com/books/

@aral much enjoyed reading your article from '19! 😆
particularly awesome: a data protection / privacy forum featuring a keynote held by facebook about the visionary topic: how to create an ad. 🤯

@aral “What am I trying to do? Out-Stallman Stallman? Madness!” 🤣 💯

@aral that sure looks like a good place and crowd, if I can make it work out I'll be there ... since it's only a trainride away.

@dries Cool; say hi if you do :)