We’re too shitty to put an end to shitty things?

You definitely can’t have your cake and eat it too. Linux for many has been about freedom and privacy. He made a direct contribution toward a system that would help take that away

Timing’s a bit shit to add a DoB field don’t you think. I also don’t think you can compare computing in a professional setting in the 1960s to modern day surveillance states. I can also say as a parent there’s only one thing protecting your kid from the internet and its not whatever poorly standardized notion of Linux parental controls that exist today. Only actual parenting can.

As for the developer’s publicly observable commits and the following publicly available criticism of it, you can call it painting a target but I think even that’s a bit of a stretch. What’s most outrageous about the institution that is the United States of America in 2026 is how all of it was even allowed to get so far. So yeah, expect some activism.

A spade’s a spade. This is malicious compliance. The law might be the problem here but it’s on us to resist and try to make a change. Every last one of us. After all, the surveillance state workers in China and Russia are all just doing their jobs right?

Why the heck would we ever want a DoB field in systemd, optional or otherwise?

Signal no longer requires phone numbers.

Glad I renewed my FSF membership. Rocking Guix with the herd init system

I’ve had polarized lenses reveal multi colored scan lines between black spaces that can be a tad disorienting

Polarized glasses and a low refresh rate is a recipe for a good beach vomiting

We have both oil and a border that Fentanyl can cross buddy.

We have to be very fucking careful with what we say about our so called allies right now.