Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://101010.pl/@centopus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>centopus</span></a></span> personally, I see <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/@AsahiLinux" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AsahiLinux</span></a></span> as a <em>"canary"</em> project in that regard.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.lfx.dev/@linuxfoundation" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>linuxfoundation</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.kernel.org/users/torvalds" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>torvalds</span></a></span> need to enshure that toxicity and neighsayers are toned down way harder, cuz bullying people like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/marcan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marcan</span></a> into <a href="https://marcan.st/2025/02/resigning-as-asahi-linux-project-lead/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">quitting</a> isn't gonna help anyone and will only damage <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> by making it look like the <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Neckbeard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neckbeard</span></a>"</em> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechBro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBro</span></a> shitshow that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Lunduke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lunduke</span></a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2SKenHRhM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RMS et. al.</a> stan <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhqeuO9RKKk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">for</a>...</p><ul><li>I literally know a shitload of trans, non-binary or just non-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WHCM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WHCM</span></a> [white hetero/cis (binary) male] persons who refuse to even consider upstreaming or contributing to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GNU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GNU</span></a> or any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FLOSS</span></a> projects <em>at all</em> due to the sheer <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/toxicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxicity</span></a> observed externally.</li></ul><p>And that <em>is</em> a problem even if we don't care about <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/inclusiom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusiom</span></a> but merely the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/survival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>survival</span></a> of said <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> projects!</p><ul><li>Cuz why would I (or anyone else) want to work with/on/for a company/project that'll get me (<em>deservedly [!!!]</em>) side-eyed at best if not unfriended by the few people I care about personally?</li></ul>