The Verge has an interesting article about Tim Cook (Apple CEO) coming out [1]. Tim says “if hearing that the CEO of Apple is gay can help someone struggling to come to terms with who he or she is, or bring comfort to anyone who feels alone, or inspire people to insist on their equality, then it’s worth the trade-off with my own privacy”.
George Monbiot wrote an insightful article for The Guardian about the way that double-speak facilitates killing people [3]. He is correct that the media should hold government accountable for such use of language instead of perpetuating it.
Dr Nerdlove wrote an interesting article about Gamergate as the “extinction burst” of “gamer culture” [5], we can only hope.
Shweta Narayan wrote an insightful article about Category Structure and Oppression [6]. I can’t summarise it because it’s a complex concept, read the article.
Some Debian users who don’t like Systemd have started a “Debian Fork” project [7], which so far just has a web site and nothing else. I expect that they will never write any code. But it would be good if they did, they would learn about how an OS works and maybe they wouldn’t disagree so much with the people who have experience in developing system software.
A GamerGate terrorist in Utah forces Anita Sarkeesian to cancel a lecture [8]. I expect that the reaction will be different when (not if) an Islamic group tries to get a lecture cancelled in a similar manner.
Katie McDonough wrote an interesting article for Salon about Ed Champion and what to do about men who abuse women [10]. It’s worth reading that while thinking about the FOSS community…
- [1] http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/30/7130899/tim-cook-proud-to-be-gay
- [2] http://graydon2.dreamwidth.org/193575.html
- [3] http://tinyurl.com/nretmhm
- [4] http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/on-jian-ghomeshi-and-the-presumption-of-innocence-830
- [5] http://www.doctornerdlove.com/2014/08/the-extinction-burst-of-gaming-culture/
- [6] http://shweta-narayan.livejournal.com/204154.html
- [7] http://debianfork.org/
- [8] http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/14/6978809/utah-state-university-receives-shooting-threat-for-anita-sarkeesian-visit
- [9] http://modelviewculture.com/pieces/autistics-in-the-silicon-valley-2
- [10] http://tinyurl.com/o6d8yu8
You should take a look at this: http://gamergate.me/2014/10/notyourshield-uprising/ before you make up your mind on the issue and start using strong words like “terrorist”.
Anon: I already knew that people associated with Gamergate have mental health problems, but thanks for the evidence.
Threatening to kill innocent people to advance a political cause is the most generally accepted definition of “terrorism”. Sure it’s a strong word, but nothing less will do when discussing such people.
Gamergate supporters are criminals. We need more work by law enforcement to deal with them.
There is absolutely 0 evidence that the threats where sent by gamergate supporters.
I don’t have mental health issues, I am not a criminal, I sent no threats, I support ethics in journalism. I support gamergate.
I don’t know here you get your info on the issue, but it sure isn’t an unbiased source.
Your side, as you so clearly prove is not keen on facts but very eager to attack, call names, etc.
Anyway, just look into notyourshield, feminist women support gamergate and so on.
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/09/new-chat-logs-show-how-4chan-users-pushed-gamergate-into-the-national-spotlight/
Interesting article about gamergate and the sockpuppet accounts used for it. Notyourshield is an astroturf campaign.