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1. Jeff Cliff (jeffcliff@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 24-May-2023 02:45:27 JST Jeff Cliff
   The two choices for FSF board are
   
   * John Gilmore ( https://www.theregister.com/2021/10/25/john_gilmore_removed_from_eff_board/ )
   * Christina Haralanova
   
   I wonder what Christina Haralanova's take on RMS is. Or Gilmore's for that matter. Or github. Or AI.
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   • Jezza™@threads.com (Official) (jeremiah@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Wednesday, 24-May-2023 02:45:26 JST Jezza™@threads.com (Official)

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     @jeffcliff Gilmore has historically been a good libertarian, one of the original Cypherpunks. Extremely safe bet that he's at least RMS-compatible. He's a veteran with a golden CV vs. FSF's (stated and traditional) values.

     Christina is a feminist.

   • Jezza™@threads.com (Official) (jeremiah@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Wednesday, 24-May-2023 02:45:38 JST Jezza™@threads.com (Official)

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     @jeffcliff that's kind of the point. She has nothing to show for a leadership position except her commitment to vaginaism. This is not a relevant qualification. The rest -- including her "activism" amounts to, at absolute generous best, second place to Gilmore.

     The only arguments in favor of her have to step outside of merit and enter the realm of equity and quota nonsense to trump Gilmore.

   • Jeff Cliff (jeffcliff@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 24-May-2023 02:45:39 JST Jeff Cliff

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     • Jezza™@threads.com (Official)
     I know it looks bad, but I don't want to judge Christina without more than that. The only google results for her are her keynoting two separate conferences with RMS.
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   • Machismo (zerglingman@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 24-May-2023 02:46:47 JST Machismo

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     • Jezza™@threads.com (Official)
     @jeffcliff @jeremiah Women's entire vocabulary developed around scolding children. Any position of power held by a woman inevitably devolves into scolding.
   • Jeff Cliff (jeffcliff@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 24-May-2023 02:46:48 JST Jeff Cliff

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     • Jezza™@threads.com (Official)
     There is less of a risk if we don't include any women (it was originally mostly male and that's OK) but it *would* be a major coup if we could gain traction among women
   • Jeff Cliff (jeffcliff@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 24-May-2023 02:46:49 JST Jeff Cliff

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     • Jezza™@threads.com (Official)
     I'll add an argument to that: She's young, and bringing more people into the fold to the inner workings can be a good way to get them and a broader community of people younger than 50 engaged with the FSF
     
     ....but this is more an argument for inclusion within the FSF generally and not the board, and the "feminist" aspect certainly balances it out.
   • Jezza™@threads.com (Official) (jeremiah@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Wednesday, 24-May-2023 02:46:49 JST Jezza™@threads.com (Official)

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     @jeffcliff Oh wow totally! Before I contribute to the FSF, I want to see a list of the ages and genders of everyone on the board... to make sure most of them look like me, and are of my age cohort.

     I certainly follow feminist activists to whatever they engage with... that's really the strength of the open source community, and the assurance of its future.

   • Jeff Cliff (jeffcliff@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 24-May-2023 02:46:49 JST Jeff Cliff

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     • Jezza™@threads.com (Official)
     There is a risk to the free software community if it greys too much. We need to somehow bring in the next generation or the FSF will die shortly after we do.
   • Jeff Cliff (jeffcliff@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 24-May-2023 02:50:33 JST Jeff Cliff

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     • Machismo
     • Jezza™@threads.com (Official)
     This is false, most women around me speak english
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   • Machismo (zerglingman@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 24-May-2023 02:51:44 JST Machismo

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     • Jezza™@threads.com (Official)
     @jeffcliff @jeremiah And you slurp up vaxx propaganda. Case-in-point. 🤷
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   • Jeff Cliff (jeffcliff@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 24-May-2023 02:55:44 JST Jeff Cliff

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     • Machismo
     • Jezza™@threads.com (Official)
     I slurp up lots of data. I'm now following over 70,000 people/accounts/news sources/websites/etc.
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   • Jezza™@threads.com (Official) (jeremiah@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Wednesday, 24-May-2023 03:23:03 JST Jezza™@threads.com (Official)

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     • Machismo

     @jeffcliff @Zerglingman pretty soon, ChatJFC will wake.

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   • Machismo (zerglingman@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 24-May-2023 03:23:15 JST Machismo

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     • Jezza™@threads.com (Official)
     @jeremiah @jeffcliff jeffbooks?
   • Jeff Cliff (jeffcliff@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 24-May-2023 03:44:38 JST Jeff Cliff

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     • Machismo
     • Jezza™@threads.com (Official)
     That existed for awhile
     
     https://twitter.com/jeff_ebooks
     https://twitter.com/fej_ebooks
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