many of you have seen me speak out against Thiel companies participating in Rust and NixOS development, but I don't think I ever clearly said why
as anyone who has opened and read my bio will know, I'm fine with the existence and use of weapons. no, what I have the problem with is imperialism; and Palantir and Andruil, and their acceptance, is currently the means by which it's capturing our communities
I would say that I have a dream about open-source work bringing people together across borders and regardless of nationality, except that I don't, because I do open-source work
it's not a dream. it's a statement of intent, achieved by force if necessary.
a threat, if you will: lie in bed with Thiel or his ilk, and this will happen to you, too
if you build useful tools, it is inevitable that they will be used as tools of war. I don't know of any specific instance, but I would be extremely surprised if none of my work ever was; in any case it's a question of when, not if
so when that happens, what will you do? i don't think this particular corner of the craft collectively has an answer to this question, but i know what mine is, right now at least.
✧✦Catherine✦✧
madison taylor