GlyphDec 2
Jeff Geerling, the affable and adorkable raspberry pi guy, was a misogynistic forced-birth tradcath extremist from at least 2009 to 2013, and as far as I know, still is today. Do not link to him and do not support his work. This is a matter of record on his own website: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/tags/abortion
abortion | Jeff Geerling

Show threadJohnDec 2

@glyph On the one hand, fucking milkshake duck, on the other I always feel a bit iffy around people who feel very performative "friendly geek dad", since that's the public face of 'controlling creepy dad'.

Not always! Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, so I would never _assume_ the iffy vibe has any substance without something more. But still, it was there.

Show threadLaurent Bercot
@semanticist @glyph I feel iffy around performative people no matter what the performance is. Oftentimes the performance is harmless and only stems from insecurity. Sometimes, unfortunately, it's more serious.
Dec 2 at 8:56amWeb
Show threadJohnDec 2
@ska @glyph I dunno, I think there's a lot of reasons to do something in a performative way that aren't negative at all. @glyph mentioned making a show of being a "safe person" to help people feel at ease. Being performatively queer can be important to show that you're safe around other queer people or in queer spaces, etc, etc. Very few people are going around out in the world without some sort of social performance.