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(DIR) Post #B7l80BqLmK0fqeTDYu by kde@floss.social
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Nearly 6 decades later, after much public outcry and campaigning, the British Government issues an official apology then pardon for Turinghttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25495315, followed by the coining of the "Alan Turing law", a law to blanket-pardon all those convicting of homosexuality in the UK.@gnome
(DIR) Post #B7l80CQ9dCeLdhDoMy by kde@floss.social
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Turing was an example of a brilliant mind who helped build an entire scientific and mathematical field - and a warning about how our institutions can abuse and fail the queer community, despite all the progress made in the ensuing decades since Turings death.[EOF]@gnome
(DIR) Post #B7rBOqyCdE8cxggtqS by kde@floss.social
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Clara Barkerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_BarkerDr. Barker is a trans woman, engineer, and material scientist. Clara Barker manages the Centre for Applied Superconductivity within the Materials Department in the University of Oxford. Her current research focuses on creating thin film high temperature superconductors that could be used a resonators for quantum computing devices.@gnome #QueersInFoss
(DIR) Post #B7rBOrCNmVTrffKDwm by kde@floss.social
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Before she came out as Trans, she feared she would be isolated and it would finish her career. However, she was more accepted than anticipated. Unfortunately her experience is not everyone's case in STEM where the lack of role models.@gnome
(DIR) Post #B7rBOrQCx6XWMXnGUq by kde@floss.social
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She works with a youth groups and has helped Oxford City Council run an anti-HBT bullying initiative. She runs several initiatives to support LGBTQA+ visibility and diversity in STEM. In 2018, Baker gave the TEDx talk entitled "Why we need to build trust to create diversity in institutions".@gnome
(DIR) Post #B7rBOslrw3ScY0w4tk by kde@floss.social
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Continuing with what we have informally called our "gayllery", today we move on to actual active KDE and @gnome contributors, starting with...Meet Florian Müllner! (he/him)🏳️🌈 gay GNOME contributor.@fmuellner ...
(DIR) Post #B7rBOszh6eWHEtP7Ro by kde@floss.social
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Florian started contributing around 2009, as he said if his contribution was a person, it would be aproaching voting age right now. He contributes to gnome-shell, but also mutter, gnome-shell-extensions, polari. In addtion, as he has been around for a while, there's the occasional contribution to other bits and pieces around GNOME (GTK, control-center, gnome-settings-daemon, ...).@gnome @fmuellner
(DIR) Post #B7rBOtDWHFZvvls9zs by kde@floss.social
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Florian finds GNOME a great community that welcomed him with open arms (once he dared to make the jump). He found some real friends over time.There is also the mission. Providing a computing platform that is driven by vision and need rather than monetization opportunities and a strive for market domination is as important as it ever was.Last but not least, when GNOME builds an OS "for everyone", that includes him. When GNOME gets better, so does his computing experience.@gnome @fmuellner
(DIR) Post #B7rBOtPvX7VGYFg4Ku by kde@floss.social
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He likes all kinds of physical activity — walking, hiking, riding a bike. During the pandemic, he got hooked on variant sudoku, and it has been part of his daily routine ever since.@gnome @fmuellner [EOF]
(DIR) Post #B7rBOutO34f97uT6tU by kde@floss.social
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Meet Federico Mena Quintero (he/him --- @federicomena ) a bi/pan @gnome developer.
(DIR) Post #B7rBOv5RKGItjI6jgG by kde@floss.social
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He is one of GNOME's founders! 😀 So, he has been around since 1996 or so.@federicomena @gnome
(DIR) Post #B7rBOvF0kfxaCyaNbE by kde@floss.social
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Federico has contributed to a bunch of modules in GNOME - gnome-libs, gnome-panel, GTK, Midnight Commander, gnome-canvas, Evolution, Nautilus. Currently he maintains librsvg.@federicomena @gnome
(DIR) Post #B7rBOvR41rbKoME0O0 by kde@floss.social
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produce software infrastructure for "everyone". In his own words, "It is heartwarming to see this infra get used in countries like mine (Mexico), without having to ask permission or pay megacorps to use their products. And now that we are setting up the infrastructure like Flathub, this should open similar doors to independent app developers."@federicomena @gnome
(DIR) Post #B7rBOveXDmNPU8WlNo by kde@floss.social
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As a hobbie, he does hand-tool woodworking and rides a bike for fun!@federicomena @gnome[EOF]
(DIR) Post #B7rBOvqaUy1A5WAOAa by kde@floss.social
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Meet Sam Hewitt (they/them (preferred) he/him (acceptable)) 🏳️🌈, 💛🤍💜🖤He has been contributing to the design of @gnome for many years, He has left his mark on the user interface, experience, icons, and such of many GNOME modules and websites. He joined in 2013 although he has lost track of when he started being more directly involved with GNOME, as he was floating around other projects. 😅...
(DIR) Post #B7rBOw0rskF0bOybC4 by kde@floss.social
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He finds important to contribute to GNOME and FLOSS. The fact these communities and projects are independent and driven by the people involved drew him to FLOSS, and GNOME. He believes that we, the passionate nerds who make up the community, make the platforms, apps, and software we use better because we want it to be better for ourselves and our peers.@gnome
(DIR) Post #B7rBOwEL4f15HBHMBs by kde@floss.social
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He also thinks FLOSS communities like GNOME, KDE and many others are a vital, moral core in tech space (even more so today). He found them in his formative years and the passion and views of the people in the community he believes did him good and instilled an ethical framework that he has carried ever since, it's important to keep that going and lead by example.@gnome
(DIR) Post #B7rBOwR6JDDzulFY5A by kde@floss.social
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He is an enthusiastic player of community-made Classic DOOM maps, that scene shares a scrappy ethos similar to FLOSS spaces that he appreciates, plus it's fun!@gnome
(DIR) Post #B9P4DC9YjoPUPSIbce by kde@floss.social
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Happy Birthday @gnome ! 🎂 🥳
(DIR) Post #BATDzVsyTjXUX9z1d2 by kde@floss.social
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@gnome Congrats on an awesome release!