If you love #xoxofest I hope you’ll also love indieweb.org
Tomorrow there’s an event in PDX.
events.indieweb.org/2024/08/i…
I also really love omg.lol
I won’t be there sadly.
If you love #xoxofest I hope you’ll also love indieweb.org
Tomorrow there’s an event in PDX.
events.indieweb.org/2024/08/i…
I also really love omg.lol
I won’t be there sadly.
Back at the hotel. I hope to see you all again #xoxofest
Just saw an ad for Jira. How’s everyone else?
Off to a comedy show at a wine bar tonight. First time I’ve ever been given the option to preorder a bottle of wine at my table for the show. Curious how that goes.
Releasing the small bit of PHP I used to show people on my website which train I was taking on my mammoth Amtrak trip.
Code: github.com/mattl/tra…
Trip report: tedium.co/2024/09/1…
#indieweb
Watching Hackers at the movie theater. Preshow is a bunch of stupid fucking AI visuals.
My latest piece for Tedium is up. All about my mammoth journey across the US and back by train.
Thank you to everyone who sent in questions!
Taskmaster New Zealand is on the Taskmaster YouTube channel and it’s wonderful. youtube.com/@taskmast…
Share your Nintendo Switch friend code.
lounge.nintendo.com/friendcod…
See how: indieweb.org/Nintendo_…
Make a llate night version of Chopped where everyone’s worked a full day. Also Ted serves drinks and everyone curses constantly.
SIRE, I AM FROM THE OTHER COUNTRY
We want trans people, and LGBTQ+ people broadly, to feel welcome on Tumblr, in part because we as trans people at Tumblr and Automattic want it to be a space where we ourselves feel included. We want to feel like this is a platform that supports us and fights for our safety. Tumblr is made brighter and more vibrant by your presence, and the LGBTQ+ folks who help run it are fighting all the time for this, for you, internally.
A few days ago, Matt Mullenweg (the CEO of Automattic, Tumblr’s parent company) responded to a user’s ask about an account suspension in a way that negatively affected Tumblr’s LGBTQ+ community. We believe that Matt’s response to this ask and his continued commentary has been unwarranted and harmful. Tumblr staff do not comment on moderation decisions as a matter of policy for a variety of reasons—including the privacy of those involved, and the practicalities of moderating thousands of reports a day. The downside of this policy is that it is very easy for rumors and incorrect information about actions taken by our Trust & Safety team to spread unchecked. Given this, we want to clarify a few different pieces of this situation:
Going forward, Tumblr is taking the following actions:
We’re sorry for how this all transpired, and we’re actively fighting to make our voices heard more and prevent something like this from happening again in the future. We know firsthand that having to deal with situations like this as a Tumblr user is difficult, particularly as a member of an already frequently targeted and harassed community. We know it will take time to regain your trust, and we’re going to put in the work to rebuild it.
We appreciate the space we have been given to express our concerns and dissent, and we are thankful that Matt’s (and Automattic’s) strong commitment to freedom of expression has facilitated it.
We will continue to fight to make Tumblr safe for us all.
— This statement was authored by multiple trans employees of Tumblr and Automattic.