Finally did my end of year donation spree today. This time of year there's often matching campaigns or the like.
I know it's been a rough year for many and being able to donate to things is a privilege. If you can't donate to causes, just try and be kind.
I'm gonna highlight some of the groups/causes I donated to in this thread. Perhaps it will inspire others.
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Sometimes when people ask me how I perceive myself as an autistic person who can’t see images in my head, the best way I can describe it is.. I feel like Krang.
I feel like I am a brain, just floating around in space, badly controlling this body that is attached poorly to me.
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I’m happy to announce the 12th annual Holiday season Conversations giveaway. 🎄☃️
The federated instant messaging client is now available for free on Google Play until New Year’s Eve. 🧨🎆
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays. Enjoy #39C3.
play.google.com/store/apps/det…
#XMPP #Jabber #Conversations_im #DigitalSovereignty #Fediverse
Federated instant messaging for your mobile device (Jabber, XMPP, Snikket)play.google.com
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Do you know the true story of John Mastodon?
He’s the one who took the corporate socials on.
He gave his code to everyone, for any platform you might run.
John Mastodon (ft. Andre Louis [@Onj])
~ #Dgar
dgar.bandcamp.com/track/john-m…
Grab your free copy:
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Eh, pls #boost my request to #getfedihired, if you could spare two clicks? 🥺
I've been humming and hawing about posting this, it feels strange, something about generational guilt & working class shame & ... but it's either this or start putting my CV through LLMs to include every buzzword on the listing I'm applying to. I haven't been able to stomach that, even though I presume that's a lot of my competition.
I simply can't get to an interview. Historically, I've done three interviews and got the job each time, because I'm a real human being who is friendly and chatty and presents himself sincerely (or, that's my guess, anyway).
#Christmas miracles appreciated!
In #Ireland with my partner, but we've lived in different places and would move happily. I've a year experience doing an IT support role the last year, but have transitioned to this stuff later than usual.
Before I've done: bartender; bicycle courier for Deliveroo in #Berlin for two years (best job ever); private tutor for five years in #Lyon (mostly piano but also maths, Irish, English, flute, tin whistle); bookies clerk for a short period; a few other odd bits - one highlight was writing reviews for a theatre company.
Oh, very comfortably fluent in #French, pretty fluent in #Irish (my first love), and intermediate #German (which I would love to have a chance to go back speaking and learning).
Tech-wise, it's been mostly on the #Linux / #Emacs / #Lisp side of things. I would happily work on anything that is one or more of challenging, interesting, useful, or moral.
Money doesn't rule me. I want to live with a humane level of comfort, that's all.
CVs and references available, DMs open. Thanks so much for any and all help!
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"Win32 is the stable Linux ABI" is, incredibly, a concept that predates both Win32 and Linux
Announcing the release of iceoryx2 version 0.8.0Christian Eltzschig (ekxide)
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in reply to nirik • • •I donated to #eff as I think they do great work trying keep our internet free. They also have nice things like privacybadger extension. Check them out. They do hope to unlock matching funds if they get enough members before the year ends.
supporters.eff.org/donate/year…
Stand Together to Protect Democracy
Electronic Frontier Foundationnirik
in reply to nirik • • •I donated to @conservancy
I think they also do important work supporting lots of free software projects, managing legal waters and supporting software freedom. They are also fighting the good fight to make sure the GPL is actually enforceable.
They do have a match in effect now until jan 15th.
sfconservancy.org/sustainer/
Support Conservancy!
Software Freedom Conservancynirik
in reply to nirik • • •I also this year donated to the internet archive. I think people tend to just take them for granted, that they will always be there archiving our internet history, but if we don't support them, they won't be. ;(
They provide the wayback machine, sooo many old archives of things (recently I found all the old dragon magazines are available there).
archive.org/donate
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
archive.orgnirik
in reply to nirik • • •I gave to #propublica
The media in my country is poor and getting worse. propublica has been doing actual news reporting, things that no one else is willing to do and speaking truth to power.
give.propublica.org/campaign/7…
Donate to ProPublica
give.propublica.orgnirik
in reply to nirik • • •Finally some local places to me:
Heartland Humane. The local no kill animal shelter. This is a vital local service. heartlandhumane.org/
Philomath community food bank. With all
(gestures) "this", people are depending on food banks more than ever. philomathcommunityservices.org…
Heartland Humane Society | Compassionate Animal Care Since 1966
Heartland Humane Societynirik
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in reply to nirik • • •Finally finally. 😄 I have some monthly donations (patreon, librepay, etc).
Two I would like to shout out:
Friends of #gnome Started a monthly bit to help them out. I use gnome all the time and it's gotten so great:
blogs.gnome.org/foundation/202…
and #techdirt They do a great job reporting on legal / free speach / tech intersections. See techdirt.com/2025/03/04/why-te…
Join Friends of GNOME
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