Post by @Gina@fosstodon.org

2026-10-20 21:52 UTC

We had an inclusive coalition of organisations willing to sponsor speakers, we were designing cool "not a techbro" stickers, and just lots of cool ideas to platform #FOSS people we generally don't see at #FOSDEM. At a time where female representation in #opensource is at 9.8% (let alone any other intersectionalities), tech bro culture is infiltrating open source projects, and marginalized communities increasingly rely on these FOSS alternatives, we thought this track would be a no brainer.

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@Gina@fosstodon.org 2026-10-20 22:06

Also, considering some of our more corporate organizers, I quote from our proposal: ✨️ [This track] is not an advertising podium for large organisations or businesses. Talks should come from lived experience in real communities. ✨️

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@20002ist@thepit.social 2026-10-20 22:07

@Gina@fosstodon.org Like “sanction” and “let,” “no-brainer” has two equal and opposite meanings.

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@bituur_esztreym@pouet.chapril.org 2026-10-20 22:42

@Gina@fosstodon.org yes, upsetting and a bit disheartening to say the least. worst: not that surprising that's why there has been initiatives like OFFDEM (since 2019) https://oxygen.offdem.net/pub/offdem-ourstory - https://oxygen.offdem.net/pub/why-offdem @anna@friend.camp shared her experience of FOSDEM24 here, interesting on inclusivity etc. https://notapplicable.dev/make-room/ (i'd like to reencounter another text of hers but couldn't find it yet) and there's this post on 25 edition and Dorsey (cancelled) presence's blunder (let's say so) : https://www.onepict.com/20250119-cobbles.html

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@janl@narrativ.es 2026-10-21 05:36

@Gina@fosstodon.org *such* a no brainer. The no brainer of all no brainers.

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