54 sats \ 2 replies \ @kepford 24 Oct
My guess is that he's being pressured. Not sure why this would be happening now if it were all just him. Who knows though maybe it is just him.
He mentions sanctions but then also makes it sound like its the right thing to do. I'm not sure what the purpose of this move is other than virtue signaling. Are these maintainers working for the Russian government? Is there concern about malicious intent? Are they advocating for war? Are they openly supporting the current regime? Many of these types of moves seem to me to be virtue signaling on the one hand but also fear of legal action from the US government.
I get it. There is probably a lot of pressure to do this type of thing. Its just a sad state the world is in. I wish I believed the powers that be were interested in resolution and peace. I do not. They seem to want conflict for the sake of profit.
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119 sats \ 1 reply \ @kristapsk 24 Oct
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War
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8 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 24 Oct
Good point
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132 sats \ 5 replies \ @chairman_pretense OP 24 Oct
Anyone been following this story? No love lost for the Russian government, but seems to set a dangerous precedent that Linux is essentially a US controlled project.
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11 sats \ 3 replies \ @kristapsk 24 Oct
It has always been Linus Torvalds controlled project, he has final say on anything.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @guts 24 Oct
No one has a final thing to say if you are under U.S. jurisdiction.
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92 sats \ 1 reply \ @Solomonsatoshi 24 Oct
Russia is a kleptocracy, led by a war criminal, that imprisons or murders any opposition.
Good news that Russians have been removed from Linux devs.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jk_14 24 Oct
so true...
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 24 Oct
Here's what I understand. This is due to the GPL license and the holder being a US entity, The Linux Foundation. Legally they are required to do this.
That said, this is so bad IMO. Just another consequence of evil men using nations like pawns to enrich themselves. These men do not care for the Ukraine people or the Russian people. It's truly evil.
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32 sats \ 12 replies \ @javier 24 Oct
What an idiot.
So all Rusian people are bad, apparently.
Using the same logic, we could say all finlands are drunk idiots, or all americans are woke retarded.
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10 sats \ 11 replies \ @zuspotirko 24 Oct
I think it's more the geographic position. Makes it more likely they are compromised.
Russian people that relocated to free countries are unaffected
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70 sats \ 1 reply \ @javier 24 Oct
So using the same logic, all Americans who are not relocated in other countries are woke retarded?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 24 Oct
That's not the same logic.
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50 sats \ 8 replies \ @guts 24 Oct
And them being compromised by the U.S. makes it better?.
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20 sats \ 7 replies \ @zuspotirko 24 Oct
maintainers in the us are not compromised by an authoritarian state
hope that helps
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22 sats \ 0 replies \ @anon 24 Oct
You really believe that? Or did you forget the /sarc tag?
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40 sats \ 4 replies \ @javier 24 Oct
Really? I consider Joe Biden and Kamala Harris very authoritarian, and they are in several wars right now. And the USA government has killed millions through many wars.
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42 sats \ 3 replies \ @zuspotirko 24 Oct
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5 sats \ 1 reply \ @Solomonsatoshi 24 Oct
well said.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @guts 25 Oct
It's a dumb argument
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @javier 24 Oct
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @guts 25 Oct
US is authoritarian with an elite state.
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10 sats \ 2 replies \ @didiplaywell 24 Oct
I'm so sad Russia is causing so much damage to everyone, specially their own people. I hope the expulsion can be reverted soon as Linus explained.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @guts 24 Oct
Sure let's say is Russia.
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131 sats \ 0 replies \ @didiplaywell 24 Oct
May I have misinterpreted Russia's own claims via it's own official channels but, isn't Russia the one who launched a troglodyte Hitler-style invasion over Ukraine? So far I checked RT and TASS and it's in their very own words and footage that they indeed invaded.
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22 sats \ 0 replies \ @ch0k1 24 Oct
"Free and Open Source Software" my a*s!
After the numerous attacks on free speech now they are targeting open source.
Clowns 🤡
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @anon 24 Oct
If the moral reasoning actually held, anything from the USA and Israel should be sanctioned. I'm not in favor of Putin. He's as bad for freedom as any other world "leader". But to try to single out Russia is really ridiculous. How many foreign military bases for Russia? How many for the USA? How many wars started by the USA? How many people droned out of existence by the USA? Sanctions are an insult to our intelligence.
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0 sats \ 22 replies \ @anon 24 Oct
Torvalds is a rabid VAXXER. I've given up on that man years ago. Being vaxxed with the recent death jabs is bad enough, but it takes a special kind of moron to say things like this : https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linus-Torvalds-Vaccinations
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 24 Oct
Vaccines have saved the lives of literally tens of millions of people.
Just for your edification in case you are actually willing to be educated: mRNA doesn't change your genetic sequence in any way. It is the exact same intermediate - and temporary - kind of material that your cells generate internally all the time as part of your normal cell processes, and all that the mRNA vaccines do is to add a dose their own specialized sequence that then makes your normal cell machinery generate that spike protein so that your body learns how to recognize it.
The half-life of mRNA is a few hours. Any injected mRNA will be all gone from your body in a day or two. It doesn't change anything long-term, except for that natural "your body now knows how to recognize and fight off a new foreign protein" (which then tends to fade over time too, but lasts a lot longer than a few days). And yes, while your body learns to fight off that foreign material, you may feel like shit for a while. That's normal, and it's your natural response to your cells spending resources on learning how to deal with the new threat.
And of the vaccines, the mRNA ones are the most modern, and the most targeted - exactly because they do not need to have any of the other genetic material that you traditionally have in a vaccine (ie no need for basically the whole - if weakened - bacterial or virus genetic material). So the mRNA vaccines actually have less of that foreign material in them than traditional vaccines do. And a lot less than the very real and actual COVID-19 virus that is spreading in your neighborhood.
Honestly, anybody who has told you differently, and who has told you that it changes your genetic material, is simply uneducated. You need to stop believing the anti-vax lies, and you need to start protecting your family and the people around you. Get vaccinated.
I think you are in Germany, and COVID-19 numbers are going down. It's spreading a lot less these days, largely because people around you have started getting the vaccine - about half having gotten their first dose around you, and about a quarter being fully vaccinated. If you and your family are more protected these days, it's because of all those other people who made the right choice, but it's worth noting that as you see the disease numbers go down in your neighborhood, those diminishing numbers are going to predominantly be about people like you and your family.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @anon 24 Oct
Fascinating! I haven't even said anything about genetic changes because of the death jabs. You're wrong of course and, yes, there are risks of genetic changes. But I hadn't said anything about that in my comments.
I see the amount of text you typed in the short interval between your comments. I thought you were just a troll but now I see you're actually a shill with prepared responses. It's like having a conversation with ChatGPT so I'll be stopping this here.
However, for the benefit of the other people reading this, the innocent bystanders, if you're interested in reading more about genetic changes because of the death jabs, I invite you to do research on plasmid DNA and also on transfectase.
By the way, if you don't have as much time as I did for years reading about all this and you want a shortcut, perplexity.ai can be useful. It's free and it gives its internet sources so you can actually continue the research and see if the sources seem credible.
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @Solomonsatoshi 25 Oct
The above is a direct copy and paste from the link you provided! - did you not even read it?
Its what Linus Torvalds wrote not me!
Bot alert!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nym 25 Oct
Yep
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0 sats \ 17 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 24 Oct
Death jabs?
Are you seriously arguing Covid vaccines cost more lives than they saved?
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0 sats \ 16 replies \ @anon 24 Oct
Huh? Obviously. Where have you been?
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0 sats \ 15 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 24 Oct
In New Zealand, mostly, where we got most people vaccinated before allowing Covid to kill them.
How about you?
Have not seen any credible evidence that demonstrates that the vaccines do not save millions more than they kill - do you have some?
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @anon 24 Oct
The death jab pushers are going to have to work much harder because the booster uptake rates show that people have learned their lesson and are not falling for it anymore.
"only 22.5% of adults and 14% of children received the 2023-2024 updated COVID-19 vaccine." : https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/public-health/updated-2024-2025-covid-19-vaccines-who-should-get-them-and-when
People know that people around them are dying and getting sick from the death jabs. They see it. They see the "excess mortality" with their own eyes. The unvaxxed see that they're not dying from the upgraded flu, neither are their friends. If people were dying in droves and the death jabs were actually saving people, they would line up and roll up their sleeves. They don't, even with all the governments, media, medical associations putting the propaganda dial at 11.
It's not working anymore. Try harder!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 24 Oct
So you don't have any evidence that Covid vaccines have killed more people than they saved.
Thanks for confirming that.
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0 sats \ 12 replies \ @jgbtc 25 Oct
The only people I know who ever get covid are vaxxed and boosted. The people I know who aren't, including myself, never get it. How about you? What booster are you on now? Still wearing a mask I assume?
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0 sats \ 11 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 25 Oct
Un-sourced anonymous anecdote is not evidence.
I am vaccinated and have never, to my knowledge, had Covid.
No need to wear a mask (unless you are especially vulnerable as some people are (elderly and/or disabled/immune deficient) through no fault of their own) since community infection levels are now very low and anyway wearing a mask does not reduce your risk of catching Covid substantially but it does reduce the risk of you passing it on to others- your obvious inability to understand basic facts is evident.
Ill-informed conspiracy theory spouters will have definitely caused deaths due to Covid...such reckless nonsense is dangerous and needs to be challenged.
You have failed repeatedly to provide any credible evidence Covid vaccines caused more deaths than they prevented because your claim is pure, disingenuous and dangerous misinformation.
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0 sats \ 10 replies \ @jgbtc 25 Oct
Ooo misinformation huh? Not surprised you're pro censorship too. I really don't care what you think. Your words are meaningless NPC gibberish. Now go get in line for another booster.
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0 sats \ 9 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 25 Oct
Not pro censorship just anti people spouting dangerous deadly misinformation which they cannot back up with any credible evidence.
They need to be challenged and exposed and you have been and will be.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @zarko 24 Oct
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 24 Oct
Been looking into this. It's Biden's executive order 14071 going into effect.
And Linus comments are just virtue signally IMO. They could have done this earlier but chose not to until now. They have to do this or avoid getting attacked by the US in court.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DEADBEEF 24 Oct
It is sad that the issues with the Russian government is turning everything political.
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