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david celis

@davidcelis@xoxo.zone yesterday

i got the boilerplate response from 1Password. here's my follow-up

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Hello David,

Thank you for reaching out and sharing your questions and concerns about our decision to become a corporate patron of the Omacom Foundation. We value the relationship we have with you, and we want to respond thoughtfully and openly about the purpose of this commitment and how we're approaching it at 1Password.

At 1Password, we support developer and open-source communities because they're an important part of the ecosystem our customers rely on. We have a long history of supporting open source projects, including the Linux, Rails, and Rust Foundations. We chose to support Omarchy because it is a growing Linux environment that developers use and value, and because 1Password already had a meaningful presence in that community.

Contributing to the Omacom Foundation is intended to support hosting infrastructure and provides stable, long-term funding for the upstream open-source projects and maintainers on which Omarchy depends.

We recognize that Omarchy is closely associated with its founder, and that raises questions about what our support means. Our contribution is made to the Omacom Foundation, not to an individual, and is not an endorsement of any individual's personal or political views. 1Password does not endorse hateful, dehumanizing, or exclusionary views.

The patronage is also separate from product decisions. It includes no requirements or guarantees related to product placement, exclusivity, endorsement, or roadmap influence.

We understand that this explanation may not change how you feel about our decision. We take all feedback seriously and share it with the appropriate teams.
Our commitment to the security and privacy of our customers remains unchanged.

We're grateful for the trust you place in 1Password. — Hello David, Thank you for reaching out and sharing your questions and concerns about our decision to become a corporate patron of the Omacom Foundation. We value the relationship we have with you, and we want to respond thoughtfully and openly about the purpose of this commitment and how we're approaching it at 1Password. At 1Password, we support developer and open-source communities because they're an important part of the ecosystem our customers rely on. We have a long history of supporting open source projects, including the Linux, Rails, and Rust Foundations. We chose to support Omarchy because it is a growing Linux environment that developers use and value, and because 1Password already had a meaningful presence in that community. Contributing to the Omacom Foundation is intended to support hosting infrastructure and provides stable, long-term funding for the upstream open-source projects and maintainers on which Omarchy depends. We recognize that Omarchy is closely associated with its founder, and that raises questions about what our support means. Our contribution is made to the Omacom Foundation, not to an individual, and is not an endorsement of any individual's personal or political views. 1Password does not endorse hateful, dehumanizing, or exclusionary views. The patronage is also separate from product decisions. It includes no requirements or guarantees related to product placement, exclusivity, endorsement, or roadmap influence. We understand that this explanation may not change how you feel about our decision. We take all feedback seriously and share it with the appropriate teams. Our commitment to the security and privacy of our customers remains unchanged. We're grateful for the trust you place in 1Password.

While I appreciate getting a response to this, even if it is corporate boilerplate, I am incredibly disappointed in said response. If you actually cared about contributions and funding to upstream projects and components in the Linux ecosystem, you could have simply donated money to any of those upstream projects (such as Arch Linux itself), or even something like OpenCollective, and it would have had much more of an impact. Instead, you chose to commit $300,000 to Omarchy (a glorified set of dotfiles and hyprland configurations that provide nothing of substance back to Linux itself) and become its first corporate sponsor that is not simply one of DHH's other companies. To claim that this decision is because you "support developer and open-source communities" is honestly insulting, given Omarchy's creator DHH is independently wealthy and could easily fund his vanity project himself.

Furthermore, to suggest that Omarchy/Omacom is merely "closely associated" with its founder is simply absurd. Omacom has no published board, no publicly available information about how (or even if) it was incorporated, and the only known member is DHH himself, a darling of the growing fascist movement in the tech industry who has now written racist diatribes calling for ethnic cleansing in Europe multiple times in the last several years. You cannot separate a founder's beliefs from the mission of their foundations or companies, and Omarchy and its foundation provide a new way for him to gain relevance and grow his platform, something that can only lead to the spread of more hatred. Your donation fuels this and has permanently damaged your company's reputation.

As for the waning trust I placed in 1Password, there's no longer anything for you to be grateful for: it has now completely evaporated, I will continue to evaluate alternatives for an export of my 1Password account before my next billing cycle, and I will be recommending that every person I know to do the same for their personal and corporate accounts. — While I appreciate getting a response to this, even if it is corporate boilerplate, I am incredibly disappointed in said response. If you actually cared about contributions and funding to upstream projects and components in the Linux ecosystem, you could have simply donated money to any of those upstream projects (such as Arch Linux itself), or even something like OpenCollective, and it would have had much more of an impact. Instead, you chose to commit $300,000 to Omarchy (a glorified set of dotfiles and hyprland configurations that provide nothing of substance back to Linux itself) and become its first corporate sponsor that is not simply one of DHH's other companies. To claim that this decision is because you "support developer and open-source communities" is honestly insulting, given Omarchy's creator DHH is independently wealthy and could easily fund his vanity project himself. Furthermore, to suggest that Omarchy/Omacom is merely "closely associated" with its founder is simply absurd. Omacom has no published board, no publicly available information about how (or even if) it was incorporated, and the only known member is DHH himself, a darling of the growing fascist movement in the tech industry who has now written racist diatribes calling for ethnic cleansing in Europe multiple times in the last several years. You cannot separate a founder's beliefs from the mission of their foundations or companies, and Omarchy and its foundation provide a new way for him to gain relevance and grow his platform, something that can only lead to the spread of more hatred. Your donation fuels this and has permanently damaged your company's reputation. As for the waning trust I placed in 1Password, there's no longer anything for you to be grateful for: it has now completely evaporated, I will continue to evaluate alternatives for an export of my 1Password account before my next billing cycle, and I will be recommending that every person I know to do the same for their personal and corporate accounts.

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Brooke Vibber :mediawiki:

@bvibber@wikis.world 2 hr. ago

> More than 200 staffers at the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit behind the encyclopedia Wikipedia, have voted 158-14 to join the Communication Workers of America labor union.

https://www.wired.com/story/wikipedia-workers-vote-on-whether-to-unionize/

WIRED

Wikipedia Workers Unionize for the First Time

More than 200 people in roles such as engineering, finance, and communications will now be represented by the Communication Workers of America.

LibreOffice

@libreoffice@fosstodon.org 11 hr. ago

Yes, no (built-in) AI is now a feature

https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09/03/yes-no-ai-is-now-a-feature/

#LibreOffice #Technology

Banner saying that LibreOffice is the private office suite with no forced AI

Mini24 | AI 工具实测

@mini24@mastodon.social 25 sec. ago

商业模型对训练数据的态度最能暴露它：开源项目把 no AI 当卖点（LibreOffice 这周刚做了），闭源平台把用户生成内容直接当自助餐（这条 Amazon/Twitch）。一条线划在「我不放 AI 进去」，另一条划在「用户产了什么我就拿什么」。这两件事在同一周发生，挺说明问题。

Yoko's Asterisk 🏳️‍⚧

@charliejane@wandering.shop 39 sec. ago

Quick reminder: if you wanna read STAR TREK: ZERO POINT, my comic about Captain Raffi Musiker and her first officer D'Vana Tendi dealing with possible future threats to the galaxy, you gotta tell your local comic book store by Monday so they'll reserve a copy for you

https://comiclegion.com/pages/what-is-foc-final-order-cuttoff

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Alex Akselrod boosted

Unicorn Riot

@UnicornRiot@mastodon.social 5 hr. ago

Homeland Security Investigations used Clearview AI to search for Isaac Sant, one of the Minnesota 15 defendants.

The system produced a false match, linking Facebook photos of another man, his wife and their family to the defendant's HSI dossier.

“If you ask me, I think this whole indictment was written by AI and the whole thing’s going to get thrown out.” - Isaac Sant, one of the MN15 accused of conspiring against the U.S.

Full story: https://unicornriot.ninja/2026/dhs-facial-recognition-software-used-against-minnesota-15/

Screenshot of the Clearview AI face search results of MN15 defendant Isaac Sant and linking him to an unrelated person that is not Sant. Image from page 8 of 8, document 212-29 of the exhibits from a motion of discovery by Sant’s legal team.

Read full story: https://unicornriot.ninja/2026/dhs-facial-recognition-software-used-against-minnesota-15/ — Screenshot of the Clearview AI face search results of MN15 defendant Isaac Sant and linking him to an unrelated person that is not Sant. Image from page 8 of 8, document 212-29 of the exhibits from a motion of discovery by Sant’s legal team. Read full story: https://unicornriot.ninja/2026/dhs-facial-recognition-software-used-against-minnesota-15/

UNICORN RIOT

DHS Facial Recognition Software Used Against Minnesota 15 - UNICORN RIOT

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has deployed an aggressive facial recognition apparatus for monitoring and tracking domestic political dissidents, raising questions about why an agency created after 9/11 to fight the global war on terrorism is now maintaining centralized dossiers on ordinary American protesters.

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Nowhere Girl

@gwynnion@mastodon.social 3 hr. ago

"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday that it had suspended diagnostic testing for a slew of viruses, including for rabies and a group of pox viruses that encompasses smallpox and mpox."

Oh.

https://newrepublic.com/post/208500/cdc-pause-rabies-smallpox-testing-robert-f-kennedy-jr

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Low Quality Facts boosted

Low Quality Facts

@lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social 5 hr. ago

Tonight's Low Quality Ad is for this Stairway of Souls Blanket. Based on this, the first thing I will do once I reach the afterlife is ask which way to the Elevator of Souls.
https://collabs.shop/q6auuo

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Grassroots Joe

@joeinwynnewood@mstdn.social 1 hr. ago

@msbellows @Beachbum @Pyrrhlin @heidilifeldman @mjd

PS Getting as many of our Voters as possible to vote as early as possible is really important.

Heidi Li Feldman

@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social 2 min. ago

@joeinwynnewood Graphic we are using online and for posters here in New Mexico. @msbellows @Beachbum @Pyrrhlin @mjd

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chris@strafpla.net

@chris@mstdn.strafpla.net 3 days ago

@cstross It also shows what infrastructure is necessary for war and destruction and what infrastructure is necessary for peace and civilization.

Matt Blaze boosted

Matt Blaze

@mattblaze@federate.social 3 hr. ago

Anyway, if you want to *become* a real expert on election systems, I know of no better way to start than to sign up to be a poll worker with your local elections office. They need the help and you'll learn a ton!

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Dare Obasanjo

@carnage4life@mas.to 25 min. ago

Wild that we’re living through both Black Mirror and Idiocracy simultaneously.

Matt Blaze boosted

Matt Blaze

@mattblaze@federate.social 3 hr. ago

It's especially rewarding when I spend time carefully answering someone's election systems question and they respond with "well, maybe, but I'd rather hear from a *real* expert."

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Matt Blaze

@mattblaze@federate.social 3 hr. ago

Once again, I'm reminded of how much less well I understand election systems than someone who just spent 15 minutes with a search engine.

Billy Smith boosted

Charlie Stross

@cstross@wandering.shop 3 days ago

It says it all about the ethical values of the combatants in the Ukraine war that Ukraine is striking oil refineries while Russia is attacking libraries and publishers.

Ars Technica

@arstechnica@mastodon.social 7 hr. ago

US senator calls on the NSA to give guidance for use of VPNs

Open source, commercial, single-hop, multi-hop, mixnet? The array of options is dizzying.
https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/09/us-senator-calls-on-the-nsa-to-give-guidance-for-use-of-vpns/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Ars Technica

US senator calls on the NSA to give guidance for use of VPNs

Open source, commercial, single-hop, multi-hop, mixnet? The array of options is dizzying.

AlexanderMars

@AlexanderMars@mastodon.social 3 min. ago

@arstechnica the logic of asking the NSA to recommend a VPN is straight outta the Princess Bride's "battle of wits" scene. Begs the question, who's Vizzini and who's the Dread Pirate Roberts in this scenario, and which goblet will you drink out of?

The Walking Bread

@TheBreadmonkey@beige.party 7 hr. ago

I'm terribly sorry that I've not done a please follow post for so long. I've been in prison for crimes. It is not my fault. However I'm afraid I am going to once again direct your attentions to @Liffonmelsmork who I really do feel should be required reading for all human beings and even some who aren't. Maybe owls and bears. The humans of the animal world. ❤️

Chris “No Nickname” Vreeland

@Devils_Rancher@beige.party 4 min. ago

@TheBreadmonkey @Liffonmelsmork Beige Banjo Badass- that’s a trifecta right there.

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Jeffy 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦 ❤️🇱🇺

@godofbiscuits@sfba.social 5 min. ago

33 Democrats in the House voted that supporting #Israel is a more powerful idea than the #FirstAmendment.

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David M. Kelly

@David_Kelly_SF@mstdn.ca 3 days ago

New free tool: QuickWrite — a simple WYSIWYG text editor for Android, built for writing fiction on the go. Bold, italic, font size, indents, saves straight to RTF. No Play Store listing, no account, no subscription. Just download the APK and use it.

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