Google AI Studio is now sponsoring Tailwind CSS

https://twitter.com/OfficialLoganK/status/2009339263251566902

#HackerNews #GoogleAI #TailwindCSS #Sponsorship #TechNews #WebDevelopment

Someone kindly reached out to ask if I would consider speaking about Gaza Verified (https://gaza-verified.org/) at the Social Web Devroom being organised by the Social Web Foundation at FOSDEM.

My answer is no.

And I feel it’s important for those of us who care about such things to understand why:

• Social Web Foundation (https://socialwebfoundation.org) partners with, and thereby whitewashes and legitimises Meta

• FOSDEM (https://fosdem.org/2026) allows itself to be sponsored by, and thereby whitewashes and legitimises, Google and IBM (Red Hat)

Meta and Google are both surveillance capitalists with strong ties to the Trump regime that is arming and financing Israel’s genocide in Gaza. IBM, apart from having helped Nazi Germany carry out the Holocaust, is also singled out by name, alongside Google (Alphabet, Inc.), as complicit in Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people (‪https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/1/un-report-lists-companies-complicit-in-israels-genocide-who-are-they).

It shouldn’t be hard for organisations that purport to be alternatives to toxic Big Tech to not be sponsored and affiliated with them. But apparently it is.

Personally, I have no trouble saying no to having my name and legitimacy being used to whitewash these corporations and I have been doing so since the beginning.

• ‪ https://ar.al/2019/01/11/i-was-wrong-about-google-and-facebook-theres-nothing-wrong-with-them-so-say-we-all/

• ‪ https://ar.al/notes/rightscon-or-a-right-con/

I will not stand – literally or metaphorically – in front of their banners and talk about an initiative that tries to help the very people victimised by these corporations in their sociopathic quest for profit at any cost.

I hope more people start doing the same if we are to have any chance of making these corporations with their toxic business models and their complicity in genocide socially unacceptable. If we cannot even meet that already-very-low bar – as long as those of us with legitimacy allow ourselves to be used to normalise them – nothing will change.

#FOSDEM #SocialWebFoundation #BigTech #sponsorship #whitewashing #legitimisation #institutionalCorruption #israel #genocide #Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerified

Framework Computer Now Sponsoring LVFS / Fwupd Development

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Framework-Sponsoring-LVFS

#HackerNews #Framework #Computer #Sponsorship #LVFS #Fwupd #Development #OpenSource #Technology

Someone kindly reached out to ask if I would consider speaking about Gaza Verified (https://gaza-verified.org/) at the Social Web Devroom being organised by the Social Web Foundation at FOSDEM.

My answer is no.

And I feel it’s important for those of us who care about such things to understand why:

• Social Web Foundation (https://socialwebfoundation.org) partners with, and thereby whitewashes and legitimises Meta

• FOSDEM (https://fosdem.org/2026) allows itself to be sponsored by, and thereby whitewashes and legitimises, Google and IBM (Red Hat)

Meta and Google are both surveillance capitalists with strong ties to the Trump regime that is arming and financing Israel’s genocide in Gaza. IBM, apart from having helped Nazi Germany carry out the Holocaust, is also singled out by name, alongside Google (Alphabet, Inc.), as complicit in Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people (‪https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/1/un-report-lists-companies-complicit-in-israels-genocide-who-are-they).

It shouldn’t be hard for organisations that purport to be alternatives to toxic Big Tech to not be sponsored and affiliated with them. But apparently it is.

Personally, I have no trouble saying no to having my name and legitimacy being used to whitewash these corporations and I have been doing so since the beginning.

• ‪ https://ar.al/2019/01/11/i-was-wrong-about-google-and-facebook-theres-nothing-wrong-with-them-so-say-we-all/

• ‪ https://ar.al/notes/rightscon-or-a-right-con/

I will not stand – literally or metaphorically – in front of their banners and talk about an initiative that tries to help the very people victimised by these corporations in their sociopathic quest for profit at any cost.

I hope more people start doing the same if we are to have any chance of making these corporations with their toxic business models and their complicity in genocide socially unacceptable. If we cannot even meet that already-very-low bar – as long as those of us with legitimacy allow ourselves to be used to normalise them – nothing will change.

#FOSDEM #SocialWebFoundation #BigTech #sponsorship #whitewashing #legitimisation #institutionalCorruption #israel #genocide #Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerified

For over 15 years, I've been immersed in the world of podcasting, hosting various shows. My recent projects, Digital Marketing Dive and Entrepreneur's Enigma, are part of the Marketing Podcast Network alongside 75 other fantastic shows on digital marketing. 🎙️

Exciting news - we are on the lookout for sponsors! If you're keen on collaborating, drop me a message, and I'll share our media kit with you. Let's create something amazing together! ✨ #podcasting #sponsorship

GitHub and Homebrew both make it way harder than it needs to be to distribute releases from private repositories

God forbid a developer try to sustain themselves financially

I figured it out (with examples!) so you don't have to

https://lgug2z.com/articles/using-homebrew-to-distribute-early-access-binaries-from-private-github-repositories/

#github #homebrew #macos #sponsorship

GitHub and Homebrew both make it way harder than it needs to be to distribute releases from private repositories

God forbid a developer try to sustain themselves financially

I figured it out (with examples!) so you don't have to

https://lgug2z.com/articles/using-homebrew-to-distribute-early-access-binaries-from-private-github-repositories/

#github #homebrew #macos #sponsorship

Hey everyone,

Nadeen and her sister need your help to continue their education in Gaza.

They need to raise ~$2,500.

Would any of you consider taking up this cause and helping them to fundraise? Or sponsor their education?

Please share + thank you 💕

#Gaza #education #dentistry #Palestine #academia #mutualAid #sponsorship #fediAid https://mastodon.social/@Dr_Nadeen98/115345153222650606

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has bought Japan National Stadium naming rights for five years, with the financial services company seeing opportunity in the investment. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/15/more-sports/mufg-national-stadium/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #nationalstadium #tokyo #2020tokyoolympics #mufg #banks #sponsorship #advertising

Hey everyone,

Nadeen and her sister need your help to continue their education in Gaza.

They need to raise ~$2,500.

Would any of you consider taking up this cause and helping them to fundraise? Or sponsor their education?

Please share + thank you 💕

#Gaza #education #dentistry #Palestine #academia #mutualAid #sponsorship #fediAid https://mastodon.social/@Dr_Nadeen98/115345153222650606

For those interested in supporting #Fedify's development, we do have an Open Collective page where community #sponsorship is welcome.

Even small contributions help sustain development and show there's interest in open source #ActivityPub tools. Thanks to our existing sponsors who've already been helping move the project forward!

The goal remains the same: make building federated applications more accessible to developers so the #fediverse can continue to grow and thrive.