[NTLUG:Discuss] age verification in systemd

[Thomas Cameron]

On 3/24/26 11:00 AM, Kyle Daniel wrote:
> Whoa…who is this? What did they do?
> 
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 10:24 AM Thomas Cameron <
> thomas.cameron at camerontech.com> wrote:
>> Amen, brother. I have met Lunduke several times, and have been genuinely
>> saddened to see his descent into... whatever the hell is going on with him.
>>
>> Seeing him come out as a right wing, racist, red-pilled woman-hater is
>> heartbreaking... and disgusting.
 From Gemini AI:

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"Bryan Lunduke is a prominent independent technology journalist, 
software developer, and commentator known for his long-standing focus on 
the Linux and open-source ecosystems. He currently operates The Lunduke 
Journal of Technology, a subscriber-supported platform that positions 
itself as an "independent, big tech-free, and non-woke" source for tech 
news."
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If you look at his substack (I don't recommend it, don't reward his 
spew), he has tons of articles decrying "woke" people, and tons of 
"white men are being persecuted" garbage. I used to love his "Linux 
sucks" series, because he used humor to point out how Linux needs to 
improve.

But he's descended into the whole red-pill manosphere and spewing 
anti-DEI racism and anti-women and anti-LGBT garbage. The Open Source 
community already has a hard time bringing in women, minorities, and 
LGBT folks. IMHO, we're supposed to be open, welcoming, and inclusive. I 
know some folks disagree with me, and that's fine, they're wrong. ;-)

He also posted some really offensive screeds and wound up getting them 
removed from social media, which of course, triggered the whole 
"conservatives are getting censored" line of crap. He's misgendered and 
deadnamed trans folks in F/OSS community, and he faded a lot of heat 
about that, for good reason.

He's been kicked from a number of communities for his political spew. He 
claims that he is just trying to get folks to keep politics and 
technology separate, but the reality is that tech is political, so 
that's nonsense. He just spews right wing talking points and tries to 
dominate conversations by injecting offensive statements to derail the 
conversation.

At least, that's what I've observed. I used to really enjoy his talks. I 
pretty much just roll my eyes when I see his name now.

-- 
Thomas