[NTLUG:Discuss] age verification in systemd

[David Good]

Uh , no . The "he's anti-whatever" nonsense is just sloganeering designed
at character assassination . He never "spews hate" or anything like that .
This is truly a Rorschach test for the listener / viewer . You are free not
to agree with him , but don't misrepresent him and pretend to be morally
superior .

--David

On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 11:24 AM Thomas Cameron <
thomas.cameron at camerontech.com> wrote:

> 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:
>
> -----------------------------
> "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."
> -----------------------------
>
> 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
>
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