@rms

From https://stallman.org/talks.html :

Time: Wednesday, April 17th, 16H00 for 2+hrs
Location: University of Minho
Campus de Gualtar
Edifício 1, Anfiteatro 0.08

Extra discussion of digital surveillance.

The talk will be in English. Everyone is welcome.

We will distribute GNU/FSF stickers, and sell merhandise, so please bring cash.

@rms appealing > appauling > appalling

@rms if you are worried about the phony science that companies do, just wait until you learn about the phony science coming out of the universities

@rms
>Companies that write phony scientific papers for a fee have infiltrated the editorial boards of "real" academic papers. That led to 10,000 articles retracted last year.
:surprised_pikachu: a bit late on the news

@rms Forced rusicisation, eradication of cultures is a painful history of the region, while supposed "rusophobia" is a big .ru talking point and a key excuse for the invasion.

Ru goverment still has mass support as did the invasion and earlier occupations. Its not Putin himself sloughtering Bucha or razing uncounted villages to the ground, running the war machine at all leveles. Its ordinary Russians choosing their meager comfort over innocent lives.

@rms it is unfortunate and a loss for the Russian language culture of which a significant part is by Ukrainian artists.

At the same time it is understandable and one cannot control the emotions they attach to hearing particular. There may be situations of trauma too that might be triggered by hearing Russian after being imprisoned there.

German was not the most popular language in the Netherlands during/right after WW2. For many years now German is no problem at all. These things take time.