I’m deeply proud of Python for standing by its community and making the right decision.
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How is it legal to basically say "We'll give you some money if you promise to keep the blacks out of your organisation"
You frame it as "don't discriminate based on skin color, as in don't hire a black person because they're black" while not saying any more of the quiet part out loud.
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To make matters worse, the terms included a provision that if the PSF was found to have voilated that anti-DEI diktat, the NSF reserved the right to claw back any previously disbursed funds, Crary explained.
Likely why it was not accepted
Yeah, even if they weren't willing to take a principled stance, that's really dangerous. Especially with how temperamental these fascists are.
Fucking hell, good for the PSF for maintaining their values. I'll make a donation when I get paid. I'm sure they would appreciate it if any one else can spare a dollar or two.
https://psfmember.org/civicrm/contribute/transact/?reset=1&id=2
Edit: Added donation link
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Fuck yes, Python.
"... do not ,and will not ... operate any programs that advance or promote DEI [diversity, equity, and inclusion], or discriminatory equity ideology..."
Aren't these contradictory? 🤔
They're really pulling the childish 'We're just going to make up a fake acronym using DEI' card in an official government communication?
This is a clown show
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I bet if they solicit crowd funding to replace this grant they’d easily surpass its dollar value.
~~Is there an existing way to donate to the Python Foundation?~~
Never mind, answered my own question: https://www.python.org/psf/donations/
Thanks for doing the research for us lazy folks, donation sent!
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Go team snake 🐍
Especially in light of how incompetent this administration is, and how bad it is at clearly communicating ideas, they made the only sensible choice. Maybe there's more details in the grant terms itself, but from the article it looks like it just says "don't advance or promote DEI", and without explicitly defining what they mean by that they are setting up a trap.
PyPI is smart not to take the money.
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Good for them, standing on principle 😁
Trump's bullshit already violated those laws though. Repeatedly.
Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
It’s a purchase of No DEI, not a donation.
Based
Who is the person downvoting the two comments in here???
I mean, votes are public in the fediverse. I wouldn't try to read into the reasoning from a single downvoter too much though.
One downvote could be accidental. 2 downvotes in the same thread makes that seem less likely.
Downvoting/Upvoting doesn't mean the same thing that it does for everyone. Some use it as an agree/disagree. Some use it for whether a comment is productive and adds to the conversation or not. Some use it as a visibility score whether they think a comment should be seen by others first or whether there are other comments that are better. Some may agree with most everything in a comment except for one part and then downvote because of that.
I thought the point of the system is to mark down out of context comments that doesn't contribute to the post and not a I disagree button or super upvote.
Well, this isn't exactly stackoverflow...!
It is rare for things to be out of context...
Really, upvotes and downvotes are more or less... just... whatever made most people satisfied enough with a comment that they wanted to say they dis-/-liked it.
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Checks his comment history
Seems like an okay dude. Might even be one of my alts gone rogue. Dunno why the downvote
Probably someone on the White House's payroll who has a micropenis.
This isn't the first time I've seen this meme; but what's it from?
Batman Beyond. Takes place in a cyberpunk futuristic Gotham City, which feels like a natural direction that the crime ridden corrupt old city would transition into a new, technocorporate cyberpunk city full of crime.
The PSF is (presumably) already required to comply with Federal anti-discrimination laws. Am I misreading the text or does it not actually create any new obligations for the PSF if they were to accept the grant?
They would be required to comply with the current administration's extremely biased and borderline illiterate interpretation of those laws.
You are misreading. These new obligations would require the PSF to violate those laws
It normalizes the anti-equity principles of the granting party, which now occupies the US govt.
The benefactor had already shown exactly how they treat people that aren't white Christian men, and it's up to schools, businesses and organizations like the Foundation to show resistance and inclusivity.
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