Gina @Gina@fosstodon.org

Would anyone be interested in hearing about our #FOSS adventure? We''re a feminist non-profit in the midst of migrating from Windows to #Linux: servers and desktops! We try to be as #opensource as possible, for ethical, security and privacy reasons.

I'm just gonna buy new curtains.

My mental health is in the absolute gutter these past days, but at least we're still going to the gym. #fitness #workout

Send help plz.

Thanks to the power of baklava, #theTurkishExchange went surprisingly well. He's 'one of the good ones.' 😂

#theTurkishExchange

Also this is why I'm fat.

We're tasting baklavas today at Şerifoğlu, Amsterdam's most famous Turkish bakery, to bribe my parents with 😋 #theTurkishExchange

So I learned to make my own #tortillas today and basically my life is complete now. 🌮

Absolute supermodel✨ #jazz #dogsofmastodon

Happiest pup at the park #jazz #dogsofmastodon

This culminated in a very vocal anti-immigrant and racist period late 90's/early 2000's, that my parents also parroted. Nowadays it feels calmer, politics and media seem more diverse, and claims like 'the multicultural society failed' are considered ignorant. From what I gather from my family, Dutch people from Turkish and Moroccan descent 'belong here now.' There are still issues with systemic racism (look up Zwarte Piet), but it feels like there's more acceptance to address these as well. 2/2

For non-Europeans who require context: Moroccans and Turks were seen as the Mexicans of Europe. In the 60's and 70's the Dutch government pulled a large amount of immigrants from Morocco and Turkey for the jobs no one felt like doing. They barely invested in these people and the neighborhoods they lived in. A few decades later there's a bit of tension between later generations of these immigrants and Dutch society. 1/2

They've come so far and I'm so proud.

It helps that they love my best friend who happens to be Moroccan. She's the real roadpaving MVP here.

Yall wanna hear something surprisingly #wholesome?

My parents in 2010: “DON'T YOU DARE come home with a Moroccan or a Turk!”

My parents in 2020: “We're so excited to meet your Turkish boyfriend, we've been practising our English all week!”

😭😭😭😭

Me after a whole day of socializing.

Play hard, sleep hard 😴 #jazz #dogsofmastodon

Look who's staying with me for the next 2 weeks!! 🥰🥰 #Jazz #doggo #dogsofmastodon

I love these Open Source Stories by Red Hat 😊 #opensource #redhat
https://www.redhat.com/en/open-source-stories/starting-small-open-data/open-herdware