hey everyone,

[hbons@mastodon.social]

@jsalvador thanks for your sponsorship!

[davidnielsen@mastodon.social]

@hbons done, I am sorry to hear that you were downsized.

[keir@mastodon.design]

@hbons ahh I’m sorry to hear that. I hope you’ll find something new soon!

[hbons@mastodon.social]

@DavidNielsen thanks a lot!

[martymichal@mastodon.social]

@hbons I hope you'll find sufficient sponsorship soon!

Over at @GIMP we'd love to see more input from designers. @rangelovd and others are doing great work over there and hearing more voices is very welcome. See https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/GIMP/Design/gimp-ux.

[hbons@mastodon.social]

@martijn thank you! not at the moment… (only on GitHub) but I’ll look at adding that.

[hbons@mastodon.social]

@martymichal @GIMP @rangelovd working with the GIMP folk would be fun for sure.

[salkeld@mastodon.social]

@hbons

[hbons@mastodon.social]

@salkeld thanks for your sponsorship!

[rupertreynolds@hachyderm.io]

@hbons For anyone doubting whether paying for free software is a thing, remember that when all the commercial stuff is enshittified to death, free (as in free speach) software is all we will have left that is usable.

We support who we can, in line with our feelings and ojlur finances. But remember that loyalty to a big brand name is almost always 100% one-way. "We don't care. We don't have to. We're the phone company." sums up the corporate attitude.

I am a bus driver (for my day job), not a billionaire, but I still contribute regularly for a few things. The free CD database, for example, that I've used at least once a week for ever, and a few YT channels, like the one that got shadow-banned by YT, because they advocate for EVs, and aren't scared to say what they think about shady business practices.