Hey 
@danirabbitDanielle Foré, originally I wanted to make this a private message but I think it might be good for it to be public actually. Because often the negative is said out loud but the positive is said quietly and I wanted to flip that.
I hope this won't come off as creepy or unnerving. This bunny is not really good with social rules and cues. I just wanted to congratulate you personally on the launch of elementary OS 8.1. I'm excited to try it.
This bunny also wanted to say that you're kind of a hero of hers. I admire you a lot for the work you're doing in the open source community. You've pushed for so much things that were so forward thinking and ahead of their time.
There are things about elementary that have frustrated me, like the lack of fractional scaling, for a while, but I also recognize that it is a small team and that it takes great care in its work. It tries to be safe and doesn't try to rush things and break things because it knows that by doing so, it will leave people behind. No matter how much it frustrates me, I wanted to tell you that I admired the hell out of that. Because choosing to not let anyone behind is the hard choice here.
I wanted to say that when you take the time to write blog posts about pride, when you make a release that has the trans or disability flag within the logo, it genuinely moves me. Because of that, bunny feels seen and embraced by this project in a way that no other projects gives her. It means a lot.
And we are sister through transness, you and I. You are a prominent trans woman in the Linux community and I really admire you for that. I know, and I've seen, the harassment, and all of the shit you've had to deal with just for being openly who you are in this space. Being deadnamed, being misgendered by awful people. The Linux and open source community is a shithole. It's a dumpster fire. And... I kind of hate it here.
But while I wish you never had to deal with any of that, but I want to say how much I admire you for still being there. I want you to know that I wasn't all for nothing. That through standing tall against all of this injustice you've been put through, you, and plenty of other trans women in this space have cultivated a bright spot in this community, and it's one that I'm genuinely thankful to be able to find shelter in. And I'm really thankful for that.
Thank you for being you and what you do. You are seen. And I hope more people will express that to you.
This post is also for all of the trans and non binary people who are putting up with all of the shit that they have to put up in this community and all of the people who are working on elementary.
From the bottom of this bunny's heart, she thanks you.
