Is this a joke? Everyone on the Fediverse has been talking about the outrageous name of the latest GNU Parallel release, and that it is hosted on a Nazi-run blockchain.
Here it is for the downvoters: GNU as a warm inclusive community.
GNU Parallel release named "rape gang inquiry" after a project by a farn-right UK politician. That's not a "random headline", that's a dog whistle.
Second sentence of the release page: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/parallel/2026-06/msg00000.html
It is available for download at: lbry://GnuParallel:4
lbry is a blockchain founded by Jeremy Kauffman, who:
- called for governors taking measures against COVID spread to be tortured in Guantanamo Bay
- stated that he wanted "less democracy,"
- campaigned multiple times for child labor to be legalised
- posted on X that "Anyone who murders Kamala Harris would be an American hero.
- has criticized the end of apartheid in South Africa