From his website stallman.org:

Richard Stallman has cancer. Fortunately it is slow-growing and manageable follicular lymphona, so he will probably live many more years nonetheless. But he now has to be even more careful not to catch Covid-19.

Recent video of him speaking at GNU 40 Hacker Meeting. Screenshots of video stream.

  • 520@kbin.social
    692·
    1 year ago

    I have a hard time deciding what to do with this.

    On the one hand… Dude, even as someone who loves dark humour, I couldn't bring myself to make a cancer joke upon news of a diagnosis unless the person was a true shitstain on the earth, like Trump.

    On the other hand…that was fucking brilliant and works on so many levels.

    • InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      1 year ago

      I had pretty much the same thought process.
      It’s dark, but brilliant.
      Yet I can’t imagine RMS being offended by this, so I shouldn’t either.
      That’s the kind of thing I wouldn’t be too surprised to hear from the guy himself.

      The world is a better place because of him and I wish him well.