●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, March 12, 2026 ●● ● Mar 12 [10:03] schestowitz[TR2] > In one of your Techrights posts, you mentioned that a DPL candidate was [10:03] schestowitz[TR2] > a female partner of a geek. I thought you were referring to Sruthi. She [10:03] schestowitz[TR2] > says she was introduced to Debian by her husband, you wrote "female [10:03] schestowitz[TR2] > partner of a geek" [10:03] schestowitz[TR2] > [10:03] schestowitz[TR2] > https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/08/Suppressing_Speech_by_Blackmail_the_Iran_Story.shtml [10:03] schestowitz[TR2] > [10:03] schestowitz[TR2] > There are various references to her husband but she doesn't declare it [10:03] schestowitz[TR2] > in her candidacy. [10:03] schestowitz[TR2] Ah, that's correct. I just forgot her name or never internalised it to begin with. [10:03] schestowitz[TR2] Thanks for your ongoing support of Techrights. [10:03] *TechBN has quit (connection closed) [10:03] *TechBN (~b0t@iijacan2vrgta.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [10:03] -TechBN/#boycottnovell-Failed to load module HelloWorld. Reason: Not found! [10:03] -TechBN/#boycottnovell-Module HelloWorld has been removed until restarted! ● Mar 12 [17:46] *psydroid2 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.0.0 Aria http://www.kvirc.net/) [17:52] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [17:57] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Mar 12 [18:36] *psydroid|2 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Mar 12 [19:06] schestowitz[TR2] > They still have no candidates for the election and the deadline is [19:06] schestowitz[TR2] > tomorrow. It would be good to be primed with facts about Sruthi [19:06] schestowitz[TR2] > Chandran in case they use her as some kind of diversity idol. After she [19:06] schestowitz[TR2] > nominates they will close the wagons and refuse to say anything. [19:06] schestowitz[TR2] > [19:06] schestowitz[TR2] > Do you know anybody who could get away with asking gentle questions [19:06] schestowitz[TR2] > about Sruthi on their IRC and try to clarify the relationships she has? [19:06] schestowitz[TR2] > [19:06] schestowitz[TR2] > You could try asking if it is Pirate Praveen and see if they deny that [19:06] schestowitz[TR2] > or counter it with another name. [19:06] schestowitz[TR2] > [19:06] schestowitz[TR2] > Then you could ask if Pirate is the real name or not, as in Cryptie. [19:06] schestowitz[TR2] > [19:06] schestowitz[TR2] > And if they ask why you are asking, you can say you are just some random [19:06] schestowitz[TR2] > person who saw a reference to the relationship on Techrights and wanted [19:06] schestowitz[TR2] > to know if it is fake news. [19:46] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:53] *psydroid|2 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) ● Mar 12 [22:12] *amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [22:12] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [22:16] *amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-ui3f8c.u06p.1s3m.moll9o.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [22:16] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@aksg6tcpv6ixw.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [22:46] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s)