Context: coreboot, libreboot, and GNU Boot are projects creating open-source firmware for booting laptops etc. One of these projects is lead by Leah Rowe (pictured below). Need I say more?
This post about GNU Boot sending a C&D to libreboot is currently on the front page of Orange Site. They're still arguing over the details, but it seems to boil down to a power struggle over the project and the name libreboot, with a lot of spicy allegations (read the thread for "corrections"):
It turns out that this power struggle has been on-going for SEVEN FRICKING YEARS. libreboot was originally a GNU project, until Leah threw a tantrum when one of her fellow s was fired for "sticking up for herself". Her resignation letter was extremely dramatic and generated some fun threads at the time:
https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/54by6w/leah_rowe_drama_queen_pretending_there_is/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13329287
A few months later, Leah declared peace with GNU and the Free Software Foundation:
https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/639ob1/libreboot_no_longer_opposes_the_gnu_project_or/
In March 2021 she was accused of performing a coup after kicking several people out of the project without explaination.
Later that month, she came out in defence of toe-cheese eater Richard Stallman after the latter made some controversial comments about Jeffrey Epistein and the definition of r*pe:
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/sep/17/mit-scientist-emails-epstein
https://web.archive.org/web/20210401003350/https://libreboot.org/news/rms.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26646048
Edit: KiwiFarms thread on her from 2018 (requires Tor):
https://kiwifarmsaaf4t2h7gc3dfc5ojhmqruw2nit3uejrpiagrxeuxiyxcyd.onion/threads/leah-rowe-francis-rowe-libreleah.47528/
Highlights include the crowdfunded neovagina which prevented her from shipping the ThinkPads people had ordered, as well as a guide for ordering hormones online:
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whats the deal with FOSS generating insane amounts of drama
completly unrelated follow up: why is FOSS infested with trains
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autism and autism
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