John Sullivan @johns@librem.one

Have a project or idea to introduce? You can still upload a 5-minute lightning talk for #LibrePlanet -- https://libreplanet.org/wiki/LibrePlanet:Conference/2020/Lightning_Talks

I get this weird nostalgic feeling when I see spam subject lines I recognize from the past but haven't seen in a long time.

Still getting travel deal emails from lots of companies. Maybe don't do that.

@dthompson just switched people myself because only email guy would send me was telling me to call him.

We just make the same mistakes over and over again. From the NYT corrections: "A caption...referred incorrectly to the character played by Boris Karloff in the 1931 film 'Frankenstein'. It was the monster, not Frankenstein."

"In it, they demanded records of all devices using Google services that had been near the woman’s home when the burglary was thought to have taken place." https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/google-tracked-his-bike-ride-past-burglarized-home-made-him-n1151761

Tips on getting around Boston on public transportation without using nonfree software: https://libreplanet.org/wiki/MBTA

"This code may only be used under the BSD style license found at" -- it's not copyleft, but it's not not copyleft

Theory: Many young people aren't familiar with the concept of copying/sharing a program.

@maiki@mastodon.sdf.org It's a fair question; I think the answer is that no company should be able to set exclusive terms for such a thing, except perhaps terms that prevent others from setting exclusive terms.

Absolutely not okay that North Carolina State Board of Elections' "Am I registered / where do I vote" form is a Google Doc, requiring software usable only on Google's terms. Nobody should be encouraged by the state to use a particular company's product in civic processes.

"Tiki is, effectively, the LARP of the cocktail world—a sub-genre
wherein pirates are commonplace and the drinks are as dressed up as
their hosts." https://punchdrink.com/articles/new-school-tiki-drinks-cocktail-recipes/

Not sure what I think about ethics of cloning in general, but someone needs to clone this thing right now: https://www.entertainmentbin.com/new-deep-sea-creature-named-after-metallica/

I am really looking forward to hearing Shannon Dosemagen speak as a #LibrePlanet2020 keynote on her work for the environment with Public Lab using free software tools. Work that previously received an FSF award: https://www.fsf.org/news/environmental-activist-shannon-dosemagen-joins-fsf-conference-keynote-lineup

Anyone have a reusable Chemex filter that they like? That doesn't lead to watery coffee with sludge at the bottom? (The grind is already very coarse IMO.)

"Infrastructure is very important for free software, and it's unfortunate that so much free software development currently relies on sites that don't publish their source code, and require or encourage the use of proprietary software." https://www.fsf.org/blogs/sysadmin/coming-soon-a-new-site-for-fully-free-collaboration

"Great idea, terrible execution! The SCOTUS should have deemed this item unconstitutional!" panning really is an art form. (it's about a coffee filter)

"It takes a lot of beer to make wine."