John Sullivan @johns@librem.one
Former shipper and executive director at the Free Software Foundation, now https://alliterativeadvising.com, https://crazyalansemporium.com, and board of directors for https://f-droid.org.
Joined May 2019
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"#NASA’s need for high-quality scientific software has led it to #OpenSource developers, and now to an ambitious new program based on the larger principles of #OpenScience."
https://thenewstack.io/nasas-thirst-for-open-source-software-and-for-open-science/
Excellent profile of a committed agency.
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RT @AntonioCasilli
Top cited AI articles since 2020 were all written by Microsoft, Meta, Alphabet-aligned researchers. Only exceptions: 2 articles by prestigious academic institutions… and the one on stochastic parrots by Timnit Gebru et al. (That really backfired on Google)https://www.zeta-alpha.com/post/must-read-the-100-most-cited-ai-papers-in-2022
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The nominations for the Open Source Initiative board of elections just closed, March 6th. It's time for voters to meet the candidates. #OSI #OSIelections https://blog.opensource.org/meet-the-2023-candidates-for-osis-board/
@steve Blue Cross Blue Shield just did something very similar -- sending out an email not from their domain, pointing to a 3rd-party survey site to enter personal census info about employers' health plan usage. How does this stuff get through? I don't think theirs even had the perfunctory effort of including a zip code.
Automated message from W3C: "Subject: Planning to close Restricted Media Community Group due to inactivity unless we hear from you"
Those...were the days?
@penaddict How is the dry time? Always looking for quicker-drying pigmented inks..
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#Starchart now federates!🎉
Starchart is a software forge spider and search engine that federates and periodically publishes its index. Simply put, Starchart is the decentralized, non-#GitHub alternative to https://awesomeopensource.com/
- @realaravinth
#ForgeFlux #Starchart #ForgeFed
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Wow so the #Apple lobbyist speaking at the @EU_Commission #DMAWorkshop on #AppStores refuses to answer my question why his company should get to decide what software runs on their devices -- after he spent 15min doing PR blah blah about how #iPhone is the best. 🤦
John Sullivan
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Over the last few months, I put a lot of work into the @fdroidorg app. Here's what's new: https://f-droid.org/en/2023/03/01/new-repo-format-faster-smaller-updates.html
It's official, we have a Chartreuse shortage. Tough times ahead.
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Phosh 0.25.0 is out 🚀📱:
See https://phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.25.0/ for details.
#phosh #librem5 @purism #gnome #linux #mobile #lLinuxMobile #MobileLinux
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RIP Wayne Shorter, safe travels
“Where does a man get inspiration to write a song like that?” Grace Kelly asks in Rear Window, overhearing a neighbor’s new melody. “He gets it from his landlady once a month,” Jimmy Stewart answers. (ht Stephen Marche https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65147063-on-writing-and-failure)
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... And related to this:
Are you passionate about community-driven free and open source software development? Do you care about #openscience ? Then this job is for you!
https://www.academictransfer.com/en/324589/software-developer-open-source-4turesearchdata/
Free software phone problems: When at home, getting a missed call causes my stereo to start playing music.
John Sullivan
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This past few months at the other site has me convinced organizations should 100% do whatever they need to do to build outreach capacity independently from social media sites.
Make a newsletter, a zine, a big Signal group, whatever you want. But it should be yours, so it can't just be bought or taken away.
@pikurasa Yep, very funny coincidence.
@pikurasa On page 204!
@getalifemike Well, no, if parking permits are sliding scale, then they can cost quite a bit more at the top end, generating more revenue for public transit overall. Plus, you get much more equitable discouragement from "car dependency".
@getalifemike That would certainly help, but I guess if you had the political clout to ensure the revenue was used that way, you might also have the political clout to do something with no regressive component, like make the parking permit-based and sell permits sliding scale based on income or value of car. I know at least some countries do traffic ticket amounts based on income.
Former shipper and executive director at the Free Software Foundation, now https://alliterativeadvising.com, https://crazyalansemporium.com, and board of directors for https://f-droid.org.
Joined May 2019
