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
@sjvn same (with a little fear of failure mixed in). The house is never cleaner than when I have a deadline.
Fed around and find out.
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Me posting the same dumb joke to Threads, Twitter, Bluesky, and Mastodon
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Getting ready for #FOSSY: Great speakers from #Apereo and the broader #HigherEd, #EdTech, and #OpenSource communities.
Sessions on #OSS, #OER, #OpenEducation, #OpenAccess, #OpenHardware, and more.
Thank you @conservancy and staff for all your hard work and support!!!
Schedule and registration at. https://2023.fossy.us/
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#FOSSY organized by @conservancy begins next week in Portland, Oregon, and there is an "AArch64/ARM64 Servers and Open Source - The Who, What, Why, and How" track on Thursday, July 13th
https://2023.fossy.us/schedule/#thursday #Portland #PDX #FOSSY2023 #Oregon #OpenSource #aarch64 #arm64 #Linux
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@luis_in_brief Yeah I've been suspecting these moves relate to reducing responsibility/accountability/friction for moderation (possibly by confusing the issue).
Pretty #pencil pictures from factory in Tennessee: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/see-inside-one-americas-last-pencil-factories-180982344/
racism and discrimination, permanence of
When did Amazon break the ability to just buy MP3s? They seem to have now somehow wrapped it up with Amazon Music streaming, and if the stream doesn't work, you can't get to the menu to buy the MP3? I'm guessing the stream doesn't work because I don't have EME in my browser?
@lauraklein Reminds me of Derrick Bell's story "The Racial Preference Licensing Act".
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One great way to help out at FOSSY is to sign up for volunteering: https://nextcloud.sfconservancy.org/apps/forms/s/GF8gkmQfSFdyHoaNPiTWeCCx
One 3 hour shift is all it takes to get a ticket to all 4 days of incredible talks and community building opportunities!
One 3 hour shift is all it takes to get a ticket to all 4 days of incredible talks and community building opportunities!
@fdroidorg I think multiple times a week would be great if there are updates that you think are interesting / noteworthy.
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We'd like to start posting regular updates about new apps and updates in our repository. What frequency would you prefer?
#AndroidAppRain #FDroidUserSurvey #FDroid
@jxself Probably, their work is very taxing.
In the US, you can only apply online for an EIN for your small business M-F between the hours of 7am and 10pm Eastern. The IRS turns the form off at 10pm.
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Please boost:
The #FOSSY conference is looking for volunteers! FOSSY will take place in #Portland Oregon July 13-16.
You'll get a free ticket to an amazing conference with talks ranging from:
- #OpenSource community, goverance, and DEI
- open source in education
- open source in business
- gaming
- containers
- ARM servers
- XMPP
Register to volunteer here: https://2023.fossy.us/attend/volunteer/
Dangerously close to actually yelling at some kids to get off my lawn.
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🌐 Location announcement!
We are happy to officially announce that #SeaGL 2023 will be held at the University of Washington, in the Husky Union Building (aka The HUB).
Come join on November 3rd and 4th.
🗺️Directions: https://hub.washington.edu/about/plan-your-visit/#directions
😷Health and safety policy: https://seagl.org/health_and_safety_policy
And, for those who can't make it to #Seattle you can also join online as this will be a hybrid conference!
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
