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
John Sullivan
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A new version of #LibreJS has been released, fixing a bug that caused it to crash on recent Mozilla-based browsers. Download the latest release here: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/librejs.git/commit/?id=f8d2fdd802b66767d9bc80685ebdac5740bdb8dc
John Sullivan
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One of the most powerful principles of #FOSS and open hardware is the ability to audit and verify.
See the community maintained #Librem5 promise delivery chart to see how we are disrupting the #bigtech #smartphone duopoly https://forums.puri.sm/t/librem-5-promise-delivery-chart/6959
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Want to help provide desperately-needed medical devices during the COVID-19 pandemic? We want to get you connected. Learn more about the HACKERS and HOSPITALS initiative: https://u.fsf.org/30v
DDG is changing my searches for PinePhone stuff to iPhone stuff :|
I went years without seeing the word "nothingburger" -- not sure I've ever seen it used before in fact -- and here it is in my life, twice in one week. That's a somethingsandwich!
@kyle Is there a way to send CTRL from squeekboard? (Using it on another phone...)
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noticing an uptick in free software patches I'm receiving, as typically happens around thanksgiving and christmas
anyone else
This software, Nextstrain, is free software to aid epidemiological understanding and improve outbreak response, licensed under AGPLv3! https://github.com/nextstrain/augur
"We're very focused on working with new contributors to the world
of free software. We do this by breaking issues into pieces that
are only available to newcomers" -- and they emphasize
mentorship. Shannon Dosemagen on Public Lab's approach
While watching Shannon Dosemagen #LibrePlanet opening keynote at https://libreplanet.org/2020/live/ about free technology for environmental problem solving, I receive a spam message with subject: "Job Offer @ Exxon Mobil Company". Coincidence??
First #LibrePlanet keynote just started, watch at libreplanet.org/2020/live/
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
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#LibrePlanet2020 is starting TOMORROW!!!! In just three very busy days, we've shifted gears to make it an entirely online conference. Get ALL the details here: https://u.fsf.org/30i
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.
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.
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
