John Sullivan @johns@librem.one

I got laid off yesterday. We'll be ok, but it still sucks. Tough time to be on the market.

I'm giving myself space this week, but applied to a role yesterday 🤞🏻

Looking for roles in open source as a senior IC, management in a larger org, or nonprofit leadership. I'm most known for partnerships, community building, nonprofit operations, and program management, and I hold my own in compliance and media relations.

Resume etc: https://joshsimmons.com

#OpenSource #GetFediHired

Seeking your input: What is CC’s to do around generative #AI to support #BetterSharing — sharing that is contextual, inclusive, just, equitable, reciprocal, and sustainable? https://creativecommons.org/2023/03/07/cc-community-input-better-sharing-for-generative-ai/

"#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.

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

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/

#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

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. 🤦

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

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

RIP Wayne Shorter, safe travels

... 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/

#opensource #freesoftware #job

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.

From a discussion on a major #HigherEd forum by a senior campus leader,

"We are a #Google school…"

If the comment was, "We are a Coca-Cola school," I suspect we'd hear concerns: marketing products to students, corporate influence in #HigherEducation, even health & safety/quality (all BTW applicable to Google).

If you believe Google (or #Microsoft, #Adobe) is a "global standard," the same case can be made for Coca-Cola (Pepsi). I doubt stating such an alignment would be so promoted.

#EdTech