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
The quote attributed to Rove (2/2):
And while you are studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors, and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.
The quote attributed to Rove (1/2):
People like you are still living in what we call the reality-based community. You believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality. That's not the way the world really works anymore. We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality.
Fun story about Karl Rove and The National. And a great (alleged) quote. Not sure about the part where the journalist who reported the quote is getting a royalty cut from the song it's used in...
https://pitchfork.com/news/karl-rove-reviews-the-nationals-rove-referencing-walk-it-back/
I really did not want to like this expensive Lo-Fi dry vermouth, but unfortunately it's delicious. Not such a fan of their "gentian amaro", which is shocking since I think my daily Blood Gentian Level is at least 12%.
What makes anyone think I want my glasses case to loudly snap shut?
I heard you like Ubuntu, so...
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/04/1180030817/jonathan-butler-on-his-jazz-album-ubuntu
"For reasons unclear, Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs maintains a ranking of cities by dumpling consumption per capita"
Yet another reason we need #reproduciblebuilds -- trademark concerns around recompiled binaries.
Cincinnatians: Check out my mom's
art at VADA gallery, opening reception tonight from 17:00 - 20:00!
John Sullivan
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The application for our Executive Director role closes today. If you or someone you know would be a good fit for this position, make sure to submit your application now!
https://foundation.gnome.org/careers/
Oh thank god:
"The Virtual Keyboard has been removed to improve the customer experience. Please pay close attention to the new instructions when logging into your TreasuryDirect account."
John Sullivan
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📢 Important Announcement 🔔
#SeaGL has decided to extend the deadline for it's Call for Presentations #cfp until the end of June.
We'll be updating our blog shortly.
So if you thought you ran out of time, this is good news! But don't wait until the end. Submit now!
@penaddict Getting an SSL error (MOZILLA_PKIX_ERROR_OCSP_RESPONSE_FOR_CERT_MISSING) from penaddict.com this morning.
John Sullivan
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Celebrate love. #Pride
I can't say it any better than the spam message that just landed in my inbox:
From: AI
Subject: ...ai,ai,ai!
"Act so that there is no use in a centre." --Gertrude Stein, *Tender Buttons*
...the Journal of Texture Studies lists 144 Chinese terms for food texture...In Japan, such terms number more than 400." (I hope this isn't like the Inuit words for snow thing, blame the NYT if so.)
I am so glad to know the Journal of Texture Studies exists.
It seems like in my world, the phrase "good for you!" is ascending. 1) Am I imagining this? 2) Do you say it? 3) Do you like it when someone says it to you? (with apparent sincerity)
My "favorite" part of this is where they asked #ChatGPT if the cases cited were real, it said yes, and they believed it. I only wish the judge and opposing counsel had also used ChatGPT to write their reactions -- would it have called itself out?
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/27/nyregion/avianca-airline-lawsuit-chatgpt.html
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
