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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This week, the #Python Software Foundation rejected a $1.5MM NSF grant, due to a requirement that the PSF abandon diversity work.
So I joined forces with Python folks (@offby1, @petrillic, @amethyst) and we're matching up to $12,000 of donations to the PSF. 🧵
Relatedly, I have seen Google Maps direct people to pull this very move.
One of my tests for good-human-being-or-not is do you, without truly extenuating circumstances, do the "exit and immediately re-enter the highway in order to get ahead" move.
New theory: Trump is receiving kickbacks from the dynamic digital pricetag industry. Can you please leave my prices alone for even 1 week so I can actually get something else done?
I feel like a big ambiguity in most availability polls and conversations is "are we talking about when the meeting would *start*, or is it my total available time to be in the meeting?"
"Anti-depressant side effects differ depending on the drug, study finds" NPR is on it
It's very interesting to me how many people coming into our stationery / #fountainpen shop have said to me, "hey, is that a Framework laptop?"
John Sullivan
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The “age verification” and the “human identification” problem are the same problem. It upsets me to be around people who think they’re working on the first, but don’t understand they’re actually working on the second.
John Sullivan
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Me: I think I'll open this kitchen drawer.
Potato masher: The fuck you will.
After reading so many headlines that start with this, I'm left wondering if judges can just temporarily halt the Trump administration's.
RIP TiVo
You know, I love NPR dearly, but sometimes the headlines... "As birds migrate south, there's an invisible danger: glass"
John Sullivan
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When shopping in a brick and mortar store, I (before purchase, to see what it looks like):
When shopping in a brick and mortar store, I (before purchase, to see what it looks like):
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
