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
#FOSSY is organized around tracks submitted and run by community members. You can still get your proposal in at https://sfconservancy.org/fossy/community-tracks/ to help shape this year's event! Personally I'd love to see some around #mobile, #ai, and licensing. (Separately, or together!)
3 years ago today is when I caught up to the (then) present with the @penaddict podcast (episode 553), after starting from the beginning. Have listened every week since. I know this because of my Midori 5-year journal, which I'm pretty sure I learned about from said podcast.
I finished "A Psalm for the Wild-Built" by Becky Chambers. A short sweet break. Back to the Bookers, started "The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida" by Shehan Karunatilaka which so far I find too confusing but we'll see. Also finished rereading "Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World" by Murakami which I had to reread after reading his "The City and Its Uncertain Walls" which is the same book, sort of. Immediate temptation is to now reread "The City and Its Uncertain Walls". #books.
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May this serve as a corrective for all of us who have apparently been mispronouncing Google chatbot's name. (sound on)
forgot username => SMS passcode => reset password => SMS passcode => login => SMS passcode
what is it you're proving here
Finished monthly #Debian keyring updates push.
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The @torproject VPN app for Android is now available in @fdroidorg and therefore guaranteed to be fully Free Software, rebuilt from source.
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Spread the word about the new Android app "Nearby Glasses" that watches for Bluetooth signals of "smart" glasses from Meta Facebook, Oakley, and Snap. No network permissions needed. AGPLv3 and coming to F-Droid ASAP.
https://github.com/yjeanrenaud/yj_nearbyglasses
#Android #smartGlasses #Meta #SurveillanceCapitalism #privacy #FDroid
Today, idly wondering why we stick with the "###" in #LibreOffice Calc as the indicator for "column too narrow". I know it's convention, but one of the least useful software messages I think I've ever seen.
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#FOSSY26 track proposals are open!! We take our inspiration from the devrooms at FOSDEM and LinuxConfAU's miniconfs. Some of the SFC hosted tracks you can look forward to FOSS in Daily Life, Licensing / Legal, and Software Coops. Thanks for helping us build #FOSSY26
https://sfconservancy.org/news/2026/feb/23/fossy-26-track-proposals-open/
https://sfconservancy.org/news/2026/feb/23/fossy-26-track-proposals-open/
Most recently, we were forced to cancel a performance by Les Ballets Africains after artists from the Republic of Guinea were unable to obtain visas. Habib Koité, from Mali—whom we have welcomed to Boston 17 times since his first appearance with us in 2000—was forced to cancel his tour due to visa denials. We had been working to bring back Tinariwen, Tuareg artists from the Sahara region of southern Algeria and northern Mali, but their upcoming tour was abruptly halted because of visa issues."
"As Boston’s champion for global music and artists, Global Arts Live is facing a moment unlike anything in our 35-year history. This year alone, we have lost three concerts due to our federal administration’s expanding travel bans. These cancellations are heartbreaking for our audiences and devastating for the artists who rely on touring for their livelihoods.
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People should be able to write software for Android, and distribute it outside Google's Play store, without having to:
* pay Google
* give government to with Google
* agree to Google terms and conditions
People should be able to install the software they want on their phone, from sources other than Google's Play store, without having to jump through Google-imposed hoops.
e.g. via F-Droid.
We've got until September this year to stop Google squeezing the open Android ecosystem.
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DebConf 26 registrations and Call for Proposals are open! The conference will take place in Santa Fe, Argentina, on the second half of July 2026. Please do register and do submit talk proposals, we are eager to see you there! https://debconf26.debconf.org/news/2026-02-13-dc26-registration-cfp-open/ #02
So many invoices on my brain that I just tried to move a show episode we watched to paid/.
Finished "Flesh" by David Szalay. Amazing rhythm. There is little I hate more in reading fiction than paragraphs that never end -- this is the opposite, so many semantically overlapping one sentence paragraphs that get everything done with room to spare. Definitely want to read more by him.
Starting "A Psalm for the Wild-Built" by Becky Chambers as a familiar short and probably not dark or twisted break between Bookers. #books
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
