Gargron stepped out for one day and half the internet is already down

postmarketOS is the work of thousands of people from all walks of life and with all sorts of backgrounds, including our trans users and developers. Previous efforts of transgender computer scientists, including Lynn Conway, the inventor of generalized dynamic instruction handling, Sophie Wilson […]

Hi! Today is my first official day as the Executive Director of Mastodon, replacing @[email protected] as CEO. I joined the Mastodon team more than 5 years ago, mostly working for Mastodon in the evenings on top of a 120% day job. I was the driving force behind the incorporation of the […]

Okay it’s probably obvious/I’m over-thinking it, but I really like that every word in the @roost.tools acronym carries weight… #roost #trustandsafety #opensource

Pro tip: If you’re complaining about “professional attire” or “dressing like an adult” under recordings of my talks, then you are the reason, I’ll make extra sure to always bring cat ears while on any stage (+ an extra pair for fellow co-presenters). :neobot_wink_blep:

Query: I'm seeing more and more "I'm trying #linux" videos out there and most of them have people installing applications via the command line & I'm curious: does anyone have any theories about why this is? I know there are some contributors on here (thank you) and I'm really curious. Is it a […]

Idk if I like that this is already my reputation at work…

I did not have evangelizing open source to the literal pope on my new job bingo card, but that’s legitimately pretty awesome. 😆 But seriously, it’s so exciting and engergizing to see the momentum and traction that @roost.tools has. We’re committed to bringing the superpowers of open source […]

Healthcare In America: Doctor - I see that your gscsttigom isn't working as well as I'd like. I'd like to start you on pjehhdntpf instead. Patient - Okay, do you know how much that's going to cost? Doctor - Sorry I've got no idea. Patient - What do you mean? Like give me a ballpark. Is this […]

CfP for the #fosdem #legal and #policy devroom is out. The DevRoom invites hackers, developers, contributors, lawyers, and decision-makers alike to share their knowledge with the community. Deadline is 7 December: https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2025q4/003703.html (Transparency: I am […]

Days since I accidentally closed a whole GNOME app instead of the image preview: 0

RE: https://mastodon.online/@samreich/115543462893041980 Excuse me, Sam Reich, CEO of Dropout, is posting on Mastodon with *nicely captioned alt-text!* If you don't already subscribe to Dropout, you really should. It’s like if American comedy was actually funny; a spiritual successor to Whose […]

Can we please reclaim the ✨ emoji from the AI companies?

It’s really tiring hearing the, “open source is bad for security!” argument whenever it pops up, but especially in domains that *have a lot of work to be done* when it comes to adopting open source, like LLMs and AI models. Being MORE open is not the problem here. Opening up the weights and […]

Aurora, Colorado finally living up to its name! Straight out of the camera, no edits. 🤩 #aurora #auroraco #colorado #northernlights

If you have a #nest 1 or Nest 2 that were bricked, https://nolongerevil.com/ will give them new life. @homeassistant #iot #homeassistant #homeautomation

I scored a pair of PlayStation Puse Elite headphones for my PS5 and Portal for stupid cheap. Two things are true: 1. These headphones genuinely sound incredible with such clarity and zero latency 2. These are the stupidest looking headphones I have […] [Original post on mastodon.blaede.family]

Any open source projects out there who are working with Framework—and especially those who are reconsidering it now—I would love to chat with you. Either a private reply here, cassidyjames.01 on Signal, or cassidyjames:gnome.org on Matrix would be ideal.

My search skills are failing, but trying to find an essay I read a few years ago about understanding gen-alpha humor through the lens of historical artistic movements embracing surrealism in response to fascism. If anyone happens to have a link, I'd very much so appreciate it!

Today has been a whiplash of a day. Difficult conversations, hilarious conversations, sad situations, and inspiring situations. Whew. But I’m really proud of what I do. 💪 And I’m excited for the future, which is a… refreshing feeling.

OH: “Collabora—isn’t that a Pokémon name?”

With very, very little work you can get Adwaita to behave similarly to “Material You”, with tinted but legibly-contrasted colors based on the user’s selected accent color or a brand color. I’ve been trying this out experimentally in Clairvoyant, and […] [Original post on mastodon.blaede.family]

The most important lesson for Democrats from Mamdani's victory is this: abandon the decades-old practice of triangulating to win the center. Instead, grow the base with a positive, joyful vision for what government can do when it gives up on being shackled to a Republican base.

50% operating system market share looks like a banner across the Linux Mint support forums saying "Replies encouraging non-sysadmins to open the terminal will be removed"

Neat, furnace is dying and needs a few thousand dollars of repair to keep it limping along—or we can pay a few times more for a new, more efficient system… but I wasn’t really looking forward to dropping five figures right now. 😵‍💫 Buy a home, they said… it’ll be great, they said…

I’ve not kept up with the latest Mastodon developments, but does anyone know if this sort of feature is planned? I get that it’s extra complicated with the federated nature, but it feels like something that the major fediverse platforms could agree on a technical implementation of even if yes […]

Welp, I unplugged my laptop from my desk to catch up on some things from the couch aaaaaand the battery went from 80% to 6% charged, then completely died in about 10 minutes. 💀 Time to look into replacement batteries…

Wow! 6 days ago I created an issue over at #Gnome, about fixing a tiny annoyance I had, where I couldn't choose to open certain links inside #libadwaita apps in any way except for in the default browser. https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libadwaita/-/issues/1093 […] [Original post on tutoteket.no]

Google Docs has a handy “Copy as Markdown” feature where you can paste rich text and then copy it out as (at least mostly reasonably-formatted) markdown. This is handy for quick and dirty conversion of a web page’s content, e.g. to quote in a blog post. Is there some native app on Flathub I can […]

I was admittedly bearish about Bazaar early on; I was confused by the design that was trying to reinvent a lot of things, plus I didn’t know how I felt about diverging efforts from GNOME Software. Now that the Bazaar team has decide to clone the […] [Original post on mastodon.blaede.family]

If you didn't have to worry about how much it pays (and after an appropriate amount of time to recover from burnout), what would you do with your time?

Fedora Linux 43 is here! What do you get with this update? * New Anaconda WebUI installer on all desktop editions and spins * @gnome 49 and being Wayland only * Fedora CoreOS now based on bootc instead of rpm-ostree * Under the hood changes like RPM 6.0 * All your favorite versions of Fedora […]

I usually wear contacts, but sometimes when my eyes are dry or irritated I switch to glasses. More than once I’ve come across a website and wondered, “Why the heck are they doing some weird liquid glass effect on all of their buttons??” …Just to realize, no, it’s IRL chromatic aberration. 👓

Is there an easy modern way to do something like Synergy or Logitech Flow between computers running modern Linux—Fedora Silverblue with GNOME on Wayland, to be exact? Like, I have a laptop and a desktop and would love to just share the mouse and keyboard between the two by just mousing past the […]

If I said “handshake agreement,” would you understand what I was talking about? Is there a better term for a legally non-binding but mutually understood agreement between multiple parties where it would mostly just be super uncool to break it? @wjt and I were chatting the other day and my […]

Flock is the most late-stage American capitalism spin on 1984. It’s not the government who puts up cameras to keep an eye on the public; it’s a for-profit company who charges the gov't for their services, and works with other massive for-profit companies to convince people to put up their own […]

Ok, this is a long shot, but has anyone developed something that takes a Google calendar or iCal feed and turns it into an activitypub events feed? #askfedi #activitypub

I largely prefer the architecture and experience of the fediverse/Mastodon over ATproto/Bluesky, but there are a number of accounts I care about that are only on Bluesky and not bridged to the fediverse. And even with bridging, it's not the best experience. How are other people handling this? […]

I shared with some folks at the Ubuntu Summit last week, but it’s official today: I’ve joined ROOST as OSS Community Manager! https://cassidyjames.com/blog/ive-joined-roost-oss-community-open-online-safety/ I’m stoked to dive into building and supporting an active and sustainable contributor […]

My cat is an asshole.

I feel like this is pretty advanced grammar for a three-year-old. 😮 RE: https://mastodon.blaede.family/@nora/115443494778466537

I gave a short talk at the #ubuntusummit about funding @gnome! Watch it to learn about how GNOME is actually funded, and what we’re doing to help ensure it stays sustainable. 👀 https://www.youtube.com/live/bEEamxJ60aI?t=7h47m29s #ubuntu #linux #gnome

Heck yes! The new AMD #ryzen #lenovo #thinkpad P series now supports #fedora #linux OEM and without the Windows tax!

Good to see Nielsen Norman Group describing the problems of Liquid Glass without any weird deference to Apple. No “they’ll get it right next year”or “everyone needs to suffer to prepare for future hardware”. Just: this is bad, this is why, and here are the screenshots to prove it […]

#denver #colorado #auroraco

I've got a week off before starting my new job, so naturally I'm frantically cleaning and organizing the office today, and then traveling internationally tomorrow through the end of the week. 😅

Hot take, git shouldn't call it the master or main branch; it should be called bough.

TIL @samreich is on Mastodon!! Also, please somebody weird do this. It will create an incredible, unforgettable episode and get your brand out in front of a bunch of diverse nerds and theater kids—ones who go out of their way to support independent businesses, fair labor, and creativity. That’s […]