Ryan Sipes
@ryanleesipes.me
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CEO of
@thunderbird.net
Making tech that is both good and good for people. ryanleesipes.me
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Mozilla is more than any group or product. It's the Rebel Alliance A community working to make tech serve everyone, not just the shareholders of seven companies. Technology should be more than a vehicle for profit. It should empower people to live more fulfilling lives. That's Mozilla's mission.
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Thunderbird Appointment will always be open source. Repo here:
github.com/thunderbird/...
Come to talk us. We'll help you move off
Cal.com
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Get off Gmail, use Thunderbird (and soon Thundermail).
www.androidpolice.com/giving-up-on...
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I'm finally giving up on Gmail on Android, here's why
Life after Gmail
https://www.androidpolice.com/giving-up-on-gmail-on-android/
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Can we learn something about how to use tech in a healthy way from... The Amish? I think we can.
ryanleesipes.me/what-the-ami...
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What the Amish Can Teach Us About Technology
The Amish donât shun techâthey choose tools that serve their goals and values. By setting limits, and prioritizing relationships over convenience, they model a path for us. Asking âWhat do I want my d...
https://ryanleesipes.me/what-the-amish-can-teach-us-about-technology/
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âOur mission has always been to prove that you can imagine and innovate without exploitation. Mozilla Foundation is honored to be part of this Council that embodies those principles at exactly the scale and moment itâs needed most.â Perfect words for what we need to do
@nabiha.bsky.social
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Tech Cooperative? Been thinking about how the Thunderbird (Community) Council being involved in our business helps us avoid enshittification. How could we turn that system into something that is more inclusive of all users? Been fascinated by how Coops (think REI) democratize the corporation.
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We are building tech you can trust. Thank you to
@ostifofficial.bsky.social
and 7A Security for their collaboration on the security audit for Thunderbird Send, our end-to-end encrypted file transfer service (coming to everyone soon, open source now).
blog.thunderbird.net/2025/12/thun...
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Thunderbird Send Security Audit with OSTIF and 7ASecurity - The Thunderbird Blog
As we get ready for the Thunderbird Pro launch, we want every service we offer to be secure and worthy of the trust our community places in us. That means being honest about where we stand today and t...
https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/12/thunderbird-send-security-audit-with-ostif-and-7asecurity/
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Truly open, real choice and trustworthy. Mozilla's take on AI. Listen to
@mozilla.org
President Mark Surman talk with the Financial Times about our vision for AI.
youtu.be/eBjqeLg1csI?...
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Scaling Open Source AI: Mark Surman & Tim Bradshaw at the FT Future of AI Summit
YouTube video by Mozilla
https://youtu.be/eBjqeLg1csI?si=w5rfFZGUmHiWPMHR
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"Big tech. The mainstream of tech is wired to harvest our creativity, to harvest our data, to harvest our money. Only to benefit a few people. We can and must build a different kind of tech industry, that has humans in mind and shares the wealth with all of us"
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reposted by
Ryan Sipes
Mozilla
5 months ago
The internet should belong to all of us đ This Giving Tuesday, stand with the people building a tech future thatâs open by design and shaped by community. Your contribution today sets the bar for what good technology can be. Join us đ
mzl.la/48O36Rd
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Welcome to Mozilla Foundation
With over two decades of global impact, Mozilla Foundation continues to lead the movement for a better technology futureâpowered by people, open by design, and fueled by imagination.
https://mzl.la/48O36Rd
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"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should." Strangely seems appropriate for both Jurassic Park and Silicon Valley.
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Due to my job making email application
@thunderbird.net
, I'm contractually obligated to watch You've Got Mail each year. Amazing how relevant the movie still is. Great afternoon with a brew from
@boulevardbeer.bsky.social
called "The Nutcracker", Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. Here we go. đ :)
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The AI debate is stuck between doomâsayers and hypeâmachinesâwhat we need are Realists who see generative AI as the powerful, imperfect tool that it is. Join me in being a Realist.
ryanleesipes.me/i-hope-the-a...
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I Hope the AI Bubble Bursts (Because I Love Technology)
The conversation around generative AI is dominated by two extremesâSkeptics focused only on its harms, and Hypers hailing it as a panacea.âŻA missing voice, the Realists, sees LLMs as a normal, powerfu...
https://ryanleesipes.me/i-hope-the-ai-bubble-bursts-because-i-love-technology/
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A look into how we (Mozilla) think about our role to play in the AI landscape. We're trying to build a future where people are empowered by AI, not drowning in slop.
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You've got to actively make the world you want to live in.
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This city really shines in fall. Lots of people planted trees, whose shade they never sat under here in KC. Quite literally.
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Mozilla is more than any group or product. It's the Rebel Alliance A community working to make tech serve everyone, not just the shareholders of seven companies. Technology should be more than a vehicle for profit. It should empower people to live more fulfilling lives. That's Mozilla's mission.
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Mozilla is pulling together the Rebel Alliance against Big Tech (aka The Death Star). We're a community fighting for a web for the people, not profit. Come join us.
@mozilla.org
#mozilla
#BigTech
#Tech
www.mozilla.org
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Internet for people, not profit
Mozilla is the not-for-profit behind the lightning fast Firefox browser. We put people over profit to give everyone more power online.
https://www.mozilla.org
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Exactly. Lots of people find speaking to a computer naturally and getting an understandable response is useful to many. Denying that lots of people are using AI makes it *very* hard to have a real discussion about solutions to the problems these big AI platforms are creating.
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When did we forget that we had power? That the only way to change things was to DO SOMETHING to change it. Let's imagine a hopeful future - and then go out and make it happen.
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Exchange/Microsoft365 account support built into Thunderbird now! Thunderbird users have asked us for this for years and now it is here. Enjoy. For nerds: the architecture built for this opens the door for JMAP support.
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Thunderbird Adds Native Microsoft Exchange Email Support - The Thunderbird Blog
Thunderbird Exchange support has finally landed for email in the latest monthly release. Find out what's in, out, and still on the way.
https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/11/thunderbird-adds-native-microsoft-exchange-email-support/
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This post from
@anildash.com
perfectly encapsulates the disconnect in the discussion of AI. Plenty of real people get value from interacting with LLMs. We can't afford to cede this technology to Profit-at-all-costs Big Tech.
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They grow up so fast đ
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There's definitely nothing shady in these algorithms... đ€Ł
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Europe can lead the way on using open source. By supporting open source software, these projects become a better public good for all. That's the type of thing all governments should be doing.
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Look right there... It's
@thunderbird.net
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6 months ago
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reposted by
Ryan Sipes
WebDesignMuseum
6 months ago
On November 9, 2004, Mozilla Corporation released a multiplatform web browser, Firefox 1.0. Firefox gained major popularity among users and exceeded 1 billion downloads between 2004 and 2009.
#WebDesignHistory
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At Mozilla we make tech that puts people before profit. We make tech that is designed to help people live better lives. We make tech that is GOOD.
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If you use products and services from companies that actively undermine what you value - can you truly claim to value those things? It's a hard question, but we live in a time where choices abound. Choose to live your principles.
#privacy
#democracy
#tech
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Convenience vs Principle
So many people I talk to complain about the companies who provide the tech services they use. And if you've read my posts here, you'll know I agree - so many of them suck. If it's not necessarily how ...
https://ryanleesipes.me/convenience-vs-principle/
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"Perhaps our task is to imagine other ways of being human - that reflect our deep-seated interdependence as people and planet."
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Do something good for someone today. đ
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Our users aren't the product, they are our partners.
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Remember way back when the Web felt hopeful, and we all thought tech would bring us together in a beautiful deeply connected future? Turned out a little different, didn't it? Tech now seems cynical and bleak. But we can choose tech that is both good and good for us.
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Let's Leave The Darkest Timeline
Remember how hopeful we all were about tech in 2008? "Hope" was the word on everyone's lips as candidate Barack Obama's one word tagline. But it was also a feeling in the air, as we moved forward from...
https://ryanleesipes.me/lets-leave-the-darkest-timeline/
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reposted by
Ryan Sipes
Mozilla
9 months ago
We believe the future of technology can be good. Thatâs why Mozilla Foundation is building a better technology future. One built with care, powered by people, open by design. But we canât do it alone. Join us and letâs make some good.
mzl.la/44ZIdAO
#MozillaFoundation
#MakeGoodTech
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Most mainstream tech is the âfastâfoodâ of the digital world. Did you know you can choose farmâfresh, openâsource alternatives that respect your data and the internet ecosystem? Start making the healthy choice today.
ryanleesipes.me/organic-tech/
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Organic Tech
You go to the grocery store. Maybe you choose to buy the organic fruit because you are worried about the use of pesticides or other environmental impacts in how the produce is grown. I challenge you t...
https://ryanleesipes.me/organic-tech/
6 months ago
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Getting closer to releasing Thundermail, Thunderbird Appointment and Thunderbird Send to the world. Built on open source and open standards - we're working to make a suite of tools that help people break their reliance on big tech (think Microsoft O365 and Gmail). Looking forward to sharing more.
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We need to make sure AI belongs to all of us, not just a few big companies.
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reposted by
Ryan Sipes
Thunderbird
about 1 year ago
All the speed, power, and customization of Thunderbird in a short and sweet video perfect for viewing (and sharing) on your phone. Help us spread the word to bring Thunderbird everywhere! Thanks again to
@freehive.com
for their amazing work.
#Thunderbird
#OpenSource
#Email
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The beginning of Mozilla, for those of you who haven't ever seen this before, it's a snapshot of a really interesting moment in the history of
#opensource
software.
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Project Code Rush - The Beginnings of Netscape / Mozilla Documentary
YouTube video by The Documentary Network
https://youtu.be/4Q7FTjhvZ7Y?si=YNpxy-NdC9KyCWFE
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