Why I'm Fascinated by Package Management: nesbitt.io/2025/12/09/w...

Can't help but wonder if the varying ways people describe #opensource AI making it easier to muddy the waters of OSS definition. Of course DHH being himself... dri.es/source-avail...

"AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector and tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more."

An observation: "The urgent need for AI consent frameworks in open communities" sunnydeveloper.com/ai-consent-f... #opensource #AI

Help Network Time Protocol - the time keeper of the web, reach their funding goal: oss-wishlist.com/campaigns/ne... #opensource

Mostly on Mastadon? This is the internet's best content right now. #opensource #technology

Sponsoring #opensource often means putting $ into what amounts to a tip jar. Great but sometimes too ambiguous for both giver and receiver. OSS-wishlist oss-wishlist.com/about-us is a new concept by @sunnydeveloper.bsky.social to bring more clarity to who needs what and who can supply what

Moments ago, Premier Danielle Smith's government made a terrifying decision and introduced legislation to suspend the charter-protected rights of transgender young people in Alberta. Now is the time to act. Visit www.stop-smith.ca to sign our petition denouncing this draconian erosion of freedom.

"Sovereign Cloud", glad to hear Canada starting to use the words of digital sovereignty, we've lagged behind EU

In person community is everything right now.

Essential reading from @antihate.ca:

Impulse buy: a skeleton representative for every dog and cat that lives here :) #Schnauzer #Halloween

Good on the Python Foundation for rejecting this NSF grant that I'm sure they need. Wild to see who's willing to stand up. www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/p...

I donated $25 to the Python Software Foundation. Did I do that to post about it social media? Yes. Did I also do it because I think that the Python programming language is awesome, and PSF and PyCon are awesome, and they need more funding? Also yes.

If you are in #Alberta or know someone who is , sign and share this transactionalberta.ca , it may not stop her, but it shows the collective strength of those who oppose. Using the notwithstanding clause to strip human rights is unacceptable!

This stings, a lot tbh: www.cnbc.com/2025/10/21/m...

Dear America: thankyou for today - Canada #NoKings

I remember as a junior dev being told "quality is the thing people remember, not how fast you shipped it" - more true than ever: open.substack.com/pub/techtren...

Not shocking, given the moment but nonetheless sad to see. Codes of Conduct make #opensource better; make what we build - better. This is just nostalgia for unaccountable leadership. news.itsfoss.com/codes-of-con...

people like greta thunberg feel as close to modern-day saints as i can think. just someone absolutely committed to the cause of human justice. i feel totally inadequate when faced with that moral clarity

Hospice nurses are possibly the best people on earth.

It's more imperative than ever that you don't rely on platforms to get needed information out. Build websites!!

I can’t begin to tell you how damaging “the world isn’t fair, get used to it” line has been to every child’s psyche growing up and therefore has led to a world that stays unfair. If we teach children to get used to an unfair world, we are destroying the possibility of a better world.

"what role do large companies or nonprofits or individual maintainers have... To what extent does someone's level of contribution matter versus what type of person they are? ...these are valuable discussions to be having, and we're having them in the open" #opensource www.404media.co/how-ruby-wen...

What are people even doing and thinking right now? : "AI Elon, repent themed dollar bills" spread under car windshields in Victoria BC . #yyj

#Canadians, sigh this petition to combat misinformation as a political tool. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... #Canada

These are bad on so many levels www.ctvnews.ca/sports/artic... #FIFA

now even more than ever, North American tech conferences need to start making plans to be split across multiple sites, one in the US for people that can't leave, and one outside the US for people who can't enter. Simulcast between the two locations.

Trans rights are human rights.

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Cutting through the noise, it's time for companies to say what THEY mean by #opensource #AI , OSPOs can help: sunnydeveloper.com/what-do-you-...

Will this tech turn out to be an inherently centralized, authoritarian technology like nuclear power, or a more inherently democratic technology like solar power? www.aclu.org/news/privacy...

oh no they yelled at him in a restaurant? that sort of vile attack has only happened to everyone who has ever worked in a restaurant

Can coding assistants make a TPMs life easier? 9 Hours of Misery and Hope sunnydeveloper.com/can-coding-a... #opensource #AI #ospo

Every time I work from #library, I overhear the wonderful staff helping people navigate websites, email, get their BC Services card working (and more). We don't pay librarians enough - people literally come here for tech support.

The best time to create a moderation plan is before launching your #opensource project. The second best time is now. emmas-notes.ghost.io/open-source-...

“I began donating to get out of my lonely pandemic ship. I’ve continued because it was the easiest thing for me to do to help an unknown someone.” 🩸

Report: Entire world refreshing newsfeed for no particular reason

My daughter sent me this lovely view of her morning (Seals enjoying the days new sunshine) from Sooke Marina dock. Bird singing in the background makes it as perfect a moment as any ❤️ #BritishColumbia

#Schnauzers enjoying a pup cup to beat the heat.

It's hot. #BritishColumbia #PortAlberni

Aligning AI with human intentions is a bit of an emergency! Open source has scaffolding, built over decades, to help. I built a small (experimental) MCP server to test how CHAOSS metrics might better align AI responses about OSS projects. emmas-notes.ghost.io/alignment-wi... #opensource #openai

Symphony Splash in Victoria last night was absolutely amazing; the city was sparkling ✨️ 🎶 #yyj

Awesome to see 3.0 release of www.contributor-covenant.org/released (many languages). Addresses common moderation challenges like failing to credit sources, advertising/spamming as well as misleading identity (relevant for xz exploit). Kudos to the Ethical Source Community! #opensource

Users of Arch Linux and Arch-based distros take note.  news.itsfoss.com/arch-linux-c...

I'm writing in the open again! emmas-notes.ghost.io/can-model-co... #mcp #opensource #openai #ai

i believe that at 18 every american should be entered into a draft, not for military service, but for one year of mandatory retail or restaurant work