josh

josh, 5 months ago to random

May the seeds we planted in 2023 grow and crack the foundations of all that does not serve us in 2024.

Happy new year, my friends 🌱

josh, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to opensource

My job is to work toward bringing secure, decentralized, open source licensed communication tools with open governance to the masses with Matrix.

But if folks prefer XMPP or IRC, that's still a win in my book. I think Signal is a step in the right direction, too!

It's open vs. the world, and I'm looking forward to working together to challenge the status quo of surveillance capitalism and proprietary, centralized walled gardens.

#OpenSource #Matrix #ProtocolsNotPlatforms #FOSS

josh, 5 months ago to Matrix

Been a #Matrix user since 2017, and a heavy user since 2022.

Finally beginning to realize the full promise of it – and it is a thing of beauty 🤩

josh, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to random

Happy solstice, dear friends. Wishing you and yours a season of joy and renewal :ablobcatheart:

josh, 5 months ago to random

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josh, 6 months ago to disability

Even if you think I'm overly COVID cautious and disagree with much of what I say... please, please, at least for your own sake:

If you get COVID, DO NOT PUSH THROUGH IT. Even after you start testing negative.

Seriously, learn from people with ME/CFS.

Pushing through is how you increase your already quite-high odds of having long lasting or permanent damage.

#Covid #Disability

josh, 6 months ago to fediverse

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luis_in_brief, 6 months ago to random

Argh, putting completely aside the “owned by Amazon” problem, Goodreads these days is just miserable software—slow, clunky UX, just ate a book review.

So… is #bookwyrm shaping up? Are there other alternatives? Ideally needs “would like to read” that is fast and easy to add to, and sharing out of reviews. Bonus for “read X books a year” goal.

josh, 6 months ago to opensource

Stop treating open source projects and foundations like consumer-facing businesses.

Unless you've got a paid support contract that's being neglected, or there's a grave concern, it's inappropriate to escalate issues to massively public forums.

Maintainers and the staffers and volunteers at foundations are already overworked.

Don't make it harder for them to address your issue by ALSO making them waste time firefighting in public.

#OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS

AdaraAstin, 6 months ago to random

Today is #InternationalMensDay and this year's theme is Zero Male Suicide.

Men, I would love to know: what are the life skills you wish you had learned when you were younger that have had a positive impact on your mental health and resilience, and how did you come to learn them?

visionsofnapa, 6 months ago to random

#FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON (Friday)...

• WHAT...Urban and small stream flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.

• WHERE...A portion of northern California, including the following counties: #Marin, #Napa and #Sonoma.

• WHEN...Until 430 PM PST Friday.

• IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.

• ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

• At 339 PM PST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. This will cause urban and small stream flooding. Overflowing poor drainage areas will cause minor flooding in the advisory area. Some locations that will experience flooding
  include...Santa Rosa, Napa, Petaluma, Novato, Rohnert Park, Sonoma, Sebastopol, Cotati, St. Helena, South Santa Rosa Cdp, Roseland, Boyes Hot Springs, Larkfield-Wikiup, Tomales, Black Point-Green Point, Point Reyes Station, Dillon Beach, Forestville, Yountville and South Santa Rosa.

https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=CAZ502&warncounty=CAC041&firewxzone=CAZ502&local_place1=5%20Miles%20E%20Point%20Reyes%20CA&product1=Flood+Advisory&lat=38.0719&lon=-122.7194

josh, 6 months ago to random

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josh, 6 months ago to random

Brought my CO2 monitor to tonight's in-person General Plan Advisory Committee meeting, where we tackle extremely multidisciplinary work planning for the next 25 years.

Noting that the 2015 study by Joseph Allen showed a 15% cognitive decline at ~945ppm and 50% decline at ~1400ppm, I had to offer some feedback to the city staff that we were not set up for success (not to mention COVID safety). Next time I suspect we'll have the HVAC turned on 😅

Citation: https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/ehp.1510037

#Petaluma #IAQ

A chart showing the CO2 levels were at 1747ppm at 9:40pm when the meeting ended. CO2 levels had crossed 1000ppm shortly after the meeting started, and were above 1400ppm for the last hour and 40 minutes of the meeting.

danlyke, 6 months ago to random

Does anyone have an opinion about the current race for a Sonoma County judge position? I've got someone I respect asking for an endorsement of a candidate, and aside from the usual "wait, you think my opinion would be taken positively in the wider community?" incredulity, I don't know that I'm tuned into the broader issues.

Aside from being extremely skeptical of anything our Sheriff's department says.

josh, 7 months ago to random

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josh, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to random

There are two cats in my office basking in the sun on their window shelves :blobcathearts:

josh, 8 months ago to random

I'm proud to call Bradley Kuhn a friend and am celebrating him joining the growing community of out-and-proud FOSS leaders.

But it is a tragedy when someone is forced out.

I've watched as Eben Moglen and SFLC have abused the legal system and attacked SFC, wasting the scarce resources of one of FOSS's most important charitable nonprofits, and am devastated to learn about the personal abuse Bradley has endured.

FOSS friends: please take the time to read this. https://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2023/10/11/moglen-sflc.html

josh, 8 months ago to norcal

Local newspaper did a lovely article on next week's Petaluma Pride events (Oct 13-15) :blobcathearts: https://www.petaluma360.com/article/entertainment/petaluma-pride-announces-weekend-of-events/

I am endlessly tickled by how my role is described in the caption: "Joshua Simmons (Vice President and Treasurer; communications and accounts receivable)."

It's not wrong, but A/R isn't something I expect to be identified by 🤣 Gotta bring in that funding!

Anyway, YOU should come! Learn more at https://petalumapride.org ✨

#PetalumaPride #SFBayArea #Petaluma #SonomaCounty

josh, 8 months ago to opensource

#Monktoberfest may not mandate masking, but they've been thoughtful about ventilation and vaccines ... and then there's this!

I feel good about one way masking as a high risk person given all the other work they've put in.

Of note, when GitHub Universe did the rug pull on COVID precautions last year, it was Monktoberfest's written promise to not relax protections after they're announced that inspired a key part of the @phpledge.

#PublicHealthPledge #HealthAndSafety #COVID #OpenSource #DevRel

josh, 8 months ago to random

"It’s only after they spend years being told they’re “non-code contributors” by a culture of code supremacy that they identify their work as “non-code,” but even then it’s only how they identify it within the problematic culture. No one tells their friends outside of open source that they’re “non-code contributors,” they say they help with interface design."

From Stop defining people by what they are not: on "non-code contributors" https://blog.josh.tel/2023/09/29/stop-defining-people-by-what-theyre-not-on-non-code-contributors/

#OpenSource #FOSS #DEI

josh, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to opensource

TIL I was anonymously and selectively quoted, and thereby misrepresented, in a piece written for @opensourcenet.

Look if you identify as a "non-code contributor," that's what I'll call you. My guiding principles: consent and the right to self-identify and self-determine.

But defending the continued use of a label that identifies other people by what they are not is a missed opportunity to build better communities.

EDIT wrote a thing: https://blog.josh.tel/2023/09/29/stop-defining-people-by-what-theyre-not-on-non-code-contributors/

#OpenSource #FOSS #Leadership