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A wild philosopher appears! Booster for the commons. Community is my practice 🌱 Painfully earnest. Technicolor geek. Committed to being a good ancestor.

he/they 🏳️‍🌈 bi+disabled white guy 🦓 in <3 w/ https://social.coop/@chrisjrn

Managing Director of @matrix :matrix:
VP of Petaluma Pride :pride:
Former President of https://social.opensource.org/@osi :osi:

#OpenSource #CripTheVote #TransRights #BlackLivesMatter #LandBack #Cats #Nature #Journalism #SolarPunk #HopePunk #1U #AVGeek

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josh, to queer
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So, uh, my trips-around-the-sun odometer is ticking up to thirty-something over this weekend.

If ever you've received good information from me, or felt better after one of our chats, or are a more distant connection but grateful for the work I do in FOSS or local politics, today's a good day to pay it forward:

Donate $30+ to help make happen!

We need to raise another $4,300 by October 13th: https://petalumapride.link/donate

josh, to foss
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Ah, yes. The FOSS event with no Health & Safety practices has been scheduled immediately after a superspreader event, again.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again:

If your event has a Code of Conduct but no Health & Safety policy, you're missing the point of Codes of Conduct.

josh, to random
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Happy bi visibility day! Yes, I am married to a beautiful man who I love. But I'm . Not gay.

Same as we shouldn't assume a person's gender by how they look, we shouldn't assume a person's orientation by who their partner is.

josh, to random
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Palm Springs is going to install an AIDS Memorial Sculpture.

Which is lovely.

But the artist (a straight guy) probably should have consulted a queer man at some point... Apparently it's kicking up quite a storm among the local queer community since it was unveiled :blobcatsleepless:

josh, to opensource
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I've been raising issues with the phrases "non-code contributor" or "non-technical contributor" for at least a couple of years now.

And yet to this day I continue to see people of good will giving presentations and writing blog posts using that framing.

When will we learn that defining people by what they are not* is not a valid pathway to inclusion?

(* caveat because "non-technical contributors" are absolutely technical. It's a BS phrase.)

josh, to norcal
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We're over halfway to our weekly goal! We're trying to raise $1,000 a week until comes up, the weekend of October 13-15.

This is only our 2nd annual event, so we don't exactly have a runway or nest egg to trade on! That is to say: every dollar counts.

Whether or not you're a local, you've seen the news. You know how important Pride is in today's environment. Help us make our community safer and more inclusive: https://petalumapride.link/donate

josh, to queer
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The second annual Petaluma Pride Festival returns the weekend of Friday, October 13 through Sunday, October 15! 📣

Our weekend of events will center on Saturday, October 14, while the big day for neighboring Russian River Pride is on Sunday, October 15.

Learn more on our website at https://petalumapride.org ✨

josh, to random
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Current COVID surge has surpassed last winter's, and the pattern is playing out across the US.

Get your boosters. Wear a mask. Pay attention to indoor air quality. Please take care of yourself and each other.

And remember case counts are bunk, as tracing and reporting infrastructure has been dismantled. Wastewater is the best measure we've got left.

Data source: https://biobot.io/data/#county-06097

josh,
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@kingbeauregard Apologies, you're right -- I explored more and did see they have a few additional indicators in play there.

That said, hospital admissions are up and positivity rate is way up. Both, again, lagging indicators – and neither include all the people who test at home and never report, nor the wide drop in testing period.

Let's be clear tho, even in lagging indicators we're talking about a significant rise. See the third screenshot here, from CDC itself.

A cropped screenshot of a chart showing COVID test positivity rate in California, showing a large spike in winter, a trough in May and June, and a steep rise beginning in July.
A screenshot from the CDC's website showing that, nationally over the last week, hospitalizations are up 14.3% and deaths are up 8.3%.

josh, (edited ) to Pixelfed
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How to move your Instagram feed to Pixelfed, the photo app that doesn't track your every move by @jhpot for WIRED: https://www.wired.com/story/migrate-move-instagram-to-pixelfed-no-tracking-fediverse/

@pixelfed gets better week by week, and as an open source project it's responsive to community feedback.

It has many of the features of Instagram, but allows me to turn off features I don't care for (like reels) and, critically, doesn't erode my privacy or push ads.

Also: it has an Instagram importer. Give it a try!

:fedi:

josh, to opensource
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Great write up by Stephen O'Grady: Why Open Source Matters.

Astute observation that most of the time those who want to change the definition, or argue it doesn't matter, come from companies behind single vendor projects and are likely the same folks who are trying to sell you something 👀

https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2023/08/03/why-opensource-matters/

josh, to Unions
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All the teachers' strikes, the healthcare workers, the baristas, now screenwriters and actors, while drivers are bargaining with UPS under threat of strike, and unions emerge at my local bookstore, among local journalists, and now animators: https://gizmodo.com/cartoon-network-warner-bros-animation-union-nlrb-labor-1850661970

Let's keep this rolling!

Labor is the strongest check we've got against the capital class, and can help us shift power dynamics toward outcomes on climate, healthcare, housing, and more.

:solidarity:

josh, to random
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@northbaypython is coming up next weekend on July 29th and 30th here in beautiful Petaluma an hour north of San Francisco! ✨

We're excited to be back for year 4 with another destination event and a program that reinforces fundamentals, demonstrates interesting use cases, and pushes us to be better people.

It's a star-studded lineup that includes up and coming voices — don't miss it!

Check out the program and get your ticket today: https://2023.northbaypython.org/

josh, to random
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My brother Scott would've been 45 today. Last year on his birthday we hosted his Celebration of Life.

He died of complications from COVID, even though we all thought he was in reasonably good health.

COVID isn't any less dangerous today than it was then.

Please do take good care.

josh, to random
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If you're at I hope you'll join me at 3pm in the DEI track (room E147) for my talk:

Con flu, con crud, and COVID-19: the time for policies is yesterday

It's been difficult to prepare for. It's emotional subject matter as someone who has lost a brother to COVID-19, and still has a lot to lose. But it's so important. We need to do better as community and event organizers.

If our events have a Code of Conduct but not a Health and Safety policy, we've missed the point.

josh, to random
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Learning about inclusive language initiatives from @communiteatime in the DEI track here at #FOSSY ✨

Lots of great work out there that communities, projects, and organizations can build on!

josh, to random
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Celebrating @outreachy this morning for having now provided more than 1,000 paid open source internships for underrepresented people 🥳

Grateful to @gnome and @conservancy for their role in backing this important program, and to @sphakos, @karen, and @anna for their work driving it, and to Marina Zhurakhinskaya for the legacy she has left by founding it ❤️ #FOSSY

josh, (edited )
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A rare shout out to Google from the stage at #FOSSY, for having supported @outreachy from the very beginning and never stopping.

For all the companies who are fair weather friends, the team behind Google Summer of Code remain steadfast supporters.

It was an honor to be a PgM for #GSoC for a few years and come to understand the scope of the impact that team has made in FOSS. Special shout out from me to Cat Allman and Stephanie Taylor for all their work behind the scenes 💖#OpenSource

josh, to random
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Closing out the first ever Community: Open Source in Practice track at the first inaugural by @conservancy, we have @Schneems presenting How to Steal from Maintainers 🔥

If you’re not here, you MUST watch the recording. Amazing combo of informative and performance art! Unlike any other talk we’ve seen in this track.

Details: https://2023.fossy.us/schedule/presentation/38/

josh, to random
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Absolutely delighted to hear @baconandcoconut at in the Community: Open Source in Practice track! Starting now, Let's Talk About Nonprofit Boards 👏🏻

josh, to random
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It's the final countdown for the Community: Open Source in Practice track at 🎶 Next up we have Joshua Wilson with Forging Strong Open Source Communities: Insights and Lessons from the Sakai LMS Community.

Not at FOSSY? All these talks are being recorded! Learn more about the talks I've been tooting about at: https://2023.fossy.us/schedule/

josh, to random
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Here we go again! Now starting in E145 in 's Community: Open Source in Practice track: Stuart Geiger's talk, "I didn't sign up for this": The invisible work of maintaining and scaling FOSS projects 🥳

josh, to random
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Next up in the Community: Open Source in Practice track at : @webchick with Lessons Learned From Scaling an Open Source Community by 10,000% 🥳

josh, to random
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Annnnnd we're off to the races here at in Portland in the Community: Open Source in Practice track! Starting the day with @linux_mclinuxface's talk, How You Write Matters in Open Source 🥳

josh, to random
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I've learned that tomorrow at 1pm there'll be a protest against the one homophobic and transphobic event being held at the OCC (there are two other events at the OCC this week, including the fabulous ).

I'm not sure exactly how I plan to show up amid all my other responsibilities tomorrow, but I'll be there at least briefly to stand in solidarity.

Reposting rather than boosting so that I can add alt text. Via @vorlon

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