Michael Downey 🇺🇳 @downey@floss.social

#iLoveFS https://ilovefs.org

#FreeSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS #OpenSource

Grateful for thoughtful colleagues.
#ResponsibleData #DigitalPrinciples #Privacy #HumanRights #SurveillanceCapitalism

A new book for the reading list. #DeleteFacebook

Grateful to hear @cwebber talk about #copyleft & #decentralized tools like #ActivityPub at #CopyleftConf Brussels.

#FreeSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS #OpenSource

Excited to be present for the first ever in-person #CopyleftConf. Huge thanks to all those who made it happen!

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FLOSS #FOSS

One of the most important reminders for #OpenSource work that I keep on my wall is Kuhn's Paradox by @bkuhn_ebb_org.

Each day, more lines of freely-licensed code exist than ever before in human history. Each day, it also becomes more difficult to avoid proprietary software. #FOSDEM @conservancy

Time to head to Brussels for #FOSDEM!

"To drift is to be in hell, to be in heaven is to steer."

- George Bernard Shaw #quotes

"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom."

-- Viktor Frankl

... Thoughts leaving #XOXOfest

Appreciated the #XOXOfest reminder of how much freedom we're surrending to tech giants under the guise of free speech or to "make things for others". You are the product. The Internet wasn't designed with this in mind, folks.

#IndieWeb #TakeBackTheWeb #OpenSource

"Art dismantles power. Otherwise, it's propaganda."

-- Cameron Esposito at #XOXOfest

"It's crtitical we keep pushing, fighting, and persevering through it all."

-- @andybaio at #XOXOfest

Let's get this started!
#XOXOfest

All right, #XOXOfest, bring it on; help me believe in humanity again. Ready for some recharging creativity & inspiration.

"The Evolution of #Open:"

Embrace
Extend
Extinguish

#OSSummit #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS

Exploring the benefits & challenges of adopting "official" #OpenSource #diversity programs like Outreachy with @baconandcoconut from @conservancy at #OSSummit

#FreeSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS

Highlights from #OSSummit history of #OpenSource timeline include "WRT-54G code liberated", "open source"/OSI launch, & "Hellwig sues VMware for ongoing GPL violations"

#FreeSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS

"If you care about a global community, don't use Google Docs for your #opensource project."

-- Daniel Farrell at #OSSummit

Gervase Markham has died. A huge loss for the #FLOSS world.

Thank you Gerv for your tireless work for #FreeSoftware & #OpenSource by helping lead #Mozilla's mission in myriad ways.

As always, it is our task to take all that was beautiful, kind, and meaningful about him and weave it into the tapestry of our futures in such a manner to honor him and give added meaning to our lives.

Such is the nature of life, love, death, and life after loss.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gervase_Markham_(programmer)

https://www.gerv.net/

Good morning #OSCON. Welcome back to #PDX!