Michael Downey 🚩

💶🏆💵 Know an individual, team, or organization creating for good? Tell them to apply for the 2022 Pizzigati Prize, which celebrates software and awards cash grants.

nten.org/article/apply-for-the

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Michael Downey 🚩

Kailash Nadh on and funding:

"Modern economic systems and civilisation are so intertwined that one cannot even begin to think of ways to untangle them to carve out a better situation for when these are the same systems that are responsible for graver problems like extreme income inequality and planetary destruction."

Read the rest of " is not broken":

nadh.in/blog/open-source-is-no

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Michael Downey 🚩

Cool cool, @Gargron moving all @Mastodon project discussion behind a proprietary walled garden that requires agreement with Microsoft terms of service (and their analytics tracking). Now THAT makes a ton of sense. 🤦‍♂️

discourse.joinmastodon.org/t/w

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Michael Downey 🚩

In planning meeting for @fossasia Summit, 7-9 April 2022!

Call for Speakers now open: eventyay.com/e/6b901f56/cfs

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A new episode of EFF's "How to Fix the Internet" podcast has dropped, and focuses on with the always-insightful @jamesvasile.

Listen to "The Revolution Will Be " via the Internet Archive:

archive.org/details/htfti-s2e2

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Michael Downey 🚩

Has anyone working on ever seen an MIT License with a mandatory arbitration clause?

github.com/opengovsg/FormSG/bl

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Michael Downey 🚩

Has anyone spent time thinking about the concept and / / ?

I have some ideas and concepts that I'd like to try to (in)validate.

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Michael Downey 🚩

☘️ friends: Come join us (virtually!) In Ireland to learn about in Government. My colleague Sherman will be speaking about our latest project GovStsck, and many other experts! 11 Nov at 1:30pm IST.

openirelandnetwork.com/events/

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Michael Downey 🚩

Finally checked up on @keyoxide and they've done a great job! I dropped them a donation and you should too -- just after you set up your profile.

keyoxide.org/

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The TODO Group, a community for companies with Programs Offices, is a project manager via the Linux Foundation. More info and apply:

jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Linux

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📰 ICYMI: The program approved 733 applicants to continue onto the contribution period; they received a record 3,308 initial applications for this mid-year round. 🎉

So many unreached potential contributors. Read more about this round, and donate a little money if you can to support this important program.

outreachy.org/blog/2021-03-30/

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I mean, seriously, when have 3,000 people ever agreed on *anything*?

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The ray of hope at the end of this week is that I believe the free and software movements are more unified than ever before that intolerance, abuse, and disrepect from our leaders will no longer be allowed. That's a great thing and a good first step toward visions like . techautonomy.org/

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For the past 36 hours, I have been getting death threats from cult supporters of Honorary "Doctor" Richard , for demanding accountability after his decades of abusive behavior.

And I'm far from alone.

The @fsf is not only irrelevant to in the 21st century, it must be shut down.

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Kudos to for its integrity in publicly banning and affiliated projects from participation in the program due to the reinstatement of Richard to its Board of Directors.

More: outreachy.org/blog/2021-03-23/

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(2/2) If you have not yet canceled your membership, I encourage you to do so. could be playing a critical role in the (and ) movements, but its founders syndrome means that they continue to be more interested in persisting toxic leadership then promoting a positive future.

I am disappointed but not surprised. Our movement deserves better than what the FSF is able to offer us.

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Michael Downey 🚩

So happy the intimable Bradley Kuhn of @conservancy just announced as recipient of the 2020 award for the Advancement of Free Software. Can't think of anyone so deserving, especially in this of all years.

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board of directors voting is now open. There are two individual member seats and two affiliate member seats up this time around. If you are a member, take a thoughtful look at the candidates, then check your email for your ballot.

wiki.opensource.org/bin/Main/O

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Michael Downey 🚩

Get a ! My colleagues on the innovation team are hiring 3 different roles (all remote) to work on collaborative tools designed to support projects that are making the world a better place.

(1/3) Full-stack developer:
jobs.unicef.org/en-us/job/5382

(2/3) Community manager: jobs.unicef.org/en-us/job/5382

(3/3) Product manager: jobs.unicef.org/en-us/job/5382

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Get an job! is hiring a senior software engineer for a flexible hours contract. Write code that helps lives around the planet.

getodk.org/about/jobs.html

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