Gary 'grim' Kramlich
grim.bsky.social
Gary 'grim' Kramlich
@grim.bsky.social
Pidgin Lead Developer, FOSS Developer, Democratic Socialist, Twitch Affiliate, My opinions are my own. 🐥🐦🐧

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Heya everyone! After more than a year we're bringing back the State of the Bird!! But now it's a post on our Discourse!

Going forward we'll be doing these monthly, but to help everyone catch up, this one is covering the past 6 months.

Check it out!

discourse.imfreedom.org/t/state-of-t...
State of the Bird April 2025
State of the Bird April 2025 The State of the Bird is a recap of what has been happening in the project. We used to do these quarterly as an interactive live stream, but we’re now aiming to do these...
discourse.imfreedom.org
May 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Anubis works for Pidgin! Here's their before and after graph. Try to see where the switchover happened!
April 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Hey everyone, we just released Pidgin 2.14.14! Downloads are available in the normal spots but check out release announcement on our discourse!

discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-3-0...

#Pidgin #OpenSource #Messaging #Chat #Release
Pidgin 3.0 Experimental 2 (2.91.0) has been released!
We are ecstatic to announce that we have released the second experimental version of Pidgin 3.0!!! This is a pre alpha release with an official version number of 2.91.0. We will continue releasing in ...
discourse.imfreedom.org
April 1, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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With all the buzz around nostalgic chat services brought on by projects like retro #AIM server, #MSN escargot, and MattKC's recent video, we figured it was about time we start drafting an official stance on the matter.

issues.imfreedom.org/issue/PIDGIN...

#OpenSource #Retro #Messaging #Chat
issues.imfreedom.org
January 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Hey everyone, we just release Pidgin 2.14.14! Downloads are available in the normal spots but check out release announcement on our discourse!

discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-2-1...

#Pidgin #OpenSource #Release #Chat #Messaging
Pidgin 2.14.14 has been released!
We are pleased to announce that Pidgin 2.14.14 has been released! This release contains the much anticipated fix for the certificate popups when using NSS. It also contains a bunch of fixes to work wi...
discourse.imfreedom.org
January 23, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Finally we've gotten to the point of having something that's maybe kind of sort of worth looking at 😅
January 1, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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bro why are you still giving me invite codes hire a fucking trust and safety team
August 30, 2023 at 7:26 AM
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Potential child-bearers: They’re officially coming for you. Be hypervigilant. Do not leave a single breadcrumb. Get off social media.

👏NO COMMUNICATION MEDIUM IS SAFE👏

👏DO NOT TRANSMIT EVIDENCE OF YOUR CRIMES👏

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/20/us/celeste-burgess-abortion-pill-nebraska.html
Nebraska Teen Who Used Pills to End Pregnancy Gets 90 Days in Jail
Celeste Burgess, 19, and her mother, Jessica Burgess, 42, were charged last year after the police obtained their private Facebook messages.
www.nytimes.com
July 22, 2023 at 3:29 AM
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Why hello there!
June 27, 2023 at 6:21 AM
Soon (tm)
June 25, 2023 at 4:37 AM
hey @pidgin.bsky.social, Don't suppose you want to donate your account to the Pidgin Instant Message client would ya? https://pidgin.im/
June 20, 2023 at 3:41 AM
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We had a blast with #OpenSource #MaintainerMonth! Thank you @duaneobrien.bsky.social, Jessica Tegner, @filippo.abyssdomain.expert, Claire Moss, and our sponsors who made it possible.

Read our recap and transparency report:
https://www.opensourcestories.org/posts/2023/06/maintainer-month-2023-recap/
Maintainer Month 2023 recap
2023 was the first year that Open Source Stories participated in Maintainer Month. Here’s a recap and breakdown of the true cost of participating.
www.opensourcestories.org
June 14, 2023 at 5:10 PM
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Good morning BlueSky. I made a new logo for your department if you work at Google.
June 17, 2023 at 1:00 AM
My latest blog post is now public! In it I discuss what we mean when we say Pidgin 2 is in maintenance mode! https://dev.to/grim/pidgin-2s-maintenance-mode-1eek
May 4, 2023 at 11:25 PM
Greetings Programs! It's time for the State of the Bird for 2023 Q1! Come on by!! https://twitch.tv/rw_grim/
twitch.tv
April 28, 2023 at 1:18 AM
Greeting's Programs!! Don't miss the State of the Bird for 2023 Q1 in just over an hour!! https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/state-of-the-bird-2023-q1/85
discourse.imfreedom.org
April 27, 2023 at 11:40 PM