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Why even a US tech giant is launching 'sovereign support' for Europe now zdnet.com/article/why-... via @zdnet.bsky.social & @sjvn.bsky.social
Red Hat, an American company, is now backing the growing wave of European governments and companies moving to digital sovereignty.
Red Hat, an American company, is now backing the growing wave of European governments and companies moving to digital sovereignty.
Why even a US tech giant is launching 'sovereign support' for Europe now
Red Hat's new offering comes in response to a broader trend sweeping Europe.
zdnet.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Why even a US tech giant is launching 'sovereign support' for Europe now zdnet.com/article/why-... via @zdnet.bsky.social & @sjvn.bsky.social
Red Hat, an American company, is now backing the growing wave of European governments and companies moving to digital sovereignty.
Red Hat, an American company, is now backing the growing wave of European governments and companies moving to digital sovereignty.
It's clear Automattic's business model is shifting toward trademark rent-seeking while it "defends" open source. FLOSS no longer needs outside detractors, we've got our own now, thanks.
November 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
It's clear Automattic's business model is shifting toward trademark rent-seeking while it "defends" open source. FLOSS no longer needs outside detractors, we've got our own now, thanks.
Farmer's Daughter on the local taps at D'Arcy McGee's
October 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Farmer's Daughter on the local taps at D'Arcy McGee's
Arrived in Ottawa for #WCEH2025! #WordPress Contributor Day tomorrow, then #WCEH! I'll be speaking on software supply chain security in a decentralized federated ecosystem. Looking forward to @scripting.com @ma.tt @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy Jill Binder & others! canada.wordcamp.org/2025/about/s...
October 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Arrived in Ottawa for #WCEH2025! #WordPress Contributor Day tomorrow, then #WCEH! I'll be speaking on software supply chain security in a decentralized federated ecosystem. Looking forward to @scripting.com @ma.tt @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy Jill Binder & others! canada.wordcamp.org/2025/about/s...
Overheard conspiracy theory of the day: CFL rule changes are a result of Trump wanting to attack (and annex) Canada from within, starting by Americanizing our football to be like the NFL.
October 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Overheard conspiracy theory of the day: CFL rule changes are a result of Trump wanting to attack (and annex) Canada from within, starting by Americanizing our football to be like the NFL.
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Nobody goes the extra mile out of a passion for creating shareholder value.
June 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Nobody goes the extra mile out of a passion for creating shareholder value.
I'll say this louder for those in the back: #WordPress "5 for the Future" **cannot** be reformed or rescued without tearing up its foundation: it exists for the wrong reasons. Stop trying to fix it--tear it down and re-evaluate completely. #wpdrama
June 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I'll say this louder for those in the back: #WordPress "5 for the Future" **cannot** be reformed or rescued without tearing up its foundation: it exists for the wrong reasons. Stop trying to fix it--tear it down and re-evaluate completely. #wpdrama
The #wordpress ecosystem has lots of questions & potential pitfalls being pointed out for @fair.pm & @aspirepress.bsky.social but tbh, I haven't yet seen one that hasn't already been considered by those groups. Few people are even checking whether there is an answer already.
June 21, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The #wordpress ecosystem has lots of questions & potential pitfalls being pointed out for @fair.pm & @aspirepress.bsky.social but tbh, I haven't yet seen one that hasn't already been considered by those groups. Few people are even checking whether there is an answer already.
Some people did a thing for the #wordpress community coming out of the #wpdrama - I'm proud of the work they did and thankful for the privilege of working with this team! www.therepository.email/aspirepress-...
AspirePress: The Quiet Project Powering FAIR's Infrastructure
Founded by developer and agency owner Sarah Savage in the weeks following WordCamp US 2024, AspirePress was born out of concern that WordPress.org had become a single point of failure for the WordPres...
www.therepository.email
June 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Some people did a thing for the #wordpress community coming out of the #wpdrama - I'm proud of the work they did and thankful for the privilege of working with this team! www.therepository.email/aspirepress-...
Just published: Reframing the Maker-Taker Problem on Philosophy https://yawp.foo/articles/2025/reframing-the-maker-taker-problem/
June 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Just published: Reframing the Maker-Taker Problem on Philosophy https://yawp.foo/articles/2025/reframing-the-maker-taker-problem/
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Reposted by Brent Toderash
I installed the Fair Package Manager (@fairpm) on my personal site last night. I'm excited to say it worked flawlessly. A couple of plugins were updated from Fastly's servers, & a paid plugin updated from its servers as normal. I'm excited to see what else comes from this interesting development.
FAIR Package Manager Project
FAIR Package Manager Project has 8 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.
fair.pm
June 10, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I installed the Fair Package Manager (@fairpm) on my personal site last night. I'm excited to say it worked flawlessly. A couple of plugins were updated from Fastly's servers, & a paid plugin updated from its servers as normal. I'm excited to see what else comes from this interesting development.
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Matt: "Joost and Karim should go away and use open source to build a fork of WordPress with their ideals around governance."
Joost & Karim: **Build something in 6 months that match their ideas of governance**
Matt: "OMFG they built something in SECRET".
#WCEU
Joost & Karim: **Build something in 6 months that match their ideas of governance**
Matt: "OMFG they built something in SECRET".
#WCEU
June 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Matt: "Joost and Karim should go away and use open source to build a fork of WordPress with their ideals around governance."
Joost & Karim: **Build something in 6 months that match their ideas of governance**
Matt: "OMFG they built something in SECRET".
#WCEU
Joost & Karim: **Build something in 6 months that match their ideas of governance**
Matt: "OMFG they built something in SECRET".
#WCEU
AspirePress is announcing availability of its distributed WordPress repository architecture. aspirepress.org/everest-1-0-... - this work formed the starting point for FAIR package management. linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-... | www.fastcompany.com/91347003/wor...
“Everest” (1.0 is not just a number.) - AspirePress
As this post goes up on our blog, Matt Leach is taking the stage at the Alt-Ctrl event in Basel, Switzerland. He'll be representing the AspirePress team there to demo something we are super-proud of -...
aspirepress.org
June 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
AspirePress is announcing availability of its distributed WordPress repository architecture. aspirepress.org/everest-1-0-... - this work formed the starting point for FAIR package management. linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-... | www.fastcompany.com/91347003/wor...
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As of 2020, 54% of U.S. adults aged 16–74 read below a sixth-grade level—about 130 million people with limited literacy, impacting jobs, health, and the economy. This finding comes from a Gallup report commissioned by the Barbara Bush Foundation and cited by Forbes.
May 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
As of 2020, 54% of U.S. adults aged 16–74 read below a sixth-grade level—about 130 million people with limited literacy, impacting jobs, health, and the economy. This finding comes from a Gallup report commissioned by the Barbara Bush Foundation and cited by Forbes.
Reposted by Brent Toderash
Reposted by Brent Toderash
🇺🇸 “Rolling Stone reached out to all 53 GOP senators after the president said he didn't know whether he needs to honor the nation's founding document. None replied.”
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
May 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
🇺🇸 “Rolling Stone reached out to all 53 GOP senators after the president said he didn't know whether he needs to honor the nation's founding document. None replied.”
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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History always has a lesson.
April 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
History always has a lesson.
Reposted by Brent Toderash
Almost 10% of the entire Canadian electorate voted on the VERY FIRST DAY of advance polls because we’ve spent the last 3 months watching what happens when you elect a populist windbag who vilifies journalists and shits all over people’s fundamental rights.
Thanks America. You really did us a solid.
Thanks America. You really did us a solid.
April 20, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Almost 10% of the entire Canadian electorate voted on the VERY FIRST DAY of advance polls because we’ve spent the last 3 months watching what happens when you elect a populist windbag who vilifies journalists and shits all over people’s fundamental rights.
Thanks America. You really did us a solid.
Thanks America. You really did us a solid.
Today in a meeting I asked, "Are you sure that's the right document? It only says 'FINAL' once in the file name."
February 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Today in a meeting I asked, "Are you sure that's the right document? It only says 'FINAL' once in the file name."
The worst thing that's happened to email in the last decade is not spam, it's MS Office adding emoji responses to email.
This is a new hell, sending an email with nothing but a remote image of an emoji that's blocked in the mail client anyway.
I swear Microsoft is out to completely kill email.
This is a new hell, sending an email with nothing but a remote image of an emoji that's blocked in the mail client anyway.
I swear Microsoft is out to completely kill email.
February 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The worst thing that's happened to email in the last decade is not spam, it's MS Office adding emoji responses to email.
This is a new hell, sending an email with nothing but a remote image of an emoji that's blocked in the mail client anyway.
I swear Microsoft is out to completely kill email.
This is a new hell, sending an email with nothing but a remote image of an emoji that's blocked in the mail client anyway.
I swear Microsoft is out to completely kill email.
Connecting some threads. 1975: Fred Brooks said adding more developers tends to make a late project even later. 2000: EDS Superbowl ad. 2025: it dawns on me that whoever came up with the idea for the ad must have been a project manager, as it depicts Brooks' Law. adage.com/videos/eds-c...
EDS - Cat Herders Video from Ad Age
Electronic Data Centers’ “Cat Herders” is one of the best and most memorable Super Bowl ads, even if it only placed 10th in USA Today’s annual Ad Meter popularity contest. And it interested a general ...
adage.com
February 25, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Connecting some threads. 1975: Fred Brooks said adding more developers tends to make a late project even later. 2000: EDS Superbowl ad. 2025: it dawns on me that whoever came up with the idea for the ad must have been a project manager, as it depicts Brooks' Law. adage.com/videos/eds-c...