Some really good news: Sovereign Tech Agency (@npub1yng6...nhrk) has announced their first cohort of Fellows, and among them is a friend: @npub1xvuu...jmp8 π₯³
Congrats Hugo and everyone! Having chatted with Mirko last year I am really excited for this program to show how impactful paying a handful of maintainers full-time can be.
Read Hugo's blog on the Fellowship:
That time of month again for my uncancellable auto-renewing GitHub Copilot subscription email (despite having never used Copilot or asked for this... :blobcatangery:) Note that there's no "unsubscribe" button, either.
The threat of Trump EOs has caused the National Science Foundation to pause grant review panels. Critically for Python and PyPI security I spent most of December authoring and submitting a proposal to the "Safety, Security, and Privacy of Open Source Ecosystems" program. What happens now is uncertain to me.
Shuttering R&D only leaves open source software users more vulnerable, this is nonsensical in my mind given America's dependence on software manufacturing.
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/01/27/nx-s1-5276342/nsf-freezes-grant-review-trump-executive-orders-dei-science
Meta is scared of Pixelfed. This is the biggest endorsement of Pixelfed that I've seen so far.
@npub1kxu2...9fca/113819524021365621" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://fosstodon.org/ NOSTR_0 /113819524021365621
I'm giving @npub1fh73...ee83 a spin, really love the idea of a non-profit open source code repository so its members can control. If I enjoy the service enough perhaps I'll become a voting member.
Anyone have specific features or stories about Codeberg they'd be willing to share?
