This week's In-Process is out! Featuring the latest on NVDA 2024.1, add-on updates, the Microsoft FOSS Fund, Philanthropy Australia awards, an Interview with our GTO Gerald, and more! All available now at: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/in-process-22nd-april-2024/

#NVDA #NVDAsr #News #Newsletter #Blog #Awards #Interview #FOSS #Community

Today more companies are announcing their support of the Valkey community (the group that includes committed developers previously working on the OSS version of the core Redis engine): Aiven, Alibaba Cloud, Chainguard, Heroku, Huawei, Percona, and Verizon.

#OSSummit #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSS #OSS #Redis #Valkey #Community #LinuxFoundation

https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/valkey-community-announces-release-candidate-amid-growing-support-for-open-source-data-store

Valkey Community Announces Release Candidate Amid Growing Support for Open Source Data Store

Valkey community welcomes new partners, including Aiven, Alibaba Cloud, Chainguard, Heroku, Huawei, Percona, and Verizon.

^{The Linux Foundation}

Now on stage for the morning #OSSummit keynotes, core team member Madelyn Olson to speak about the new Valkey community effort.

The walk-on music: "We are never ever getting back together" by Taylor Swift. 🤣

Love it!

#OSSummit #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSS #OSS #Redis #Valkey #Community #LinuxFoundation

You've got questions, and we've got answers! We took feedback from recent social media, mailing lists, and in-person conferences, gave it to our team in last month's office hours, and then turned those answers into a blog! 📖

So if you want to know more about Thunderbird for Android features, or when full sender names are coming, read this short and sweet post full of information! 💡

https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/04/team-thunderbird-answers-your-most-frequently-asked-questions/

#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Community

Team Thunderbird Answers Your Most Frequently Asked Questions

Exchange support & add-ons for Thunderbird mobile? True conversation view on desktop? The team answers your most frequently asked questions.

^{Monica Ayhens-Madon (The Thunderbird Blog)}

I am working a talk for DORS/CLUC in Zagreb about #OSM.

My topic is how and why to start contributing to #OpenStreetMap as a total beginner. I'll be showcasing tools such as @streetcomplete , @everydoor, @MapComplete.

I'll be also talking about #gamification, #community, helping projects like #hotOSM and #OpenHistoryMap.

Do you have any tricks or ideas you would like me to include into the talk. How would you encourage a total stranger to start contributing?

https://www.dorscluc.org/

https://blog.commune.sh/federated-webrings/

In the glory days of web 1.0, social websites would prominently link out to their digital neighbors via lists known as webrings; magical doorways to an expansive hinterland of digital villages.

Let's envision what a truly federated chat like #Matrix could do to improve the cross-connectivity of chat channels. Most of these features are already possible, they just haven't been implemented yet in a community-oriented client experience.

#CommuneApp #fediverse #community

Federated Webrings

^{Erlend Sogge Heggen (Commune Blog)}

Who needs bad April Fools' Day jokes when you have laptop lids! Today's lid is from @Unaccounted4

Things we are loving:
* Sweet, squishy mascots 🐧
* Sound haberdashery 🎩
* Science and swears 🤬

Rating: 1100/1010 binary references

#OpenSource #Community #WeRateLaptopLids

Thunderchat Alert! 🚨

Community Office Hours start in ONE hour at 17:00 UTC! Today's format is Open Forum and FAQs, so bring your questions and comments and we'll bring the team! Find out how to join in the blog post: https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/03/march-2024-community-office-hours-open-forum-and-faq/

#Thunderbird #Community #OpenSource

March 2024 Community Office Hours: Open Forum and FAQ

The March 2024 Thunderbird Community Office Hours invites questions from the community in an open forum format.

^{Monica Ayhens-Madon (The Thunderbird Blog)}

It's time for our Community Office Hours this Wednesday March 27 at 17:00 UTC and the topics are up to you! We'll answer live questions, questions sent to officehours@thunderbird.net, and some of the questions we heard most at SCaLE! 🤔 🐧

Find out how to join us in the blog, and note the shift in day and in UTC! Silly spring time changes. 🗓️ ⏰

https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/03/march-2024-community-office-hours-open-forum-and-faq/

#Thunderbird #Community #OpenSource

March 2024 Community Office Hours: Open Forum and FAQ

The March 2024 Thunderbird Community Office Hours invites questions from the community in an open forum format.

^{Monica Ayhens-Madon (The Thunderbird Blog)}

#SCaLE21x, it's almost time to say goodbye, but it's been a blast. Thank you everyone who came by our booth to share your stories, heard @linuxflower talk about Thunderbird for Android, and made our first time here a great one. 🐧 💙

#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Community

Here's my periodic reminder: alternative text for images is important! It makes your images accessible to people who are blind and provides context for the neurodivergent (like me!).

HOWEVER! Writing appropriate alternative text can be very hard, especially if you don't have a lot of practice.

If you see an image missing alt text, don't be a jerk about it.

If you post an image and can't add alt text, don't be a jerk about it.

#Accessibility and #community go hand in hand. If we're all willing to be a little vulnerable with each other, we can help each other build a space that is accessible for everyone.

Edited to fix a spelling error 😁

#AltText

3333 Vorbestellungen - Ihr habt es geschafft!😍
Das SHIFTphone 8 erhält damit 12 GB Arbeitsspeicher, statt der angekündigten 8 GB. Für uns bedeutet dies allerdings auch, dass wir den finalen Preis des SHIFTphone 8 (ursprünglich 555 EUR) um 22 EUR – also auf 577 EUR zzgl. Gerätepfand – anheben müssen. Alle bis gestern eingetroffenen Vorbestellungen profitieren natürlich ohne Preiserhöhung von den 12 GB RAM.

#shift #shifthappens #shiftphone #shiftphone8 #community #crowdfunding

This is your friendly reminder for our monthly Community Office Hours this Thursday at 18:00 UTC! Team Thunderbird will be joined by John Bieling, who will be talking to us and answering your questions about Add-ons and Add-on development.

Find out how to join live and more on the blog post: https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/02/february-2024-thunderbird-office-hours-add-ons/

#Thunderbird #Community #OpenSource

February 2024 Community Office Hours: All About Add-Ons!

Sr. Software Engineer John Bieling joins us to talk about Thunderbird Add-ons in the February Thunderbird Community Office Hours! Learn about what they can do and how to get involved.

^{Monica Ayhens-Madon (The Thunderbird Blog)}

Before we get too far into 2024, we wanted to think about everything that went well - and the things that didn't go so great - for Thunderbird in 2023. Don't get us wrong, while we think some amazing things happened last year, we also want to admit what we could have done differently. 🙂 😐 😕

As always, we'd love to know your thoughts on where - and how - we can improve! 💙

https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/02/thunderbird-in-2023-the-milestones-and-the-lessons-we-learned/

#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Community

Thunderbird In 2023: The Milestones and The Lessons We Learned

We're listening, and we're learning from your feedback. Here's where Thunderbird succeeded in 2023, and the lessons we learned along the way.

^{Jason Evangelho (The Thunderbird Blog)}

Exciting news! The Ubuntu Community is now on Matrix. As of today, we're now fully federated with the rest of "The Matrix"! Anyone can join the party 🎉

Did you know that you can also find the Ubuntu HPC community on Matrix? We're an active group supercomputing professionals that meet every Wednesday over Jitsi. Just look for hpc:ubuntu.com when exploring rooms.

Hope to see you there with the rest of the Ubuntu Community 😎

#Ubuntu #Community #Matrix #HPC #supercomputing

At long last, the Thunderbird blog now has a "Share To Mastodon" button!

A hearty round of applause and eternal thanks to @micah, @oopsallnaps, and @devmount for making it happen 💙

#Mastodon #Community #OpenSource

Save the date! 📆
In zwei Wochen ist es wieder soweit!🙂

📍 Wo? Link erscheint kurz vor Streamingbeginn auf der Statusseite.
👥 Mit? Carsten, Samuel, Dir und anderen SHIFTphone 8-Begeisterten.
💬 Wie? Interaktiv. Während des Talks kannst du im Chat Fragen stellen und Feedback geben.

#shift #shifthappens #shiftphone #shiftphone8 #shifttalk #community #smartphone

Hello #FOSS folks!

Outreachy is seeking #OpenSource and #OpenScience communities to mentor Outreachy interns in the May 2024 cohort.
Read more: https://www.outreachy.org/blog/2024-01-08/may-2024-call-for-mentoring-organizations/

The application deadline for FOSS communities to apply is Feb. 15, 2024, at 4 p.m. UTC.

Do apply now: https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/

#DiversityinTech #Outreachy #Community

Die Zusammenfassung des letzten SHIFTtalks.🙂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oENKYBgk_yk

#shift #shifthappens #shifttalk #shiftphone #shiftphone8 #community

SHIFTtalk recap 2023 November - SHIFTphone 8

Liebe SHIFT-Community! In diesem Video findet ihr die Highlights aus unserem SHIFTphone 8 - SHIFTtalk vom 29.11.2023. Sollte euch nur ein bestimmtes Thema in...

^YouTube

▶️ $17.44 ◀️ That’s the average donation to Thunderbird so far in 2023. A gift roughly the price of a pizza helps provide jobs. It helps us bring Thunderbird to iOS and Android even faster. It helps us develop new features. It substantially improves our sustainability.

YOU have that power! YOU can help give people a free, ethical alternative to corporate giants and walled gardens. Please donate today, and help Thunderbird thrive: https://mzla.link/eoy23_masto

#OpenSource #Android #iOS #Community

Give to Thunderbird

^Thunderbird

We added https://grapheneos.org/discord as a redirect to a permanent Discord invite link to make it easy to remember and share.

For Matrix, joining #community:grapheneos.org provides a list of all our non-archived rooms. 2 main rooms are regrowing after recently being bricked.

#XMPP Events

XMPP Meet-up Berlin

@mattj talks about "Spam, Abuse and Moderation"

Wed, 2023-11-08 18:00 CET
#xHain hack+makespace
Grünberger Str. 16, 10243 #Berlin

https://mov.im/node/pubsub.movim.eu/berlin-xmpp-meetup/mattj-talks-about-spam-abuse-and-moderation-7fJ5za

#Jabber #chat #community #meetup #community #spam #abuse #moderation #interoperability #standards #federation
#decentralization

Save the date! 📆
Der SHIFTtalk zum SHIFTphone 8 geht in die nächste Runde!🙂

📍 Wo? Link erscheint kurz vor Streamingbeginn auf der Statusseite.
👥 Mit? Carsten, Samuel, Dir und anderen SHIFTphone 8-Begeisterten.
💬 Wie? Interaktiv. Während des Talks kannst du im Chat Fragen stellen und Feedback geben.

#shift #shifthappens #shiftphone #shiftphone8 #shifttalk #community #smartphone

#XMPP Community

Join the upcoming XMPP #Vision & Strategic #Workshop to discuss and understand our #community better, but also ask for your input on different topics around our federated network and #technology.

Date: Tue, 14th November 2023
Time: 6:00 - 9:00 pm UTC
Online & in English (details will follow)
Questions: https://xmpp.org/chat?xsf

Everyone welcome - spread the word!

#jabber #chat #rtc #standards #interoperability #standards
#federation #decentralization #OpenSource

The FCC pushed back the application window to Dec 6-13 to allow community groups more time to prepare applications for new, low-power, community radio stations.

When they first announced the opportunity -- a window that has not been open in a decade y'all -- the news was clearly huge, so now they are giving people six more weeks to prepare their applications.

As you know, KUZU shows one way LPFM can be a foundation to build valuable community information resources.

Please boost and share.

#radio
#community
#local
#journalism

https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/lpfm

Low Power FM (LPFM) Broadcast Radio Stations

In the following sections, we provide some basic information about Low Power (LPFM) radio stations (licensed service) and the related application processes.

^www.fcc.gov

Communal Bonfires; creating space for group-scale discourse on top of @matrix

https://blog.erlend.sh/communal-bonfires

Today we're pre-releasing Commune, our first foundational step towards a community platform built specifically for alignment with digital gardens.

Cyber-ecological messaging anyone?!

It's an evolving piece of software serving as the primary bonfire component of the overarching Community OS concept.

https://github.com/commune-os/commune-server

#fediverse #opensource #threadiverse #community #matrix

GitHub - commune-os/commune-server: Build communities on Matrix

Build communities on Matrix. Contribute to commune-os/commune-server development by creating an account on GitHub.

^GitHub

Join us for session #1 of today's Community Office Hours, starting right now: https://mzla.link/tb-community-hours

#Thunderbird #beta #Community

Ihr habt es geschafft!😍
Wer aufmerksam die Statusseite verfolgt, wird mitbekommen haben, dass wir das Fundingziel erreicht haben. Somit werden wir den internen Speicher der Standardausstattung von 128 GB auf 256 GB ohne Zusatzkosten für alle erhöhen.🙂

#shift #shifthappens #shiftphone #shiftphone8 #crowdfunding #community

Hoping to make the list with my first patch which I've just confirmed to be fully operational!

Was looking forward to a smoother all-#FOSS paper writing workflow with @zotero and @libreoffice, am now also looking forward to getting some cool stickers 😎

#freesoftware #community #libreoffice #zotero

I tooted Hello World on November 30, 2022.

Then I began tooting my #music and a ton of #puns #jokes, and #memes. And you all responded so genuinely, and with such positivity, that I very quickly was made to feel at home.

My deepest gratitude goes out to the #Mastodon community, a #community that has literally improved the quality of my time on this spinning rock as it hurtles through space, towards a future that seems more uncertain every day. It’s unlike any other “social media platform” here.

Today, I celebrate the arbitrary milestone of five thousand followers, and I just wanted to say thank you.

Thank you for the favourites, the boosts, the follows, and the comments.

Thank you for your conversations, discussions, and corrections.

Thank you for listening to my music and sharing your thoughts on it with me, and for following along on your chosen streaming service. This has been amazing.

But, above all, I’d like to thank you all for making Mastodon the friendly and welcoming place that it is. My experience here is one of wonderful acceptance, and it has been truly humbling. There is nowhere else quite like it.

Massive big huge love to you all,

- Jon (Dgar)