"After all, there's no virtue in software freedom. The only thing worth caring about is human freedom. The only reason to value software freedom is if it sets humans free."
pluralistic.net/2025/01/14/contesting-popularity/#everybody-samba
youtube.com/watch?v=o3cTIn2Z_Ck
Best backrooms (nonfiction) vid
This is your friendly reminder that M*tt M*llenweg also controls: Tumblr, Day One, Pocket Casts, Gravatar, and Simplenote, among others
I haven't had a lot of time to listen to music and crank out anything (because meetings! [actually productive meetings]) but this playlist is doing me a great service as it relates to today's mental health: open.spotify.com/playlist/2ZY07L1Puk4rSwjOf13u0k?si=bebc59a02ad34c72
[1] Still need to get off Spotify 😕
Yesterday I learned the phrase "in a walk", "The phrase comes from horse racing in the late 19th century. If a horse was so far ahead that it could slow down and still win, it might 'finish in a walk'. The idea spread to other contexts, where it took on the broader meaning of achieving something with minimal effort or competition."
TIL "get on the blower"
“Today I learned that we have a sustainability team,” Mullenweg said.
therepository.email/mullenweg-shuts-down-wordpress-sustainability-team-igniting-backlash
🤔
github.com/WordPress/sustainability/commits/trunk/achievements.md
We're well past the age when receipts mattered, but yeah...
