The #OpenSSFCommunity Day agenda is live! Mark your calendar for May 21 in Minneapolis and start planning your schedule by bookmarking your favorite sessions.
Read the agenda highlight: openssf.org/blog/2026/04...
Register for OpenSSF Community Day NA: events.linuxfoundation.org/openssf-comm...
π¨ Heads up: there's a social engineering attack ongoing against open source developers on Slack
lists.openssf-vuln.org/g/siren/mess...
Banner for an online event organized by OSPO Alliance On Ramp. The main title reads 'The Role of OSPOs and Public Procurement in Enhancing Corporate Strategic Autonomy' in white text on a dark blue background. On the left, a red box displays the event date: April 17 at 10:30 AM CET. In the center, there is a photo of the speaker, Boris Dolley, with his details: Head of OSPO and Sustainable IT RTE France The OSPO Alliance logo is visible in the top left corner.
π Reclaiming European Strategic Autonomy through #OpenSource
Shift from "renting" commodity software to "owning" digital assets for the energy transition: Boris Dolley (Head of #OSPO at #RTE French TSO) will explain the strategy
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Meet the new Chair of the AAIF Governing Board: David Nalley, Director of Developer Experience at AWS.
As the AAIF grows to 146 members, David is leading the charge to ensure that agentic AI infrastructure remains open, transparent, and vendor-neutral.
aaif.io/blog/aaifs-f...
Design and #UX are a crucial step toward making open source software accessible to everyone. FOSS Backstage Design (18th March 2026) is where designers, UX-experts and #OpenSource enthusiasts meet to connect, share, and collaborate!
Get your ticket now: 26.foss-backstage.de...
#OpenSourceDesign
Thanks to those that played our badge challenge this year! If you want to unlock all that sweet bling, try the konami code, then enter our S3CR3T B4TT3RY UNL0CK code.
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HAPPY FRIDAY!!! Our Agenda is now live! Check it out!
Check it out: www.districtcon.org/speakers
We're also excited to share our Policy roundtable Moderators are now live! www.districtcon.org/speakers
As part of our commitment to do cool sh*t, we accept a handful of compelling ideas for lively roundtable discussions on topics at the intersection of cybersecurity & policy.
We're officially announcing our speakers DistrictCon Year 1! Check out our incredible lineup: www.districtcon.org/speakers
This also includes our Day 1 & Day 2 Keynotes from Ian Levy and Dan Ridge.
And don't forget, GA tickets go on sale November 16! See you in January! πͺ©
hear ye hear ye
www.eventbrite.com/e/districtco...
districtcon.org/junkyard Call for Bugs is still open! Initial submissions close on Oct 24 - submit your best bug in an old deprecated system today π
Security firm Trail of Bits has open-sourced Buttercup, a Cyber Reasoning System (CRS) developed for the AIxCC (AI Cyber Challenge).
It is designed to find and patch software vulnerabilities in open-source code repositories.
blog.trailofbits.com/2025/08/08/b...
github.com/trailofbits/...
We're thrilled to announce we're coming back for DistrictCon Year 1!
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πCapitol Hilton
Early bird tickets will be sold in September, and GA tickets in November! Call for Talks, Policy roundtables, and Bugs coming soon π
www.districtcon.org
Learn more about the new @softwareheritage.org Advisory Board & what's next for the org www.softwareheritage.org/2025/06/25/software-heri...
See you in NYC at the UN Headquarters on June 18! cc @wikimediafoundation.org
codingitforward.medium.com/three-myths-...
"If you plan for a year, plant rice.
If you plan for ten years, plant trees.
If you plan for a lifetime, educate people."
~Ancient Chinese Proverb, Guan Zhong, 7th Century BCE
#ThankYou @codingitforward.bsky.social
#HackThePlanet #OpenSource #OSPO
Bluesky on Jeopardy, cab ride edition
I've decided to try being more intentional about sharing my course notes for the #python course I'm teaching this quarter. A few people had told me they'd found the older version that they found on GitHub useful, so I figured I'd mention it.
The Fedora Project's annual contributor conference will be in Prague in June (not August!). Call for papers is open!
fedoramagazine.org/flock-to-fed...
#FlockToFedora
Disney's THE SKELETON DANCE is now in the #PublicDomain! ππΆ Why's this a big deal? This 1929 Silly Symphony redefined animation by syncing music & visuals. Now, itβs free to use, remix & reimagine. What'll YOU create? π₯
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The Maritime Approximation xkcd.com/3023
Some great tips for creating content for people who speak English as a foreign language which can probably even help people who speak it as their first language. Plain language ftw!
design.homeoffice.gov.uk/content-styl...
worked on this (incomplete) diagram of how the ASCII control codes work in unix today
it's interesting how these are all mixed together:
- Special codes (like `3` for SIGINT) handled by the OS
- regular keypresses (like `13` for "enterβ)
- codes handled by the program (like `18` for Ctrl-R)
A gaggle of Flashybats - flashlights with bat wings and bat teeth - flying over a spooky moon. The text reads: Avoid trips and falls. Use a flashlight and have costumes that fit this Halloween!
You asked for it and we're the government so we're here to deliver.
Your 2024 Flashybat Halloween phone wallpaper.
