Michael Downey :notAI:

Software freedom and digital rights activist in all aspects of work and life. Currently trying to help the world become good Free & Open Source Software citizens.

Previously, started FLOSS.social years back, and have been on multiple project boards.

Quality toots since 2017.

#BlueHats #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #HumanRights #DigitalAutonomy #SurveillanceCapitalism #privacy #fedi22

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Cryptographically Verified: https://keyoxide.org/[email protected]
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2026-04-11 03:51:51 CEST

:space_exp_artemis: 🚀 We just set a team of humans to the moon and safely home.
Not one bit of generative AI was used or needed.
You don't need it in your office or orgaization, either.
We can do great thigs without pillaging public resources and funds for a scam.
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #NASA #Artemis #moon #genAI #generativeAI #slop

2026-04-07 22:56:47 CEST

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Congrats @npub1v7x…d4dm!

2026-04-03 00:14:46 CEST

🚨 LinkedIn runs a silent browser scan on every Chrome user who visits the site. 6,222 extensions. ~405 million users affected. No consent, no disclosure, no mention in their privacy policy.
The scan identifies your sales tools, VPN, ad blocker, job search extensions, and extensions tied to religion, politics, and disability.
The full technical breakdown, legal analysis, and searchable database of every scanned extension:
https://browsergate.eu
#LinkedIn #BrowserGate #privacy

2026-03-16 16:25:35 CET

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You're literally calling for centralization on the decentralized social network.
🤡
#Volla #VollaOS #OpenSource #software #hardware #Privacy #Security #DeGoogle

2026-03-09 18:43:51 CET

🇺🇳 :freesoftware: After reaching the incredible escape velocity needed to get it off the ground, our UN Open Source website is finally live in its first iteration. Much more to come for this resource.
https://opensource.un.org
#UN #UnitedNations #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #FreeSoftware
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2026-02-28 18:22:00 CET

🇺🇳 "As always, in any armed conflict, it is civilians who end up paying the ultimate price."
- Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner of Human Rights
#Iran #IranWar #HumanRights #UNCHR #UN #UnitedNations

2026-01-30 14:58:08 CET

🇺🇳 :freesoftware: At the @npub1mjt…pvyd EU Open Source Policy Summit, our UN Open Source United team co-chair announces the next UN Open Source Week, 22-26 June. Hope that many of you can join us in New York. Read more and express your interest here:
https://www.unopensource.org
#UNOSW #UnitedNations #UN #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS #EU #Europe #NYC #NewYork #UNHQ
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2026-01-30 09:38:37 CET

🇩🇪 🇪🇺 :freesoftware: At EU Open Source Policy Summit 2026, Dirk Schrödter, Minister of Digitalization of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, calls for an end to government decisions that "export public money, and import long-term dependency".
#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #Europe #EU #DigitalSovreignty #OFE #FOSDEM
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2026-01-28 22:22:51 CET

✊ Bruce Springsteen - "Streets Of Minneapolis" 🎵
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKSoxG1K7w
#ICE #Minneapolis #MSP #BruceSpringsteen #Springsteen #USpol

2025-10-12 02:42:54 CEST

In one week, people all over the United States will join together to say: In America we don’t do wannabe dictators or Kings.
No Thrones.
No Crowns.
No Kings.
One week to go.
✊ https://nokings.org
#NoKings #NoKingsPDX #PDX #Portland
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2025-10-07 21:14:54 CEST

📣 Hey, Kristi Noem: Keep Portland Free. You’re Barking Up the Wrong Tree!
:portland: Join us for a #PawsOffPortland puppy party at Rev Hall TODAY (Oct. 7) at 4 PM. #OregonIsHome
#Portland #PDX #PortlandOR #USpol #ICE
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2025-10-05 02:01:45 CEST

:portland: BREAKING: A federal judge in Portland, Ore. temporarily blocked President Trump’s federalization of 200 members of the state’s National Guard.
On Saturday, U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut granted a temporary restraining order filed by the City of Portland and State of Oregon, halting Trump’s deployment until at least Oct. 17, when she will hear arguments over whether to extend the restraining order.
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/10/04/portland-national-guard-deployment-judge-decision/
#PDX #Portland #PortlandOR #Oregon #ICE #USpol

2025-10-04 18:34:04 CEST

💡Remember:
:freesoftware: "Open Source Eventually" is the same as "Proprietary For Now".
#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS #Android #Linux

2025-09-30 19:20:40 CEST

🇺🇳 The United Nations Secretary-General has launched an open call for candidates to serve on the UN's Independent International Scientific Panel on AI -- 40 leading experts to provide impartial, evidence-based assessments on the opportunities, risks, and impacts of AI.
➡️ Learn more and apply at https://un.org/ai-panel ... the call is open through 31 October.
#UN #UnitedNations #AI #ArtificialIntelligence
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2025-09-27 17:50:03 CEST

🤔 So the US President says #Portland is "war ravaged". That's news to us living here, but have an up-to-date look for yourself.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portland/comments/1nrxdat/post_your_pics_of_warravaged_portland_here/
#PDX #Oregon #Trump #USpol
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2025-09-23 03:46:30 CEST

:fists_raised: 🎉 Congratulations to the people of #Indianapolis who tonight successfully defeated an attempt by #Google to build yet another #AI #dataCenter, and which would have destroyed tons of family farmland along with the local environment. An excellent example of what can happen when political "opponents" set aside the distractions and focus on the *real* threats to their well-being.
#Indy #Indiana #IND #IN #EndStageCapitalism
https://www.wishtv.com/news/politics/google-withdraws-rezoning-plans-for-data-center-site-in-indianapolis/

2025-08-21 23:06:49 CEST

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For more information about the UN Open Source Principles initiative, and if your organization or FOSS project might like to sign-on, head to:
https://unite.un.org/en/news/milestone-un-open-source-principles-endorsements-reach-60
#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS #UN

2025-08-21 23:01:39 CEST

🏆 A big milestone along a decade-long road.
🌐 Governments around the world now understand the value of #OpenSource for global digital cooperation, & are rapidly working to become "good citizens" in the global community. Efforts like the #UN Open Source Principles help to bridge the connections that will make those contributions successful. #RedHat is a good role model of private sector contributions.
🇺🇳 Congrats to our Open Source United team for these ongoing efforts!
https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-endorses-united-nations-open-source-principles

2025-06-22 03:15:52 CEST

#War #Peace
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2025-06-21 06:26:59 CEST

Heading home after a long week of extra long days at #UNOpenSourceWeek. Physically exhausted but inspired and mentally charged thanks to the passion and commitment of the global #OpenSource community. We are all ready to make the world better for all. Onward and upward!
#FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS #UnitedNations
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2025-06-20 14:58:46 CEST

Advocating to the worlds' governments for support of #OpenSource on the floor of the #UN as done over the last few days always brings joy, but today at #UNOpenSourceWeek we shift into less formal, practical mode, as we all get to demonstrate the real #FOSS spirit of working together toward global digital cooperation. Let's do it!
https://www.un.org/digital-emerging-technologies/content/open-source-week-2025
#UnitedNations #FLOSS #FreeSoftware
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2025-06-19 14:08:39 CEST

#UNOpenSourceWeek friends, the best bagels in the city are at Ess-A-Bagel at 51st & 3rd Avenue, not far from UNHQ. If you like bagels or want to, you should give them a try. (No, I'm not on commission.)
https://www.ess-a-bagel.com
#UN #UnitedNations
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2025-06-18 16:37:47 CEST

🇺🇳 :freesoftware: Happening Now: #UN #OpenSource Week opening sessions are kicking off!
Live video:
https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1i/k1i8jasxz4
#FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS #UnitedNations

2025-04-30 20:00:15 CEST

🚨 :OSI: The work of @npub17hn…m23e is at risk as US academic funding faces historic challenges. The Lab hosts infra for over 1000 #FOSS projects, and uses the opportunity to train students in critical #DevOps skills. Nothing comes close to the value that OSL provides the global #OpenSource community.
If you or your employer can help support this critical work, check their website for donation and contact info.
:boost_love: #boostsAppreciated
https://osuosl.org/donate
#FreeSoftware #FLOSS #OSUOSL

2025-03-26 15:02:32 CET

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Co-sign.
When our community's past leaders-by-consensus fail to act with integrity, it damages the FOSS movement's reputation to those "on the outside".
Fortunately, as you say, our ideals and vision are bigger than any leader or organization; they can and will endure.
But at what reputational cost?
#OSI #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS

2025-03-25 14:45:09 CET

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:flag_un: :freesoftware: UPDATE: We're excited to announce 16 new organizations have endorsed the #UN #OpenSource Principles, including:
@npub16a8…rljc @npub1v5h…pdxl @npub1m9z…whzq @npub1rk6…hv4q [@OpenForumEurope](https://mastodon.cloud/@OpenForumEurope ) @npub194y…yyaw @npub19aw…84c7 @npub1yng…nhrk @npub1m2w…z28j @npub1dug…kxeq @npub1htu…cls2 @npub12z6…xcdj
These principles are practical ways to promote #FOSS to those who can benefit from its power and freedoms.
✒️ More at the link below, then have your group submit our CryptPad form here:
https://unite.un.org/news/fifteen-organizations-endorse-un-open-source-principles
#FLOSS #FreeSoftware

2025-03-22 23:17:35 CET

🇺🇲 Bernie Sanders (and AOC), who are running for nothing, just had the largest event Sanders ever had, including both his presidential campaigns.
✊ Change is coming.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkdCRMQXW14
#USpol #Bernie #Sanders #BernieSanders #AOC

2025-03-11 16:52:05 CET

:flag_un: :opensource: Today, the United Nations announced the "UN Open Source Principles" – 8 practical ways for groups around the world to promote global digital cooperation through free and open source software.
✍️ Like software freedom itself, these principles are for everyone, everywhere - and the orgs you support can join a list of endorsers today.
:boost_love: #boostsAppreciated - spread the word!
https://unite.un.org/news/osi-first-endorse-united-nations-open-source-principles
#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS #UN #UnitedNations

2025-03-03 01:44:06 CET

🏆 :blender: Congratulations to the @npub1k5u…hg3t project for its role in the film "Flow", which just won the Best Animated Feature award at #Oscars2025.
Open Source has won, indeed!
https://www.blender.org/user-stories/making-flow-an-interview-with-director-gints-zilbalodis/
#Oscars #Flow #Blender #FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

2025-03-01 02:13:22 CET

:netscape: Old geeks may remember paying for #Netscape once upon a time, although it wasn't required.
:firefox: If #Mozilla charged for a "clean" version of #Firefox without all the #enshittification, would you pay?
#poll

2025-02-28 19:13:13 CET

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Could? Yes.
Would? Not clear.

2025-02-28 18:53:47 CET

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This is 💯 true.
Also true is that boycotting through a switch to a TOS-free soft fork seems to be just about the only power the broad community has to push back against Mozilla's changes.
#Firefox #Mozilla #enshittification

2025-02-27 17:32:50 CET

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Curious about the pros and cons of maintaining a separate DB compared to a public project like BeaconDB...
https://beacondb.net

2025-02-26 22:42:57 CET

PSA: Switch to #LibreWolf.
:firefox: ➡️ :librewolf:
https://librewolf.net
#Mozilla #Firefox #TOS #browser #privacy

2025-02-25 22:43:46 CET

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📖 The Pact provides a playbook on how we can win the fight for human rights: through peace, development, the rule of law, climate action, and better governance of technology.
🌐 We can help end the suffocation of human rights by breathing life into the Pact for the Future.
🚀 Let’s do it together. We don’t have a moment to lose.
(2/2)
https://summitofthefutureun.org/pact/
#humanRights #UN #UnitedNations

2025-02-25 22:42:30 CET

:flag_un: Human rights are the oxygen of humanity. But one by one, they are being suffocated.
🤕 Human rights are on the ropes and being pummeled hard.
🚨 This represents a direct threat to all of the hard-won mechanisms and systems established over the last 80 years to protect and advance human rights.
🔎 But as the recently adopted Pact for the Future reminds us, human rights are, in fact, a source of solutions.
(1/2)
https://cdn.masto.host/floss/media_attachments/files/114/066/687/660/629/808/original/901c741346398b3f.mp4

2025-02-22 15:38:27 CET

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Don't forget @npub1rx6…pdar 📋

2025-02-03 14:56:00 CET

🚨 The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.
➡️ No one should ever hire these men again.
:boost_love: #boostsAppreciated h/t @npub1hhq…nesj
Read more about them:
https://web.archive.org/web/20250203091710/https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-government-young-engineers/
#USpol #Musk #Trump

2025-02-02 18:41:40 CET

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Personnel from the Musk-created office physically tried to access the USAID headquarters in Washington, DC, and were stopped.
The DOGE personnel demanded to be let in and threatened to call US Marshals to be allowed access, two of the sources said.
Three of the sources said the DOGE personnel wanted to gain access to security systems and personnel files. Two of those sources said also they wanted access to classified information.
(2/3)
https://lite.cnn.com/2025/02/02/politics/usaid-officials-leave-musk-doge/index.html
#USpol #USAID #Resist #DOGE

2025-02-02 18:40:06 CET

🚨 Senior USAID security officials put on leave after refusing Musk’s DOGE access to agency systems
Two top security officials at the US Agency for International Development were put on administrative leave Saturday night after refusing to allow officials from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to access systems at the agency, even after DOGE personnel threatened to call law enforcement, multiple sources familiar told CNN.
https://lite.cnn.com/2025/02/02/politics/usaid-officials-leave-musk-doge/index.html
#resist #USAID #USpol #Musk #Trump

2025-02-01 20:17:11 CET

🗞️ OK folks, time for a refreshed round of #RSS reader recommendations. What do you use to consume #blogs #news etc.?
(Only interested in #OpenSource solutions, and preferably ones that are web-based or otherwise able to be synchronized across devices.)
#boostsWelcome :boost_love:

2025-01-28 21:20:44 CET

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You mean Bluesky, the protocol started by billionaires and planning to become ad supported?
No Thanks, I'll still with things here on the #Fediverse where regular people are working together to run and build things.

2025-01-24 15:00:56 CET

🇺🇸 🚨 For the first time in 70 years, the US Centers for Disease Control did not publish its "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)" today.
☣️ This report would have shared several new discoveries about the active biosecurity threat #H5N1 bird flu.
⌛ Every day these public services are disrupted increases the risk and damage to the world.
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index.html
#USpol #publicHealth #globalHealth #CDC #MMWR

2025-01-21 02:49:44 CET

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Proud that despite these cuts, I'll still be joining #WHO colleagues for a panel on how we can all strengthen #OpenSource for public good in the face of global challenges, coming up at @npub1y3n…0j80 in March:
https://25.foss-backstage.de/session/how-do-you-measure-public-good-in-open-source-and-beyond/
#FOSSBack

2025-01-21 02:27:16 CET

🇺🇸 :flag_un: The United States has just withdrawn its funding for the World Health Organization, who for 75 years have led the charge to protect lives and improve health everywhere.
🌍 Please give what you can.
:boost_love: #boostsWelcome
https://donate.who.foundation
#WHO #USpol #health #healthcare #WorldHealthOrganization #UN #UnitedNations

2025-01-20 18:09:48 CET

The #WhiteHouse website just got a "Reality TV" makeover. 🤮
https://www.whitehouse.gov
#USpol #inauguration

2025-01-15 22:56:24 CET

🇨🇵 Who do we know in the Fediverse based in or near #Paris #France and working on #OpenSource strategy, policy, etc.? Bonus points if a funder or if in government of some kind.
:boost_love: #boostsAppreciated
#askFedi #FreeSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS

2025-01-11 17:48:33 CET

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Announcing your late arrival to the fascists' clubhouse is not the marketing flex you think it is.
#ReadTheRoom #Facebook #Meta #Threads #fascism
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2025-01-07 19:11:20 CET

As my dayjob demands increase, 2025 brings to a close my tenure on the GNOME Foundation Board of Directors. I remain a GNOME user, supporter, advocate and donor, and I still strongly support the community's work and mission to bring a pleasant and easy-to-use free software desktop experience to people everywhere.
Times are tough for many open source projects struggling to find the resources to meet their growing demand; GNOME is no exception. Please help if you can:
https://www.gnome.org/donate

2024-12-16 15:18:36 CET

🎉 Our team is excited to start our work building national-level OSPOs to support responsible, sustainable scaling of #OpenSource for public services. First up, #Trinidad and #Tobago - with more to come. Read more:
https://www.undp.org/digital/news/new-open-source-programme-office-trinidad-and-tobago-sets-out-catalyze-digital-public-services
#OSPO #TT #FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS

2024-12-03 23:56:32 CET

🇺🇳 Come work with our (fully remote) #OpenSource team at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)! We are looking for an early-career person with hands-on #FOSS community experience and (preferably!) experience working with the public sector and all that entails.
🤝🏽 Help us support country governments in setting up new OSPOs to help them embrace & integrate #FreeSoftware into their public services.
🌍 Folks in #Africa are strongly encouraged to apply! :boost_love:
https://estm.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/22575

2024-10-31 21:21:47 CET

Software Freedom @npub103f…kaf3: "Open Source AI Definition Erodes the Meaning of 'Open Source'"
"With this announcement, we have reached the moment that software freedom advocates have feared for decades: the definition of “open source” — with which OSI was entrusted — now differs in significant ways from the views of most software freedom advocates."
https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2024/oct/31/open-source-ai-definition-osaid-erodes-foss/
#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #OpenSourceAI #AI #OSI #OSAID

2024-10-30 12:13:03 CET

Pleased to see that the #DigitalPublicGoods Alliance has found that the new OSI AI "definition" is not sufficient for its criteria, and that for #AI systems to be badged as a DPG, they will require all training data to be openly licensed.
#OpenSource #OpenSourceAI #OSAID
https://www.digitalpublicgoods.net/blog/the-role-of-open-data-in-ai-systems-as-digital-public-goods

2024-10-28 22:56:44 CET

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"Fire suppressant inside the ballot box protected virtually all the ballots. Only three ballots suffered damage, and Elections will contact those three voters, via unique identifiers on their ballot envelopes, so they can receive replacement ballots. Voters should be assured that even if their ballots were in the affected box, their votes will be counted."
https://www.multco.us/multnomah-county/news/news-release-elections-director-tim-scott%E2%80%99s-statement-incendiary-device-county
#OR #WA #USpol #Vancouver #USElections

2024-10-28 22:00:06 CET

One thing people may be missing with the election terrorism happening in #OR and #WA is that at least in Oregon, we receive an automatic email/phone call/SMS when our ballots are received. (And again when they are counted on election day.)
So folks can know for sure if their ballot was counted.
#USpol #Vancouver #USElections

2024-09-18 17:23:08 CEST

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The resolution passes:
- 124 in favour
- 14 against
- 43 abstentions
#Palestine #Israel #UN #UNGA
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2024-09-18 16:06:01 CEST

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Debate is resuming now on draft resolution A/ES-10/L.31/Rev.1, with a vote coming at the top of the next hour.
Draft resolution PDF: https://documents.un.org/doc/undoc/ltd/n24/266/48/pdf/n2426648.pdf
Live video: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1e/k1edf4b03v
#Palestine #Israel #UN #UNGA

2024-09-18 14:10:29 CEST

:flag_un: 🇵🇸 The #UN General Assembly will vote today on a Palestinian resolution demanding that Israel end its "unlawful presence" in #Gaza and the occupied #WestBank
"The resolution calls for Israel to pay reparations to Palestinians for the damage caused by its occupation and urges countries to take steps to prevent trade or investments that maintain Israel’s presence in the territories."
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/vote-palestinian-resolution-demanding-israel-end-occupation-113797603
#Palestine #Israel #UNGA

2024-09-13 16:00:50 CEST

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#OurCommonFuture #GlobalGoals #SDGs
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2024-08-29 21:15:46 CEST

For a moment, imagining if #Mastodon had released literally ANY new & useful admin/moderation tools whatsoever in the past several years....
#MastoAdmin #FediAdmin
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2023-07-04 21:26:21 CEST

💡 Today is a perfect day to exercise your independence from #BigTech, and #GiveUpGitHub.
☣️ #GitHub is the equivalent of #Twitter and #Facebook for software development -- creators of the most enticing proprietary walled garden ever made for #FOSS developers.
Don't be stuck when Microsoft decides to change the rules on you.
Start today.
https://GiveUpGitHub.org
#FreeSoftware #OpenSource
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