Bradley M. Kühn — 🔜 FOSDEM (24)
I hope this is not a disgusting affront to what Brunost is for, but Norwegian Brown Cheese melted onto a fried egg is beloved, #diabetes friendly breakfast for me.
I have enough Brown Cheese from #FOSDEM that I can enjoy this Breakfast for at least six months.
I thank those at #FOSDEM who set aside a moment to talk to me about what I wrote upthread.
I think often of my first introduction to PTSD — which I saw 1st in the 1990s in ST:DS9 & Sisko's loss of his spouse to the Borg.
Science fiction always has something to teach us about the human condition. When the Wormhole Aliens tell Sisko that he “exists here” at the trauma & “it is not linear”, & he admits it's not.
This is #PTSD. At this moment, my mother was murdered yesterday. It is not linear.
As a post-#FOSDEM2026 consideration, I did contract a standard #rhinovirus (negative for flu and COVID) and lost 3-4 days of work this time. Not a whole month like last year, but serious productivity problem and sadly missed the (0penemnedded summit). I was masked indoors at all times during the event.
At this point , I am seriously considering only #FOSDEM outdoors: make myself available for a series of outdoor meetings and watch talks on video.
Sensitive content : dreams
I realize this just means I'm sad @richardfontana showed up for #FOSDEM2026 for, like, only 3-4 hours (& also that I secretly miss carbohydrates since my #diabetes diagnosis), but I dreamed last night that Richard & I went on some sort of potato chip (crisps) tasting tour & I discovered that despite not being from the mid-atlantic region like me, Richard loves Old Bay seasoning. Well, at least in my own mind he does.
Richard & I literally got 1.5min to discuss #copyleft-next at #FOSDEM.
https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/
It's been a long fundraising season given #SFC's stretch match, but we are close to the end; we're just about to be ≤ $10k to take advantage of all our generous match donations this season.
We appreciate all who have donated & hope that you can give a little bit more now.
Or, if you forgot to give last year or at #FSODEM2026, now is your change to double your donation.
Thanks to all who donated at #FOSDEM. We raised a *lot* at #FOSDEM26.
@bortzmeyer overheard at #FOSDEM
> “There is a guy who does a lot of work to help the fediverse and to push people toward it. His name is Donald Trump.”
This statement contains multitudes b/c #TruthSocial is a fork of #Mastodon. Initially, $DJT violated the #AGPLv3, but AFAIK they now comply with the license. I examined the fork & they primary code they added was an advertising platform. Obviously it doesn't have federation turned on.
Cc: @jzb
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Last year @ #FOSDEM, I got COVID. I ∴ missed my own keynote.
@karen & @ossguy filled in for me well, but I also *could not work on #FOSS for a WHOLE MONTH after*!!!
We all have important work after #FOSDEM2026. Why let the #FOSDEM26 flu/COVID slow down #OpenSource?
Wear a mask all day today & tomorrow unless you're on stage or asking a question.
If you need a mask or hand sanitizer, visit #SoftwareFreedom Conservancy's stand at K level 2 (group A).
https://fosdem.org/2026/stands/
Cc: @akareilly
You have many choices at #FOSDEM26, but my colleagues (list below) & I bring you the 14th edition of the Legal & Policy Issues DevRoom today in UB5.230 :
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track/legal/
If ever you wonder: “code is amazing but code is also law (as Lessig once wrote) so how do we build better policies in the world WITH #FOSS?” — then this DevRoom is for *YOU*!!!
BTW, UA is the least “sensory overwhelming” bldg at #FOSDEM2026.
Brought to you by:
@lexelas @kirschner @karen @tmarble @richardfontana & me
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…It is wonderful to be loved by the Norwegian #FOSS community. Last year, @sjn brought me 500g of #Brunost at #FOSDEM. This year, a larger group — incl. @Liks0m & @Foxboron & @aslakr — conspired to bring me 3kg of Brunost & 1kg of Geitost!
They now joke (?) that it'll continue to progress: .5kg->2.5kg->12.5kg
I keep reminding them I have to prove to USA CBP it's all for personal consumption. I can totally eat 12.5kg in 1 year, but CBP might not believe me!
♥️NORGE_FOSS!
To old guard of #FOSS:
When you reach ages ≥ 0x32 —as I have— ∃ a saying: you're old enough to “have no 🤬s left to give”. It's liberating, but take care w/ that new feeling; it *can* turn you into a mean person.
I'm watching a talk by ███¹ who has some interesting things to say, but is flippant & rude to the audience who ask about any issue not of ███'s interest.
No matter how smart you are: as a speaker, your audience has something to teach you.
Open your mind.
#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #FOSDEM26