Before, you are wise, after, you are wise. In between, you are otherwise. @greenman@c.im
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Latest African language Wikipedia update: greenman.co.za/blog/?p=3000
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October 2024 African language Wikipedia update: greenman.co.za/blog/?p=2944 #wikipedia #wikimedia #wikiindaba2024 #africa #language (please post any replies on the blog or c.im/@greenman -I'm not active here)
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Today might have seen the biggest physics discovery of my lifetime. I don't think people fully grasp the implications of an ambient temperature / pressure superconductor. Here's how it could totally change our lives.
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Help us redesign the mariadb.org website, with 10-15 minutes of your time: mariadb.org/help-us-redesign…
Happy to see more police than protesters at Dudula's appearance in Mouille Point. Interesting to see Dudula on their Twitter account also supportive of the UK fascist group Britain First, who claim the term "racism" was "invented by a communist mass murderer"
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So I think @zulip is the solution for all the problems I've got with free Slack for the community orgs I work with.
The problems with free Slack:
- Only 90 days message history
- The more channels you have, the worse it is.
- Thread discover is shit.
And Zulip solves all that.
South Africa shows a noticeable improvement in its results in the 2023 World Press Freedom Index greenman.co.za/blog/?p=334
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Last week we launched our audit tracker. It has the audit opinions on every South African municipality since 2010: tools.theoutlier.co.za/munic…
Mamusa Local Municipality in North West got disclaimed audits (the worst opinion) for 11 years in a row. Fortunately, it's the only one.
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MariaDB.org: FOSDEM 2023: MariaDB Reflections mariadb.org/fosdem-2023-refl…
I found this entertaining presentation, Legacy Cities, on an instance of the extinct elephant site that Twitter does not permit to be named: octodon.social/@ethanz/10947… Perhaps @urbanjodi and other urbanists will enjoy
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WikimediaZA has a limited number of scholarships available to sponsor South African Wikipedians who wants to join #Wikimania2022 - in Johannesburg and Cape Town. Apply today! More details can be found here:meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki…
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We’re delighted to announce the general availability of Zulip’s public access option! #opensource projects, #AcademicTwitter and other open communities can now offer one-click access (no login required!) to part or all of their #zulip chat. blog.zulip.com/2022/05/05/pu…
So, Cape Town, how are you enjoying the coldest year of the rest of your life? #capeTownheatwave
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MariaDB.org: CfP for the MariaDB devroom FOSDEM 2022 now open mariadb.org/cfp-for-the-mari…
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MariaDB.org: Challenges and Visions for MariaDB Server mariadb.org/challenges-visio…