@slatey.org.bsky.social
On Nov. 1 and 2, 8 SCN volunteers set up WiFi at Rosie's LIHI Tiny House Village. With heavy rain all day, they spent day 1 running cable across the property to 6 WAP locations to blanket the whole village with a consistent signal, and day 2 setup 5G modems and PoE fundraiser.seattlecn.org #seattle
04.11.2025 02:54 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
🎉 #SeaGL ‘25 Conference is coming!
Join the event for free, online or in person, Nov 7–8, in Seattle to network with #FOSS pros, attend workshops, & catch talks from LPI’s Jon “maddog” Hall & Ted Matsumura.
Visit our booth for career insights.
#LPI is a Media Partner!
More info: lpi.org/kvd6
A little proof of concept I've been working on, it's a version of Bluesky that you can run locally, even on your laptop, that pulls just the data you care about from the firehose, indexes it, and provides you an interface to view and interact with posts.
04.10.2025 21:28 — 👍 890 🔁 181 💬 19 📌 17
Compliance matters in the #quantum era!
#LPI Board Member Ted Matsumura explains how #FOSS projects & #webadmins can prepare for future quantum threats, building on his talk at @lfnw ’25.
Dive into the article to learn more: lpi.org/oh84
#cybersecurity #PQC
Intro to OpenTofu
Get a quick intro to #opentofu at #seagl2025 Nov 7 or 8 in #Seattle #linux #LPI
30.09.2025 19:33 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We've been partnering with fultel.net to put Connections (lffc.us/connections/) at seattlecommunityfridge.org/ sites to provide free WiFi and landline phone service at each fridge; so far, we've installed them at their Dunlap and Estelita's Library locations! Here are photos of our Dunlap install:
16.09.2025 04:19 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
SCN will be providing a free beginning C programming course this summer for 2 months, online. No programming experience is needed. Dates are TBD, but please logon the SCN Discord server for more information.
08.07.2025 22:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
On June 27, six volunteers from the Seattle Community Network installed 5 Cisco Access Points with new cabling at the BrickHouse Shelter in Lake City. The upgrade significantly improved reliability and performance for the residents. #seattle #seattlecommunitynetwork
08.07.2025 22:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
Most of us know that LLMs, VLMs, foundation models etc. are just statistical language models trained in big data and that they neither have emerged capabilities nor are they able to really reason.
My summary of the 25th anniversay of LinuxFestNW in Bellingham - www.lpi.org/blog/2025/06... #linuxfestnw #lpi #opensource #linux #foss #lfnw
18.06.2025 20:43 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Congratulations to Esther Jang who will be a Keynote speaker at SeaGL 2025, Nov. 7 & 8!
Esther Jang is a mobilizer with SCN, which builds infrastructure and provides internet access, laptops, and education to underserved communities in WA state.
#seagl #FOSS #linux
seagl.org/news/2025/06...
Going to linuxfestnorthwest.org April 25-27? Don't miss Donald Becker's talk on Sun. 1:30p, and Jon Maddog Hall's talk right after.
#linux #lpi #opensource #linuxfestnw
Riverfront Park on a sunny day
It’s a beautiful day in the City of Spokane!
25.03.2025 22:03 — 👍 17 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 1
I always enjoy visiting Spokane. Great meetings with @mayorspokane.bsky.social Lisa Brown, outgoing @gonzagauniversity.bsky.social President Thayne McCulloh, and the residents and staff at @wdva.bsky.social Spokane Veterans Home.
30.03.2025 15:00 — 👍 86 🔁 7 💬 15 📌 1Welcome @mayorspokane.bsky.social ! South Hill resident here!
04.04.2025 21:49 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
www.lpi.org/articles/lfn... #linux #lpi
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