Brian Proffitt

Sometimes the world randomly smacks you around.

The grown-up thing to do is not smack the world back.

Being a grown-up sucks sometimes.

This week was a hell of a month.

OH: "I could totally buy an 8 ball, if I wanted to!"

To the creator of the enormous spider web my dog and I walked through this morning on our constitutional: we are sorry for inadvertently destroying your nightly work.

Like, REALLY sorry.

OH: "You look very stern without a body."

"I think peace is a design choice." - Vilas Dhar, President, Patrick McGovern Foundation. #UNOpenSourceWeek

It's #UNOpenSourceWeek! ASF President @suehle.bsky.social‬'s opening remarks celebrated the alignment of #OpenSource goals and those of the UN Charter.

ASF members also served as hackathon judges for projects focused on the effects of climate change on the lives of children around the world.

OH: Breaking up with Elon Musk seems to be like breaking up with Taylor Swift.

Plus One Newsletter: May 2025 Open source and community news from the Apache Software Foundation.

The May edition of Plus One is now available. Subscribe to follow major milestones, news, events, and activities happening across the ASF project ecosystem.

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Author's email notification avatar, with 66 unread. (Author is wielding a lightsaber in the picture)

Jedis, beware!

Android XR is getting stylish partners in Warby Parker and Gentle Monster Well, that’ll look a lot more fly than the OG Google Glasses.

The Return of the Glassholes, @tayhatmaker.bsky.social ? www.theverge.com/google-io/67...

The first keynote at this year's @eclipsefdn.bsky.social #AutomotiveOpenSourceSummit is @suehle.bsky.social , who took the audience on a powerful journey on the impact of open source software, and the value of community in the open source ecosystem.

Open source is an interesting environment. Where else can you help create cutting-edge technologies, collaborate with amazing, talented people.... and still occasionally have the "pleasure" of being exposed to middle-school politics and pathos?

My phone's work profile schedule flips on every weekday at 7:30, whether I am on vacation or not. The flood of notifications before I turn it off again is like hearing war drums over the distant horizon.

Future of OSL in Jeopardy | OSU Open Source Lab A nonprofit organization working for the advancement of open source technologies.

Oregon State University's Open Source Lab is facing a critical time in funding and needs help from the #opensource and #tech community to ensure its future.

To learn more including how you can donate, read this blog from Director Lance Albertson buff.ly/YPm0pKp

I'm trying to figure out how many sex toys you have to ignite to warrant a three-alarm fire. (...is a sentence I never thought I would write. Ever.)

Always make sure to celebrate your friends and their accomplishments! Because they're going to be your cheerleaders some day.

I'm not the only one that looks at a conference's schedule to see what accepted talk I said I would deliver, right?

Hacking systems is Wrong, Gareth.

They come up every decade or so. 🙂

Pretty sure I just confused the f*** out of my team when I sent them an email with the subject line "Join me on my existential journey," but this week has been that kind of month.

📅 Save the Date 📅

Community Over Code North America 2025 has been announced!

Where: Minneapolis, MN (USA)
When: September 11-14, 2025

Read more about #CommunityOverCode --> https://buff.ly/4jQx36S

From left: Mitchell Baker, Mozilla Foundation; Ruth Suehle, Apache Software Foundation; Mike Milinkovich, Eclipse Foundation.

ASF President @suehle.bsky.social shares her thoughts on how foundations play a critical role in the open source ecosystem at today's EU Open Source Policy Summit.

The Little Mermaid statue, Copenhagen

Hyhavn, Copenhagen

Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen

Spent the day exploring Copenhagen on the way to #FOSDEM

Very much looking forward to being a part of the main track #FOSDEM panel "Forked Communities: Project Re-licensing and Community Impact" this Saturday with @geekygirldawn.bsky.social,
@binford2k.bsky.social, and Stephen Walli! fosdem.org/2025/schedul...

The Scottish Sunday Herald TV guide featured this preview of the Trump inauguration.

It’s fucking brilliant.

Honestly, some mornings are just best spent sending reels back and forth with friends. #LazyWeekend

Joann Stores Likely to Go Out of Business--What Now? After exiting bankruptcy just last year, JoAnn Stores has filed Chapter 11 again, and it looks like this time they're done. Gordon Brothers (the company currently liquidating Big Lots and some years b...

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Man, going into the office is bananas (three-day manager meetings).

Okay, since I figured it out for @apache.org , I shall try the fancy for my own handle:

@brian.proffitt.org