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🧑🏻‍🎓🧑🏻‍💻🌱🏳️‍🌈 Please see my pinned introduction post. Follows and boosts don't imply endorsement (I follow a very wide range of accounts I want to keep track […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ social.coop/@ogeer, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Floxford @floxford.org · 16h
Unfortunately, our venue has not allowed us to bring food to this social; we hope to be able to offer food in the future!
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Floxford @floxford.org · 21h
After the Summer break, we're back with another social, free for everyone in the city of Oxford! Summer Common Room, Magdalen College, 18:00-19:30, 14 October. Details: events.floxford.org/event/free-soft… - Come whether […] [Original post on mastodon.me.uk]
A poster:

Free Software & Open Source Social

Wednesday 14 Oct 2026, 18:00 - 19:30 (or drop in within these times)

Summer Common Room
Magdalen College
Oxford
OX1 4AU
Free and Open to All in Oxford city
No Registration Required

More information @ floxford.org

- Come whether you're a newbie or obsessed, technical or non-technical!
- Learn or chat about more collaborative, equitable, and liberatory computing.
- Celebrate KDE's Anniversary if you use Plasma Desktop, Krita, or Kdenlive.
- Pizza and snacks will be provided.

Our code of conduct applies: floxford.org/coc. See floxford.org/acknowledgements for transparency details. Contains various trademarks: see https://floxford.org/tm. Tower Photo CC-BY-SA-2.0 © Steve Daniels via Wikimedia Commons and Mascots Photo CC-BY-4.0 © David Revoy via Pepper&Carrot. Which mascots in the tower can you name?
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Oliver Geer @ogeer.org · 22h
If you follow me for the Free/Libre and Open-Source Software (FLOSS) events in Oxford and online, please follow @floxford instead. We're now called Floxford, have a brand, and that account will be dedicated to our community group. Otherwise, we will continue as before! #Floxford #FLOSS #FOSS […]
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IFTAS @iftas.mastodon.iftas.org.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
⚠️ #SW_ISAC_ADVISORY A series of ongoing phishing campaigns are actively targeting people using fake verification and support accounts. Admins will never contact you publicly for verification or access issues. Never open links from unsolicited posts […] [Original post on mastodon.iftas.org]
Example of a phishing post, including the text "ᴀᴜᴛᴏᴍᴀᴛᴇᴅ ꜱʏꜱᴛᴇᴍꜱ ᴅᴇᴛᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ɪʀʀᴇɢᴜʟᴀʀ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴠɪᴛʏ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴀᴄᴄᴏᴜɴᴛ.

ᴛᴏ ʀᴇꜱᴛᴏʀᴇ ꜰᴜʟʟ ᴠɪsɪʙɪʟɪᴛʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀᴄᴄᴇꜱꜱ, ᴘʟᴇᴀꜱᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴇʀɪꜰɪᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇꜱꜱ."
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Plans have been unveiled for a network of cycle routes linking nearby towns and villages to Oxford, backed by county and city councils – and unusually, the University of Oxford. The Oxford Greenways would connect 200,000 residents to the city on traffic-free paths. oxfordclarion.uk/oxford-green...
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Oxford Greenways: a cure for congestion?
How far would you be prepared to cycle to work? Research suggests that, for most people, 2 to 5 miles is the sweet spot. That's 10 to 30 minutes each way. Enough for health benefits, but not too tiri...
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Oliver Geer @ogeer.org · 29/09/2026
[rant] In my honest opinion, requiring someone to put their title (Ms., Mr., Mx., Dr., etc.) on a form is ridiculous, whether or not you have gender neutral options.
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Oliver Geer @ogeer.org · 26/09/2026
#askFedi Do you know of speech-to-text live transcription models that: 1. perform OK for lightly technical English speech, in near-real-time, 2. have available (ideally libre/open-source) training data, libre/open-source training code, libre/open-source inference code, and/or libre/open-source […]
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Oliver Geer @ogeer.org · 24/09/2026
#AskFedi Hi, does anyone know whether the #FOSSY code of conduct is itself CC0-licensed, CC-BY-SA, or under some other license? 2026.fossy.ca/attend/code-of-conduct "We borrowed heavily from the SeaGL and North Bay Python Codes of Conduct which are based on this template and include […]
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Oliver Geer @ogeer.org · 21/09/2026
Does anyone know what size screwdriver this screw needs (it's something smaller than Phillips #00)? Dell's manual ( […] [Original post on social.coop]
A cross-head screw next to a ruler. The cross is around 2mm in diameter, and the arms of the cross are less than a millimetre thick.
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highly praised and little read @hannah.posts.rat.pictures.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
I took a picture of this sign in 2022 and it’s gotten a lot less funny ever since
Attention! Pay machine. Do not pay any person
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
not to be confused with quesadilla
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Quesadilla.
Ķ (k-cedilla) is the 17th letter of the Latvian alphabet.
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../../../../../etc/passwd @unnick.booping.synth.download.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026
TIL the word "mesmerized" was just named after like. a guy. named mesmer
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Oliver Geer @ogeer.org · 13/09/2026
[Content Warning Boost: anti-migrant protests, verbal assault] RE: social.coop/@afewbugs/1172518969949…
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A lifeboat museum says it has been forced to close after its volunteers were targeted by anti-migrant protesters. Poole Old Lifeboat Museum said it made the decision after several incidents of "protesters verbally assaulting our volunteers". https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62mq66lrqjo #RNLI #FarRight
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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026
currently rendering some renders for the mnt reform next handbook :3
a rendered, partially opened up mnt reform next laptop hardware assembly. batteries are pink
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Nemoralis @neriman.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026
WMF staff have voted 158–14 in favor of union representation 🎉 🎉🎉 WMF says it respects the result and will proceed with good-faith collective bargaining. Huge thanks to everyone who helped spread the word! NLRB results: www.nlrb.gov/case/20-RC-391740 WMF […]
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Oliver Geer @ogeer.org · 26/08/2026
[CW boost: death] mastodon.online/@virtualbri/1171575…
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Brian Tatosky (@virtualbri@mastodon.online)
Be a fourth as good as Dolly Parton and you'd be an amazingly good person. Books for kids, charitable work, helping sponsor research that resulted in a COVID vaccine; she did so many good things. May her memory be a blessing.
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sky @scroeser.kolektiva.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026
I think a lot about bell hooks writing that the first act of violence society demands of men is to cut out their own softness: "The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence toward women. Instead patriarchy demands of all males that they engage in acts of psychic […]
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Anthropy @anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026
@ManyRoads honestly agreed, that was kind of half the point actually! therefore, Occam's razor works much less than you'd expect, it is limited to cases where your intuition overlaps with that of others, and the specific science in the case of science
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🇩🇪 🇺🇦 🇨🇦:nonazis: @manyroads.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026
@anthropy TBH I think you are wrong on all points... there are no such things as: 1. objective biases 2. Universally understood science But, that's just an old grumpy guy talking.😉
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Anthropy @anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026
Occam's razor only works if you assume everyone's biases are objective. Which is to say, it works a lot better in situations talking about universally understood science, than something like politics. "Simplest explanation" can be very subjective. What one person believes might not be shared […]
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Oliver Geer @ogeer.org · 18/08/2026
[uspol] RE: mastodon.social/@mattsheffield/1171… This is just an anecdote so limited as evidence goes, but matches my experiences. I've seen people calling Trump the "least bad option", or focusing on the perceived evilness of "wokism" rather than anything good about Trump […]
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Oliver Geer @ogeer.org · 17/08/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@opensourcedesign/1… #getfedihired We're commissioning a logo for our local free/libre and open-source software group. You're welcome to submit a sentence of ideas via email! #floxford
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Oliver Geer @ogeer.org · 16/08/2026
#AskFedi Should I pay £15-25, greater, or a negotiable range for a logo, wordmark, and basic branding for a volunteer community group? I'm commissioning a these for our volunteer-run free and open-source software group, and paying out of my own pocket. I set the price range to £15-£25, which is […]
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AngharadHafod @angharadhafod.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026
What great big eyes you've got, Grandma. #Eclipse
A woman's shadow against a white wall, with two large thin crescents around the location of her eyes.
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Bodil @bodil.lol · 13/08/2026
Good morning and happy Bindependence Day! If you're eligible to vote in the Clacton by-election, please make your vote COUNT today!
Count Binface, rampant, in front of the Palace of Westminster.
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Oliver Geer @ogeer.org · 12/08/2026
I forgot to buy eclipse glasses, but saw the eclipse anyway via shadows on the wall. So lucky! #eclipse #solareclipse #eclipse2026
Golden crescents scatter over a rectangular section of a dark brown wall, giving it a feathery texture. It's the eclipse naturally projected through a window.
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Oliver Geer @ogeer.org · 12/08/2026
[s***post] Using two binary gender symbols to signify a single gender-neutral #toilet is common but seems strange to me (why not use some icon related to a toilet)? Therefore, I propose these new meanings for the symbols, based on reading them in #Polari. 🚹🚺: omi-palone toilet, i.e. a toilet […]
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Adrianna Tan @skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026
A few less widely known things about #Singapore on the occasion of its 61st birthday. 1. We have urban otters! They disappeared briefly but you can now see them lots of places. There are various families named for the location they’re from, almost like mafia family names. ‘Bishan otters’ and […]
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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/08/2026
I've just been awarded a grant from @nlnet's NGI0 Commons Fund for one of my open source projects 😃 nlnet.nl/project/ActivityBot
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NLnet; ActivityBot
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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026
So: I have friends coming over and I need vegan recipes for a starter and a main that use no chili and no peppers of any kind. And no mushrooms. And no tofu. Ideas? Especially the main is... interesting, so far. I think I have one dish in my repertoire; I rely on chilies a lot. Explicitly not […]
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highly praised and little read @hannah.posts.rat.pictures.ap.brid.gy · 25/07/2026
A reddit post from r/linguisticshumor imagining if english was written like japanese, with latin standing in for kanji and greek for katakana. It even has furigana glosses above the latin words. If you’ve ever tried to learn japanese at all it’s extremely funny
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Oliver Geer @ogeer.org · 26/07/2026
This is fascinating: francisrub.io/writing/en/salitang-s… #linguistics #etymology #filipino #tagalog
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“Kuwalipikado” and Other Cases of “Salitang Siyokoy”
Filipino is a lovely language—quirks and all.
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Oliver Geer @ogeer.org · 24/07/2026
I've got round to publishing the source of the presentation I gave last February, on contributing to #FLOSS in all sorts of ways! codeberg.org/ogeer/ContributingToFL… Contributions are very welcome, especially for sections of the presentation currently with little content; see the […]
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Oliver Geer @ogeer.org · 24/07/2026
The sunset last night in Sussex was beautiful... (© 2026 Oliver Geer, licensed CC-BY-SA-4.0)
The sunset showing a gentle vertical gradient from light blue to white clouds to pink then to light blue again, behind dark blue hills with a few household lights visible, and the silhouettes of trees in the foreground.A similar image, but the colours now form light blue, pink, white, pink, light blue. This is just the same image, now mirrored vertically so the trees appear upside down at the top as well as at the bottom.
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Oliver Geer @ogeer.org · 20/07/2026
Deutsche Bahn in the UK? Yes (but for cargo, not passengers). Seems quite apt to see this for the first time after going to the EMF hacker (read: tinkerer, maker) camp. Hacker camps are very big in Germany... uk.dbcargo.com/rail-uk-en/our-compa…
A sign with the Deutsche Bahn logo, the text "Didcot Yard", and some safety warnings. It is next to the fence of a railway behind which there is a yard and verge.
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Oliver Geer @ogeer.org · 17/07/2026
Hello! I'm going to #emfcamp now and will be there at around 09:30. It's my first time and I'm excited. Any tips?
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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 16/07/2026
Hi #emfcamp help needed, thin ish semi technical person required - our installation which is mounted in the bar has some loose usb connectors... Somewhere. We didnt get to cable management #cluesbysam
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Wieferich Prime @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 14/07/2026
"In other news, my hat is now running Linux. Add it should be" Getting in early-doors on this year's #OverheardAtEMFCamp #EMFCamp
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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/06/2026
a quick suspend/resume demo with the MNT Quasar 6490 Pocket Reform
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Oliver Geer @ogeer.org · 05/06/2026
[alcohol (indirect, neutral); a non-alcohol joke] Remember, anarcho-syndicalists, this DrinkAware notice is especially for you! /joking #anarchism #alcohol
A notice over a stand of wine bottles, with a red and black background resembling the anarcho-syndicalist flag. The notice reads "Under 25? Please be prepared to show proof of age when buying alcohol".
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Oliver Geer @ogeer.org · 05/06/2026
If the nuance in your argument is based on the fact that you have done insufficient research, or that nobody has done sufficient research, then it's not a nuance: it's uncertainty. (Just a nitpick!)
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Oliver Geer @ogeer.org · 04/06/2026
RE: social.coop/@ogeer/1166681333991716… ox.ogeer.org/event/the-next-floss-f… A reminder that today from 19:00 to 20:00 UK time we have a talk by @totherme on LLMs in programming and whether we should boycott or embrace them: Everyone's free to join in Oxford or online! […]
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Oliver Geer @ogeer.org · 04/06/2026
RE: social.coop/@ogeer/1166681333991716… ox.ogeer.org/event/the-next-floss-f… A reminder that today from 19:00 to 20:00 UK time we have a talk by @totherme on LLMs in programming and whether we should boycott or embrace them: Everyone's free to join in Oxford or online! […]
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Oliver Geer @ogeer.org · 31/05/2026
#event: As a professional #programmer and lover of #FOSS, should I be embracing #GenAI or boycotting it? @totherme is giving a talk followed by a Q&A, open to everyone in #Oxford and online, to get us closer to answering this question! Everyone's welcome, from […] [Original post on social.coop]
LLMs are revolutionising coding:

Empowering non-programmers to solve previously intractable problems.

Shovelling toxic agentic asbestos into our digital infrastructure

Making existing professional programmers hundreds of times more productive

Destroying the jobs market and causing layoffs

Finding CVEs and making us more secure

Wasting ecosystem-changing quantities of electricity and water

As a professional programmer and lover of Free and Open-Source Software, should I be embracing GenAI or boycotting it?

"The Next FLOSS Frontier"
Gareth Smith
19:00-20:00 Thursday 4 June
Terry Newport Room, Magdalen College & Online

See https://ox.ogeer.org
Free and Open to all!

and After the talk (same day+place)
Sticker Exchange
If you have stickers to share about free and open source software / anything else, please bring them!

No need to register.

Co-organised by Oliver Geer, Laura Fortunato, Rowan Wilson. Illustration (decorative) CC-BY-4.0 Wes Cockx for Google DeepMind.
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Oliver Geer @ogeer.org · 01/06/2026
[homophobia, transphobia, prison] So sad and angering to see Ghana creating a law like Section 28 for all LGBTQ+, and sending anyone perceived as queer to years in prison: campaigns.allout.org/ghana-reject-t… www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yeden… If it's […]
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Oliver Geer @ogeer.org · 31/05/2026
#event: As a professional #programmer and lover of #FOSS, should I be embracing #GenAI or boycotting it? @totherme is giving a talk followed by a Q&A, open to everyone in #Oxford and online, to get us closer to answering this question! Everyone's welcome, from […] [Original post on social.coop]
LLMs are revolutionising coding:

Empowering non-programmers to solve previously intractable problems.

Shovelling toxic agentic asbestos into our digital infrastructure

Making existing professional programmers hundreds of times more productive

Destroying the jobs market and causing layoffs

Finding CVEs and making us more secure

Wasting ecosystem-changing quantities of electricity and water

As a professional programmer and lover of Free and Open-Source Software, should I be embracing GenAI or boycotting it?

"The Next FLOSS Frontier"
Gareth Smith
19:00-20:00 Thursday 4 June
Terry Newport Room, Magdalen College & Online

See https://ox.ogeer.org
Free and Open to all!

and After the talk (same day+place)
Sticker Exchange
If you have stickers to share about free and open source software / anything else, please bring them!

No need to register.

Co-organised by Oliver Geer, Laura Fortunato, Rowan Wilson. Illustration (decorative) CC-BY-4.0 Wes Cockx for Google DeepMind.
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Oliver Geer @ogeer.org · 28/05/2026
betterimagesofai.org is really helpful — abstract images to refer to current machine learning models and concepts without submitting to hype or random AI-generated images. All free culture (CC-BY-4.0)!
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Better Images of AI
We are a non-profit creating more realistic and inclusive images of artificial intelligence. Visit our growing repository available for anyone to use for free under CC licences, or just to use as inspiration for more helpful and diverse representations of AI.
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Oliver Geer @ogeer.org · 22/05/2026
RE: social.coop/@ogeer/1165794701884632… Here's your reminder that @audreyt.org will speak from 15:30 to 16:30 British Summer Time today, in Oxford and online. *Please check you have this correct time — for a while I put the wrong time on the webpage and downloadable calendar event.* […]
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Oliver Geer @ogeer.org · 22/05/2026
My 1.5-year-old profile picture doesn't reflect my current hair length. I also noticed an old post I missed, saying its eye contact might be an issue for a small number of autistic people. Hence, the change of profile picture. I'm still the same person! 🙂
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Oliver Geer @ogeer.org · 17/05/2026
Happy #IDAHOBIT ("International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia"). May we strive towards a world where people can both be freely themselves and free from harm — whether part of this acronym or not. Good riddance to the scapegoating, stereotyping, bigotry, and disinformation we […]
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