#osm #openstreetmap #mapping #Madurai
#event #osm
OSM Madurai Armchair mapping party is this Saturday, in Madurai Startup Spaces
๐ Date: 09th May 2026 (Saturday)
๐ Time: 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM
๐ Meeting Point: Mudarai Startup Spaces, Madurai
๐ป Bring your laptop
This is an Armchair mapping party hence an indoor event. No prior mapping or OSM experience needed, all are welcome to join!
RSVP, contact and more details on OSM Calendar: https://osmcal.org/event/4767/
Free software enthusiast from Kerala elected Debian Project Leader
One of the oldest and widely used Linux-based operating systems, Debian has been developed by a community of volunteers from around the world
https://ostechnix.com/sruthi-chandran-debian-project-leader-dpl-2026/
Happy to have voted for her in the election.
This is what being rich means to me.
quote credit: https://www.threads.com/@iam_temidayooyetunde/post/DKcfS-PiCX0?xmt=AQF0QvJ6XZXYPHYi60KHZmK2ToxaODacgZE5U1wtaWQnEA
๐ Nextcloud has joined 30+ organizations in signing an open letter to Google opposing the #Android developer verification program.
Why does this matter? Because innovation thrives in #OpenEcosystems!
Read the letter to find out more! ๐https://nextcloud.com/blog/open-letter-android-developer-verification-program/
January 11 was the day when Aaron Swartz was killed by the academic publishing industry who are now happy to make deals with his contemporary, the compulsive liar Sam Altman.
The system puts some people to death for scraping while making others billionaires for doing the same thing. Mark Zuckerberg has torrented the entirety of libgen with no consequences.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M85UvH0TRPc
Piracy is legal now, provided you register an LLC and get a .ai domain for your website.
# "Using LibreOffice and other Free software for documents as a lawyer"
I was asked recently about how I get on using LibreOffice for document-related legal work, and I promised to write down some thoughts.
The short answer is that I use a mix of LibreOffice and other FOSS tools, and Iโm very positive about it, with no particular concerns.
If you have questions, please do ask!
https://neilzone.co.uk/2025/11/using-libreoffice-and-other-free-software-for-documents-as-a-lawyer/
Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year
By Diego Delso, CC-BY-SA
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2024/Results/All
Pirate Praveen ๆฎๆๆ
Curious Loth-cat
Nextcloud ๐ฑโ๏ธ๐ป
Joseph Nuthalapati 
Neil Brown
Denny Vrandeฤiฤ
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