Jerome Powell: “There is effectively ZERO net job creation in the private sector.”

US job growth in February has been revised down from to a total loss of -92,000 jobs to -133,000 jobs.

It's the largest loss since December 2020.

I'm super grateful for the wonderful help of Fediverse people in translating my video "introducing the Fediverse" (20 languages!) and - recently - some of my writing.

My love letter to the Fediverse - making the case for its adoption by public institutions - has been translated into French, Italian and Polish!

I've updated the article with links:
🔗 : https://blog.elenarossini.com/openness-transparency-and-reach-three-reasons-why-public-institutions-should-embrace-the-fediverse/

Thank you @hachem for the French translation, @macfranc for the Italian one and dziękuję @oaj for the Polish one 💖

Heavy drama in the open-source world of...

...Office Document Software.

Nextcloud, originally a fork of ownCloud, has launched Euro-Office, a fork of OnlyOffice (pissing off OnlyOffice). Collabora is weighing in and issuing comments against both OnlyOffice and Euro-Office while, itself, forking Collabora Office Desktop from the Document Foundation's LibreOffice. Document Foundation has now resumed LibreOffice Online which competes against Euro-Office and OnlyOffice.

(I think I've got all that right 😅 Correct me if I haven't! 😂)

❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 I unironically love this!!!! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Document software may appear boring on its face, but Microsoft Office is a big reason why folks still stay with Microsoft OS and don't (can't...) move to Linux. MS Office 365 is often used as a bridge to allow folks to move to Linux while still using Microsoft products in the browser but that solution still keeps them tied to closed source solutions.

Development of Free and Open Sourced Software (FOSS) office products, both desktop apps and online web apps, is a core and key element to allowing FOSS solutions to thrive - both for individuals and organizations.

This level of drama and fighting is indicative of a lot of effort and attention being thrown into this arena. I'm confident over time it'll settle and different projects will merge back together or at the very least borrow and build upon each's efforts.

Read and get your fill of the drama here: https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/02/eurooffice_forks_onlyoffice/

#FOSS #digitalSovereignty #installParty #Linux #diDay

Group Pushing #AgeVerification Requirements For #AI Sneakily Backed By #OpenAI

https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/04/02/0345206/group-pushing-age-verification-requirements-for-ai-sneakily-backed-by-openai

#privacy #World

Download 131,000 Historic Maps from the Huge David Rumsey Map Collection

https://www.openculture.com/2024/05/download-131000-historic-maps-from-the-huge-david-rumsey-map-collection.html

This car costs $8500. Not a typo. Less than 10 racks. And you don't have to put gas in it.

But we can't have it in the US, because we'd rather have racism and argue about solved problems like birthright citizenship, and should Black people be allowed to vote.

So you get Cybertrucks instead. Enjoy!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZqRnLp_htE