Hi folks! 9 years ago (to the day), the late Aaron Swartz made the first commit to SecureDrop, which was then called DeadDrop. Today the project is used by >70 media orgs around the world.

It's an open source whistleblower submission platform that uses the Tor network to protect source anonymity. We're also working on a next-generation integrated workstation for journalists based on Qubes OS:
https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-workstation

We're happy to be here! #introductions

FWIW, we (pre-)released a new piece of TURN server software today:

https://eturnal.net

While we're on the subject of decolonising music history/teaching: the first piece of music made by manipulating tape recordings is from Africa. Halim El-Dabh wrote "Ta'abir al-Zaar" ["The Expression of Zaar"] in 1944.

You can find out more about him from his website: http://www.halimeldabh.com/

Note that he was spotted by the US government as a talented composer and recruited to a US University, so there's not a good excuse for ignoring his work, and yet he's not often discussed.

Nike has joined the list of companies making Juneteenth a paid holiday. Good on them for actually opening their purses.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/11/business/nike-juneteenth-holiday-trnd/index.html

Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19th, commemorates the day news of the end of the US Civil War reached the last group of slaves.

https://twitter.com/nickystizzy/status/1271116403505012737

There is a petition at change.org to replace the statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond, VA with a statue of Oderus Urungus of GWAR.

https://boingboing.net/2020/06/10/petition-circulates-to-replace.html

https://www.change.org/p/richmond-richmond-erect-a-gwar-oderus-urungus-statue-in-place-of-robert-e-lee-statue