SageMath: SageMath is a free open-source mathematics software system licensed under the GPL. It builds on top of many existing open-source packages: NumPy, SciPy, matplotlib, Sympy, Maxima, GAP, FLINT, R and many more. Mission: Creating a viable free open source alternative to Magma, Maple, Mathematica and Matlab.
ddrake: Choose tools that can’t be taken away from you: a manifesto – it’s risky to rely on tools that can be taken away from you – linked from a Mastodon post on looking for Evernote alternatives
Greg Wilson/The Third Bit: What’s The Scratch of the Social Sciences? – how to teach the social sciences to programmers like the Scratch language teaches programming to non-programmers (links to an essay on inessential weirdness of open source development from 2016 – fascinating!).
CNN: Exclusive: Recordings, emails show how Trump team flew fake elector ballots to DC in final push to overturn 2020 election
CNN: Not MAGA enough: 2020 election skeptic quit his job after facing blowback from angry election deniers (whoa!)
Chris McLeod: Blogging is where it’s at, again – reviews blogging services (including Micro.blog) and OPML usage in the wild
First instance I have seen of a euphonium in a television commercial!
David Shanske: Indiewebifying a WordPress Site – 2023 Edition
Take On Rules: Musing on Emacs – links to a number of “why Emacs” articles and videos
Eric Arenson: EmacsConf 2023 retrospective – Eric’s highlights from the conference