🎉 Gleich geht es los! Der erste MOERFI Demo-Tag steht in den Startlöchern! Wir freuen uns alle auf diesen tollen Tag am FWU Institut für Film und Bild gGmbH und sind schon ganz gespannt! Wie man sehen kann: Die Atmosphäre stimmt – fehlen nur noch die Teilnehmenden, die in Kürze eintreffen werden! 😉

Weitere Infos zu MOERFI finden Sie auch hier: https://www.oer-strategie.de/vernetzen/moerfi/

#OER #MOERFI #VCRP #OffeneBildung #Openness

@sodiboo @tauon @puppygirlhornypost2 @silly I don't think it's much of a "#freedom" on #iOS but rather that the few devices and OS versions in circulation, alongside everyone from #jailbreaker to #malware (espechally #govware #developers) want to crack it open result in way more personnel and money behind it.

• OFC the fact that the #Android experience is worse from that POV is the lack of #regulation re: #repairability and #openness that would make shit work. Most cheap #phones are done with even cheaper #SoC's by manufacturers who can't be assed (or frankly don't give a shit at all!) when it comes to #Linux #mainline support. (I mean, you've seen the video where @SexyCyborg demanded a vendor to give her the sourcecode as per #GPLv2 for her device?)

Granted @GrapheneOS does limit their support to devices that can comply with their #security standards.

• The issues are mostly caused by hostile app developers that specifically decided to knee-jerk their users / customers for no good reason.

I do wish for both vendors like #Fairphone to up their game and regulators like @EUCommission to actually push for more #transparency, #openness and #LongTermSupport of #Smartphones, because #ManufacturedEwaste like #SOYES, #WiKo, #Unihertz and others that ship #outdated #AndroidDevices and never even a single update are a major problem!

• I don't blame projects like @LineageOS that they can't cover every device & SoC even tho they propably have the widest compatibility, I just think that there needs to be pressure that manufacturers don't just vomit stuff on the market and let customers frustratingly figure out the rest.

I do have to give #Apple credit where it is due, and that is that #iOS does have consistency and accessibility nailed down very well. Something that they obviously are able being the "#BenevolentDictator" of a #SingleVendor & #SingleProvider - platform.

• Obviously since they are the #vendor for #hardware and the sole ["legitimate" / official] #distributor for any #Apps they do OFC cross-finance their relatively long #support with their 15-30% cut from #App #sales & #InAppPurchase|s they charge, which is why #AndroidPhones suffer the "#3DO syndrome": Needing to charge more since they only get to make money once with hardware sales and not after that, so there's no incentive for them to give a shit beyond "brand value" to care. #Google, #Samsing, #Fairphone and very few others do, but most don't as they close the books on the product once launched and sold out (angrily stares at Unihertz)...

Maybe one day the folks at @frameworkcomputer acquire Fairphone and decide to bring the same modularity to #Smartphones and get something done that makes it easy to maintain long-term and that even #GrapheneOS are willing to support.

• Until then the #Enshittification is ruining everything as usual...

@tauon @sodiboo @silly @puppygirlhornypost2 I don't deny them to be cool.

• Some people may say that the #Openness of #Android is why there isn't as much pressure to innovate there than on #iOS!

"The feeling is one of loss of the world. As if the world were fading, as if there were less of it. This can seem paradoxical, especially considering the brutal, horrifying wars taking place right now, which, with all their death and suffering, seem like an #overload of reality, but they come here as images; they are #twodimensional and #manipulable, and they arrive in the midst of a flood of other images. Within me, there exists a feeling that what I see, I control, and that I in a way have an overarching perspective on it. All the images I’ve seen of places I’ve never been, people I’ve never met create a kind of #pseudomemory from a #pseudoworld that I don’t participate in. The images arrive already complete; there is no communication between them and myself, no reciprocal exchange. So as much as we like to say that the world is opening up to us, since we can see every part of it, we can also say that the world is #closing itself off—in all its #openness."

Quote of the day, 22 May: St. Joachina de Vedruna

Vich, 19 December 1825

Your Excellency,

Joachina de Mas y de Vedruna, desiring to work for the glory of God and the good of others, wishes to embrace a few poor souls who are burning with love for God and long to become religious. But because they are poor and have neither resources nor a place in convents that live in poverty, they are unable to pour out their love to good Jesus.

Therefore, I beg you to grant me permission to receive into my home a few such souls who, through their labor and some alms, may sustain themselves and embrace poverty, following our Master Jesus Christ. In this way, they will also be able to live as religious women.

I make this request with the permission of my confessor and other spiritual advisors.

May God keep me.
At your feet, this sinner,
Joachina de Mas y de Vedruna

In the margin: 19 December 1825, submitted. Jesus Christ.

Saint Joachina de Vedruna

Letter 81 to Bishop Pablo de Jesús Corcuera, Bishop of Vich

Note: This letter, dated 19 December 1825 and addressed to Bishop Pablo de Jesús Corcuera of Vich, marks the official beginning of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity of Vedruna. Written just weeks before the congregation’s foundation on 26 February 1826, it expresses Joachina’s longing to serve Christ through a new religious community: one that was poor, apostolic, and dedicated to the good of others. As the Vedruna sisters approach their bicentenary in 2026, we honor Saint Joachina’s vision, which continues to flourish through her daughters around the world.

Vedruna, J. de 1825, Carta 81 to Bishop Pablo de Jesús Corcuera, in Epistolario J. de Vedruna, scanned edn by Marta Sarti, Carmelite Sisters of Charity of Vedruna, Barcelona. Available at: https://vedruna.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/5-Epistolario-J.-de-Vedruna.pdf

Translation from the Spanish text is the blogger’s own work product and may not be reproduced without permission.

Featured image: This 1903 oil portrait of Saint Joachina de Vedruna was painted by Francesc Morell i Cornet (1845–1916), based on a retouched original photograph. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

⬦ Reflection Question ⬦
What is one heroic thing that I can do to help the poor or educate needy children?
⬦ Join the conversation in the comments.

#Centenary #children #desires #detachment #hearts #Jesus #love #openness #StJoachinaDeVedruna

What does #Openness mean today – and for the future? 📣

The new report "From Software to Society" by Dr. Henriette Litta & Peter Bihr rethinks Openness as a driver of innovation & public value. Under pressure, openness must now:

▶️ Serve a clear purpose
▶️ Be protected from misuse
▶️ Embrace its political role

Find an overview on our blog: https://okfn.de/blog/2025/05/from-software-to-society-openness-in-a-changing-world/
& read the full study in English here: https://okfn.de/publikationen/fromsoftwaretosociety/

The German version will be published soon. 🗒️

What My Friends Mean To Me Answer #41: My friends are showing me that it is okay to need help. https://rons-home.net/en/living-life-lab/personal-growth/what-my-friends-mean-to-me/answer-of-the-day/2025/05/19 #acceptance #vulnerable #openness

TIL that the Namma Yatri app now services Mysore. I prefer it over Uber. #OpenMobility #openness

TIL that the Namma Yatri app now services Mysore. I prefer it over Uber.

#OpenMobility #openness #opendata #Mysore

»How #Europe’s #PoliticalParties Abandoned #Openness — and #LeftPopulism to Fill the Void.« https://www.socialeurope.eu/how-europes-political-parties-abandoned-openness-and-left-populism-to-fill-the-void?Populist.in #FactCrisis #Populism #Populist #Movement

📅 Der 1. MOERFI Demo-Tag am 3. Juni 2025 | 👉 Jetzt anmelden und mitmachen: https://www.vcrp-ecademy.de/veranstaltung/1-moerfi-demo-tag-plattformen-portale-und-perspektiven-auf-dem-weg-zu-einem-oer-oekosystem/

Am 3. Juni 2025 findet am FWU Institut für Film und Bild gGmbH in Grünwald bei München der erste MOERFI Demo-Tag statt. Unter dem Titel „Plattformen, Portale und Perspektiven“ kommen Akteurinnen und Akteure aus verschiedenen Bildungsbereichen zusammen, um sich über offene Bildungsinfrastrukturen auszutauschen und gemeinsam an zukunftsweisenden Lösungen zu arbeiten.

#MOERFI #OER #Openness

The 4Science April newsletter is out now!
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/4science-april-newsletter-4science-spa-8nioc/?trackingId=QGt5vj%2FdR0gswUGNszOjKA%3D%3D

@dspacetweets #Openness #OpenScience #OpenKnowledge #Innovation

Exit, stage left: X, formerly Twitter.

10th January 2025: https://www.uni-weimar.de/en/university/news/bauhausjournal-online/titel/universities-and-research-institutions-leave-platform-x-formerly-twitter-united-for-diversity-fr/

"Universities and research institutions leave Platform X (formerly Twitter): United for diversity, freedom and science

"Over 60 German-speaking universities and research institutions have decided to take a stand and collectively announce their decision to cease activities on Platform X (formerly Twitter). This withdrawal comes in response to the platform's current direction, which is incompatible with the core values of the participating institutions: openness to the world, scientific integrity, transparency, and democratic discourse. …"

23rd January: https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-universities-2025-1-university-of-leeds-first-russell-group-institution-to-quit-x/

"Leeds becomes first Russell Group university to quit X … Elon Musk’s social media site “no longer aligns with our university values” …"

27th April: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/grahamperrin_university-of-brighton-university-of-sussex-activity-7322162293465649152-t2-R

"University of Brighton, University of Sussex, and other like-minded institutions should – now – be at the UK forefront of what began in Germany. … Now. Do the right thing. Please."

#diversity #freedom #science #integrity #transparency #democracy #discourse #openness #universities #research #UK #Leeds #German #Germany #Deutschland #ElonMusk #X #Twitter

Besonders nach Ostern gilt: "Neues ist im Werden"

Mit Greg Elson (Gemeinschaftswerk der Evangelischen Publizistik gGmbH ) habe ich mich im Auftrag des @comenius Instituts ausgetauscht, wie Bildung und Publizistik fröhlich eine befreite, offene und vernetzte Zukunft entwickeln können:

https://oer.community/evangelisches-labor/

#OER #openness #nostr

"There’s a certain dark irony in watching tech #billionaires who built their empires on the “democratizing power of technology” now actively working to dismantle #democraticinstitutions. The same figures who once championed #connection and #openness are now the architects of the most dangerous centralization of power in modern history."

https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/17/the-de-in-decentralization-stands-for-democracy/

📢 SAVE THE DATE: Nach dem #SVC24 vor genau einem Jahr ist vor dem #ScienceVideoCamp2025 am 7. Oktober, von 10:00 - 16:00 Uhr‼️

📅 Diesmal: Ein ganzer Tag mit mehr Zeit, Intensität und besonderem Themenfokus - Lehren und Lernen mit #Wissenschaftsvideos. Wieder mit dabei: @cspannagel. 🥳

ℹ️ Basisinfos mit Programmvorschau unter: https://events.tib.eu/sciencevideocamp2025

More to come. Stay tuned & watch science on https://av.tib.eu/. 😉

#SVC25 #Lehrvideos #Erklärvideos #Community #OpenScience #Openness

Enfilez votre chapeau d’explorateur et partez avec moi à la découverte des modèles de langage ! 🌿 Dans ma conférence "D'OpenAI à Open Source AI", je vous proposerai une classification des LLMs selon leur ouverture.

📍 Rdv à #DevoxxFR2025, ce vendredi 18 avril à 11h35
🎤 Au programme : GenAI, modèles fermés et ouverts !

👉 https://mobile.devoxx.com/events/devoxxfr2025/talks/15379/details

#GenAI #LLM #Openness #TechAtWorldline

What My Friends Mean To Me Answer #41: My friends are showing me that it is okay to need help. https://rons-home.net/en/living-life-lab/personal-growth/what-my-friends-mean-to-me/answer-of-the-day/2025/04/06 #acceptance #vulnerable #openness

Is this what government transparency looks like now? Public records offices gutted in HHS layoffs https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/03/g-s1-57888/hhs-fda-rfk-foia-public-records #government #FOIA #access #openness

Devoxx France arrive à grands pas !

Si l'aventure de l'ouverture des LLMs et les enjeux des licences et restrictions d'utilisation vous intriguent, enfilez vos bottes et votre chapeau d'Indiana Jones, et rejoignez-moi vendredi 18 avril à 11h35. Ensemble, nous plongerons dans la jungle fascinante des LLMs pour explorer leur diversité et déchiffrer les enjeux de leur adoption. Prêts pour l'expédition ? 🌿🗺️

#TechAtWorldline #LLM #openness #DevoxxFR2025