OpenAI Uses Complex and Circular Deals to Fuel Its Multibillion-Dollar Rise
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/31/technology/openai-fundraising-deals.html
#HackerNews #OpenAI #MultibillionDollar #Rise #CircularDeals #TechNews #Funding
Update. " #NewCollege of #Florida Is Ready To Be The First To Sign President Trump’s Higher Education Compact."
https://www.einpresswire.com/article/861953402/new-college-of-florida-is-ready-to-be-the-first-to-sign-president-trump-s-higher-education-compact
#Academia #AcademicFreedom #AcademicMastodon #Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics
Update. The University of Kansas provost says that #UKansas will not sign the Trump compact.
https://www.kansan.com/news/ku-won-t-sign-trump-s-higher-education-compact-was-never-invited-to-provost-says/article_aaea8512-a72a-4c9f-b45e-44f38dd835d4.html
#Academia #AcademicFreedom #AcademicMastodon #Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics
Cassidy James :rr: :gg: :fh:
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We're really close to 500 Friends of GNOME on https://donate.gnome.org — only 10 people left to get there
We're really close to 500 Friends of GNOME on https://donate.gnome.org — only 10 people left to get there
Update. #SyracuseU will also reject the Trump compact, according to an Oct 22 statement by Chancellor Kent Syverud to the University Senate. Apparently there is not a public letter announcing the decision.
https://dailyorange.com/2025/10/syverud-declines-trump-compact-senators-pass-portfolio-review-resolution/
#Academia #AcademicFreedom #AcademicMastodon #Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics
Update. " #NewCollege of #Florida Is Ready To Be The First To Sign President Trump’s Higher Education Compact."
https://www.einpresswire.com/article/861953402/new-college-of-florida-is-ready-to-be-the-first-to-sign-president-trump-s-higher-education-compact
#Academia #AcademicFreedom #AcademicMastodon #Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics
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Hubzilla awarded NLnet NGI0 grant for performance and moderation work
@ Harald Eilertsen is going to use a NLnet NGI0 grant to advance the development of Hubzilla! Great work, Harald!
Hubzilla awarded NLnet NGI0 grant for performance and moderation work
I'm really happy to announce that I've qualified for a grant from @NLnet and their @NGI Zero open source funding programme for implementing performance profiling for Hubzilla, and to improve the Superblock addon! These are projects that has been pushed around for some time already, but thanks to NLnet I can now afford to set of the required time to get this out of the way.
This work will help us understand and fix performance issues both during development/testing and in production. The work on the Superblock addon will improve it to gain modern moderation features required by the fediverse today.
Hubzilla is a fediverse platform with a strong focus on owning and controlling your own data. It is one of the longest running active projects in the fediverse, and has pioneered features like cross-site authentication, nomadic identity, comment controls and granular permissions enforced by the server. With functionality way beyond mere sharing of status updates and posts, Hubzilla is an extensible platform that aims to be a more complete home on the web.
# hubzilla # fediverse # nlnet # ngi0 # funding
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Hubzilla awarded NLnet NGI0 grant for performance and moderation work
@ Harald Eilertsen is going to use a NLnet NGI0 grant to advance the development of Hubzilla! Great work, Harald!
Hubzilla awarded NLnet NGI0 grant for performance and moderation work
I'm really happy to announce that I've qualified for a grant from @NLnet and their @NGI Zero open source funding programme for implementing performance profiling for Hubzilla, and to improve the Superblock addon! These are projects that has been pushed around for some time already, but thanks to NLnet I can now afford to set of the required time to get this out of the way.
This work will help us understand and fix performance issues both during development/testing and in production. The work on the Superblock addon will improve it to gain modern moderation features required by the fediverse today.
Hubzilla is a fediverse platform with a strong focus on owning and controlling your own data. It is one of the longest running active projects in the fediverse, and has pioneered features like cross-site authentication, nomadic identity, comment controls and granular permissions enforced by the server. With functionality way beyond mere sharing of status updates and posts, Hubzilla is an extensible platform that aims to be a more complete home on the web.
# hubzilla # fediverse # nlnet # ngi0 # funding
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🫰🏻 Let's Help NetBSD Cross the Finish Line Before 2025 Ends
｢ Right now, The NetBSD foundation have raised $10,738 of $50,000 goal for the year. The foundation need one final push to help it cross the finish line and fully fund their work for the coming year.
If you donate today, your contribution will directly support critical, tangible projects that keep NetBSD modern, secure, and available to everyone ｣
https://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2025/10/26/msg033327.html
🫰🏻 Let's Help NetBSD Cross the Finish Line Before 2025 Ends
｢ Right now, The NetBSD foundation have raised $10,738 of $50,000 goal for the year. The foundation need one final push to help it cross the finish line and fully fund their work for the coming year.
If you donate today, your contribution will directly support critical, tangible projects that keep NetBSD modern, secure, and available to everyone ｣
https://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2025/10/26/msg033327.html
PSF has withdrawn $1.5M proposal to US Government grant program
https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-funding-statement.html
#HackerNews #PSF #USGovernment #Grant #Funding #Python #Community
Update. #SyracuseU will also reject the Trump compact, according to an Oct 22 statement by Chancellor Kent Syverud to the University Senate. Apparently there is not a public letter announcing the decision.
https://dailyorange.com/2025/10/syverud-declines-trump-compact-senators-pass-portfolio-review-resolution/
#Academia #AcademicFreedom #AcademicMastodon #Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics
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We are delighted to announce that we have received a grant from @NGIZero @nlnet to federate Mirlo! We're also honoured to be included alongside so many other amazing projects that we look up to and are inspired by. 💪🐦⬛
More here: https://nlnet.nl/project/Mirlo/
#Funding #Federation #Federated #OpenSource #Music #Musicians #Fedi #Fediverse #Connectivity #ActivityPub
Ja-ah-ah-n Lehnardt :couchdb:
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Hier kommen unsere #Jobs & #Funding Schätze aus dieser Woche:
Die Sozialheld*innen suchen unter anderem eine*n (Senior) Fullstack Developer*in und eine*n Junior Projektmitarbeiter*in für die Wheelmap: https://www.sozialhelden.de/wir/karriere
@wikimediaDE sucht eine*n Senior Data Analyst*in, hybrid/Berlin:
https://wikimedia-deutschland.career.softgarden.de/jobs/60133850/Senior-Data-Analyst-all-genders-/
OpenSanctions (aus Prototype Fund Runde 10) sucht eine*n Junior Data Engineer*in, remote oder co-working in Berlin:
https://www.opensanctions.org/docs/company/jobs/2025-11-dataeng/
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Update. #WashingtonU has now rejected the Trump compact. Here's the public letter from Chancellor Andrew Martin (Oct 22).
https://wustl.app.box.com/s/f3wwjqkrq9x1ovyz28d3r3cxmo8kwlk9
#Academia #AcademicFreedom #AcademicMastodon #Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics
Hier kommen unsere #Jobs & #Funding Schätze aus dieser Woche:
Die Sozialheld*innen suchen unter anderem eine*n (Senior) Fullstack Developer*in und eine*n Junior Projektmitarbeiter*in für die Wheelmap: https://www.sozialhelden.de/wir/karriere
@wikimediaDE sucht eine*n Senior Data Analyst*in, hybrid/Berlin:
https://wikimedia-deutschland.career.softgarden.de/jobs/60133850/Senior-Data-Analyst-all-genders-/
OpenSanctions (aus Prototype Fund Runde 10) sucht eine*n Junior Data Engineer*in, remote oder co-working in Berlin:
https://www.opensanctions.org/docs/company/jobs/2025-11-dataeng/
(1/3)
Hier kommen unsere #Jobs & #Funding Schätze aus dieser Woche:
Die Sozialheld*innen suchen unter anderem eine*n (Senior) Fullstack Developer*in und eine*n Junior Projektmitarbeiter*in für die Wheelmap: https://www.sozialhelden.de/wir/karriere
@wikimediaDE sucht eine*n Senior Data Analyst*in, hybrid/Berlin:
https://wikimedia-deutschland.career.softgarden.de/jobs/60133850/Senior-Data-Analyst-all-genders-/
OpenSanctions (aus Prototype Fund Runde 10) sucht eine*n Junior Data Engineer*in, remote oder co-working in Berlin:
https://www.opensanctions.org/docs/company/jobs/2025-11-dataeng/
(1/3)
Update. Like Vanderbilt (above), #WashingtonU has not not accepted or rejected the Trump compact. But also like Vanderbilt, its Chancellor, Andrew Martin, just released a vague and inconclusive statement on where it stands (Oct 20).
https://andrewdmartin.washu.edu/washu-to-join-conversation-about-the-future-of-higher-education/
"We believe it is in the best interest of our university, and higher education more broadly, for us to participate constructively, share our experience and expertise, and help inform policies that strengthen the nation’s research and education ecosystem…We firmly believe meaningful progress will best be achieved through open, ongoing dialogue."
#Academia #AcademicFreedom #AcademicMastodon #Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics
Update. #Vanderbilt has not yet accepted or rejected the Trump compact. But Chancellor Daniel Diermeier just released a vague and inconclusive open letter on where it stands.
https://t.e2ma.net/message/tu4xiq/5vxmu1ke
"Last Friday, Vanderbilt participated in a discussion with members of the administration and other university leaders about shaping a productive process for providing such comments. We expect to share our input with the administration through that process. Our response will be grounded in our long-held principles and values…Vanderbilt believes deeply in the power of constructive dialogue."
The letter is undated (why?) but the Chronicle reports that it was made public on Oct 20.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/compact-live-updates-more-colleges-weigh-responses-as-deadline-for-feedback-looms
#Academia #AcademicFreedom #AcademicMastodon #Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics
Update. From Barbara Snyder, President of the Association of American Universities ( #AAU), on the Trump compact:
https://www.aau.edu/newsroom/press-releases/statement-aau-president-administrations-higher-education-compact
"Federal support for higher education must never be tied to ideological alignment with any administration."
#Academia #AcademicFreedom #AcademicMastodon #Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics
