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Don Watkins
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I am a writer, educator, lifelong learner,tech-nerd, Linux and macOS user, library fan, progressive, US Navy veteran, and grandfather. I blog at https://donwatkins.info and write for allthingsopen.org. Living in Western New York state.
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Don Watkins @linuxnerd.bsky.social · 17h
Day 3 #AllThingsOpen Excited to be here!
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 16h
"The first-of-its-kind study shows that the world’s biggest oil and gas companies contribute less than 1.5% to global renewable energy — contradicting industry claims to be pioneers in the energy transition."
Study: Oil companies are not ‘part of the solution’
New research in the journal Nature reveals oil and gas companies own a “marginal” share of global renewable capacity, years after claiming they would lead the energy transition.
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Don Watkins @linuxnerd.bsky.social · 10h
The icon of intrasigence!
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Don Watkins @linuxnerd.bsky.social · 10h
I'm at: State of the “Open” AI • All Things Open 2025 2025.allthingsopen.org/sessions/sta... #AllThingsOpen #AI #Licensing
State of the “Open” AI • All Things Open 2025
The AI boom, driven by unprecedented investment and access to tools, has spawned a flood of models claiming to be “open.” The October 2024 release of the Open Source AI Definition (OSAID) sought to an...
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Don Watkins @linuxnerd.bsky.social · 14h
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2 for 1: The Hidden Heroes: How Non-Code Contributors Find Their Place in Open Source Communities / Content That Connects: How to Build Trust and Grow Open Source Communities • All Things Open 2025
The Hidden Heroes: How Non-Code Contributors Find Their Place in Open Source Communities – Lahari Chowtoori & Miaolai Zhou In the open source world, while code contributions often take the spotlight, ...
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Don Watkins @linuxnerd.bsky.social · 15h
GitHub Next | Continuous AI githubnext.com/projects/con... via @bizza.pizza
GitHub Next | Continuous AI
GitHub Next Project: Exploring LLM-powered automation in platform-based software collaboration
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Don Watkins @linuxnerd.bsky.social · 16h
Finding Future Maintainers • All Things Open 2025 2025.allthingsopen.org/sessions/fin... by @bizza.pizza | #Keynote | #AllThingsOpen
Finding Future Maintainers • All Things Open 2025
AI has made writing code trivial, but it has also created an open-source crisis: maintainer burnout is at an all-time high, while trust and ownership have hit rock bottom. We’re drowning in AI-generat...
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Don Watkins @linuxnerd.bsky.social · 16h
Torc is a global talent marketplace designed specifically for developers. It's part of Randstad Digital and aims to connect highly skilled, vetted tech professionals with top-tier companies,Torc - Recruit world class developers www.torc.dev
Torc - Recruit world class developers
Powered by people, augmented by AI. Super charge your developer teams with Torc's jobs platform
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Don Watkins @linuxnerd.bsky.social · 16h
Futureproofing Your Career With AI • All Things Open 2025 2025.allthingsopen.org/sessions/fut... | Taylor Desseyn is a seasoned recruiter and community builder with over 13 years of experience in the tech talent industry.
Futureproofing Your Career With AI • All Things Open 2025
AI is here whether you like it or not and you can’t bury your head in the sand. This talk is focused on where the market is currently headed and some practical/tactical advice on how to jump start you...
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Don Watkins @linuxnerd.bsky.social · 16h
Listening to Ebony Louis tell How To Approach AI as a Developer • All Things Open 2025 2025.allthingsopen.org/sessions/how... | Ebony Louis is a Developer Advocate at Block, Inc., known for her engaging work in open source technologies and AI education.
How To Approach AI as a Developer • All Things Open 2025
AI can feel overwhelming, like it’s moving too fast or that we’re already behind. But as developers, we’re not just spectators, we’re builders. In this keynote, I’ll share how we as developers can app...
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Don Watkins @linuxnerd.bsky.social · 16h
Best Linux Distros for Windows Users: From Mint to Pop!_OS – The Future is Open donwatkins.info/2025/09/26/b... | @debbryant.bsky.social
Best Linux Distros for Windows Users: From Mint to Pop!_OS – The Future is Open
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Don Watkins @linuxnerd.bsky.social · 16h
VSCodium for middle school coding: A free, open source way to teach Python | We Love Open Source • All Things Open allthingsopen.org/articles/vsc...
VSCodium for middle school coding: A free, open source way to teach Python | We Love Open Source • All Things Open
Discover how VSCodium, a free and open source VS Code alternative, helps middle school students learn Python, Markdown, and HTML in a professional-grade, cross-platform environment.
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Don Watkins @linuxnerd.bsky.social · 16h
How To Approach AI as a Developer • All Things Open 2025 2025.allthingsopen.org/sessions/how... by #EbonyLouis #AllThingsOpen
How To Approach AI as a Developer • All Things Open 2025
AI can feel overwhelming, like it’s moving too fast or that we’re already behind. But as developers, we’re not just spectators, we’re builders. In this keynote, I’ll share how we as developers can app...
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Don Watkins @linuxnerd.bsky.social · 16h
X-rAI Specs, Submarines and Juice • All Things Open 2025 2025.allthingsopen.org/sessions/x-r... by @codepo8.bsky.social
X-rAI Specs, Submarines and Juice • All Things Open 2025
We are bang in the centre of a revolution, evolution or hype about AI. Everybody can be an expert on anything in minutes and Agents change research and computer use fundamentally. Or so we are told by...
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Don Watkins @linuxnerd.bsky.social · 17h
70%-90% of all software is open source today. #AllThingsOpen
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Don Watkins @linuxnerd.bsky.social · 17h
The future of education: Open, learner-centered and sustainable - OpenSource.net opensource.net/the-future-o... | @debbryant.bsky.social
Home - OpenSource.net
Open Source is everywhere. Open Source is always a network. It may involve computers, but more importantly, it revolves around people.
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Don Watkins @linuxnerd.bsky.social · 17h
Day 3 #AllThingsOpen Excited to be here!
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Don Watkins @linuxnerd.bsky.social · 17h
Open Source AI – Open Source Initiative opensource.org/ai
Open Source AI
What’s Open Source AI? Following the same idea behind Open Source Software,an Open Source AI is a system made available under terms that grant users the freedoms to: Benefits of Open Source AI…
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Don Watkins @linuxnerd.bsky.social · 18h
Self publishing works!
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Don Watkins @linuxnerd.bsky.social · 18h
@daraveda.bsky.social Eddie would love this!
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Adrienne Braganza Tacke @abt.bsky.social · 18h
Hey there @allthingsopen.bsky.social attendees! Thanks for listening to my talk "Macaron or Macaroons? Let's build a real-time macaron detection robot"!

Here are the slides to my talk:
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Don Watkins @linuxnerd.bsky.social · 18h
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How to create your own AI self-portrait with Gemini, ChatGPT, and Stable Diffusion | We Love Open Source • All Things Open
Learn how to generate AI self-portraits using Gemini, ChatGPT, and Stable Diffusion. This guide shows you how to turn reference photos into professional headshots or creative avatars in just a few ste...
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Don Watkins @linuxnerd.bsky.social · 1d
Release the #EpsteinFiles !!
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Don Watkins @linuxnerd.bsky.social · 1d
Playing it safe is the riskiest option - Jason Lengstorf  2025.allthingsopen.org/sessions/the... #AllThingsOpen | @jason.energy
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 1d
How about 12 million Americans protesting on Saturday. That’s 3.5 percent of our population…and the beginning of a real response to the authoritarian disease.
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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d
"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org
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Don Watkins @linuxnerd.bsky.social · 1d
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Authoring a GNOME Shell Extension - ATO 2025
Authoring a GNOME Shell Extension: A Developer's Journey as an Open-Source Project Sole Maintainer Josh Huber Sr. Software Engineer @ Cengage linkedin.com/in/jhuber1
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Don Watkins @linuxnerd.bsky.social · 1d
On this date in 1972 I graduated from #GreatLakes Naval Training Center. Never imagined then that we'd witness the overthrow of American democracy by the Republican Party.