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  • Performance Chat Summary: 22 April 2025
    [22 Apr 25, 6:37pm] The full chat log is available beginning here on Slack. WordPress Performance Trac tickets Performance Lab Plugin (and other performance plugins) Open Floor Our next chat will be held on in the #core-performance channel in Slack. #core-performance, #…
  • Summary, Dev Chat, Apr 17, 2025
    [22 Apr 25, 3:32pm] Start of the meeting in Slack, facilitated by @audrasjb. 🔗 Agenda post. Announcements 📢 WordPress 6.8 is now available 🥳 WordPress 6.8 was released as scheduled and it was named after the legendary jazz pianist Cecil Taylor. For now, 6.8 i…
  • Call for 6.8.x Release Managers
    [17 Apr 25, 6:00am] WordPress 6.8.0 was released April 15,2025. Following this release, work will continue with regular, planned maintenance or minor releases. While the work of a major release team includes people filling approximately 16 different positions, maintenan…
  • WP_Query changes in WordPress 6.8
    [17 Apr 25, 1:41am] WordPress 6.8 includes some caching optimizations that may affect themes and plugins using the WP_Query::get() method and the WP_Query::$query_vars property. In #59516, WP_Query was optimized to improve cache hits for queries with equivalent argument…
  • X-post: A New Cadence for WordPress Core
    [16 Apr 25, 6:45pm] X-comment from +make.wordpress.org/project: Comment on A New Cadence for WordPress Core
  • WordPress 6.8 performance improvements
    [16 Apr 25, 5:16pm] This post is the latest in a series of updates focused on the performance improvements of major releases (see 6.7, 6.6, 6.5, 6.4, 6.3, and 6.2). WordPress 6.8, “Cecil” is the first and likely only major version WordPress released in 2025. It…

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  • AgriAmerica expanding in Chautauqua County, will create 469 jobs
    [18 Apr 25, 12:51pm] New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced that AgriAmerica Fruit Products has completed the revitalization and upgrade of a 69,000-square-foot grape juice processing facility located at 200 Water Street in the Village of Fredonia. After the…
  • Rig count stabilizes amid oil price recovery
    [18 Apr 25, 12:27pm] The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States rose this week following the recent price slide, according to new data that Baker Hughes following a large 7-rig dip in the prior week. The total rig count in the…
  • Lower or same benefits enable faster job change in Germany
    [18 Apr 25, 6:35am] The amount and duration of benefits for short-time work and unemployment in Germany should be reduced or at least not increased any further. That is what the ifo Institute writes in a brief assessment for the Chamber of Industry and Commer…
  • Peru court jails ex-President Humala for money laundering
    [18 Apr 25, 5:08am] A Peruvian court on Tuesday sentenced ex-President Ollanta Humala to 15 years in prison for receiving illicit campaign funds from a Brazilian construction firm, making him the nation’s latest former leader to head behind bars. Humala and…
  • €400 million Spanish State aid scheme to support renewable hydrogen production
    [18 Apr 25, 4:57am] The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €400 million Spanish State aid scheme to support the production of renewable hydrogen through the European Hydrogen Bank's "Auctions-as-a-Service" tool for the aucti…

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  • May is Maintainer Month: Celebrating those who secure Open Source
    [22 Apr 25, 4:43pm] Maintainer Month returns this May, and the Open Source Initiative (OSI) is proud to join GitHub and a global community of contributors in honoring the individuals who steward and sustain...
  • Advance your career and organization with the CODE certification
    [17 Apr 25, 12:34pm] We're excited to highlight the Certified Open Source Developer for Enterprise (CODE) certification, led by the TODO Group and Linux Foundation Training & Certification, with the Open Source Initiative (OSI) contributing as a supporting partn…
  • Join us at the OFA Symposium 2025: Advancing open technology impact in uncertain times
    [16 Apr 25, 12:38pm] The OSI is joining forces with fellow content partners Open Knowledge Foundation (OKF) and the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA) to support OpenForum Academy (OFA) Symposium 2025, taking place November 18–19 at the FGV Law School in Rio de Janei…
  • Key insights from the 2025 State of Open Source Report
    [10 Apr 25, 12:01pm] Each year, the State of Open Source Report offers a valuable pulse check on the global Open Source ecosystem—and the 2025 edition is no exception. Produced by Perforce OpenLogic, in partnership with the Eclipse Foundation and the Open Source Initia…
  • There are no “Degrees of Open”: why Openness is binary
    [8 Apr 25, 7:37pm] For AI to be truly Open Source, it must uphold the same principles that have defined Open Source software for over two decades. There is no “80% open” or “open enough.” The freedom to use, study, modify, and share isn’t negotiable. It’s e…
  • Ensuring Open Source AI thrives under the EU’s new AI rules
    [27 Mar 25, 5:34pm] In 2024, the European Union approved the Artificial Intelligence Act, the world's first legal framework for AI. Part of the law mandated the creation of a Code of Practice for General Purpose AI for AI developers. The OSI applied to take part in…
  • Announcing the new directors of OSI board
    [21 Mar 25, 10:10am] The Open Source Initiative (OSI) board of directors validated the results of the polls, confirmed Carlo Piana as director and welcomed Ruth Suele, recommended by Affiliates, and McCoy Smith recommended by Individual supporters, as new directors.
  • OSI and Apereo Foundation Respond to White House on AI Action Plan
    [19 Mar 25, 11:32am] The OSI submitted public comments with the Apereo Foundation in response to the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy’s (OSTP) request for information (RFI) on an AI Action Plan. Our comment outlines the benefits of Open Source and…

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  • The climate movement needs new stories — here's mine | Fenton Lutunatabua
    [22 Apr 25, 3:13pm] "We are not drowning. We are fighting," says storyteller Fenton Lutunatabua, echoing the mantra of the climate activists he works with across the Pacific. He shares stories of the people and communities at the front lines of the climate cri…
  • Your inner fire is your greatest strength | Xiye Bastida
    [22 Apr 25, 2:42pm] Hope isn’t just a feeling, but a skill you can practice, explains climate activist Xiye Bastida. Taking cues from the resilience of nature, she shows why trusting Indigenous leaders who’ve protected the planet for generations can help turn despai…
  • How music helped me live through long COVID | Joshua Roman
    [18 Apr 25, 2:44pm] An accomplished cellist, TED Fellow Joshua Roman has practiced his instrument daily since he was a child — until a severe case of long COVID almost robbed him of his ability to play. In an inspiring talk, he plays a piece by Johann Sebastian Bach,…
  • The next computer? Your glasses | Shahram Izadi
    [17 Apr 25, 2:57pm] Picture this: you’re wearing a normal-looking pair of glasses, but they give you the ability to quickly summarize a book, translate between languages or remember where you left your keys. In a live demo of unreleased technology, computer scientist…
  • The hidden cost of the green transition's mineral rush | Galina Angarova
    [17 Apr 25, 2:51pm] What if the race to save the planet is harming the people who protect it? Indigenous advocate Galina Angarova exposes the hidden cost of the green energy transition, where the demand for minerals like nickel and lithium threatens to devastate Indigen…
  • Stop telling single people to get married | Peter McGraw
    [16 Apr 25, 2:58pm] Why do we assume single people aren’t happy? Behavioral economist (and lifelong bachelor) Peter McGraw advocates for a world in which single life is just as accepted as marriage, debunking the myth that getting hitched is the only path to fulfillme…

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  • Marco Rubio’s Family Values: Preventing Mahmoud Khalil From Witnessing His Child’s Birth
    [22 Apr 25, 6:59pm] “It’s no longer about you,” Marco Rubio declared in 2023, describing the transformative moment of becoming a father. “It’s the first time in my life that I have been responsible, entirely at that stage, for the life of another human being.…
  • Don’t Kid Yourselves, Folks. Trump Is Just As Willing To Deport/Jail Actual US Citizens.
    [22 Apr 25, 5:55pm] The narrative during Trump’s first term is that he was going after the “worst of the worst” undocumented immigrants. But ICE and other DHS components ran out of actual dangerous criminals pretty quickly, largely because immigrants tend to be mo…
  • Daily Deal: LabsDigest Subscription
    [22 Apr 25, 5:50pm] LabsDigest is built for those who learn best by doing. Whether you’re preparing for a CompTIA certification or diving into Python development, our platform offers interactive labs that simulate real-world tasks—no passive watching or reading, jus…
  • Harvard Goes To Court To Stop Trump Nonsense
    [22 Apr 25, 4:27pm] Last week, we wrote about Harvard showing a bit of institutional courage in telling the Trump administration to fuck off with its demands that the university fire certain professors, change its curriculum, and allow government oversight of campus act…

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