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1. How to Support Open-Source Software and Stay Sane

   An overview of the resources available to help scientists sustainably release and support Free/Libre Open Source Software.

2. Playing Doom on a John Deere (And Why It Matters)

   Security researcher Sick Codes reaches a milestone in helping to liberate a critical piece of agriculture infrastructure.

3. How to Randomly Select Directory Objects With Bash

   Use the Bash shell and GNU/Linux tools to create a custom random directory object selector.

4. Council Data Project: Infrastructure-as-Code for Civic Transparency and Accessibility

   A demonstration of how Python can engender greater transparency into the democratic process.

5. The European Commission Praises Nextcloud as a Role Model for Open-Source Businesses

   An important FLOSS project gets recognition as an open source role model.

6. How to Run a Command When a Removable Drive Is Mounted With systemd

   Learn how to program systemd to automatically run a command when a removable drive is mounted to your GNU/Linux system.

7. Excavating "Ground Truth" in AI: Epistemologies and Politics in Training Data With Kate Crawford

   An examination of the context that surrounds the architecture and contents of machine learning training sets.

8. Pandas Tutor: Using Pyodide to Teach Data Science at Scale

   An effective application of the Pyodide Python distribution to help learners visualize how the pandas library manipulates data.

9. FLOSS Resources

   A collection of FLOSS project and documentation links.

10. Want to Run Python Code in a Browser? Soon You Might Be Able to

    Running Python code in a browser is one step closer to becoming a reality.