XSF Communications Team - 2025-05-05

> I think that not 100% correct. If you see something on NLnet or other public websites, also Github releases, I would treat it as public. its not our job to look for anything, but if you want to, you can do such news. > > What you should not do is to share informal information or hearsay. > > If you have doubts you can always ask the project owners of course. I'm in two minds about this now. Neither Dino nor Kaidan have announced the funding either in their blog or on their ActivityPub handles (Dino posted about their *previous* NLnet grant though) ↺

It's definitely public knowledge though

My only worry is, if I were a project and just hadn't gotten around to posting about the funding yet, I'd like the official project announcement to be shared once it's ready so we might be jumping the gun? But I guess we could always reshare the public announcement again next time round

Someone with a voice could do the same in Kaidan? (Schimon, Masked Witch)

badrihippo. Yes.

Thanks Schimon

You are welcome.

> Thank you everyone who helped! 🤗 🙃️ ↺

> Thank you everyone who helped! 🤗 🙃️ ↺

> Thank you everyone who helped! 🤗 ❤️ ↺

> Newsletter April 2025 is ready for review! ❤️ ↺

I'm sure kaidan is fine. and as said. public is public. where should we announce what they dont want to be public?

Have asked, they may also suggest changes.

Benson: Okay, you got me :-) (But that would also apply to their blogposts :-P) I will ask Kaidan

Take the time to remember projects that the idea is also that they drop their messages themselves of course. That would be more effective too.

Okay, Kaidan is fine with publication ✅

Dino is fine too

So we're all set

Anyone else wants to review the Newsletter?

I would have time this evening. But I'm fine as long as somebody took a look

Looking now

I can take a look too, proofreading/language-wise

submitted my review with a couple of comments

> Apple warned that complying with Meta’s requests could enable the company to “read on a user’s device all of their messages and emails, see every phone call they make or receive, track every app that they use, scan all of their photos, look at their files and calendar events, log all of their passwords, and more.” I can't stop laughing =]]]]]]

Thanks everybody

This might be something for the newsletter: https://vigilante.tv/w/f70f54b6-f37b-488d-8411-71e5c244d73e

Might want to do some due diligence about "Hakeem Anwar" aka "Ramiro Romani", Derek Broze and company before teaming/embracing the conscious resistance, greater reset and all their BS. But they do promote jmp/xmpp...with phone$ and $upport and $eminars.

opinionplatform: I just stumbled across this video but it seems as if the creators are known? They were new to me.

Axel: I didn't realize "Hakeem" and "Ramiro" were the same person, until seeing this video intro, but I've been aware of their promotions for some years, and spent some time in the same xmpp channels. Thanks for helping clarify those two names are the same person.

https://corbettreport.com/why-arent-you-using-xmpp/

Ah, same thing.

Seems a bit crackpotish indeed.

> This might be something for the newsletter: https://vigilante.tv/w/f70f54b6-f37b-488d-8411-71e5c244d73e watching right now. very nice. yes I think should be included.

The video seems fine, but the websites it links too are full of conspiracy theories.

oh ok i haven't look at the website yet

> The video seems fine, but the websites it links too are full of conspiracy theories. Yup ... :/ ↺

yeah…… if we have budget to sponsor media production that we want to relate with we wouldn't have this kind of situation. ✏

here's a better link: https://corbettreport.com/why-arent-you-using-xmpp/

i think that vigilante.tv is peertube so it is just pulling content from anywhere

yeah maybe Corbett Report is too much for XMPP Newsletter … ✏

Hello everyone!

All the suggestions to the Newsletter have been resolved

Also added paulo to the list of translators 🤗

- Português (BR): [xmpp.org](/categories/newsletter/) - Translators: *Paulo*

Cool!

> Also added paulo to the list of translators 🤗 ❤️ ↺

> All the suggestions to the Newsletter have been resolved I'll get started! ↺

paulo: put kindly create a separate PR if you go that far.

gnemmi: shall I merge?

> paulo: put kindly create a separate PR if you go that far. 👍 ↺

emus, I would wait for cal0pteryx to give us a green light .. but other than that, the Draft has already been reviewed by MattJ and badrihippo 👍

Please go for it, there have been enough eyes reading that document, I think :)

cal0pteryx, thank you !

emus, green lighted 👍

I just merged. unfortunately, I will likely not be able to push news out until Friday