Notices by Carl Malamud (carlmalamud@official.resource.org), page 2

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Here we go. Sangam Talks is live. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl5U4i2h4O8 Like you, I'm watching this for the first time.

@webmink Some may argue that "readability rooms" and other forms of highly conditional access is fine for the general public and other casual citizens and that our radical proposal to seize the means of legal construction and nationalize the law smacks of communism. I'm sure there's some happy meeting ground in the middle.

If you don't speak official Europeaneese, let me translate. ISO (and IEC!) are suing the European Commission for complying with the Court of Justice of the European Union's (CJEU) decision that access to EU law is of "overriding public importance." They filed this suit in the CJEU. Our position is that the CJEU decision was rightly decided.

Joint Communique from ISO and IEC: "Legal action against the European Commission’s decision regarding its implementation of ECJ Case C-588/21 has been initiated so that we may continue to deliver effectively on our missions globally for the benefit of everyone. This action is aimed at safeguarding the integrity of international standards and protecting the infrastructure that supports their development." https://www.linkedin.com/posts/luca-bertuzzi-186729130_huge-the-eu-standard-setting-architecture-activity-7275445905367928832-7K1K/

I bring you greetings from the orange factory. Gave away over a thousand oranges, working now with the leftover thousand oranges.

February is when the really crazy good Andhra Pradesh red chilis are ready. The fresh ones have a limited shelf life, but they pickle up like omg you wouldn't believe, and the pickles have a long shelf life. I just placed an order for 25kg of pickles. These are blow your head off hot, but very tasty.

@kfogel I read about it in the New York Post. https://nypost.com/2024/12/25/business/elon-musk-urges-supporters-not-to-donate-to-wikipedia-over-dei/

@kfogel indeed, it is indubitably a good cause. beyond doubt. boggles the mind some might feel otherwise.

I hope nobody will be offended if I speak frankly but I have to say this whole "defund the wikipedia" thing is about as woke as you can get.

@quinn oh my! Didn't realize ... Bordeaux is of course very nice. I imagined something gloomier and fog-filled. :) My strategy is mostly plant and hope.

@quinn I only work with outdoor feral peppers, but we are blessed with appropriate weather here (think figs, olives, grapes, citrus, pepper!). But, you can do good things with indoor spaces and patios that often work. I'm no expert. I plant and hope.

Squeezed one more batch of pickled thai chilis out of the garden. I'm over-wintering the plants, hoping they make it and turn into thai chili trees. This can happen!

Beautiful essay by @pluralistic about why he writes. https://pluralistic.net/2024/12/21/blockheads-r-us/ Writing is a drug. Once you’re hooked you don’t stop.

Cory Doctorow’s prescient novella about health insurance and murder: ‘They’re going to be afraid’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/20/cory-doctorow-radicalized-novella-healthcare-ceo-killing?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other ht @pluralistic

Phooey. The suit of Public Resource, @iFixit and @makemagazine v. FCC was dismissed for lack of standing. https://law.resource.org/pub/us/cfr/regulations.gov.docket.16/ The court feels that makers and fixers have no interest in how to test electronics for conformance and safety. We'll try again with something more compelling like "standard for saving the lives of babies from electrocution."

American businessman marches up to the bar and says “wine list por favor!” Demands a taste of one of the wines. “Where is this from? Oh. India.” Wrinkles nose. Speaks into his phone “2000 Indian to dollar.” He’s doing a nice job of blending in.

India actually has a very nice wine industry. Some of my winemaker friends in Sonoma County spend part of their time in India.

Hanging out in the author’s lounge at the Bangalore Literature Festival. Staffer came over and asked if I was William Dalrymple. I laughed and said no, he’s much fatter than me. As she walked away, I said “and he will have goats with him!”

Heading into the home stretch after two weeks in India. Tomorrow night is the Hasgeek event on the Gandhian Internet. https://hasgeek.com/servantsofknowledge/geekup-with-carl/ This weekend is Bangalore Literature Festival (which is a total zoo!). Monday meetings, then heading home. 93 nights in Indian hotels this year. I'm ready for a break!