FoxQuirk 🦊 @quirk@computerfairi.es

Okay, listen up:

Mozilla is two different entities. The Mozilla Corporation and the Mozilla Foundation. The second one? That's the social good one you really want focused on important things.

The Mozilla Foundation, like all non-profits, publishes their Form 990 annually to disclose compensation. Here it is.

You'll see that the top earner there, Mitchell Baker, who is very handsomely rewarded, is actually paid by the Mozilla Corporation, not the Foundation. Put another way, the non-profit is not blowing its funding on a CEO.

And the corp, by the way, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Foundation. It exists to generate additional revenue for the Foundation. That's a good thing too, because donations alone won't cover operating expenses.

The annual report of the Foundation shows a pretty healthy financial situation, and increased investment in public good projects year-over-year.

I don't like everything they do either (e.g. that risible website generator), but I don't actually think they are suffering from a lack of focus. They're suffering from a mature market.

See the difference in framing.

"Today is the 50th anniversary of the Skylab strike, the first labor strike to occur in space. Astronauts protested micromanagement, employer spying, and long hours. They demanded a day off, regular breaks, and greater workplace autonomy, but NASA refused. So they shut off the radio and took the day off, floating around, enjoying space, and taking photos of Earth. NASA gave in to their demands after one day."

Are you serious? https://visakanv.substack.com/p/are-you-serious

BREAKING: they're gay and love each other very much #fox

some old DOS utilities had a graphical mouse cursor in text mode! i’ve investigated how they did it. https://mastodon.social/@tubetime/111123817309591559

Tube Time: a 2023 retrospective! 🧵

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I’m George Takei and I support this message.

"I'm upset about abortions"
"Let's fund sex ed, contraceptives and health care for pregnant women, it will cause the number of abortions to decline dramatically."
"NO. Send the women & doctors to jail."

"I'm upset people jump the turnstyle"
"Let's properly fund the subway and make it free and faster while reducing overhead."
"NO. I want those bad teens ARRESTED."

"This dreary area under the bridge is DISGUSTING."
"Let's clean it up & install a public restroom."
"NO. Arrest people for pooping"

This is a frankly infurating framing of the natural end of a copyright literally a human century later

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Update! The official Wikipedia page has called it.

This is the first year for “destroyed by jackdaws” - @Nifflas you’ll have to let us know if the local betting pool has also called it or not. 🤣

#GavleGoat #YuleGoat #Gavlebocken #julbock #TeamBirds #BirdItDown

“Standing with damage” is my current mood.

Also, this is way weirder and way funnier than being burned down like it usually is.

#YuleGoat #julbock #GavleGoat #gavlebocken #TeamBurn #TeamBirds