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This is the personal site of Dominic Ricottone.
You can also find me on GitHub, GitLab, SourceHut, Bluesky, and LinkedIn.
Here are my most recent blog posts.
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September, a month for debates on philosophy of governance, posted on 2025-10-10
Open source software communities have been having a tough time with governance lately. September saw several crises, namely: The community-maintained projects under the RubyGems umbrella were taken over by Ruby Central, a corporate entity entirely beholden to a single sponsor.
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Japanese Romanization, posted on 2025-06-25
I fell into a Wikipedia rabbit hole about romanization standards. And in the process, I’ve realized that the way I write my wiki is… not exactly the norm.
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Installing Arch Linux ARM on a Pinebook Pro, posted on 2025-06-02
A series of notes for future me, regarding the installation of Arch Linux ARM on a Pinebook Pro. First, installing a new OS.
I occasionally post on Bluesky, mostly about concerts and music.
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Now listening to
Thotcrime, Cocojoey, Full Body 2, and Anamanaguchi, all live at Metro
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Now listening to
Joywave, live at Uptown Live
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Another September weekend, another inaugural north side music festival. Now listening to
Julian Saunders and Ok Cool, live at Uptown Live
And a shoutout to the firetruck that chipped in some 'backing vocals' for Julian's set
My most listened to music of the last 30 days. See more on LastFM.
- youcantcomebackaround by re6ce
- Waiting for the 7.18 by Bloc Party
- The Wrong Way by Thotcrime
- Flux by Bloc Party
- The Prayer by Bloc Party
Articles from around the internet I would recommend reading.
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From: Filippo Valsorda
Date: October 10, 2025
Subject: A Retrospective Survey of 2024/2025 Open Source Supply Chain Compromises
Project compromises have common root causes we can mitigate: phishing, control handoff, and unsafe GitHub Actions triggers.
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From: Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
Date: October 10, 2025
Subject: Columbia fake U.S. News statistics update: They paid $9 million and are still, bizarrely, refusing to admit misreporting of data, even though everybody knows they misreported data.
The Spectator, Columbia’s student newspaper, is pretty good. They ran this article the other day: Columbia filed a preliminary settlement in a federal court in Manhattan of $9 million for a proposed class action lawsuit over allegedly misreported U.S. New…
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From: Drezner’s World
Date: October 10, 2025
Subject: The Death of Davos Man?
What do the WEF's troubles signify?
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