At #OSSummit Europe (Amsterdam), a key panel asked: How do we educate the next generation of open source contributors?

From school programs to university courses to new African OSS communities, speakers from CHAOSS, Microsoft & Red Hat shared what works—and why belonging + sustainability matter as much as code.

Watch the full panel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp1lqQRyOtk

Join us tomorrow for the third DataCite Open Hours event of 2025! Starting at 15:00 UTC, we'll hear from three of our new members: the Ohio Supercomputer Center, the National Library and Archives UAE, and Dewey Data. We'll share product updates & look ahead to what's next: https://datacite.org/event/datacite-open-hours-september-2025/

Have a look at North Yell, Shetland. A small community that owns its own wind farm and are now ploughing the profits into supporting and developing their small community which is thriving. They are now starting to explore the idea of tunnels to replace ferrys.

https://www.northyell.co.uk

FreeBSD Foundation Q2 2025 Status Update is now available!

Discover how your support helps power the Project forward: from laptop usability and infrastructure modernization to performance enhancements, security advancements, and advocacy efforts.

Thank you for your continued support. Stay updated and see where your contributions are making a real impact.

Read the full Q2 update here:
https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-foundation-q2-2025-status-update/

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What a week at #CoRDI2025 in Aachen!
Running the DRA booth gave us so many great conversations:
Meeting people behind the tools we use daily (shoutout to @forschungsdaten_info – booth neighbors!)
Most excitement? Our Train-the-Trainer program + Open Science Retreat, looks like we met future trainers & participants!
Thanks to everyone who stopped by (and picked up a pin ).
What was your biggest takeaway from CoRDI?
#OpenScience #Reproducibility #ResearchData #CommunityDriven

We’re celebrating @isabelizimm as she steps down from her active editor role at pyOpenSci

From Editor in Chief to triage team, Isabel has guided countless reviews with clarity, kindness, and a deep commitment to open science.

She now becomes an Emeritus Editor—still part of our community, always appreciated.

Thank you, Isabel!

Milestone for pyOpenSci!

Our first Executive Council transition is here:
Tracy Teal, our founding Chair, steps down after 3 incredible years.
Karen Cranston steps in as Chair.
April Johnson joins the Council.

This is more than a leadership change—it’s a sign of our maturity as a community.

Read more: https://www.pyopensci.org/blog/pyopensci-bof-community-scipy-2025.html

We’re excited to welcome Mandy Moore as pyOpenSci’s new Communications and Community Lead!

Mandy brings 15+ years of experience in marketing, content strategy, podcast production, and community engagement.

Read her intro post: https://www.pyopensci.org/blog/mandy-moore-communications-lead.html

From Croatian biodiversity data to Arabic scholarship and US supercomputing tools, new DataCite Members are using DOIs enabling visibility, traceability & long-term access across disciplines. Read how communities of practice are growing across borders in 2025: https://doi.org/10.5438/hhfa-5g11 #OpenResearch
@Mohamadmostafa
#CommunityDriven #OpenScience #OpenInfrastructures #DOI #PID

ⓘ This Mastodon instance was promised to me 3,000 years ago.

You don’t have to be a software engineer to contribute to scientific open source!

At pyOpenSci, we believe good science needs good software, and that means contributions of all kinds:

Code
Docs
Ideas
Reviews
Encouragement

Whether you’re a researcher, educator, or someone just curious about open source, we have space for you.

Learn how to get started: https://www.pyopensci.org/python-package-guide/

Two weeks out from #SciPy2025 and we’re still buzzing

Our packaging workshop with #Hatch + #UV made best practices feel doable
60+ joined our “Packaging Pain Points” BoF—real talk, real momentum
30+ PRs opened in one day—many from first-timers!
Lightning talks, #Pixi demos, and a SciPy Song shoutout!

More soon—including our Aug 7 event on peer review w/ Stanford #OSPO.

Read more: https://www.pyopensci.org/blog/pyopensci-at-scipy-2025

"We’re really pushing the boundaries of search.” — Pallavi Priyadarshini, OpenSearch Project

In a packed keynote at #OpenSearchCon India, leaders from AWS and Freshworks shared how OpenSearch is powering real-world AI use cases—from semantic and hybrid search to federated agents and chat-based assistants.

To learn more, read the blog here: https://opensearch.org/blog/vector-powered-ai-ready-how-opensearch-and-freshworks-are-shaping-the-future-of-search/

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