Frederik Ramm @woodpeck@en.osm.town

http://osm.gryph.de/2019/12/the-diversity-dilemma/ in which I explain how paying people to contribute to OSM deprives them of the real OSM and gives them a low-grade fake instead.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/26/leo-varadkar-laughs-off-johnson-plan-to-make-eu-pay-for-interesting-bridge perhaps we can get Mexico to pay for it.

Co-branding madness: bought some ladies perfume today and was given a free sample of: "Victorinox Swiss Army STEEL, an endless aquatic splash of fresh water accords, clashed by a powerful cedarwood signature."... I'd have expected a thorough note of sweat with hints of engine oil.

RT twitter.com/VincentPrivat
En 2019 les gens sont tellement cons qu'ils s'offusquent de voir des étoiles défiler avec le petit easter egg de JOSM à Noël. Alors que les gens de 2018 aimaient bien. Mais où va-t-on sérieusement ? https://josm.openstreetmap.de/ticket/18431 #nofunallowed (translation: JOSM users are complaining about falling stars...)

Is this on?