M. Fioretti @mfioretti_en

I've shared 1M WORDS about digital stuff that MATTERS. Read & SUPPORT the NEXT at https://t.co/um10IZlPgC, or see why/how hire me: https://t.co/5VHIxqudJF stop.zona-m.net/about Italy Joined March 2012

Tweets

40K
Followers

541
Following

361
Likes

1K

M. Fioretti @mfioretti_en

a day ago

scientific research is in a VERY BAD STATE, and one of the reasons is lack of #opensource attitudes among scientists. Luckily, at least for THAT problem, a great solution already exists: fossforce.com/2025/09/scienc…

0 0 0 12 0

FOSS Force @FOSSForce

2 days ago

Just published on FOSS Force: Avoid OSAID: Brock and Perens Reflect on a Year of Open Source AI Debate fossforce.com/2025/09/avoid-…

0 1 1 42 0

M. Fioretti @mfioretti_en

2 days ago

Most scientists agree: many published results are hard to reproduce. Can open source practices help fix the problem? Of course it can, if you put it in the right archives: fossforce.com/2025/09/scienc…

0 0 0 8 0

M. Fioretti @mfioretti_en

2 days ago

Hey #FreeSoftware / #opensource #hackers: one of the best things you may do is to... adopt a researcher, to make scientific research REPRODUCIBLE: Of course, if you are already doing that, let us know! fossforce.com/2025/09/scienc…

0 0 0 16 0

M. Fioretti @mfioretti_en

2 days ago

Things like #META sponsoring "their own definition of #opensource #AI and simply wouldn’t be happening if OSI hadn’t opened an unnecessary can of worms with the OSAID”, says @AmandaBrockUK : fossforce.com/2025/09/avoid-…

0 0 0 12 0

M. Fioretti @mfioretti_en

2 days ago

Thus spoke B. Perens: after one year of #OSAID, OSI “might find it even more difficult to become a respected source regarding data governance and #AI, since there are other, more trusted, voices like @EFF in that space”: fossforce.com/2025/09/avoid-…

0 0 0 10 0

M. Fioretti @mfioretti_en

2 days ago

A year after OSI debuted its Open Source #AI Definition, critics Amanda Brock & Bruce Perens still say the debate points to bigger questions for tech, as well as #opensource. Me, I have even bigger doubts...: fossforce.com/2025/09/avoid-…

0 0 0 11 0

M. Fioretti @mfioretti_en

5 days ago

Just read this on FB. Agree 100% "It’s becoming uncool to be part of the “our hate is good hate” crowd. And not a moment too soon."

0 0 0 14 0

M. Fioretti @mfioretti_en

2 weeks ago

The Economist: "Could #AI tilt the outcome of elections?" ME: no, #AI will FREEZE them. And that's the problem. See " pre-existing, now digitally enhanced gossip traps" here: mfioretti.substack.com/p/thoughts-on-…

0 0 1 18 0

Download Image

M. Fioretti @mfioretti_en

2 weeks ago

Consumer #IoT (a.k.a. #CIoT ) has some categories that come with real bad long-term effects that I feel are often overlooked - even among #FOSS and Open Hardware advocates. fossforce.com/2025/08/smart-…

0 1 1 149 0

M. Fioretti @mfioretti_en

2 weeks ago

Without “sustainable funding and support, it is entirely foreseeable that critical components [of #opensource software] will degrade, leaving entire industries exposed to systemic risk." Do YOU agree, #Europe? fossforce.com/2025/08/advant…

1 1 2 118 0

M. Fioretti @mfioretti_en

2 weeks ago

"proprietary software has both the money AND the right strategic approach to ensure long term success of projects. Just look at #Munich, where the #FOSS community could transform #LiMux into a win, instead of spending time in self-flattering meetings." fossforce.com/2025/09/we-ask…

0 0 0 10 0

M. Fioretti @mfioretti_en

3 weeks ago

Q: how come so many #schools & universities still accept — if not DEMAND — that their students use only proprietary tools [sending] so many taxpayer dollars allocated for #education to the likes of #Microsoft & #Googler? Do you agree with THESE answers? fossforce.com/2025/09/we-ask…

0 1 1 88 1

FOSS Force @FOSSForce

3 weeks ago

Marco Fioretti asks LibreOffice’s Italo Vignoli and Collabora’s Naomi Obbard why their software isn’t used in more schools, and how to turn that around: We Asked LibreOffice and Collabora: Why Aren’t They in Schools Instead of Word and Google Docs? buff.ly/ZSWpU38

0 1 2 67 0

M. Fioretti @mfioretti_en

3 weeks ago

Maintenance of #opensource infrastructures may not look as glamorous as start-ups or as becoming the next #SiliconValley, but it’s something that actually keeps the world going. An #EU fund like this could greatly helpt it: fossforce.com/2025/08/advant…

0 1 1 103 0

M. Fioretti @mfioretti_en

3 weeks ago

NEVER forget this, and NEVER stop telling it to everybody: **THIS** #AI is not unavoidable. Not at all. And it's really fragile too: fossforce.com/2025/03/ai-is-…

0 0 0 14 0

M. Fioretti @mfioretti_en

4 weeks ago

"We literally think slower because of the air we breathe." senecaeffect.substack.com/p/running-out-…

0 0 0 4 0

M. Fioretti @mfioretti_en

4 weeks ago

"There aren’t enough of us to afford a Them." Very wise words, for every country: danafblankenhorn.substack.com/p/the-era-of-u…

0 0 0 4 0

M. Fioretti @mfioretti_en

4 weeks ago

getting #EU funding for anything is a life-sucking experience... that's well beyond the capabilities of #opensource maintainers the whole world depends on. An European Sovereign Tech Fund done right could solve this problem: fossforce.com/2025/08/advant…

0 0 0 21 0

M. Fioretti @mfioretti_en

4 weeks ago

NO. F***k NO. The first if not the only thing that's realistically doable soon enough to prevent #AI chatbots screwing adolescents is to stop giving them personal #smartphones since primary school. Screenshot source: afterbabel.com/p/dont-repeat-…