Episode 112: Kunal Mehta

<p><img style="float: right; padding: 5px;" src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/115190/Kunal-Mehta-BTB-2.png" alt="Kunal Mehta" width="140" height="140" /></p> <p><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #34495e;">🕑 57 minutes</span></p> <p>Kunal Mehta is back for a second appearance! Last time he was here, he was working for the Wikimedia Foundation; but now he is a Senior Software Engineer at the Freedom of the Press Foundation. (Though he is still a volunteer MediaWiki developer.)</p> <p>Links for some of the topics discussed:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://freedom.press/">Freedom of the Press Foundation</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://freedom.press/people/kunal-mehta/">Freedom of the Press Foundation > Kunal Mehta</a></li> <li><a href="https://freedom.press/people/erik-moeller/">Freedom of the Press Foundation > Erik Moeller</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SecureDrop">SecureDrop</a> Wikipedia article</li> <li><a href="https://xkcd.com/1357/">KXCD "free speech" comic</a></li> <li><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(software)">Mastodon</a> Wikipedia article</li> <li><a href= "https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/16/22388548/edward-snowden-nft-freedom-of-the-press-stay-free"> "Edward Snowden NFT sells for more than $5.4 million"</a> (<em>The Verge</em> 2021 article) <ul> <li><a href="https://foundation.app/@Snowden/foundation/24437">The NFT artwork</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href= "https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Stop_accepting_cryptocurrency_donations"> Wikimedia RfC: Stop accepting cryptocurrency donations</a></li> <li>"<a href= "https://thenewstack.io/how-devops-sites-are-battling-cryptocurrency-miners/">How DevOps Sites Are Battling Cryptocurrency Miners</a>" (<em>The New Stack</em> 2021 article)</li> <li><a href= "https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/SJ7NJLVYT6RH36V4STCGDUAM54BCDIIR/"> Kunal's email on "Uplifting the multimedia stack" mailing list thread</a></li> </ul>