> It’s hard to recall another instance of someone writing something so confident that they’ll come off well, while clearly coming off as self-centered Sadly, I

> It’s hard to recall another instance of someone writing something so confident that they’ll come off well, while clearly coming off as self-centered Sadly, I don't think it's rare in the FOSS world these days. > The framing of “the moderation team” resigning when two of them aren’t is a delectable cherry on top of the other drama. I'd keep an eye out on social media to see what pressure the remaining mods face from those loyal to the resigning ones (including themselves). > last year’s (ongoing?) Python Foundation moderation debacle Everyone quieted down about it, but there was renewed tension in this year's elections thanks in large part to Franz Kiraly's efforts to reform the organization (ref. https://github.com/python-software-federation/psf2025 https://github.com/python-software-federation/psf2025 ; https://discuss.python.org/t/_/103390 https://discuss.python.org/t/_/103390 ; https://discuss.python.org/t/_/103460 https://discuss.python.org/t/_/103460 ; https://discuss.python.org/t/_/103760 https://discuss.python.org/t/_/103760 ; https://discuss.python.org/t/_/103776 https://discuss.python.org/t/_/103776). > P.S. anyone know what the political left/right split here is? The upset moderators are on the far left (per contemporary American conception of the spectrum). All of this fundamentally goes back to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40199153 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40199153 , if not further. (Even if I weren't familiar with the story, this would be my prior assumption by now.)