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Chad Kohalyk

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Generous with Likes ❤️ 📸 🖊️ 📿 🙏 He/him 日本語 🙆‍♂️ THFC. https://micro.chadkohalyk.com/about-me/ #japan #photography #buddhism #books #PublicInterestTechnologist @dwebyvr.org Tech policy papers: https://lemmy.ml/c/mae PfP @kawaiirailroads.millie-may.net‬

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Chad Kohalyk @chadkoh.com · Nov 11

Once all the Starter Packs are made, and we move on to *Advanced Packs*, someone will finally make a “Radical Politics, Open Source, Cooperatives, Governance nerds, Book reviewers, atproto Missionaries, Japan history, Photographer, Travel Writers, Rap fans, Dad Jokes Pack” and add me to it.

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Lu wilson @todepond.com · 7h

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Chad Kohalyk @chadkoh.com · 8h

😊 Of course! We even had a talk about internationalization non-ascii, non-Latin characters. At the after party we discussed these talks about Cree and Arabic programming. And with LLMs, human languages are now programming languages.

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Indigitalization: Indigenous Computing Theory - Jon Corbett

YouTube video by Causal Islands

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Chad Kohalyk @chadkoh.com · 19h

The #polyglotunconf afterparty was held at the False Creek Yacht Club. The organizers did a great job at making the weather nice 😎 Had a good time connecting with some very interesting folks. This is a great conf for bringing together people from many different walks of computing life.

False Creek Yacht club building from water level. In the background is the marina and Burrard Bridge. The sky reflects in the calm water.

High angle shot of the marina at the yacht club

Chad selfie above the False Creek Yacht Club as the sun goes down

Under Granville bridge and the on ramp from Howe St lit up with a purple light

Chad Kohalyk @chadkoh.com · 23h

Just finished #polyglotunconf 🎉 300 people showed up and collaboratively created a multi track conference. I went to sessions on building an eng team post-AI, LoFi software, self-hosting, and managing context in enterprise. Met a TON of new people. Now off to the afterparty 🍻

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Virginia Murdoch @virginia.alertbutnotalarmed.com · 1d

I made something! Monomarks.at is an open social bookmarking tool along the lines of Pinboard or Delicious, and it's based on ATProto, because I was inspired by @danabra.mov's widely-read post. Log in with your Bluesky account to save bookmarks and browse links posted by the people you follow. 😎

Monomarks: open social bookmarking

Open social bookmarks

Monomarks.at

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Chad Kohalyk @chadkoh.com · 1d

Gotta go to sleep early tonight since I need to bring the energy to www.polyglotsoftware.com unconf tomorrow!! 🎉🙌

#polyglotconf

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Chad Kohalyk @chadkoh.com · 1d

For #ProtocolsForPublishers folks, this is what we mean when we talk about the power of open protocols! 💪

Graze Social @graze.social · 2d

You can just do things, together

You can just do things, together - Graze Newsletter

How Skylight & Graze are working together to build the open social FYP

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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 2d

standards folks!

if you are in to this sort of thing, we now have an IETF mailing list to discuss AT protocol bits.

mailman3.ietf.org/mailman3/lis...

if you want to jump in, I recommend setting up an overall IETF datatracker account and reviewing IETF IP policies ("note well") first

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Chad Kohalyk @chadkoh.com · 1d

@mikerugnetta.com did not complete from @micro.blog. I run into this a lot @manton.org. What can I do?

Chad Kohalyk @chadkoh.com · 1d

Exploring AI and American Fascism: https://micro.chadkohalyk.com/2025/10/10/exploring-ai-and-american-fascism.html

@mikerugnetta.com’s excellent essay on slopaganda, agit slop, and what it really says about power

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Graze Social @graze.social · 2d

You can just do things, together

You can just do things, together - Graze Newsletter

How Skylight & Graze are working together to build the open social FYP

graze.leaflet.pub

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DEF CON @defcon.bsky.social · 2d

Good thing there's a weekend coming up - the #defcon Youtube channel has dropped a few hundred #defcon33 videos for your perusal. Clear your schedule and let these #dc33 Main Stage & Creator Stage Talks wash over your thirsty brain.

www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

As always, enjoy and #passiton.

DEF CON 33 - YouTube

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Levi McLaughlin @levimclaughlin.bsky.social · 2d

Japan, ostensibly one of the least religious countries in the world, had its political order upended by the lay Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai. That is THE story about Friday's epochal shift in Japanese politics (thread follows):

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DWebYVR @dwebyvr.org · 2d

"Folk Tech is a movement of folks who want to make technology that supports people and communities that doesn't depend on big technology corporations. " Join us for the first community day on October 18th 2025 @z-space.ca luma.com/vmays8fz

Folk Tech Play Day · Luma

Stop talking about "consumers" and "users"! Let's make and use tech that supports us as people to be in connection and to collaborate, not that addicts us or…

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David Aronchick @ironyuppie.com · 2d

This is the greatest scientific achievement humanity has ever undertaken

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 2d

A bit of linguistic cartography to brighten your day. This map shows how the words for camel 🐫 spread across the Old World.

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Free Our Feeds @freeourfeeds.com · 2d

Join #freeourfeeds and @eurosky.social on Wednesday, 19 November in Berlin as European leaders, policymakers, developers, and investors explore what's already being built and chart the path forward for Europe’s open social web. We are so pleased that @alexandrageese.bsky.social will be joining us!

Eurosky Social @eurosky.social · 2d

We're delighted to announce @alexandrageese.bsky.social, Member of the European Parliament for the Greens/EFA Group, as a speaker for Eurosky Live in Berlin this November.

#EuroskyLive #DigitalSovereignty #EuropeanTech

www.eurosky.social/eurosky-live

Banner announcing Alexandra Geese as a speaker for the Eurosky Live conference. Alexandra Geese is Member of the European Parliament for the Greens/EFA Group. Eurosky Live takes place in Berlin on 19 Noember. Further details available at eurosky.social/eurosky-live

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Chad Kohalyk @chadkoh.com · 3d

I’ve been keeping my eye on the atproto based ones waiting for one to have a nice refined UI for tracking reading, but there is still a ways to go I think.

Chad Kohalyk @chadkoh.com · 3d

Been a year so I updated my Uses/Don’t Uses page: chadkohalyk.com/about/use…

Share me yours!

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Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto.bsky.social · 3d

🦋BUTTERFLIES🐛

Sonyō-in (尊陽院), a sub-temple of Honpō-ji (本法寺), has a rather stunning ceiling.

not yet a butterfly
even as autumn passes
the caterpillar
秋を経て蝶もなめるや菊の露
-Matsuo Bashō (松尾芭蕉)
Trans. Reichhold.

#Japan #butterflies #蝶々 #Kyoto

Sonyo-in's sumptuous coffered ceiling features paintings of flowers and butterflies on a gilded background.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 4d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 4d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Chad Kohalyk @chadkoh.com · 3d

Amazing! Happy Birthday!

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Chad Kohalyk @chadkoh.com · 3d

Took a little walk and made some snaps to try it out. Sharp lense and super fast focus. I really like this focal length too. Happy! 🤗

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Chad Kohalyk @chadkoh.com · 4d

I look at this as an alternative to upgrading my phone, which only ever did for the camera. My iPhone 13Pro is still fine, and having a “truly pocketable” and fast camera means I can keep it out of the landfill for another couple of years.

Chad Kohalyk @chadkoh.com · 4d

Oh really? I thought he was a Leica man.