Boris
@bmann.ca
Web tinkerer. Pooling capital and collaboration.
What if we made things a little bit better?
#Vancouver #cooking #restaurant #atproto
I'm on Germ DM 🔑
https://ger.mx/A04SXZYcNrBNCygCupzIejDFcf3VR7MVDPRaojGxx0lr#did:plc:2cxgdrgtsmrbqnjkwyplmp43
What if we made things a little bit better?
#Vancouver #cooking #restaurant #atproto
I'm on Germ DM 🔑
https://ger.mx/A04SXZYcNrBNCygCupzIejDFcf3VR7MVDPRaojGxx0lr#did:plc:2cxgdrgtsmrbqnjkwyplmp43
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I have a whole folder of ATProto apps on iOS (plus a select few directly on my Home Screen).
Today we call them “ATproto” apps.
In the future … they’re just a better way to build a wide range of apps, where users own their data, login in anywhere, and choose different interfaces.
Today we call them “ATproto” apps.
In the future … they’re just a better way to build a wide range of apps, where users own their data, login in anywhere, and choose different interfaces.
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learned a little sparql to query wikidata and satiate a curiosity: a graph of all the programming languages and what they influenced query.wikidata.org/index.html#%...
January 11, 2026 at 6:14 PM
learned a little sparql to query wikidata and satiate a curiosity: a graph of all the programming languages and what they influenced query.wikidata.org/index.html#%...
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Happy arxiv:2601 to all who celebrate! 😉🎉🔬
We are so thankful for everyone who uses arXiv everyday to share and discover new research.
Happy new year to all - here's hoping for a 2026 full of #openaccess science & lots of new discoveries.
We are so thankful for everyone who uses arXiv everyday to share and discover new research.
Happy new year to all - here's hoping for a 2026 full of #openaccess science & lots of new discoveries.
January 1, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Happy arxiv:2601 to all who celebrate! 😉🎉🔬
We are so thankful for everyone who uses arXiv everyday to share and discover new research.
Happy new year to all - here's hoping for a 2026 full of #openaccess science & lots of new discoveries.
We are so thankful for everyone who uses arXiv everyday to share and discover new research.
Happy new year to all - here's hoping for a 2026 full of #openaccess science & lots of new discoveries.
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It was pretty enlightening to me when I attended a primarily academic event about AI and only very gradually realized almost no one present had actually even opened one of the current tools for like, five minutes
January 11, 2026 at 5:54 PM
It was pretty enlightening to me when I attended a primarily academic event about AI and only very gradually realized almost no one present had actually even opened one of the current tools for like, five minutes
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okay I know we all want to slap For You as the default shipped feed but where it is really is proving the founding ethos of the site
"yeah the standard one sucks but you can rip it out and use the one hosted on some guys gaming rig" I mean bro that's pretty cypherpunk
"yeah the standard one sucks but you can rip it out and use the one hosted on some guys gaming rig" I mean bro that's pretty cypherpunk
January 11, 2026 at 4:49 PM
okay I know we all want to slap For You as the default shipped feed but where it is really is proving the founding ethos of the site
"yeah the standard one sucks but you can rip it out and use the one hosted on some guys gaming rig" I mean bro that's pretty cypherpunk
"yeah the standard one sucks but you can rip it out and use the one hosted on some guys gaming rig" I mean bro that's pretty cypherpunk
📍 Museum London
Museum · London, Ontario, Canada
https://www.beaconbits.app/beacon/2cxgdrgtsmrbqnjkwyplmp43/3mc6ebmgwac2m
Yaya’s Cafe is inside the museum. West African and Caribbean dishes and drinks. So good!
w/ @rachaelashe.com
#BeaconBits
Museum · London, Ontario, Canada
https://www.beaconbits.app/beacon/2cxgdrgtsmrbqnjkwyplmp43/3mc6ebmgwac2m
Yaya’s Cafe is inside the museum. West African and Caribbean dishes and drinks. So good!
w/ @rachaelashe.com
#BeaconBits
January 11, 2026 at 8:24 PM
📍 Museum London
Museum · London, Ontario, Canada
https://www.beaconbits.app/beacon/2cxgdrgtsmrbqnjkwyplmp43/3mc6ebmgwac2m
Yaya’s Cafe is inside the museum. West African and Caribbean dishes and drinks. So good!
w/ @rachaelashe.com
#BeaconBits
Museum · London, Ontario, Canada
https://www.beaconbits.app/beacon/2cxgdrgtsmrbqnjkwyplmp43/3mc6ebmgwac2m
Yaya’s Cafe is inside the museum. West African and Caribbean dishes and drinks. So good!
w/ @rachaelashe.com
#BeaconBits
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I think @nsrnicek.bsky.social is among the sharpest theorists and writers on the political economy of software and computing today, I’m excited to read his new book tomorrow.
Today is the official UK publication day for Silicon Empires! I'm excited to have it out and hear what people think.
There's an enormous amount happening every day in AI, and it's difficult to gain a stable perspective. I wrote the book to try and get some secure hold on that constant flux. 🧵
There's an enormous amount happening every day in AI, and it's difficult to gain a stable perspective. I wrote the book to try and get some secure hold on that constant flux. 🧵
January 11, 2026 at 6:56 PM
I think @nsrnicek.bsky.social is among the sharpest theorists and writers on the political economy of software and computing today, I’m excited to read his new book tomorrow.
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Proud of this.
A lot more Bsky integration coming so do not fret. Particularly proud of the fully custom editor, great for editing stories!
Speaking of which - there is a story manager. You can decide whether they’re deleted from your PDS or just not shown after 24hrs (for potential future uses).
A lot more Bsky integration coming so do not fret. Particularly proud of the fully custom editor, great for editing stories!
Speaking of which - there is a story manager. You can decide whether they’re deleted from your PDS or just not shown after 24hrs (for potential future uses).
Spark is now in open beta.
Download here:
iOS: testflight.apple.com/join/uYpnjh37
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
Download here:
iOS: testflight.apple.com/join/uYpnjh37
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
January 11, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Proud of this.
A lot more Bsky integration coming so do not fret. Particularly proud of the fully custom editor, great for editing stories!
Speaking of which - there is a story manager. You can decide whether they’re deleted from your PDS or just not shown after 24hrs (for potential future uses).
A lot more Bsky integration coming so do not fret. Particularly proud of the fully custom editor, great for editing stories!
Speaking of which - there is a story manager. You can decide whether they’re deleted from your PDS or just not shown after 24hrs (for potential future uses).
📍 Museum London
Museum · London, Ontario, CA
https://www.beaconbits.app/beacon/2cxgdrgtsmrbqnjkwyplmp43/3mc64dwhui22s
Touring Museum London on another snowy day. It’s a nice space!
#BeaconBits
Museum · London, Ontario, CA
https://www.beaconbits.app/beacon/2cxgdrgtsmrbqnjkwyplmp43/3mc64dwhui22s
Touring Museum London on another snowy day. It’s a nice space!
#BeaconBits
January 11, 2026 at 6:02 PM
📍 Museum London
Museum · London, Ontario, CA
https://www.beaconbits.app/beacon/2cxgdrgtsmrbqnjkwyplmp43/3mc64dwhui22s
Touring Museum London on another snowy day. It’s a nice space!
#BeaconBits
Museum · London, Ontario, CA
https://www.beaconbits.app/beacon/2cxgdrgtsmrbqnjkwyplmp43/3mc64dwhui22s
Touring Museum London on another snowy day. It’s a nice space!
#BeaconBits
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January 11, 2026 at 2:32 PM
“I see this as a continuation of what I tried to do all my life: democratizing code, systems, knowledge. LLMs are going to help us to write better software, faster, and will allow small teams to have a chance to compete with bigger companies. The same thing open source software did in the 90s.”
January 11, 2026 at 2:00 PM
“I see this as a continuation of what I tried to do all my life: democratizing code, systems, knowledge. LLMs are going to help us to write better software, faster, and will allow small teams to have a chance to compete with bigger companies. The same thing open source software did in the 90s.”
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pull request reactions dictate what code gets merged into this website every 7 days. someone should do this with tangled www.openchaos.dev
OpenChaos.dev
A self-evolving open source project. Vote on PRs. Winner gets merged every Sunday.
www.openchaos.dev
January 11, 2026 at 12:59 PM
pull request reactions dictate what code gets merged into this website every 7 days. someone should do this with tangled www.openchaos.dev
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January 11, 2026 at 10:19 AM
I bought a rusty Toyota Tercel from a friend who said it was his mom’s.
We later discovered a driver’s right knee adjacent toggle switch that … turned on a siren??!!
Eventually got a purple light we could stick on the roof to go with it.
We later discovered a driver’s right knee adjacent toggle switch that … turned on a siren??!!
Eventually got a purple light we could stick on the roof to go with it.
January 11, 2026 at 5:44 AM
I bought a rusty Toyota Tercel from a friend who said it was his mom’s.
We later discovered a driver’s right knee adjacent toggle switch that … turned on a siren??!!
Eventually got a purple light we could stick on the roof to go with it.
We later discovered a driver’s right knee adjacent toggle switch that … turned on a siren??!!
Eventually got a purple light we could stick on the roof to go with it.
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Uhhh, maybe cool job alert?
2wk remote visual design consultancy for the UN Beijing station office for the UN-SPIDER group (haha wow).
careers.un.org/jobSearchDes...
2wk remote visual design consultancy for the UN Beijing station office for the UN-SPIDER group (haha wow).
careers.un.org/jobSearchDes...
UN Careers
United Nations
careers.un.org
January 10, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Uhhh, maybe cool job alert?
2wk remote visual design consultancy for the UN Beijing station office for the UN-SPIDER group (haha wow).
careers.un.org/jobSearchDes...
2wk remote visual design consultancy for the UN Beijing station office for the UN-SPIDER group (haha wow).
careers.un.org/jobSearchDes...
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Don’t be intimidated by the news focused on the innovations of big companies and their great PR teams. Individual, idiosyncratic creators unlock all sorts of possibilities and drive the world. www.anildash.com/2026/01/09/h...
How Markdown took over the world - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Don’t be intimidated by the news focused on the innovations of big companies and their great PR teams. Individual, idiosyncratic creators unlock all sorts of possibilities and drive the world. www.anildash.com/2026/01/09/h...
📍 Sidetrack: A Wortley Café
Cafe · London, Ontario, CA
https://www.beaconbits.app/beacon/2cxgdrgtsmrbqnjkwyplmp43/3mc3o6uwyh225
Cappuccino and Matcha stop
#BeaconBits
Cafe · London, Ontario, CA
https://www.beaconbits.app/beacon/2cxgdrgtsmrbqnjkwyplmp43/3mc3o6uwyh225
Cappuccino and Matcha stop
#BeaconBits
January 10, 2026 at 6:43 PM
📍 Sidetrack: A Wortley Café
Cafe · London, Ontario, CA
https://www.beaconbits.app/beacon/2cxgdrgtsmrbqnjkwyplmp43/3mc3o6uwyh225
Cappuccino and Matcha stop
#BeaconBits
Cafe · London, Ontario, CA
https://www.beaconbits.app/beacon/2cxgdrgtsmrbqnjkwyplmp43/3mc3o6uwyh225
Cappuccino and Matcha stop
#BeaconBits
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Are you in media or open tech? Interested in exploring the future together? Based in the UK or Europe, or willing to travel there? @protocolsforpublishers.com in London next month should be awesome - and the conversations are ever more important. I’d love to see you there.
Protocols for Publishers ✨ London
Join us in London on Feb 4-5, 2026
protocolsforpublishers.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Are you in media or open tech? Interested in exploring the future together? Based in the UK or Europe, or willing to travel there? @protocolsforpublishers.com in London next month should be awesome - and the conversations are ever more important. I’d love to see you there.
“Red Sky invites you into a decentralized galaxy powered by Bluesky’s AT Protocol. Here, every verified user can own a procedurally generated planet, forming a vast, immersive social universe. Explore star systems, build bases, and communicate via broadcasting messages.”
January 10, 2026 at 3:30 PM
“Red Sky invites you into a decentralized galaxy powered by Bluesky’s AT Protocol. Here, every verified user can own a procedurally generated planet, forming a vast, immersive social universe. Explore star systems, build bases, and communicate via broadcasting messages.”
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X is not valuable territory to be recaptured in a war, it is a propaganda radio station that needs to be shut down, because it is now supporting criminal activity. Tuning in to that station does nothing but boost its audience figures.
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
www.independent.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 1:58 PM
X is not valuable territory to be recaptured in a war, it is a propaganda radio station that needs to be shut down, because it is now supporting criminal activity. Tuning in to that station does nothing but boost its audience figures.
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STREAMPLACE 0.9 IS LIVE NOW!!! Three huge new features:
1. Multistreaming! Send your stream into Streamplace, forward it to Twitch, YouTube, or anywhere else
2. Chat mods! Promote users to help you manage your chat and change your stream title
3. Branding customizations for self-hosted nodes!
1. Multistreaming! Send your stream into Streamplace, forward it to Twitch, YouTube, or anywhere else
2. Chat mods! Promote users to help you manage your chat and change your stream title
3. Branding customizations for self-hosted nodes!
Stream.place
Stream.place is open-source livestreaming on the AT Protocol.
stream.place
January 8, 2026 at 9:11 PM
STREAMPLACE 0.9 IS LIVE NOW!!! Three huge new features:
1. Multistreaming! Send your stream into Streamplace, forward it to Twitch, YouTube, or anywhere else
2. Chat mods! Promote users to help you manage your chat and change your stream title
3. Branding customizations for self-hosted nodes!
1. Multistreaming! Send your stream into Streamplace, forward it to Twitch, YouTube, or anywhere else
2. Chat mods! Promote users to help you manage your chat and change your stream title
3. Branding customizations for self-hosted nodes!
Thank you very much @knowtheory.net for coming back as a core #ATmosphereConf organizer and @danhon.com for joining us this year.
We've got a dedicated Media & Civics track for #ATmosphereConf this year, curated by @knowtheory.net and @danhon.com . With the CFP closing tomorrow, we'd love to see your submissions!
Media & Civics at ATmosphereConf
Introducing a new track at ATmosphereConf
news.atmosphereconf.org
January 9, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Thank you very much @knowtheory.net for coming back as a core #ATmosphereConf organizer and @danhon.com for joining us this year.
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The main #ATmosphereConf call for proposals is closing TOMORROW forms.atprotocol.community/r/wAVDkk
@atproto.science is also doing a call for speakers for their conference side event, and you have a little more time to submit for that one.
@atproto.science is also doing a call for speakers for their conference side event, and you have a little more time to submit for that one.
Exciting to see our first speaker proposals coming in for #ATScience 2026! ✨
We’d love to hear yours too, so please submit your idea at
forms.atproto.science/atscience26-... 🗳️
The call for proposals closes at the end of January - we’ll review and notify speakers on a rolling basis.
We’d love to hear yours too, so please submit your idea at
forms.atproto.science/atscience26-... 🗳️
The call for proposals closes at the end of January - we’ll review and notify speakers on a rolling basis.
ATScience2026 Call for Proposals
forms.atproto.science
January 9, 2026 at 9:08 PM
The main #ATmosphereConf call for proposals is closing TOMORROW forms.atprotocol.community/r/wAVDkk
@atproto.science is also doing a call for speakers for their conference side event, and you have a little more time to submit for that one.
@atproto.science is also doing a call for speakers for their conference side event, and you have a little more time to submit for that one.
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Today's pod is a worst/best of internet situation. A bit from me about Grok's AI revenge porn nightmare and the crisis of impunity. But! Then: @mmasnick.bsky.social @komorama.bsky.social and @zoew.bsky.social join me for a really fun, refreshing conversation about the Resonant Computing Manifesto!
Can We Save the Internet?
Grok’s “digital undressing” crisis and a manifesto to build a better internet
www.theatlantic.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Today's pod is a worst/best of internet situation. A bit from me about Grok's AI revenge porn nightmare and the crisis of impunity. But! Then: @mmasnick.bsky.social @komorama.bsky.social and @zoew.bsky.social join me for a really fun, refreshing conversation about the Resonant Computing Manifesto!
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Thanks to Tap, I have a live, full database of all @standard.site publications and documents in... 250 lines and a couple hours, not having ever written code for AT.
The rest is just serving an Atom feed from a local database.
Kind of incredible! (But now sleep.)
github.com/FiloSottile/...
The rest is just serving an Atom feed from a local database.
Kind of incredible! (But now sleep.)
github.com/FiloSottile/...
January 7, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Thanks to Tap, I have a live, full database of all @standard.site publications and documents in... 250 lines and a couple hours, not having ever written code for AT.
The rest is just serving an Atom feed from a local database.
Kind of incredible! (But now sleep.)
github.com/FiloSottile/...
The rest is just serving an Atom feed from a local database.
Kind of incredible! (But now sleep.)
github.com/FiloSottile/...