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Another mini-milestone ... now I can publish Jupyter Lite Python notebooks (using Pyodide/WASM) onto hex.camp locations ... here's a demo that extracts the OpenStreetMap data for the cities that make up Metro Vancouver 6kg6rweynwea.vanhex.ca/lab/index.ht...
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Today, @roost.tools is releasing Coop v0, an open-source review tool for online safety. Run it on your own infrastructure with free child safety detection tools, including HMA for hash matching against known CSAM and the Content Safety API for novel CSAM detection.
github.com/roostorg/coop
github.com/roostorg/coop
Meet Coop V.0
Robust Open Online Safety Tools or ROOST is a new non-profit entity designed to address the urgent need for accessible, high-quality safety tools in the rapidly evolving digital landscape.
roost.tools
February 10, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Today, @roost.tools is releasing Coop v0, an open-source review tool for online safety. Run it on your own infrastructure with free child safety detection tools, including HMA for hash matching against known CSAM and the Content Safety API for novel CSAM detection.
github.com/roostorg/coop
github.com/roostorg/coop
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"Animated Bokeh" has been on my whiteboard for a long time, and this is the result.
I thought it would just be for cheesy novelty effects, but it also does lightfield manipulation that was cooler than I expected.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg_2...
I thought it would just be for cheesy novelty effects, but it also does lightfield manipulation that was cooler than I expected.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg_2...
Digital Iris
YouTube video by Ancient
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:35 PM
"Animated Bokeh" has been on my whiteboard for a long time, and this is the result.
I thought it would just be for cheesy novelty effects, but it also does lightfield manipulation that was cooler than I expected.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg_2...
I thought it would just be for cheesy novelty effects, but it also does lightfield manipulation that was cooler than I expected.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg_2...
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Been mulling over @bnewbold.net's recent post on community spaces and atproto's next frontiers. I wrote about why building for organizers (not just users) might be the key to making it all work.
Building for Organizers - The People Layer
The most enduring social networks aren’t the prettiest or the most addictive – it’s the ones that empower organizers.
mosh.leaflet.pub
February 5, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Been mulling over @bnewbold.net's recent post on community spaces and atproto's next frontiers. I wrote about why building for organizers (not just users) might be the key to making it all work.
Finally figured out how to get blackbox exporter monitoring working with prometheus operator and Probe resources. It immediately flagged that I had an expired SSL cert … turns out I had a typo in a YAML file. :-)
February 6, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Finally figured out how to get blackbox exporter monitoring working with prometheus operator and Probe resources. It immediately flagged that I had an expired SSL cert … turns out I had a typo in a YAML file. :-)
This is awesome
@margin.at interop just dropped in Semble 🤝
Your Margin bookmarks now show up directly on Semble ✅
The Atmosphere has no walled gardens 🌻
Happy cross-pollination 🐝
More details on how it works below 👇
Your Margin bookmarks now show up directly on Semble ✅
The Atmosphere has no walled gardens 🌻
Happy cross-pollination 🐝
More details on how it works below 👇
February 4, 2026 at 7:19 PM
This is awesome
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Rethinking Digital Storage for Community-Based Archives medium.com/community-ar...
Rethinking Digital Storage for Community-Based Archives
Over the last few decades, the standard procedure for storing and backing up data has been ‘put it in the cloud.’ Many of us use cloud…
medium.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Rethinking Digital Storage for Community-Based Archives medium.com/community-ar...
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I'm still writing code the hard way. I'm slow. I like to think critically about every line of code and fiddle with variable names until everything looks right. I treat code as a liability and try to ship only what's necessary.
It's hard to imagine writing code any other way.
It's hard to imagine writing code any other way.
February 1, 2026 at 2:52 AM
I'm still writing code the hard way. I'm slow. I like to think critically about every line of code and fiddle with variable names until everything looks right. I treat code as a liability and try to ship only what's necessary.
It's hard to imagine writing code any other way.
It's hard to imagine writing code any other way.
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Exciting news for the local-first community!
1. Local-first Conf Berlin is back on 12–14 July: www.localfirstconf.com
2. The nice folks at @cultrepo.bsky.social have made a documentary about the movement: www.youtube.com/watch?v=10d8...
1. Local-first Conf Berlin is back on 12–14 July: www.localfirstconf.com
2. The nice folks at @cultrepo.bsky.social have made a documentary about the movement: www.youtube.com/watch?v=10d8...
Local-First Conf 2026
Join us for the third edition of Local-First Conf. Connect with a rapidly-growing community in an intimate setting. Berlin 12-14th July 2026.
www.localfirstconf.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Exciting news for the local-first community!
1. Local-first Conf Berlin is back on 12–14 July: www.localfirstconf.com
2. The nice folks at @cultrepo.bsky.social have made a documentary about the movement: www.youtube.com/watch?v=10d8...
1. Local-first Conf Berlin is back on 12–14 July: www.localfirstconf.com
2. The nice folks at @cultrepo.bsky.social have made a documentary about the movement: www.youtube.com/watch?v=10d8...
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We’ve got a save the date announcement today for this year’s Local-First Conf @localfirstconf.com - July 11th to 14th in Berlin.
We’re supporting the conference & leaning into some “Day 3” content with some malleable software and other topics.
Add your email to be notified!
We’re supporting the conference & leaning into some “Day 3” content with some malleable software and other topics.
Add your email to be notified!
Local-First Conf 2026
Join us for the third edition of Local-First Conf. Connect with a rapidly-growing community in an intimate setting. Berlin 12-14th July 2026.
www.localfirstconf.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:15 PM
We’ve got a save the date announcement today for this year’s Local-First Conf @localfirstconf.com - July 11th to 14th in Berlin.
We’re supporting the conference & leaning into some “Day 3” content with some malleable software and other topics.
Add your email to be notified!
We’re supporting the conference & leaning into some “Day 3” content with some malleable software and other topics.
Add your email to be notified!
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Collecting Canadian software alternatives:
cDox (cdox.ca) - Document writing and sharing, Canadian-hosted
Float (floatfinancial.com) - Corporate cards, expense management
Venn (venn.ca) - Multi-currency accounts, low FX rates
cDox (cdox.ca) - Document writing and sharing, Canadian-hosted
Float (floatfinancial.com) - Corporate cards, expense management
Venn (venn.ca) - Multi-currency accounts, low FX rates
Venn - Canadian Business Banking, Accounts, and Corporate Cards
Venn provides 5,000+ Canadian businesses with local CAD + USD accounts that earn 2% interest, global corporate cards with cashback, free transfers, and low FX.
venn.ca
January 27, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Collecting Canadian software alternatives:
cDox (cdox.ca) - Document writing and sharing, Canadian-hosted
Float (floatfinancial.com) - Corporate cards, expense management
Venn (venn.ca) - Multi-currency accounts, low FX rates
cDox (cdox.ca) - Document writing and sharing, Canadian-hosted
Float (floatfinancial.com) - Corporate cards, expense management
Venn (venn.ca) - Multi-currency accounts, low FX rates
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Join Blaine Cook, New_ Public’s Principal Software Engineer for Roundabout, at a @getdweb.net virtual meetup this Wednesday from 1-2pm EST
Blaine will present on Roundabout, our new local community app! Folks from @awana.digital and @dod.ngo will also present.
Blaine will present on Roundabout, our new local community app! Folks from @awana.digital and @dod.ngo will also present.
DWeb Virtual Meetup—The Latest in the DWeb Ecosystem (January 2026)
Join us at our next virtual meetup and hear our speakers share updates on some latest DWeb releases and community organizing efforts.
www.eventbrite.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Join Blaine Cook, New_ Public’s Principal Software Engineer for Roundabout, at a @getdweb.net virtual meetup this Wednesday from 1-2pm EST
Blaine will present on Roundabout, our new local community app! Folks from @awana.digital and @dod.ngo will also present.
Blaine will present on Roundabout, our new local community app! Folks from @awana.digital and @dod.ngo will also present.
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Honestly loving the sound of this.
> as a transitional approach, didplcbft can act as more of a mirror of an authoritative PLC implementation, namely, plc-directory
wdyt @warpfork.bsky.social @bumblefudge.com @mythik.co.uk @bnewbold.net @retr0.id 👀
> as a transitional approach, didplcbft can act as more of a mirror of an authoritative PLC implementation, namely, plc-directory
wdyt @warpfork.bsky.social @bumblefudge.com @mythik.co.uk @bnewbold.net @retr0.id 👀
Baby steps: I've updated the README: tangled.org/gbl08ma.com/...
It's hopefully much more structured now, and should actually explain "what/why the F am I doing this" at a level understandable by, erm, all the ATProto nerds.
It's hopefully much more structured now, and should actually explain "what/why the F am I doing this" at a level understandable by, erm, all the ATProto nerds.
January 26, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Honestly loving the sound of this.
> as a transitional approach, didplcbft can act as more of a mirror of an authoritative PLC implementation, namely, plc-directory
wdyt @warpfork.bsky.social @bumblefudge.com @mythik.co.uk @bnewbold.net @retr0.id 👀
> as a transitional approach, didplcbft can act as more of a mirror of an authoritative PLC implementation, namely, plc-directory
wdyt @warpfork.bsky.social @bumblefudge.com @mythik.co.uk @bnewbold.net @retr0.id 👀
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Traditional proverb:
A watched DNS record never propagates
A watched DNS record never propagates
Current status: waiting for a DNS TXT record to propagate 🫠
January 24, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Traditional proverb:
A watched DNS record never propagates
A watched DNS record never propagates
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This is *huge*
A while back, I was concerned about ATProto platforms using different lexicons diverging and fragmenting the space, but the long-formers (@leaflet.pub @pckt.blog @offprint.app) are setting an incredible example of how to build together 👏🏼
More of this, please!
A while back, I was concerned about ATProto platforms using different lexicons diverging and fragmenting the space, but the long-formers (@leaflet.pub @pckt.blog @offprint.app) are setting an incredible example of how to build together 👏🏼
More of this, please!
January 23, 2026 at 10:37 PM
This is *huge*
A while back, I was concerned about ATProto platforms using different lexicons diverging and fragmenting the space, but the long-formers (@leaflet.pub @pckt.blog @offprint.app) are setting an incredible example of how to build together 👏🏼
More of this, please!
A while back, I was concerned about ATProto platforms using different lexicons diverging and fragmenting the space, but the long-formers (@leaflet.pub @pckt.blog @offprint.app) are setting an incredible example of how to build together 👏🏼
More of this, please!
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at risk of a bunch of people saying “well actually you should have done it this way”, here’s a lil write up on adding trending topics to bluesky
hailey.at/posts/3mcy5b...
hailey.at/posts/3mcy5b...
Topics on Bluesky
Building usable trending topics on Bluesky
hailey.at
January 22, 2026 at 2:45 AM
at risk of a bunch of people saying “well actually you should have done it this way”, here’s a lil write up on adding trending topics to bluesky
hailey.at/posts/3mcy5b...
hailey.at/posts/3mcy5b...
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@vmx.cx wrote up a quick tour of what happened in IPLD and multiformats this year:
🧱 New (much faster!) modular crates for Rust IPLD
🐦 Migration guide if you're still using libipld
✅ Rust multiformats (cid, multihash, multibase) production-ready
blog.ipfs.tech/2026-01-ipld...
🧱 New (much faster!) modular crates for Rust IPLD
🐦 Migration guide if you're still using libipld
✅ Rust multiformats (cid, multihash, multibase) production-ready
blog.ipfs.tech/2026-01-ipld...
IPLD 2025 Review: From Monoliths to Modules
The year that brought us modular Rust libraries, faster DAG-CBOR, stable multiformats, and a simpler on-ramp with DASL.
blog.ipfs.tech
January 22, 2026 at 2:17 PM
@vmx.cx wrote up a quick tour of what happened in IPLD and multiformats this year:
🧱 New (much faster!) modular crates for Rust IPLD
🐦 Migration guide if you're still using libipld
✅ Rust multiformats (cid, multihash, multibase) production-ready
blog.ipfs.tech/2026-01-ipld...
🧱 New (much faster!) modular crates for Rust IPLD
🐦 Migration guide if you're still using libipld
✅ Rust multiformats (cid, multihash, multibase) production-ready
blog.ipfs.tech/2026-01-ipld...
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> Registries don’t just host files. They make political decisions about who owns names
January 22, 2026 at 1:29 PM
> Registries don’t just host files. They make political decisions about who owns names
I didn’t vote for the guy but that’s a good speech.
The Carney speech is worth reading in full: globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
Read the full transcript of Carney’s speech to World Economic Forum - National | Globalnews.ca
Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a forceful speech in Davos, Switzerland, on the 'new world order' and how middle powers like Canada can benefit by working together.
globalnews.ca
January 21, 2026 at 12:21 AM
I didn’t vote for the guy but that’s a good speech.
Obviously, if Trump blows up NATO and claims Greenland, Canada is going to look like a missing puzzle piece in the territorial expansion
January 14, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Obviously, if Trump blows up NATO and claims Greenland, Canada is going to look like a missing puzzle piece in the territorial expansion
I’d appreciate it if you could just wait a few more months before crashing the global economy
January 12, 2026 at 2:30 AM
I’d appreciate it if you could just wait a few more months before crashing the global economy
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A data model for Git (and other docs updates) jvns.ca/blog/2026/01...
A data model for Git (and other docs updates)
A data model for Git (and other docs updates)
jvns.ca
January 9, 2026 at 9:53 PM
A data model for Git (and other docs updates) jvns.ca/blog/2026/01...
It looks like the dependencies I need to do some geo stuff in a Pyodide notebook used to work, but they removed the packages due to build issues... pyodide.org/en/stable/pr...
January 9, 2026 at 3:27 AM
It looks like the dependencies I need to do some geo stuff in a Pyodide notebook used to work, but they removed the packages due to build issues... pyodide.org/en/stable/pr...
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Announcing deck.gl-raster: 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭-𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐎𝐆 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠. No server required.
1.3 𝐠𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐛𝐲𝐭𝐞 COG, streamed directly into the browser: developmentseed.org/deck.gl-rast...
- GPU-accelerated raster reprojection
- GPU image processing for colormaps, nodata values
- Efficient use of COG overviews
1.3 𝐠𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐛𝐲𝐭𝐞 COG, streamed directly into the browser: developmentseed.org/deck.gl-rast...
- GPU-accelerated raster reprojection
- GPU image processing for colormaps, nodata values
- Efficient use of COG overviews
January 7, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Announcing deck.gl-raster: 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭-𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐎𝐆 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠. No server required.
1.3 𝐠𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐛𝐲𝐭𝐞 COG, streamed directly into the browser: developmentseed.org/deck.gl-rast...
- GPU-accelerated raster reprojection
- GPU image processing for colormaps, nodata values
- Efficient use of COG overviews
1.3 𝐠𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐛𝐲𝐭𝐞 COG, streamed directly into the browser: developmentseed.org/deck.gl-rast...
- GPU-accelerated raster reprojection
- GPU image processing for colormaps, nodata values
- Efficient use of COG overviews
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Zohran uses domain verification, based
Bluesky community! This is my official NYC mayor account. I’ll be posting updates on what’s happening at City Hall and how we’re delivering for New Yorkers. It’s great to be here.
January 8, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Zohran uses domain verification, based
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Made an AT Protocol health dashboard atproto-health.pages.dev
AT Protocol Health Dashboard
Real-time health metrics for the AT Protocol ecosystem
atproto-health.pages.dev
January 4, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Made an AT Protocol health dashboard atproto-health.pages.dev