Mosh
@mosh.bsky.social
Software, systems, and society. 💎 @ipfs.tech squirrel-herder, Google Forms inventor, velodrome racer, safe streets advocate. Philly + everywhere.
At the end of the day, Madel said, “I have to look my daughters in the eye and tell them, ‘I believe I did what was right.’ And I am doing that today.”
Wow: A top GOP candidate for governor in Minnesota just announced that he is dropping out from the race. *And* that he is leaving the Republican Party.
He blamed the GOP's "stated retribution on the citizens of our state."
www.startribune.com/chris-madel-...
He blamed the GOP's "stated retribution on the citizens of our state."
www.startribune.com/chris-madel-...
Chris Madel ends GOP bid for governor, says he can’t support federal ‘retribution’ against Minnesota
His exit comes as some other Republicans have started to distance themselves from the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in the state.
www.startribune.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:53 PM
At the end of the day, Madel said, “I have to look my daughters in the eye and tell them, ‘I believe I did what was right.’ And I am doing that today.”
More good stuff from DASL: IPFS-style verification, but now with streaming and range retrieval! 🌊🌊🌊
Big Update to the Big DASL: it now supports streaming verification with range retrieval. Many thanks to @b5.bsky.social for bringing that in!
dasl.ing/bdasl.html
dasl.ing/bdasl.html
DASL: Big DASL (BDASL)
BDASL extends DASL CIDs with a new hash type that works better for large files but isn't available by default in browsers, and therefore not an appropriate option in most situations. B...
dasl.ing
January 26, 2026 at 3:45 PM
More good stuff from DASL: IPFS-style verification, but now with streaming and range retrieval! 🌊🌊🌊
I'll be at FOSDEM next week!
Friday night ATProto meetup 1/3. Empanadas, beers, coffee, chats, live music jam after. luma.com/jj7nths0
Sunday 9AM giving a talk "Bringing Decentralization to Your Doorstep: 5 Years in Browsers" on our adventures convincing browsers to do the right thing 😉.
Friday night ATProto meetup 1/3. Empanadas, beers, coffee, chats, live music jam after. luma.com/jj7nths0
Sunday 9AM giving a talk "Bringing Decentralization to Your Doorstep: 5 Years in Browsers" on our adventures convincing browsers to do the right thing 😉.
@proto @fosdem · Luma
Start your FOSDEM with a convivial evening of casual chat, hot chocolate, beers, and snacks with fellow Atmospherists.
The AT Protocol is an open,…
luma.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:56 PM
I'll be at FOSDEM next week!
Friday night ATProto meetup 1/3. Empanadas, beers, coffee, chats, live music jam after. luma.com/jj7nths0
Sunday 9AM giving a talk "Bringing Decentralization to Your Doorstep: 5 Years in Browsers" on our adventures convincing browsers to do the right thing 😉.
Friday night ATProto meetup 1/3. Empanadas, beers, coffee, chats, live music jam after. luma.com/jj7nths0
Sunday 9AM giving a talk "Bringing Decentralization to Your Doorstep: 5 Years in Browsers" on our adventures convincing browsers to do the right thing 😉.
Five mentions of PA in @runforsomething.net's latest newsletter. Go ahead, run for something (or get involved in someone else's inspiring campaign).
January 20, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Five mentions of PA in @runforsomething.net's latest newsletter. Go ahead, run for something (or get involved in someone else's inspiring campaign).
Philly is hiring a Director of Tax Policy and Planning. Show me your tax policy & I'll show you your values... I hope we get someone awesome.
My personal list: make small business taxes radically easier to navigate, more PLOTS, more low & mid income housing.
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/CityofPhilad...
My personal list: make small business taxes radically easier to navigate, more PLOTS, more low & mid income housing.
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/CityofPhilad...
Director of Tax Policy and Planning
Company Description: A best-in-class city that attracts best-in-class talent, Philadelphia is an incredible place to build a career. From our thriving arts scene and rich history to our culture of pas...
jobs.smartrecruiters.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Philly is hiring a Director of Tax Policy and Planning. Show me your tax policy & I'll show you your values... I hope we get someone awesome.
My personal list: make small business taxes radically easier to navigate, more PLOTS, more low & mid income housing.
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/CityofPhilad...
My personal list: make small business taxes radically easier to navigate, more PLOTS, more low & mid income housing.
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/CityofPhilad...
The ATProto community built a ton of great features and products over the past year. For our next trick, let's mature them into products and businesses.
(2/n) A feature solves one problem well — even delightfully well. But features get copied easily or absorbed into larger products. They have no distribution or adoption model. If your whole thing can become a pane in someone else's app, it's a feature.
January 16, 2026 at 4:32 PM
The ATProto community built a ton of great features and products over the past year. For our next trick, let's mature them into products and businesses.
(1/n) A question to ask when building or evaluating software: Is this a feature, a product, or a business?
Mistaking one for another leads to heartache for both you and your users (I speak from experience).
Mistaking one for another leads to heartache for both you and your users (I speak from experience).
January 16, 2026 at 4:08 PM
(1/n) A question to ask when building or evaluating software: Is this a feature, a product, or a business?
Mistaking one for another leads to heartache for both you and your users (I speak from experience).
Mistaking one for another leads to heartache for both you and your users (I speak from experience).
Ready to fight for better transit in Philly this year? Canvass your neighborhood, tell rider stories, or help organize major events. Transit Forward Philly training (Thurs Jan 22 @ 5:30pm) will show you how. All are welcome. 💪🏽🚃🚆💨
www.transitforwardphilly.org/january_day_...
www.transitforwardphilly.org/january_day_...
January Day of Action: Transit Leadership Training
Advocating for an equitable, accessible, and safe, sustainable transit network in Southeastern Pennsylvania
www.transitforwardphilly.org
January 15, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Ready to fight for better transit in Philly this year? Canvass your neighborhood, tell rider stories, or help organize major events. Transit Forward Philly training (Thurs Jan 22 @ 5:30pm) will show you how. All are welcome. 💪🏽🚃🚆💨
www.transitforwardphilly.org/january_day_...
www.transitforwardphilly.org/january_day_...
What if the United States simply matched the average performance of our 31 peer nations in the OECD?
25 weeks of paid parental leave, life expectancy increases by 4.1 years, school shootings decrease 99%, electeds get 12 yrs younger, and much more.
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-wall-l...
25 weeks of paid parental leave, life expectancy increases by 4.1 years, school shootings decrease 99%, electeds get 12 yrs younger, and much more.
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-wall-l...
The Wall Looks Permanent Until It Falls
On the optimism of preparation in a time of democratic decay.
data4democracy.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:55 PM
What if the United States simply matched the average performance of our 31 peer nations in the OECD?
25 weeks of paid parental leave, life expectancy increases by 4.1 years, school shootings decrease 99%, electeds get 12 yrs younger, and much more.
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-wall-l...
25 weeks of paid parental leave, life expectancy increases by 4.1 years, school shootings decrease 99%, electeds get 12 yrs younger, and much more.
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-wall-l...
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We're having an AT Proto gathering at FOSDEM, on the Friday right before, at 17h00. Come! It'll be nice and fun.
luma.com/jj7nths0
luma.com/jj7nths0
@proto @fosdem · Luma
The AT Protocol is an open, decentralized network for building social applications.
https://atproto.com/
Start your FOSDEM with a convivial evening of casual…
luma.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:16 PM
We're having an AT Proto gathering at FOSDEM, on the Friday right before, at 17h00. Come! It'll be nice and fun.
luma.com/jj7nths0
luma.com/jj7nths0
Tomorrow! Range requests demo and other good times.
January 14, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Tomorrow! Range requests demo and other good times.
Spotted this banger next to my local coffee shop. Who says the job market's soft?
January 14, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Spotted this banger next to my local coffee shop. Who says the job market's soft?
Philadelphia can be NYC's 6th boro in this and this matter only.
New York City motorists with a documented pattern of excessive speeding would be required to install speed-limiting devices inside their cars, Gov. Hochul is expected to announce today. empire.streetsblog.org/state-of-the...
State of the State Exclusive: Hochul Will Push 'Stop Super Speeders' Bill Through Her Budget - Streetsblog Empire State
New York City motorists with a documented pattern of excessive speeding would be required to install speed-limiting devices inside their cars, Gov. Hochul is expected to announce today.
empire.streetsblog.org
January 13, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Philadelphia can be NYC's 6th boro in this and this matter only.
Your move, @joshshapirolover.bsky.social. Be the transit governor we know you have inside you! ✨
Governor Hochul will announce an extension of the Second Avenue Subway to 125th and Broadway in her State of the State address on Tuesday. buff.ly/2qxRQs6
Westward Ho! Hochul Proposes to Extend Second Ave. Subway Along 125th Street to Broadway - Streetsblog New York City
The next step for the Second Avenue Subway is west across 125th Street to Broadway, Gov. Hochul will announce Tuesday.
nyc.streetsblog.org
January 13, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Your move, @joshshapirolover.bsky.social. Be the transit governor we know you have inside you! ✨
A great story about software, lovingly and thoughtfully told. Yet somehow my first & strongest gut reaction was: GO BIRDS. (Read the first paragraph, you'll see.)
Been working on this one for a while — it's a little bit of history of a key foundation of internet technology, and a little bit of an explainer about how people _actually_ invent things. This is the amazing (true!) story of how Markdown took over 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 13, 2026 at 4:05 AM
A great story about software, lovingly and thoughtfully told. Yet somehow my first & strongest gut reaction was: GO BIRDS. (Read the first paragraph, you'll see.)
Alright, ATmo nerds: Who's going to FOSDEM and interested in a Friday eve meetup? cc @robin.berjon.com
yo @bmann.ca do we have a @atprotocol.dev post listing all of our representation going to @fosdem.org?
January 9, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Alright, ATmo nerds: Who's going to FOSDEM and interested in a Friday eve meetup? cc @robin.berjon.com
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in the summer of 2020 I wrote a song called "Murderers and Mourners" and it feels relevant now again and you can listen to it here if you want:
mattyandtheblackdogs.bandcamp.com/track/murder...
mattyandtheblackdogs.bandcamp.com/track/murder...
Murderers and Mourners, by matty and the blackdogs
from the album Sirens Outside
mattyandtheblackdogs.bandcamp.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:45 PM
in the summer of 2020 I wrote a song called "Murderers and Mourners" and it feels relevant now again and you can listen to it here if you want:
mattyandtheblackdogs.bandcamp.com/track/murder...
mattyandtheblackdogs.bandcamp.com/track/murder...
Feeling sick to my stomach and this feeling hasn't gone away all day.
January 8, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Feeling sick to my stomach and this feeling hasn't gone away all day.
Love this 2026 energy LFGOOOOOOOOO!
GOOD MORNING FROM THE TRAIN!! 2026 is incredibly young yet and full of possibility! What are you going to DO!! I’m joining the board of my local park this year and I’m going to learn to sew a dress! I’m going to learn Spanish and see if I can do a back bend! The magic is in the Going To Stuff! LFG!
January 6, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Love this 2026 energy LFGOOOOOOOOO!
I'm 9 pages into @benchansfield.bsky.social's Born Into Flames and already mesmerized by the storytelling. Who knew a book about property insurance could be so captivating!
PS All hail @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social, which brought this gem to my hands.
PS All hail @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social, which brought this gem to my hands.
December 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I'm 9 pages into @benchansfield.bsky.social's Born Into Flames and already mesmerized by the storytelling. Who knew a book about property insurance could be so captivating!
PS All hail @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social, which brought this gem to my hands.
PS All hail @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social, which brought this gem to my hands.
Great post highlighting how modern OSS licensing misses the mark on the time-tested principles of Elinor Ostrom's Governing the Commons — to our peril.
Anti-fascistic software is made possible by pro-labor licensing.
I've been trying to write this piece for years. Every time I get started I'm just overwhelmed with paralyzing visions of the FOSS commentariat accusing me of WrongThink.
But I'm tired and we urgently need to get our shit together.
I've been trying to write this piece for years. Every time I get started I'm just overwhelmed with paralyzing visions of the FOSS commentariat accusing me of WrongThink.
But I'm tired and we urgently need to get our shit together.
Open Source Power
We have to talk about open source licensing.
blog.muni.town
December 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Great post highlighting how modern OSS licensing misses the mark on the time-tested principles of Elinor Ostrom's Governing the Commons — to our peril.
Last month I was at an event with @nikilsaval.bsky.social, a PA state senator on the front lines of building progressive power. This was right after Nov's election successes — but also right after a big budget defeat where PA refused to fund transit and withdrew from a regional climate initiative.
December 12, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Last month I was at an event with @nikilsaval.bsky.social, a PA state senator on the front lines of building progressive power. This was right after Nov's election successes — but also right after a big budget defeat where PA refused to fund transit and withdrew from a regional climate initiative.
Building on the @web3privacy.info @protocollabs.bsky.social Cypherpunk Retreat in September, we're excited to announce the first cohort of Cypherpunk Fellows... 🥁
🥜 Cashu Integration for ATProtocol
🗝️ Distributed MLS
🐬 Remote Attestation with Exported Authenticators
🍩 Simple Private Payment L2
🥜 Cashu Integration for ATProtocol
🗝️ Distributed MLS
🐬 Remote Attestation with Exported Authenticators
🍩 Simple Private Payment L2
Cypherpunk Retreat
This retreat brings together the top builders and front-line organizers in digital privacy to align on roadmaps, drive technical coordination, and accelerate progress toward a more private and resilie...
cypherpunk.camp
December 12, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Building on the @web3privacy.info @protocollabs.bsky.social Cypherpunk Retreat in September, we're excited to announce the first cohort of Cypherpunk Fellows... 🥁
🥜 Cashu Integration for ATProtocol
🗝️ Distributed MLS
🐬 Remote Attestation with Exported Authenticators
🍩 Simple Private Payment L2
🥜 Cashu Integration for ATProtocol
🗝️ Distributed MLS
🐬 Remote Attestation with Exported Authenticators
🍩 Simple Private Payment L2
Hoping to share some good news & demos on this topic at the next ATmosphere Conf in March. See you there?
As part of preparing for #ATmosphereConf in Vancouver March 2026, we're republishing the videos from Seattle March 2025, along with transcripts.
Here's @mosh.bsky.social, Beyond the Skeet ATProto's Potential for Digital Preservation and Human Rights
Here's @mosh.bsky.social, Beyond the Skeet ATProto's Potential for Digital Preservation and Human Rights
Michelle Lee: Beyond the Skeet ATProto's Potential for Digital Preservation and Human Rights
ATmosphereConf Seattle 2025
atprotocommunity.leaflet.pub
December 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Hoping to share some good news & demos on this topic at the next ATmosphere Conf in March. See you there?
I hear you like blake3...
We're drafting our 2026 plans to make browsers better for the decentralized web and would love your input. What matters to you? What are we missing? 🔮
discuss.ipfs.tech/t/browsers-s...
discuss.ipfs.tech/t/browsers-s...
Browsers & Standards Work 2026: Call for Community Input
TL;DR: IPFS is planning the next phase of work to make browsers better for the decentralized web – not just IPFS, but any protocol that needs lightweight crypto, peer-to-peer connections, or native br...
discuss.ipfs.tech
December 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I hear you like blake3...