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The #MetaBrainz Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to keeping @musicbrainz, @listenbrainz, @bookbrainz and all their sister projects free and open source. This account reposts from all projects.
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Lots of monkeying about at #MetaBrainzSummit24 - we're running late! Expect at least an hour until today's stream commences. Jump on Chatbrainz for updates.

Summit/stream details: wiki.musicbrainz.org/MusicBrainz_...
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September 25, 2024 at 11:39 AM
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A plethora of breakouts and group meetings so far #MetaBrainzSummit24 day 2. We have the remaining streamed plenary/“state of X” presentations at 12pm UTC.

Join us via Zoom: wiki.musicbrainz.org/MusicBrainz_...
A group of nerds in a bedroom crowded around laptops, looking at the oldest and most voted MusicBrainz tickets.
September 24, 2024 at 9:37 AM
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#MetaBrainzSummit24 day 1 is live now.

Join us via Zoom: wiki.musicbrainz.org/MusicBrainz_...
A group of people in a room in Delhi, most of them looking at laptops. A television screen is on the wall behind them, showing chat.
September 23, 2024 at 10:29 AM
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#MusicBrainzPicard 2.12.3 is now available for download.

Another very quick release for 2.12! -a

Full changelog: blog.metabrainz.org/2024/09/04/p...
A mockup of a boxed version of Picard, with text on top reading “version 2.12.3”
September 6, 2024 at 1:09 PM
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#MusicBrainzPicard 2.12.2 is now available for download.

Picard 2.12.2 fixes an issue with sorting numbers in list views in Windows that was introduced in 2.12.1, and updates Chinese (Simplified), Italian and Lithuanian translations. -a
Full changelog:

blog.metabrainz.org/2024/08/27/p...
A mockup of a boxed version of Picard, with text on top reading “version 2.12.1”
August 27, 2024 at 8:55 PM
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#MusicBrainzPicard 2.12.1 is now available for download.

Picard 2.12.1 is a maintenance release for the recently released Picard 2.12 with fixes for reported issues and updated translations. Thank you contributors and bug reporters! -a

Full changelog: blog.metabrainz.org/2024/06/27/p...
A mockup of a boxed version of Picard, with text on top reading “version 2.12.1”
August 13, 2024 at 9:54 PM
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Happy birthday to #MusicBrainz and #MusicBrainzPicard!

25 & 20 years old, and STILL not shitty! Some kind of tech world record 🥳 -a

MetaBrainz papa has written a lovely blog post for the occasion: blog.metabrainz.org/2024/07/17/h...
A colourful explosion of confetti with text on top reading: “25 & 20 years of musicbrainz picard & musicbrainz!”
July 18, 2024 at 6:09 AM
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When you let AI write your blog posts 😂
Censored to not give these clowns any clickthrough.

Public Service Announcement: We will die before we let AI **** up your music collection -a
A screenshot of a X tweet, which is sharing a dumbass blog post called “AI in Music: Applications and Tools like MusicBrainz Picard”
July 15, 2024 at 11:02 AM
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#ListenBrainzServerUpdate, v-2024-06-24.0

I missed one! This update improved Apple Music search with fuzzy matching + a few technical fixes -a

github.com/metabrainz/l...
A mockup of a Picard ‘box’ with the text: New Release, v-2024-06-24.0
June 29, 2024 at 1:03 AM
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#MusicBrainzPicard 2.12 is now available for download.

This release focuses on providing a stable Picard v2, fixing bugs and making minor improvements. In the meantime we are focusing on Picard 3, which will have significant changes.

Full changelog: blog.metabrainz.org/2024/06/27/p...
A mockup of a boxed version of Picard, with text on top reading “version 2.12”
June 27, 2024 at 7:15 PM
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#Harmony now supports Spotify.

Harmony is a importer for #MusicBrainz that aggregates and seeds releases from multiple sources: Bandcamp, Beatport, Tidal, Spotify, Deezer & iTunes. Give it a try - harmony.pulsewidth.org.uk -a

Forum thread: community.metabrainz.org/t/harmony-mu...
The Harmony logo, with the logos of six online music platforms floating around it
June 14, 2024 at 6:31 AM
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Oh hi ChatBrainz! Our chat has moved to Matrix. We also maintain official IRC and Discord bridges. -a

Want help with edits, chat about music, or to get started with open-source development? Click here to chat: wiki.musicbrainz.org/Communicatio...
Read more:
blog.metabrainz.org/2024/06/12/c...
A grainy screenshot of Tommy Wiseau in the film ‘The Room’, with the text ‘oh hi’ and then a MetaBrainz logo.
June 12, 2024 at 8:43 PM
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A new open-source #MusicBrainz importer has hit the scene!! 😱🥳

#Harmony aggregates metadata from multiple sources to seed releases. No download required: harmony.pulsewidth.org.uk

Announcement post by community member kellnerd:
community.metabrainz.org/t/harmony-mu...
The harmony logo.
June 4, 2024 at 10:40 AM
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#ListenBrainzServerUpdate, v-2024-05-10.0 / v-2024-05-10.1

Singple page application (SPA) fixes, shouting out #Mopidy music player in “add data” page, fixed release page background colours -a

github.com/metabrainz/l...
github.com/metabrainz/l...
A mockup of a Picard ‘box’ with the text: New Release, v-2024-05-10.0/.1
May 10, 2024 at 10:20 PM
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Go test out the new undoable artist credit removals on #musicbrainz 🥳
-a
A gif of fields being removed and then re-added in the MusicBrainz artist editor. The artists being added and removed are ’NEVER’ ‘GON’ ’NA’ ‘GIVE’ ‘YOU’ ‘UP’ (a rick roll)
April 10, 2024 at 11:12 AM
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small role, big impact

Guess today is the day a user decided to view the ‘Various Artists’ artist page on #listenbrainz. oops 🤦
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February 26, 2024 at 8:18 PM
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Help test out the beta of this Wordle-style music game, that uses MusicBrainz data, by bobbyflips1. Hip-hop collab focussed (for now): song-grid.web.app

…wow, I am *bad* at this! -a
a screenshot of the SongGrid results screen, showing a score of 150
February 20, 2024 at 9:55 PM
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#MusicBrainzPicard 2.11 is now available for download.

This release brings multiple improvements to AcoustID fingerprint scan, matching files to search results for specific cases, and more.

Full changelog: blog.metabrainz.org/2024/01/25/p...
A mockup of a retail box for Picard, with ‘version 2.11’ in a blob on top.
January 26, 2024 at 1:38 AM
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Four million #musicbrainz releases!

Hundreds of millions of data points entered by people selflessly spending their time and energy to help others, for 23 years now. Amazing. Thank you. Onwards, and upwards!
- aerozol
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January 21, 2024 at 7:13 AM
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- aerozol
A screenshot of a X post by user ‘it would be crazy if this were maia’ ‘@awawawhoami’ With the comment queers, tag yourself Followed by a screenshot of a page with a list of checkboxes reading: Front Back Booklet Medium obi spine Track Other Tray sticker Poster Liner watermark Raw/Unedited Matri Runout Top Bottom Included in the screenshot is a reply fro the same user, reading: if you know where this screenshot is from you’re a fucking nerd
January 10, 2024 at 10:26 PM
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Breaking news: We’ve gotten reports that the very first Delhi/India MetaBrainz summit was amazing!

People said ‘we’re working real hard’. That means they’ve been working hard, right? Right?? - aerozol
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November 19, 2023 at 8:09 PM
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💀

The MetaBrainz insta is being brought back from the dead - purely for shenanigans and data nerd memes. If that Venn diagram has a picture of you in the middle, go check it out.

www.instagram.com/metabrainz/
A screen shot of the troi-bot ListenBrainz account, showing that it has listened to only one song, and that song is ’Never Gonna Give You Up’ by Rick Astley. The screenshots also includes the comment “troi-bot got rick rolled”, by the metabrainz instagram account.
November 9, 2023 at 10:44 PM
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oh no
a persons comment saying “and yet here i am”, over a MusicBrainz milestone slide from the 2023 summit with “over 40,000,000 relationships” underlined in red
November 2, 2023 at 9:32 PM
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aerozol has a bunch of horror vgm handy at all time - so here’s a #halloween playlist!

What’s your favourite horror/spooky/spoopy soundtrack or music?

listenbrainz.org/playlist/857...
#listenbrainzplaylist #horror #vgm
October 31, 2023 at 11:21 AM
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MusicBrainz Picard 2.10 is now available for download.

This release mitigates a critical security issue for Windows and MacOS. It also has bug fixes and new features like Weblate translations, plugin icons, and more.

Full changelog: blog.metabrainz.org/2023/10/12/p...
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A fun mockup of a what a Picard retail box would look like, with the text ‘version 2.10’
October 12, 2023 at 10:51 PM