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Brandon Butler @bb.usefairuse.com · 9h

If you don't get our Re:Create ReCap newsletter, you're missing out on all this good stuff!! Check it out, sign up, and look forward to the next issue later this month!

Re:Create Coalition @recreatecoalition.bsky.social · 1d

This week's Re:Create Recap TLDR:
⚖️NEW infographic: Myth-Busting the Copyright & AI Training Debate
🗺️ An updated map highlighting big media’s consolidation & control of journalism
💬WPAS on link tax legislation like the JCPA
💡Insights from @bb.usefairuse.com on fan fiction & fair use

ReCreate Recap October 7, 2025

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OSHWA @oshwassociation.bsky.social · 19h

IMPORTANT AND DEEPLY EMBARRASSING CORRECTION: MAY 23rd and 24th!!!!!!!!!!

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OSHWA @oshwassociation.bsky.social · 1d

The 2026 Open Hardware Summit is coming.... to Berlin, Germany! On May 22nd and 23rd!! Still so much news to come here but we wanted to be sure you knew! For now you can enjoy the beautiful logo designed by @[email protected] and check out the site at 2026.oshwa.org

(livestream heard it first🤭)

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Michael Weinberg @michaelweinberg.org · 2d

I shared NEW DATA about what licenses people have used for @oshwassociation.bsky.social certified hardware since 2016

michaelweinberg.org/blog/2025/10...

I put things here so they are on the internet

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Michael Weinberg @michaelweinberg.org · 2d

Just joined the @oshwassociation.bsky.social 12 hour live stream membership drive to talk about certification

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn0e...

Show and Tell 12 hour Membership Drive

YouTube video by The Open Source Hardware Association

www.youtube.com

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dr lee cyborg @leeborg.bsky.social · 2d

Here we go!!!
www.youtube.com/live/Yn0e7AP...

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Michael Weinberg @michaelweinberg.org · 3d

German NFL broadcast team recapping the rest of the 1pm games by plugging someone's laptop into the video feed and scrolling through box scores on sports dot de

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OSHWA @oshwassociation.bsky.social · 3d

TOMORROW IS THE BIG DAY! join us starting at 8am EST & spend all day hearing about open hardware from amazing creators who are doing incredible work all over the world! PLUS new members/donations of any amount get our very cool poster inspired by last year's stream
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn0e...

ohm 12 hr livestream poster with text that read open hardware month featuring sloths and open hardware creators october 6th 8am-8pm EDT 12 hour live stream

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Mike Coats 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🌍♻️ @mikecoats.social · 5d

My latest blog post: Open Hardware Month 2025

mikecoats.com/open-hardwar...

October is Open Hardware Month, and @oshwassociation.bsky.social is celebrating with a 12-hour live stream on the 6th. See amazing makers share their projects and why Open Hardware is important.

#openHardware #openSource

Open Hardware Month 2025

October is Open Hardware Month, and the Open Source Hardware Association is celebrating with a 12-hour live stream on the 6th. See amazing makers show off their projects and share why Open Hardware is...

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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 5d

Here comes the payoff

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Michael Weinberg @michaelweinberg.org · 5d

the Italian competition authority is looking into textbook publishers so I reminded them that it would be possible for etextbooks to work in pro-student ways

michaelweinberg.org/blog/2025/10...

Locked Down Etextbooks Are Also Bad in Italy

I put things here so they are on the internet

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Michael Weinberg @michaelweinberg.org · 5d

it is so glorious when markdown works

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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 6d

If you make weird stuff on the web that is even a little bit nature-adjacent

(And you miss Glitch?)

You're welcome to join in on this thing I'm running, which is for weird stuff on the web that is even a little bit nature-adjacent:

binstobins.com

🪶🌿📊

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dr lee cyborg @leeborg.bsky.social · 8d

If you want this poster to remind you to slow down you can get it by following me and @cyborggarbage.bsky.social October 6 on the Goshwassociation 12 hour Livestream! Any new members or donations of any size will get you a cool slow sloth riso poster! Woohoo! 💾⚙️🦥

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Nick Br00-er @nickrbrewer.bsky.social · 8d

If you're in Tulsa for some reason for First Friday, swing by Saturn Room for their Tiki Market from 6-9pm.

We'll be there with a table of Concrete Lighters. Man discovered fire 2 million years ago. In 2025, we've made it heavier.

www.instagram.com/concrete_lig...

A display of three levels of concrete lighters on a workbench in front of a pegboard. Everything is dusty and messy.

Five lighters shoved into a half gallon of concrete on a brown wood surface. That garage is a mess.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 8d

Spent many (many!) hours pulling legal explanations and apologies from lawyers who were caught using AI that hallucinated in which they explained to a judge why they used AI. The explanations are astonishing and extremely good:

www.404media.co/18-lawyers-c...

18 Lawyers Caught Using AI Explain Why They Did It

Lawyers blame IT, family emergencies, their own poor judgment, their assistants, illness, and more.

www.404media.co

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Claire Woodcock @clurrese.bsky.social · 9d

Back from our southern CO road trip, where we got engaged!!! @jasonics.bsky.social 💙

Woman and man take selfie while hugging. there is cloudy sky and fall foliage in the background. Both are smiling. Woman is wearing an engagement ring.

Woman gives man a kiss on the cheek while take selfie while hugging. There is cloudy sky and fall foliage in the background. Both are smiling. Woman is wearing an engagement ring.

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Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 9d

PACER is such a joke. I'm trying to reset my password so I can log in, but the reset link isn't reaching my email, so I call the "help" line as directed. The estimated wait time? 146 minutes. I am "130th" in line. Give me a break. Free the law!

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Michael Weinberg @michaelweinberg.org · 9d

"But if I had to pick between having the enthusiasm and the drama or losing both, then I'd probably pick the enthusiasm and the drama, because in some ways, the system is somewhat self correcting"

Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 9d

Spent a lot of time talking to people in the Ruby controversy about the ousting of contributors by Ruby Central and what the entire episode says about open source development www.404media.co/how-ruby-wen...

How Ruby Went Off the Rails

What happened to RubyGems, Bundler, and the Open Source drama that controls the internet infrastructure.

www.404media.co

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Mike Rugnetta @mikerugnetta.com · 12d

Friends! A new @neverpo.st today! @toridp98.bsky.social returns to chat with @butterdishdemon.bsky.social about the struggle to ban (and whether to ban!) A.I. in the college classroom, and how the technology is changing the way people write overall.

Also: BOPS SPOTTED!

🆕 Never Post! Is It Even Possible To Ban A.I. In The Classroom?

A show in three acts

www.neverpo.st

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NYU Engelberg Center @nyuengelberg.org · 12d

Check out the new NYT op-doc from Knowing Machines' @katecrawford.bsky.social on the environmental impact of AI:

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/o...

Opinion | A.I.’s Environmental Impact Will Threaten Its Own Supply Chain

www.nytimes.com

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Michael Weinberg @michaelweinberg.org · 13d

as he says, something being or not being a strip club truly does depend on what you consider a strip club

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Michael Weinberg @michaelweinberg.org · 13d

Appreciate the NYPD weighing in on the fundamental unknowability of what is, and is not, a strip club.

Who are we to say, really?

gothamist.com/news/east-ha...

East Harlem's X-rated 'sports bar' stirs local outrage, but lax enforcement from City Hall

Residents and a city councilmember say Mayor Eric Adams’ administration has turned a blind eye to what may be an illegal strip club.

gothamist.com

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Library Futures @libraryfutures.bsky.social · 14d

Coming this fall (starting TOMORROW!) to a Zoom screen near you, the Library Futures AI series you’ve all been waiting for!

www.libraryfutures.net/post/machine...

Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for Information Professionals

Research and advocacy for the future of libraries.

www.libraryfutures.net

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