@wheresaddie.bsky.social could be a good person to chat with before you commit to a legal structure. We quickly dissolved a Swiss association (turned out to be epic paperwork, unique per-canton) and switched to Swiss foundation.
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@wheresaddie.bsky.social could be a good person to chat with before you commit to a legal structure. We quickly dissolved a Swiss association (turned out to be epic paperwork, unique per-canton) and switched to Swiss foundation.
Very cool
Ohhh NYT?
Yes indeed. Always a good time with @robin.berjon.com @bumblefudge.com.
Life imitates art.
Such a good piece from @rosael.bsky.social on the soul & spirit of the Philadelphia Cycling Classic comeback: rosaeltd.substack.com/p/philly-cyc...
City of Denver took back responsibility for sidewalks, seems to be going well. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...
On where? I've lost track of the 17 different streaming/broadcast/VPN options so help wanted plz.
Just love me the fragrance of rubber particulate matter mixed with ocean salt.
Love to see *ambition* expressed in our public spaces.
Sure! @rude1.blacksky.team has a secret Philly affiliation?
Btw the lead author of this study (Aditya Challapally) teaches GenAI at Stanford Online and builds GenAI at Microsoft. It's refreshing when practitioners have the intellectual honesty to critique their own field.
"While executives often blame regulation or model performance, MIT’s research points to flawed enterprise integration. Generic tools like ChatGPT excel for individuals because of their flexibility, but they stall in enterprise use since they don’t learn from or adapt to workflows."
MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing fortune.com/2025/08/18/m... [The ones that succeed] “have seen revenues jump from zero to $20 million in a year. It’s because they pick one pain point, execute well, and partner smartly with companies who use their tools."
Come to this if you're available! luma.com/lp90nxxz
@germnetwork.com has built secure *messaging* with MLS on top of ATProto but I am not aware of a specific roadmap for private profiles (posting, interactions, etc.) yet.
Good thing we practiced this during Hellthreadgate 2024
Use forms for when volume is truly huge or well-structured data is critical. Things like: - Applying for a desired resource - Bug reporting - Data collection Don't use forms for: - Early user research - Low-volume feedback - Creative collaboration (2/2)
Approximately once a month, I have to tell someone that they should not be using a [Google] Form. A form is a power imbalance. It says the organizer's system is more important than the respondent's nuance (which is true sometimes!) (1/2)
Hey friends — a reminder that CID Congress #4 is coming up a week from right now! luma.com/sjohnvw9 Is there any cool IPFS, DASL, CID, etc. demo you'd like to share? Some crazy cool new idea you want to present? Let us know! It's a very chill and friendly community, don't be shy!
Excited for 3 days of thinking, sharing, and making together.
I'm really glad ATProto is going to be well-represented. It's one of the few technologies to defy surveillance capitalism AND reach critical mass. Levelling up privacy & agency for ATProto will have a big impact, quickly. See you in Berlin!
Happy birthday!
wish I could teleport!
This isn't a good thing. They are taking it out of capital funds intended to invest in the underlying infrastructure. SEPTA still needs a permanent funding stream for operations.
Have a look at publicai.network.
Based on today's daycare updates, the Eagles indoctrination starts YOUNG.
#Interop2026 has opened for proposals! This annual cross-vendor project to increase browser compatibility will take your suggestions through September 24. Learn more and speak up: www.igalia.com/2025/09/04/C...
Summer may be coming to an end (in this hemisphere) but CIDs are forever! Join us for an hour of beDASLing fun at CID Congress 4. lu.ma/sjohnvw9
Happy Friday, here's a frog sauna. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
There are new, lean libraries for go and rust in progress (alpha ETA late Sept) github.com/hyphacoop/go... github.com/n0-computer/... dasl.ing
This website shows test results for many of the current options: hyphacoop.github.io/dasl-testing/
I *think* this community-maintained crate does what you're looking for but haven't tested it. crates.io/crates/rust-...
it's both, depends on whether the node you're pinning to is configured to announce its CIDs on a public DHT, private DHT, or none at all. the hardest things in computer science is naming things... you're looking for a rust crate to pin aka publish those CIDs?
this will encode/decode your data but doesn't do the fs parts. github.com/ipld/rust-ip...
there's any missing ipfs tooling that's getting in the way of whatever you want to hack on please holler. (lean rust & go implementations for CIDs are coming soon from @b5.bsky.social and @hypha.coop)
EQTYLab also have an AI lineage explorer for HuggingFace: huggingface.co/spaces/EQTYL... with CID checkpoints. Some of the same people from Starling Lab/Hypha are working on it, but still in development and not everything is OSS yet.
what kind of large files do you have in mind — atproto data or something else?
not exactly what you're describing, but @hypha.coop have built a bunch of tooling for large ipfs data including indexing and @vmx.cx is starting to explore CID refs to large geospatial files dispatch.starlinglab.org/p/finding-yo...
I like this format so much that we're asking IPFS grant recipients to do the same. distributed.press/2025/07/28/m... is an example covering benchmarking & config tips (though less of the open brainstorming).
This kind of experience report + brainstorming is so valuable for OSS maintainers and @immber.bsky.social is very good at them.
thx for the suggestions 🙏🏽 go and rust libs are coming this fall! initial demos sept 17 at lu.ma/sjohnvw9 tagging @robin.berjon.com to comment on the rest.
There's a roundup of testimonials here from publishers, web dev, etc. including better conversions to paid subscriptions: bsky.social/about/blog/1...
The people here really, really like public-key signature systems or web browsers, I guess. bsky.app/profile/ipfs...
My hot take after ~12y in adjacent spaces is that for every formal community, there are far more informal ones that harvest 20x the passion & attention. Buy Nothing, animal rescue, youth sports, community sports, chronic illness, music... IMO that's what people want better community tooling for.
Yes! Had the pleasure of meeting/hearing from Blaine at ATmosphere Conf in Seattle, excited to see what they brew up. From New_Public's website, their focus has been building for formal institutions like journalism & towns/geographies. (con't)
IPFS has 49x more followers on X than Bluesky. But the same content gets 40% more engagement on Bluesky than X. Admittedly it's some pretty niche content with a particular overlap for the ATProto community, but still.
when ipfs started, public docs on the public network was how most people used it. in recent years, devs have been using ipfs components in more modular ways, including in private/permissioned stacks, or without the p2p networking. IMO "data integrity" is a better calling card now.
Come to the next content addressing cookout Sept 17 🍉
Our Buy Nothing group is the lobster trap for me. It's the only way I stay on top of kids' constantly changing gear and clothing, and I've met quite a few neighborhood friends this way.
but I would love to see someone jump on this and push the protocol forward in parallel. the protocol changes for private data aren't going to write themselves and will be much better with one or more driving use cases.
yes, big missing piece there.
Is anyone building an ATProto-enabled product for school groups and minivan moms? Because that's what keeps people on Facebook and, along with that, reading & sharing misinformation.
Oh yeah — Ed25519 is now available in Chrome! Read what the ineffable @bumblefudge.com has to say about this wonderful piece of news. ipfsfoundation.org/ed25519-supp...
Maybe I used too much jargon. Grants for projects combining public safety nets + responsible AI, go get it!
About last week...
An interesting prompt might be to ask it to compare pros/cons of various competitor interfaces. Then you can direct it to prioritize the things you think are impt.
#2 gets a lot of the basics right, though it is pretty soulless. An image will make a big difference. Square/squarish images will probably be easier for event creators since they're often already on hand (logos, etc.) vs making a short, wide banner.
Don't ask what CoreAI can do for you, ask what you can do for CoreAI.
If Seneca Lake isn't too out of the way, Grist Iron Brewing has an amazing patio with live music overlooking the lake. Our kids loved rolling down the grassy hill -- it's the simple things.
@dame.is put this on your moth-dar for next year
I dunno but cycling journo @rosael.bsky.social might have opinions!
PBIF is awarding $5M in non-dilutive funding to AI-enabled solutions that help governments respond to recent federal policy changes and funding constraints in safety net programs. Submit by Aug 16th: www.publicbenefitinnovationfund.org/summer-2025-...
Enforcement too. Emma Watson got 3 points and a 6-month suspension for going 38mph in a 30 zone. In PA that would be 0.2 points (6.7% of the UK penalty), or 60 violations before getting a 15-day suspension.
For software supply chain @radicle.xyz is pretty neat. radicle.xyz
There's been some related thinking/work here: www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D...
Hm, interesting. Is your goal distribution or announcement of an updated dataset? Or to incorporate or author or timestamp in the signed & verifiable artifact?
have you heard the Good News? we're back to carbs now. escapecollective.com/beyond-the-b...
Congrats, that's huge!
Philly population: 1.55 million Why can't us?
Congrats on the beta launch @germnetwork.com!
this is what dataDAOs were intended to do, though execution is rare. vana.org is probably one of the more interesting ones -- but seems like what's needed is the ability to create + manage commons groups (more than your individual data).
I did SBS from my web browser and it worked pretty well. Much better commentating (and ads too).
Nice! Would be cool to give an option to reply to the original post with the (signed) result. Maybe behind auth (and posted as OP) to avoid spam.
My fave profile of him: "Yellow jersey well earned by methodical hedgehog Healy" www.rte.ie/sport/cyclin...
I want ELB, Kasia, and Reusser to team up on a downhill breakaway and do some DAMAGE. Also for the drama.
A+ human, hope it's a great convo.
We talked about PPI, identity verification, text notifications, Right To Know requests, Buy Nothing (turns out I'd met the daughter on BN). Also he asked both of us, genuinely, "are you from Philadelphia?" which I consider a compliment. And then "used to be nobody moved here, I'm glad you're here."
Not on my bingo card: neighborhood granddad having coffee with his daughter and newborn grandchild overhears my conversation with a friend and interrupts. "So I was eavesdropping and it sounds like you guys might know something about the city. Is there like an API for the PPA?"
DocumentCloud + Push IPFS/Filecoin extension was born for this. www.muckrock.com/news/archive...
Hey @komorama.bsky.social @wildbuilt.world will your flock of personal/ized computers do things like this?
a moody diva, that Matterhorn
Towards a more open web 🦋
Has anyone met Jerry IRL or
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Even if these weren't my friends I would be so stoked about this podcast. As it is, go listen, subscribe, and tell your friends 🔥🎉
Raising little kids in 2025 is equal parts hope and heartbreak. Every giggle, every burst of joy is clouded by a flash of acknowledgement that so many other children don't have a chance to run, dance, and laugh.
What poltergeist put a wooden countertop around a sink? I love my butcher block (13+ yrs) but it's only on the dry side.
even her body language just looks like she's ready to LFG.
(A little more, because I can't count.) This more modular approach seems to be less overwhelming for WGs to consider, and it also lines up with how devs seem to be using the IPFS bag of protocols (CIDs, CAR, IPLD, etc.) in more modular ways. (3/3)
- This draft for CBOR-c42 (which includes CIDs) was submitted to IETF and is being discussed this week at the Madrid meeting. datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ca... - In good news, support for Ed25519 is coming to all major browsers: groups.google.com/a/chromium.o... (2/2)
We're now pursuing a both-and strategy for opening up web standards. - Build P2P stuff that works with existing web capabilities (the Service Worker P2P implementation is live! Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtIJ...) - And also keep pursuing web standards, but in smaller pieces. (1/2)
That part sucks, we've lost some great people from the sports bc of it. IMO the way forward is stacking the USAC/UCI boards. As for track nats, my first time was age 36. I have 2 friends who've dominated at top levels well into their 40s. If you ever decide to come back around, there's time.
Do you read Escape Collective or listen to the Wheel Talk podcast? They don't cover everything (eg yes Giro Femmes, no Baloise which seems to have had some fantastic stories) but when they do, it's deep and thorough and fun.
He is super talented. I would love to see what he can do with a proper lead-out! Intermarche-Wanty is one of the smallest budget teams and it shows in the final km.
We need more bats! But shy of bats, I just ordered a fan.
Time will tell, but IMO building the protocol and product in parallel has been a game-changer for Bluesky adoption. And that probably needed a company to work.
But then what? VP becomes President and Stephen Miller continues as puppetmaster?
There was a student project at Penn measuring air quality on the Kelly Dr path with & without cars. Results are pretty horrifying.
"Democracy isn’t perfect. It’s slow, it’s messy, it’s often staffed by people who don’t understand technology. But it’s also the only system that has consistently created the conditions for innovation to flourish." From @mmasnick.bsky.social www.techdirt.com/2025/07/17/f...