SPOKE is now available to purchase through @pimoroni.com !

Have you thought about your digital legacy? Death is inevitable, yet most of us are woefully unprepared. Using the local, open and secure first methodologies, we will present the start of a project called machine readable wishes. talks.oggcamp.org/oggcamp-2026... #oggcamp

Train tickets booked for #oggcamp 😃 Hope to see lots of you there. I'll try to bring random electronics for the swap shop. Weekend tickets still available on https://www.oggcamp.org/

Less than a week until #OggCamp2026 - here's some things you will want to know. www.oggcamp.org/posts/get-re...

ONE WEEK KLAXON

It's out now! Please send me pics of my book (Up - a scientist's guide to the magic above us) out in the wild (be imaginative if you've got it on audio book or e-reader!) If you hadn't yet got it, it's available at all good bookstores (UK). uk.bookshop.org/shop/DrLucyR...

Hegseth: "To the American media, I just can't help but notice the endless stream of garbage, the relentlessly negative coverage you cannot resist peddling…Sometimes it's hard to figure out what side some of you are actually on. It's incredibly unpatriotic."

Checking out anisota

e550 #shownotes for www.gamesatwork.biz #podcast by @andypiper.me , @michaelrowe01.bsky.social & me are done! Publication Monday 13 April on #Spotify #Overcastfm #YouTube and all your favorite podcast feeds! Subscribe on www.gamesatwork.biz so you don’t miss an episode!

Some personal news... after an amazing 3 years working with the Mastodon team, first in developer relations and then as communications lead - it’s time for me to move on (after April 28). It’s been a privilege to work on something as meaningful and important as the Fediverse. 🧵👇🏻 (1/4)

Here's a write-up from our #ArduinoDays26 event on Sunday. hackwimbledon.org/news/2026-03...

Hi #atmosphereconf, ask me about #Europe, #policy & communications as well as #public #digital #infrastructure ...or #birds #wecanjustdothings

We're having a #ArduinoDays2026 event next Sunday! hackwimbledon.org/news/2026-03...

‪*KLAXON* Attention! If you are into #opensource and free culture then you should know about our unconference. Coming to Manchester, UK on April 25-26. Main track CfP is open, crew volunteering opportunities... bring your projects and talks, and make the weekend what it will be! www.oggcamp.org

Stories and discussion on #AgenticAI and the changing nature of work, #agents #RentingHumans, #RealTimeTranslation, artistic #roads, #e-bikes for your feet and a whole lot more. www.gamesatwork.biz .

Today we played with miniature displays, some artwork and merch, new KMK macropads, and also did some future planning. #meetup #maker #london hackwimbledon.org/news/2026-02...

Hey! We're doing an open source and free culture unconference in Manchester on April 25-26. Affordable, family-friendly, lots of fun maker and podcast-y and coder-ish stuff to discuss. Have you got your ticket yet? There's still time to submit a talk for the main track, too. www.oggcamp.org

Delighted to be sponsoring BUNKER DOWN, a one-night showcase of Scotland-based experimental media and performance artists in Edinburgh's Barnton Bunker! Curated by Joe DeLappe & Laura Leuzzi, it basically sold out instantly but there is a waitlist. Sat Feb 7th! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bunker-dow...

🤝 Come and meet us at @fosdem.org 2026 ! 📢 Amplify Our Voices: Building Digital Sovereignty on the Fediverse 📍 Track: Social Web Room: H.2215 (Ferrer) 📅 Saturday, January 31st ⏰ 12:00 - 12:30 🤩 We can't wait to see you there!!! 👉 fosdem.org/2026/schedul...

Some Tuesday reading for you. Did you know Smashing Pumpkins put out a vinyl-only, full album at the end of last year? Billy Corgan has done precisely ONE (1) interview about it. And it was with me! A proper deep dive music feature of which I'm very proud: louderthanwar.com/smashing-pum...

Pulling together the #shownotes in #ChapelHill (while we still have power) for Monday’s posting of e540 of @andypiper.me @michaelrowe01.bsky.social and my #podcast www.gamesatwork.biz .

This will be cool. You should come. If you’re *really cool*, you’ll volunteer a shift or two as a member of the crew. Even if you don’t do that, you’ll learn stuff and have fun.

We're also still on the lookout for sponsors. If you or your company are interested, please check out oggcamp.org/sponsors/ and get in touch!

Reminder: We're back on April 25th/26th 2026 at the Pendulum Hotel in Manchester, UK. Be sure to get your tickets and submit your talk for our scheduled track! oggcamp.org/posts/tickets/ talks.oggcamp.org/oggcamp-2026/

Thank you @andypiper.org for the inspiration in the new year: "Choose curiosity over virality. Choose connection over noise, authenticity over performance, and hope over hype. Be niche. Be human. Be yourself." andypiper.co.uk/2026/01/09/c...

*tap, tap* is this thing on? Hello! We're HackWimbledon - a meetup for makers around south west London and beyond. Our next meetings are in February, and you can learn more about the group on our website hackwimbledon.org

OggCamp is run by volunteers including our crew. We'd love you to be part of that crew! If you want to help make OggCamp run smoothly and safely for everyone involved, have a read of this and then get in touch with us. www.oggcamp.org/posts/cfv/

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Unloading some ideas, into a post about hope and joy.

Happy New Year! e537 #shownotes for www.gamesatwork.biz #podcast by @andypiper.me , @michaelrowe01.bsky.social & me are done! Publication tomorrow, Monday 4 Jan on #Spotify #Overcastfm #YouTube and all your favorite podcast feeds! Subscribe on www.gamesatwork.biz so you don’t miss an episode!

Reflecting on my year in 2025.

Whats that? Santa has left for the all good people of the world? Yes! #Techgrumps 3.3.5 (Special holiday special) With @eastmad.bsky.social @rnalexander.bsky.social, @andypiper.me and @mskakapo.bsky.social rss.com/podcasts/tec... Happy holidays people... Bless The #TechGrumps Available now!

Pulling together the #shownotes in #ChapelHill for Monday’s posting of e535 of @andypiper.me @michaelrowe01.bsky.social and my #podcast www.gamesatwork.biz .

We aren't vocal about the meetups hosted by the @openhomefoundation.org but we're changing that! Our Event Manager, Flor, is hard at work coordinating more frequent meetups. 😌 We have 4 events scheduled through March! 🙌🏻 Las Vegas - Jan 6 | Brussels - Jan 31 | Utrecht - Feb 3 | London - Feb 25 🔗🧵

This seems really specific, but if you're: ✅ A security engineer ✅ UK based ✅ Looking for work ✅ Someone who loves cats There's a remote role open now at Cats Protection that you might want to check out:

If you're following me, you probably also / instead want to be following @andypiper.org which is my more active social identity (bridged from Mastodon, which is where I spend most of my time)

Finalist in the OpenUK Awards 6th edition Community Category sponsored by Arm, taking place on 4th December, @andypiper.me of @joinmastodon.org.web.brid.gy, tells us why he made it! Thanks to Dame Chi Onwurah for hosting. openuk.uk/awards #openukawards

Event alert! 6 February 2026 — Cambridge "After Section 28: LGBTQIA+ Rights in an Age of Censorship and Backlash" is an urgent day of discussion and action on the growing censorship of LGBTQIA+ lives, and lessons we can learn from Section 28. Tickets available here […]

Wondering what @pimoroni.com have up their sleeve...

This is a great milestone to see for Mastodon, in evolving towards its new community-focused governance structure. I’m optimistic about what this portends for the platform and how its features & future evolve. (And it’s fun that I was there for the photo being taken!) techcrunch.com/2025/11/18/m...

I am thrilled to share the news that I joined the @mastodon.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy leadership team as Community Director alongside Felix Hlatky, our new Executive Director, and Renaud Chaput, our Technical Director. blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/the-...

Mastodon is a decentralised social network where users are in control. As Andy Piper, Head of Communications, explains at #EmpoderaLIVE: 💬 “We are decentralised, and no one can own Mastodon.” 🔴 Watch it live now at ciber.be/yoRxO

Today, we’re ready to show you the upcoming quote posts feature in more detail. We’ve put together a blog post with examples of how quote posts will work on Mastodon, ahead of early access on our own servers next week 💬 Full launch to come, in Mastodon v4.5 […]

Pritzker: "Any rational person who has spent even the most minimal amount of time studying human history has to ask themselves one important question: once they get the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law, what comes next?"

Thanks in advance for sharing this in your networks. My hopes are that some way or another, my appeal will be reviewed by a human. If you know anybody I should speak to, or can think of anything useful to do at this stage, do let me know. climbtothestars.org/archives/202...

A fun trip down memory lane, with a short (August 21-28) retro computing exhibition in Kingston-upon-Thames.

Reflecting on my recent trip to Germany for #FrOSCon.

On Sunday, I had the honour of delivering a keynote about the importance of federated systems, and human creativity, at #FrOSCon in Germany. Very grateful to the organisers, volunteers, hosts, and the Open Source community for the opportunity to deliver this talk. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApLj...