Learned about GNOME OS from @pojntfx and also the concept of “distroless” https://os.gnome.org Anyone have opinions, pointers, blog posts about GNOME OS and/or distroless?

I'm super hyped to announce that Bluesky Socal PBC has given me a grant to work on the Federated Credential Management (or FedCM) standards to make them really work for all decentralized web applications. This is why I stepped up to be an Invited Expert with the W3C FedID Working Group earlier […]

We hit 1000 guestbook sign ins at @z-space.ca today! @hilk.eu hit the button and captured the whole crew who came for member show & tell Thank you to @jonny.z-space.ca who built the tech & made the space & brings the energy to connect us together.

Finding an accessibility-first culture in npmx Today is the alpha release of npmx — an alternative browser for the npm registry. Abbey Perini joined early and soon discovered accessibility was a deep part of the culture, right from the start, which was both refreshing and incredibly productive. […]

📍 Seiffert Market and Bakeshop Shop · Vancouver, British Columbia, CA ★★★★★ You never know what you’re going to get with bakery roulette! Not pictured, my haul was a nutella twist, savoury scrolls, and mini apple… https://beaconbits.app/beacon/2cxgdrgtsmrbqnjkwyplmp43/3mfu5nxks3k26 #BeaconBits

Get ready for our busiest month so far! From our regular meetups to world class conferences, this March we have at least ten (10!) DWebYVR and adjacent events going on.

Here’s how I’ve been thinking about AI-assisted engineering / vibe coding: its pros and cons, the underlying power dynamics, and its implications. Please enjoy. Or please enjoy flaming me. One of the two. https://werd.io/good-vibes-bad-vendors/

📍 Coco & Olive Cafe · Vancouver, British Columbia, CA Weekend adventures hot drinks and pastries shop. It also has food items and ceramics and other nice things. https://beaconbits.app/beacon/2cxgdrgtsmrbqnjkwyplmp43/3mffpzeljxk2g #BeaconBits

I dunno, if I had concerns that a protocol I liked was concentrated too much around one company, I'd work with the existing community of people working hard to distribute that network as quickly as possible instead of just writing a blog post telling people nothing can be done

Just found out that FOSSY 2026, hosted by the Software Freedom Conservancy, is coming to Vancouver this August! There is a call for tracks open now - kind of like @fosdem.org devrooms - with a March 13th deadline. I added it to the atproto community forum, as well as the @dwebyvr.org calendar.

DwebCamp Cascadia will be happening again from July 30th to August 3rd on Salt Spring Island. Save the date and join us for the first online planning call

📍 The 515 Bar Bar · Vancouver, British Columbia, CA Pink mural in the alley and front of 515 Bar (next to / part of Malone’s). Building in the background is the Seymour Building where I had my first office for Drup… https://beaconbits.app/beacon/2cxgdrgtsmrbqnjkwyplmp43/3mf5rt24oz22w #BeaconBits

So this is a really great idea. It's much needed and I love it. It's worth asking: what is an equivalent for the ActivityPub ecosystem, and how might it be funded? https://ecosystemaction.leaflet.pub/3mf324gisgc2e

Thanks @johnefrancis for alerting me to a posting script gone wrong. Cleaned it up and just left the link to the blog post.

So You Want To Write An Open Source Discord Replacement Things you don’t need: - federation/distributed systems - multiparty end-to-end encryption - an entirely new operating system kernel specially designed to— Things you DO need: - a user interface that is Normal - the ability to use […]

More pictures of Ganz Wine Bar, my seat in the corner, menu, the lemon lemon pie pie (Black lemon, walnut base and lime-lemon cream) and daily special of shrimp, bacon, Brussels sprouts

📍 Ganz Restaurant · Madrid, Community of Madrid, ES ★★★★★ Great wine bar and small plates We had a wine pairing with each dish, with a choice of wine for every plate https://ganzwinebarmadrid.com/ https://beaconbits.app/beacon/2cxgdrgtsmrbqnjkwyplmp43/3menjzqwkek2e #BeaconBits

Majority of the people I see recommending moving to Matrix are running on the main home server. Which is fine, it's the easy path to get started but be aware that roots your identity in that homeserver. My _personal_ take is that I consider public community chat to be ephemeral, which is why […]

The year is coming into swing and there are three DWeb adjacent conferences and events happening in March that are definitely worth checking out! ATmosphereConf 2026 ATmosphereConf is the global AT Protocol community conference. AtProto is the open, decentralized protocol behind Bluesky and […]

📍 Parador Nacional de Chinchón Hotel · Chinchón, Community of Madrid, ES I did in fact make it to Chinchón yesterday. Here for a week with Ink & Switch for team retreat, staying at an old convent. https://beaconbits.app/beacon/2cxgdrgtsmrbqnjkwyplmp43/3mdztlap4hk2r #BeaconBits

This month is all for our regular DwebYVR events at Z-Space! February planning meeting Our next planning meeting will be on Wednesday, February 11. We will start planning the details for this years DWebCamp Cascadia and other upcoming DWeb events. Have […] [Original post on dwebyvr.org]

Just shared the list of changes to the Hundred Rabbits projects for January 2026! https://100r.ca/site/home.html#jan2026

We’ve got a save the date announcement today for this year’s Local-First Conf @localfirstconf.com - July 11th to 14th in Berlin. We’re supporting the conference & leaning into some “Day 3” content with some malleable software and other topics. Add your email to be notified!

If you haven't seen it, a great mini documentary by @cultrepo.bsky.social was filmed last year at @localfirstconf.com, and just released today Lots of familiar faces from us at the lab, and other great collaborators.

No, Gander is not a “rug pull”. The crowd equity funding is closing, I think with ~2400 or so Canadian investors including myself, all on the same terms. Some people didn’t sign paperwork when they got the chance at an earlier offering. Join us at #atmosphereconf in Vancouver in late March if […]

GOG @gog.com is getting acquired by its original co-founder Michał Kicińsk the idea for GOG in 2007 “bring classic games back to players, and make sure that once you buy a game, it truly belongs to you, forever.” […]

Jasper @raedisch.net is joining us at #atmosphereconf in Vancouver as his first trip to Canada. Suggested movies or shows referencing Canada and/or Vancouver? contains quote post or other embedded content] [https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3mb5hc6wjkk23

I have taken a break from DF to learn… Rimworld. contains quote post or other embedded content] [https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3mb2ryqubbs2j

I am about to fly across the country in a bit, and I think I’m going to play Last Epoch the whole way. It’s an Action RPG that has a fully offline mode. lastepoch.com https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3mayg7pwjps2o

@bert this is a different kind of shape but a related theme of what is and isn’t necessary by @ftrain Substrates and algae https://ftrain.com/afterword-software-no-longer-needed

📍 Timbertrain Coffee Roasters - Depot Cafe · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Boxing Week on sale coffee, and a little peaceful time with me and a cappuccino. #beaconbits https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3maw6uq4qpo2g

RE: https://social.cloudron.io/@cloudron/115952505679195672 WOOHOO! Self hosted Grist, an open source Airtable / FileMaker type app, just got packaged for @cloudron Going to get this on #commonscomputer right away

My mom @anne.onbowen.ca found a German stuffed turkey recipe that we cooked together today (Germans celebrate on Christmas Eve). It turned out really nice. https://recipe.exchange/recipes/01KD9R9K5XFP4FK32D10Y7SCSG https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3martdedrls2r

Moods. “Make me a webpage that feels like West Coast rain, fog and the cry of a Raven in the mist” zebra-spin.exe.xyz:8000 https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3maquda4e5c2d

https://github.com/penpot/penpot-files bmann (/bmann) starred penpot/penpot-files (/penpot/penpot-files) · January 22, 2026 20:20 penpot/penpot-files (/penpot/penpot-files) Publicly released files and assets of Penpot, The Open-Source design & prototyp... https://github.com/penpot/penpot-files

“The core idea is that your conversations with an AI assistant should be as private as your conversations with a person. Not because you’re doing something wrong, but because privacy is what lets you think freely.” Moxie Marlinspike, Confessions to a data lake, announcing his new company Confer […]

Based on leaked screenshots this new platform may actually be powered by ATProtocol. Here's more from @boris. https://atprotocol.dev/w-for-atproto/ #opensocial #socialnetwork #atproto #europe #wsocial

Great post by @wesleyfinck.org on interop w/out sharing Lexicons notes.wesleyfinck.org/3maq3h26ook2h 1) Lexicon mapping: @kipclip.com using community bookmarks lexicon, mapping to a Semble card. 2) Activities: other record types displayed, a bsky post with a link and a @monomarks.at bookmark […]

📍 Kita no Donburi Restaurant · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ★★★★☆ Back in Vancouver and doing a last office day. Taking it slow. Haven’t had sushi in like a month. My favourite take out place is closed so getting a big sushi combo. #beaconbits […]

📍 Timbertrain Coffee Roasters - Depot Cafe · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ★★★★★ Enjoying a cappuccino and a Hoettok (korean sweet pancake). This is my local and also Ryan’s office. w/ @depatchedmode.bsky.social #beaconbits https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3mam3tg2sbv2o

The third path here -- beyond personal computers or renting them from the cloud -- is walkable mixed density co-op computing. @paul-rony.bsky.social covers this in "From groups to individuals, micro-computing and us", @causalislands.com Berlin […]

RE: https://social.coop/@coopcloud/115913810297386881 Today in New York, learn more about Co-op Cloud https://coopcloud.tech/ with an in-person meeting starting at 2:300pm ET

RE: https://sunbeam.city/@notplants/115883266500668524 TOMORROW Sunday January 18th: the first-ever #NYC Co-op Cloud Convergence (our own #CCC 😁). If you're in or near the parts of unceded Lenape / Mohican territory that are "New York City", come along to @ridgewoodcommons.bsky.social#nyc#cccrom 2 […]

@chadfowler.com's second post in his new Phoenix Architecture blog, called The Death and Rebirth of Programming. Lots of quotable quotes, so hard to choose. "Soft skills" more important than ever, and this is all be a shock to people who self-identify as programmers […]

@case.bsky.social is Waiting for the Future to Load! Which also happens to be a mini test of the @leaflet.pub thread viewer. https://blog.bmannconsulting.com/3majxlbcqcs2z https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3majxlfwvjk2z

I saw @case.bsky.social's share of the No Jobs for Horses article (2016) which made me go gather up the Jobs Below the API articles, with the Forbes article chart being the one that likely many saw at the time. 10 years ago! https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3majv2wmkhn2w

Just paid for a personal annual account with Photopea, the web based image editor. It's free to use and you don't need to login, but 50EU/year takes off the very large amount of ads. It's got that Photoshop 3.0 design vibes that means I can still sort of use it […]

Finally taking off. Green de-icing fluid flowing off the Porter Air wing. https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3madx66szec2b

if you are in nyc or nearby, come join this sunday for the first ever nyc co-op cloud convergence, at 2:30pm at ridgewood commons ❄️ co-organized with @3wordchant and paul flyer created by @halopoem more info about co-op cloud at https://coopcloud.tech/

🏕️ DWeb Camp 2026 is happening in the Berlin area on Jul 8–12 ✨ Are you curious, excited, want to participate? Fill out this survey! ⤵️ We would love to shape the first-ever DWeb Camp in Europe together! Detailed location and further info soon 👀 […] [Original post on social.coop]