Three things said about AI and social science: it's a topic to study, a thing to critique, a tool to use. My new Daedalus essay argues these aren't three conversations; they're one. A 🧵 on "Field Theory: AI as Social Science Question, Object, and Tool." www.amacad.org/publication/...

Starup Orbital Arc has designed a smaller, more efficient thruster for launching satellites. By using nanoscale tips that polarize electrons instead of plasma generation, these thrusters can have a 30-40 percent improvement in power efficiency. spectrum.ieee.org/ion-thruster

Before the ubiquity of personal computers, a group of teens gathered in a New Jersey barn to learn to code, program, and experiment with the interactive world of the future. @spectrum.ieee.org excerpts "README," a literary history of computers by @patrickmccray.bsky.social:

Harassing has so little long-term effect: "We found that 76% of the men we reviewed are professionally active, 41% are in the same or an elevated role since the allegations were made public" I'm glad someone is keeping track so industries hold people accountable sfstandard.com/2026/04/20/7...

www.openresearch.institute/2026/04/1… Phase 1 done and call for participants for Phase 2

All the articles from our March 2026 newsletter are on the web here: www.openresearch.institute/2026/04/1… Fancy PDF version (and all its friends) available here: www.openresearch.institute/wp-conten…

My open source projects are sprouting. Excellent!

January-February 2026 issue of our newsletter, the Inner Circle, is available here: www.openresearch.institute/2026/02/2…

www.openresearch.institute/2026/02/2… February 2026 Storm Takes Down Communications Infrastructure on Mount Laguna, CA, USA

March Puzzle from our Inner Circle Newsletter: Newsletters and signup at www.openresearch.institute/newslette… Where is this code from? What does it do? rocolcolate_eeor(udsr_rtioihngs): [comment] adds dksl jkd and lfr, djlrfr itle to s... https://openresearchins.micro.blog/2026/02/20/122457.html

March Puzzle from our Inner Circle Newsletter: Newsletters and signup at www.openresearch.institute/newslette… Where is this code from? What does it do? `rocolcolate_eeor(udsr_rtioihngs): "adds dksl jkd and lfr, dj... https://openresearchins.micro.blog/2026/02/20/march-puzzle-from-our-inner.html

Happy Thursday!

#OpulentVoice progress report. Interoperability milestone achieved. www.youtube.com/watch

Congratulations to @[email protected] for getting a nice #HF antenna article in #ARRL #QEX.

Weekly meetup video recording can be found at youtu.be/bCJK1c4H2…

“It’s [Citizen Lab] one of the few institutions that investigate cyberthreats exclusively in the public interest, and in doing so, it has exposed some of the most egregious digital abuses of the past two decades.”

A year’s worth of the full color PDF version of our newsletters can be found here: www.openresearch.institute/wp-conten…

Next issue of our newsletter will focus on debugging. www.openresearch.institute/newslette…

New Chip, Who This?: https://openresearchins.micro.blog/2025/12/10/new-chip-who-this.html

The changed code is a small fraction of an open source contribution. Your commitment to understand the issue, how your proposed solution fits with the project, and be ready to own and push the review process forward is the biggest chunk of the work. Your effort is the contribution, not the code.

Opulent Voice digital radio protocol is “Compressed but not compromised”. A video of a complete over the air demonstration of the system, including satellite simulator, will be published earlier than planned. Thank you to all the volunteers making ambitious #hamradio things happen.

I post open source digital radio work here. This is one of the things I work on and want to talk with other people about. I do #opensource #fpga #digital #radio projects with a variety of individuals & organizations. I'd love to hear more from you and meet up at ORI's weekly zoom call. Let me know!

pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.

Opulent Voice sent over the air with real Barker code synchronization words and basic framing is working great in the PLUTO SDR implementation. #opensource #amateurradio

We are having a Halloween party in collaboration with DEFCON Groups 858/619. Smart Cities Field Trip so bring your SDR, SAO prototype, Remote Lab tours, food, fun and more! If you are in San Diego, CA, USA and on the ORI mailing list, then check your inbox for more information.

Thank you to all our volunteers that attended #Pacificon this past weekend. Michelle W5NYV gave the MDARC meeting presentation on Friday night, everyone attended a wide variety of events and talks, and ORI made many new contacts and welcomed some new volunteers.

opensource.org/blog/osi-… If you follow us, then you are invested in Open Source. Open Source Initiative is looking for their next executive director. If you or someone you know should be recommended to this role, read the above and get in touch with them.

Video recording of our projects meeting from 7 October 2025 can be found here: youtu.be/vbnwe62yP…

Our most recent projects meetup video recording: youtu.be/BaNtYhOJN…

I just don't feel like the President of the United States should be declaring that he hates his enemies. I don't feel like the VPOTUS should be calling citizens dipshits on social media. I'm old fashioned that way.

Open Research Institute’s August 2025 Newsletter. Thank you to all contributors and supporters! www.openresearch.institute/2025/09/1…

Defending Amateur Radio Spectrum: The AST Spacemobile Battle Continues www.openresearch.institute/2025/09/1…

The Federal Trade Commission is investigating generative A.I. chatbots: www.ftc.gov/news-events/...

Most recent FPGA projects meetup is at youtu.be/nLEXsOwlT…

Hey folks, I'm between the pastries and the coffee! And, more importantly, I get to talk about Open Research Institute openresearch.institute between two totally amazing people. What a fantastic opportunity from @amsat-dl.org

See the video recording of our latest project meetup here: youtu.be/65KgQueU7…

Transcriptions now work (and are configurable live) for audio in #OpulentVoice Interlocutor code. Check it out here: github.com/OpenResearch... Transcriptions appear in both web interface and CLI. Operators guide here: github.com/OpenResearch...

Opulent Voice demonstration conference server open for beta testing. www.openresearch.institute/2025/08/0…

Inner Circle Newsletter for July 2025 www.openresearch.institute/2025/08/0…

Silcoon pretzel beast! Ready to go into oven #pokemon

Online version of our Inner Circle Newsletter for May 2025 can be found at www.openresearch.institute/2025/06/0…

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