"We started a war of aggression for no reason & commenced it by accidentally bombing an elementary school & killing over 100 kids." That simple fact is so horrific that it's just kind of bouncing on the surface of our collective consciousness. We can't absorb its full implications & significance.

A lot of good conversations at #GDC2026 about what game developers are struggling with in making safe play experiences and protecting their users ❤️

At #GDC next week with safety on your mind? Come find me for a chat about the open source tools we've built at @roost.tools for harms like abusive behavior, anti-cheat and fraud, and child safety. I don't have a lot of swag, but free software for better gaming is a pretty good giveaway.

Apparently I’m on a music discovery kick. Katie recently introduced me to The Backseat Lovers and I am really enjoying them. Idk how I would categorize them, but they’re on Bandcamp and this EP name-your-price (no minimum), so you have nothing to lose! #music #alternative #altRock

I just discovered the band Save Face on an “Influenced by MCR” playlist. The vocals remind me SO MUCH of a (not My Chem) 2000s—2010s pop-punk artist but I cannot place it. Anyone else hear it? #music #rock #altRock #popPunk

Google: app developers, pls follow our icon guidelines 🥺 Also Google: lol we’re replacing your designers' work with AI slop 🖕

The people saying "AI can write all this code, so we don't need these people" forget that writing code is not the main part of the job description for a software engineer. It's the coordination and making sure you're writing the correct code that's the hard part. The meetings, design sessions, etc.

If you were laid off from Block (or anywhere) and want to stay remote, @roost.tools is hiring for multiple SWE roles and levels. If you're the kind of person who's deeply satisfied by figuring out why a service has multiple databases and ripping some out, we might be for you! roost.tools/careers

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Ahoy hoy!! I'm Alex, a Canadian illustrator on the Prairies. I do a lot of landscapes, cartoons, comics, and murals, and I sell prints and stickers and stuff! I love colours and shapes! You can't beat em! 🧵 >> comics and murals shop/blog/portfolio: aplante.com patreon: patreon.com/alexplante

You know how people write cover songs? And occasionally they'll make style makeovers for old stories? Or, more rarely, do non-standard remakes for movies? They should do that for videogames. Not like, remasters, but just toss the IP to a whole other team. See what they do with it.

Has anyone else noticed that gmail now has auto-activated it's new "I think you write badly, I will underline all of your terrible writing so I can give you suggestions that will make your emails completely soulless" feature and it appears impossible to turn off?

Random: do I know any Linux tech folks in Florida (Miami area, ideally) who would be open to a quick freelance gig? It would involve running some Linux/laptop hardware compatibility tests for a nonprofit. I don’t know all the details, but can connect you with the nonprofit. :) #Linux #Florida

Just said “Continuwuity” out loud in a work meeting. It did *not* happen with a straight face. :P continuwuity.org

I've been dedicating a huge amount of time to open-source work as of late, but working for free without any return isn't sustainable. I'm providing the services I do at a fiscal loss, so please do consider supporting me. I'd really very much appreciate it. vale.rocks/support

I am looking for a new Linux laptop for work, and don’t know what to shop around for! I’ll be doing some development but I don’t expect a ton. I do think I want 32 GB RAM and a halfway decent GPU for a laptop for those times I am hacking on things, though.

@discord.com open sourced their internal T&S rules engine with @roost.tools! Osprey handles ~400 million actions per day in production at Discord. If you run a Discord-sized (or smaller!) platform, you can just… use their rules engine because it’s open source. #OpenSource #TrustAndSafety #Discord

I'm beyond ready to just vote for AOC for the big job but I think she'll need to become speaker first before the party or nation will be ready for that. Doesn't mean I always agree with her (though I usually do) but it's about integrity, intelligence, and communication.

Troubleshooting/debugging GitHub Actions release workflows has to be the most annoying thing ever… I really like automating things in CI but there’s got to be a better way for this.

My six year old seemed to finally kind of click with Minecraft—at least watching/dictating, not playing it yet. But we spent a lot of time this weekend revisiting my old server that’s literally older than the kid! 😅 #Minecraft

Built a “3D” sphere (SVG) to show RYB transformations. Over-iterated in @codepen.io 10% optimization, 90% procrastination. codepen.io/meodai/full/...

No GNOME allowed on this train. 😤

I finally did a little UI rewrite for Dippi 👀 #GNOME #Adwaita #libadwaita #Linux #LinuxMobile #OpenSource

I really enjoy a lot of music from TX2, even if a lot of it is over the top and gets kind of corny (sometimes that’s the point!) or I’m-14-and-this-is-deep. But I do respect his perspective here. #rock #altrock #music #tx2

2026, in brief

Wait wait wait. The Nintendo Switch has multiple users, but its parental control features are console-wide?? This seems actually unusable for a shared household. Am I missing something?? #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch

GNOME mobile efforts focused on this form factor would be dope. It’s vaguely phone-like in shape, but expectations are different: you don’t have to sweat over emergency calling, messaging services, banking apps, etc. Just deliver a great experience for local media, maybe some local syncing… #GNOME

Godot's GitHub has increasingly many pull requests generated by LLMs and it's a MASSIVE time waster for reviewers – especially if people don't disclose it. Changes often make no sense, descriptions are extremely verbose, users don't understand their own changes… It's a total shitshow. #godotengine

why is there anti-homeless architecture in pokemon

I finally threw the party I’ve kind of always wanted. :) #StarWars

forgot the most important of the genre

Today @roost.tools released v0 of Coop, the trust & safety review tool. 👀 Note that it’s v0 for a reason! While we focused on core functionality and child safety features like Google Content Safety API integration(!)… #TrustAndSafety #OpenSource

Today is Safer Internet Day; a day for organizations, companies, schools, and communities to come together for a better internet. In the past year, I've come to believe that "together" can mean something different and powerful: building technology and making it free, easy to deploy, and in the open.

I'm sitting on some exciting roost stuff that is already out there but we haven't talked about yet can y'all find it

A batch of revnog has been acquired for my party. I’ll share the recipe afterwards because I want guests to be surprised by the exact flavors… but I am happy to report: it’s gooooood. cantina.blaede.family #StarWars

Making a new toy with godot and aseprite. Really want to make a game with these but still can't figure out the gameplay yet `(*>﹏<*)′

They can't punch each other yet, but they can certainly move around. #godotengine #gamedev

Let’s say I have a Mycroft Mark I that I pulled out of a closet in 2026. What can I do with it? 🤔 (I also have a Home Assistant server and a couple of Home Assistant Voice Preview Editions…) #HomeAssistant #Mycroft #MycroftMarkI #MycroftAI

I’m back from FOSDEM! Here’s a little blog post about our first time attending as @roost.tools: cassidyjames.com/blog/roost-o... #TrustAndSafety #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #OpenSource

It's wild that GNOME web & Firefox are really the only modern browsers that use a non-chromium engine. I refuse to contribute to Google's software monopoly so It's really the only alternative.

I am throwing a Star Wars cantina themed birthday party and am trying to nail down a batch cocktail to serve as “spotchka.” According to lore, it is a glowing blue drink made from krill. I won’t be making something fishy, but I thought tropical would be fun. Suggestions? #StarWars #cocktails

Osprey is a testament to how much impact we can create by sharing technology. @discord.com open sourced their internal rules engine through @roost.tools last year, working with us to generalize the core components so others can easily integrate it

Hehe, I’m having way too much fun with this fossasia.org badge from @fosdem.org. How’s my tiny pixel art @roost.tools logo? 👀

writing documentation and then going over each step to make sure it works and is accurate is rly the best way to get to know something it's how I learned everything when I was a moderator who wanted to become a PM for safety tools and it's how I learn about OSS now

How do you protect 39M users from AI-driven abuse? We’ve just published a deep dive into how @bsky.app uses Osprey to handle the scale of the AT Protocol firehose. roost.tools/blog/how-blu...

We’ve uploaded our @fosdem.org talk to YouTube (embedded below). You can also find it and the slides on the event page: fosdem.org/2026/schedul... Give it a watch to learn a bit about trust and safety and Osprey, our open source automated rules engine and investigation tool!

- A panel bringing together experts from multiple FOSS projects (Mockoon, DuckDB, WeasyPrint and GNOME) to share lessons learned from their funding journeys Check the talks out and join us throughout the day! Find us in room UD2.218A for the many exciting sessions: ➡️ fosdem.org/2026/schedul...

I crashed hard when I sat down on the bed for a bit to “rest,” then woke up a couple of hours later. 😅 I’ll take that as a hint that I should actually go to bed so I make my morning flight. Thanks everyone for a great #FOSDEM! I had a blast chatting with everyone about GNOME, ROOST, & open source ✌️

Good morning Brussels! I’m on my way to the campus to give a talk about how @roost.tools is bringing open source to trust & safety (and vice versa). We’ll be in AW at 10 AM! fosdem.org/2026/schedul... #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #FOSDEM26 #TrustAndSafety