Interesting background reading about #bonfire 's values and vision.
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Principal Research Software Engineer at CIM piloting this #bonfire instance. Expect a mix of RT from my mastodon account with genuine posts about #bonfire and the #fediverse
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@bjorn@fediscience.org @matherion@mastodon.nl happy to help! Do ask any questions! Actually, I have just set up a group that was intended to discuss OpenScience features and uses with fellow researchers/OpenScience proponents, even they are not using Bonfire. It is in alpha status, so may not yet work as intended, but maybe you can join from your mastodon accounts already?
@bjorn@fediscience.org @matherion@mastodon.nl Also, you are welcome to join our instance. You could try creating an account yourselves by using orcid -> bonfire.cim.warwick.ac.uk/ab... . If that doesn't work, I'm happy to provide an invite link privately.
@ccamara @matherion yea sorry, probably should have provided a little more context. We are currently setting up an instance for researchers in the Netherlands, so given that you are further along than us I think we''d be very interested to see how you implement this!
@bjorn@fediscience.org @matherion@mastodon.nl happy to help! Do ask any questions! Actually, I have just set up a group that was intended to discuss OpenScience features and uses with fellow researchers/OpenScience proponents, even they are not using Bonfire. It is in alpha status, so may not yet work as intended, but maybe you can join from your mastodon accounts already?
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@bjorn@fediscience.org thanks for the ping. Sadliy, the wokrshop will be in person only. Is there anything particular you'd be interested in @matherion@mastodon.nl ?
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Very excited to officially kickstart our @Bonfire@bonfire.cafe server at Warwick and to be able to codesign it with fellow researchers!
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Highly specific request:
Are you autistic/adhd/dyspraxic?
Have you defended a thesis (PhD viva)?
Did you you ask for reasonable adjustments? What’s reasonable?
If you can answer yes to all three, and wouldn’t mind sharing your experience please let me know.
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Codesigning this space
A useful resource to understand / explain what the Fediverse is: https://fediverse.info
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This drives me crazy.
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Looking forward to meeting this new cohort of students and what they will bring to CIM!
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The new academic year is officially starting!
Director Prof. Cagatay Turkay is welcoming the 2026-27 cohort and introducing what makes CIM unique.
Excited with what's about to start!
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I think there's a pretty annoying habit of mansplaining on the #OpenStreetMap forum. I've hadn't noticed it until now 'cause I'd never engaged in a long thread before, but damn. Men are explaining basic OSM principles to me like I haven't been a part of this project for over 4 years, linking to them multiple times too. Telling me I should read previous comments again "slowly", and insinuating that I just don't understand the topic at hand.
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I discovered #tic80 (a retro-looking "fantasy console") around 2019. I enthusiastically used it, advocated for it, taught it to kids a lot, and contributed to the code.
Three weeks ago, the maintainer started using LLM tools to review and write PRs, and seems to be using them for communication, as well. I actively avoid such communities.
I'm so sad. It feels like losing something I loved.
Does anyone know #creativecoding projects with a no-LLM contribution policy?
@blinry@chaos.social this might be of your interest codeberg.org/ethical-foss/op...
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Take back control with our guide to consciously choosing the digital tools that are right for you: https://tacticaltech.org/news/insights/choosing_digital_tools_in_the_age_of_ai/
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@ccamara ah, sorry I replied to the other toot, before seeing this. Yes, indeed!
@smallcircles@social.coop hahaha, NP! I think we are on the same wavelenght!
It is a good article. I referred to the hashtags in the toot, just as a nitpick. But with the added observation that the dominance of Mastodon puts the remainder of the fediverse in the shade as it were. There are people on the fedi who do not know what fediverse is. They are "on Mastodon", they say. But they encounter perhaps posts from 50 other microblog and other apps. The broader public mostly only learns about Mastodon, but the fediverse is much more than that. Our communications unwittingly shape the public image. There is a recentralization danger here too.
(I don't point this out with a regular person, but I may do so now and then with institutions and journalists).
@smallcircles@social.coop I see. I believe you refer to the original post from @fsf@hostux.social , because they said follow us on MAstodon, while they can be followed (and are!) by the whole fediverse. Good point. And good point about not needing to be picky with individuals, but to do so with specialised profiles, such as journalists or foundations like the FSF, which tend to be very precise with their use of language. Agree.
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I'm looking for a service for colaborative authoring a series of documents (book-type). My requirements are:
- For not technical users
- Creation of accounts for collaaborators should be optional
- Allow some (basic) formatting (markdown allowed)
- (optional) allow document's structure
So far, my two contestants are #framapad and #kackmd a repo with a #quarto website. Thoughts? Alternatives?
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@lahax@keskonfai.fr Oh, no, I missed it due to different time zone! (Is there a feature request for making Time Zones visible in the event's page?)
@smallcircles@social.coop Not sure that I'm following your point (probably due to automated translation, as I do not speak Dutch).
I think the @fsf@hostux.social does a good job explaining that, while Bluesky may be presenting itself as federated, this is partially true and there are a number of differences that go beyond using different protocols (ATProto vs ActivityPub). But maybe I'm missing something?
@smallcircles@social.coop but I agree that some do get confused by assuming that #Mastodon (a software), #Fediverse (an ecosystem), #ActivityPub (a protocol) are synonyms and some pedagogy is needed, especially to journalists who write about this. And especially if they are making comparison with other things that are not comparable (e.g. #Bluesky)
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The hashtag use caught my eye, making the false equivalent between Mastodon and ATProto, same thing I pointed out yesterday to a journalist. In Dutch:
@smallcircles@social.coop Not sure that I'm following your point (probably due to automated translation, as I do not speak Dutch).
I think the @fsf@hostux.social does a good job explaining that, while Bluesky may be presenting itself as federated, this is partially true and there are a number of differences that go beyond using different protocols (ATProto vs ActivityPub). But maybe I'm missing something?
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