got AudioMuse-AI setup on my navidrome server so now it can suggest musically similar songs from my library! so it wont go from c418 -> kobaryo also it has this visual map of my library which is really neat
makeworld
@makeworld.space
It's Cole the software developer! he/him Working at @hypha.coop on ATProto stuff and other projects! https://www.makeworld.space/ Also on fedi at @makeworld.merveilles.town.ap.brid.gy or https://merveilles.town/@makeworld
Whenever I tell people I'm a software developer nowadays they immediately ask me what I think about AI, and (more recently) datacentres. No escape from online discourse, even at sewing night.
no this seems obviously good human-computer interaction work to me; got to keep the symbolic and the imaginary aligned at the same time
I've had to mute some accounts because watching people bond with their AI bots as persons feels pretty uncomfortable in a way I find hard to explain. I think it's the same as the uncanny valley?
Woah, what's happening the jetstream? @calabro.io is this your new backfill utility? 👀 github.com/bluesky-soci...
TIL of "sousveillance", coined by Torontonian Steve Mann en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sousvei...
Ori Vandewalle@orivandewalle.bsky.social · last wk.yaaaay sousveillance
I took this weekend class, "Research as a Leisure Activity" run by Laurel Schwulst and Celine Nguyen, with 17 other really amazing and different people. One of the biggest things I took away from this was the realization that I already have a love of learning and collection and do it constantly,
The post features a rare usage of the verb "socialize", where it's used to mean "to raise awareness of a topic within a social group". I've only heard this used in specific Toronto/co-op circles.
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 2w agoElon Musk, owner of X, has called the editor of the Economist "a traitor to the West, plain and simple" after her recent interview with him. He now argues that "anyone who opposes remigration is a traitor" Musk has been socialising violence since Aug25: "fight or die, that's what it comes down to"
GiveDirectly provided ChatGPT access to rural Rwandans. Pretty interesting, although I wonder how ongoing access changes the village social fabric. www.givedirectly.org/the-robots-w...
“The robots work at night”: How AI helps the world’s poorest, and where it falls short | GiveDirectly
In rural Rwanda, recipients of GiveDirectly cash transfers are using AI chatbots to plan businesses, navigate family conflicts, and ask questions they cannot take to anyone else. Their experiences rev...
givedirectly.org
I gave pigeons.computer a spin and I have to say: those n0 kids have nailed it _again_. There really aren't many teams that can so consistently deliver.
Pigeons
SSH to any machine without an IP address, behind a NAT or firewall, with no port forwarding or VPN setup. Carrier pigeons always find their way home.
pigeons.computer
What else is like this, where you can infer the content of a discussion from its shape/metadata?
cafkafk@cafkafk.bsky.social · 3w agoAnd the maintainers took that at face value and had a nuanced and respectful discussion about the topic
What if we rearranged the deck chairs on the titanic so beautifully and with such subtle grace that everyone loved and believed in us forever
"The past was the main time, and this is whatever's left" - Taylor Ortega
This book hits me right in the childhood. I found this at a local bookstore. I was on my way out the door and just happened to catch a glimpse of it in the corner of my eye. Everyone should read this book immediately.
This is called a double double! aaronson.org/blog/square-...
Square Theory
The story starts in Crosscord, the crossword Discord server. Over 5,000 users strong, the server has emerged as a central hub for the online crossword community, a buzzing, sometimes overwhelming, som...
aaronson.org
Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 2mo ago‘Father’ and ‘dad’ are synonyms. ‘Figure’ and ‘bod’ are synonyms. But, a ‘father figure’ and a ‘dad bod’ aren’t exactly the same thing…
I spent the last month obsessed with finding colors that can't be displayed on a conventional screen. This is what I found. moultano.wordpress.com/2026/06/19/w...
Where to Find the Colors Your Screen Can’t Show You
An atlas of the vibrance of the real world
moultano.wordpress.com
Wealthsimple is going to use Kalshi instead of their own prediction market platform :/ www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
Prediction markets are coming to Wealthsimple — but Canadians won't be able to bet on sports or elections | CBC News
Canadian retail investors will be able to access prediction markets through a Canadian company this summer, after the platforms had been banned for years. Prediction markets are experiencing explosive...
cbc.ca
Really disappointed that Canada is joining the crowd in banning social media for under-16s. The *best-case* scenario is that it entrenches Apple and Google's control over our online identities, and will do very little to improve things for kids, let alone the rest of us.
Proud to finally share what I've been working on. I'm excited for a future where privacy is normal. encryptedspaces.org
Signal Alums Reveal ‘Encrypted Spaces,’ a System for Making Private Collaboration Apps
The new open-source project could serve as the basis for a future of apps with features as complex as Slack, Discord, or Google Docs—but with added protection against surveillance.
wired.com
Better technology starts with democratic organizations. That's why we co-founded Tech Co-ops Canada, a new coalition promoting worker ownership in the tech industry. Join us!
Tech Coops Canada
Better technology starts with democratic organizations.
techcoops.ca
No one talks about it, but one of the biggest ways AI makes art worse is by giving artists free therapy