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This Account Kills Fascists. Librarian/Technologist. Opinions entirely my own, != my employer’s. @griffey@mastodon.social

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GOSH@10: On Governance & Belonging - Open Science Hardware Foundation When Suleiman Abdulsalam first encountered GOSH in 2022, he brought with him unusual expertise in how communities govern themselves – how they make decisions together, distribute resources fairly, and maintain autonomy as they grow. He hadn’t come through the hardware side of open science, but that…

Next up in our #GOSHat10 series is a piece on Suleiman Abdulsalam and his work with GOSH. His academic work in participatory governance applied to GOSH governance has helped the community grow stronger over the years.

opensciencehardware.org/2026/03/gosh10…

10.03.2026 16:15 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
musician Gary Numan, born March 8, 1958, aged 68

musician Gary Numan, born March 8, 1958, aged 68

actor Gary Oldman, born March 21, 1958, aged 67

actor Gary Oldman, born March 21, 1958, aged 67

Happy Gary Retrograde everyone!

The next two weeks are the only two weeks out of the year when Gary Numan is older than Gary Oldman

08.03.2026 15:37 👍 4761 🔁 1413 💬 30 📌 72
watermonitor.gov Federal US website delisted. URL is not valid.

❌ NOTICE Federal US website newly deleted.
https://watermonitor.gov

Action taken by the nan (Department of the Interior) at or around 2026-03-03 06:41:07.

03.03.2026 12:07 👍 18 🔁 18 💬 0 📌 1

Oh hey, this sounds familiar encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/t...

26.02.2026 01:11 👍 4776 🔁 2204 💬 15 📌 41
A pale pink elongated tulip magnolia bud just starting to emerge from the tan casing. The bottom petal hangs down so it looks a little like an open mouth. The whole thing is covered in water droplets.

A pale pink elongated tulip magnolia bud just starting to emerge from the tan casing. The bottom petal hangs down so it looks a little like an open mouth. The whole thing is covered in water droplets.

It's Monday and this tulip magnolia bud vaguely resembles Audrey 2.

23.02.2026 17:35 👍 22 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0

I would watch this show.

23.02.2026 14:44 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.

05.02.2026 13:07 👍 9249 🔁 3612 💬 177 📌 725

Clawdbot/OpenClaw is a local agent that has hooks into a TON of desktop activities on a Mac, with your choice of cloud services behind it. I’ve just been playing with it and it is extremely compelling as an overall model for personal chat agents. Would be interested to hear your take on it.

30.01.2026 16:21 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Have you tried Clawdbot/Moltbot/OpenClaw yet? Similar risk profile, but so compelling in use. Seems to indicate to me a market for (secure) local agents that’s just starting to be explored.

30.01.2026 16:13 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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That morning was, in many ways, my first experience with tragedy. I'd dealt with loss & grief. But this was bigger than that in ways that I didn't have words for. I can still remember the numbness and shock, how it felt in 12-year-old me.

28.01.2026 14:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Space Shuttle Challenger Mission Patch

Space Shuttle Challenger Mission Patch

40 years ago this morning, I was 12 years old and sitting in front of my grandmother's TV. We had a snow day off school, and I was so excited that I got to watch the Shuttle take off.

28.01.2026 14:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Looking to grab food in the Zurich airport to eat at gate, saw a takeaway sushi place.

First roll I saw was an “Italian” roll that has freaking parsley on the outside of it.

Uh. I’ll pass. WTF Zurich?

22.01.2026 11:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
mothbox shell setting next to its own brain

mothbox shell setting next to its own brain

putting wires into stuff with fingers

putting wires into stuff with fingers

a bunch of mothboxes on a crazy person's floor

a bunch of mothboxes on a crazy person's floor

Man, documenting something while you build it makes it take like 100 times longer! But i finally finished the steps for how to build the latest "Mothbox Pro."

Now, when I put them together, it's a breeze!

digital-naturalism-laboratories.github.io/Mothbox/docs...

21.01.2026 17:54 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Have not been overly impressed with the food in Geneva, with the exception of anything containing butterfat.

22.01.2026 06:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Here are the rare instances when the Fed has issued a formal statement on a Sunday:

12.01.2026 04:26 👍 51 🔁 12 💬 3 📌 5
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Keep hoping machine running 2025 wasn’t the best year in memory. Between job challenges, 8 months of unemployment, and spending weeks recovering after having 20% of my right kidney removed due to renal cell carcinoma….l…

jasongriffey.net/2026/01/01/k...

01.01.2026 19:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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OSHF on the Preprints in Motion Podcast - Open Science Hardware Foundation I was lucky enough to be interviewed for the latest episode of the Preprints in Motion podcast with Jonny Coates! We talked about open science hardware, the challenges of running organizations, and a ...

I was featured on the Preprints in Motion podcast, talking about open science hardware, running an open science non-profit, and my thoughts for the future of the Open Science Hardware Foundation. #openscience #OScH #openhardware

Check out the interview here:

opensciencehardware.org/2025/12/oshf...

18.12.2025 18:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

What's the URL again? Is broken for me...

15.12.2025 00:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

This is the same cooperation problem that has faced libraries (and other hyper-locally funded community orgs) for the last 30 years - it's a hard-sell to convince a Board or local government to fund non-local groups. Politically, I mean. Makes all the sense in the world, and yet....

14.12.2025 22:17 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

My kid finished her "final" college app last night! Applying for a BFA in Musical Theater. A few stats:

24 different schools
48 different applications (each has both academic AND artistic)
28 different versions of edited, final prescreen videos
89 different videos recorded in total

Insane process!

29.11.2025 17:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This is a very well expressed sentiment, and is a thought I've presented on far less succinctly in the past.

23.11.2025 15:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
LIBRARIES WIN IN COURT. Federal court issues permanent injunction in Rhode Island V. Trump, stops the dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

LIBRARIES WIN IN COURT. Federal court issues permanent injunction in Rhode Island V. Trump, stops the dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

The court ruled that all actions taken by the Administration to dismantle IMLS are nullified. This injunction takes immediate nationwide effect: all grants, in every state and territory. The Administration is stopped from taking these actions again in the future. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.

The court ruled that all actions taken by the Administration to dismantle IMLS are nullified. This injunction takes immediate nationwide effect: all grants, in every state and territory. The Administration is stopped from taking these actions again in the future. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.

NEWS: Libraries WIN in federal court!

A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.

Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)

21.11.2025 20:09 👍 1088 🔁 414 💬 9 📌 33
"November 14th: A partially muscled skeleton stands by the perimeter fence and screams for thirty seconds before vanishing..."

"November 14th: A partially muscled skeleton stands by the perimeter fence and screams for thirty seconds before vanishing..."

same, partially muscled skeleton, same

14.11.2025 11:13 👍 152 🔁 50 💬 2 📌 1

What did you think??

11.11.2025 15:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Was lucky enough to see it earlier this week...it is SPECTACULAR. My goodness Joshua Henry! And Cassie Levy! The whole thing left me and my family a blubbering mess.

07.11.2025 14:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The GOSH Community joins @opensciencehw.bsky.social in welcoming @griffey.bsky.social as its first Executive Director! His leadership advancing research infrastructure for #openscience will be a tremendous asset - we look forward to collaborating in the exciting work ahead.

bsky.app/profile/open...

28.10.2025 14:42 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Big news! I'm so excited to lead OSHF into the next phase of their work.

28.10.2025 13:02 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Always relevant, and it always rocks.

17.10.2025 20:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0