@boris.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy
Community. Decentralized Web. Co-op and Collective action. Member #CoSocialCa @coop Vancouver DWeb Node https://dwebyvr.org #DWebYVR @dwebyvr.org Likes to cook & eat [β¦] π bridged from β https://cosocial.ca/@boris, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
I'm super hyped to announce that Bluesky Socal PBC has given me a grant to work on the Federated Credential Management (or FedCM) standards to make them really work for all decentralized web applications.
This is why I stepped up to be an Invited Expert with the W3C FedID Working Group earlier [β¦]
Guestbook Z-console with Hilke in the foreground
Hilke and Boris at Z-Space. Hilke is jet lagged! I need to shave badly!
Weβre looking forward to our next imaginary number future reverse people signing.
We hit 1000 guestbook sign ins at @z-space.ca today!
@hilk.eu hit the button and captured the whole crew who came for member show & tell
Thank you to @jonny.z-space.ca who built the tech & made the space & brings the energy to connect us together.
Finding an accessibility-first culture in npmx
Today is the alpha release of npmx β an alternative browser for the npm registry. Abbey Perini joined early and soon discovered accessibility was a deep part of the culture, right from the start, which was both refreshing and incredibly productive. [β¦]
π Seiffert Market and Bakeshop
Shop Β· Vancouver, British Columbia, CA
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You never know what youβre going to get with bakery roulette!
Not pictured, my haul was a nutella twist, savoury scrolls, and mini appleβ¦
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Get ready for our busiest month so far! From our regular meetups to world class conferences, this March we have at least ten (10!) DWebYVR and adjacent events going on.
Hereβs how Iβve been thinking about AI-assisted engineering / vibe coding: its pros and cons, the underlying power dynamics, and its implications. Please enjoy. Or please enjoy flaming me. One of the two. https://werd.io/good-vibes-bad-vendors/
π Coco & Olive
Cafe Β· Vancouver, British Columbia, CA
Weekend adventures hot drinks and pastries shop. It also has food items and ceramics and other nice things.
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I dunno, if I had concerns that a protocol I liked was concentrated too much around one company, I'd work with the existing community of people working hard to distribute that network as quickly as possible instead of just writing a blog post telling people nothing can be done
Just found out that FOSSY 2026, hosted by the Software Freedom Conservancy, is coming to Vancouver this August!
There is a call for tracks open now - kind of like @fosdem.org devrooms - with a March 13th deadline.
I added it to the atproto community forum, as well as the @dwebyvr.org calendar.
DwebCamp Cascadia will be happening again from July 30th to August 3rd on Salt Spring Island. Save the date and join us for the first online planning call
π The 515 Bar
Bar Β· Vancouver, British Columbia, CA
Pink mural in the alley and front of 515 Bar (next to / part of Maloneβs). Building in the background is the Seymour Building where I had my first office for Drupβ¦
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So this is a really great idea. It's much needed and I love it. It's worth asking: what is an equivalent for the ActivityPub ecosystem, and how might it be funded? https://ecosystemaction.leaflet.pub/3mf324gisgc2e
Thanks @johnefrancis for alerting me to a posting script gone wrong. Cleaned it up and just left the link to the blog post.
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So You Want To Write An Open Source Discord Replacement
Things you donβt need:
- federation/distributed systems
- multiparty end-to-end encryption
- an entirely new operating system kernel specially designed toβ
Things you DO need:
- a user interface that is Normal
- the ability to use [β¦]
Picture of the room
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Lemon Lemon Pie Pie
Plate of the day - shrimp, bacon, Brussels sprouts, a unique flavouring of cloves
More pictures of Ganz Wine Bar, my seat in the corner, menu, the lemon lemon pie pie (Black lemon, walnut base and lime-lemon cream) and daily special of shrimp, bacon, Brussels sprouts
A wine that is used to make sherry, so this deep colour, but refreshing with caramel sherry notes
WHITE SHRIMP TARTAR (On brioche bread and iberian jowis)
A wonderfully smooth and velvety wine that was amazing with the beef cheeks.
Beef cheeks with sweet potato puree
π Ganz
Restaurant Β· Madrid, Community of Madrid, ES
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Great wine bar and small plates
We had a wine pairing with each dish, with a choice of wine for every plate
https://ganzwinebarmadrid.com/
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@johannab Discord is a large commercial platform that doesnβt need defending, but itβs not like they are doing this because they want to.
From a UX perspective itβs one of the few tools that have appropriate community management tools for 1000s of users.
And as a counter example: Matrix [β¦]
For nuanced takes on Discord moving to age/identity verification, read rahael's thread on this https://bsky.app/profile/rahaeli.bsky.social/post/3meiroz7b322w
"Discord is a member of Netchoice, the trade organization that's fighting these laws in the US, and they've shown up for pretty much [β¦]
Majority of the people I see recommending moving to Matrix are running on the main home server.
Which is fine, it's the easy path to get started but be aware that roots your identity in that homeserver.
My _personal_ take is that I consider public community chat to be ephemeral, which is why [β¦]
The year is coming into swing and there are three DWeb adjacent conferences and events happening in March that are definitely worth checking out!
ATmosphereConf 2026
ATmosphereConf is the global AT Protocol community conference. AtProto is the open, decentralized protocol behind Bluesky and [β¦]
π Parador Nacional de ChinchΓ³n
Hotel Β· ChinchΓ³n, Community of Madrid, ES
I did in fact make it to ChinchΓ³n yesterday. Here for a week with Ink & Switch for team retreat, staying at an old convent.
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This month is all for our regular DwebYVR events at Z-Space!
February planning meeting
Our next planning meeting will be on Wednesday, February 11. We will start planning the details for this years DWebCamp Cascadia and other upcoming DWeb events. Have [β¦]
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an ink drawing of a scene, featuring a rabbit sitting inside a sailboat sewing a cap together, with sewing supplies around them
Just shared the list of changes to the Hundred Rabbits projects for January 2026!
https://100r.ca/site/home.html#jan2026
Weβve got a save the date announcement today for this yearβs Local-First Conf @localfirstconf.com - July 11th to 14th in Berlin.
Weβre supporting the conference & leaning into some βDay 3β content with some malleable software and other topics.
Add your email to be notified!
If you haven't seen it, a great mini documentary by @cultrepo.bsky.social was filmed last year at @localfirstconf.com, and just released today
Lots of familiar faces from us at the lab, and other great collaborators.
No, Gander is not a βrug pullβ.
The crowd equity funding is closing, I think with ~2400 or so Canadian investors including myself, all on the same terms.
Some people didnβt sign paperwork when they got the chance at an earlier offering.
Join us at #ATmosphereConf in Vancouver in late March if [β¦]
GOG @gog.com is getting acquired by its original co-founder MichaΕ KiciΕsk
the idea for GOG in 2007 βbring classic games back to players, and make sure that once you buy a game, it truly belongs to you, forever.β [β¦]
Jasper @raedisch.net is joining us at #ATmosphereConf in Vancouver as his first trip to Canada.
Suggested movies or shows referencing Canada and/or Vancouver?
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I have taken a break from DF to learn⦠Rimworld.
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