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Open Source Strategist at Samsung and general Open Web Curmudgeon. W3C @tag co-chair; @openwebdocs co-founder; @openssf contributor; Gov UK Open Standards Board […] [bridged from https://mastodon.social/@torgo on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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Final day of our @tag face-to-face, hosted by Octo in Paris. This morning, we've been talking about user agents, the explainers we ask spec authors to write, and, yes, AI.

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Day 2 of our @tag face-to-face in Paris. Not a bad commute!

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Really great developer @tag meet-up this evening, hosted by Octo in Paris! So many good questions - and good vibes from web developers. Thanks to @nitot for putting this together.

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Good morning Paris! On my way to Octo’s offices for day 1 of our @tag face-to-face! https://github.com/w3ctag/meetings/tree/gh-pages/2025/03-Paris

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On my way to Paris for our @tag face-to-face!

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I miss the days when we were just angry that Elon destroyed Twitter.

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Glanced at the news on my way out and wish I hadn’t. Well…off to see some cabaret!

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Today I am once again writing to my MP to voice my opposition to Government actions that seek to weaken end-to-end encryption.

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Even the famously liberal FT knows : encryption back doors are a bad idea - for everyone. https://www.ft.com/content/186a9bb6-9e62-47ce-b974-ce52a2d73e9f (“gift link”).

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Heading to Austin soon, who do I have in my #Fediverse network based in that area? It has been a long time since I was last in that city!

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Gold toilet sounds kind of … cold?

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Dug up and re-read a piece I wrote in 2022 on consensus decision making: https://www.torgo.com/blog/2022/11/lets-talk-about-the-c-word.html It helped me revisit and reaffirm these views. Consensus is not a dirty word.

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I would love to see this happen, but I've been reading these announcements for the last decade… https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg5d6l5lz4jo And how do they expect to increase capacity at St. Pancras?

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Wow, Conclave was good!

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This street art I encountered on the Parkland Walk between Highgate and Finsbury Park really spoke to me. #scrapyardspec #streetart

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Got some rechargeable lithium AA batteries as I’m tired of plowing through batteries on my smart (Hive) radiator valves.

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The Internet is mostly shit these days, but every once in a great while I stumble across an incredible, passion-project website. This one is hand-animated weird art and it is worth your time as a fun decompressing thing in between your doomscrolling sessions. https://floor796.com I don't […]

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I wish more people understand that repeating a conservative #meme to debunk it *only serves to spread the meme*. Don’t repeat memetic #propaganda, even to criticize it. Certain phrases and memes are popular among bigots because they are effective at turning bigotry into seemingly fun wordplay […]

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Agendas for this coming week posted: https://github.com/w3ctag/meetings/blob/gh-pages/2025/02-10-agenda.md

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Been seeing news, mostly on socials, of massive anti-fascist protests in Germany. News media coverage has been very sparse but I found this. https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/02/09/thousands-protest-across-germany-against-far-right-extremism-ahead-of-snap-elections

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I've started posting on LinkedIn all the unconstitutional shit Trump and Musk are doing to undermine the security and integrity of our government. Mainly because that crowd needs to hear it most. It's incredible how many people in the infosec space are still defending the actions of DOGE and […]

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Popping out for an MRI, brb.

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Learning about some *really* early open standards with Tim Armstrong at State of Open Con. #soocon25

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Heading to State of Open Con day 2 where I will be on stage this afternoon, paneling about Open Standards and Open Source https://sched.co/1tD43 and presenting on “Security, Privacy & Authenticity” https://sched.co/1tBJy #stateofopencon #SOOCON25

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State of Open Con is really going "all in" on the British angle: "afternoon tea" break and audio of Stephen Fry reading Douglas Adams in the loos. 🇬🇧 #SOOCON25

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Hey hey! Our Design Systems team at Datadog is looking for a Frontend Staff Accessibility Engineer. That's the team I am in :) Ideally, in-office in Paris, France, but some other remote and in-office options are possible […]

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So long #fosdem!

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Starting off #fosdem day 2 in the “open source and the European Legislative Landscape” dev room. Fun way to spend a Sunday morning? Yes!

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About to hear about the EU CRA and Copyleft at #FOSDEM. https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-5291-the-eu-cra-and-copyleft/

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“…the Mastodon in the room.” - @matt in his talk at the (packed) #socialweb dev room at #fossem.

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So far my #fosdem strategy of staying in one place (where the food is) and letting people run into me has been a roaring success.

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The morning after. Feels surreal and humbling.

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On my way to Brussels for #FOSDEM! 🚂

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Find us at #fosdem2025 this weekend! @floscholz and @torgo will be in Brussels and are happy to chat about OWD! Saturday: Tool the Docs room: https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/track/docs/ Sunday: Funding the FOSS Ecosystem room: https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/track/funding/

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“It grieves me deeply to see ...] Nazi-style uniforms and slogans openly paraded at marches, proudly proclaiming themselves nationalists and identifying themselves with the Nazi ideas, with the ideology … that murdered millions who were considered subhuman; this ideology which proclaims […]

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Recycled 2 old MacBooks at the Apple Store in Covent Garden. Very emotional moment for me. 💻♻️

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Happy 7th anniversary of becoming an official W3C standard, ActivityPub! https://www.w3.org/news/2018/activitypub-is-now-a-w3c-recommendation/ We're creating something truly special here with the fediverse, and I am so thankful for everyone who contributes to it, whether with your time, money […]

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Making myself a “Toronto.” 🍸

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Twitter/X is right wing controlled. Meta (Instagram, Threads, Facebook) is right wing aligned. TikTok is aligning itself with Trump. Crypto-centric decentralized platforms are right wing aligned (the jury's out about whether crypto-funded ones are too). Major newspapers are aligning […]

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I remember watching Twin Peaks when it came out. I was already familiar with David Lynch’s work, but I remember being astounded that what I had just watched had been allowed on broadcast TV. It was a real revelation. #DavidLynch

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I was on Pixelfed before Pixelfed was cool.

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History repeats. Centuries ago, we had this thing called "the commons" that was land everyone was allowed to use. Many people think "oh, that's where they grazed cows," but it was much more than that. For example, Boston Common (stolen from Native Americans, but that's another discussion) was […]

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Today Mastodon is taking another step towards its founding ideals: independence and non-profit ownership. We're transferring ownership of key assets to a new, European not-for-profit entity, ensuring our mission remains true to a decentralised social web, not corporate control […]

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Experimenting with RCS group messages as an alternative to WhatsApp. It has the advantage of being pre-loaded on people's phones and it now works across IOS and Android. But it still has a ways to go. e.g. Reaction emojis work from Android to IOS but not the other way around. Also you can't […]

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🆕 blog! “It is time to ban email” I think everyone reading this post has accidentally messed up when sending an email, right? I noticed this story recently: The Metropolitan Police has apologised to victims of the Westminster "honeytrap" scandal after it accidentally sent an email which […]

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