iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Johannes Soltwedel @jo-soltwedel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🚨New release: NGFF specification 0.6 🚨 Last week, we formally released the latest version of the NGFF specification: 0️⃣.6️⃣( ngff.openmicroscopy.org/specificatio...) Let's take a small tour through the things possible with #ome-zarr 0.6 now that this is out! 👇

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Version 0.6 — NGFF documentation

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Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 14/09/2026

My biggest takeaway from my trip to Berlin is that I should check out the Amstrad CPC. These screenshots look sick.

A screenshot of "La Abadia del Crimen" for the Amstrad CPC

A screenshot of "L'Affaire Santa Fe" for the Amstrad CPC

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Virginie Uhlmann @virginieuhlmann.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Research software is costly and time-consuming to produce because it requires focused time from developers who have invested years learning to master their craft, just like art. There is nothing to celebrate about relinquishing intellectual expertise and mastery in favor of fast and cheap.

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Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 09/09/2026

Here's Italy playing the rare 2-1-2 zone. It didn't work. (I'm doing whatever the "watching the women's world cup in person" equivalent is of touching grass.)

Italy v Australia on the women's basketball world cup. Italy is playing a weird zone defense.

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Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 02/09/2026

I would love to try and discover where the idea that there's a city named "Sao Paolo" has come from. It appears EVERYWHERE. There is no language where it's "Sao Paolo". I can live with "Sao Paulo" because tildes are hard for some people. Call it Saint Paul. San Pablo. San Paolo. But NEVER Sao Paolo.

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Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 31/08/2026

It's here! I'm now another person about to be insufferable about the MiSTer.

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Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 28/08/2026

Getting close to completing the @gamesdonequick.com grand slam: did AGDQ, SGDQ, GDQ@Pax East, and now GDQ@Gamescom. Gotta find a way to get myself to PAX West at some point...

photo from the audience at the GDQ stage at Gamescom.

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Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 21/08/2026

I've streamed every single day in August and I will not break the streak today (Natsu-mon then Message from Deep Space) at www.twitch.tv/ratamero and stream.erickratamero.com

stream.erickratamero.com

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Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 20/08/2026

I fell prey to the most dastardly of traps: nap too late in the day leading to not being able to fall asleep when I'm supposed to.

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Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 17/08/2026

👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀

image with a shipping update and a tracking number for my SuperStation One

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Joel Lüthi @joelluethi.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

We're excited to announce the 2026 OME-Zarr hackathon 🎉 📅 Date: November 2nd - November 6th 2026 📍 Location: University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 💻 Virtual participation: possible for Monday afternoon, 1:00 PM CET 6:00 PM CET biovisioncenter.notion.site/2026-ome-zar... (1/6 🧵)

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Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 08/08/2026

big walk is excellent (as expected). The structured puzzles are a lot of fun, the small and big discoveries are wonderful, but what really sold me on it was the way a small thing like "I pressed the wrong button and threw an important item off a cliff" can turn into a whole 10-minute mini-saga.

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Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 01/08/2026

want to test my dual-stream setup a bit more, so I'll be playing The Message From Deep Space (starting at puzzle 150ish) at www.twitch.tv/ratamero and stream.erickratamero.com in a bit.

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Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 01/08/2026

I wanted to force myself to stream more (or at all) so I'm doing a weird experiment in multiple fronts: I'll play Natsu-Mon every single day in August (one in-game day per day) and multistream to www.twitch.tv/ratamero and stream.erickratamero.com to see if it all works. starting day 1 in a bit!

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Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 30/07/2026

this is a regular reminder that, whatever you use to create QR codes, check it resolves to the address you want, and not an intermediary. You don't want, say, to put posters all over a research institute that suddenly resolve to a page full of scammy ads and malware.

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Joel Lüthi @joelluethi.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Do you want to learn more about OME-Zarr viewers, where they stand today and what's being developed at the moment? On August 24th at 4pm CEST, we will hear about 3 different OME-Zarr viewers and user stories for each. www.biovisioncenter.uzh.ch/en/events/Up... (1/5 🧵)

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Open Bioimaging Practices Meetup August 2026

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Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 19/07/2026

FIFA and the US really is a match made in heaven (derogatory)

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Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 14/07/2026

I am pleased to inform The Incident at Galley House has the sauce. I regret to inform I am lost in it.

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Wolfgang Huber @wkhuber.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

EMBL's new AI unit is recruiting. We are seeking a machine learning scientist to establish their independent research group bridging innovations in machine learning/AI with modern biology. embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...

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Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 05/07/2026

amanhã cedo a CBF tem que amanhecer assim

clássica imagem dum protesto de torcedores com uma faixa escrito 'diretoria = "Jim Carrey"'.

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Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 05/07/2026

alright gang I'm off to bed

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Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 01/07/2026

ok yeah Grenoble is gorgeous

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andré @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

if congo pull this off i want the british museum empty by midnight

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Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 29/06/2026

it's times like these I wish I didn't care about sports

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Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 29/06/2026

got DB'ed - train stopped inexplicably for half an hour and what was supposed to be a cool TGV along Eastern France turned into "go to Paris and stand in line for half an hour to get a new connection". (at least total delay will be only about 40 mins)

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Image Cooperative @image.coop · 25/06/2026

We're excited to help organize the OME-Zarr Office Hours with a new rotating schedule starting today! 🎉 Whether you're using OME-Zarr today or just curious to learn more, we'd love to see you there. 📅 Full schedule: ngff.openmicroscopy.org/community

White text on dark blue saying, "OME-ZARR OFFICE HOURS. New schedule, more time zones! Our office hours now rotate over 3 time zones so more of our community can join in. See the full schedule and
add to your calendar: ngff.openmicroscopy.org/community/#office-hours -- Let's make OME-Zarr more accessible--together! 👋🏼"

A graphic shows the various time zones -- Americas, Asia-Pacific, and Europe/Africa in green, light blue and purple -- with arrows showing the rotation.

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Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 23/06/2026

I was outside for 15 mins and I never want to leave the house again

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Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 22/06/2026

did my first Four Job Fiesta this month! went for a very regular FFV run, got Monk, Time Mage, Ninja and Chemist (which, I am told, is an extremely strong team). Finished the game, killed both superbosses, had a great time! Will be back next year.

screenshot of beating Neo ExDeath, the final boss of FFV. the party is in a complete state of disarray.

screenshot of beating Shinryu, one of the superbosses of FFV. the party went through it untouched.

screenshot of beating Omega,one of the superbosses of FFV. the party did ok.

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Image Cooperative @image.coop · 16/06/2026

Keeping track of OME-Zarr support across the ecosystem isn't always easy. Over the past few weeks, we've been speaking with stakeholders about experiences, successes, and remaining gaps. Here is our snapshot of where things stand and where effort may be most valuable next: image.coop/blog/posts/2...

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OME-Zarr Pulse Check: Spec, Tooling, and Community – Image Cooperative

Feedback and insights from chatting to the community and analysing ecosystem data over the last six weeks.

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Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 14/06/2026

my relationship with "modern" Belle and Sebastian (i.e. after Dear Catastrophe Waitress) is interesting. an album comes out, I listen to it and go "yeah this is not very good". but it's pleasant enough, so it sticks around my playlists. a decade later, I go "wait, this is all bangers".

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Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 06/06/2026

Rewarding myself after a long bike ride that included a (very minor) tumble in the forest. (mostly it's my ego that's bruised.) Südseite has quickly become my go-to place for coffee in HD.

a flat white and an asparagus focaccia on a café table.

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EMBL @embl.org · 05/06/2026

EMBL is coordinating STARDAST, a new €8M Horizon Europe project to strengthen data stewardship careers, FAIR data practices, and open science across Europe. Read more: www.embl.org/news/connect... @cern.bsky.social @eurobioimaging.bsky.social @globalbioimaging.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social

Photgraph showing some of the many European partners that are taking data stewardship to the next level (from right to left): representatives from EMBL (Nina Habermann and Isabela Paredes Cisneros), Merck (Boris Adryan), University of Freiburg (Anika Erxleben), and University of Cambridge Libraries and Archives(Kim Clugston). Credit: Joseph Franciosa/EMBL

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Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 03/06/2026

Super proud of my colleagues Lisanna, Isabela and Nina on leading this grant proposal that got funded (it's a big one!), and very proud to be a small part of making it happen! Looking forward to helping consolidate data stewardship as a career over the next 4 years. www.embl.org/news/connect...

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The scientists behind the data: investing in Europe’s data stewardship workforce | EMBL

EMBL is coordinating STARDAST, a new €8M Horizon Europe project to strengthen data stewardship careers, FAIR data practices, and open science across Europe.

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The Kindest Weapon @thekindestweapon.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Outlook composed that amazing, though a but rude, email.

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Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 03/06/2026

gonna start saying "Python did some great number crunching" or "Excel organized this data beautifully" since giving full credit to the tool you use seems to be the thing to do these days

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Virginie Uhlmann @virginieuhlmann.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

📢📢 We are hiring a Bioimage Analyst at the BioVisionCenter! 📢📢 Join our collaboration with the Flow Cytometry Facility and contribute back to the international efforts on open standards for bioimaging data! More information here, reach out if you have any question: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...

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UZH: Bioimage Analyst

The University of Zurich is the largest university in Switzerland and one of the most prominent in Europe. For research purposes the Biovision Center and Flow Cytometry Facility offer services to supp...

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Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 25/05/2026

watching Inland Empire (the David Lynch movie) and there's this really familiar face that I can't place. Went through his WIkipedia page and couldn't find anything I would recognize him from. Until the very last entry.... Baron Von Glower in Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within.

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Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 23/05/2026

so today I got a message on whatsapp (i.e. my personal number) with my full name, name and dates of a hotel reservation I made through booking dot com. doing scammy stuff: asking me to click on a link to "confirm payment method" (domain created today), reservation will be cancelled in 24h, etc.

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Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 22/05/2026

These are some of the best entertainers on Twitch, without exaggeration, and wonderful people raising money to a cause that could not be more important right now. Go watch them and send some money their way!

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Image Cooperative @image.coop · 22/05/2026

We want to hear from you about your experience using the OME-Zarr ecosystem and how we can improve it! We are joining the upcoming OME-NGFF community call to introduce ourselves to the community and to collect your feedback (May 26, 9AM and 5PM CET). See you there! forum.image.sc/t/join-us-fo...

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Join us for the next OME-NGFF Community Call on Tuesday May 26, 2026 9:00 CET and 17:00 CET!

Dear all, We are delighted to announce our Q2 OME-NGFF Community Call to be held on Tuesday May 26! As usual, we will repeat the agenda over two time slots to welcome participants from everywhere aro...

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Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 19/05/2026

I think it's messed up how you start listening to a rewatch podcast and all of a sudden you can't watch more than X episodes of something you enjoy a lot because you don't want to be too far ahead. (this is currently about The Sopranos)

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kat @katbamkapow.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

heard a guy say "you have to access it through the portal" and i was momentarily struck by how sad it is that what he said is so boring :( "accessing it via the portal" should be wonderful. we deserve that at least. it should be cool to access it via the portal and instead it sucks shit

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Disco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

UN JOUR JE SERAI DE RETOUR PRÈS DE TOI

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Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 09/05/2026

it took about 7h, but Titanium Court has convinced me. At this point I have no idea what else they crammed into this game. I think it's a game that markets itself pretty badly, so it's worth playing the demo and seeing if it works for you. (save progress carries to the main game if you buy it.)

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Beth Cimini 🔬💻📊 @bethcimini.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

The Cimini lab is hiring for both postdocs and interns! The postdoc role will cover bioimage analysis projects and educational material creation; the intern will be working on our Bilayers project for helping distribute and access deep learning tools for bioimage analysis. Click below to learn more!

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Postdoctoral Associate and Data Science Intern roles - Broad Institute, Cambridge MA USA

The Broad Institute Imaging Platform (the team behind CellProfiler, Piximi, and Bilayers) is currently hiring for postdoctoral and intern roles! Postdoc role: we are looking for 1-2 candidates who ha...

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Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 07/05/2026

This is my first paper as an editor at JOSS! Very proud of it and genuinely impressed with how the review process went and how engaged every party was.

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