Reposted by Erick RatameroJohannes 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! 👇ngff.openmicroscopy.orgVersion 0.6 — NGFF documentation 12311
Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 14/09/2026(I'm half-joking. Berlin is wonderful and fun and has great food and I need to be back at some point. But I AM downloading a bunch of Amstrad CPC games.) 010
Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 14/09/2026My biggest takeaway from my trip to Berlin is that I should check out the Amstrad CPC. These screenshots look sick. 210
Reposted by Erick RatameroVirginie Uhlmann @virginieuhlmann.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Research 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. 12711
Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 09/09/2026Here'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.) 010
Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 07/09/2026oh shit if you have recommendations I am in the market for levelling up my bald too 100
Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 02/09/2026(yes, massive pet peeve, prompted by @puzzmo.com using that in a clue today.) 100
Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 02/09/2026I 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. 110
Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 31/08/2026It's here! I'm now another person about to be insufferable about the MiSTer. 010
Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 30/08/2026Taking a train out of gamescom, looking angrily at all the ludicrously capacious swag bags taking all the space 000
Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 28/08/2026Getting 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... 150
Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 21/08/2026I'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.comstream.erickratamero.comstream.erickratamero.com 010
Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 20/08/2026I 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. 010
Reposted by Erick RatameroJoel Lüthi @joelluethi.bsky.social · 14/08/2026We'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 🧵) 11414
Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 08/08/2026big 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. 131
Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 06/08/2026or even better, SGDQ 2027. you don't even need to travel for that one. no excuses. 000
Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 02/08/2026I'll be streaming more Natsu-Mon every day this week in the (European) mornings -it gets hot my computer room! Feel free to come hang out, have breakfast, try to fall asleep, whatever floats your boat. 010
Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 01/08/2026I cannot emphasize enough how ABSURDLY cool The Message from Deep Space is. I'm like 20% through it and I'm already in awe at how much cool puzzling they managed to cram in there. 010
Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 01/08/2026want 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. 210
Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 01/08/2026I 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! 142
Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 31/07/2026deck.blue accepts regular markdown formatting for links! 041
Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 30/07/2026pointing at the screen because that's the same university I did my undergrad at 030
Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 30/07/2026this 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. 174
Reposted by Erick RatameroJoel Lüthi @joelluethi.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Do 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 🧵)biovisioncenter.uzh.chOpen Bioimaging Practices Meetup August 2026 11511
Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 19/07/2026FIFA and the US really is a match made in heaven (derogatory) 041
Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 14/07/2026I am pleased to inform The Incident at Galley House has the sauce. I regret to inform I am lost in it. 060
Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 12/07/2026the thing that really makes me angry about precheck is that, after getting it, it made me realize "oh air travel could be like this, and they make it worse on purpose". But yeah it is so much better 140
Reposted by Erick RatameroWolfgang Huber @wkhuber.bsky.social · 01/07/2026EMBL'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... 23226
Reposted by Erick RatameroJeff Peterson (speedrunner arc) @bdjeffyp.bsky.social · 05/07/2026GG to GDQ 2253391313
Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 03/07/2026sorry to hear that. may sports happen better in the future :( 010
Reposted by Erick Ratameroandré @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 01/07/2026if congo pull this off i want the british museum empty by midnight 242740656
Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 29/06/2026it's times like these I wish I didn't care about sports 100
Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 29/06/2026Yup. it's generally "my life was made slightly more miserable becase of Deutsche Bahn". 020
Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 29/06/2026anyway. spending the week in Grenoble! looking forward to getting closer to completing the EMBL Grand Slam of visiting all locations. 010
Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 29/06/2026got 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) 200
Reposted by Erick RatameroImage Cooperative @image.coop · 25/06/2026We'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 072
Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 23/06/2026I was outside for 15 mins and I never want to leave the house again 040