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Founder and Executive Director of the Nivenly Foundation @nivenly.bsky.social Head Moderator of Hachyderm.io : community stewardship and trust & safety Nóva 🕯️💍

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Hazel Weakly @hazelweakly.me · 28/01/2026
If discussing OSS sustainability sounds like a fun time, you're in luck! Thursday, 29 January at 10:00-11:30am CET, myself and @quintessence.bsky.social will be hosting a Guided Discussion / Birds-of-a-Feather at #chaosscon to talk about these very topics! Come join us!
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Guided Discussion/BoF: Sustainability of Open Source Foundations and Communities
Thu Jan 29, 2026 10:00 - 11:30 (Time zone: Brussels)
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æva black @aeva.online · 24/01/2026
Turn off auto play. Immediately. You do not have to look for it. You do not have to watch or share it if you see it. Take care of yourself & your friends.
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.meow @dotmeow.org · 03/01/2026
Today!
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.meow @dotmeow.org · 26/12/2025
If you're at #39C3 this year you can drop by milliways to get your Congress Exclusive challenge coin... RIGHT MEOW~ just ask for TQ, wordloc or Aeryn :)
5 challenge coins, 2 face up showing a curled up orange cat with a trans scarf, 3 showing the words "dotMeow Foundation", and "names have power" around the 39C3 logo
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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Can't believe we're engaging in such #lesbaru erasure, on the week of @krisnova.net's birthday no less 😔
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Quintessence @quintessence.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Random contextless question: so we have the "lolsob" emoji, is there an emoji mashup for LOL and Eternal Shriek / The Scream? 😂 😱 🤔
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Quintessence @quintessence.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
This past #caturday was having some word fun and IIUC it looks like some Germans with pets refer to themselves as "dosenöffner", or "can-openers"? (Can anyone confirm?) And I was reminded of this really, really old Sesame Street skit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxSJ...
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Classic Sesame Street - Cat's Can
A funny cartoon by Dan Haskett. Gotta love the various ways he tries to open the can.
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Quintessence @quintessence.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
As we continue to watch events unfold, in addition to discussing the events themselves there are also a lot of other conversations we need to have. One of them is: How Do We Talk About, What We Don't Talk About? 1/N
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Quintessence @quintessence.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Oh also: who is enjoying some great pride events this month? It's a great time, for those who are able, to remember our joy and humanity.
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Quintessence @quintessence.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Fellow Whovians: who watched the latest season????
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Quintessence @quintessence.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Seeking backgrounds to use on my (many many) meetings for this month. What are people's favorite pride backgrounds? Bonus points if there are books or bookcases, cause those bring me joy
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Quintessence @quintessence.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Today I am a member of today's Lucky 10,000 (ref: XKCD). I finally learned word for a specific joke pattern in English: eggcorn en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn... Quote Skeet: winning example for anyone in today's Lucky 10,000. bsky.app/profile/furi...
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Eggcorn - Wikipedia
An eggcorn is the alteration of a word or phrase through the mishearing or reinterpretation of one or more of its elements,[1] creating a new phrase which is plausible when used in the same…
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Quintessence @quintessence.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Because hope is for everyone. People are stepping up, and it's wonderful to see. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
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Annie Andrews Launch Video: "Unafraid"
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Quintessence @quintessence.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Due to the nature of brains, I always think of posts at times I don't actually want to be posting on the internet. Testing out some old (and new) tooling to separate this a bit.
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Quintessence @quintessence.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
It's really easy to know if Someone Is About To Do A Thing when they say "I don't mean to sound Y, but ..." type sentences. They load the intent into the structure. But do you know enough about different hateful ideologies to recognize them unaided? An exercise: hachyderm.io/@quintessenc...
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Another question for everyone: how do you teach yourself to recognize problematic behavior from all sources? Video of press questions for PM Mark Carney 🇨🇦 as an exercise. --- Many of us can spot ...
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Quintessence @quintessence.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Emelia's expertise is invaluable to us at #nivenly and #hachyderm and many Fedi communities (whether they know it or not). She works on highly intricate problems and creates equally intricate solutions. Donations support her ongoing work for collective benefit. She also does contracting work. ❤️
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Quintessence @quintessence.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Watching current events and reflecting on some other things, I made a long post about disenfranchised vs enfranchised communication patterns: hachyderm.io/@quintessenc...
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When you hear the phrase "seat at the table" what does that mean to you? Or: Enfranchised and disenfranchised communication. === So what am I talking about here and why? A metaphor I'll use in thi...
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Quintessence @quintessence.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
So news in the United States is breaking "at the speed of information". As I watched the back and forth regarding @jennamclaughlin.bsky.social 's @npr.org article about DOGE and labor data, I thought it was great time to talk about how to validate and attribute. hachyderm.io/@quintessenc...
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When sharing a rapid news cycle, how do we share information that is validated and attributed? "Speed of light" used to be the moniker for things "moving fast", e.g. "oh wow that happened at the spee...
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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 16/04/2025
H/T to @quintessence.bsky.social for showing me this video. I hadn't seen it before. Well worth the watch. A good overview of topics I don't know enough about: agender and asexual people.
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Extremist rhetoric defies living memory, and therefore looking at history helps inoculate oneself against extremism and misinformation. This is true whether the history is recent or not. I was remind...
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Quintessence @quintessence.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Regarding the MITRE / CVE news: this looks legit, can anyone confirm? www.thecvefoundation.org
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CVE Foundation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 16, 2025 CVE Foundation Launched to Secure the Future of the CVE Program [Bremerton, Washington] – The CVE Foundation has been formally established to ensure the long-term ...
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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 15/04/2025
We are looking for a motivated and detail-oriented working student to support our impact evaluation efforts through data collection, analysis, and visualization. As part of our research and policy team, you'll play a key role in helping us measure and communicate the outcomes of our work. Details ⤵️
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Job: Working Student (all genders) | Sovereign Tech Agency
Our team is growing, that’s why the Sovereign Tech Agency is looking for a working student to join the Research & Policy team.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world. A better world is possible.
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Quintessence @quintessence.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Gentle Reminder! 1 April is upon us. So please: * Have fun! * Don't choose pranks that are triggers to your friends or people in general ❤️‍🩹 Also since a lot of places get ... Really Into It ... be wary of any press releases, blog posts, articles, podcasts, etc. in this 48 hr window. ❤️
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Quintessence @quintessence.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
A gentle reminder to the current discourse re: is Signal secure? Especially those not in tech. If you've ever called someone and been told "hey wrong number", or texted someone and received the same, you've made the error in the headlines. It is something to address, but encryption can't fix that.
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Quintessence @quintessence.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
God there is so much going I literally forgot it is pi day. π 🥧
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Quintessence @quintessence.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Moments of joy thread: what are some smol ways you have found joy over the past few weeks? I'll start. I neglected my Diamine Inkvent Calendar for being too busy, which means I've been able to tinker with pens and inks. Lovely time. For the curious (not my blog) writingatlarge.com/2024/12/27/d...
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Diamine Inkvent 2024 Summary
For the introduction post to 2024’s Inkvent, see this post. Diamine Inkvent 2024 Black Edition is the fifth edition of their Inkvent calendars, and I’m sorry to say that it’s by far the…
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Quintessence @quintessence.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Look at those beautiful floofy feet!
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Quintessence @quintessence.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Made a post about communities, and specifically about how communities are how we survive hard times and thrive in abundance. Full brain dump longer than allotted character length here, so: hachyderm.io/@quintessenc...
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Video is a few minutes in length, worth a listen. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DF0pXGbys_k/ Towards the end she makes a comment about class solidarity, which reminded me of a topic I like to talk...
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TransWorldExpress - Operator, I need an exit @transworldexpress.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
-= We hoped we never had to do this but here we are and we now have to do this. =- American trans humans are under threat and like in 1930s Germany, they now have to GTFO of their home country. We have decided we need to collect some information on the possible ways out. So we made a wiki.
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Quintessence @quintessence.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Completely annoyed at how many streaming sites have deployed the feature that stops video when you navigate away from the tab. I don't need to see the presenter sitting there. I just need to hear what they're saying. FFS.
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Quintessence @quintessence.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
For anyone who has trouble and trauma following the firehose of news reports, a quick reminder that this project is still working hard and going strong: whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com Daily summaries of the headlines of American politics without commentary / interpretation. The "need to knows".
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Political News for Normal People.
Your essential guide to the shock and awe in national politics. A sane, once-a-day newsletter helping normal people make sense of the news.
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Quintessence @quintessence.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
If you forget that you don't have to buy the books, because habits and / or executive dysfunction are real, you can install the Library Extension which will tell you about the library stock (physical, ebook, and audio book) for what you're looking at: www.libraryextension.com
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Library Extension (for web browsers)
Library Extension lets you instantly see book and eBook availability from your local library
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Quintessence @quintessence.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
It's that time of year, so as a gentle reminder: Please do not buy pets for others as presents. When buying for yourself, please consider what happens after that first day, or month, or year. 1/3
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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 15/11/2024
Y'all @rudyfraser.com maintains #Blacksky mostly by himself. It costs $3000 per month, and he's adding more servers to accommodate 🐦 folk so costs are rising. Let's support him! Click the link and scroll down to make a one time donation or a recurring $7 donation. Show ♥️ to the architect!
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Blacksky - Open Collective
An AT Protocol implementation built in Rust and prioritizing the community building efforts of marginalized groups; especially prioritizing Bluesky's community of Black users after which the project i...
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Preskton @esk.lol · 30/11/2024
When I'm not doing $WORK, I help the Hachyderm infrastructure team run hachyderm.io, a large Mastodon instance (55k users/11k MAU). Today, we published an analysis of our tech stack to prepare for access and resilience risks from the incoming US government. community.hachyderm.io/blog/2024/11...
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Ensuring Hachyderm's Future: Improving Safety & Resilience through Strategic Placement of Infrastructure
Updates about Hachyderm infrastructure and security plans, risk assessments, etc. for the new year.
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 21/10/2024
SEARCH TIPS: Helpful search terms to know! —from:FULLUSERNAME —from:me —mentions:FULLUSERNAME —mentions:me —"SEARCH PHRASE" —domain:DOMAIN.XYZ —since:YYYY-MM-DD —until:YYYY-MM-DD
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Tips and Tricks for Bluesky Search - Bluesky
Let’s dive into all the tips and tricks for advanced Bluesky search!
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Hazel Weakly @hazelweakly.me · 20/11/2024
I’d like to get better at story telling; verbal storytelling specifically, not writing. I’d love it if y’all’d share your inspirations ❤️ 1. Who’s your favorite story teller? Tech related or not 2. What’s your favorite video of them telling stories? 3. What do you love about *how* they tell stories?
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Quintessence @quintessence.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
So Seattle had bomb cyclone yesterday 😅 www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Seattle Light map with pop up dialog that the map is being optimized due to the sheer volume of power outages, which basically obscure the whole of the county.Map of Seattle / King County area showing power outages. There are so many power outages that it obscures the whole county as well.
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Quintessence @quintessence.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Remember friends: * Checking the news is going to be a traumatic event for many * Even if it doesn't traumatize you, specifically, the odds are high that it is traumatizing someone you love When helping those going through active trauma, clarify what they need: listening, space, or ideas/help. 1/2
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Quintessence @quintessence.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
😂
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Quintessence @quintessence.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
I am so happy to see so many people remembering @krisnova.net today. I miss her dearly and it warms my heart that people have their own ways of remembering her that bring joy. As she'd say, follow the dopamine.
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Quintessence @quintessence.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Excellent reminder that large fonts are efficient for group settings. When it's just you working on your machine, use that 5 pt font. Otherwise, 50 pt font (or higher). 🔎🔎🔎 Also, while we're here, choose easy to read fonts. Script fonts may equal personal joy, but don't work for screenshare.
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Quintessence @quintessence.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
@theabigailthorn.bsky.social // PhilosophyTube is here 🦋 🎉
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The Nivenly Foundation @nivenly.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
#NivenlyJobCouncil meeting today was extraordinarily productive! ICYMI, the Council has a group of stewards who assist the newly forming working groups in their goals. 1/N
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Quintessence @quintessence.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Hello everyone! I'll be running this meeting tomorrow and I hope to see you there. ❤️
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Quintessence @quintessence.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
Individuals aren't resilient to risk, communities are. --- It is an understatement to say that our Times Have Become Too Interesting. People are isolated and afraid. Acting out of fear causes people to act in the moment, and fear based decisions usually cause longer lasting crises. 1/N
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Emma Curtis @emmacurtis.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
We’re all hurting. I don’t have all the answers. But I know that things won’t be this bleak forever. I ran against a MAGA incumbent in a “safe red” district in KY as a progressive, openly queer, 28-year-old trans woman. And I won. Please, don’t let your heartbreak turn into apathy or cynicism 💙
Emma holds a microphone as she delivers her victory speech.Emma speaks to the crowd and news cameras at an election night watch party.Emma covers her mouth, crying after receiving the news that she won. She’s standing next to two white men looking over her shoulder at the election results. Emma hugs her campaign manager moments after her race was called.
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Quintessence @quintessence.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
Hello all! I'm running the Job Seekers' Council for Nivenly. If you're looking for work, or would like to help those looking for work, please join us ❤️
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Quintessence @quintessence.bsky.social · 23/10/2024
CCing a 🧵 here, because it's important. Have a will in place at every age. Even if you do not have "anything to leave" to people. This is especially important for people estranged from bio family because ... ( I need moar characters y'all! ) 1/N
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