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Robin Riley

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Soft creature, wild philosopher, and booster for the commons 🌱 Tech, media, libraries, urbanism, and civics. @igalia.com @petalumapride.org @northbaypython.org formerly @matrix.org @opensource.org @opensource.google she/ella 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦓 ♾️ 9a

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Mission Local @missionlocal.org · 5h
Today was an ugly day for San Francisco. Latest column by @esksf.bsky.social missionlocal.org/2026/10/mann...
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An ugly day for San Francisco — and not just for Manny Yekutiel
District 8 front-runner pulls the plug on his campaign after on-the-record sexual assault allegations. And, today, misery loves company.
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 10h
Man, imagine you're minding your own business, getting kind of drunk with your friends at a picturesque brewery in Maine, when suddenly John Roberts walks by and you get to start heckling him. Must have felt incredible. That's the dream. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
The chief justice used to preside over a Supreme Court whose members were afforded more privacy and freedom than many other public officials. Once, years ago, Mr. Lipson and the chief justice found themselves up the peninsula from Port Clyde without a car, Mr. Lipson recalled in an interview. So he stuck out his thumb by the side of the road and a pickup truck pulled over. He and the nation’s top jurist hopped in the back and hitchhiked back to town.

Now, Mr. Lipson said, he is cautious about introducing his friend to strangers. This year, on an outing to nearby Monhegan Island, people recognized the chief justice as he walked by a brewery and started to chant: You should be ashamed.
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Todd Johnson @todd534.bsky.social · 9h
i'd like to be degaussed, possibly also defragged
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 14h
'Autumn' entered English in the 1300s. "The fall of the leaves" was shortened to 'fall' in the 1600s.
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Brian Kardell @bkardell.com · 13h
The english alphabet hasn't added a new letter in HUNDREDS of years. Where is the innovation? Big alphabet is holding us back.
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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 12h
This is your reminder not to let those joyless fucks convince you that human experience, knowledge, intellect, and art can be reduced to a pre-chewed paste of stolen labor.
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COYOTE @coyotemedia.org · 11h
Pull your head out of the sand, pull up your big kid pants, get with the program, mix your metaphors, and head to your local clinic. It’s time to get vaxxed!
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First Aid Kit: How and Why to Get a COVID Vaccine (and Also When and Where)
Protect yourself and others this fall.
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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 9h
Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse: archive.org/details/tipp...
A casual Star Wars alien fella at the cantina, in a sun faded, reddish photo. Someone will be mad at me for not knowing who this is. Phil, a balding Caucasian man, poses a model of the garthok, an antagonist from the Coneheads movie.Phil, a balding caucasian man, points at some CG on a CRT computer monitor, as a younger man looks on. The screen shows a model of a dinosaur attacking a jeep, while there's an actual physical model of that event in the foreground for reference.an isolated shot of a star wars vehicle. Sorry, I don't know star wars lol
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victor @ceyusa.com · 30/09/2026
My colleague Stéphane Cerveau announced, in a blog post, the release of GstPipelineStudio v0.6.0 blogs.igalia.com/scerveau/int... #gstreamer #igalia
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Introducing GstPipelineStudio 0.6.0
GstPipelineStudio 0.6.0 suggests elements and builds whole pipelines for you
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The Matrix.org Foundation @matrix.org · 13h
Just a few weeks until The Matrix Conference arrives in Malmö (with our hackathon to follow, in Copenhagen) 🎉 We think the schedule is looking exciting! 😎 Do you have your ticket? What are you looking forward to the most? #MatrixConf conference.matrix.org/schedule/
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Schedule of The Matrix Conference
Whether you want to hear how an organization deployed Matrix at scale or learn what the engineers are doing to improve the protocol, The Matrix Conference has a track for you.
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Martha Smith @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Oakland: "You have to want to live here, you don’t just show up here." This is spectacular, sharp and true. Oakland and San Francisco have never felt more different than they do today. For every problem the East Bay has, it five times as much community and humanity. The vibes here are alive.
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
One thing that i don’t see people noting about the Cornell Sun’s reporting on the rape case is that everyone who decided to take the risk and made the core decisions about what would be published is a woman
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Scholars of colour described overpreparing for presentations, ruthlessly analysing their own results before exposing them to scrutiny, softening their conclusions or avoiding research on race altogether." The level of checks I go through often astounds some colleagues
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Kristen Womack @kristenwomack.io · 01/10/2026
Absolutely inspiring. I’d like to live in a city that invests like this.
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Carol Pope Gordon @carolpopegordon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On our birding tour in the Atherton Tablelands we encountered a large group of Black Kites hanging out together in several trees. There's also one Whistling Kite in the second photo. #Australia 🪶
Black Kite in a tree with wings spread.Three Black Kites perched in a tree along with a Whistling Kite on the rightA dozen Black Kites perched in a bare tree
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Jon P @jdp23.thenexus.today · 30/09/2026
Oh please. In this thread I shall … (1/275) Seriously though, Laurens is right. Quote-dunking ragebait and other kinds of propaganda is just doing their work for them. Don’t do that!
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🎃 🧙🏻‍♀️Yell 👻 Growler💀🎃 @yaelwrites.com · 30/09/2026
I've spent the past six months juggling freelance and contract work while also applying for jobs. 77 of them, to be exact. This led to 13 screenings, three interviews, and no offers. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/b...
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Taking a Chance on Self-Employment Over a Corporate 9-to-5
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Johannes Ernst @j12t.org · 30/09/2026
Always nice to see your code working, even if it is a trivial gimmick: the hourglass countdown to next week's FediForum now has most of the sand in the bottom glass. Live: fediforum.org
Screenshot from fediforum.org
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
don’t turn my mailman into a cop, that sucks
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Robin Riley @riley.pub · 29/09/2026
First time ever getting gendered 100% correctly while out running errands, even while presenting as a tomboy 🥹 Things are definitely improving as I round out the second year of this journey. What a relief.
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Monteiro @monteiro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Also, libraries have copiers!
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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
American Avocets foraging for food in a marsh #birds
An American avocet standing in still, dark colored water An American avocet sweeping the mud with its bill in search of food.
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Sara Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We currently have £708 until we hit our initial goal of £5k by the end of my birthday tomorrow. We’re playing for the inclusion of my top-secret family chocolate cake recipe in Sophie’s booklet!
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
swearing aside, the strategy of just making the right stand by the things they say to each other seems pretty good. that was the secret sauce behind the "weird" messaging way back when (that they abandoned for whatever reason)
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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 29/09/2026
awoke this morning with a Vision
that diagram showing  the SUV blind spot in the front but it's lowly worm driving his little applemobile
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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 29/09/2026
A thing I learned about Meta when I was trying to understand how their statements relate to their actions a few years ago is that *they just tell absolutely indefensible lies* and journalists almost always let them. They believed no one would ever punish them for it in any way that matters.
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 29/09/2026
Wrote about the decline and fall of SCOTUSblog, which used to be the single best resource for Supreme Court stuff, and (thanks to some intervening crimes committed by its co-founder) is now a weird platform for conservative pundits to talk about what a good job the conservative justices are doing
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It Was the Essential Home of Supreme Court News. Now It’s a Joke. What Happened?
How high-stakes poker brought down a pillar of Supreme Court coverage.
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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 29/09/2026
There is obviously a whole body of scholarship pointing in this direction so forgive me for saying something so obvious but the media needs to treat tech executives like the leaders of hostile governments because that is exactly what they are
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Phildini, since young times @phildini.net · 29/09/2026
California has spent over $400 million in settlements for Law Enforcement misconduct since 2010. I know because I built a site to track it: captainacab.com We're updating every week, and slowly expanding across the country. (boosts welcome)
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Captain ACAB -- CA settlements from law enforcement.
Tracking the hidden costs of law enforcement in the United States. $1,563,000.00 in CA settlements and counting.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/09/2026
Creatively Tapped-Out Peter Thiel Launches Startup Called ‘Frodo, But Evil’ theonion.com/creatively-tapped-out-…
Creatively Tapped-Out Peter Thiel Launches Startup Called ‘Frodo, But Evil’
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Ben Adida @benadida.com · 29/09/2026
Ahem... taps 🎙️ We have some news. @voting.works is the first and only open-source voting system to meet federal certification. Ever.
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Mlle Defarge ♿ @hearing-girl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sometimes my flaky memory is annoying, but when I preorder something and then forget about it, it's such a lovely little gift from Past Me!
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Anna E. Cook @annaecook.com · 29/09/2026
(Squeaky Wheel is satire btw) thesqueakywheel.org/meta-smart-g...
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Meta Smart Glasses Empower Blind People to Participate in Corporate Surveillance
Christina Lawrence always dreamed of surveilling her fellow citizens for a gigantic conglomerate, but she couldn’t because she is blind. Now, thanks to Meta’s smart glasses, her dream has finally c…
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Brian Kardell @bkardell.com · 28/09/2026
New Blog Post: Ideals I thought it would be interesting to talk a little bit about the standards process given a few events that lined up last week in my mind... bkardell.com/blog/Ideals.html
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Ideals
I thought it would be interesting to talk a little bit about the standards process given a few events that lined up last week in my mind...
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Wiredferret! @wiredferret.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Dear Bluesky - A million years ago I found a figure on how much it costs the US Army in retraining every time Microsoft changes office. It was a great number, but that bookmark was like three computers ago. Have any of you seen it?
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Robin Riley @riley.pub · 28/09/2026
And thank you!!! I'm excited. Scared, but optimistic 😅
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Robin Riley @riley.pub · 28/09/2026
Right?! It feels like we've got the right ingredients and I've _definitely_ seen improved work on-field. Also, they just seem a lot happier in their personal socials. One of the details that stands out is having a better sense of when to pass to each other and successfully making the connection.
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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
After further thought, I actually wouldn’t mind if a bird messages me to say it’s running for office and needs my support. TREE SWALLOW FOR SENATE #birds 🌿
A dark blue bird the white throat and belly stands facing the camera, appearing to look fiercely at the photographer.
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Carol Pope Gordon @carolpopegordon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Something about these Kangaroos staring at us made us laugh. #Australia #wildlife
Three Eastern Gray Kangaroos in a field, standing on their back legs with ears up and smaller front legs dangling, staring at the cameraThree Eastern Gray Kangaroos at the edge of a forest. Two are staring at the camera. The largest is stretched to full height with front legs dangling.
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Robin Riley @riley.pub · 28/09/2026
Well that's my season of Bay FC wrapped! No more in-person games for me — I'll be in post-op recovery. Standings be damned, I feel great about the improved play. The team seems to gel better than ever on field and off. I've got a good feeling about 2027.
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Manuel Matuzović @matuzo.at · 28/09/2026
This advent calendar is your chance to share your knowledge with a large audience. You have 5 more days to submit your ideas. First-time authors are welcome!
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Ben Adida @benadida.com · 28/09/2026
Had a conversation this weekend with 17yo son about how one day his morals will be tested, peer pressured. He'll be asked to just look away. It may be a friend he trusts. What you do when your morals are tested is who you are. Have the conversation with your sons. It's the least each of us can do.
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sarcastic parrot @monkchips.com · 27/09/2026
Yes @hilarymason.com 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Robin Riley @riley.pub · 27/09/2026
Thank youuuu 🥹 I am SO excited!
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Sonoma County DSA @socodsa.org · 27/09/2026
SoCo DSA says: Run AOC, Build DSA. We call upon Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to run for President of the United States in 2028, and we call upon DSA chapters across the country to do the same. socodsa.org/run-aoc-buil...
SoCo DSA Adopts Resolution: Run AOC, Build DSA. [Pictured: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sitting on a stoop, the rest of the image colored red, and a crowd of DSA supporters.]The Sonoma County Democratic Socialists of America calls upon Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to run for President of the United States in 2028. We've voted overwhelmingly to back her run, grow DSA into a force to be reckoned with, and advance democratic socialism nationwide—and we call upon DSA chapters across the country to do the same.
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jessica jonestown @newfoundgloryhole.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
5 Topics I Could Give An Hour Long Talk On -the work of Mike Flanagan -the work of Lilah Sturges -how dating men is more dangerous than sex work -medical anxiety -the 90s were better than you know and way worse than you heard
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Robin Riley @riley.pub · 27/09/2026
Yessss I am so there for all of those. Medical anxiety feels particularly topical for me as I'm approaching GCS next week 🫪
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Marisa Ingemi @mingemi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Thrilled for @valkyriesbeat.bsky.social to work with @coyotemedia.org as another media partner! Today's story looks at how trans fans have felt about the Valkyries during a season where the WNBA has fallen victim to harassment.
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taenia @taenia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
larches are absolutely worth fucking my knees up
Mountain landscape with a larch that is turning gold at the crown, and still green at the bottomClose-up of the yellow needles of a larch in autumnA larch with golden needles growing by a rocky trail in a mountain landscapeView of a mountain lake in a valley behind four larches with golden needles.
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The Matrix.org Foundation @matrix.org · 25/09/2026
Happy Friday, everyone! This Week In Matrix 🗞️ delivers a video about FluffyChat; news on several other client apps; the return 🎇 of the MSC progress report; a community blog post series; and, the latest on the Matrix Conference. 🥁 #Matrix #TWIM #MatrixConf matrix.org/blog/2026/09...
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This Week in Matrix 2026-09-25
Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications
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