willscott⎷ @wills.co.tt · 06/09/2026I think I may be the target audience for the advertising in shibuya 060
willscott⎷ @wills.co.tt · 12/08/2026Made it back to defcon after quite a few years. The "sterile" conference center is less inviting than CCC. It’s interesting that art&culture hasn’t found a toe-hold in the US, though follows from the work rather than hobbyist focus. 130
willscott⎷ @wills.co.tt · 28/05/2026engineering.fb.com/2019/03/01/s... is a useful primitive for a range of notification cases. looking forward to seeing this integrated into more privacy protocols. 000
willscott⎷ @wills.co.tt · 23/05/2026There's something in play I don't fully understand for why AI crawlers aren't contributing back to common crawl. There would be a clear win if we could have a commons - mitigating some of the 'AI bot over-run' concerns. Instead we see fear that coordination is slower than re-building a new silo. 050
willscott⎷ @wills.co.tt · 22/05/2026When do we get a Privacy-Preserving CDN? The surveillance-capitalism business model that defines the Internet today is only going to get more imposing. The vast majority of our online requests today are serviced and logged by... wills.co.tt/2118/when-do-we-get-a-p…wills.co.ttWhen do we get a Privacy-Preserving CDN?The surveillance-capitalism business model that defines the Internet today is only going to get more imposing. The vast majority of our online requests today are serviced and logged by centralized infrastructure - even more centralized than what we probably expect. While our collective hivemind takes rightful pride in the successful pushes that have improved this... 1100
willscott⎷ @wills.co.tt · 29/04/2026The cancellation of Rightscon is a huge setback for the organization of human rights given the state of the world today. I hope we can make up for it in the coming months at dwebcamp.org, petsymposium.org, and hopefully others! 141
Reposted by willscott⎷Gina Romero / Special Rapporteur FoAA @unsrapporteurfoaa.bsky.social · 29/04/2026#Zambia Deeply concerned by gvt’s "postponement" of @rightscon.org Requiring "disclosure of topics" for an "alignment with national values" is a clear violation of the rights to freedom of assembly, association and expression, and a deliberated attack on civic space. 1/ 1199
Reposted by willscott⎷Bumblefudge @bumblefudge.com · 28/02/2026Yes plz discussing decentralization on discord is like plotting direct action on a Google doc 1283
willscott⎷ @wills.co.tt · 15/02/2026Apropos of nothing, I watched 'Listers' last night, and enjoyed it a lot more than I had expected. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl-w... 150
Reposted by willscott⎷Robin Berjon @robin.berjon.com · 15/01/2026We're having an AT Proto gathering at FOSDEM, on the Friday right before, at 17h00. Come! It'll be nice and fun. luma.com/jj7nths0luma.com@proto @fosdem · LumaThe AT Protocol is an open, decentralized network for building social applications. https://atproto.com/ Start your FOSDEM with a convivial evening of casual… 26625
willscott⎷ @wills.co.tt · 06/01/2026I’ve had many conversations in the last months about the future - political and social - that we hope to see in the future. The current global events are a disappointing degradation to non-cooperative greedy optimization, but have led to a more engaged discourse - particularly in young people. 050
willscott⎷ @wills.co.tt · 01/01/20262026 promises to be if nothing else fascinating. Wishing for curiosity and positive outcomes! 050
Reposted by willscott⎷DWeb @getdweb.net · 19/12/2025Announcing the location and date of the next global DWeb Camp >>> ✨ July 8 - 12, 2026, near Berlin! ✨ We can’t disclose the exact location yet, but it'll be a more DIY camp like in 2019 at the Mushroom Farm. Please answer these questions to help co-design Camp 2026: airtable.com/appO6XXgm4TU... 13012
willscott⎷ @wills.co.tt · 23/11/2025I’m surprised how little progress has been made in the last year on p2p network structures. We have economic games, much advanced network simulation tools, and additional cryptographic building blocks, but at a p2p level we seem stuck on DHTs 170
willscott⎷ @wills.co.tt · 18/10/2025With Norse discontinuing Berlin flights, and Delta's limited to the summer, we're back to only a single daily united flight connecting Berlin with the United States (and Newark at that) 130
willscott⎷ @wills.co.tt · 15/10/2025Has anyone connected up remotestorage.io with a PDS?remotestorage.ioremoteStorageAn open protocol for per-user storage on the Web 021
willscott⎷ @wills.co.tt · 13/10/2025friction.observer/digital-huma... is a great synthesis of what digital human rights can mean concretely.friction.observerDigital Human RightsLet's make open, secure, personal, independent, trustworthy, selective, resilient, portable & safe systems the default. 041
willscott⎷ @wills.co.tt · 04/10/2025Last week we assembled a bunch of people to talk about what technical interventions can move the needle on privacy. I’ve written up my take on the projects the group conglomerated around. www.protocol.ai/blog/threads...protocol.aiThreads From the 2025 Cypherpunk Retreat DraftKey takeaways from the Cypherpunk Retreat, where 100 leading builders advanced privacy-tech coordination. 0165
willscott⎷ @wills.co.tt · 28/09/2025Consider submitting to www.ccc.de/en/updates/2... The need for pro-social tech is only growing, and CCC is one of the best venues to organize around that work.ccc.deCCC | Lectures, music, art, punk: Join us at the 39th Chaos Communication Congress!Der Chaos Computer Club ist eine galaktische Gemeinschaft von Lebewesen für Informationsfreiheit und Technikfolgenabschätzung. 050
willscott⎷ @wills.co.tt · 04/08/2025A great conclusion to the ride today. After a bit of wading in sand, we got the majority of the day on a not busy service road for the train. After a large steep hill into Nairobi we got a final chaotic ride through traffic on a dual carriageway to complete the loop. 170
willscott⎷ @wills.co.tt · 03/08/2025A slog in the morning, though interesting to see kfc and a more built up narok than any city yet on this trip. Then a payoff in the afternoon with a big downhill ride to suswa. 020
willscott⎷ @wills.co.tt · 01/08/2025Started the day with a big climb out of kisii. The road quality degraded a bit in the middle of the ride, but never felt too bad. Cooler temperatures and much of the climbing behind us now. 170
willscott⎷ @wills.co.tt · 31/07/2025Had a hilly day from the Kenyan border to Kisii 90 km north. Easy to stay distracted from the work by the regularity of villages we got to pass through. 070
willscott⎷ @wills.co.tt · 30/07/2025Back on the bike today, and back to Kenya. A long day but full of adventure with a local ferry, 20km of dirt roads, and a lot of curious faces. 090
willscott⎷ @wills.co.tt · 29/07/2025Had a great few days exploring the Serengeti and seeing the great GNU migration. Left the park today for lake Victoria. 070
willscott⎷ @wills.co.tt · 26/07/2025A break from biking today as we entered the Serengeti. Saw all the charismatic mega-fauna and really impressed by the place. 0100
willscott⎷ @wills.co.tt · 25/07/2025A transition day today. A short bike ride to the edge of the national park, and then exploration of the area. There was a huge bi-weekly market at the neighboring town. 050
willscott⎷ @wills.co.tt · 24/07/2025I’ve had a great first couple days biking in Tanzania. Left Arusha this morning after some great Indian food, for a day on the Savana as we head towards the Serengeti. 0100
willscott⎷ @wills.co.tt · 23/07/2025Setting off this morning from Nairobi for a couple weeks of bicycling in Kenya and Tanzania. 3110
willscott⎷ @wills.co.tt · 13/06/2025"freedom of speech is easy; freedom after speech is the hard part" 050
willscott⎷ @wills.co.tt · 21/03/2025Sad to be missing the atomosphere conference in seattle this weekend. It looks to be an important milestone for the community beyond the direct bluesky team to shape how to evolve the protocol beyond public posts. 040
willscott⎷ @wills.co.tt · 19/01/2025Finally made my way back to China after several years away. Lots that feels the same, and immediately overwhelming scale of things in the lead up to the new year. 2220
willscott⎷ @wills.co.tt · 07/01/2025The last few years have gone by fast! I’m now a permanent resident of Germany 🇩🇪 Looking ahead at a wild 2025, I’m feeling grateful to everyone who has helped me build a life in Berlin, and to those who have remained part of my life around the world! 3220
