Cassidy James Blaede
@cassidyjames.com
Building open communities and useful, usable tech for good. More at blaede.family/@cassidy
@roost.tools community manager
@gnome.org director
Previously: partners & community at Endless; co-founder at elementary; UX at System76
@roost.tools community manager
@gnome.org director
Previously: partners & community at Endless; co-founder at elementary; UX at System76
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The vetting process for H1B visa applications now check if people had worked in areas such as misinformation, disinformation, content moderation, fact-checking, compliance and online safety, among others.
Archive of Reuters link: archive.ph/m8aR4
Archive of Reuters link: archive.ph/m8aR4
archive.ph
December 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The vetting process for H1B visa applications now check if people had worked in areas such as misinformation, disinformation, content moderation, fact-checking, compliance and online safety, among others.
Archive of Reuters link: archive.ph/m8aR4
Archive of Reuters link: archive.ph/m8aR4
Come to a hackfest with me, get a 3D printed keychain. 😁 The @roost.tools logo makes a fun one!
#3Dprinting
#3Dprinting
December 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Come to a hackfest with me, get a 3D printed keychain. 😁 The @roost.tools logo makes a fun one!
#3Dprinting
#3Dprinting
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This is Diffie. He’d like to be your coworker. Paws are no good for filling out job applications, though, so YOU’LL have to apply to the open software engineering roles at @roost.tools
roost.tools/staff-softwa...
(don’t fit the level? Apply anyways to express your interest in upcoming openings)
roost.tools/staff-softwa...
(don’t fit the level? Apply anyways to express your interest in upcoming openings)
December 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
This is Diffie. He’d like to be your coworker. Paws are no good for filling out job applications, though, so YOU’LL have to apply to the open software engineering roles at @roost.tools
roost.tools/staff-softwa...
(don’t fit the level? Apply anyways to express your interest in upcoming openings)
roost.tools/staff-softwa...
(don’t fit the level? Apply anyways to express your interest in upcoming openings)
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I don't know if everyone appreciates how freaking cool it is to get to see open source software developers working on issues in real time. You get to see their conversations, their questions back and forth, their thought processes. It's just the coolest thing ever. Snoop a repo today, y'all. #databs
December 4, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I don't know if everyone appreciates how freaking cool it is to get to see open source software developers working on issues in real time. You get to see their conversations, their questions back and forth, their thought processes. It's just the coolest thing ever. Snoop a repo today, y'all. #databs
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@cassidyjames.com has been so fab in really bringing together the @roost.tools and helping me train my muscle of making decisions in the public.
How should we document our projects and related sibling-projects? Let us know ✨
github.com/roostorg/com...
How should we document our projects and related sibling-projects? Let us know ✨
github.com/roostorg/com...
Define project documentation tooling/preferences · Issue #21 · roostorg/community
I don't think we need to be overly picky here, but it might be useful to publicly decide on and document our (ROOST/the ROOST community's) preferences are when it comes to project-specific document...
github.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
@cassidyjames.com has been so fab in really bringing together the @roost.tools and helping me train my muscle of making decisions in the public.
How should we document our projects and related sibling-projects? Let us know ✨
github.com/roostorg/com...
How should we document our projects and related sibling-projects? Let us know ✨
github.com/roostorg/com...
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Top 5 reasons GNOME is awesome:
1. Distraction-free: including digital wellbeing
2. Accessibility: computing should be accessible to all
3. Design: a cohesive experience that looks great
4. FOSS: preserving your freedoms
5. Privacy: respecting that your data is yours!
#GNOME #OpenSource #Linux
1. Distraction-free: including digital wellbeing
2. Accessibility: computing should be accessible to all
3. Design: a cohesive experience that looks great
4. FOSS: preserving your freedoms
5. Privacy: respecting that your data is yours!
#GNOME #OpenSource #Linux
Donate to GNOME
Donate to the GNOME Foundation and make a difference to GNOME
donate.gnome.org
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Top 5 reasons GNOME is awesome:
1. Distraction-free: including digital wellbeing
2. Accessibility: computing should be accessible to all
3. Design: a cohesive experience that looks great
4. FOSS: preserving your freedoms
5. Privacy: respecting that your data is yours!
#GNOME #OpenSource #Linux
1. Distraction-free: including digital wellbeing
2. Accessibility: computing should be accessible to all
3. Design: a cohesive experience that looks great
4. FOSS: preserving your freedoms
5. Privacy: respecting that your data is yours!
#GNOME #OpenSource #Linux
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We’re launching an end-of-year fundraiser with a simple goal: to reach 1,500 Friends of GNOME. And we need your help!
blogs.gnome.org/foundation/2...
This week we’ll also be sharing and celebrating the accomplishments of GNOME over the past year here on Bluesky; be sure to follow #FriendsOfGNOME!
blogs.gnome.org/foundation/2...
This week we’ll also be sharing and celebrating the accomplishments of GNOME over the past year here on Bluesky; be sure to follow #FriendsOfGNOME!
Join Friends of GNOME
This post was contributed by the Fundraising Committee from the GNOME Foundation. This week we are launching an end-of-year fundraising campaign with a simple goal: to reach 1,500 Friends of GNOME by ...
blogs.gnome.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
We’re launching an end-of-year fundraiser with a simple goal: to reach 1,500 Friends of GNOME. And we need your help!
blogs.gnome.org/foundation/2...
This week we’ll also be sharing and celebrating the accomplishments of GNOME over the past year here on Bluesky; be sure to follow #FriendsOfGNOME!
blogs.gnome.org/foundation/2...
This week we’ll also be sharing and celebrating the accomplishments of GNOME over the past year here on Bluesky; be sure to follow #FriendsOfGNOME!
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Today we’re thankful for every contributor to the Free and Open Source software that makes GNOME possible. ❤️ And of course, we’re extra grateful for contributors to GNOME projects, tirelessly working to build & improve our diverse & sustainable personal computing ecosystem.
#OpenSource #FOSS #GNOME
#OpenSource #FOSS #GNOME
November 28, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Today we’re thankful for every contributor to the Free and Open Source software that makes GNOME possible. ❤️ And of course, we’re extra grateful for contributors to GNOME projects, tirelessly working to build & improve our diverse & sustainable personal computing ecosystem.
#OpenSource #FOSS #GNOME
#OpenSource #FOSS #GNOME
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Attention Indie Devs!
I just need 15 seconds ... of your game footage! A lot of people jumped on the 15s video trend, so I thought it would be cool to make a compilation to help indies get some visibility.
The anti-spam key is "kook".
lonewulfstudio.com/indieshowcas...
I just need 15 seconds ... of your game footage! A lot of people jumped on the 15s video trend, so I thought it would be cool to make a compilation to help indies get some visibility.
The anti-spam key is "kook".
lonewulfstudio.com/indieshowcas...
Lone Wulf Studio 2025 Indie Showcase Submission
Submit 15 seconds of game footage from games you worked on in 2025!
lonewulfstudio.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Attention Indie Devs!
I just need 15 seconds ... of your game footage! A lot of people jumped on the 15s video trend, so I thought it would be cool to make a compilation to help indies get some visibility.
The anti-spam key is "kook".
lonewulfstudio.com/indieshowcas...
I just need 15 seconds ... of your game footage! A lot of people jumped on the 15s video trend, so I thought it would be cool to make a compilation to help indies get some visibility.
The anti-spam key is "kook".
lonewulfstudio.com/indieshowcas...
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Real accountability and transparency depend on technical openness. That’s why we believe core child-safety protections should be open sourced so anyone can study, test, improve, and reuse them.
November 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Real accountability and transparency depend on technical openness. That’s why we believe core child-safety protections should be open sourced so anyone can study, test, improve, and reuse them.
I did not have evangelizing open source to the literal pope on my new job bingo card, but that’s legitimately pretty awesome. 😆
This week, our President, @camillefrancois.bsky.social, visited the Vatican for a discussion on protecting children in the digital age. We were very humbled to have been invited to participate in such an important meeting and at such a pivotal time.
November 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I did not have evangelizing open source to the literal pope on my new job bingo card, but that’s legitimately pretty awesome. 😆
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What if instead of Cyber Monday (aka Daddy Bezos Day), we did a Support Indie Media Monday?
What are your favorite indie publications? Who are some of your favorite freelance and indie reporters and commentators?
Can we make this a thing?
What are your favorite indie publications? Who are some of your favorite freelance and indie reporters and commentators?
Can we make this a thing?
November 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
What if instead of Cyber Monday (aka Daddy Bezos Day), we did a Support Indie Media Monday?
What are your favorite indie publications? Who are some of your favorite freelance and indie reporters and commentators?
Can we make this a thing?
What are your favorite indie publications? Who are some of your favorite freelance and indie reporters and commentators?
Can we make this a thing?
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We need more developer-centered industry third spaces that don't cost an arm and a leg to get to or participate in.
If you run one or know one, now's a great time to bring attention to it.
If you run one or know one, now's a great time to bring attention to it.
October 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We need more developer-centered industry third spaces that don't cost an arm and a leg to get to or participate in.
If you run one or know one, now's a great time to bring attention to it.
If you run one or know one, now's a great time to bring attention to it.
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Here at ROOST, we have a saying. "Less words. More code."
October 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Here at ROOST, we have a saying. "Less words. More code."
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My life gets so much easier when I realize there’s a human behind things
I’m mostly a kind person, just sometimes things rub me the wrong way
When I step back and realize that everyone’s imperfect, or that how someone’s acting rn may not be who they REALLY are
I usually feel a lotbetter! (❁´◡`❁)
I’m mostly a kind person, just sometimes things rub me the wrong way
When I step back and realize that everyone’s imperfect, or that how someone’s acting rn may not be who they REALLY are
I usually feel a lotbetter! (❁´◡`❁)
October 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
My life gets so much easier when I realize there’s a human behind things
I’m mostly a kind person, just sometimes things rub me the wrong way
When I step back and realize that everyone’s imperfect, or that how someone’s acting rn may not be who they REALLY are
I usually feel a lotbetter! (❁´◡`❁)
I’m mostly a kind person, just sometimes things rub me the wrong way
When I step back and realize that everyone’s imperfect, or that how someone’s acting rn may not be who they REALLY are
I usually feel a lotbetter! (❁´◡`❁)
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Quick internet safety PSA: as Halloween approaches, a reminder: please don't post photos of other people's children on social media without their and/or their caregiver's consent! It's our responsibility to help safeguard children's privacy until they can decide for themselves. Happy Halloween! 🎃🎃🎃
October 30, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Quick internet safety PSA: as Halloween approaches, a reminder: please don't post photos of other people's children on social media without their and/or their caregiver's consent! It's our responsibility to help safeguard children's privacy until they can decide for themselves. Happy Halloween! 🎃🎃🎃
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We just hit 500 #FriendsOfGNOME! Thank you so much to every single person donating to help ensure our sustainability.
Check out everyone who opted into being listed at donate.gnome.org
…and if your name isn’t there, consider supporting us to be one of the first 1,000? 😉
#GNOME #GNOMEfoundation
Check out everyone who opted into being listed at donate.gnome.org
…and if your name isn’t there, consider supporting us to be one of the first 1,000? 😉
#GNOME #GNOMEfoundation
Donate to GNOME
Donate to the GNOME Foundation and make a difference to GNOME
donate.gnome.org
October 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
We just hit 500 #FriendsOfGNOME! Thank you so much to every single person donating to help ensure our sustainability.
Check out everyone who opted into being listed at donate.gnome.org
…and if your name isn’t there, consider supporting us to be one of the first 1,000? 😉
#GNOME #GNOMEfoundation
Check out everyone who opted into being listed at donate.gnome.org
…and if your name isn’t there, consider supporting us to be one of the first 1,000? 😉
#GNOME #GNOMEfoundation
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At the Paris Peace Forum earlier today, we announced the release of gpt-oss-safeguard in partnership with OpenAI. Now, we’re announcing the launch of the ROOST Model Community (RMC).
roost.tools/blog/a-new-milestone-for-open-source-safety-infrastructure-and-transparency/
roost.tools/blog/a-new-milestone-for-open-source-safety-infrastructure-and-transparency/
A new milestone for open source safety infrastructure and transparency: gpt-oss-safeguard
Robust Open Online Safety Tools or ROOST is a new non-profit entity designed to address the urgent need for accessible, high-quality safety tools in the rapidly evolving digital landscape.
roost.tools
October 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
At the Paris Peace Forum earlier today, we announced the release of gpt-oss-safeguard in partnership with OpenAI. Now, we’re announcing the launch of the ROOST Model Community (RMC).
roost.tools/blog/a-new-milestone-for-open-source-safety-infrastructure-and-transparency/
roost.tools/blog/a-new-milestone-for-open-source-safety-infrastructure-and-transparency/
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There's tried and true ways for how OSS applies to software, but that doesn't fit squarely with the realities of AI development.
That's why I'm grateful OpenAI is trying something new with @roost.tools, openly releasing weights with a commitment to work with the ROOST Model Community to iterate
That's why I'm grateful OpenAI is trying something new with @roost.tools, openly releasing weights with a commitment to work with the ROOST Model Community to iterate
October 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
There's tried and true ways for how OSS applies to software, but that doesn't fit squarely with the realities of AI development.
That's why I'm grateful OpenAI is trying something new with @roost.tools, openly releasing weights with a commitment to work with the ROOST Model Community to iterate
That's why I'm grateful OpenAI is trying something new with @roost.tools, openly releasing weights with a commitment to work with the ROOST Model Community to iterate
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ROOST.tools has been building against the DIRE framework for online trust and safety: Detection, Investigation, Review and Enforcement. ROOST's Coop and Osprey tools address I, R, and E, but Detection is best addressed by classification models.
Enter gpt-oss-safeguard from OpenAI
Enter gpt-oss-safeguard from OpenAI
Excited to announce here at the @parispeaceforum.bsky.social that, after months of joint technical work together, OpenAI will open source through ROOST one of its main internal models that handles detection and moderation. This will allow anyone or any company to use, test, and study the model.
October 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
ROOST.tools has been building against the DIRE framework for online trust and safety: Detection, Investigation, Review and Enforcement. ROOST's Coop and Osprey tools address I, R, and E, but Detection is best addressed by classification models.
Enter gpt-oss-safeguard from OpenAI
Enter gpt-oss-safeguard from OpenAI
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Excited to announce here at the @parispeaceforum.bsky.social that, after months of joint technical work together, OpenAI will open source through ROOST one of its main internal models that handles detection and moderation. This will allow anyone or any company to use, test, and study the model.
October 29, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Excited to announce here at the @parispeaceforum.bsky.social that, after months of joint technical work together, OpenAI will open source through ROOST one of its main internal models that handles detection and moderation. This will allow anyone or any company to use, test, and study the model.
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The Verge exists to print this huge cowardly stack of no-comments from huge companies which spent years pretending they would develop a wonky content authentication metadata standard only to have it come to nothing when Sora was released www.theverge.com/report/80635...
October 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The Verge exists to print this huge cowardly stack of no-comments from huge companies which spent years pretending they would develop a wonky content authentication metadata standard only to have it come to nothing when Sora was released www.theverge.com/report/80635...
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Looking forward to a great panel tomorrow at the @parispeaceforum.bsky.social Forum, hosted by ROOST President, @camillefrancois.bsky.social. Stay tuned for more!
#onlinesafety #AI #AItransparency #opensource #trustandsafety #techforgood
#onlinesafety #AI #AItransparency #opensource #trustandsafety #techforgood
October 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Looking forward to a great panel tomorrow at the @parispeaceforum.bsky.social Forum, hosted by ROOST President, @camillefrancois.bsky.social. Stay tuned for more!
#onlinesafety #AI #AItransparency #opensource #trustandsafety #techforgood
#onlinesafety #AI #AItransparency #opensource #trustandsafety #techforgood
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Good advice from Stavvy. www.vulture.com/article/stav...
October 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Good advice from Stavvy. www.vulture.com/article/stav...
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Is anyone else tired of the song Fireflies by Owl City? Please stop
August 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Is anyone else tired of the song Fireflies by Owl City? Please stop