Wesley Finck
@wesleyfinck.org
technical co-founder & CTO @cosmik.network
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Reposted by Wesley Finck
Black Friday ⬛️🚫? No, it's Leafy Friday! 🍃✅
A special day to read & write on Leaflet 😍
Right now the best way to support us is to:
📖 explore what people are publishing — see leaflet.pub/discover & Bluesky feeds on our profile
📝 write something — make a publication, or [new!] publish a looseleaf!
A special day to read & write on Leaflet 😍
Right now the best way to support us is to:
📖 explore what people are publishing — see leaflet.pub/discover & Bluesky feeds on our profile
📝 write something — make a publication, or [new!] publish a looseleaf!
November 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Black Friday ⬛️🚫? No, it's Leafy Friday! 🍃✅
A special day to read & write on Leaflet 😍
Right now the best way to support us is to:
📖 explore what people are publishing — see leaflet.pub/discover & Bluesky feeds on our profile
📝 write something — make a publication, or [new!] publish a looseleaf!
A special day to read & write on Leaflet 😍
Right now the best way to support us is to:
📖 explore what people are publishing — see leaflet.pub/discover & Bluesky feeds on our profile
📝 write something — make a publication, or [new!] publish a looseleaf!
pls pls pls fill out the poll! we'd love the feedback :)
🚨Feature Fridays 🚨
Happy Friday everyone!
We've shipped some fun enhancements to Semble, all of which are outlined in the linked leaflet 🍂
Also, please fill out the poll for our next feature! 📊
Highlights below ⬇️
notes.cosmik.network/3m6pknh6tzs2e
Happy Friday everyone!
We've shipped some fun enhancements to Semble, all of which are outlined in the linked leaflet 🍂
Also, please fill out the poll for our next feature! 📊
Highlights below ⬇️
notes.cosmik.network/3m6pknh6tzs2e
Cosmik Lab Notes 003: Semble Updates - Discover, Collection Preview, Sorting, and more - Cosmik Labs
An overview of some recent enhancements to Semble (with a poll for next features!)
notes.cosmik.network
November 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
pls pls pls fill out the poll! we'd love the feedback :)
Some thoughts about naming things and a bit about the current Semble logo!
The Land of Metaphor
Or, the second hardest thing in programming
notes.wesleyfinck.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Some thoughts about naming things and a bit about the current Semble logo!
Reposted by Wesley Finck
🎊 @lanyards.app BETA is now live for #researchers!
Sign up with 🦋 → lanyards.app
#ATscience 🧪 #ATmosphere 🌀 #ATproto 🪿 #ATberlin #LinkInBio #AcademicSky
Sign up with 🦋 → lanyards.app
#ATscience 🧪 #ATmosphere 🌀 #ATproto 🪿 #ATberlin #LinkInBio #AcademicSky
🧑🚀 Lanyards BETA is now live! Lanyard is free #LinkInBio app built especially for Researchers using #ATproto 🪿
Sign up now → www.lanyards.app
#ATscience 🧪 #ATmosphere 🌀 #AcademicSky
Sign up now → www.lanyards.app
#ATscience 🧪 #ATmosphere 🌀 #AcademicSky
Lanyards - Researcher Profiles on AT Protocol
A dedicated profile for researchers, built on the AT Protocol. An alternative to ORCID.
lanyards.app
November 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
🎊 @lanyards.app BETA is now live for #researchers!
Sign up with 🦋 → lanyards.app
#ATscience 🧪 #ATmosphere 🌀 #ATproto 🪿 #ATberlin #LinkInBio #AcademicSky
Sign up with 🦋 → lanyards.app
#ATscience 🧪 #ATmosphere 🌀 #ATproto 🪿 #ATberlin #LinkInBio #AcademicSky
me: 0
firehose: 1
(switching to jetstream lol)
firehose: 1
(switching to jetstream lol)
a little boy is playing with a hose in a yard .
ALT: a little boy is playing with a hose in a yard .
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
me: 0
firehose: 1
(switching to jetstream lol)
firehose: 1
(switching to jetstream lol)
this is rad!
Hey, I just launched an app called Antler. The app showcases how we can rebuilt WeChat Mini Apps, but using open web standards.
dmathewwws.com/antler-an-ir...
dmathewwws.com/antler-an-ir...
November 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
this is rad!
Would recommend this as a launch strategy! It was quite straightforward to wire up a firehose listener to our existing infra afterwards. Basically just a lightweight controller that does some validation on the events then literally calls the same methods to do all the semble stuff
Also built a real backend for this page now! It's a tiny little Go server that indexes records you make (but only ones made through the app for now)
Stole @cosmik.network's approach here, it's remarkably effective. Thanks for the code, friends!
Stole @cosmik.network's approach here, it's remarkably effective. Thanks for the code, friends!
November 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Would recommend this as a launch strategy! It was quite straightforward to wire up a firehose listener to our existing infra afterwards. Basically just a lightweight controller that does some validation on the events then literally calls the same methods to do all the semble stuff
Reposted by Wesley Finck
Any takers?
If anyone builds a Raindrop importer, please @ me! 🤲
I’ll be sembling so hard once I’ve brought over my 7k bookmarks.
I’ll be sembling so hard once I’ve brought over my 7k bookmarks.
4/ Want to integrate Semble with your personal bookmark managers (Raindrop, etc)? Now you can! We've published a lightweight PDS client purpose-built for working with Semble records. Check our docs to get started! docs.cosmik.network/semble/devel...
November 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Any takers?
I really love this feature! It's a great way to discover new content ppl have curated to Semble
6/ Also - the Semble page now has a "Similar Cards" tab that surfaces semantically similar URLs from across the network. A whole new way to explore connections!
November 21, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I really love this feature! It's a great way to discover new content ppl have curated to Semble
some really exciting updates here! check em out and let us know what you think!
1/ semble.so updates! We’re only two weeks in since the open alpha release and it’s been great! 🧵
notes.cosmik.network/3m664z5kkg22h
notes.cosmik.network/3m664z5kkg22h
Cosmik Lab Notes 002: Updating Semble with Community-Driven Innovation, Basic API, and New Discovery Features - Cosmik Labs
notes.cosmik.network
November 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
some really exciting updates here! check em out and let us know what you think!
Reposted by Wesley Finck
Leaflet now has notifications! We announced here earlier but hadn't added the lab note :)
Notifs for post comments, replies, new pub subscribers — in-app for now but we'd like to add other channels
Let us know what you think! Right now most useful for comments…but got other things in mind too ✨
Notifs for post comments, replies, new pub subscribers — in-app for now but we'd like to add other channels
Let us know what you think! Right now most useful for comments…but got other things in mind too ✨
Notifications in Leaflet - Leaflet Lab Notes
Lab Notes 015: we now have in-app notifications for post comments, replies, and new publication subscribers
lab.leaflet.pub
November 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Leaflet now has notifications! We announced here earlier but hadn't added the lab note :)
Notifs for post comments, replies, new pub subscribers — in-app for now but we'd like to add other channels
Let us know what you think! Right now most useful for comments…but got other things in mind too ✨
Notifs for post comments, replies, new pub subscribers — in-app for now but we'd like to add other channels
Let us know what you think! Right now most useful for comments…but got other things in mind too ✨
Reposted by Wesley Finck
Compiled a @semble.so collection of Scholarly APIs that I've been assessing for @lanyards.app . Making them available to all #ATscience 🧪 #ATmosphere 🌀 #ATproto 🪿 builders.
semble.so/profile/rend...
Based on researchguides.smu.edu.sg/api-list by SMU Librarian @bellaratmelia.bsky.social ✨
semble.so/profile/rend...
Based on researchguides.smu.edu.sg/api-list by SMU Librarian @bellaratmelia.bsky.social ✨
Scholarly APIs ⚗️ (by B. Prendergast 👋) — Semble
Commonly used scholarly resources API
semble.so
November 20, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Compiled a @semble.so collection of Scholarly APIs that I've been assessing for @lanyards.app . Making them available to all #ATscience 🧪 #ATmosphere 🌀 #ATproto 🪿 builders.
semble.so/profile/rend...
Based on researchguides.smu.edu.sg/api-list by SMU Librarian @bellaratmelia.bsky.social ✨
semble.so/profile/rend...
Based on researchguides.smu.edu.sg/api-list by SMU Librarian @bellaratmelia.bsky.social ✨
Reposted by Wesley Finck
Made a collection inspired by this, for @leaflet.pub x atproto community tinkering!
Lots of cool integrations & interop & experiments — from other apps rendering leaflet posts to cross-posting and import tools and markdown pipelines, even leaflet as headless CMS for an *atprotated* website :)
Lots of cool integrations & interop & experiments — from other apps rendering leaflet posts to cross-posting and import tools and markdown pipelines, even leaflet as headless CMS for an *atprotated* website :)
November 20, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Made a collection inspired by this, for @leaflet.pub x atproto community tinkering!
Lots of cool integrations & interop & experiments — from other apps rendering leaflet posts to cross-posting and import tools and markdown pipelines, even leaflet as headless CMS for an *atprotated* website :)
Lots of cool integrations & interop & experiments — from other apps rendering leaflet posts to cross-posting and import tools and markdown pipelines, even leaflet as headless CMS for an *atprotated* website :)
As a design principle, we should represent what a record is accurately. It would be deceiving to render a monomark bookmark as a Semble card (unless you had copied the external record into a new Semble card). An example of this is Popfeed shows bookhive records, but it is unclear which are which.
November 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Reposted by Wesley Finck
“We propose that scholarly publishing needs to be re-communalized. Universities, libraries, funders ... need to build a system that is community-led and managed, and which works to further research... This should involve active support for federated open infrastructures”
arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
The Drain of Scientific Publishing
The domination of scientific publishing in the Global North by major commercial publishers is harmful to science. We need the most powerful members of the research community, funders, governments and ...
arxiv.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:21 AM
“We propose that scholarly publishing needs to be re-communalized. Universities, libraries, funders ... need to build a system that is community-led and managed, and which works to further research... This should involve active support for federated open infrastructures”
arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Poetry Sundays! Why I love travelling
Finding Lostness
Why I travel
notes.wesleyfinck.org
November 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Poetry Sundays! Why I love travelling
Reposted by Wesley Finck
A number of DWebYVR events for November for you.
📚 book club
📓 tools-for-thought hack day
🥘 potluck!
dwebyvr.org/dwebyvr-nove...
#vancouver #tech #commons #community #ethicaltech
📚 book club
📓 tools-for-thought hack day
🥘 potluck!
dwebyvr.org/dwebyvr-nove...
#vancouver #tech #commons #community #ethicaltech
DWebYVR November 2025 events
Fall is upon us and it is always a great time to cozy up with a book and to get out and connect with fellow Dweb folks. We have a lot going on this November and hope to see you at one of the following...
dwebyvr.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
A number of DWebYVR events for November for you.
📚 book club
📓 tools-for-thought hack day
🥘 potluck!
dwebyvr.org/dwebyvr-nove...
#vancouver #tech #commons #community #ethicaltech
📚 book club
📓 tools-for-thought hack day
🥘 potluck!
dwebyvr.org/dwebyvr-nove...
#vancouver #tech #commons #community #ethicaltech
“Don’t get mad, get busy!” Love this attitude!
Don't get mad, get busy!
Which pieces of the memex concept do you miss the most?
Do you have a vision of what an implementation for those pieces might look like? Are there ways to get there incrementally, or is this a chicken/egg situation?
Which pieces of the memex concept do you miss the most?
Do you have a vision of what an implementation for those pieces might look like? Are there ways to get there incrementally, or is this a chicken/egg situation?
November 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
“Don’t get mad, get busy!” Love this attitude!
Saved a podcast episode to Semble and realized @ronentk.me already saved it a few days ago.
So cool to have access to these shared attention signals.
This is only the start but I can already feel the collective intelligence emerging.
semble.so/url?id=https...
So cool to have access to these shared attention signals.
This is only the start but I can already feel the collective intelligence emerging.
semble.so/url?id=https...
November 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Saved a podcast episode to Semble and realized @ronentk.me already saved it a few days ago.
So cool to have access to these shared attention signals.
This is only the start but I can already feel the collective intelligence emerging.
semble.so/url?id=https...
So cool to have access to these shared attention signals.
This is only the start but I can already feel the collective intelligence emerging.
semble.so/url?id=https...
Really fun metacollection pattern by @hilarybaumann.com until we have both Semble account and collection following!
semble.so/profile/hila...
semble.so/profile/hila...
Semble collections / people to follow
This does in fact get a little circular and confusing BUT I did actually want to bookmark certain accounts so I could come back and look at their collections.
semble.so
November 9, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Really fun metacollection pattern by @hilarybaumann.com until we have both Semble account and collection following!
semble.so/profile/hila...
semble.so/profile/hila...
So amazing to see people hacking on Semble or thinking of ways to integrate it into their own projects.
This is why open social will win.
semble.so/profile/cosm...
This is why open social will win.
semble.so/profile/cosm...
Semble Community Tinkering
Community projects extending Semble in interesting ways
semble.so
November 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
So amazing to see people hacking on Semble or thinking of ways to integrate it into their own projects.
This is why open social will win.
semble.so/profile/cosm...
This is why open social will win.
semble.so/profile/cosm...
You can become a co-owner of gander social, an atproto social network built in Canada. Their crowd raise is going extremely well. People are hungry for change.
www.frontfundr.com/gandersocial
www.frontfundr.com/gandersocial
Gander Social — FrontFundr
We're making social media social again.
www.frontfundr.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
You can become a co-owner of gander social, an atproto social network built in Canada. Their crowd raise is going extremely well. People are hungry for change.
www.frontfundr.com/gandersocial
www.frontfundr.com/gandersocial
Semble alpha is ready! Give it a try and let us know what you think. Read more about setup and roadmap in the leaflet 🚀
Semble alpha is now open! ✨
Check it out at semble.so
More details in our leaflet pub! (link in next post > )
Check it out at semble.so
More details in our leaflet pub! (link in next post > )
November 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Semble alpha is ready! Give it a try and let us know what you think. Read more about setup and roadmap in the leaflet 🚀
Chatted with an OG Internet guy at the @atproto.boston meetup today.
Asked him about the last time he saw so much community excitement and engagement for a protocol.
He said http and html.
Asked him about the last time he saw so much community excitement and engagement for a protocol.
He said http and html.
November 7, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Chatted with an OG Internet guy at the @atproto.boston meetup today.
Asked him about the last time he saw so much community excitement and engagement for a protocol.
He said http and html.
Asked him about the last time he saw so much community excitement and engagement for a protocol.
He said http and html.