Wesley Finck
@wesleyfinck.org
technical co-founder & CTO @cosmik.network
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curation > feeds
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protocols > platforms
curation > feeds
movements > products
commons > enclosure
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.
Reposted by Wesley Finck
Strong agree! @bmann.ca is a mycelial mastermind and we're grateful to be working together
"This kind of thing doesn't just happen! It's because good, passionate people show up and put in work." @pfrazee.com is spot on. @bmann.ca did such an amazing job of bringing people together and facilitating action. Deep appreciation.
Overwhelming to hear about how much the AT community showed up today at IETF. I wish I could've been there.
I'm sure many people deserve special thanks, but I do want to highlight @bmann.ca for helping to get people there. I feel so fortunate to be a part of such a great group of people.
I'm sure many people deserve special thanks, but I do want to highlight @bmann.ca for helping to get people there. I feel so fortunate to be a part of such a great group of people.
November 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Strong agree! @bmann.ca is a mycelial mastermind and we're grateful to be working together
Reposted by Wesley Finck
"This kind of thing doesn't just happen! It's because good, passionate people show up and put in work." @pfrazee.com is spot on. @bmann.ca did such an amazing job of bringing people together and facilitating action. Deep appreciation.
Overwhelming to hear about how much the AT community showed up today at IETF. I wish I could've been there.
I'm sure many people deserve special thanks, but I do want to highlight @bmann.ca for helping to get people there. I feel so fortunate to be a part of such a great group of people.
I'm sure many people deserve special thanks, but I do want to highlight @bmann.ca for helping to get people there. I feel so fortunate to be a part of such a great group of people.
November 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"This kind of thing doesn't just happen! It's because good, passionate people show up and put in work." @pfrazee.com is spot on. @bmann.ca did such an amazing job of bringing people together and facilitating action. Deep appreciation.
ALRIGHT FRIENDS, let's get you READY and WRITING!
have you hit your MACROBLOGGING MACROS today??
"I WILL WRITE [N] WORDS"
"I WILL CREATE [N] DRAFTS"
"I WILL PUBLISH [N] POSTS"
FIRE UP ALLL YOUR @leaflet.pub PUBS!
UNFURL IDEAS over MANY PARAGRAPHS!
TODAY your CHARACTER COUNT is INFINITE!
have you hit your MACROBLOGGING MACROS today??
"I WILL WRITE [N] WORDS"
"I WILL CREATE [N] DRAFTS"
"I WILL PUBLISH [N] POSTS"
FIRE UP ALLL YOUR @leaflet.pub PUBS!
UNFURL IDEAS over MANY PARAGRAPHS!
TODAY your CHARACTER COUNT is INFINITE!
LOL moment from #IETF124 pre-BOF was @awarm.space describing @leaflet.pub as "macro blogging"
I just get like this picture of like carb loading, and like @schlage.town as my super intense coach. "GET OUT THERE AND MACROBLOG, PEOPLE!!!"
I just get like this picture of like carb loading, and like @schlage.town as my super intense coach. "GET OUT THERE AND MACROBLOG, PEOPLE!!!"
November 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Writing about writing!
Minimum Queue Publishing
A strategy for writing more often without losing momentum
notes.wesleyfinck.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Writing about writing!
Time to de-enshittify research publishing
I see a huge opportunity for how the AT Protocol could reshape academic publishing. Imagine researchers publishing continuously and atomically — before, during, and after research projects — in public connected continuous streams of discovery and insight.
Some notes on how we can make Leaflet more useful for scientists and academic communities — touching on things like annotation, standalone doc publishing, new block types, post reactions, references & backlinks…
Second in a series, and intended as a living doc — we'd love to hear your thoughts!
Second in a series, and intended as a living doc — we'd love to hear your thoughts!
October 31, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Time to de-enshittify research publishing
Reposted by Wesley Finck
wrote down some thoughts justifying @tangled.org's existence & planned trajectory.
building for the future
on tangled's existence and direction
icy.leaflet.pub
October 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
wrote down some thoughts justifying @tangled.org's existence & planned trajectory.
while there is a place for full lexicon adoption across apps, ingesting records of related lexicons and translating them to app specific lexicons will cover a lot of interop use-cases. I.e. "community.lexicon.bookmarks.bookmark" -> "network.cosmik.card"
Which still enables "PDS as universal API"
Which still enables "PDS as universal API"
I'm planning to publish a leaflet about our lexicons soon, which will hopefully clarify and progress the discussion. The community bookmarks lexicon doesn't work for our use-cases, but we are happy and excited to support the lexicon as a plugin weswalla.leaflet.pub/3m3au34v5ms2m
Integrations as Plugins - Wesley's blog
Takeaways from our Exploratory Leaflet <-> Semble Integration Call
weswalla.leaflet.pub
October 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
while there is a place for full lexicon adoption across apps, ingesting records of related lexicons and translating them to app specific lexicons will cover a lot of interop use-cases. I.e. "community.lexicon.bookmarks.bookmark" -> "network.cosmik.card"
Which still enables "PDS as universal API"
Which still enables "PDS as universal API"
Reposted by Wesley Finck
𝐃𝐖𝐞𝐛 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔! 🏕️
Where should it happen? 🤔
We want to hear from you! 🌻
You are welcome to participate in this survey, it takes 5~10 minutes. ⤵️
mailchi.mp/archive/2025...
#DWeb #DWebCamp #Camp #HackerCamp #decentralization #event
Where should it happen? 🤔
We want to hear from you! 🌻
You are welcome to participate in this survey, it takes 5~10 minutes. ⤵️
mailchi.mp/archive/2025...
#DWeb #DWebCamp #Camp #HackerCamp #decentralization #event
DWeb Camp 2026 Location Survey
Let us know where would you like DWeb Camp 2026 to happen!
mailchi.mp
October 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
𝐃𝐖𝐞𝐛 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔! 🏕️
Where should it happen? 🤔
We want to hear from you! 🌻
You are welcome to participate in this survey, it takes 5~10 minutes. ⤵️
mailchi.mp/archive/2025...
#DWeb #DWebCamp #Camp #HackerCamp #decentralization #event
Where should it happen? 🤔
We want to hear from you! 🌻
You are welcome to participate in this survey, it takes 5~10 minutes. ⤵️
mailchi.mp/archive/2025...
#DWeb #DWebCamp #Camp #HackerCamp #decentralization #event
@hyl.st hacks strikes again! the auth flow in extensions is a very tough nut to crack, folks working on atproto web extensions def look into this!
i got it working!! the callback page redirects to the chromiumapps.org url required by the extension
fair fair
are you building the extension on a framework like wxt?
fair fair
are you building the extension on a framework like wxt?
October 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
@hyl.st hacks strikes again! the auth flow in extensions is a very tough nut to crack, folks working on atproto web extensions def look into this!
This is such a paradigm shift for developers and the more ppl wrap their head around this the more we’ll see cool stuff being built!
I just love how this works without there needing to be a Frontpage API
PDS is the universal API
PDS is the universal API
October 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This is such a paradigm shift for developers and the more ppl wrap their head around this the more we’ll see cool stuff being built!
Reposted by Wesley Finck
Jazzed for the conference and the ATProto x science side event we're co-organizing with @tgoerke.bsky.social 🚀
Save the date! 📆
Also - ideas for cool speakers or projects in the ATProto science space are most welcome! Feel free to share here/DM/email
Save the date! 📆
Also - ideas for cool speakers or projects in the ATProto science space are most welcome! Feel free to share here/DM/email
Announcing ATmosphereConf 2026, coming to Vancouver March 26th to 29th.
We've got the full announcement and future news and updates on our new site news.atmosphereconf.org/3m3cwwz4mpk2j
We've got the full announcement and future news and updates on our new site news.atmosphereconf.org/3m3cwwz4mpk2j
Announcing ATmosphereConf Vancouver 2026 - ATmosphereConf News
The next ATProto Community Conference is coming to Vancouver, Canada, in March 26th to 29th 2026
news.atmosphereconf.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Jazzed for the conference and the ATProto x science side event we're co-organizing with @tgoerke.bsky.social 🚀
Save the date! 📆
Also - ideas for cool speakers or projects in the ATProto science space are most welcome! Feel free to share here/DM/email
Save the date! 📆
Also - ideas for cool speakers or projects in the ATProto science space are most welcome! Feel free to share here/DM/email
Some thoughts about our approach to integrations in semble. Curious to know how others are thinking about integrations across the ATmosphere!
Integrations as Plugins
Takeaways from our Exploratory Leaflet <-> Semble Integration Call
weswalla.leaflet.pub
October 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Some thoughts about our approach to integrations in semble. Curious to know how others are thinking about integrations across the ATmosphere!
semantic web: "Anyone can say anything about anything"
protocol-powered collective sense-making: "Anyone can contextualize anything from anywhere"
protocol-powered collective sense-making: "Anyone can contextualize anything from anywhere"
October 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
semantic web: "Anyone can say anything about anything"
protocol-powered collective sense-making: "Anyone can contextualize anything from anywhere"
protocol-powered collective sense-making: "Anyone can contextualize anything from anywhere"
is there a default knot I can use on @tangled.org? the interface for creating a new repo only allows for using ones I've registered myself.
October 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
is there a default knot I can use on @tangled.org? the interface for creating a new repo only allows for using ones I've registered myself.