Excited to introduce CAIROS - a cooperative federation building collectively stewarded research commons! 🌱 We're combining modular research, self-sovereign open social networks, and cooperative governance to create new pathways for open science beyond traditional funding models.

ATProto has huge potential for supporting new ways of doing research, so we started a new initiative to help bring together researchers, build community, and explore what's possible when science meets cutting-edge open social networks. Also - join us in Vancouver on March 27, 2026, for a full-day exploration of AT Protocol for science, education, and open knowledge.

Excited to introduce CAIROS - a cooperative federation building collectively stewarded research commons! 🌱 We're combining modular research, self-sovereign open social networks, and cooperative governance to create new pathways for open science beyond traditional funding models.

ATProto has huge potential for supporting new ways of doing research, so we started a new initiative to help bring together researchers, build community, and explore what's possible when science meets cutting-edge open social networks. Also - join us in Vancouver on March 27, 2026, for a full-day exploration of AT Protocol for science, education, and open knowledge.

Curate your picks of 2025, spreading attention karma with new Semble notifications, and some cool indie Semble integrations

Curate your picks of 2025, spreading attention karma with new Semble notifications, and some cool indie Semble integrations

Semble, our social knowledge network for researchers, is in open alpha now, and we’d love for you to try it out!

Semble, our social knowledge network for researchers, is in open alpha now, and we’d love for you to try it out!

Two weeks into Semble's open alpha and there is a lot going on! Now featuring: PDS-as-API for easy integrations, Similar Cards discovery tab, improved Bluesky post rendering, and our first community PR.

Two weeks into Semble's open alpha and there is a lot going on! Now featuring: PDS-as-API for easy integrations, Similar Cards discovery tab, improved Bluesky post rendering, and our first community PR.

We’re proud to announce that Cosmik has been awarded a total of $1M in grant funding from Open Philanthropy and the Astera Institute! These generous 2-year grants will support the next chapter of Cosmik and our work at the intersection of next-generation collaborative knowledge tools, AI and science social media. Specifically, the grants will support the development of Semble, a micro-knowledge sharing and discovery network for researchers on Bluesky/ATProto.

We’re proud to announce that Cosmik has been awarded a total of $1M in grant funding from Open Philanthropy and the Astera Institute! These generous 2-year grants will support the next chapter of Cosmik and our work at the intersection of next-generation collaborative knowledge tools, AI and science social media. Specifically, the grants will support the development of Semble, a micro-knowledge sharing and discovery network for researchers on Bluesky/ATProto.

Last month I attended an in-person gathering of scientists, technologists and field-builders at the intersection of AI and metascience. This post is an extended version of a talk I gave there. The prompt for the talk was an invitation to explore one of the main discussion topics at the event - metascience threats and opportunities posed by AI acceleration.

Last month I attended an in-person gathering of scientists, technologists and field-builders at the intersection of AI and metascience. This post is an extended version of a talk I gave there. The prompt for the talk was an invitation to explore one of the main discussion topics at the event - metascience threats and opportunities posed by AI acceleration.

End of the Astera fellowship, beginning the next chapter in our journey. TLDR; there has never been a better time for researcher-governed science social media

End of the Astera fellowship, beginning the next chapter in our journey. TLDR; there has never been a better time for researcher-governed science social media

How "circular attention economies" can transform research discovery from individual overwhelm into collective superpower, "co-augmented reality" glasses surfacing previously hidden trails of knowledge and insight.

How "circular attention economies" can transform research discovery from individual overwhelm into collective superpower, "co-augmented reality" glasses surfacing previously hidden trails of knowledge and insight.

In September we wrapped up a focused release of v0.1 of the SenseNets app to around a dozen alpha testers. Our intrepid testers were mainly academic researchers who were already active on science social media and interested in open science and novel publication methods.

In September we wrapped up a focused release of v0.1 of the SenseNets app to around a dozen alpha testers. Our intrepid testers were mainly academic researchers who were already active on science social media and interested in open science and novel publication methods.