Mastodawn

"We might be overwhelmed by the present and feel political failure is all around us – but these very feelings keep us awake and engaged. We move ahead despite the apparently bleak reality of this moment"

This book of speculative fictions edited by @mel_hogan @stefanlaser and Edward Ongweso Jr looks very intriguing.
https://www.matteringpress.org/books/predictions-volume-1
with quite a few #LIMITS2026 friends and authors, I see :)

I look forward to read the contributions by @laurawatts @Aepasek Blair AF and others.

Predictions (Volume 1): From Speculative Ethnography to Apocalyptic Testimony

Mattering Press

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Christoph Becker 1d ago

So much appreciation for everyone who made #LIMITS2026 a wonderful conference over the past three days - over 250 participants joined many rich presentations and conversations around 15 papers, a dozen alternative contributions and about a dozen different 'open space' discussion rounds. 💚 As expected, the not-a-keynote conversation with Bonnie Nardi was inspiring, intimate, and much appreciated by the community. 🙏

The papers are online linked at https://computingwithinlimits.org/2026/#program

LIMITS 2026 -- Workshop on Computing within Limits

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smallsolar 3d ago

managed to attend a few sessions of LIMITS 2026 #limits2026 - really interesting. I particularly enjoyed the presentation for https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.30706

It's great to find out about more and more solar powered websites (I should try and resurrect my solar powered webring!).

Elizabeth Patitsas 🏳️‍🌈♿😷3d ago

I had to duck out of #LIMITS2026 after one session because my #LongCovid brain ran out of spoons pretty fast. 😢 It's a bummer because there's a lot of really cool stuff at this conference! Lots on solar & off-grid computing, labour conditions in tech, and paths forward for sustainable computing. 💚

It's online via zoom, and free to attend: https://computingwithinlimits.org/2026/

Unfortunately no captions were available in the session I attended, as the hosting institution has them disabled by default. The organizers are aware of the problem and trying to fix it, though I don't know when/if it has been fixed.

LIMITS 2026 -- Workshop on Computing within Limits

Elizabeth Patitsas 🏳️‍🌈♿😷3d ago

Shahpour Akhavi at #LIMITS2026 talked about how software practitioners are not okay right now, they're pushed to their limits and are experiencing grief over the state of the industry.

This began before genAI started getting pushed everywhere, though genAI has accelerated the deterioration of labour conditions. Akhavi quoted @mhoye that for years before vibe coding was a thing, "vibe management" was the norm.

Elizabeth Patitsas 🏳️‍🌈♿😷3d ago

Since #LIMITS2026 is free and online I thought I'd drop in for a session... and there's no functioning captions. 😭 Finding it very difficult to follow *especially* with speakers talking very fast thanks to the strong time limits on talks.

When I asked the organizers to let users turn on captions on zoom, somebody in the chat complained about allowing captions because they're AI. 🤦

smallsolar 3d ago

Planning to attend a few of the talks at #limits2026 , particularly interested in the ones focused on solar powered services.

https://computingwithinlimits.org/2026/#program

I particularly appreciate the timings as it falls into the evening for me which is nice.

#solar #solarpower #frugalcomputing #permacomputing

LIMITS 2026 -- Workshop on Computing within Limits

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Christoph Becker 4d ago

LIMITS 2026 starts TODAY!

This week, June 23-25, join a global distributed community at our free yearly online-first conference #LIMITS2026.

LIMITS moves us closer towards #computing that supports ecological and just futures for diverse human and non-human lifeforms and thriving biospheres. We're excited for 15 peer reviewed papers, 10+ alternative contributions, open sessions, and a storytelling session with Bonnie Nardi.

Program and free registration: https://computingwithinlimits.org/2026/

LIMITS 2026 -- Workshop on Computing within Limits

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Christoph Becker Jun 15

One of the highlights of next week's #LIMITS2026 for me will be a "not-a-keynote" session with Prof Bonnie Nardi, co-author of the milestone paper about Limits in CACM and of many other inspiring pieces - my personal favorite is "Design in the Age of Climate Change". https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405872618300418

This will not be a conventional talk, but an interactive storytelling session under the heading "How LIMITS came to be: A personal journey". I so look forward to it.

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Christoph Becker Jun 15

LIMITS 2026 is as (I think) global conferences should be: online-first, hybrid, regional hubs participating in a global event in which you can join for free, publish for free, and get to interact with your regional community (if you join one of the hubs) and with people all over the world (esp in the breakout sessions, open spaces, and chat).

Ten #LIMITS2026 hubs in eight countries will take place: Toronto, Vancouver, Boulder, Brussels, Grenoble, Strasbourg, Potsdam, Milan, Oslo, Gothenburg.