@danbri

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bio:I run https://Schema.org, work at Google Open Source Programs Office. Technologist, standards, open data. “He/him” but “them” where gender irrelevant is good 😷
location:London, UK, Europe
website (borked):https://danbri.org/
name:Dan Brickley
danbriFeb 20
Alex RussellFeb 20

First, you should read @mnot's most recent post:

https://www.mnot.net/blog/2026/02/20/open_systems.html

Then, let's discuss "permissionless innovation" and what he called recently "the power of 'no'":

https://www.mnot.net/blog/2026/02/13/no.html

A short thread thisaway... 👇

The Internet Isn’t Facebook: How Openness Changes Everything

Openness makes the Internet harder to govern — but also makes it resilient, innovative, and difficult to capture. Let's look at how the openness of the Internet both defines it and ensures its success.

Mark Nottingham
danbriFeb 20
rstevens 🐳💨✅Jul 14, 2023
Umberto Eco uses 50% less fuel and 30% less packaging than regular Umberto
danbriFeb 20
Saw your mention of https://www.yellowkitebooks.co.uk/titles/katarina-cermelj/the-elements-of-baking/9781399712903/ and my first thought was “I bet they’d like that nerdy gluten free baking book written by a chemist” ….who turns out to be the author of this book too! 🍞⚛️📈
The Elements of Baking

'As soon as I read The Elements of Baking, I knew it would have a permanent spot on my kitchen bookshelf.' Dorie Greenspan, New York Times bestselling author...

Hachette UK
danbriOct 11
Jesse VincentOct 10
wrote up my "How I'm using coding agents in October 2025" post.
https://blog.fsck.com/2025/10/09/superpowers/
Superpowers: How I'm using coding agents in October 2025

I used to write more

danbriSep 30
JA WestenbergSep 24

My 9 year old and his classmates have started using “that’s AI” to mean “I don’t believe you.”

Me: we’re having dinosaur meat for dinner

Kiddo: that’s AI

danbriSep 30
Finto-palveluSep 30
📢 The 17th Semantic Web in Libraries Conference is coming up online 17–19 Nov 2025 🎉
💡 We're organizing an Annif workshop on Nov 17 (17:00–21:00 UTC). Join us to dive into automated subject indexing, see 👉 https://forum.swib.org/t/introduction-to-the-annif-automated-indexing-tool/1456
🌍 We’re also introducing another workshop (Nov 17, 8:00–12:00 UTC), featuring the open-source SKOS vocabulary browser Skosmos, more info on 👉 https://forum.swib.org/t/from-chaos-to-skosmos-publishing-controlled-vocabularies-made-easy/1454
🔗 Full programme: https://forum.swib.org/t/swib25-welcome/921
#SWIB25 #SemanticWeb #Annif #Skosmos #OpenSource
🔨 Introduction to the Annif automated indexing tool

Facilitator(s) Osma Suominen (@Osma), Mona Lehtinen (@Mona), Juho Inkinen (@juhoinkinen), Lakshmi Rajendram Bashyam, Ghulam Mustafa Majal (@Ghulam_Mustafa_Majal), Argie Kasprzik (@AnkasZBW) Abstract Numerous libraries and affiliated organizations are investigating automated techniques for generating metadata, and the role of AI is ever increasing. This workshop provides an overview of the open-source multilingual automated indexing tool Annif ([https//annif.org annif.org]), which can be incorp...

SWIB Forum
danbriSep 30
Show threadMartin HamiltonSep 29
@danbri @gklyne The discourse around attestation techniques like Apple's Private Access Tokens (shipped!) and Google's Web Environment Integrity proposal (shelved?) has been quite informative and well worth a look, e.g. see https://httptoolkit.com/blog/apple-private-access-tokens-attestation/
Apple already shipped attestation on the web, and we barely noticed

There's been a lot of concern recently about the Web Environment Integrity proposal, developed by a selection of authors from Google, and apparently being...

danbriSep 5, 2025
Stephanie BoothAug 31, 2025
Given the appeal possibility I was given upon suspension of my Facebook account was a simple "push-button", I have written up a more detailed account of what happened and why I think my account has been wrongfully suspended. My hopes are that some way or another, my appeal will be reviewed by a human.
Thanks in advance for sharing this in your networks. If you know anybody I should speak to, or can think of anything useful to do at this stage, do let me know.
https://climbtothestars.org/archives/2025/08/31/appeal-regarding-the-suspension-of-my-facebook-account-stephtara/
Appeal Regarding the Suspension of my Facebook Account @stephtara

Given the official appeal process for the suspension of my account did not provide me with the opportunity to argue my case, I am doing it here. I believe that my account, like others, has been wro…

Climb to the Stars
danbriAug 11, 2025
Russell GarnerAug 11, 2025
"MET Police arrested and later de-arrested this gentleman after he pointed out his t-shirt supported Morph"
danbriMay 29, 2025
libbymillerMay 28, 2025

Pipistrelle slowed down :-D

via https://stackoverflow.com/questions/73073166/how-to-warp-shift-a-pitch-so-i-can-hear-a-bat

sox 20250528_214125.wav 20250528_214125_warp2.wav pitch -6000