Calum Mackervoy
@calummackervoy.bsky.social
Freelance developer, agitate in co-operatives. Interested in the semantic web & in social technics. I like writing & making games, too. More info on https://calum.mackervoy.com/
"Hype studies", a conference in Barcelona which took place last year, organised by a group of researchers exploring hype as a force that acts in the world.
This slide depicts the cycle of hype.
hypestudies.org/conference
This slide depicts the cycle of hype.
hypestudies.org/conference
February 10, 2026 at 10:13 AM
"Hype studies", a conference in Barcelona which took place last year, organised by a group of researchers exploring hype as a force that acts in the world.
This slide depicts the cycle of hype.
hypestudies.org/conference
This slide depicts the cycle of hype.
hypestudies.org/conference
Yeah that would be nice! Send me a DM for when you're available :)
February 9, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Yeah that would be nice! Send me a DM for when you're available :)
The Godot 4.6 IDE is gorgeous :-)
February 8, 2026 at 3:31 PM
The Godot 4.6 IDE is gorgeous :-)
The result is that Johnny Cash might send you to listen to Queens Of The Stone Age before Elvis Presley.
The image is from https://
music-map.com/, built on Gnoosic. It's a map of taste, I suppose.
The image is from https://
music-map.com/, built on Gnoosic. It's a map of taste, I suppose.
February 6, 2026 at 8:29 AM
The result is that Johnny Cash might send you to listen to Queens Of The Stone Age before Elvis Presley.
The image is from https://
music-map.com/, built on Gnoosic. It's a map of taste, I suppose.
The image is from https://
music-map.com/, built on Gnoosic. It's a map of taste, I suppose.
Gnoosic (www.
gnoosic.com/) is a site which generates music recommendations. It's not an LLM, it's trained by people using it.
You enter three bands and it has a go, then you give it a thumb up, neutral or thumb down (which helps train it).
gnoosic.com/) is a site which generates music recommendations. It's not an LLM, it's trained by people using it.
You enter three bands and it has a go, then you give it a thumb up, neutral or thumb down (which helps train it).
Gnoosic - Discover new Music
gnoosic.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Gnoosic (www.
gnoosic.com/) is a site which generates music recommendations. It's not an LLM, it's trained by people using it.
You enter three bands and it has a go, then you give it a thumb up, neutral or thumb down (which helps train it).
gnoosic.com/) is a site which generates music recommendations. It's not an LLM, it's trained by people using it.
You enter three bands and it has a go, then you give it a thumb up, neutral or thumb down (which helps train it).
LLM chatbots pose a threat to the availability and quality of public "informations commons". They may represent a move to enclosure.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enclosure
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enclosure
Enclosure - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 3, 2026 at 11:40 AM
LLM chatbots pose a threat to the availability and quality of public "informations commons". They may represent a move to enclosure.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enclosure
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enclosure
A concerning graph. Since 2020 the number of Stack Overflow questions asked has been declining rapidly, and in 2026 the count is near levels from the early 2000s.
data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflo...
data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflo...
February 3, 2026 at 11:40 AM
A concerning graph. Since 2020 the number of Stack Overflow questions asked has been declining rapidly, and in 2026 the count is near levels from the early 2000s.
data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflo...
data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflo...
I'm good thanks!
Taking the opportunity to share what I'm up to, I suppose I would highlight Games Commons (@gamescommons.bsky.social), gamescommons.com
How are things with you?
Taking the opportunity to share what I'm up to, I suppose I would highlight Games Commons (@gamescommons.bsky.social), gamescommons.com
How are things with you?
Sim Polis
Sim Polis is a Commons game about making and breaking systems, based on a new way to conceive of game design. Commons games evolve, driven by data published by creators, owned and managed in common (t...
gamescommons.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:17 PM
I'm good thanks!
Taking the opportunity to share what I'm up to, I suppose I would highlight Games Commons (@gamescommons.bsky.social), gamescommons.com
How are things with you?
Taking the opportunity to share what I'm up to, I suppose I would highlight Games Commons (@gamescommons.bsky.social), gamescommons.com
How are things with you?
I discovered listmonk, free and open-source email newsletter software, self-hosted. Looks pretty nice! listmonk.app
January 30, 2026 at 12:12 PM
I discovered listmonk, free and open-source email newsletter software, self-hosted. Looks pretty nice! listmonk.app
Like so much else, this aspect of technology is alienated from us in a capitalist economy, and it is to our peril.
January 21, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Like so much else, this aspect of technology is alienated from us in a capitalist economy, and it is to our peril.
This perspective on technology is encompassed by the term "social technics" (coined by Murray Bookchin), and has its origins in Aristotle's concept of "technique" (the root of English "technology", τέχνη).
January 21, 2026 at 11:06 AM
This perspective on technology is encompassed by the term "social technics" (coined by Murray Bookchin), and has its origins in Aristotle's concept of "technique" (the root of English "technology", τέχνη).
The most important part of any technology is its deployment, how it is mobilised throughout society in conjunction with its social context and with organisational techniques.
January 21, 2026 at 11:06 AM
The most important part of any technology is its deployment, how it is mobilised throughout society in conjunction with its social context and with organisational techniques.
Hyphanet is a P2P alternative to the World Wide Web, and it's hilarious:
"In Hyphanet, no one knows who inserted the file, who requested the file, or where the file is stored. Therefore, it is very difficult to censor."
"The only way to delete something in Hyphanet is not to search for it"
"In Hyphanet, no one knows who inserted the file, who requested the file, or where the file is stored. Therefore, it is very difficult to censor."
"The only way to delete something in Hyphanet is not to search for it"
en.namu.wiki
January 11, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Hyphanet is a P2P alternative to the World Wide Web, and it's hilarious:
"In Hyphanet, no one knows who inserted the file, who requested the file, or where the file is stored. Therefore, it is very difficult to censor."
"The only way to delete something in Hyphanet is not to search for it"
"In Hyphanet, no one knows who inserted the file, who requested the file, or where the file is stored. Therefore, it is very difficult to censor."
"The only way to delete something in Hyphanet is not to search for it"
The Algorithmic Anarchist (2023). Available for free: hughbarnard.org/the-algorith...
It's an informal book about social technics, it reads like an A-Z tour of brief thoughts on a range of topics, like lots of little opportunities to find inspiration. Also available in German and French.
It's an informal book about social technics, it reads like an A-Z tour of brief thoughts on a range of topics, like lots of little opportunities to find inspiration. Also available in German and French.
The Algorithmic Anarchist: 2nd Edition – Hugh Barnard
hughbarnard.org
January 8, 2026 at 8:53 AM
The Algorithmic Anarchist (2023). Available for free: hughbarnard.org/the-algorith...
It's an informal book about social technics, it reads like an A-Z tour of brief thoughts on a range of topics, like lots of little opportunities to find inspiration. Also available in German and French.
It's an informal book about social technics, it reads like an A-Z tour of brief thoughts on a range of topics, like lots of little opportunities to find inspiration. Also available in German and French.
If you have a private server, you can also configure it to dedicate a small piece of your bandwidth as a Tor Snowflake proxy. Doug Belshaw's blog includes some information on how to do that: blog.dougbelshaw.com/tor-snowflak...
January 5, 2026 at 12:00 PM
If you have a private server, you can also configure it to dedicate a small piece of your bandwidth as a Tor Snowflake proxy. Doug Belshaw's blog includes some information on how to do that: blog.dougbelshaw.com/tor-snowflak...
It uses WebRTC, the same protocol used by Google Meet or Jitsi. From the network perspective, it looks like the Snowflake user is having a routine phone call, when in fact you are tunneling them into the Tor network
January 5, 2026 at 12:00 PM
It uses WebRTC, the same protocol used by Google Meet or Jitsi. From the network perspective, it looks like the Snowflake user is having a routine phone call, when in fact you are tunneling them into the Tor network
Tor Snowflake is a plugin which runs in your browser and helps people to circumvent censorship in countries where Tor is blocked (an increasingly common occurrence in our surveillance-obsessed world)
snowflake.torproject.org
snowflake.torproject.org
January 5, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Tor Snowflake is a plugin which runs in your browser and helps people to circumvent censorship in countries where Tor is blocked (an increasingly common occurrence in our surveillance-obsessed world)
snowflake.torproject.org
snowflake.torproject.org
"The Post-American Internet": Cory Doctorow speaking at Chaos Communications Congress in 2025
archive.org/details/doct...
In response to US aggression, governments could reverse IP laws which treat reading, modifying (and fixing) the code you use as criminal, for the benefit of US tech giants
archive.org/details/doct...
In response to US aggression, governments could reverse IP laws which treat reading, modifying (and fixing) the code you use as criminal, for the benefit of US tech giants
A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet : Cory Doctorow : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Trump has staged an unscheduled, midair rapid disassembly of the global system of trade. Ironically, it is this system that prevented all of America's...
archive.org
January 3, 2026 at 5:38 PM
"The Post-American Internet": Cory Doctorow speaking at Chaos Communications Congress in 2025
archive.org/details/doct...
In response to US aggression, governments could reverse IP laws which treat reading, modifying (and fixing) the code you use as criminal, for the benefit of US tech giants
archive.org/details/doct...
In response to US aggression, governments could reverse IP laws which treat reading, modifying (and fixing) the code you use as criminal, for the benefit of US tech giants
Reposted by Calum Mackervoy
✨SUMMITBOUND EP 1 ALPHA IS OUT NOW!🌙
Download and play it now: team-rat-games.itch.io/summitbound
Join our Discord to give us feedback: discord.gg/z6aCdCqvbs
Support us for future updates and games: www.patreon.com/cw/RatMagicG...
#Summitbound #VN #Indiegame #Indiedev
Download and play it now: team-rat-games.itch.io/summitbound
Join our Discord to give us feedback: discord.gg/z6aCdCqvbs
Support us for future updates and games: www.patreon.com/cw/RatMagicG...
#Summitbound #VN #Indiegame #Indiedev
December 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
✨SUMMITBOUND EP 1 ALPHA IS OUT NOW!🌙
Download and play it now: team-rat-games.itch.io/summitbound
Join our Discord to give us feedback: discord.gg/z6aCdCqvbs
Support us for future updates and games: www.patreon.com/cw/RatMagicG...
#Summitbound #VN #Indiegame #Indiedev
Download and play it now: team-rat-games.itch.io/summitbound
Join our Discord to give us feedback: discord.gg/z6aCdCqvbs
Support us for future updates and games: www.patreon.com/cw/RatMagicG...
#Summitbound #VN #Indiegame #Indiedev
If you're ever misled into thinking there is a lack of whimsy or variety on the web, just have a browse on Neocities: neocities.org/browse
December 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
If you're ever misled into thinking there is a lack of whimsy or variety on the web, just have a browse on Neocities: neocities.org/browse
Reposted by Calum Mackervoy
"Game AI designed to surprise"
calum.mackervoy.com/en/2025/07/0...
The Commons is property that opens itself up to use by anyone, and which is owned and managed by the people who use it… So what would that mean when talking about game development?
Written by @calummackervoy.bsky.social
calum.mackervoy.com/en/2025/07/0...
The Commons is property that opens itself up to use by anyone, and which is owned and managed by the people who use it… So what would that mean when talking about game development?
Written by @calummackervoy.bsky.social
Game AI Designed to Surprise
calum.mackervoy.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
"Game AI designed to surprise"
calum.mackervoy.com/en/2025/07/0...
The Commons is property that opens itself up to use by anyone, and which is owned and managed by the people who use it… So what would that mean when talking about game development?
Written by @calummackervoy.bsky.social
calum.mackervoy.com/en/2025/07/0...
The Commons is property that opens itself up to use by anyone, and which is owned and managed by the people who use it… So what would that mean when talking about game development?
Written by @calummackervoy.bsky.social
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out.
Someone published a how-to: tuta.com/blog/how-to-...
Someone published a how-to: tuta.com/blog/how-to-...
How to disable Gemini on Android, Gmail, Chrome, Photos, & Google apps. Opt out of AI tracking now! | Tuta
First Android, now Gmail, Photos, Drive an more: Google is allowing Gemini AI access to all your data – even your emails, photos, calls, and texts. Follow these steps to turn off Gemini AI on Android ...
tuta.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out.
Someone published a how-to: tuta.com/blog/how-to-...
Someone published a how-to: tuta.com/blog/how-to-...
For anyone who hasn't seen it, I highly recommend "The Evolution of Trust", a free educational game about (among other things) why soldier's truces became common early on in the trenches of the First World War:
ncase.me/trust/
I first played it years ago and it frequently comes back into my mind
ncase.me/trust/
I first played it years ago and it frequently comes back into my mind
The Evolution of Trust
an interactive guide to the game theory of why & how we trust each other
ncase.me
November 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
For anyone who hasn't seen it, I highly recommend "The Evolution of Trust", a free educational game about (among other things) why soldier's truces became common early on in the trenches of the First World War:
ncase.me/trust/
I first played it years ago and it frequently comes back into my mind
ncase.me/trust/
I first played it years ago and it frequently comes back into my mind
Mann's method helps us to parse complex social relationships down from unitary “totals”; destructive patterns in the happenings around us can absolutely be overcome and our reactions to circumstance are constantly reforming the social bonds that bind us
October 31, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Mann's method helps us to parse complex social relationships down from unitary “totals”; destructive patterns in the happenings around us can absolutely be overcome and our reactions to circumstance are constantly reforming the social bonds that bind us