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Cassidy James Blaede
@cassidyjames.com
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Building open communities and useful, usable tech for good. Much more at blaede.family/@cassidy

@roost.tools OSS Community Manager
@gnome.org Director

Previously: partners & community at Endless; co-founder at elementary; UX at System76
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napasgames.bsky.social
Making a new toy with godot and aseprite. Really want to make a game with these but still can't figure out the gameplay yet `(*>﹏<*)′
February 8, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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heytibo.bsky.social
They can't punch each other yet, but they can certainly move around.

#godotengine #gamedev
February 8, 2026 at 11:21 AM
cassidyjames.com
Let’s say I have a Mycroft Mark I that I pulled out of a closet in 2026. What can I do with it? 🤔

(I also have a Home Assistant server and a couple of Home Assistant Voice Preview Editions…)

#HomeAssistant #Mycroft #MycroftMarkI #MycroftAI
February 8, 2026 at 3:07 PM
cassidyjames.com
I’m back from FOSDEM! Here’s a little blog post about our first time attending as @roost.tools:

cassidyjames.com/blog/roost-o...

#TrustAndSafety #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #OpenSource
ROOST at FOSDEM 2026
Showing up for the Open Source community
cassidyjames.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:01 AM
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mosss.bsky.social
It's wild that GNOME web & Firefox are really the only modern browsers that use a non-chromium engine. I refuse to contribute to Google's software monopoly so It's really the only alternative.
February 5, 2026 at 9:53 PM
cassidyjames.com
I am throwing a Star Wars cantina themed birthday party and am trying to nail down a batch cocktail to serve as “spotchka.” According to lore, it is a glowing blue drink made from krill.

I won’t be making something fishy, but I thought tropical would be fun. Suggestions?

#StarWars #cocktails
Spotchka
Spotchka, also known as krill spotchka, was a beverage that could be created from the creatures known as krill. It could be found on Sorgan, brewed by the resident farmers of an isolated farming villa...
starwars.fandom.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:57 AM
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julietshen.bsky.social
Osprey is a testament to how much impact we can create by sharing technology. @discord.com open sourced their internal rules engine through @roost.tools last year, working with us to generalize the core components so others can easily integrate it
February 4, 2026 at 5:57 PM
cassidyjames.com
Hehe, I’m having way too much fun with this fossasia.org badge from @fosdem.org. How’s my tiny pixel art @roost.tools logo? 👀
A pixel badge lit up with a pixel art version of the ROOST logo and the word ROOST
February 5, 2026 at 9:24 PM
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julietshen.bsky.social
writing documentation and then going over each step to make sure it works and is accurate is rly the best way to get to know something

it's how I learned everything when I was a moderator who wanted to become a PM for safety tools and it's how I learn about OSS now
February 4, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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roost.tools
How do you protect 39M users from AI-driven abuse?

We’ve just published a deep dive into how @bsky.app uses Osprey to handle the scale of the AT Protocol firehose.

roost.tools/blog/how-blu...
How Bluesky Transformed their Safety Operations with Osprey
Robust Open Online Safety Tools or ROOST is a new non-profit entity designed to address the urgent need for accessible, high-quality safety tools in the rapidly evolving digital landscape.
roost.tools
February 4, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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roost.tools
We’ve uploaded our @fosdem.org talk to YouTube (embedded below). You can also find it and the slides on the event page:

fosdem.org/2026/schedul...

Give it a watch to learn a bit about trust and safety and Osprey, our open source automated rules engine and investigation tool!
Stop Reinventing in Isolation: Bringing Open Source to Trust & Safety Infrastructure • FOSDEM 2026
YouTube video by ROOST: Robust Open Online Safety Tools
www.youtube.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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sovereign.tech
- A panel bringing together experts from multiple FOSS projects (Mockoon, DuckDB, WeasyPrint and GNOME) to share lessons learned from their funding journeys

Check the talks out and join us throughout the day! Find us in room UD2.218A for the many exciting sessions:

➡️ fosdem.org/2026/schedul...
Guillaume Monnet - creator and maintainer of Mockoon - speaking at the devroom during the “Funding Lessons Learned Panel” The slide on the screen reads, “What is Mockoon? API mocking/virtualization/sandboxing - Desktop app + CLI”
January 31, 2026 at 1:19 PM
cassidyjames.com
I crashed hard when I sat down on the bed for a bit to “rest,” then woke up a couple of hours later. 😅 I’ll take that as a hint that I should actually go to bed so I make my morning flight.

Thanks everyone for a great #FOSDEM! I had a blast chatting with everyone about GNOME, ROOST, & open source ✌️
February 1, 2026 at 11:47 PM
cassidyjames.com
Good morning Brussels! I’m on my way to the campus to give a talk about how @roost.tools is bringing open source to trust & safety (and vice versa). We’ll be in AW at 10 AM!

fosdem.org/2026/schedul...

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #FOSDEM26 #TrustAndSafety
Me standing in front of the BXL sculpture
February 1, 2026 at 7:17 AM
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roost.tools
ROOST will be showcasing Osprey at FOSDEM on the The Matrix.org Foundation track, and we’re excited to welcome them as a user and to our community.
January 29, 2026 at 2:59 PM
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roost.tools
Meet Osprey V1.0, a new open source online safety tool designed to help platforms investigate and address their priority threats at scale, without sacrificing data privacy or performance. roost.tools/blog/introdu...
Introducing Osprey V1.0: Open Source Infrastructure for Real-Time Abuse Mitigation
Robust Open Online Safety Tools or ROOST is a new non-profit entity designed to address the urgent need for accessible, high-quality safety tools in the rapidly evolving digital landscape.
roost.tools
January 29, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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hailey.at
getting to work on osprey a bit was really fun, and super happy to have gotten it in at bluesky. osprey opens up so much opportunity for the atproto ecosystem when it comes to not just moderation but also analytics, custom feed generation, and more. really hopeful that people start building with it!
January 29, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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roost.tools
come find the ROOSTers at #FOSDEM!
January 29, 2026 at 10:33 PM
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roost.tools
Why does open source safety infra matter? Because bad actors are already sharing tools & components. It’s time the defenders did, too.

Ystrdy, we launched Osprey V1.0, and we're doing a live demo at FOSDEM. Let us know if you’ll be there and say hi to @annebdh.bsky.social , @cassidyjames.com!
Introducing Osprey V1.0: Open Source Infrastructure for Real-Time Abuse Mitigation
Robust Open Online Safety Tools or ROOST is a new non-profit entity designed to address the urgent need for accessible, high-quality safety tools in the rapidly evolving digital landscape.
roost.tools
January 30, 2026 at 5:24 PM
cassidyjames.com
I had a great time at the Christchurch Call Foundation × @roost.tools brunch talking about Open Source and Online Safety with folks from across the ecosystem! You all had great insights. I look forward to continuing conversations about how to keep platforms and users safe with open source solutions.
February 1, 2026 at 1:28 AM
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roost.tools
Your analyst's favorite tools are about to get an upgrade. We’re heading to @fosdem.org to pull back the curtain on what we’ve been building, but we’re sharing the news here first with our community on Thursday.

January 29, 2026 > Stay tuned.
January 27, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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cwebbonline.com
Wow! This read-along of the NYT moment-by-moment leading to the murder of Alex Pretti should shake everyone awake. He was a Good Samaritan.

Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”
January 26, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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whistles.fyi
Information about ICE whistle protocol/codes, printable zines, and 3D printable whistles for our Colorado neighbors:

whistles.fyi

#Colorado #CO #Denver
Colorado Whistles
Neighbors distributing whistles and resources to keep each other safe.
whistles.fyi
January 24, 2026 at 6:16 AM
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icesheetmike.bsky.social
On a local neighborhood message board in Colorado. To our knowledge ICE hasn't set foot in this particular neighborhood yet (well outside Denver metro). But they know it's coming.

There are a few MAGAs in the neighborhood but local organizers have already stood up to them previously (and won).
Photo of a close-up on a message board. A handwritten post-it note says "Feel free to take and use if the neighborhood gets too ICE-Y" with a heart. Beside it is a ziplock bag with several dozen metal keychain whistles.
January 16, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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gregpak.net
Unsolicited advice for anyone on Bluesky who wants to fight fascism in 2026 - don't stress about following big national accounts.

Instead, follow LOCAL groups and people who are doing actual work on the ground. Join them and do stuff right in your community. THAT'S where the real action is. ❤️💪
January 9, 2026 at 8:13 PM