Ronen Tamari
@ronentk.me
Researcher & entrepreneur | Building a collective sensemaking layer for research @cosmik.network | Stigmergic cognition | https://ronentk.me/ | Prev- Open Science Fellow @asterainstitute.bsky.social
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Ronen Tamari
@ronentk.me
· Aug 15
1/ 📢 @cosmik.network has been awarded $1M in grant funding by Open Philanthropy and @asterainstitute.bsky.social These generous grants will support our development of Semble - a social "micro-knowledge" network for researchers on Bluesky/ATProto. Think Are.na + Goodreads for research!
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My Website/PDS Integration Hitlist 👉👌
- @leaflet.pub "recently written" ✅
- @protopro.blue "professional history" ✅
- Status by @zzstoatzz.io "currently doing..." 🚧
- @bookhive.buzz "recently read" ☑
- @bsky.app "recently posted" ☑
- Semble by @cosmik.network "recently linked" ☑
- @leaflet.pub "recently written" ✅
- @protopro.blue "professional history" ✅
- Status by @zzstoatzz.io "currently doing..." 🚧
- @bookhive.buzz "recently read" ☑
- @bsky.app "recently posted" ☑
- Semble by @cosmik.network "recently linked" ☑
We can just do things. Thanks to the work of @atproto.com @atprotocol.dev @sri.xyz @juli.ee @leaflet.pub @awarm.space @schlage.town @cozylittle.house and @danabra.mov for the tools and inspiration to actually get this to work. I am merely a vessel for copypasta coding.
Using AT Protocol as a Headless CMS for your websites
wecanjustdothings.leaflet.pub
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
My Website/PDS Integration Hitlist 👉👌
- @leaflet.pub "recently written" ✅
- @protopro.blue "professional history" ✅
- Status by @zzstoatzz.io "currently doing..." 🚧
- @bookhive.buzz "recently read" ☑
- @bsky.app "recently posted" ☑
- Semble by @cosmik.network "recently linked" ☑
- @leaflet.pub "recently written" ✅
- @protopro.blue "professional history" ✅
- Status by @zzstoatzz.io "currently doing..." 🚧
- @bookhive.buzz "recently read" ☑
- @bsky.app "recently posted" ☑
- Semble by @cosmik.network "recently linked" ☑
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Periodic reminder that science budgets are being sucked dry by a different set of incompetent monopolists.
A staggering statistic: "North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year." What are we doing?
We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing:
a 🧵 1/n
Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
a 🧵 1/n
Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
November 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Periodic reminder that science budgets are being sucked dry by a different set of incompetent monopolists.
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@bonfire.bonfire.cafe.ap.brid.gy is probably the most versatile social platform out there, and I'm so excited that we get to work with them on bridging and migrations. The team has some really innovative ideas up their sleeve. Stay tuned!
Last week @bonfire.bonfire.cafe.ap.brid.gy launched their first release and a fundraiser for their exciting roadmap 🔥
A part of that roadmap includes teaming up with us to bring Bridgy Fed and Bounce to Bonfire users!
Learn more about our partnership in our latest blog post:
A part of that roadmap includes teaming up with us to bring Bridgy Fed and Bounce to Bonfire users!
Learn more about our partnership in our latest blog post:
November 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
@bonfire.bonfire.cafe.ap.brid.gy is probably the most versatile social platform out there, and I'm so excited that we get to work with them on bridging and migrations. The team has some really innovative ideas up their sleeve. Stay tuned!
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terminal Math Brain truly is a cancer that is eating the world
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
terminal Math Brain truly is a cancer that is eating the world
"The open web is increasingly a dead internet, inhabited by bots or — much worse — humans who have been conditioned into behaving like bots."
kevinmunger.substack.com/p/towards-th...
kevinmunger.substack.com/p/towards-th...
Towards the Post-Naive Internet
let's. get. into it.
kevinmunger.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:10 AM
"The open web is increasingly a dead internet, inhabited by bots or — much worse — humans who have been conditioned into behaving like bots."
kevinmunger.substack.com/p/towards-th...
kevinmunger.substack.com/p/towards-th...
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I'm in SF for @syncconf.bsky.social and am going to have dinner with a few ATproto folks tomorrow (Wednesday night)
Ted has suggested Chicago Deep Dish Pizza. Try out the new "approval + private content"
@knowtheory.net @tessa.germnetwork.com @essentialrandom.bsky.social @ruperts.world
Ted has suggested Chicago Deep Dish Pizza. Try out the new "approval + private content"
@knowtheory.net @tessa.germnetwork.com @essentialrandom.bsky.social @ruperts.world
ATProto Sync Dinner
A dinner after Sync Conf with ATProto friends.
RSVP to ask for approval to see restaurant location.
smokesignal.events
November 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I'm in SF for @syncconf.bsky.social and am going to have dinner with a few ATproto folks tomorrow (Wednesday night)
Ted has suggested Chicago Deep Dish Pizza. Try out the new "approval + private content"
@knowtheory.net @tessa.germnetwork.com @essentialrandom.bsky.social @ruperts.world
Ted has suggested Chicago Deep Dish Pizza. Try out the new "approval + private content"
@knowtheory.net @tessa.germnetwork.com @essentialrandom.bsky.social @ruperts.world
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trying out heron app. another tool I found on semble
November 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
trying out heron app. another tool I found on semble
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Wrote a short piece arguing that higher ed must help steer AI. TLDR: If we outsource this to tech, we outsource our whole business. But rejectionism is basically stalling. If we want to survive, schools themselves must proactively shape AI for education & research. [1/6, unpaywalled at 5/6] +
Opinion | AI Is the Future. Higher Ed Should Shape It.
If we want to stay at the forefront of knowledge production, we must fit technology to our needs.
www.chronicle.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Wrote a short piece arguing that higher ed must help steer AI. TLDR: If we outsource this to tech, we outsource our whole business. But rejectionism is basically stalling. If we want to survive, schools themselves must proactively shape AI for education & research. [1/6, unpaywalled at 5/6] +
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*adding one more name to my list of incumbent walled garden creator platforms slapping janky social networks atop flimsy foundations to put out of their misery by building better alternatives on open protocols that give users more flexibility and control with a rich ecosystem of interoperable tools*
November 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
*adding one more name to my list of incumbent walled garden creator platforms slapping janky social networks atop flimsy foundations to put out of their misery by building better alternatives on open protocols that give users more flexibility and control with a rich ecosystem of interoperable tools*
Bonfire is crowdfunding - please consider contributing to this excellent team & project!
www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...
www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Bonfire is crowdfunding - please consider contributing to this excellent team & project!
www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...
www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...
"The Commonwealth requires the education of the people as the safeguard of order and liberty."
Wise and timely words engraved on the Boston Public Library
Wise and timely words engraved on the Boston Public Library
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"The Commonwealth requires the education of the people as the safeguard of order and liberty."
Wise and timely words engraved on the Boston Public Library
Wise and timely words engraved on the Boston Public Library
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The latest interview up at the Protocol Oral History Project is a @bsky.app hometown hero: Protocol Engineer @bnewbold.net. I'm so grateful for his time and care in sharing his experience building the foundation for not only this app but many more: protocol.ecologies.info/interviews/n...
Bryan Newbold: Protocol engineering
A protocol engineer at the social-media platform Bluesky describes building an open protocol around a fast-growing social media platform.
protocol.ecologies.info
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 AM
The latest interview up at the Protocol Oral History Project is a @bsky.app hometown hero: Protocol Engineer @bnewbold.net. I'm so grateful for his time and care in sharing his experience building the foundation for not only this app but many more: protocol.ecologies.info/interviews/n...
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"LLMs will be human-like" doesn't say which side moves more
November 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
"LLMs will be human-like" doesn't say which side moves more
Such an intriguing idea @tynanpurdy.com , please do another leaflet pub just focusing on it 😁
(& awesome writeup of the @atproto.boston meetup!)
atboston.leaflet.pub/3m53kf7a2cs2...
(& awesome writeup of the @atproto.boston meetup!)
atboston.leaflet.pub/3m53kf7a2cs2...
Meetup 001 ⋅ 2025-11-06 - ATProto Boston Meetups
The first of many joyful gatherings
atboston.leaflet.pub
November 9, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Such an intriguing idea @tynanpurdy.com , please do another leaflet pub just focusing on it 😁
(& awesome writeup of the @atproto.boston meetup!)
atboston.leaflet.pub/3m53kf7a2cs2...
(& awesome writeup of the @atproto.boston meetup!)
atboston.leaflet.pub/3m53kf7a2cs2...
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First Boston regional ATProto meetup ✅
Meetup 001 ⋅ 2025-11-06
The first of many joyful gatherings
atboston.leaflet.pub
November 8, 2025 at 2:30 AM
First Boston regional ATProto meetup ✅
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Congrats to @ronentk.me and the rest of the team for such extraordinary progress building social for science!
Semble alpha is now open! ✨
Check it out at semble.so
More details in our leaflet pub! (link in next post > )
Check it out at semble.so
More details in our leaflet pub! (link in next post > )
November 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Congrats to @ronentk.me and the rest of the team for such extraordinary progress building social for science!
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Woo hoo! You all get to start adding stuff to @cosmik.network’s Semble: a social bookmarking tool.
I’ve been using it for weeks, have it as a PWA on my phone, and it’s been great to just get the basics of saving links somewhere.
I’ve been using it for weeks, have it as a PWA on my phone, and it’s been great to just get the basics of saving links somewhere.
Semble alpha is now open! ✨
Check it out at semble.so
More details in our leaflet pub! (link in next post > )
Check it out at semble.so
More details in our leaflet pub! (link in next post > )
November 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Woo hoo! You all get to start adding stuff to @cosmik.network’s Semble: a social bookmarking tool.
I’ve been using it for weeks, have it as a PWA on my phone, and it’s been great to just get the basics of saving links somewhere.
I’ve been using it for weeks, have it as a PWA on my phone, and it’s been great to just get the basics of saving links somewhere.
Nothing like IRL launch energy @wesleyfinck.org 😄
November 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Nothing like IRL launch energy @wesleyfinck.org 😄
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Semble alpha is ready! Give it a try and let us know what you think. Read more about setup and roadmap in the leaflet 🚀
Semble alpha is now open! ✨
Check it out at semble.so
More details in our leaflet pub! (link in next post > )
Check it out at semble.so
More details in our leaflet pub! (link in next post > )
November 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Semble alpha is ready! Give it a try and let us know what you think. Read more about setup and roadmap in the leaflet 🚀
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We wrote a quick letter, on Substack, to Substack creators — a call for anyone similarly tired of publishing trending toward walled garden social platforms:
Join us on a more open network & publishing ecosystem!
Join us on a more open network & publishing ecosystem!
An open letter to Substack creators
Lab Notes 007: a note to those who find Substack useful, but use the platform reluctantly; an invitation to join us in publishing on a more open network.
lab.leaflet.pub
July 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
We wrote a quick letter, on Substack, to Substack creators — a call for anyone similarly tired of publishing trending toward walled garden social platforms:
Join us on a more open network & publishing ecosystem!
Join us on a more open network & publishing ecosystem!
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Breakthrough 🤯 You're seeing
- ALL my @leaflet.pub articles 📄
- from ALL my Leaflet publications 📚
on my 🚧 new site (in dev) 🙀 that's
- version-controlled w/ @tangled.org 😳
- (soon) hosted w/ @nekomimi.pet's wisp.place 😱
EVERY PART is stored in my #PDS 🫠
#ATproto is the future!!! WTF 💙
- ALL my @leaflet.pub articles 📄
- from ALL my Leaflet publications 📚
on my 🚧 new site (in dev) 🙀 that's
- version-controlled w/ @tangled.org 😳
- (soon) hosted w/ @nekomimi.pet's wisp.place 😱
EVERY PART is stored in my #PDS 🫠
#ATproto is the future!!! WTF 💙
November 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Breakthrough 🤯 You're seeing
- ALL my @leaflet.pub articles 📄
- from ALL my Leaflet publications 📚
on my 🚧 new site (in dev) 🙀 that's
- version-controlled w/ @tangled.org 😳
- (soon) hosted w/ @nekomimi.pet's wisp.place 😱
EVERY PART is stored in my #PDS 🫠
#ATproto is the future!!! WTF 💙
- ALL my @leaflet.pub articles 📄
- from ALL my Leaflet publications 📚
on my 🚧 new site (in dev) 🙀 that's
- version-controlled w/ @tangled.org 😳
- (soon) hosted w/ @nekomimi.pet's wisp.place 😱
EVERY PART is stored in my #PDS 🫠
#ATproto is the future!!! WTF 💙
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I went to a great meet up last night focused on #atproto and its overlaps with #activitypub I learned a lot and came away appreciating its take on content ownership, identity management, and moderation @tynanpurdy.com @avni321.bsky.social @codewiz.org @eagraf.dev
@internet-in-a-box.bsky.social
@internet-in-a-box.bsky.social
ATProto Boston Meetup! · Luma
The first of its kind! Gather ye ATProto tinkerers, wonderers, and enthusiasts for a night of community and beer. Hosted by tynanpurdy.com and myself
(ATProto…
luma.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I went to a great meet up last night focused on #atproto and its overlaps with #activitypub I learned a lot and came away appreciating its take on content ownership, identity management, and moderation @tynanpurdy.com @avni321.bsky.social @codewiz.org @eagraf.dev
@internet-in-a-box.bsky.social
@internet-in-a-box.bsky.social
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Bonfire Social is a kind of social network construction kit that federated via ActivityPub and plans bridging via @anew.social
They’re doing a crowdfund bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bonfir...
They’re doing a crowdfund bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bonfir...
Bonfire Social 1.0 is here, back the community‑funded roadmap
We're releasing Bonfire Social 1.0 and launching a crowdfund so communities drive what we build next. Back it, share it, and help move the social web from closed platforms to open networks.
bonfirenetworks.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Bonfire Social is a kind of social network construction kit that federated via ActivityPub and plans bridging via @anew.social
They’re doing a crowdfund bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bonfir...
They’re doing a crowdfund bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bonfir...
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Chatted with an OG Internet guy at the @atproto.boston meetup today.
Asked him about the last time he saw so much community excitement and engagement for a protocol.
He said http and html.
Asked him about the last time he saw so much community excitement and engagement for a protocol.
He said http and html.
November 7, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Chatted with an OG Internet guy at the @atproto.boston meetup today.
Asked him about the last time he saw so much community excitement and engagement for a protocol.
He said http and html.
Asked him about the last time he saw so much community excitement and engagement for a protocol.
He said http and html.