@danny@mastodon.spesh.com

i talk to everybody and am overly charitable | currently interested in: consolidation without centralization, composable economies, ocaps, incautious optimism, almanacs. ex-NTK, ex-EFF, now with Filecoin Foundation (for the Decentralised Web)

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Danny O'B

i talk to everybody and am overly charitable | currently interested in: consolidation without centralization, composable economies, ocaps, incautious optimism, almanacs. ex-NTK, ex-EFF, now with Filecoin Foundation (for the Decentralised Web)

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@danny@mastodon.spesh.com · 4d ago

Sad inditement of my Britishness: my American spouse leaves for a week and my treat is to boil some vegetables

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@danny@mastodon.spesh.com

i talk to everybody and am overly charitable | currently interested in: consolidation without centralization, composable economies, ocaps, incautious optimism, almanacs. ex-NTK, ex-EFF, now with Filecoin Foundation (for the Decentralised Web)

mastodon.spesh.com

Danny O'B

@danny@mastodon.spesh.com

i talk to everybody and am overly charitable | currently interested in: consolidation without centralization, composable economies, ocaps, incautious optimism, almanacs. ex-NTK, ex-EFF, now with Filecoin Foundation (for the Decentralised Web)

mastodon.spesh.com

@danny@mastodon.spesh.com · Feb 25, 2026

RE: @metabrainz@mastodon.social

This is such a great loss. Robert worked all his life for open data, and turned that project into a stable, persistent institution. Best wishes to everyone who knew him, and to the board for working to continue that vision.

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@danny@mastodon.spesh.com

i talk to everybody and am overly charitable | currently interested in: consolidation without centralization, composable economies, ocaps, incautious optimism, almanacs. ex-NTK, ex-EFF, now with Filecoin Foundation (for the Decentralised Web)

mastodon.spesh.com

Danny O'B

@danny@mastodon.spesh.com

i talk to everybody and am overly charitable | currently interested in: consolidation without centralization, composable economies, ocaps, incautious optimism, almanacs. ex-NTK, ex-EFF, now with Filecoin Foundation (for the Decentralised Web)

mastodon.spesh.com

@danny@mastodon.spesh.com · Feb 10, 2026

New blog post from me: As Was The Style At The Time: How We Became Cruel https://www.oblomovka.com/wp/2026/02/09/as-was-the-style-at-the-time-how-we-became-cruel/

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@danny@mastodon.spesh.com

i talk to everybody and am overly charitable | currently interested in: consolidation without centralization, composable economies, ocaps, incautious optimism, almanacs. ex-NTK, ex-EFF, now with Filecoin Foundation (for the Decentralised Web)

mastodon.spesh.com

Danny O'B

@danny@mastodon.spesh.com

i talk to everybody and am overly charitable | currently interested in: consolidation without centralization, composable economies, ocaps, incautious optimism, almanacs. ex-NTK, ex-EFF, now with Filecoin Foundation (for the Decentralised Web)

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@danny@mastodon.spesh.com · Feb 05, 2026

This is a really nice piece, in the middle of i hope a productive discussion about inequality: https://www.liberalcurrents.com/is-it-all-just-envy/

I like liberal currents!

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@danny@mastodon.spesh.com

i talk to everybody and am overly charitable | currently interested in: consolidation without centralization, composable economies, ocaps, incautious optimism, almanacs. ex-NTK, ex-EFF, now with Filecoin Foundation (for the Decentralised Web)

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Danny O'B

@danny@mastodon.spesh.com

i talk to everybody and am overly charitable | currently interested in: consolidation without centralization, composable economies, ocaps, incautious optimism, almanacs. ex-NTK, ex-EFF, now with Filecoin Foundation (for the Decentralised Web)

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@danny@mastodon.spesh.com · Jan 21, 2026

Harry Hill pass responsibility for the Internet to Stewart Lee and Stew blames me https://youtu.be/GhJxiU1_5o0?si=aMqZOxTLLn7XswMV&t=799 (not really)

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@danny@mastodon.spesh.com

i talk to everybody and am overly charitable | currently interested in: consolidation without centralization, composable economies, ocaps, incautious optimism, almanacs. ex-NTK, ex-EFF, now with Filecoin Foundation (for the Decentralised Web)

mastodon.spesh.com

Danny O'B

@danny@mastodon.spesh.com

i talk to everybody and am overly charitable | currently interested in: consolidation without centralization, composable economies, ocaps, incautious optimism, almanacs. ex-NTK, ex-EFF, now with Filecoin Foundation (for the Decentralised Web)

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@danny@mastodon.spesh.com · Jan 14, 2026

realising that old people get old people things just by inheriting them from the last batch of old people

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@danny@mastodon.spesh.com

i talk to everybody and am overly charitable | currently interested in: consolidation without centralization, composable economies, ocaps, incautious optimism, almanacs. ex-NTK, ex-EFF, now with Filecoin Foundation (for the Decentralised Web)

mastodon.spesh.com

Danny O'B

@danny@mastodon.spesh.com

i talk to everybody and am overly charitable | currently interested in: consolidation without centralization, composable economies, ocaps, incautious optimism, almanacs. ex-NTK, ex-EFF, now with Filecoin Foundation (for the Decentralised Web)

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@danny@mastodon.spesh.com · Jan 07, 2026

New blog post from me: AI Psychosis, AI Apotheosis https://www.oblomovka.com/wp/2026/01/07/ai-psychosis-ai-apotheosis/

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@danny@mastodon.spesh.com

i talk to everybody and am overly charitable | currently interested in: consolidation without centralization, composable economies, ocaps, incautious optimism, almanacs. ex-NTK, ex-EFF, now with Filecoin Foundation (for the Decentralised Web)

mastodon.spesh.com

Danny O'B

@danny@mastodon.spesh.com

i talk to everybody and am overly charitable | currently interested in: consolidation without centralization, composable economies, ocaps, incautious optimism, almanacs. ex-NTK, ex-EFF, now with Filecoin Foundation (for the Decentralised Web)

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@danny@mastodon.spesh.com · Jan 02, 2026

@emma@orbital.horse @lizzard@mastodon.social it's not even right for australia!! That's why I look sad in this photo lol

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@danny@mastodon.spesh.com

i talk to everybody and am overly charitable | currently interested in: consolidation without centralization, composable economies, ocaps, incautious optimism, almanacs. ex-NTK, ex-EFF, now with Filecoin Foundation (for the Decentralised Web)

mastodon.spesh.com

Danny O'B

@danny@mastodon.spesh.com

i talk to everybody and am overly charitable | currently interested in: consolidation without centralization, composable economies, ocaps, incautious optimism, almanacs. ex-NTK, ex-EFF, now with Filecoin Foundation (for the Decentralised Web)

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@danny@mastodon.spesh.com · Nov 07, 2025

trying out another terminal emuulator, which is *fast* but I'm like ohh but it feels kind of ... soft? Turns out it is fast at rendering but isn't as good at input latency, and ... I think maybe I felt that?

i must be very special and sensitive. or just dislike change

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@danny@mastodon.spesh.com

i talk to everybody and am overly charitable | currently interested in: consolidation without centralization, composable economies, ocaps, incautious optimism, almanacs. ex-NTK, ex-EFF, now with Filecoin Foundation (for the Decentralised Web)

mastodon.spesh.com

Danny O'B

@danny@mastodon.spesh.com

i talk to everybody and am overly charitable | currently interested in: consolidation without centralization, composable economies, ocaps, incautious optimism, almanacs. ex-NTK, ex-EFF, now with Filecoin Foundation (for the Decentralised Web)

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@danny@mastodon.spesh.com · Nov 04, 2025

Hello! I am looking for a Governance PM at the Filecoin Foundation! This is one the most fascinating places I've had the good fortune to work at, and if you have a background in open source or decentralized organizing, I think you might think so too: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/filecoinfoundation/jobs/4615095006

As ever, if you're not sure whether this is the right role for you and you're reading this, reach out to me in DM! I'm friendly, and we can talk it through!

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@danny@mastodon.spesh.com

i talk to everybody and am overly charitable | currently interested in: consolidation without centralization, composable economies, ocaps, incautious optimism, almanacs. ex-NTK, ex-EFF, now with Filecoin Foundation (for the Decentralised Web)

mastodon.spesh.com

Danny O'B

@danny@mastodon.spesh.com

i talk to everybody and am overly charitable | currently interested in: consolidation without centralization, composable economies, ocaps, incautious optimism, almanacs. ex-NTK, ex-EFF, now with Filecoin Foundation (for the Decentralised Web)

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@danny@mastodon.spesh.com · Oct 27, 2025

Trying to fight big tech by making copyright stronger is like fighting viruses with gain-of-function research: https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/worried-about-ai-monopoly--embrace-copyright-s-limits

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