Timber Stinson-Schroff

@neno_is_ooo @keikreutler @meedabyte Call with @meedabyte booked for Tuesday

@keikreutler @tmbr_ss Thank you :) @meedabyte will follow up with @tmbr_ss then!

The Protocol Institute launches today. I've spent the past three years contributing to its predecessor, Summer of Protocols, and I'll keep my Memory Research Group work going under the new institute's banner. I'm really excited to see where it heads from here.

Exciting announcement + opportunity to collaborate with @longnow! Today we are launching Long Now Labs. Our inaugural Lab, Protocols of the Long Now, is a collaboration with the Protocol Institute. Read more + apply here: longnow.org/labs/001

Congrats to the Long Now team on their new initiative! The Protocol Institute has partnered with the Long Now Foundation to help design its very first Lab – Protocols for the Long Now. It's a great time working with @denisehearn_ and @jameshome, who are bringing it to life.

The Protocol Institute just launched, studying how protocols shape civilization. Edge City has been part of this journey since 2024, hosting SoP sessions at our villages, including Edge Esmeralda and Edge City Lanna. Congrats to @TimBeiko, @vgr, @tmbr_ss, and the rest of the team!

@spencerc99 @patrickc @tylercowen Nice!

grateful to share that i've received a New Aesthetics grant from @patrickc and @tylercowen to support making digital space feel alive, lived-in, & malleable across interactive art & open-source tools lots in store!

Summer of Protocols is now the Protocol Institute, with @tmbr_ss at its helm☀️ Read the full announcement here: protocolized.summerofprotocols.com/p/introducing-…

👀 next steps for what i think is an important project and wonderful group of people

@dwr WSU Extension Forestry

Who’s doing the most interesting research on how to combat invasive insects and pathogens destroying North American trees? Citrus greening, emerald ash borer, Dutch elm, hemlock woolly adelgid, chestnut blight, etc.

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@theJayAlto This is @pwstaples

an absolute gigabanger from substack

How many of the best things in your life came from being in the right place at the right time? This summer, we're creating that right place. 500+ frontier builders and thinkers for one month in Northern California. Join us at Edge Esmeralda 2026.

Google has an internal "let it break" essay about a hero engineer whose hard work ends up being a net negative (by masking the underlying issues). My manager sent me that essay when I was trying too hard to get the collective TensorFlow unit test suite green.

In Europe, governments are increasingly building critical digital infrastructure on open protocols such as Matrix, driven by the push for digital sovereignty and legally mandated interoperability. It eliminates single points of dependency and can cut costs. But it only works if institutions adapt by building capacity for protocol engagement and changing procurement criteria which are based on the build it or buy it model. I wrote a Government Guide to Open Protocols for Protocolized: protocolized.summerofprotocols.com/p/a-government…

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@awilkinson @ProductHunt Nice work @wettyeddy

Woo! My crazy personality test, Deep Personality, just hit #11 on @ProductHunt. Upvotes appreciated, nerds!

I create/invented a new SKILL for leading Claude Code through a structured Hegelian dialectic like process for doing deep investigation of topics. I've spent 40+ hours using it over the past 10 days — super addicting. It's as transformative for me as the original Deep Research.

Mother of all SPOFs

"resource dependence theory" (Pfeffer and Salancik) seems like a compelling framework to better understand how orgs engage & coopt software commons like linux and ethereum en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_…

2016: Getting listeria from drinking your buddy’s homebrewed IPA 2026: Getting a virus from using your buddy’s vibecoded API