#crowdsource — Public Fediverse posts

If you are on a diet - know that open food facts data are often off.

#food #cooking #diet #nutrition #openfoodfacts #data #crowdsource

If you are on a diet - know that open food facts data are often off.

#food #cooking #diet #nutrition #openfoodfacts #data #crowdsource

RE: https://things.uk/@eclectech/117067261084412782

Okay, here's a crowdsourcing (not funding) campaign I can get behind.

If you are fluent in a language other than English and can provide a correct, literate (not "literal", see below) translation of the English phrase "for fuck's sake", it would be good if you could tag @eclectech for this art project, which will bring the joy and utility of the phrase to the multitudes of people who speak only other languages. Or that's the intention, to the extent I understand it.

They're looking for idiomatic translations, not just literal ones.

Note: don't plug this into a translation engine or "AI" and post the result. They can do that themselves - the point is to get a human-verified accurate translation, not "as many half-assed slop machine translations as we can get". Machines also tend to get idioms wrong, so they're doubly useless here.

[Edit: clarify idiomatic translations wanted]

#NoAI #sweary #cursing #CrowdSource

RE: https://things.uk/@eclectech/117067261084412782

Okay, here's a crowdsourcing (not funding) campaign I can get behind.

If you are fluent in a language other than English and can provide a correct, literate (not "literal", see below) translation of the English phrase "for fuck's sake", it would be good if you could tag @eclectech for this art project, which will bring the joy and utility of the phrase to the multitudes of people who speak only other languages. Or that's the intention, to the extent I understand it.

They're looking for idiomatic translations, not just literal ones.

Note: don't plug this into a translation engine or "AI" and post the result. They can do that themselves - the point is to get a human-verified accurate translation, not "as many half-assed slop machine translations as we can get". Machines also tend to get idioms wrong, so they're doubly useless here.

[Edit: clarify idiomatic translations wanted]

#NoAI #sweary #cursing #CrowdSource

I don’t think I’ve ever been excited about a printer before https://www.crowdsupply.com/open-tools/open-printer/updates/progress-update-and-details-about-our-nomination-for-a-french-design-award

#OpenHardware #CrowdFunding #CrowdSource @crowdsupply #CrowdSupply

I don’t think I’ve ever been excited about a printer before https://www.crowdsupply.com/open-tools/open-printer/updates/progress-update-and-details-about-our-nomination-for-a-french-design-award

#OpenHardware #CrowdFunding #CrowdSource @crowdsupply #CrowdSupply

🎉 Made 1k contributions to #Openstreetmap! One of my fav projects of all time!

I think #StreetComplete counts both the things in-app as well as online on #OSM (and in #Osmand)?

And number 1000 was this funny thing in the screenshot that I had not seen before:

#FOSS #OpenSource #OpenData #CrowdSource #map #maps #cartography

Power you don't use, you lose...

Harnessing #fans and #develop *your* community as a priority online else you lose touch.

Should be your kind of "product" without exploiting but using their talent & consented energy and examples sent by them...

...because just improving #Tech doesn't work for #DEVELOPING PEOPLE in the #human sense...

Use people / #help them #participate / #cooperate / #crowdsource etc

We had a lot of this #GOOD but limited #forum stuff before - it's people that hold space!

Power you don't use, you lose...

Harnessing #fans and #develop *your* community as a priority online else you lose touch.

Should be your kind of "product" without exploiting but using their talent & consented energy and examples sent by them...

...because just improving #Tech doesn't work for #DEVELOPING PEOPLE in the #human sense...

Use people / #help them #participate / #cooperate / #crowdsource etc

We had a lot of this #GOOD but limited #forum stuff before - it's people that hold space!

RE: https://mastodon.nl/@bert_hubert/116245525628375677

Er zijn inmiddels 14 bijlagen verschenen bij deze brief, Dit is een boel informatie, misschien kunnen we dit #crowdsource-en? Zit er nog iets spectaculairs bij waarom de btw naar Amerika sturen een extra dom idee is? https://berthub.eu/tkconv/document.html?nummer=2026D12169

RE: https://mastodon.nl/@bert_hubert/116245525628375677

Er zijn inmiddels 14 bijlagen verschenen bij deze brief, Dit is een boel informatie, misschien kunnen we dit #crowdsource-en? Zit er nog iets spectaculairs bij waarom de btw naar Amerika sturen een extra dom idee is? https://berthub.eu/tkconv/document.html?nummer=2026D12169

For my Open Handbook Commons #crowdsourced book writing project. I now have a public Matrix space. Please feel free to join. "#open-handbook:matrix.org" openhandbook.org #opensource #crowdsource #freebooks #books #lifeskills

Open Handbook Commons

Here is the repo for the first book we plan to launch as part of the Open Handbook Commons. Right now, it just has an outline. People are invited to comment or contribute.

#freebooks #opensource #crowdsource #digitalliteracy #communitydriven

Open Handbook: Digital Literacy
A Practical Guide to Using Technology Wisely

https://github.com/openhandbookcommons/ohc-001-digital-literacy

Here is the repo for the first book we plan to launch as part of the Open Handbook Commons. Right now, it just has an outline. People are invited to comment or contribute.

#freebooks #opensource #crowdsource #digitalliteracy #communitydriven

Open Handbook: Digital Literacy
A Practical Guide to Using Technology Wisely

https://github.com/openhandbookcommons/ohc-001-digital-literacy

A rough website is ready. I could use some help with the #UI and #logo. I am using #Quarto #SSG and hosting the website on #GitHub pages.

#books #freebooks #OpenSource #crowdsource

https://openhandbook.org/

A rough website is ready. I could use some help with the #UI and #logo. I am using #Quarto #SSG and hosting the website on #GitHub pages.

#books #freebooks #OpenSource #crowdsource

https://openhandbook.org/

#mwgic #2026 #JosuaTree #Crowdsource #Photography #Climate #EarlyBloom

Apparently, they need all the phonecam pics of joshua trees they can get.

https://www.ecoticias.com/en/something-is-not-right-in-the-california-desert-joshua-trees-began-to-bloom-in-october-2025-yes-october-and-now-scientists-are-trying-to-figure-out-what-woke-them-up-months-earl/27950/

#mwgic #2026 #JosuaTree #Crowdsource #Photography #Climate #EarlyBloom

Apparently, they need all the phonecam pics of joshua trees they can get.

https://www.ecoticias.com/en/something-is-not-right-in-the-california-desert-joshua-trees-began-to-bloom-in-october-2025-yes-october-and-now-scientists-are-trying-to-figure-out-what-woke-them-up-months-earl/27950/

#LibraryofCongress has a #transcription project in flight for records spanning from colonial America through to the post-Revolution early Republic that you can help with:

https://crowd.loc.gov/topics/american-revolution/

#crowdsource #archives #AmericanRevolution #AmericanHistory

#LibraryofCongress has a #transcription project in flight for records spanning from colonial America through to the post-Revolution early Republic that you can help with:

https://crowd.loc.gov/topics/american-revolution/

#crowdsource #archives #AmericanRevolution #AmericanHistory

I've been doing some code quality stuff on my AI slop reporting web extension to make a better base for continuing development. I converted the project to #typescript to stop driving myself insane with some #JavaScript footguns. In the process I found out that source maps don't work for Web extension debugging in #Firefox, and ES Module imports don't work in content scripts. Nothing is ever easy, is it?

#AISlop #BrowserExtension #Crowdsource #Webdev

I've been doing some code quality stuff on my AI slop reporting web extension to make a better base for continuing development. I converted the project to #typescript to stop driving myself insane with some #JavaScript footguns. In the process I found out that source maps don't work for Web extension debugging in #Firefox, and ES Module imports don't work in content scripts. Nothing is ever easy, is it?

#AISlop #BrowserExtension #Crowdsource #Webdev

In Facebook groups & on Signal chats, tens of thousands of residents regularly #crowdsource information on #immigration agents’ last-known locations, neighborhoods being targeted that day & — importantly — the license plates, makes & models of the rental cars used by agents, which can change daily.

Some #ICE-spotting Facebook pages in #Chicago have up to 50,000 members.

#resist #Trump #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #CivilRights #Authoritarianism #fascism #Tyranny #ICE #CBP #Gestapo

In Facebook groups & on Signal chats, tens of thousands of residents regularly #crowdsource information on #immigration agents’ last-known locations, neighborhoods being targeted that day & — importantly — the license plates, makes & models of the rental cars used by agents, which can change daily.

Some #ICE-spotting Facebook pages in #Chicago have up to 50,000 members.

#resist #Trump #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #CivilRights #Authoritarianism #fascism #Tyranny #ICE #CBP #Gestapo

I'm developing a browser extension to #crowdsource reports of AI slop articles, and to flag slop articles/domains in search results.

The extension itself is started, and now I've set up a database to form the backend with #FastAPI in front.

Trying to get something ready for people to try out and start contributing ASAP because I'm so tired of this crap in my searches.

#FuckAI #Browser #Web #Python #Javascript #WebExtension #AISlop #Slop #Enshittification

I'm developing a browser extension to #crowdsource reports of AI slop articles, and to flag slop articles/domains in search results.

The extension itself is started, and now I've set up a database to form the backend with #FastAPI in front.

Trying to get something ready for people to try out and start contributing ASAP because I'm so tired of this crap in my searches.

#FuckAI #Browser #Web #Python #Javascript #WebExtension #AISlop #Slop #Enshittification

We'll stop Apple TV at the end of the current cycle. What movies or shows on there should I not miss while I still have it? (already watched Severance, Ted Lasso).
#appletv #tv #streaming #crowdsource

We'll stop Apple TV at the end of the current cycle. What movies or shows on there should I not miss while I still have it? (already watched Severance, Ted Lasso).
#appletv #tv #streaming #crowdsource

#Cenk LAUNCHES #CAMPAIGN To #Crowdsource The #Peaceful #REVOLUTION #tyt #yt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RsSANjhyxI

#Cenk LAUNCHES #CAMPAIGN To #Crowdsource The #Peaceful #REVOLUTION #tyt #yt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RsSANjhyxI

Thinking about getting a new backpack for travel with the laptop. Anyone have one they love? #travel #crowdsource

Thinking about getting a new backpack for travel with the laptop. Anyone have one they love? #travel #crowdsource

Someone mentioned a good app for identifying birds but I can't remember what it is called. Anybody know?
#crowdsource

Someone mentioned a good app for identifying birds but I can't remember what it is called. Anybody know?
#crowdsource

I’m the de facto #data manager of a local #foodbank and I’m thinking about how we could publish data about the demand we’re seeing to try to offset the loss of this centralized data source.

If other folks have regular sources of directly gathered data on #hunger, #foodinsecurity, or similar, I’d love to talk about how we could combine and #crowdsource something.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-ending-america-hunger-report-snap-cuts-750f90757f50ab2d8bc97dfca5a917dd

I’m the de facto #data manager of a local #foodbank and I’m thinking about how we could publish data about the demand we’re seeing to try to offset the loss of this centralized data source.

If other folks have regular sources of directly gathered data on #hunger, #foodinsecurity, or similar, I’d love to talk about how we could combine and #crowdsource something.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-ending-america-hunger-report-snap-cuts-750f90757f50ab2d8bc97dfca5a917dd

𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱.

I've been tracking the impact of #Trump actions on US research, primarily in this Mastodon thread. But the thread is becoming long and unwieldy, and this problem will only get worse.

I'll continue to track this news but I want to stop doing it primarily in threads. Once I depend less on threads, I'll depend more on #tags to help readers find the posts in this collection.

I already use #DefendResearch and will to continue to do so.

It comes from the Declaration To Defend Research Against US Government Censorship.
https://www.defendresearch.org/

But I want to supplement it with a more Trump-specific tag. After mulling over a few possibilities — like TrumpAdminOnResearch and ResearchUnderTrump — I've decided to go with #TrumpVResearch.

Thanks to Alice Meadows and Suze Kundu for the suggestion.
https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/04/30/trump-v-research-how-we-could-turn-the-threats-into-opportunities/

I won't add this tag retroactively to (many) past posts. But going forward I'll use both #DefendResearch and #TrumpVResearch for posts in this collection.

To follow these topics, consider following these tags.

I encourage others to use these tags too, in posts on the same topics. It's one way to #crowdsource this tracking project.

Here's more on this tracking project and the need to crowdsource it.
https://fediscience.org/@petersuber/114031943643988590

#USPol #USPolitics

𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱.

I've been tracking the impact of #Trump actions on US research, primarily in this Mastodon thread. But the thread is becoming long and unwieldy, and this problem will only get worse.

I'll continue to track this news but I want to stop doing it primarily in threads. Once I depend less on threads, I'll depend more on #tags to help readers find the posts in this collection.

I already use #DefendResearch and will to continue to do so.

It comes from the Declaration To Defend Research Against US Government Censorship.
https://www.defendresearch.org/

But I want to supplement it with a more Trump-specific tag. After mulling over a few possibilities — like TrumpAdminOnResearch and ResearchUnderTrump — I've decided to go with #TrumpVResearch.

Thanks to Alice Meadows and Suze Kundu for the suggestion.
https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/04/30/trump-v-research-how-we-could-turn-the-threats-into-opportunities/

I won't add this tag retroactively to (many) past posts. But going forward I'll use both #DefendResearch and #TrumpVResearch for posts in this collection.

To follow these topics, consider following these tags.

I encourage others to use these tags too, in posts on the same topics. It's one way to #crowdsource this tracking project.

Here's more on this tracking project and the need to crowdsource it.
https://fediscience.org/@petersuber/114031943643988590

#USPol #USPolitics

Views on tech podcasts

https://techwontsave.us/episode/272_digital_sovereignty_in_a_time_of_rising_fascism

#Zine - https://patreon.com/techwontsaveus

#crowdsource #Patreon
#podcast

Cool series If somehow you haven't heard of this one:
https://darknetdiaries.com/

Views on tech podcasts

https://techwontsave.us/episode/272_digital_sovereignty_in_a_time_of_rising_fascism

#Zine - https://patreon.com/techwontsaveus

#crowdsource #Patreon
#podcast

Cool series If somehow you haven't heard of this one:
https://darknetdiaries.com/

#nevertrump #handsoff #fiftyfiftyone #goodtrouble #crowdsource #codebycandle
friendly software dev here looking to make more anti-maga 'ware. : )

drop a line if have ideas / interested in teaming up!

Here's one way to deal with #AI #bots and #scrapers hammering our websites: set up a trap. I've hidden a link on my website that humans wouldn't click on, but scrapers would follow. I added the destination to my robots.txt so that well-behaving bots won't follow it. Now I can grep my web logs for hits to that trap and get a list of IP addresses of badly behaving bots. If we #crowdsource such a list of IPs (like with Crowdsec), we can collectively ban them.

Here's one way to deal with #AI #bots and #scrapers hammering our websites: set up a trap. I've hidden a link on my website that humans wouldn't click on, but scrapers would follow. I added the destination to my robots.txt so that well-behaving bots won't follow it. Now I can grep my web logs for hits to that trap and get a list of IP addresses of badly behaving bots. If we #crowdsource such a list of IPs (like with Crowdsec), we can collectively ban them.

So, I would like to #crowdsource a solution to an #ElectricalEngineering #EV problem.

I need to safely split a J1772 split-phase input into two parallel chargers inside a project vehicle. Each charger is capable of 3 kW. How would YOU do it?

So, I would like to #crowdsource a solution to an #ElectricalEngineering #EV problem.

I need to safely split a J1772 split-phase input into two parallel chargers inside a project vehicle. Each charger is capable of 3 kW. How would YOU do it?

#Meta plans to test and tinker with X’s community notes #algorithm

Meta plans to test out X's algorithm for #CommunityNotes to #crowdsource fact-checks that will appear across #Facebook , #Instagram , and #Threads.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/meta-plans-to-test-and-tinker-with-xs-community-notes-algorithm/

#Meta plans to test and tinker with X’s community notes #algorithm

Meta plans to test out X's algorithm for #CommunityNotes to #crowdsource fact-checks that will appear across #Facebook , #Instagram , and #Threads.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/meta-plans-to-test-and-tinker-with-xs-community-notes-algorithm/

Melodice

Melodice is crowdsourced website with music playlists for board games.

https://welchwrite.com/blog/2025/03/07/melodice-crowdsourced-website-with-music-playlists-for-board-games-shared/

#music #games #boardgames #fun #gaming #playlists #crowdsource #shared

Melodice

Melodice is crowdsourced website with music playlists for board games.

https://welchwrite.com/blog/2025/03/07/melodice-crowdsourced-website-with-music-playlists-for-board-games-shared/

#music #games #boardgames #fun #gaming #playlists #crowdsource #shared

Update. "Safeguarding Research & Culture — Distributing Cultural Memory"
https://safeguarding-research.discourse.group/about

"The destruction of knowledge and cultural heritage has happened, and therefore it can happen again. We are in the middle of that happening, whether it is caused by human action or natural causes…Safeguarding Research & Culture (#SRC) is creating an alternative #infrastructure for archiving and disseminating of cultural heritage and scientific knowledge…Together, we can ensure that our cultural, intellectual and scientific heritage exists in multiple copies, in multiple places, and that no single entity or group of entities can make it all disappear. Our archive is built according to the principles of #FAIR and #CARE, based on open technologies and standards, and resilient against loss via meaningfully distributed storage…Everyone, from individuals to institutions, can participate by accessing, contributing, and supporting these archival infrastructures."

#Censorship #Crowdsource #DefendResearch #OpenInfrastructure #OpenSource #Preservation #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics

Update. "Safeguarding Research & Culture — Distributing Cultural Memory"
https://safeguarding-research.discourse.group/about

"The destruction of knowledge and cultural heritage has happened, and therefore it can happen again. We are in the middle of that happening, whether it is caused by human action or natural causes…Safeguarding Research & Culture (#SRC) is creating an alternative #infrastructure for archiving and disseminating of cultural heritage and scientific knowledge…Together, we can ensure that our cultural, intellectual and scientific heritage exists in multiple copies, in multiple places, and that no single entity or group of entities can make it all disappear. Our archive is built according to the principles of #FAIR and #CARE, based on open technologies and standards, and resilient against loss via meaningfully distributed storage…Everyone, from individuals to institutions, can participate by accessing, contributing, and supporting these archival infrastructures."

#Censorship #Crowdsource #DefendResearch #OpenInfrastructure #OpenSource #Preservation #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics

10/ #Trump is doing damage on many fronts, not just the front of open and uncensored research. Are there projects to #crowdsource info on all of that damage? If so, the project on damage to research could be part of that larger project.

I welcome your thoughts.

#OAintheUSA #OpenAccess #OpenScience

10/ #Trump is doing damage on many fronts, not just the front of open and uncensored research. Are there projects to #crowdsource info on all of that damage? If so, the project on damage to research could be part of that larger project.

I welcome your thoughts.

#OAintheUSA #OpenAccess #OpenScience

6/ I'm writing this thread this to brainstorm with all of you on other ways to #crowdsource this work.