Germ Theory: Why We Chose a Provocative Name for a Safer Messenger — Germ Network

Germ Syllabus

Technology Podcast · The founders of Germ Network, Tessa Brown and Brett Duboff, talk to guests and community members about the ethics, technologies, and communities that make social media—for better and worse.

Decentralized Pairwise MLS — Germ Network

Today, MLS is predominantly used in a centralized context, where a central entity hosts group state. Germ now leverages this powerful technology for decentralized 1:1 conversations, by letting users cooperatively advance group state.

Living Systems Network – Living Systems Network

Holding space to build and celebrate community to #coGrow and #coCook. coFood Vancouver catalyzes neighbours and projects doing good work in our food communities. Together we practice collaborative urban farming through a #permaculture lens, and convene dinners & dialogues on #foodwaste - #foodsupply - #foodjustice - #foodtech - #foodeducation

Germ Network

Share what you want to, when you need to, on Germ DM. The only messenger with multiple profiles, no phone numbers, and end-to-end encryption.

hypha.coop/spores.garden

Tend your corner of the atmosphere. spores.garden turns your AT Protocol records into a personal site with unique themes. Your data never leaves your PDS. Grow something that's truly yours.

Integrating Germ with AT Protocol — Germ Network

End-to-end encrypted Germ DM is now a Bluesky messenger. In this technical post, we introduce the architecture of Germ’s integration with AT Protocol. From the beginning, Germ has been building for an interoperable E2EE ecosystem, and this extends to our integration with AT Protocol. We’ll define th

Germ DM x ATProto is Now in Beta — Germ Network

Germ DM is now a Bluesky messenger. We’ve integrated AT Protocol into our iOS app, so E2EE DMs have come to the Atmosphere! Germ DM is the end-to-end encrypted messenger that lets you talk freely—without a your phone number. It’s powered by Messaging Layer Security (MLS) and now connects to your A

Networked Cooperative Ecosystems

Research TeamAndi Argast (Researcher), Nick Houde (Researcher), Dana Salama, (Researcher & Designer), Samuel Young (Network Mapping), Rithikha Rajamohan (Research Lead).

Self-organizing systems: what, how, and why?

I present a personal account of self-organizing systems, framing relevant questions to better understand self-organization, information, complexity, and emergence. With this aim, I start with a notion and examples of self-organizing systems (what?), continue with their properties and related concepts (how?), and close with applications (why?) in physics, chemistry, biology, collective behavior, ecology, communication networks, robotics, artificial intelligence, linguistics, social science, urbanism, philosophy, and engineering.

#84 Gardening Platforms and the Future of Open Ecosystems with Alex Komoroske | Boundaryless

In our first episode this season, we dive into the world of open platforms and the future of organizing. With his thought-provoking presentation of “Gardening Platforms”, our guest Alex Komoroske, helps create a shift in mind-set towards a more achievable and sustainable approach in creating impactful technology solutions. We explore his key learnings from leading product at Google Chrome, and how he continues to implement these in his own journey today. Talking on questions of morality, control, and designing for the nefarious users, there’s so much Alex offers in this podcast, and we hope you take from it, as much as we did.

Controlled Mold

A blog about fermentation, engineering, and cell-ag. We run wild experiments on microbes and try to eat them, all with the help of computers and math.