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'''Naomi Most''' aka '''nthmost''' — Member since [https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2009_08_25 August 25, 2009]
'''Naomi Most''' aka '''nthmost''' — Member since [https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2009_08_25 August 25, 2009]


Contact: '''nthmost''' on [[Discord]] | [[Slack]] | [https://github.com/nthmost GitHub]
Contact: '''nthmost''' on [[Discord]] | [[Slack]] | [https://github.com/nthmost GitHub] | [https://nthmost.com/ nthmost.com]
 
''I spent my first decade at Noisebridge not writing things down. I didn't think anyone read the wiki, and I didn't know what was worth documenting. I was wrong on both counts. I'm here now trying to right that.''


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Working on [[Guilds|guild structure]] as a model for distributed authority, [[Restorative_Communication|restorative communication]] practices, and helping Noisebridge navigate community dynamics.
Working on [[Guilds|guild structure]] as a model for distributed authority, [[Restorative_Communication|restorative communication]] practices, and helping Noisebridge navigate community dynamics.
'''Old hacker on a rocking chair sessions:''' 5:55pm every Tuesday until the Tuesday meeting. Hear stories, meet other members, ask all the annoying questions you're too afraid to ask your own anarchist mom or dad.


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'''Recent writing:''' [[Anarchy_Paralysis|Anarchy Paralysis]] • [[Missing_Stair|Missing Stair]] • [[Restorative_Communication|Restorative Communication]] • [[Nthmosts_Open_Letter_to_Noisebridge|Open Letter]]
'''Recent writing:''' [[Anarchy_Paralysis|Anarchy Paralysis]] • [[Excellent_Hacker_Fallacy|Excellent Hacker Fallacy]] • [[Restorative_Communication|Restorative Communication]] • [[Nthmosts_Open_Letter_to_Noisebridge|Open Letter]] • [[User:Nthmost/Create_More_Masters|Create More Masters]]
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=== Working On ===
* '''Noisebridge automations''' — Automatically turning the lights on/off when people open or close the space: Noisebell → HomeAssistant → SmartLights
* '''[https://nthmost.com/w/vikings Kells]''' — Upgrading the Noisebridge Wikimedia server. Named "Kells" as a ward against hordes of AI bot vikings.
* '''[https://knob.nthmost.com KNOB panel]''' — Continuing to add Blade Runner-like panel widgets and unnecessary visual alerts to the KNOB panel for [[Beyla]] (the music server)
* '''Meeting notes automation''' — Script to automatically populate meeting notes from the Riseup Pad (work in progress)
* '''[[User:Nthmost/Create_More_Masters|Create More Masters]]''' — Talk given at NB16 (Dec 2025): an unronic anarchist manifesto for Noisebridge


== 🦆 Rubber Ducky Guild 🦆 ==
== 🦆 Rubber Ducky Guild 🦆 ==
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== Background ==
== Projects & Work ==
 
'''Languages:''' Irish/Gaeilge 🇮🇪 (fluent) • French (business fluent) • Japanese/日本語 (conversational) • English (native)
 
'''Academic:''' Math & Linguistics • Bioinformatics • Data Analysis
 
== Noisebridge: A Conceptual Timeline ==
 
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=== 2009-2012: Learning to Be a Good Member ===
 
Became a member in 2009. Founded [[SecWG|Security Working Group]], [[CommunityWorkingGroup|Community Working Group]], and [[FractalWorkingGroup|Fractal Working Group]] to address infrastructure and social dynamics. Learned by doing.
 
(Success metric for Fractal WG: we haven't had a single meeting yet)
 
=== 2012-2013: The Post-Occupy Period ===
 
''[work in progress]''
 
=== 2014: The Reboot ===
 
Major community intervention: [[Reboot|CONTROL-ALT-DELETE]]. Sometimes you need to turn it off and turn it back on again.
 
=== 2015-2017: A Period of Relative Peace and Prosperity ===
 
''[work in progress]''
 
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=== 2018: The Year Mitch Got Bullied Out ===
 
Several members bullied out. Space became eerily quiet. Those responsible also left, but the damage was done.
 
=== 2019-2020: ❄️ Nuclear Winter ===
 
Membership severely depleted. Had to find a new physical space. Saved by anonymous donation of 1 Bitcoin.
 
Created [[Guilds]] concept with [[User:Arity|Mark (Arity)]] to address social fractionation and provide structure for stakes-based ownership of maintenance.
 
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=== 2020-2022: ✨ A New Hope ===
 
[[User:LX|LX]] creates NB Discord. Liz Henry provides leadership as new folks arrive. I decrease involvement due to exhaustion and ongoing grief from 2018, but keep tabs on #bravespace. Discord usage ramps up.
 
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=== 2023-2025: 🌑 The Dark Ages ===
 
My participation drops considerably while attending to multiple losses. [[User:Mcint|Mcint]] creates monastic tradition with infra meetup. Space requires multiple physical and costly social interventions that seriously impede recovery from 2020 move. Much of the glory of 2169 seems lost.
 
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=== 2025-Now: 🌅 Renaissance??? ===
=== Industry ===


With multiple hardships cleared and heroic levels of "holding it down" achieved by those who remain, the way is paved for visionary rebuilding.
* '''[https://orkes.io Orkes]''' / '''[https://conductor-oss.org Conductor OSS]''' — Currently lead on Conductor, the open-source workflow orchestration engine
* '''[https://streamlit.io Streamlit]''' — Data app framework; early engineer on the core engine, specializing in memory caching and media streaming


'''Current work:'''
=== Noisebridge Infrastructure ===
* [[Rubber Ducky Guild|🦆 Rubber Ducky Guild]] - Flagship guild concept
* [[Restorative_Communication|Restorative Communication]] practices
* Essays documenting patterns: [[Anarchy_Paralysis|Anarchy Paralysis]], [[Missing_Stair|Missing Stair]], [[Nthmosts_Open_Letter_to_Noisebridge|Open Letter]]


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* '''[[Guilds]]''' — Distributed authority model for hackerspaces; co-created with [[User:Arity|Mark (Arity)]] during the 2019–2020 nuclear winter
* '''[[KNOB]]''' — Noisebridge's FM radio station, broadcasting at 87.9 MHz
* '''[[Beyla]]''' — The Noisebridge music server powering KNOB: Liquidsoap + Icecast stack, streams to FM and online


== Open Source Work ==
=== Open Source Code ===
 
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'''Python libraries & tools'''
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| '''[https://metapub.org metapub]''' || PubMed/NCBI research access library || 100s of ⭐, cited in papers
| '''[https://metapub.org metapub]''' || PubMed/NCBI research access library || 100s of ⭐, cited in papers
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| '''illuminate''' || Bioinformatics toolkit || In use at CDC
| '''[https://github.com/nthmost/illuminate illuminate]''' || Bioinformatics toolkit || In use at CDC
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| '''[https://pypi.org/project/secureconfig/ secureconfig]''' || Secure configuration management || Active
| '''[https://pypi.org/project/secureconfig/ secureconfig]''' || Secure configuration management || Active
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All projects: [https://github.com/nthmost github.com/nthmost] • [https://pypi.org/user/nthmost/ pypi.org/user/nthmost]
All projects: [https://github.com/nthmost github.com/nthmost] • [https://pypi.org/user/nthmost/ pypi.org/user/nthmost]


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'''Tech I like:''' AMQP • liquidsoap + icecast • Asterisk PBX • Raspberry Pi • Python (obviously)
 
=== Hardware Hacks ===
 
'''[https://github.com/nthmost/rb3_keytar rb3_keytar]''' — Rock Band 3 keytar repurposed as a wireless MIDI controller. Because why not.
 
{{#ev:youtube|TwV7fXDEKZQ|480||Goonies theme on the RB3 keytar}}
 
== Background ==
 
'''Languages:''' Irish/Gaeilge 🇮🇪 (fluent) • French (business fluent) • Japanese/日本語 (conversational) • English (native)
 
'''Academic:''' Math & Linguistics • Bioinformatics • Data Analysis
 
== Noisebridge: A Conceptual Timeline ==


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''[[User:Nthmost/Conceptual_Timeline|→ Full timeline on its own page]]''
'''Tech I like'''
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AMQP • liquidsoap + icecast • Asterisk PBX • Raspberry Pi • Python (obviously)
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== Community Patterns & Systems ==
== Community Patterns & Systems ==
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* [[Guilds]] - Distributed authority as solution to recurring problems
* [[Guilds]] - Distributed authority as solution to recurring problems
* [[Anarchy_Paralysis|Anarchy Paralysis]] - Why communities fail to act on harm
* [[Anarchy_Paralysis|Anarchy Paralysis]] - Why communities fail to act on harm
* [[Missing_Stair|Missing Stair]] - Routing around harmful behavior instead of fixing it
* [[Excellent_Hacker_Fallacy|Excellent Hacker Fallacy]] - Why technical brilliance doesn't justify harmful behavior
* [[Restorative_Communication|Restorative Communication]] - Framework for addressing conflicts before they become crises
* [[Restorative_Communication|Restorative Communication]] - Framework for addressing conflicts before they become crises
== On Anarchy ==
I've been writing about anarchism and Noisebridge since 2010. The best of it:
* [[User:Nthmost/Anarchy_Is_Not_No_Control|Anarchy Is Not "No Control, Man"]] — on using "anarchist space" as a get-out-of-accountability card (2015)
* [[User:Nthmost/Membership_as_Trust_Architecture|Membership as Anarchist Trust Architecture]] — why Membership is a tool for anarchist governance, not a contradiction of it (2019)
* [[User:Nthmost/Executive_Functioning_Under_an_Anarchist_Flag|Executive Functioning under an Anarchist Flag]] — can an anarchist organization develop collective executive function without hierarchy? (2019)
* [[User:Nthmost/On_Blocking|On Blocking]] — a consensus block doesn't mean "I will leave"; it means two very different things and you can't tell which (2020)
* [[User:Nthmost/Guilds_and_AnarchoSyndicalism|Guilds and Anarcho-Syndicalism]] — the guild model as syndicalism, and why property ownership is the wrong direction (ongoing)
''Full archive: [[User:Nthmost/Things_I_Said]]''


== Project Graveyard ==
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== Crimes Against Wiki ==
* [[86_Speedrun]]
== Badges ==
Badges? Badges? We don't need no stinking badges.
== Guestbook ==
Leave a note! <code>[your message] --[[User:Nthmost|Nthmost]] ([[User talk:Nthmost|talk]]) 08:12, 25 March 2026 (PDT)</code>
== Subpages ==
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''[[User:Nthmost/WhatLinksHere|What links here →]]''


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Latest revision as of 23:00, 25 March 2026

Naomi at Noisebridge

Naomi Most aka nthmost — Member since August 25, 2009

Contact: nthmost on Discord | Slack | GitHub | nthmost.com

I spent my first decade at Noisebridge not writing things down. I didn't think anyone read the wiki, and I didn't know what was worth documenting. I was wrong on both counts. I'm here now trying to right that.

Currently

Working on guild structure as a model for distributed authority, restorative communication practices, and helping Noisebridge navigate community dynamics.

Old hacker on a rocking chair sessions: 5:55pm every Tuesday until the Tuesday meeting. Hear stories, meet other members, ask all the annoying questions you're too afraid to ask your own anarchist mom or dad.

Recent writing: Anarchy Paralysis • Excellent Hacker Fallacy • Restorative Communication • Open Letter • Create More Masters

Working On

  • Noisebridge automations — Automatically turning the lights on/off when people open or close the space: Noisebell → HomeAssistant → SmartLights
  • Kells — Upgrading the Noisebridge Wikimedia server. Named "Kells" as a ward against hordes of AI bot vikings.
  • KNOB panel — Continuing to add Blade Runner-like panel widgets and unnecessary visual alerts to the KNOB panel for Beyla (the music server)
  • Meeting notes automation — Script to automatically populate meeting notes from the Riseup Pad (work in progress)
  • Create More Masters — Talk given at NB16 (Dec 2025): an unronic anarchist manifesto for Noisebridge

🦆 Rubber Ducky Guild 🦆

The Rubber Ducky Guild is my flagship guild concept at Noisebridge.

The premise: explaining your problem to a rubber duck (or any patient listener) often reveals the solution. This guild practices:

  • Listening without fixing - Sometimes people just need to talk it through
  • Question-asking as an art - The right question unlocks understanding
  • Psychological safety - No judgment, no mockery, just presence
  • Debugging life, code, and everything - Works for technical problems AND emotional ones

Status: Active concept, seeking interested practitioners

See also: Rubber duck debugging on Wikipedia

Projects & Work

Industry

  • Orkes / Conductor OSS — Currently lead on Conductor, the open-source workflow orchestration engine
  • Streamlit — Data app framework; early engineer on the core engine, specializing in memory caching and media streaming

Noisebridge Infrastructure

  • Guilds — Distributed authority model for hackerspaces; co-created with Mark (Arity) during the 2019–2020 nuclear winter
  • KNOB — Noisebridge's FM radio station, broadcasting at 87.9 MHz
  • Beyla — The Noisebridge music server powering KNOB: Liquidsoap + Icecast stack, streams to FM and online

Open Source Code

Project Description Status
metapub PubMed/NCBI research access library 100s of ⭐, cited in papers
illuminate Bioinformatics toolkit In use at CDC
secureconfig Secure configuration management Active
sensate Sensor data toolkit Active

All projects: github.com/nthmost • pypi.org/user/nthmost

Tech I like: AMQP • liquidsoap + icecast • Asterisk PBX • Raspberry Pi • Python (obviously)

Hardware Hacks

rb3_keytar — Rock Band 3 keytar repurposed as a wireless MIDI controller. Because why not.

Goonies theme on the RB3 keytar

Background

Languages: Irish/Gaeilge 🇮🇪 (fluent) • French (business fluent) • Japanese/日本語 (conversational) • English (native)

Academic: Math & Linguistics • Bioinformatics • Data Analysis

Noisebridge: A Conceptual Timeline

→ Full timeline on its own page

Community Patterns & Systems

Documenting what I've learned about how hackerspaces work (and don't work):

On Anarchy

I've been writing about anarchism and Noisebridge since 2010. The best of it:

Full archive: User:Nthmost/Things_I_Said

Project Graveyard

Projects past but not forgotten 🪦

Streaming Radios

Hosted various internet radio stations

Live studios:

Algorithmic stations:

Stack: liquidsoap to sculpt the station, Python to wrap it, icecast to stream it.

Miscellaneous

Voluntary Public Embarrassment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE1oFJ9Ce6I&index=29&list=PLF7EFE57DDF6BDEE9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy6VSrdQZ8U&index=30&list=PLF7EFE57DDF6BDEE9

Public Keys

My public RSA key.

/etc/passwd entry

$ sudo adduser --gecos 'Naomi Most' --shell /bin/bash nthmost

Crimes Against Wiki

Badges

Badges? Badges? We don't need no stinking badges.

Guestbook

Leave a note! [your message] --Nthmost (talk) 08:12, 25 March 2026 (PDT)

Subpages

What links here →

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