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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]


== Quick Links ==
Contact: '''nthmost''' on [[Discord]] | [[Slack]] | [https://github.com/nthmost GitHub] | [https://nthmost.com/ nthmost.com]


* Contact: '''nthmost''' on [[Discord]] | [[Slack]] | [https://github.com/nthmost GitHub]
''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.''
* Languages: '''Irish''' (fluent), '''French''' (business fluent), '''Japanese''' (conversational), English (native)
* Background: Math & Linguistics • Bioinformatics • Data Analysis • Open Source Software
 
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'''Professional highlights:'''
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* '''[https://metapub.org metapub]''' - Python library for PubMed access. 100s of GitHub stars, cited in academic papers
* '''illuminate''' - Bioinformatics toolkit in active use at the CDC
* '''secureconfig''' & '''sensate''' - Additional Python libraries
 
All available at [https://pypi.org/user/nthmost/ PyPI] and [https://github.com/nthmost GitHub]
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= Community Work & Philosophy =
== Currently ==


The important stuff:
Working on [[Guilds|guild structure]] as a model for distributed authority, [[Restorative_Communication|restorative communication]] practices, and helping Noisebridge navigate community dynamics.


0. [[Reboot|CONTROL-ALT-DELETE]]
'''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.


1. [[HackerspaceCommunityDynamics]]
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'''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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2. [[Guilds]] - I care deeply about guild structure as a model for distributed authority and knowledge-sharing
=== Working On ===


3. Recent writing:
* '''Noisebridge automations''' — Automatically turning the lights on/off when people open or close the space: Noisebell → HomeAssistant → SmartLights
* [[Anarchy_Paralysis|Anarchy Paralysis]] - Why communities fail to act on harm
* '''[https://nthmost.com/w/vikings Kells]''' — Upgrading the Noisebridge Wikimedia server. Named "Kells" as a ward against hordes of AI bot vikings.
* [[Missing_Stair|Missing Stair]] - Routing around harmful behavior
* '''[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)
* [[Restorative_Communication|Restorative Communication]] - Framework for addressing conflicts
* '''Meeting notes automation''' — Script to automatically populate meeting notes from the Riseup Pad (work in progress)
* [[Nthmosts_Open_Letter_to_Noisebridge|Open Letter]] - On emotional labor and community care
* '''[[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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'''Status:''' Active concept, seeking interested practitioners
'''Status:''' Active concept, seeking interested practitioners


'''See also:''' [[Rubber duck debugging]] on Wikipedia
'''See also:''' [[wp:Rubber duck debugging|Rubber duck debugging on Wikipedia]]
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= Working Groups & Involvement =
== Projects & Work ==
 
=== Industry ===
 
* '''[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


* [[SecWG|Security Working Group]]
=== Noisebridge Infrastructure ===
* [[CommunityWorkingGroup|Community Working Group]]
* [[FractalWorkingGroup|Fractal Working Group]] - A concept I created. Success metric: we haven't had a single meeting yet.


= Open Source Work =
* '''[[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


== Python Libraries ==
=== Open Source Code ===


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! Project !! Description !! Status
! Project !! Description !! Status
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| '''[https://metapub.org metapub]''' || PubMed/NCBI research access library || 100s of stars, 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]


== Tech I Like to Use ==
'''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 ==
 
''[[User:Nthmost/Conceptual_Timeline|→ Full timeline on its own page]]''
 
== Community Patterns & Systems ==
 
Documenting what I've learned about how hackerspaces work (and don't work):
 
* [[HackerspaceCommunityDynamics|Hackerspace Community Dynamics]] - General patterns
* [[Guilds]] - Distributed authority as solution to recurring problems
* [[Anarchy_Paralysis|Anarchy Paralysis]] - Why communities fail to act on harm
* [[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
 
== On Anarchy ==


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I've been writing about anarchism and Noisebridge since 2010. The best of it:
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* AMQP
* [[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)
* liquidsoap + icecast
* [[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)
* Asterisk PBX
* [[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)
* Raspberry Pi
* [[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)
* Python (obviously)
* [[User:Nthmost/Guilds_and_AnarchoSyndicalism|Guilds and Anarcho-Syndicalism]] — the guild model as syndicalism, and why property ownership is the wrong direction (ongoing)
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''Full archive: [[User:Nthmost/Things_I_Said]]''


= Project Graveyard =
== Project Graveyard ==


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'''Projects past but not forgotten'''
'''Projects past but not forgotten''' 🪦
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== Streaming Radios ==
=== Streaming Radios ===


[http://nthmost.net:8000 Hosted various internet radio stations]
[http://nthmost.net:8000 Hosted various internet radio stations]
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= Education & Languages =
== Miscellaneous ==
 
== Academic Background ==
 
* '''Mathematics''' - University studies
* '''Linguistics''' - University studies
* '''Bioinformatics''' - Professional work in computational biology and data analysis
 
== Languages ==
 
* '''English''' - Native
* '''Irish (Gaeilge)''' - Fluent speaker 🇮🇪
* '''French''' - Business fluent
* '''Japanese (日本語)''' - Conversational
 
= Miscellaneous =
 
== Voluntary Public Embarrassment ==


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'''Voluntary Public Embarrassment'''
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE1oFJ9Ce6I&index=29&list=PLF7EFE57DDF6BDEE9
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== Public Keys ==
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'''Public Keys'''
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[http://nthmost.com/effluvia/id_rsa.pub My public RSA key.]
[http://nthmost.com/effluvia/id_rsa.pub My public RSA key.]


=== <tt>/etc/passwd</tt> entry ===
==== <tt>/etc/passwd</tt> entry ====


  $ sudo adduser --gecos 'Naomi Most' --shell /bin/bash nthmost
  $ sudo adduser --gecos 'Naomi Most' --shell /bin/bash nthmost
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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 ==
{{Special:PrefixIndex/User:Nthmost/}}
''[[User:Nthmost/WhatLinksHere|What links here →]]''


[[Category:Members]]
[[Category:Members]]
[[Category:Maintainers]]
[[Category:Maintainers]]

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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