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> ossmile.blackmesalabs.org v1.0 [ACTIVE]

OSSMILE

// a deliberately tiny website about good news

A hand-made corner of the old web that only carries good news. Daily posts on things that went right — an eclipse making landfall, a dead star that finally explained a decade of odd radio signals — alongside a zine, cartoons, mixtapes and postcards, an arcade of small games, a horoscope, trivia, and trackers for eclipses and launches. No algorithm, no infinite scroll, no engagement mechanics. Sign the guestbook on your way out.

>115 good-news posts and counting, published daily
>Arcade, zine, mixtapes, horoscope and trivia — all hand-built
>Period-correct skins, down to Hot Dog Stand

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Astro · Vercel

> novaprospect.cc/products/naicom v1.7 [ACTIVE]

NAICOM

// the audit trail for AI-assisted engineering

Sits between engineers and the models they work with, and writes down what happened. Every session opens against a tracked issue, every instruction is a versioned prompt file committed beside the code it produced, and every commit carries the session ID, the issue key and the human who approved the merge — so "which of these changes was AI-written, and on whose authority?" is a query. Runs against the forge already in use, resolved per repository.

>Generally available
>Dispatches pm, code, architect, QA and research roles against tracked issues
>Merge state read back from the forge API, never inferred from a push

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Rust · SvelteKit · Postgres

> novaprospect.cc/products/citadel v1.0 [ACTIVE]

CITADEL

// live host-state evidence for regulated fleets

Host-state evidence platform for regulated environments. Enrols and configures the Citadel agent across a fleet, distributes compliance-aligned query packs, and turns their results into a signed, append-only evidence stream — so "what is actually running on every host, and what was running on the day of the finding" is a SQL question with a timestamped answer.

>Generally available
>Fleet-scale collection over mutually authenticated TLS, signed at the agent
>Air-gap and FIPS 140-3 capable

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Go · osquery · React

> novaprospect.cc/products/beacon vbeta [PREVIEW]

BEACON

// continuous KSI emitter for FedRAMP 20x

Reads infrastructure state continuously and emits signed, machine-readable Key Security Indicator evidence — at the three-day cadence 20x asks for and in the format the Consolidated Rules 2026 mandate. Plugs into the FedRAMP Management Engine or stands alone against your own package.

>Beta
>Reads cloud primitives and IaC directly
>Open-source evaluator produces verbatim, reproducible output

open →

command-line evaluator

> novaprospect.cc/products/fedramp vlimited [PREVIEW]

FEDRAMP ENGINE

// the system of record for authorization, in both directions

Holds Beacon's 20x KSI emissions as the authoritative package, and generates Rev 5 OSCAL artifacts and POA&M lifecycle for organizations still on the traditional path through the Consolidated Rules transition window. One record, whichever pathway an authorization is on.

>Limited release
>Carries a full Rev 5 Moderate baseline as OSCAL
>Evidence origin referenced from Beacon and Citadel rather than re-keyed

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OSCAL · Postgres

> spending.blackmesalabs.org v1.0 [ACTIVE]

SPENDING

// defense + law-enforcement spending · FY12–FY26

Interactive dashboard of U.S. federal defense (Budget Function 050) and civilian law-enforcement spending, FY2012 through FY2026. FY range slider, category toggles, line / stacked bar / doughnut charts, KPIs, and a written report with full bibliography.

>Prerendered static site — no runtime backend
>Raw CSV + rendered markdown report shipped with the UI
>Source of truth is a typed TS module derived from the CSV

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SvelteKit · LayerChart · Vercel

> liechart.blackmesalabs.org v0.2 [ACTIVE]

LIECHART

// two-axis profiles of U.S. political figures

Evidence-based two-axis profiles of U.S. political figures. Every score — ideology and democratic-norms risk — traces back to a direct quote, policy position, or official action, with the source cited inline. Cross-subject scatter plus per-figure dossiers.

>Eight democratic-norms axes + per-issue ideology scale
>Profiles are hand-reviewed JSON against a versioned schema
>Methodology page renders the rubric directly from source

open → readme →

SvelteKit · Vercel

> farm.blackmesalabs.org v0.1 [ACTIVE]

FARM

// U.S. farm bankruptcies · 2016–2025

Ten-year deep dive into U.S. Chapter 12 farm bankruptcy filings, with state and regional breakdowns, farm-sector financial indicators, and the policy drivers behind the trend. Long-form report alongside downloadable CSVs.

>Annual national filings plus state and regional breakdowns
>Flags the 2019 Family Farmer Relief Act debt-cap change in pre-/post comparisons
>Research package (CSVs + report) is the source of truth, baked into the build

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SvelteKit · Observable Plot · Vercel

> inflation.blackmesalabs.org v0.1 [ACTIVE]

INFLATION

// the 2019–2025 cost-of-living squeeze

What groceries and essentials actually cost from 2019 through 2025, how paychecks did and didn't keep up, and where the extra money ended up. Rebased price indices, a working-family food-budget breakdown, corporate-profit "sellers' inflation" charts, and a long-form report with full sources.

>Seven theme-reactive Observable Plot charts, each with an sr-only fallback table
>CPI-vs-wages, grocery basket, energy prices, and profit-share views
>Research package (CSVs + report) is the source of truth, synced into the build

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SvelteKit · Observable Plot · Vercel

> cu.blackmesalabs.org v0.2 [ACTIVE]

DARK-MONEY

// PAC, super PAC & dark money since Citizens United

PAC, super PAC, and dark-money spending in U.S. federal elections from Citizens United (2010) through 2024. Outside spending rose from $1.25B in 2012 to $4.4B in 2024, with undisclosed-donor "dark money" hitting a record $1.9B. Rebased spending charts, a cost-of-election overlay, and a long-form report with full FEC and Brennan Center sourcing.

>Outside-spending and dark-money series per election cycle, 2010–2024
>Citizens United (2010) marked on every time series
>Flags the OpenSecrets → Brennan Center methodology break in the dark-money figures
>Research package (CSVs + report) is the source of truth, baked into the build

open → readme →

SvelteKit · Observable Plot · Vercel

> poormouth.blackmesalabs.org v0.1 [ACTIVE]

POORMOUTH

// corporate cost-of-living claims vs SEC filings · FY2015–FY2025

Four large consumer companies told investors the American consumer is "running out of money" — while posting strong profits, returning billions to shareholders, and paying CEOs hundreds of times their median worker. The claims set against the SEC filings: net income, buybacks and dividends, and CEO-vs-median pay, every figure cited to a 10-K or DEF 14A.

>Claims-vs-receipts: investor poor-mouthing set against profits, payouts, and pay
>Every figure traces to an SEC 10-K or DEF 14A filing — no unsourced numbers
>Research package (CSVs + report) is the source of truth, baked into the build

open → readme →

SvelteKit · Observable Plot · Vercel

> taco.blackmesalabs.org v0.1 [ACTIVE]

TACO

// Trump Always Chickens Out · documented policy reversals

A cited, factual record of Trump-administration policy reversals — loud cuts, bans, tariffs, and firings later undone, paused, or quietly walked back. Each entry pairs a dated original action with a dated reversal, every claim sourced. Sortable feed, per-reversal timelines, and aggregate stats by area, status, and month.

>Reversal feed filterable by policy area and status, with full-text search
>Per-reversal detail pairs the original action with its walk-back, both dated and sourced
>Normalized reversal dataset typed against a versioned schema is the source of truth

open → readme →

SvelteKit · Vercel

> radar-status.blackmesalabs.org v0.1 [ACTIVE]

NEXRAD-STATUS

// NEXRAD/TDWR weather-radar service status

Tracker of NWS radar outage/maintenance status — polls NWS Free Text Messages every 5 min, derives per-station status (operational / down / intermittent / scheduled), maps ~160 WSR-88D + ~45 TDWR sites with per-station message history.

>NWS FTM polling via Vercel cron
>Status derived from free-text pattern matching
>No-entry-means-operational semantics

open → readme →

SvelteKit · Drizzle/Postgres · Vercel

> ncentcom v1.0 [ACTIVE]

NCENTCOM

// intelligence fusion dashboard · single-screen operational picture

Nova Central Command — intelligence fusion dashboard that consumes nova-core's data pipeline (GDELT, ADS-B, AIS) and presents a single-screen operational picture. WORLDVIEW-inspired dark aesthetic with monospace data readouts, HUD-style UI, drill-down maps, and AG-Grid tabular views.

>Live GDELT event stream with regional threat composites
>ADS-B + AIS overlays for air and maritime tracking
>Drill-down MapLibre layers and AG-Grid tabular detail

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SvelteKit · D3 · MapLibre · Docker

> saltpeter.blackmesalabs.org v0.1 [ACTIVE]

SALTPETER

// Russian industrial site monitor · FIRMS thermal + OSINT incidents

Russian industrial-site monitoring map combining a facility catalogue with a NASA FIRMS thermal-anomaly layer and an OSINT incidents feed (Bellingcat, GDELT, Telegram, Bluesky) correlated to sites, each incident carrying a source link.

>Thermal-anomaly detections from NASA FIRMS overlaid on a facility catalogue
>Incidents feed correlates OSINT sources (Bellingcat, GDELT, Telegram, Bluesky) to specific sites
>Every incident and detection is traceable to a source

open → readme →

MapLibre GL JS · FastAPI · Postgres · Vercel

> blackmesalabs.org/roguewave v0.0 [RESEARCH]

ROGUEWAVE

// terminal workspace with Claude as the ambient layer

Fork of Waveterm that wires Claude in as the ambient intelligence of the terminal workspace — native Anthropic provider, operator-session and Jira blocks, and role-based workspace presets for Code, Arch, Research, Review, and Ops.

>Native Anthropic/Claude provider, not an OpenAI shim
>Operator-session and Jira issue blocks built on Waveterm view types
>Role-based workspace presets for the NOVAICOM operating model

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Electron · React · Go

> blackmesalabs.org/artemis-tracker v0.1 [PREVIEW]

ARTEMIS-TRACKER

// live telemetry for the Artemis II crewed lunar mission

Live mission console for Artemis II — spacecraft state vector from JPL Horizons, Deep Space Network antenna activity, space-weather conditions from NASA DONKI, and a 2D figure-8 trajectory plot. Ground-station-style HUD aesthetic, polled and streamed over WebSocket.

>Position / velocity from JPL Horizons polled every 3 minutes
>DSN dish status from eyes.nasa.gov/dsn polled every 5 seconds
>CME, flare, geomagnetic-storm, and SEP events from NASA DONKI
>No public domain or repo yet — internal preview only

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FastAPI · React · CesiumJS · Redis

> backyarddsn.blackmesalabs.org v0.1 [ACTIVE]

BACKYARDDSN

// DIY deep-space reference & utility console

A static, self-contained reference console for hobbyists interacting with satellites, radio telescopes, and spacecraft — receive-first, license-honest, and citizen-science oriented. Filterable catalog, live utilities (DSN Now, NASA APOD, ISS position), and an honest mid-2026 status strip.

>Filterable catalog across seven categories from one typed data model
>Live DSN Now, APOD, and ISS utilities that degrade gracefully offline
>RX-vs-TX honest — surfaces every license caveat and retired-service note

open → readme →

Static HTML/CSS/JS · Vercel

> bitbucket · novaprospekt/ascii-image_mu-converter v1.13 [ACTIVE]

ASCII-IMAGE-CONVERTER

// image → ASCII / braille / Nomadnet Micron

CLI fork of TheZoraiz/ascii-image-converter that adds Nomadnet Micron (.mu) output, intended for use over the Reticulum mesh-network stack. Renders JPEG, PNG, BMP, WEBP, TIFF, and GIF as ASCII or braille art with optional ANSI colour.

>Adds .mu (Nomadnet Micron) output to the upstream encoder set
>ASCII, braille, and full-block colour output modes
>Designed for low-bandwidth, off-grid mesh delivery

open → readme →

Go · cobra · Reticulum / NomadNet

> chrome-extension · mv3 v0.2 [ACTIVE]

TAB-GROUPER

// auto-group browser tabs by user-defined rules

Chrome / Brave MV3 extension that watches tab events and assigns each tab to a named group based on host, URL, title, or regex matchers. Rules sync via chrome.storage.sync, pinned tabs are left alone, and the popup exposes group-all / ungroup-all shortcuts.

>Six matcher types: hostEquals, hostContains, urlContains, titleContains, urlRegex, titleRegex
>Rules roam across signed-in browsers via chrome.storage.sync
>Debounced background service worker — first matching rule wins

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Chrome MV3 · JavaScript

> gitea.com/v0rts/gitea-dash v0.1 [ACTIVE]

GITEA-DASH

// at-a-glance dashboard for self-hosted Gitea

Lightweight dashboard for self-hosted Gitea instances. Surfaces repo activity, open issues, pull requests, and runner state in one view so you can see what your forge is doing without clicking through five tabs.

>Single-pane view across repos, issues, and PRs
>Reads directly from the Gitea API — no extra backend
>Self-hostable alongside your existing Gitea instance

open → readme →

Gitea API

> homelab · internal v0.1 [PREVIEW]

NOVA-DASH

// self-hosted homelab dashboard · single pane of glass

Self-hosted homelab dashboard, taking the best of Homarr, Dashy and Homepage and laying it out like CoinMarketCap. Service tiles with live health checks, Docker and Caddy widgets sourced from container labels, a retro CRT intel-feed ticker and a Cmd+K palette. Grew a utility belt on the side — CIDR and cron calculators, hashers, encoders, JSON and emoji tools — plus an arcade, bookmarks and notes. Its music hub is Llama's Ass: player, search, library, history and playlists, with a mascot, a puffy wordmark, and tracks rated one to five llamas in half-llama steps.

>Service grid with per-tile health-check status
>Docker + Caddy widgets derived from container labels
>Cmd+K command palette and a scrolling CRT intel feed
>Llama's Ass — the music hub, rated in half-llamas
>Internal homelab deploy — no public domain yet

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Next.js 16 · Drizzle · SQLite

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