If you haven't heard yet, Boards.ie maybe forced to shut down. Could you consider keeping this legend of Irish Online discussion forum alive and kicking by supporting the platform? www.boards.ie/discussion/2...

Happy 1 year anniversary on Bluesky for this account!

I'm in the UK and Bluesky asked me to prove that I'm an adult to be able to use chat I'm almost as old as my mummy so a photograph sufficed' See no reason why you cannot stick your soppy old granddad (or mummy) in front of the camera to get verified. GIF available here. tenor.com/mo63AHQrLXX....

Cool Bluesky Utilitiesv, I use regularly: - Skyfollowerbridge | Skywriter blue | Deck Blue | Skyzoo blue | User Count | Listifications | PushPin | More + Descriptions | Permalinks ^^ Just fit enough links in for post, with 'Markdown' on deck.blue

'Xitter' user across the EU are witnessing the effect of that companies HQ been in Ireland and EU Age Assurance laws been enforced. Keeping grok busy with Questions on the subject.

"Ireland’s media regulator has successfully defended a High Court challenge from social media giant X over its new Online Safety Code." #DSA #AgeAssurance #EU www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtan...

Will tech giants finally take online safety for children seriously? Article Linked on Page 6 of Irish Examiner 28/07/2024 #DSA #AgeVerification #AgeGate

Just trying something new with a Pinned Post! The thing is you only can have one. Highlights of my posts + Previous Pinned in a feed r/ATProtoViewer/ Verified Human ~ corkiejp.github.io

Even with 'Musk' bluster, sending 'Tropic Thunder Meme' to @thierrybreton.bsky.social last year? I predicted musk would fold, and comply with UK/EU rules.

Xitter complies with Irish/UK/EU age assurance rules! www.reddit.com/r/ATProtoVie...

People in the UK, if your unhappy with Bluesky's choice of privacy abusing 'KWS' Age Verification Service. You could report that service to ESRB Privacy Certified and get the seal removed?

The media regulator Coimisiún na Meán has contacted X, formerly Twitter, amid concerns over its age verification measures.

Edit my profile information because of below process, this is now considered my alternative account! Since I started creating PWA's and Browser Extensions from May, I was interacting more productively with it.

Here we go… "French authorities are already progressing with efforts to force certain social media sites — including X, Reddit, Bluesky and Mastodon — to introduce age verification, by classifying them as pornographic websites." 😑 www.politico.eu/article/emma...

Day 1 of online age verification crackdown by Irish regulator = zero additional age verification controls by adult sites and social media firms. Sorry if this is too specific, will try to drum up an opinion piece instead :) m.independent.ie/business/tec...

"But is there any actual harm? According to Hyrich, the evidence says no. ” Good to know because I have this habit to relieve tension in my hands at times!

"This applies to a smaller number of companies but includes some of the largest social media companies, which have their European headquarters in Ireland." @adrianweckler.bsky.social Now this is how to write an informative article instead of your attack on the 'Town Dump' and @cnam-ie.bsky.social

I did it for my alt, but people can assume by association this profile is also a 'Verified Human'!

Just an update on my PWA's especially ATProtoViewer, If you have used it recently it is now age gated with requiring a code from my new subreddit NSFW r/ATProtoViewer/ for access. Felt I need to because some example feeds, I was providing had adult content in them.Now removed. ... ⬇️

ATProtocol Handler! Good news, just got an email that mozilla approved my browser extension (AddOn) for firefox! Desktop only wasn't willing to setup a debug/testing with my laptop and phone. For mobile my PWA's do a similar function. Or Quetta Browser accepts chrome's extension.

Bluesky is dying?! Really? Repost if you're still actively using Bluesky and not posting on X. www.spectator.co.uk/article/blue...

Today's Editorial Cartoon: Clothes Call

As bluesky list feed don't embed on websites, I took your list feed 'Ireland' and create a skyfeed.app feed of it! @uilliammac.bsky.social See it in action below. That link is for demonstration purposes and I may alter the feed shown in future. If you like it copy the source code of it and reuse!

Below image thanks to @garethoconnor.bsky.social See more pages here: - scrapboard.org/profile/cork...

Someone should tell @imlunahey.com that age assurance is coming to the UK/EU as well starting from the 21st of July! (or Online Age Verification) even bluesky is enforcing it! bsky.app/profile/thev...

@garethoconnor.bsky.social Waited till the earlier hours of this morning to paste his front-pages for the day! If you want to view bigger pictures of the pages try the link below. Hoping he creates is own similar link with the service? scrapboard.org/profile/cork...

Just got around to watching the first episode of Foundation Season 3! And what an entrance by this stunning and beautiful young actress (22)? Rebecca Ineson www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5-w...

ATProtoviewer updated to link to Scrapboard profiles when records exist for the account! @dom96.picheta.me @indexx.dev @laurenshof.online

After some experimenting and trying different mobile browsers that accept manual extension install, I found 'Quetta: Extensions & Block Ads' which allowed me to test the ATProtocol Handler (now v1.08) with my mobile & touchscreen support for the ext. Recommend using zip file. Submitted to CWS to!

AT Protocol Handler V1.06 now available in the chrome webstore.

Open the below thread (or thread of your choosing) in other utilise and/or look up profiles for any post! In Chrome, Android & iOS26 from my PWA's and Chrome extension. Example of links for the thread See my pinned posts or my github page for links.

Just testing something with pdsls

Some successful progress with my PWA's and Chrome Extension over the past week! ATProtoViewer PWA ATProto Simple Feed & List Viewer To Share PWA AT Protocol Handler ~ Now on CWS ... ⬇️

*puts hand to ear* "you're sure??" this is just in, im getting reports that the app team is actually about to ship something

Paywalled!? More information on link. Does @bsky.app utilise cloudflare?

Thought I would share the below as well here. Both PWA's support android bluesky share to/via feature. Viewer not tested yet for iOS26 web app. ⓘ Previous profile info and links pinned post for this profile

"Members of the AI Advisory Council — made up of 15 independent experts who advise the Government on Ireland’s AI strategy — appeared at an Oireachtas committee to say that they predict software engineers, junior lawyers, and customer service jobs to be the first to take the hit. "

AT Protocol Handler ~ Chrome extension to open at did urls POC/WIP Manual extension install only at present. Resolves to the below sites in image at present. Use: - 'at' as the keyword to put in the browser url, press space/tab to activate and then paste url! ... ⬇️

Who is Gambling with WW3 Now? youtu.be/IwPkZRtBAhU?...

Just got the same email!? Check alt text summary provided from @theblue.social theblue.social/generate-ima... Mastadon TOS changes 1st of July 25

A collection of videos demonstrating the Bluesky Share to/via feature with my PWA's corkiejp.github.io/ATProtoViewer/ corkiejp.github.io/ttospwa/

PWA that accepts blueksy share to feature and provides links to handy sites! A new PWA by myself that takes the embed links from my ATProtoViewer and just provides the various links to useful sites instead, no more going to the more button on that PWA. ... ⬇️

Thanks to @garethoconnor.bsky.social Mondays papers? See:- corkiejp.github.io/ATProtoViewe...

ATProtoViewer ~ PWA + #Bookmarks + bsky share feature. I'm really impressed with what I have achieved so far with this viewer, considering it started out as a simple method to display PDS records. I didn't plan on creating a Viewer, still can't call it an 'appview' because no posting with it. ... ⬇️

ATProtoViewer ~ PWA + #Bookmarks + bsky share feature. + Important Update! Set your own default account to open the webpage/PWA with. + Presets with import/export feature so you can create a list of favourite accounts to look up. ... ⬇️

You seem to engage with my posts on boards.ie about bluesky, so I thought you might be interested in this creation of mine? @djfrancois.bsky.social Please let me know what you think. Didn't want to get in trouble on site by posting about it. Also didn't want to DM you out of the blue.

ATProtoViewer ~ PWA + #Bookmarks + bsky share feature. 'corkiejp.github.io/ATProtoViewer/in…' My viewer now update with a simple #Bookmarks method using localstorage! As each record display has links for handy bluesky utilities under the more option. You now have bookmarks to these for the post. 👇️

ATProtoViewer ~ PWA + View any record I'm really happy with the latest editions to my ATProtoViewer, can be use as PWA, view any post record (added today). For example see my very first post on Bluesky from 21 August 2024, visit the viewer and Click 'Show form' followed by 'Show This Record Only'.

ATProtoViewer ~ Now as a PWA! I have updated my AtProto Record Viewer, to now also work as a PWA! I know nobody asked for me to do so, but I wanted to experiment with the process. ... 👇️

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