thinking about how many people feel defeated, and tired, and poor, these days

Happy new years! Things I’m looking to get into next year: Privacy tech Anti surveillance tech Alternative social tech platforms Participatory governance 2025 going to be goated I can feel it already

Happy holidays to all! Peace to you and yours ❤️

Every time I'm on this app I'm struck by how much more of a positive place it is than X. I hope the bksy team doesn't incorporate advertising into the platform anytime soon... I know it's not completely ruled off :/

The other day I read “they (elites) turned the meta into an ideological war so we’d forget about the class war” and I honestly can’t stop thinking about it

I want to connect with as many people as possible who are building social tech (not just "social media" - but tech that aims to connect people) Projects can fall into any of these categories ⬇️

I'm kicking off a new series today called The State of Social. It's all about the state of social media, how we got here and what we can do better. Pt 1 is more of a personal introductory note, you can find it here: abigailcarlson.substack.com/p/the-state-...

🧵 Thread of helpful features, tools and block lists on @bsky.app 🧵

hi bsky we are back - going to be talking about decentralized media, data ownership, content creation, social media, the free speech/content moderation debate, privacy, zk proofs... those kinds of things on here hoping communities on here might feel more in tune w/ this but let's see

gm to everyone except my upstairs neighbor who decided to rearrange his furniture at 6am on a weekend 🫠🫠

Any New Yorkers have good recommendations for small dinner party spots? Looking for restaurants that have good vibes but also aren’t too loud, this is for people who don’t know each other that well yet so shouting in each others’ ears isn’t ideal 🥲

Half drenched from an unfortunate pool incident and after my phone slashed two twitter spaces mid session, I caved and asked the AI overlords about astrology, as any sensible person would. Mercury will no longer be in retrograde starting May 14. Stay strong

wishing all the content creators a happy recovery day after last night’s sprint

pov me watching the met gala

It’s a Friday in Miami. It’s balmy out with a gentle breeze, there’s a disco ball slowly spinning above you in your co-working spot, and you are shocked there aren’t more people plugging away around you. And then you remember it’s a Friday in Miami

We're launching our dedicated Web3 gaming channel, GG, on Wednesday 26 April! Find out more here: https://decrypt.co/gg

I’m really hoping this place will be more positive than Twitter - less trolls, less insane hot takes that don’t add value, more genuine connection and sharing and learning… here’s to manifesting that 😭😭🙏🙏

is Monday.com really all it’s cracked out to be? I’ve never used it but people RAVE about it

CRIED HAPPY TEARS TODAY I AM AN AUNT AGAIN AND SHE IS PERFECT 😭😭

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