I made a post about personalization at Bluesky. open.substack.com/pub/recsysml...

yes, words do mean things

From silencing late-night hosts to raiding reporters’ homes, Trump's war on free speech is the authoritarian playbook the Founders warned us about. Read my full breakdown here: adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/tyrant-tra...

NC Early Voter race-ethnicity & party primary picked so far (early in-person voting continues to 3 PM Saturday): racial partisan divide very clear. Generations: 'younger' voters are gaining some ground (now 15% of all ballots cast), while Boomers are dropping in overall %. #ncpol

Persona, the age verification company used by Roblox & Discord was hacked. And despite the company & platforms claiming Persona utilised “zero knowledge” methodologies to verify age, they are gathering user data. Palantir is one of Persona’s main investors. www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

✨ 𝗗𝗪𝗲𝗯 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 + 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 🛸 Sat 28 Feb we’ll meet at @c-base.org, Berlin with @brewster.kahle.org, @internetarchive.eu, and many new and long-time DWeb allies! Join us to contribute shaping #DWebCamp 2026 🏕️ Free attendance, limited spots! 🎟️ All info + RSVP

We should legislate identity portability for email addresses. We have it for phone numbers, where the technical challenge was much greater. We should have it for email, too.

This is a bad take. You can’t counter far right narratives on a platform that is designed to amplify only those narratives. Politicians should set the example. And journalist should get off of it too.

Congratulations to Minnesota! A huge win for Meg Luger-Nikolai and badass resisters in the state.

this is the midtopian future

Move over, Apple: Meet the alternative app stores available in the EU and elsewhere

I try to avoid petty insults. But anyone who equates a new federal statute duly enacted through bicameralism and present pursuant to Article I, Section 7 (Obamacare) with an executive order that unilaterally implements a president’s whims with no congressional input (IEEPA tariffs) is an idiot.

“(ICE favorability is) almost break-even with people who get their news from Twitter. Compare that to other social media platforms like Reddit and TikTok, where over 70% of voters viewed the agency unfavorably.” You are what you (choose to) eat

George Wallace in 1962: "I started off talking about schools and highways and prisons and taxes and I couldn't make them listen. Then I began talking about n**rs and they stomped the floor." Donald Trump in 2023⬇️

A must read - www.techdirt.com/2026/02/19/d...

I’m a proponent of AI tech but this is the dumbest counter-argument. Kind of surprised that he would say this. (Maybe I shouldn’t be?)

Gmail, Facebook, even Twitter all provide for bulk data export. The chances that bsky locks this down is basically zero. If you’re angry that no one uses alternatives, then go yell at 1 billion users, not the devs who…<checks notes>.. are LITERALLY BUILDING ALTERNATIVES TO CENTRALIZED APPS. ffs 🙄

Over on dead-Twitter, @geoffreylitt.com asked the following question last week: "I desperately need a Matt Levine style explanation of how OAuth works. What is the historical cascade of requirements that got us to this place?" Here's my attempt at an answer: leaflet.pub/p/did:plc:3v...

Excited to announce our collaboration with @ipfs.tech and https://dasl.ing on two new standards for the next thousand years of decentralized social video: S2PA and MUXL! Together they give us a standard for self-certifying and content-addressable media in the decentralized social ecosystem.

@habitat.network, we are so excited about ATProtocol not so we can get new social networks, but because of the primitives it provides for a world with user data agency. let's build that world.

Having fun making this component feel good to use.

In an age of “infinite productivity” it has never been more important to be working on the right thing. Ask the wrong questions and you’ll be producing an infinite amount of the wrong thing.

For well over 20 years I've been taking 30 second videos of calm places & moments I've enjoyed being in. Today I figured out how to stream them 24/7 on stream.place, in a random order, in case anyone else might enjoy a moment of this little art project of mine. stream.place/byjp.me

Seeing all these independent blogs and tools bringing more content to @standard.site

How it feels when the Supreme Court slaps you in the face with the Constitution.

Wait, wut‽ WHEN WAS SOMEBODY GONNA TELL ME‽

After notifying all our CFP submitters, we now have a full list of speakers and talks!

Introducing Ecosystem Action Research: a pilot program to address shared challenges in the AT Protocol ecosystem with a cooperative approach to strategic innovation. By the community, for the community. Sign up to participate here:

📚🎥👾🎵📺 Popfeed has officially launched! The home of pop culture in the 'Atmosphere'. Sign-in with the one account (Bluesky, Blacksky, Spark etc.) Films, Books, Shows, Games and Music reviews - all yours, all in one place. Download now.

Here is a very rough version of the For You Stats dashboard: linklonk.com/foryou It shows you 3 things: - how much you've been using For You - how many views and likes your posts got in For You - how your likes/reposts helped surface posts to other people in For You Feedback welcome

I will be speaking at #AtmosphereConf and to prepare for my talk I’ve been regrowing my beard

it appears highly likely that i will be doing a lightning talk about @inlay.at at #AtmosphereConf. see you all in Vancouver!

I am so thrilled to see all the recent developments in the atmosphere…. It really feels like we’re finally getting through an inflection point. KERP BUILDING!!!

Next up, everything that @rude1.blacksky.team's been cooking up, demoing the blacksky community only posts. Also showing their AppView getting polished and the full OAuth login in their client. "They're not just forked, but they're building their own infrastructure", "I continue to be impressed"

Building on ATProto is powerful, but building an AppView is a massive lift. So I built HappyView. It's open source. 😎 github.com/gamesgamesga...

okay gonna need y'all to get in here & browse & hit that "recommend" button! got a simple *what's hot* feed & a good start but we'll prob want to calibrate…and ultimately do more custom feeds too! (shoutout @awarm.space and @cozylittle.house *lots* of improvements here incl the whole app nav haha)

see y'all in a week 👋

Every lexicon, every "app" on ATProto is a "yes and" waiting for your contribution to the vision. We're all first party developers.

I'll be speaking about why ATProto is exciting at Journalism Technology London on 24 February in Shoreditch! If you're involved in or curious about the journalism tech space, come on out, it's looking to be a superb evening! luma.com/8s7g1fdm

Working on a WordPress plugin for @standard.site called Wireservice. Here's a two-minute preview.

The last office hours went so well, we're doin' it again! I'll be joining @pfrazee.com and @dholms.at tomorrow at 3:30pm Eastern / 12:30pm Pacific, on @stream.place of course (That's Saturday, 8:30am GILT for those of you tuning in from Kiribati)

I think it’s time to elevate the Atmosphere branding as ‘your everything-account for the Internet’. Bluesky is not “the last social identity you’ll ever have to create”, your Atmosphere identity is. Bluesky = one of many Google apps Atmosphere = your Google account

we just rolled out an experimental integration with @germnetwork.com, an E2E encrypted chat app that integrates with atproto. Germ users can add a button to their profile so others can message them from Bluesky. we're exploring ways to connect your profile with other apps in the Atmosphere.

The secret’s out! And keeping your secrets just got easier. Drop into Germ DM for AT Protocol—now live in the App Store and launching straight from Bluesky.

Snoop 师傅 is my spirit animal