🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.

"This kind of thing doesn't just happen! It's because good, passionate people show up and put in work." @pfrazee.com is spot on. @bmann.ca did such an amazing job of bringing people together and facilitating action. Deep appreciation.

Mastodon 4.5 is out! A few big things in this release: 1) quotes!! 2) they… finally fixed missing replies?! if you open an RTd post in the timeline, it seems to be loading all replies from the original server and they appear after a while 😳 3) normal looking native emoji 😄

Congrats on your victory @sndorf.bsky.social! 🎉

Zensical – a modern static site generator. We're excited to release @zensical.org, our new SSG that is compatible with Material for MkDocs: – 5x faster rebuilds – Modern design – Blazing-fast search Read the full announcement on our blog: squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-mater... A thread ⬇ 1/7

YUL ✈️ ATL ✈️ DAY

Bing bop boom boom boom bop bam

Looks like a cheap instagram photo-op spot.

lots of exciting projects in Montreal this week weaving the ATProto ecosystem ✨ ( @germnetwork.com @stream.place @leaflet.pub @microcosm.blue @atprotocol.dev @smokesignal.events @cosmik.network @skylight.social )

@bnewbold.net kicking things off at #ietf124 #ATprotocol

A reminder that @chadkoh.com did a step-by-step write up of how you can join the ATProto #IETF124 BoF session at 9:30am EST this morning remotely. No cost registration.

Definitely not me testing in prod 😅

@leaflet.pub, the biggest smile of the AT Proto apps.

People are really losing their goddamn minds about this really nice dude running for mayor

#ATProtocol #MTL @bmann.ca @awarm.space @iame.li @ronentk.me @wesleyfinck.org @maparent.ca

Looks like X is juicing web visit numbers by opening a browser WebView in the background whether the user visits the link or not. They've re-invented pop-under fraud (allegedly). news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4580...

I'm going to https://smokesignal.events/did:plc:cbkjy5n7bk3ax2wplmtjofq2/3m4t6shjuf22y

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting. now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work. Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours. She was later released with NO CHARGE. A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”. You decide…

It's almost as if letting the ultra-rich own the entire mainstream press and also all the big social platforms had a downside.

QuickDID supports lexicon resolution now! #ATProtocol #atdev

Why is creating a safari extension such a pain in the ass?

Legendary to see Blacksky represented at the IETF (internet engineering task force) They’re the architects of the modern internet who designed the standards of how computers talk to each other TY @torrho.blacksky.team for representing our team as atproto works through the standardization process

At #IETF124 hackathon, Table 27 with the #ATProto_MTL crew @wesleyfinck.org @ngerakines.me @bnewbold.net @bad-example.com @dholms.xyz

🇨🇦 Hello again, Canada!

When other people propose and move towards identical or nearly identical things, they are praised. I think this is a smart move and I’m looking forward to it.

Good read #Rust

DAY ✈️ ATL ✈️ YUL

Pretty sure I have the scariest engineering costume of the day.

#Voted while we still can. @mattie.thegem.city

The administration claims that net neutrality rules are a form of rate regulation and thus not allowed under the US law that created the $42 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program.

I'm going to https://smokesignal.events/did:plc:lehcqqkwzcwvjvw66uthu5oq/3m3oi4qwd2g2d

40 million strong! Congrats to @bsky.app!

The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY

Me: Writing a paper and creating a reference implementation. Finishes. Feels good. ... later ... Me: Finds a better, more elegant solution Also me: "fuck"

Happy birthday!

Game night! #dnd #5e

@essentialrandom.bsky.social, your patience and dedication have given @lexicon.community its wings. The hours you've poured into your own and adopted communities, and watching those you've influenced flourish, fills me with deep appreciation. Thank you! #Gratitude

@ezraboeth.com, this community has you to blame for inviting me way back when! 😄 Thanks for the wild decentralized ideas, your hot takes, and making everything better with your kindness and capability. #Gratitude

@mackuba.eu, you were my gateway to the ATmosphere as the first feed I subscribed to! Your curious spirit, technical insights & balanced perspective make every interaction a joy. Thanks for pushing us all to learn & grow! #Gratitude

Grateful for @bmann.ca - your technical brilliance, BS filter, and generous spirit have made me better at what I do. More than a year of learning together, and I'm lucky to call you both mentor and friend. Thanks for always keeping it real and building our community up. #Gratitude

Yikes www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

I think that a small fraction of my recent followers *may* be real. Jury is out.

Excited to announce here at the @parispeaceforum.bsky.social that, after months of joint technical work together, OpenAI will open source through ROOST one of its main internal models that handles detection and moderation. This will allow anyone or any company to use, test, and study the model.

A regular reminder that congressional Republicans can put country over party anytime they want but choose not to.

@ngerakines.me I got a selfhosted version of quickdid running at: quickdid.snek.cc running on a nixos vps on @upcloud.com ❄️ (testing my nix bindings for atproto projects)

I legitimately didn't know they were competing with Steam and it's crazy to me that they burnt so much money on what sounds like something with very little (or wildly misguided) market research.

Halloween dance at Gem City Swing! #SwingDancing

Me: Sheesh, when did Valgrind stop working on macOS?! ... Me: Oh, over 5 years ago.