Oh hai

We talked so much about the possibilities and promise of the future we’re building, I’m, dare I say it, hopeful? Humbled to be working on it with this group of visionaries.

Anyone else starting to feel like it’s the last day of summer camp? #AtmosphereConf

Today, we’re excited to introduce Attie, currently as an invite-only closed beta. Attie is the first agentic social app on atproto. It’s something completely new — an experiment in making building on the protocol more accessible.

Wheels up 🛫 see y’all soon #AtmosphereConf

More Bluesky news today - we appreciate our investors who have joined us to help build out Bluesky and the Atmosphere.

Some very exciting news - it looks like the working group for AT Protocol at the IETF has been approved! (though not formalized in the datatracker just yet) This is a big milestone in the standards process. But is also just the start of the actual process - years of meetings & work ahead!

TONIGHT! Watch the Oscars with your favorite members of Bluesky's film community—and many new ones. Post about nominees, films, or red carpet looks and you'll automatically appear in our Oscars feed. 🍿 Pin the Oscars feed now: bsky.app/profile/did:...

Like @toni.bsky.team mentioned, we're only 42 team members. We also happened to hit 43m users last week. Figures like >1m users per person speak to the caliber of the brains at Bluesky. Come be another brain building the future of social: bsky.social/about/join

Thrilled to be part of a group of people who say the thing out loud. It's free so if you're in Austin this weekend, go sign up! anormalfuckingparty.splashthat.com

Just discovering that @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social is here! Wanderlust was the seed that bloomed into my visceral need for daily walks as far more than a mode of transportation or exercise.

In today's edition of Whimsy for the Sake of It

So grateful for @jay.bsky.team's leadership, both as a user and as part of this team. Excited for what we can build with her as Chief Innovation Officer and @toni.bsky.team as CEO!

Thank you, Jay! None of this would exist without you.

i now have 43M reasons to work on Bluesky every day

With all this AI slop talk, we don’t mourn the death of the em dash nearly enough.

Time to bring this one back. (Please forgive the space in Bluesky. I think we were all figuring it out at that point.)

This list is stacked. See y'all there!

Oh hey! Wanna work with @alexbenzer.com @darrin.bsky.team and a bunch of other cool peeps? Check out our Product Designer and other open roles: bsky.social/about/join

Bluesky now spreading germs

The Benito effect... activity on Bluesky spiked 70% during the Super Bowl 👀

Just in case you want to keep workshopping that joke...

With a career spent in real-time information, it is so exciting at Bluesky as we lean into events, including easier ways to go Live Now with @bluecast.app, @stream.place, and Twitch. Speaking of being a part of Bluesky, how about you check out our careers page, wontcha? bsky.social/about/join

we've rolled out support for @bluecast.app links in Live Now! bluecast.app is a super nice audio streaming app built on atproto — especially popular with many of our bsky friends in Japan

TikTok alternative Skylight soars to 380K+ users after TikTok U.S. deal finalized

update: the dismiss button was missing on the Live Event banner in the sidebar on desktop. we just added it back. Live Events are a beta feature — the goal is to show you live event feeds that you might find interesting. we'll be improving how and when these appear as we iterate.

Marty Supreme was excellent. I really liked the part where John Catsimatidis plays himself.

Finance Bluesky is hitting all-time highs lately, thanks to you. Let's spread the word, and make 2026 our breakout year bsky.social/about/blog/0...

Okay, wait, but someone told Grok to put a bikini on the Bluesky logo... and Bluesky folks... made it their pfp. And then... the bio:

Also new in v1.114 today: cashtags! Like hashtags, but for stocks. Tag your posts with #$AAPL, #$NVDA, whatever, then tap to see everyone else's equally unqualified analysis!

We’re hiring hungry ghost wranglers — I mean Machine Learning Engineers. As well as Typescript, React Native, and Go devs.

backend eng? come build this app with us. jobs.gem.com/bluesky/am9i... we’re a tiny team building a very big app. if that sounds fun, lfg!

It finally happened. @pfrazee.com yelled at Kit while I was on the call. And I was thoroughly confused.

FYI, on the Minneapolis shooting video: Bluesky hasn't taken it down. It's been labeled as "graphic media" so that people can avoid it if they choose. You can change your personal settings on whether you see media labeled as graphic (or whether it appears with a warning) here: bsky.app/moderation

My 81 year old father said he checks Bluesky every morning and he really likes the nature photos 🥹 keep it up y’all

Yeah, yeah, yeah new LGA is great but no bagels in the Delta terminal so that’s a miss.

Marty was a good boy 🤍

Real question: Is traveling 1.5 hours to see One Battle After Another in 70mm crazy or worth it?

Yay for friends and security!

I play a game where when the Final Jeopardy category is revealed, I guess the answer before you see the clue. Actually got it right tonight so in case more proof is needed that I’m a witch.

In case you were wondering why you needed to say you were old.

Rewatching Breaking Bad and I gotta say, this time around, I hardily agree with the “Skyler sucks” crowd

Our most-used words this year aren't a big surprise: 'community', 'building', and 'conversations'. Find out your own most-used words using Bluesky Harvest: bsky.app/profile/anis...

Inbox: 0. I would like a little treat now, please.

Have y’all ever heard of Wham-apocalypse? The last person to hear Last Christmas by Wham wins. I’ve already lost but want to make sure you all know it’s a thing so you can play. Happy holidays!

Did it again, folks. And yes, there’s sourdough in it.

I went into journalism to help people tell their stories. After working in broadcast, it was clear those stories were increasing told online. After a few exhausting years on the digital frontlines, I transitioned to protecting the ability for those stories to be told in digital spaces.

I've interacted with plenty of EU lawmakers recently, and it's not universally true (of course) but it is striking how many seem to take the fact that some companies are bad to mean the entire internet concept was bad. It doesn't need to be! We can build a better internet!

This reporting update is really exciting. I've seen other socials where you quite literally need to have worked in Trust & Safety to understand how to accurately flag issues. Clearer reports = Better moderation + conversation