🐻

We're currently just 25 subscribers off the magical 2000 that ensures the long-term viability and stability of The Quietus. Join the Subscriber tier today & get instant access to hours of music in playlists covering our three main end of year charts: thequietus.com/subscribers/

Highly recommend. Some great insight into the complexities of players' associations and governance during the back half. As Andy says it's unusual that the burden of progress is often put on athletes who find themselves caught between federations and their colleagues..

yeah fairs

Today is Free Friday at Defector! Everything we post on Bluesky all through the weekend will be a gift link. 🎁

HUGE FIRST BSKY POST

quick proof they’re doing this

If you think there was a lot of baseball talk last night, that’s because there was A LOT of baseball talk last night Green line below shows activity during the game, vs. the day before (yellow) and last week (blue). The peaks are 66% higher than normal We have the juice

hey folks, we've heard reports that some posts and accounts weren't showing up in search. there was a technical issue on our end that prevented a small number of new posts and accounts from getting indexed. we're backfilling the missing data now, and search results should return to normal soon.

A seemingly small but very big change - you should 100% be using post notifications as a way to keep updates

also shout out to kenny beats on production who keeps proving a point across genres

ball cannot be stopped

A note for sports: Bluesky’s engagement rate was x10 higher than X’s across a sampling of identical posts made on both platforms by @rapsheet.bsky.social (sharing with permission) Fwiw we see a similar trend across all communities, not just sports. Real people, real conversations.

new podcast ep with @minakimes.bsky.social available now: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

If you’re inclined to make financial decisions based on Rafael Nadal videos maybe that’s just the universe working itself out

I have created a Bluesky Starter Pack for Artist Alley at Twitchcon San Diego 2025! Check them out, follow the creators, and then show your support directly at the convention! go.bsky.app/9dCJZJF (I am missing a few that I couldn't find - tag me and I'll add!)

Please I beg do not bring the “how do I fit this into my banner” posts over here

Almost all of the top Bluesky links on Reddit over the past week have been sports posts - happy first weekend of the NFL season folks www.reddit.com/domain/bsky....

v1.108 is rolling out today 🚚 Now live, at long last: Bookmarks, aka Saved Posts. For all those posts you'll definitely plan to come back to! Update the app and give it a try. The button is right down there 👇

she slayed www.cnbc.com/2025/08/29/b...

NFL Bluesky! I'm gonna edit/add to my starter pack a bit this week before pushing it out again before week one. If there's anyone you think should be added, drop their names 👇

We launched some updates to the Discover feed today. This likely won't affect existing users as much, but for new users it's a big improvement. Basically: the ML team managed to build an improved topic classifier, which means Discover is better at responding to selected interests.

Algorithmic Choice! This "For You" feed by @spacecowboy17.bsky.social is what it's all about. You don't have to use Discover. Other people can make great algorithms.

Will be in Cologne @ Gamescom next Friday - lmk what to get up to!

Feel free to join the officially unofficial Bluesky FPL mini-league using the code: nnyjq0 I have 8 months to think of a good prize for the winner. May spin up a little custom feed of participants too.

hi Bluesky! 🦋 i’ve been chosen as the new head of product here at Bluesky HQ! and i couldn’t be more excited to hack with this incredibly talented team on making this site better for everyone.

He has risen

👋 Austin-based friends, head along to Haymaker tonight to see the team from @kickbacksoccer.bsky.social do their thing. Catch you there!

Stoked to be working with @kickbacksoccer.bsky.social to support and invest in U.S. soccer. The buzz is greater than ever, and we want Bluesky to be the place where fans can connect and discover all the latest. Much more to come! ⚽ Details via @variety.com: variety.com/2025/tv/news...

Sinner, Alcaraz, Wimbledon. Grass is great.

ICYMI over the holiday weekend, watch Adam Amin’s origin story - What life was like as a sports director in Spirit Lake, Iowa - His "welcome to the big leagues" moment in Somerset - How he got on ESPN's radar - His advice to aspiring broadcasters

Sorry in advance to anyone trying to contact me for the next two weeks, the only notification I’ll be seeing is ‘Gyokeres to Arsenal VERY close’

Lots of work left for sports on Bluesky, but to assuage some fears about its future: we're on pace for another record-breaking month in June. There have been more sports-related posts than ever before, and engagement rate has tripled(!!). We're fully committed to the community here.

In all hands hoping it clocks to someone how much business I’m standing on

saw a kid passively aggressively d-town scramble at the staff in Jolene because there’s no hibiscus iced tea

Crying and throwing up in the Bluesky echo chamber rn, they keep telling me that George Russell is on pole in Canada but it simply can’t be

We're excited that verification badges have made it easier to quickly recognize authentic accounts, especially in moments of breaking news. Now, we're expanding our roll-out. Notable and authentic accounts can apply for verification or to become a Trusted Verifier via the form linked in our blog.

ty to @rtgame.bsky.social for testing this out - pathing the way for us to support an array of creators with this feature 💙

Hi Bluesky! We’re the official News from Google handle, providing the latest news and updates from Google. We'll start tomorrow for Google I/O, with updates to Gemini, Search, Google DeepMind and beyond. Tune in at io.google.

Boston at New York. Game 6. Tonight. Denver at OKC. Game 7. Sunday. This weekend? Don’t Miss a Thing. 20 days from now? Unforgettable Awaits. Who ya got winning it all? 🏆

season launch day just got even better 💙

@eva.bsky.world who made you?

draft day first rounders

We’re introducing a new layer of verification on Bluesky — a user-friendly, easily recognizable blue check. In addition to account verification issued by Bluesky, we're also introducing Trusted Verifiers. Select independent organizations can verify accounts directly.

Tennis fans go show Kei Nishikori some love

Just want to say that I'm grateful for the BlueSky community. Yesterday's article was my most read piece ever and I didn't post anywhere but BlueSky

Bluesky knows ball

Thank you Declan Rice

go show @zachlowenba.bsky.social some love

As a Cubs fan I’m glad the baseball season is starting today and there haven’t been any games so far