Happy solstice! ❄️🌲

instead of being mad at online did you know that you can just go outside and talk to a parrot

They’re getting rid of the penny? And there’s a funeral at the Lincoln Memorial?? www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

It took us a long time to get to building contact imports for Bluesky because we wanted to do it in a privacy preserving way. Read more about how we did it in the blog post below!

to sincere post a bit: the ability to receive important timely updates like this one, from regional govt and institutions like this over an open protocol (vs closed/proprietary platforms) is a huge part of why I work on AT

Had fun meeting some of the Seattle tech community tonight!

v1.111 is live today! We've upgraded our Age Assurance system to comply with upcoming laws in Australia and other regions, and to restore access to people over 18 in Mississippi. Plus, we fixed some bugs and laid the groundwork for improved "who to follow" suggestions in the near future.

Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🍁🍂

Found cloves from 1933. Still smell like cloves.

Finance is on Bluesky

In v1.110, Bluesky now has a dark-mode app icon — for anyone who thinks light mode should require a content warning.

Also new in today's v1.110 release: We’ve redesigned the “who can reply” settings to make them clearer and easier to use. You can also now save your choices as the default for future posts, giving you easier control over the conversations you start.

Chatted with an OG Internet guy at the @atproto.boston meetup today. Asked him about the last time he saw so much community excitement and engagement for a protocol. He said http and html.

One of my favourite Iowa farm kid experiences growing up was hunting morels every spring. I got to meet lots of other wonderful species both during those adventures but also just from spending most of my free time wandering in the woods 🤩 1, 8, and 10 were my top: picturemushroom.com/region/Unite...

BlueSky shoutout on Abbot Elementary!

y'all seem to really like baseball bsky.social/about/blog/1...

Well, it’s dark and rainy all the time now. But the mushrooms are thriving.

Latest blogpost from @alex.bsky.team one of two new devrels at Bluesky

We just crossed it. Yay! Congrats everyone and Happy Halloween!

good leaf season

Carrot and asparagus candles. Would you use?

Protocol updates

Leaflet now has THREE custom Bluesky feeds! - Leaflet Reader - Leaflet Discover - Leaflet Bluesky Follows Read on for details + links to each!

“Pumpkin on a stick.” Looks like tomatoes.

New reddit alternative built on AT

Are you a lawyer? Do you enjoy working on small teams tackling big things? We’re hiring a senior counsel. jobs.gem.com/bluesky/am9i...

#ATProtoCalls Docs will be published on Leaflet.pub atprotocalls.leaflet.pub RSVP for tomorrow ( and get a calendar reminder ) in the link below

touch moss (˶ᵔᵕᵔ˶)

threads like this highlight the best part of social media — how it can lead to opportunities and relationships that change your life what if more platforms optimized for relationships over engagement?

Realized too late in the day that it’s the mid-autumn festival, so this is the best mooncake I could get. 🍂🥮

if @bsky.app introduced a "Zen Mode" — what do you think it would be? what problem would you want it to solve?

tree-hugging is usually said as a pejorative but some of you should try it some time

Felicidades Bad Bunny, estás en la cima

Every once in a while you get a crème brûlée so good it puts all previous incarnations to shame. I would post a picture but… it’s gone.

Friend gave me a John O’Donohue book recently. It’s quite good. “To Come Home To Yourself”

The Marine Life feed has hit a whopping 2k likes 😱 so my friends, POST CELEBRATORY SEA CRITTERS. Birds Feed folks, seabirds count 😉🪶 come join us in the feed if you are a lover of ocean life! bsky.app/profile/did:...

Need to find a reason to use this bag

i wrote down the process of resolving an at:// URI step by step. turns out, it's a great way to learn how the AT protocol works!

dec/acc

Harassing the mods into banning someone has never worked. And harassing people in general has never changed their mind.

there's some more to do here in the repo to get it where i want, but will probably write a leaflet soon on making moderation work for people that are not Bluesky PBC. hoping that this will be a good step in that direction.

你觉得蓝天是一个英文名字吗？

I love being in the woods and not having to know how the housing market is doing. “Have you seen these interest rates lately?” No, I’m in the woods

strange women lying in ponds distributing swords RETVRN

For years I would try to convince people to build a platform where researchers or people could try out alternate rec systems. rec systems that might make you more knowledgeable rather than less or happier instead of miserable. Then bluesky just built it!

Why does Bluesky exist? So that "you can just do things" underreacted.leaflet.pub/3m23gqakbqs2j

Digital sovereignty must be a key focus for all free societies in the next decade if democracy is going to survive this moment.

You don’t need to become an expert on AT Protocol, you don’t need to learn to code, but I really do want to impress upon people that “federated social media” is a vitally important concept in a time of global authoritarian and technofeudalist consolidation.

Tomorrow is #bandcampfriday! I wanna hear your recs! I want to see them fill this feed I created! bsky.app/profile/did:... TELL US WHAT WE SHOULD CHECK OUT

Amazing breakfast this morning. I love waffles