For any new followers, here is why I avoid "UX". hashtag vonnegutmaxxing www.muledesign.com/blog/triple-...

Hey everyone! I’m starting a monthly blog about trends in moderation from Blacksky’s Trust and Safety team called: “What’s Happening on My Feed?” The first post: “Putting the Trust back in Trust and Safety” is out now, check it out: whatshappeningonmyfeed.leaflet.pub/3mpont6fedc2z

coming back to this after some post-sangha clarity we had a discussion today about how our experiences shape the lenses through which we view the world and how the most neutral of data will be interpreted differently because of our unique filters

Stellar job description. Incredible team.

networksofny2026.bigcartel.com/product/netw... hi, did you like my book Networks of New York when it came out in 2016? you might like the updated 2026 edition which I'll be releasing in September and you can pre-order now

In celebration, I'm sharing a new piece of evidence from the book every day, and how it helps us understand our minds and build more thriving, joyful communities in technology ❤️ Find THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SOFTWARE TEAMS where you like to buy books: www.drcathicks.com#book

1) preorder her book! bookshop.org/p/books/the-... ⬇️

Cat’s one of the best people I know. I’m proud to call her friend and thought partner, and I look forward to doing more intentional collaboration with her in the future. Her work helps me learn better, live better, advocate for myself, and build better teams - what more could I ask for? 2 things⬇️

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Many builders in the Open Social Web are discouraged by the lack of funding in the ecosystem, slow pace of feature development (e.g. private accounts), and “low” adoption relative to incumbents like Meta. In my keynote I emphasized multi-generational struggle & movement building. People who faced…

This session was special. These people are creating what’s next.

Blacksky Algorithms founder @rude1.blacksky.team gave the most real keynote and call to action to close out PublicSpaces 2026.

@robin.berjon.com and co opening up @publicspaces.net conference

@robin.berjon.com and co opening up @publicspaces.net conference

hi Amsterdam 👋 here for a few days, orbiting Public Spaces conf, mostly hallway and cafe tracks

i found an @erlend.sh in oslo!

Last day in Oslo before i travel to Amsterdam for Public Spaces conf. gonna miss cafe culture here

We can’t democratize the web without democratizing our corporations. @goldavelez.org is doing pioneering work to do just that, cleverly grafting novel affordances of collectivity on top of familiar structures like the SAFE and PBC.

This latest Encyclical is really one for the cyberneticists and those who care a lot about the challenges inherent in measurement and all it obscures, especially those concerned with maintaining humanity in the face of technical systems www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

I carry this quote by the late Barry Lopez with me everywhere I go. It serves as an evergreen reminder and encouragement for me to stay focused on what matters in the midst of darkness, contradiction, paradox, and loneliness.

Lol at the new Google Workspace icons. It looks like an exec's nephew made them in MS paint with Clippy AI

Abstracts for our keynote panel, "Generative Justice as a Pathway to Abolitionist Futures" are online at bit.ly/4dxcf1V. This will take place at the 15th National Conference on Critical Perspectives in Criminology and Social Justice, May 20-22 at Brock University.

What email apps do ya'll use? I'm expirimenting with Apple's mac and iOS Mail apps. Not bad, but I'd prefer something cross-platform. Going to try Thunderbird as well.

Looking for office space for up to 3 Blacksky team members - In Brooklyn - Coworking is fine but need a private office - Guests allowed - Phone booths for calls - Accessible Any recommendations, send my way. Budget is flexible. Looking to move in within 1 month. Thanks.

Because macOS Bartender is now garbage software and no longer works reliably as a menu bar manager, i went on a search for something better. Turns out Thaw is the thing. Thaw is very good software. And it's open sauce! github.com/stonerl/Thaw

Anyone want to sponsor a creative’s stay in NYC for a month?? 👀🙏🏾🤔

blasting this to the TL without context since i've been strongly advised to not send this while angry "On a healthy team, the point of a post-mortem is to ask: 'How can we change our systems so the people operating the system are steered towards doing the right thing?'

Teaching Meaning is about teaching *with* rather than teaching *to*. If you’re able, I encourage you to get a copy for yourself, a friend, and a family member.

The paperback has finally been published! If Cognitive Load Theory tells us how to avoid overwhelming students, what comes next? Perfectly clear explanations don't guarantee deep understanding. Teaching Meaning, explores what works when telling isn't enough. mybook.to/teachingmean...

it is incredible the extent to which enterprise PaaS and SaaS software that used to work reasonably well simply does not work anymore.

Getting looped into convos about this book in its finishing stages expanded the scope of theory around neural networks in LLMs & Media — it opened up so many productive ways of thinking for me. Essential reading for anyone who’s been looking for a fresh theorization of critical AI.

Hit the hide button to hide any post instantly on the blacksky.community client thanks to Blacksky community member @jacky.wtf This is what building in community looks like.

Living up to my self-prescribed "corruptress of protocols" title, I've proposed a "handles taskforce" for the Social Web CG/WG: lists.w3.org/Archives/Pub...

Thrilled by this @publisherswkly.bsky.social review of A SECOND SIGHT. Love the book - which in my head is a sobering intervention into media and democracy - being called "upbeat." Come for the analysis stay for the hope my subjects generate despite everything.

As religion is a colonial construct used for millennia to lubricate the weapons of empire, I would like to repeat that there are no such things as African traditional religions. Yes, I'm down the short-form video content rabbit hole again, this time, I'm archiving esoteric African thought.

The app builders in the ecosystem are super important! I see us as 'graph builders' Acorn is a step towards legibility and making it obvious that community is the moat -> the relationships are where the value is -> agency is in the hands of the ~community~

We're a 'collective intelligence' project at our core - a nonexistent category - Paid via Open ~Collective~ - People's Assembly for ~collective~ decision making - Trending Topics >emerge< from a ~collective~ of users - Have a 21M row archive of ~collective~ convos - Cash will have ~group~ accounts

“there will be no community without first communing.” a phrase i’ve heard spoken by @norabateson.bsky.social on a number of occasions (in recorded talks, interviews, conversations, maybe even writing). it’s a phrase that sticks.

words to live by

I'm live baby, yeah! With @chaosgreml.in

This is my version of touching grass.

Build a discourse weather warning system that you can check before posting, so you can opt into touching grass instead.

most knowledge work is throwaway work

from @doriantaylor.com youtu.be/zumdnI4EG14?...

once again #Blacksky to the rescue! If you are seeing this right now consider donating to opencollective.com/blacksky

Anyone know how to get a copy of The Battle for the Life and Beauty of the Earth: A Struggle Between Two World-Systems for like, less than one-hundred dollars? Sad that it's out of print, annoyed that physical copies are selling for like a grand.

Blacksky is so fuckin revolutionary, yall They stand on many many books and reports opining on what safety on the internet should be. But they built it.

Happy to see XOXO launch Explore. Even with all the things that went wrong in Portland the year I went (2018), losing another event that celebrated creativity, craft, and care (after Catskills Conf) was devastating. What a gift this archive is! 🥹

Sign up for the waiting list now! acorn.blacksky.community