💯 getting treated 20 years ago changed (maybe even saved) my life.

lol, Stefanik is so pathetic

Truly decentralized video distribution, very cool: github.com/baconpantsup... demo at baconpantsuppercut.github.io/arkA/?cid=ht...

Truth, backed up with facts.

lol, "multiple customers"—aka, "the Internet"

Amazing. Thanks so much to everyone who contributed their time and brainpower to this work! #atproto_mtl

I was using em dashes long before #ChatGPT came along—I'll be damned if I stop using them because of it.

Inclusivity is key to democracy. This means equal voting rights in our politics, but it can't end there. The economy also affects us in many ways. What does inclusivity mean in the context of economics? It means inclusivity in ownership, the vehicle of economic power. It means worker ownership.

more atproto news this week, with the launch of the knowledge sharing platform Semble, a new music streaming platform plyr.fm, hosting a static site on your PDS, and a whole lot more links

Another insight into "rich male psycho brain" that we get from the #Epstein emails is that they set the importance flag to "High" in every single email they send. Normal people simply don't do that. Ever.

Great to see @chadkoh.com running with @protocolsforpublishers.com. Chad is a huge open protocols advocate, and fortunately he's not completely engineering brained and has been spending time at the Internet Governance Forum and other important venues that are more policy & civil society oriented.

Disgraceful, and my own Congresswoman, serial Trump enabler @elisestephanik.bsky.social , wants to be our governor and take the same wrecking ball to New York. No thanks.

Recovering from my surgery is going great! However, me and the gf just ordered Korean fried chicken. Usually we pick it up, but not feeling it tonight. Food cost: $50.09. Delivery fees: $14. The “recommended tip” for the human who actually delivers the food: $5.09. #enshittification is real

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Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!

To quote the philosopher Nigel Tuffnel, is this a fucking joke?

The block button exists and you can use it. People are making shared block lists. How do we explain that calling the manager is the core part of what’s wrong with old systems? No Kings means No Kings. Have agency, build it with others.

Welcome to the working class, techies.

Counting down the minutes until we get, “the vitriol in the Young Republicans chat is a window into the frustration of young men in America” takes.

I attended the NY Co-op Summit this past Saturday. I met tons of smart, dedicated people and had really exciting conversations about the role of tech in the worker-owned business movement. So much opportunity, time to get to work! #coops

This is the way: blog.muni.town/personal-dat... #atproto #coops

AI customer service is going great. How exciting!

This is a great one!

Taking down the temperature.

Pieces like thus imply that Internet content is immune to the FCC's censorship shenanigans. IMO it's worth keeping two things in mind: 1) the FCC also regulates ISPs in the US (many of which are also media companies), and 2) a federal court killed net neutrality in January, 2025.

Word.

A new record level of national stupidity.

I keep hearing smart people like @profgalloway.com say new media will be a bulwark against the authoritarian media oligarchs. Maybe, but remember, net neutrality in the US died last January. won't be shocked if the FCC unleashes their chaos machine on ISPs next.

😂 My gf finds it very funny that I listen to them. I assured her that I don't listen to "the murder ones."

*39 million* people on @bsky.app!

I’ve added OAuth login support to Tap, my little Fountain editor on #ATProto learning project. No more app passwords! 🎉 tapapp.lol

I don't use Kilo and have no ties to them, and I realize the post is intended to promote their own business interests, but I think it's a useful analysis of how "cheap" LLM pricing was always too good to be true.

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Damn, so much of where we’re at can be traced back to Bush v Gore.

From an email I received announcing The Browser Company getting acquired. Here's hoping the carefully/passively worded "will continue to exist" means open-sourcing Arc.

To get my brain around #atproto, I made a basic web app that edits and saves screenplays in Fountain format in my #Bluesky account. It actually works! You can check it out at tap.diggetal.com

Uh oh....

The most creative thinking about how to address economic problems is coming from #coops. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/r...

My friends have had to listen to me rant about this for months. I *hate* video "podcasts." The first time I heard a podcast host say, "We're now on YouTube!" I literally cried out, "No!!"

It’s nice to have a workmate, but do you really have to insist on lying *right there*? #cats

🤯

Venerable spot where poet Dylan Thomas drank himself to death. Ah, #history!

If I was obscenely rich, I’d live in the West Village of NYC, 100%. Alas.

Great event and great talks! #atproto is one of the most exciting technologies of the past 15 years, really excited to build on it at @limeleaf.coop .

We’re getting the @betaworks.com space setup for tonight’s #ProtocolsForPublishers event that starts in a few minutes. I’m the MC, and we’ve got talks by @ivansigal.bsky.social, @devingaffney.com, and @ruperts.world

If you’re in Denver, don’t Uber, Coop!

I’m boarding a myself train at 11:15!