bryan (they/them)
@chaosgreml.in
IDs: queer, agender, fat, Black, AuDHD
Building systems that make the right thing the easy thing.
Building systems that make the right thing the easy thing.
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bryan (they/them)
@chaosgreml.in
· Jun 29
Things you don’t know about me:
1. My BFA is in Musical Theatre
2. I used to perform professionally and was an Equity actor. I stopped because NYC was impossible to be young, poor, 6’5”, and Black in if you were doing theatre.
3. I podcast! Pretty regularly! All the time!
(Cont)
1. My BFA is in Musical Theatre
2. I used to perform professionally and was an Equity actor. I stopped because NYC was impossible to be young, poor, 6’5”, and Black in if you were doing theatre.
3. I podcast! Pretty regularly! All the time!
(Cont)
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some might know how @roost.tools is approaching open safety tool development, but many more may not! @annebdh.bsky.social lays it all out here, including our governance structure, how people can get involved, and how working in the open doesn't mean more abuse!
roost.tools/blog/open-by...
roost.tools/blog/open-by...
Open by Design: ROOST's Approach to Safety Tool Development
Robust Open Online Safety Tools or ROOST is a new non-profit entity designed to address the urgent need for accessible, high-quality safety tools in the rapidly evolving digital landscape.
roost.tools
November 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
some might know how @roost.tools is approaching open safety tool development, but many more may not! @annebdh.bsky.social lays it all out here, including our governance structure, how people can get involved, and how working in the open doesn't mean more abuse!
roost.tools/blog/open-by...
roost.tools/blog/open-by...
I really want to make a bot or a labeler that somehow raises awareness when someone is using Substack to host a newsletter in order to encourage/gently pressure them to move to a different platform. Trying to think about the best way to go about it.
November 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I really want to make a bot or a labeler that somehow raises awareness when someone is using Substack to host a newsletter in order to encourage/gently pressure them to move to a different platform. Trying to think about the best way to go about it.
Hey @chrisgeidner.bsky.social - was wondering if you could share what’s keeping you on Substack when they’re intentionally profiting off the content that is pushing this country further towards fascism?
Genuine question, not a gotcha. /gen
More info: leavesubstack.com
Genuine question, not a gotcha. /gen
More info: leavesubstack.com
You Should Probably Leave Substack
You should probably leave Substack. Here’s why and how.
leavesubstack.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Hey @chrisgeidner.bsky.social - was wondering if you could share what’s keeping you on Substack when they’re intentionally profiting off the content that is pushing this country further towards fascism?
Genuine question, not a gotcha. /gen
More info: leavesubstack.com
Genuine question, not a gotcha. /gen
More info: leavesubstack.com
One of the things I refuse to be shy about anymore is just using Claude Code to build shit I don’t know how to build.
Yeah, I’m still learning to code. Yeah, there are probably going to be gaps and risks and security holes!
That’s why I’m making it OSS & ask my smarter friends to point shit out!!
Yeah, I’m still learning to code. Yeah, there are probably going to be gaps and risks and security holes!
That’s why I’m making it OSS & ask my smarter friends to point shit out!!
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 AM
One of the things I refuse to be shy about anymore is just using Claude Code to build shit I don’t know how to build.
Yeah, I’m still learning to code. Yeah, there are probably going to be gaps and risks and security holes!
That’s why I’m making it OSS & ask my smarter friends to point shit out!!
Yeah, I’m still learning to code. Yeah, there are probably going to be gaps and risks and security holes!
That’s why I’m making it OSS & ask my smarter friends to point shit out!!
The single worst thing that fucking Tromp has done is convince people that everyone is out to get them and the best thing to do is to reflexively distrust all institutions no matter what they are or what their track record is.
November 26, 2025 at 5:05 AM
The single worst thing that fucking Tromp has done is convince people that everyone is out to get them and the best thing to do is to reflexively distrust all institutions no matter what they are or what their track record is.
I wish people would take five minutes and think critically about things. There is no money in this, nobody is going to waste a ton of time, energy, or compute on this, StopNCII would clearly notice the uptick in volume, and should we just let revenge porn be distributed and not try to stop it?
heh why stop at SWers? This thing is the seeds of its own demise, one could setup a sophisticated distributed botnet to send hashes of every image identified has having some kind of attention economy value
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I wish people would take five minutes and think critically about things. There is no money in this, nobody is going to waste a ton of time, energy, or compute on this, StopNCII would clearly notice the uptick in volume, and should we just let revenge porn be distributed and not try to stop it?
Struggling to find motivation this afternoon. This whole day has felt like a Sunday
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Struggling to find motivation this afternoon. This whole day has felt like a Sunday
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Hey y'all, we just released a new SDK for working with Lexicons in TypeScript! 🥳
It focuses on improving DX and some of the pain points of the current tooling (see my previous post below).
It's currently in beta and we'd love to get your feedback 🙇♂️
www.npmjs.com/package/@atp...
It focuses on improving DX and some of the pain points of the current tooling (see my previous post below).
It's currently in beta and we'd love to get your feedback 🙇♂️
www.npmjs.com/package/@atp...
November 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Hey y'all, we just released a new SDK for working with Lexicons in TypeScript! 🥳
It focuses on improving DX and some of the pain points of the current tooling (see my previous post below).
It's currently in beta and we'd love to get your feedback 🙇♂️
www.npmjs.com/package/@atp...
It focuses on improving DX and some of the pain points of the current tooling (see my previous post below).
It's currently in beta and we'd love to get your feedback 🙇♂️
www.npmjs.com/package/@atp...
Woot!
got some improved OAuth guidelines for you all since you were asking so nicely for them 😉
atproto.com/guides/oauth
This will probably be the last update to our OAuth docs before scopes are final-final(-V2-use-this-one).docx
atproto.com/guides/oauth
This will probably be the last update to our OAuth docs before scopes are final-final(-V2-use-this-one).docx
OAuth Introduction - AT Protocol
OAuth for AT Protocol application developers.
atproto.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Woot!
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To every queer person, Black person, Latine person, Asian person, indigenous person, African person, Romani person, previously incarcerated person, neurodiverse person, fat person, woman, trans person, disabled person et al (add if I forgot) in tech: THANK YOU.
We all make tech better & brighter.
We all make tech better & brighter.
November 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
To every queer person, Black person, Latine person, Asian person, indigenous person, African person, Romani person, previously incarcerated person, neurodiverse person, fat person, woman, trans person, disabled person et al (add if I forgot) in tech: THANK YOU.
We all make tech better & brighter.
We all make tech better & brighter.
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I 100% agree and would add that if you are hosting a holiday event and you do NOT have something festive, creative and delicious for your guests to drink without alcohol in it, you are actually an asshole
don't make them drink tap water while everyone else has bespoke cocktails!
don't make them drink tap water while everyone else has bespoke cocktails!
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 24, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I 100% agree and would add that if you are hosting a holiday event and you do NOT have something festive, creative and delicious for your guests to drink without alcohol in it, you are actually an asshole
don't make them drink tap water while everyone else has bespoke cocktails!
don't make them drink tap water while everyone else has bespoke cocktails!
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Wheeling, Illinois, a suburb, northwest of Chicago
the wheeling rapid response team reports multiple plainclothes ice agents have been spotted over the past two days eating and shopping at local businesses.
the group warns “residents likely have no idea that they are agents because they are in regular clothing.”
www.facebook.com/share/p/1Cu4...
the group warns “residents likely have no idea that they are agents because they are in regular clothing.”
www.facebook.com/share/p/1Cu4...
November 24, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Wheeling, Illinois, a suburb, northwest of Chicago
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This is an interesting assessment. Maybe that has something to do with it. People look for leadership and if those who are supposed to lead are complicit and also cowardly, people might think that this is the sum of organizing and resistance.
Part of it is that a lot of the elite’s gave up, and are ignoring it.
November 24, 2025 at 2:48 AM
This is an interesting assessment. Maybe that has something to do with it. People look for leadership and if those who are supposed to lead are complicit and also cowardly, people might think that this is the sum of organizing and resistance.
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Why. Why do people do this.
There are SO MANY REASONS people have and use cars and you can’t solve them by taxing them when they get in their car.
Like, just apparently fuck people with disabilities?
There are SO MANY REASONS people have and use cars and you can’t solve them by taxing them when they get in their car.
Like, just apparently fuck people with disabilities?
i wonder how much of Americans' views on driving vs. transit would change if they had to pay for gas/insurance/etc every time they turned on the engine
"i'm not paying $5 to take the train to work twice a day when i can just drive" is a genuine opinion held by so many people
"i'm not paying $5 to take the train to work twice a day when i can just drive" is a genuine opinion held by so many people
November 24, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Why. Why do people do this.
There are SO MANY REASONS people have and use cars and you can’t solve them by taxing them when they get in their car.
Like, just apparently fuck people with disabilities?
There are SO MANY REASONS people have and use cars and you can’t solve them by taxing them when they get in their car.
Like, just apparently fuck people with disabilities?
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This is wonderful. #NorthCarolina
Hundreds are getting trained to help with school safety patrols to protect kids and families. It's really something.
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 AM
This is wonderful. #NorthCarolina
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North Carolina has really shown out. Comrades are telling me that they have gotten 500 to 1000 people out to ICE Watch trainings [with more people wanting to attend].
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
North Carolina has really shown out. Comrades are telling me that they have gotten 500 to 1000 people out to ICE Watch trainings [with more people wanting to attend].
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There are more people organizing and pushing back against the regime today than there were in the first term. There are more people in more places (rural towns and big cities across the country). I think it's really strange how resistant some people are to these facts. I wonder what's going on.
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 AM
There are more people organizing and pushing back against the regime today than there were in the first term. There are more people in more places (rural towns and big cities across the country). I think it's really strange how resistant some people are to these facts. I wonder what's going on.
hey tree-
Anyone ever tell you how messed up it is to call people monkeys, considering the legacy of white supremacy and thee comparison of Black people to monkeys?
Would LOVE it if you didn’t do that, thanks! :)
Anyone ever tell you how messed up it is to call people monkeys, considering the legacy of white supremacy and thee comparison of Black people to monkeys?
Would LOVE it if you didn’t do that, thanks! :)
November 24, 2025 at 3:19 AM
hey tree-
Anyone ever tell you how messed up it is to call people monkeys, considering the legacy of white supremacy and thee comparison of Black people to monkeys?
Would LOVE it if you didn’t do that, thanks! :)
Anyone ever tell you how messed up it is to call people monkeys, considering the legacy of white supremacy and thee comparison of Black people to monkeys?
Would LOVE it if you didn’t do that, thanks! :)
I am not supposed to buy anything until my partner and I start our new jobs but JAYSUS I want a Raspberry Pi 5.
Anyone wanna donate to help?
cashapp/venmo: blackqueeriroh
🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
Anyone wanna donate to help?
cashapp/venmo: blackqueeriroh
🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
November 23, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I am not supposed to buy anything until my partner and I start our new jobs but JAYSUS I want a Raspberry Pi 5.
Anyone wanna donate to help?
cashapp/venmo: blackqueeriroh
🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
Anyone wanna donate to help?
cashapp/venmo: blackqueeriroh
🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
I think I’m gonna start setting things up that just read from atproto so I can look at the data structures more, as I try to do ADHD-inspired reverse code learning
November 23, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I think I’m gonna start setting things up that just read from atproto so I can look at the data structures more, as I try to do ADHD-inspired reverse code learning