Tom Atkins
@keybits.net
🦉 Building PostOwl: https://www.postowl.com
🧑💻 Helping people get useful things done with computers.
🕸️🏦 Promoting the Open Web & Basic Income.
🌳🌳🌳 Growing trees in West Cork, Ireland.
Personal website: https://www.keybits.net
🧑💻 Helping people get useful things done with computers.
🕸️🏦 Promoting the Open Web & Basic Income.
🌳🌳🌳 Growing trees in West Cork, Ireland.
Personal website: https://www.keybits.net
A couple of things have improved my Bluesky experience recently. Main one is making this my default feed: bsky.app/profile/spac...
It recommends posts that have been liked by people you follow.
It recommends posts that have been liked by people you follow.
October 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
A couple of things have improved my Bluesky experience recently. Main one is making this my default feed: bsky.app/profile/spac...
It recommends posts that have been liked by people you follow.
It recommends posts that have been liked by people you follow.
Outstanding explanation about why atproto is such an exciting evolution for the web. This is why I got excited about Bluesky. Do take some time to read it.
i wrote about atproto and why it matters
Open Social — overreacted
The protocol is the API.
overreacted.io
September 27, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Outstanding explanation about why atproto is such an exciting evolution for the web. This is why I got excited about Bluesky. Do take some time to read it.
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September 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
youtu.be/r-Nw7HbaeWY?... As relevant as ever and still sounding awesome.
M.I.A. - Borders
YouTube video by MIAVEVO
youtu.be
September 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
youtu.be/r-Nw7HbaeWY?... As relevant as ever and still sounding awesome.
youtu.be/eZpdCm21PFY?... Excellent video and do check out his channel - some gold on there especially if you live in Ireland.
The Urban Fabric
YouTube video by Kev Collins
youtu.be
August 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
youtu.be/eZpdCm21PFY?... Excellent video and do check out his channel - some gold on there especially if you live in Ireland.
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Really disappointing to learn that @zed.dev just took money from racist and Islamophobic Sequoia Capital, who recently started investing in Israel in order to support Israel's genocide! Zed's team should be appalled and ashamed.
For context about Sequoia bsky.app/profile/did:...
For context about Sequoia bsky.app/profile/did:...
Paul Biggar 🇵🇸 🇮🇪 (@paulbiggar.com)
Shaun Maguire is once again being called out for blatant Islamophobia. He has been at this for nearly two years. Let's take a look. Thread 🧵👇
bsky.app
August 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Really disappointing to learn that @zed.dev just took money from racist and Islamophobic Sequoia Capital, who recently started investing in Israel in order to support Israel's genocide! Zed's team should be appalled and ashamed.
For context about Sequoia bsky.app/profile/did:...
For context about Sequoia bsky.app/profile/did:...
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If you are interested in our work at Our World in Data, you can subscribe to our newsletters — in recent months we made them much better.
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June 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
If you are interested in our work at Our World in Data, you can subscribe to our newsletters — in recent months we made them much better.
Here is what we offer and how you can subsribe: ourworldindata.org/newsletters
Here is what we offer and how you can subsribe: ourworldindata.org/newsletters
Bluesky Pro Tip - create a list called 'Friends IRL' (IRL = In Real Life) and add the people you actually know.
Pin the list and enjoy seeing just the stuff from people you actually know! 🤗
Pin the list and enjoy seeing just the stuff from people you actually know! 🤗
November 20, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Bluesky Pro Tip - create a list called 'Friends IRL' (IRL = In Real Life) and add the people you actually know.
Pin the list and enjoy seeing just the stuff from people you actually know! 🤗
Pin the list and enjoy seeing just the stuff from people you actually know! 🤗
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Bluesky is a PBC (public benefit corporation) with the mission “to develop and drive large-scale adoption of technologies for open and decentralized public conversation.”
From the start, our goal has been to build a decentralized social network that is usable by the mainstream.
From the start, our goal has been to build a decentralized social network that is usable by the mainstream.
November 13, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Bluesky is a PBC (public benefit corporation) with the mission “to develop and drive large-scale adoption of technologies for open and decentralized public conversation.”
From the start, our goal has been to build a decentralized social network that is usable by the mainstream.
From the start, our goal has been to build a decentralized social network that is usable by the mainstream.
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Here’s a link to search for starter packs by topic blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
All - Bluesky Directory
A curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform.
blueskydirectory.com
November 8, 2024 at 5:59 AM
Here’s a link to search for starter packs by topic blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
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I made a @sveltesociety.dev starter pack!
A list of a lot of the Svelte community I know on here 😊
go.bsky.app/QEhPG3P
A list of a lot of the Svelte community I know on here 😊
go.bsky.app/QEhPG3P
October 19, 2024 at 10:55 AM
I made a @sveltesociety.dev starter pack!
A list of a lot of the Svelte community I know on here 😊
go.bsky.app/QEhPG3P
A list of a lot of the Svelte community I know on here 😊
go.bsky.app/QEhPG3P
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It's great to be on a social network led by a woman who doesn't steal the limelight, works hard in the background, focusing to create a global place for discussion, investigation and creative expression for everyone.
Thank you @jay.bsky.team 👑
Thank you @jay.bsky.team 👑
September 17, 2024 at 9:48 PM
It's great to be on a social network led by a woman who doesn't steal the limelight, works hard in the background, focusing to create a global place for discussion, investigation and creative expression for everyone.
Thank you @jay.bsky.team 👑
Thank you @jay.bsky.team 👑
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Bluesky makes it possible for users and orgs *outside Bluesky* to label content for misinformation or other issues. You subscribe to these in the app, and can unsubscribe at any time.
Stackable moderation is one of our most novel experiments, so I'm excited that @newsdetective.bsky.social is here
Stackable moderation is one of our most novel experiments, so I'm excited that @newsdetective.bsky.social is here
September 13, 2024 at 11:24 PM
Bluesky makes it possible for users and orgs *outside Bluesky* to label content for misinformation or other issues. You subscribe to these in the app, and can unsubscribe at any time.
Stackable moderation is one of our most novel experiments, so I'm excited that @newsdetective.bsky.social is here
Stackable moderation is one of our most novel experiments, so I'm excited that @newsdetective.bsky.social is here
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If you want to understand how we scaled to handle this influx like we did, this blog post from @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com goes over a lot of our design and implementation decisions
Building Bluesky: a Distributed Social Network (Real-World Engineering Challenges)
Bluesky is built by around 10 engineers, and has amassed 5 million users since publicly launching in February this year. A deep dive into novel design decisions, moving off AWS, and more.
newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com
September 1, 2024 at 9:13 PM
If you want to understand how we scaled to handle this influx like we did, this blog post from @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com goes over a lot of our design and implementation decisions
I love discovering new music from the Bandcamp Links feed: bsky.app/profile/did:...
August 29, 2024 at 7:50 AM
I love discovering new music from the Bandcamp Links feed: bsky.app/profile/did:...
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📢 App Version 1.90 is rolling out now (1/11)
This release is focused on personal moderation controls, and includes a lot of new tools for reducing unwanted attention!
Open this thread for more details. 👀
This release is focused on personal moderation controls, and includes a lot of new tools for reducing unwanted attention!
Open this thread for more details. 👀
August 28, 2024 at 4:31 PM
📢 App Version 1.90 is rolling out now (1/11)
This release is focused on personal moderation controls, and includes a lot of new tools for reducing unwanted attention!
Open this thread for more details. 👀
This release is focused on personal moderation controls, and includes a lot of new tools for reducing unwanted attention!
Open this thread for more details. 👀
I was lucky enough to go to this fantastic gig on Monday. Thanks to @jasonlee.ie for taking much better photos than I did! I can recommend checking out the recent albums from both This is the Kit and Rozi Plain.
…the night before
In Levis Corner House, Ballydehob, with This Is The Kit, Rozi Plain & Uncle Mark 🎂🥳
👍 @thisisthekit.bsky.social
After this, both bands were headed to Kilkenny! where Liane ☝️would see them.
#LevisCornerHouse #ThisIsTheKit #RoziPlain #Ballydehob #Music #Photography #WestCork
In Levis Corner House, Ballydehob, with This Is The Kit, Rozi Plain & Uncle Mark 🎂🥳
👍 @thisisthekit.bsky.social
After this, both bands were headed to Kilkenny! where Liane ☝️would see them.
#LevisCornerHouse #ThisIsTheKit #RoziPlain #Ballydehob #Music #Photography #WestCork
August 16, 2024 at 1:05 PM
I was lucky enough to go to this fantastic gig on Monday. Thanks to @jasonlee.ie for taking much better photos than I did! I can recommend checking out the recent albums from both This is the Kit and Rozi Plain.
Just back from the Scottish highlands. Majestic as always.
July 17, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Just back from the Scottish highlands. Majestic as always.
My favourite time of year for enjoying the garden.
June 16, 2024 at 5:14 PM
My favourite time of year for enjoying the garden.
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Proud of this one, for Bandcamp Daily: chats with Seán Ronayne about his soundscape album 'Wild Silence', and the importance of his mission to record the call of Ireland's bird species - some 200 or so of them.
#ireland #birds #biodiversity #environment
daily.bandcamp.com/features/sea...
#ireland #birds #biodiversity #environment
daily.bandcamp.com/features/sea...
Irish Wildlife Sounds and the Race to Record Ireland’s Birds
"I've got two frequencies in my brain, the bird frequency and the human one. The bird frequency takes priority, always."
daily.bandcamp.com
June 14, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Proud of this one, for Bandcamp Daily: chats with Seán Ronayne about his soundscape album 'Wild Silence', and the importance of his mission to record the call of Ireland's bird species - some 200 or so of them.
#ireland #birds #biodiversity #environment
daily.bandcamp.com/features/sea...
#ireland #birds #biodiversity #environment
daily.bandcamp.com/features/sea...
Dogtail Soup being amazing at Levis Cornerhouse last weekend.
June 14, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Dogtail Soup being amazing at Levis Cornerhouse last weekend.
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I'm slowly getting more out of Bluesky. Occasionally I put some effort into looking at who people follow to find new people to follow. I also get great value from custom feeds and list to help get away from the 'scrolling through a random list of disparate topics' feeling.
June 14, 2024 at 12:07 PM
I'm slowly getting more out of Bluesky. Occasionally I put some effort into looking at who people follow to find new people to follow. I also get great value from custom feeds and list to help get away from the 'scrolling through a random list of disparate topics' feeling.
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Mint, strawberries, fennel, lavender, lemon verbena, pinks, violas, thyme, oregano and rosemary on the little herb table by the kitchen door. Foxglove and lily aside, they will all end up in the kitchen sooner or later.
June 14, 2024 at 11:08 AM
Mint, strawberries, fennel, lavender, lemon verbena, pinks, violas, thyme, oregano and rosemary on the little herb table by the kitchen door. Foxglove and lily aside, they will all end up in the kitchen sooner or later.