Ted Han★ 韓聖安
@knowtheory.net
ATProto Community Fund; ATmosphereconf Coorganizer
DocumentCloud, Mozilla Rally and Mozilla.Social. Former AAJA board member.
Germ 🔑:
https://ger.mx/A1JSAMNzxl-2nFgeIWzd52gKno7xv9M9WnSaRDKRl5uv#did:plc:l5yz32nydpebjlcdfgycmf3x
DocumentCloud, Mozilla Rally and Mozilla.Social. Former AAJA board member.
Germ 🔑:
https://ger.mx/A1JSAMNzxl-2nFgeIWzd52gKno7xv9M9WnSaRDKRl5uv#did:plc:l5yz32nydpebjlcdfgycmf3x
tree of liberty, blood of patriots and tyrants etc etc
January 13, 2026 at 6:40 PM
tree of liberty, blood of patriots and tyrants etc etc
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preview says 3, as of now the headline is updated to 6
January 13, 2026 at 6:24 PM
preview says 3, as of now the headline is updated to 6
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hell yeah
For anyone wondering why I spent so much time baking last summer....here's why!
Airs Feb 1
Airs Feb 1
January 13, 2026 at 6:22 PM
hell yeah
I'm not even sure I'd describe the discussion as problems. These are just different product strategies.
Shared identity doesn't inherently mean shared social graphs, and there are good reasons for connecting to an ecosystem or not, depending on what you're trying to accomplish.
Shared identity doesn't inherently mean shared social graphs, and there are good reasons for connecting to an ecosystem or not, depending on what you're trying to accomplish.
The hardest part of building a social app is bootstrapping a social network.
There are benefits to having distinct social graphs but IMO you are also making the hard part harder.
I think people are taking a principled stance on a practical issue. There is more than one solution to this problem.
There are benefits to having distinct social graphs but IMO you are also making the hard part harder.
I think people are taking a principled stance on a practical issue. There is more than one solution to this problem.
January 13, 2026 at 5:53 PM
I'm not even sure I'd describe the discussion as problems. These are just different product strategies.
Shared identity doesn't inherently mean shared social graphs, and there are good reasons for connecting to an ecosystem or not, depending on what you're trying to accomplish.
Shared identity doesn't inherently mean shared social graphs, and there are good reasons for connecting to an ecosystem or not, depending on what you're trying to accomplish.
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I didn’t know Pablo Torre was on Bluesky! Plus everyone should listen to this episode on the dealing with a ludic life.
I needed to start the new year with this conversation with the remarkable philosopher C. Thi Nguyen (@add-hawk.bsky.social) about scoring systems; outsourcing values; and the game that you — and me — shouldn't be playing: youtu.be/7AdbePyGS2M?...
Why Data Doesn't Always Win, with a Philosopher of Art | PTFO
YouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT
youtu.be
January 13, 2026 at 4:37 AM
I didn’t know Pablo Torre was on Bluesky! Plus everyone should listen to this episode on the dealing with a ludic life.
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Something is happening on @bsky.app. For the first time *ever*, we're seeing durable, modest, realistic growth, and it couldn't be happening at a better time. Are we about to hit escape velocity?
January 13, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Something is happening on @bsky.app. For the first time *ever*, we're seeing durable, modest, realistic growth, and it couldn't be happening at a better time. Are we about to hit escape velocity?
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Good news. It sounds like the majority of those studies showing we were full of microplastics in all our organs were probably bullshit.
‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body
Exclusive: Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a ‘joke’
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Good news. It sounds like the majority of those studies showing we were full of microplastics in all our organs were probably bullshit.
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Please consider supporting our first #ATScience workshop! We have a great opportunity to capitalize on all the wonderful work being done in the @atproto.science space, and the more people can participate in the IRL magic the better :)
We already have several speakers and volunteers in need of travel support to attend #ATScience - if you’re able to pitch in with event sponsorship, please be in touch with us here or [email protected]! Tons of great energy swirling around ATScience, let’s make it the best possible for everyone!
January 13, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Please consider supporting our first #ATScience workshop! We have a great opportunity to capitalize on all the wonderful work being done in the @atproto.science space, and the more people can participate in the IRL magic the better :)
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It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
January 12, 2026 at 10:56 PM
It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
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this is the only deepfake imagery problem I want to be thinking about
Multiple monkeys are on the loose in St. Louis. And AI generated images are complicating the effort to find them.
Monkeys are on the loose in St. Louis and AI is complicating efforts to capture them
Multiple monkeys are on the loose in St. Louis. And AI generated images are complicating the effort to find them.
bit.ly
January 12, 2026 at 10:17 PM
this is the only deepfake imagery problem I want to be thinking about
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New to Bluesky and living in London, UK? Our next meetup is on 28 January in Shoreditch, we have some exceptional speakers lined up and it's a fantastic way to learn more about the technology powering this platform!
We'll probably also have some open discussion about... *gestures indeterminately*
We'll probably also have some open discussion about... *gestures indeterminately*
January 12, 2026 at 8:23 PM
New to Bluesky and living in London, UK? Our next meetup is on 28 January in Shoreditch, we have some exceptional speakers lined up and it's a fantastic way to learn more about the technology powering this platform!
We'll probably also have some open discussion about... *gestures indeterminately*
We'll probably also have some open discussion about... *gestures indeterminately*
Ok @jamellebouie.net is out here pulling all the threads together into short form video: www.instagram.com/reel/DTaV0qr...
I'm glad that he's doing this for posterity and from the position of an NYT columnist. A lot of this has been said, but it needs to continue to be said clearly over and over.
I'm glad that he's doing this for posterity and from the position of an NYT columnist. A lot of this has been said, but it needs to continue to be said clearly over and over.
jbouie on Instagram: "everything is gender.View all 196 comments"
everything is gender.
www.instagram.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Ok @jamellebouie.net is out here pulling all the threads together into short form video: www.instagram.com/reel/DTaV0qr...
I'm glad that he's doing this for posterity and from the position of an NYT columnist. A lot of this has been said, but it needs to continue to be said clearly over and over.
I'm glad that he's doing this for posterity and from the position of an NYT columnist. A lot of this has been said, but it needs to continue to be said clearly over and over.
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Hi Bluesky! We're Modal Foundation, a new nonprofit dedicated to making open social tech viable at scale. We grew out of the @freeourfeeds.com campaign and support @eurosky.social. Our work will connect experts, strategists, builders and communities to create a human-centered internet.
January 12, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Hi Bluesky! We're Modal Foundation, a new nonprofit dedicated to making open social tech viable at scale. We grew out of the @freeourfeeds.com campaign and support @eurosky.social. Our work will connect experts, strategists, builders and communities to create a human-centered internet.
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Flock left at least 60 of its people-tracking cameras live streaming and exposed to the open internet. The exposure was initially discovered by YouTuber and technologist @bennjordan.bsky.social. We talk about it.
Listen now: youtu.be/tSd0nXolnIs?...
Listen now: youtu.be/tSd0nXolnIs?...
January 12, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Flock left at least 60 of its people-tracking cameras live streaming and exposed to the open internet. The exposure was initially discovered by YouTuber and technologist @bennjordan.bsky.social. We talk about it.
Listen now: youtu.be/tSd0nXolnIs?...
Listen now: youtu.be/tSd0nXolnIs?...
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this is the stupidest and thus most correct solution
thankfully i can tell claude code to resurrect it by scanning all past conversations in ~/.claude and then emitting the last known version of each file that was retained in the context
January 12, 2026 at 3:42 PM
this is the stupidest and thus most correct solution
Very excited to see this. @ivansigal.bsky.social has been a great person to talk things through with over the past year.
Announcing @modalfoundation.bsky.social, a nonprofit making open social tech viable at scale. Modal will connect experts, strategists, builders and communities to create a human-centered internet. The foundation will oversee @freeourfeeds.com, @eurosky.social and more to come. modalfoundation.org
Modal Foundation
Supporting decentralized social tech and open standards to create trustworthy, public-interest social media alternatives and ensure access to vital information.
modalfoundation.org
January 12, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Very excited to see this. @ivansigal.bsky.social has been a great person to talk things through with over the past year.
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In app web browsers too: FB (not sure about X) uses a custom browser in their app when you open a link that lets them inject any code they want onto the page. What are they doing with it? Don’t know. But I’d be amazed if they’re doing nothing.
One of the things must folks don't appreciate is that platforms like X and FB & Tiktok have pixel trackers embedded everywhere around the web. They gather your preferences based on what other sites share about you with them. Sites do this to get better ad targeting. BSky doesn't have that.
I genuinely miss the more algorithmic social media feeds, they help connect with fandoms and find new people to follow
I've been on a nine sols/hollow knight/silksong arc for months, and bsky hasn't picked up on it at all
meanwhile, twitter immediately did (...without even posting about it there)
I've been on a nine sols/hollow knight/silksong arc for months, and bsky hasn't picked up on it at all
meanwhile, twitter immediately did (...without even posting about it there)
January 12, 2026 at 2:23 PM
In app web browsers too: FB (not sure about X) uses a custom browser in their app when you open a link that lets them inject any code they want onto the page. What are they doing with it? Don’t know. But I’d be amazed if they’re doing nothing.
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FIFA’s peace prize scam pays off
The Supreme Court sets aside lower court decisions upholding convictions for bribery related to the FIFA scandal because the Trump administration decided to dismiss those criminal cases "in the interests of justice." The FIFA prosecution ends in a whimper. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
January 12, 2026 at 2:44 PM
FIFA’s peace prize scam pays off
One of the things must folks don't appreciate is that platforms like X and FB & Tiktok have pixel trackers embedded everywhere around the web. They gather your preferences based on what other sites share about you with them. Sites do this to get better ad targeting. BSky doesn't have that.
I genuinely miss the more algorithmic social media feeds, they help connect with fandoms and find new people to follow
I've been on a nine sols/hollow knight/silksong arc for months, and bsky hasn't picked up on it at all
meanwhile, twitter immediately did (...without even posting about it there)
I've been on a nine sols/hollow knight/silksong arc for months, and bsky hasn't picked up on it at all
meanwhile, twitter immediately did (...without even posting about it there)
January 12, 2026 at 2:18 PM
One of the things must folks don't appreciate is that platforms like X and FB & Tiktok have pixel trackers embedded everywhere around the web. They gather your preferences based on what other sites share about you with them. Sites do this to get better ad targeting. BSky doesn't have that.
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Honestly this works for everything
“I want to trap hungry 19c ghosts in jars to help us with historical research” ✅
“Please read our holiday card; we got a hungry ghost to write it this year” ❌
“I want to trap hungry 19c ghosts in jars to help us with historical research” ✅
“Please read our holiday card; we got a hungry ghost to write it this year” ❌
If you can substitute "hungry ghost trapped in a jar" for "AI" in a sentence it's probably a valid use case for LLMs. Take "I have a bunch of hungry ghosts in jars, they mainly write SQL queries for me". Sure. Reasonable use case.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
January 12, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Honestly this works for everything
“I want to trap hungry 19c ghosts in jars to help us with historical research” ✅
“Please read our holiday card; we got a hungry ghost to write it this year” ❌
“I want to trap hungry 19c ghosts in jars to help us with historical research” ✅
“Please read our holiday card; we got a hungry ghost to write it this year” ❌
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Very funny that the guy who turned the east wing of the White House into a pile of rubble one Friday is criminally investigating the federal reserve chairman about a building renovation
January 12, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Very funny that the guy who turned the east wing of the White House into a pile of rubble one Friday is criminally investigating the federal reserve chairman about a building renovation
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did something happen
January 12, 2026 at 1:11 AM
did something happen
Haha it's funny because the meme came true 😭
hi, political philosopher here! this is not funny, central banks only do this when they're in extreme distress
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
January 12, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Haha it's funny because the meme came true 😭
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hi, political philosopher here! this is not funny, central banks only do this when they're in extreme distress
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:04 AM
hi, political philosopher here! this is not funny, central banks only do this when they're in extreme distress
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This is literally what the 4th amendment was written to protect against. There are lots of things that are up for discussion and debate about how one interprets the 4th amendment. This isn't one of them.
January 12, 2026 at 12:50 AM
This is literally what the 4th amendment was written to protect against. There are lots of things that are up for discussion and debate about how one interprets the 4th amendment. This isn't one of them.