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Sarah Drinkwater @sarahd.bsky.social · 22d

Where do you live now?

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Sarah Drinkwater @sarahd.bsky.social · 22d

Hello!! It’s been so long

Tomorrow, hour outside Berlin :)

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Sarah Drinkwater @sarahd.bsky.social · 22d

Open call for Cypherpunk Camp - who’s coming?

To open, secure & free internets!

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Sarah Drinkwater @sarahd.bsky.social · Jul 5

@eli.bsky.social ps you’re in this (of course)

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Sarah Drinkwater @sarahd.bsky.social · Jul 5

At a time when those of us who cook (actually make food, at home) & rarely order in seem like absolute freaks

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Sarah Drinkwater @sarahd.bsky.social · Jul 5

Book of the summer

If you have any interest in how ideas spread (or don’t) online, taboos, cozy web & the deterioration of social networks, check it out

@metalabel.bsky.social @nayafia.bsky.social

nayafia.substack.com/p/introducin...

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Sarah Drinkwater @sarahd.bsky.social · Jun 13

You misunderstood my question but I’ll ask you later at the @radicle.xyz thing

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Sarah Drinkwater @sarahd.bsky.social · Jun 13

Excellent practical talk on content moderation in decentralised systems @kuehlewindt.com @radicle.xyz at @protocol.berlin

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Sarah Drinkwater @sarahd.bsky.social · May 26

Humans can do hard things (esp if their rep as a nation state is at stake)

Lightroom immersive doc on walking on the moon in 1969 🚀

Sarah Drinkwater @sarahd.bsky.social · Apr 22

💯

John Montague @johnmontague.bsky.social · Apr 22

David Cameron actively went *against* the majority of his MPs and Conservative associations.

Section 28/Clause 2A was abolished in the face of huge privately funded campaigns.

I have less to no love for Cameron, but where is the *courage*.

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Sarah Drinkwater @sarahd.bsky.social · Apr 22

deluged by

people telling me they’ve stopped using coaches/therapists & instead use Claude (feel so old fashioned for just telling a friend)

and

people telling me they’re retraining as coaches

quite funny

♾️

Sarah Drinkwater @sarahd.bsky.social · Apr 17

Great read & makes me furious. Right to be = right to pee & not think about it. I hadn’t realised how much I take that for granted

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Sarah Drinkwater @sarahd.bsky.social · Mar 28

My very favourite xkcd in @powen.net talk making the case for more investment in digital public infrastructure 🔥

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Sarah Drinkwater @sarahd.bsky.social · Mar 24

Fun!!

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Sarah Drinkwater @sarahd.bsky.social · Mar 24

It’s extremely scary + business travelers with business visas who need to come to the US soon (hi!) are watching. I don’t understand where the public outcry is.

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Sarah Drinkwater @sarahd.bsky.social · Mar 23

also relevant / still seeing mostly devs at hackathons even tho tools have evolved a lot & time compressed. Ran a few in ldn with doctors, creatives etc -want more of this

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Sarah Drinkwater @sarahd.bsky.social · Mar 23

Tarot; yet another way humans try to make sense of themselves + the future

Nice little show @warburginstitute.bsky.social on history + cards through the ages

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Sarah Drinkwater @sarahd.bsky.social · Mar 13

🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿

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Sarah Drinkwater @sarahd.bsky.social · Mar 12

thanks!

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Sarah Drinkwater @sarahd.bsky.social · Mar 12

Hello! For attendee submissions when should we hear back please? Meant to submit to volunteer too but didn’t know if I could do both at once

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Sarah Drinkwater @sarahd.bsky.social · Mar 11

the feminine urge for no more caesars

CHIC

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · Mar 10

the feminine urge to

Bluesky CEO: imagine a 'world without Caesars'

Jay Graber dunks on Mark Zuckerberg without mentioning his name.

mashable.com

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Sarah Drinkwater @sarahd.bsky.social · Mar 6

you can just build things (towns)

inspired by the popup city movement + building environments for thought - great @patrickoshag.bsky.social pod with @devonzuegel.com

open.spotify.com/episode/4Xci...

Devon Zuegel: How To Create A New Town - [Invest Like the Best, EP.413]

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy · Episode

open.spotify.com

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Sarah Drinkwater @sarahd.bsky.social · Mar 5

Just a ~view~

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Sarah Drinkwater @sarahd.bsky.social · Mar 2

yes!

Sarah Drinkwater @sarahd.bsky.social · Mar 2

turns out you can just publish things sarahdrinkwater.medium.com/on-my-mind-v...

On my mind; very early March 2025

I’m spending this Sunday researching [weird industry] for Common Magic’s latest commitment; it’s a nuts + exciting time to be thinking…

sarahdrinkwater.medium.com

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