Tessa Brown
@tessa.germnetwork.com
ceo and cofounder of @germnetwork.com, the secure messenger for the social internet. san franciscan today, chicagoan 4eva 🌱
these skeets delete
Germ DM me 🔑
https://ger.mx/A53xu7cyweS-R5l3GdDawq8007L96gI4bL-KTFv0kBMz#did:plc:ad4m72ykh2evfdqen3qowxmg
these skeets delete
Germ DM me 🔑
https://ger.mx/A53xu7cyweS-R5l3GdDawq8007L96gI4bL-KTFv0kBMz#did:plc:ad4m72ykh2evfdqen3qowxmg
Things that aren’t on the cover of the NYTimes
NEW: ICE has torn up its $180M cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program and is now guaranteeing private surveillance firms at least $7.5M each, with potential payouts reaching $281M per vendor. The change signals a shift from “pilot” to full-scale outsourcing of street-level investigative work.
ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms
Immigration and Customs Enforcement lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Things that aren’t on the cover of the NYTimes
Come say hi 🤗
It’s Discord Tuesday! Come and hang at 1pm pst.
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Check out the Germ Network community on Discord - hang out with 340 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
discord.gg
November 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Come say hi 🤗
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In the small country of Norway (5.5M) there are 300,000 people registered on Bluesky as of last year.
Yet I have no way of seeing what’s going on with these 300k people because I work internationally and have my app set to English.
I want a locality toggle in Discover.
github.com/bluesky-soci...
Yet I have no way of seeing what’s going on with these 300k people because I work internationally and have my app set to English.
I want a locality toggle in Discover.
github.com/bluesky-soci...
Hundretusener av nordmenn bruker Bluesky: Nesten halvparten så stort som X
For noen måneder siden hadde få hørt om X-utfordreren. Nå bruker over 300.000 nordmenn Bluesky.
nrkbeta.no
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
In the small country of Norway (5.5M) there are 300,000 people registered on Bluesky as of last year.
Yet I have no way of seeing what’s going on with these 300k people because I work internationally and have my app set to English.
I want a locality toggle in Discover.
github.com/bluesky-soci...
Yet I have no way of seeing what’s going on with these 300k people because I work internationally and have my app set to English.
I want a locality toggle in Discover.
github.com/bluesky-soci...
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Use a custom handle or PDS? Just keep typing.
New build, new fixes. Try it out now.
New build, new fixes. Try it out now.
November 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Use a custom handle or PDS? Just keep typing.
New build, new fixes. Try it out now.
New build, new fixes. Try it out now.
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This is very bad…
November 25, 2025 at 3:20 AM
This is very bad…
Do I understand what this means? Not exactly.
Might you? I think so!
Might you? I think so!
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 11:58 PM
Do I understand what this means? Not exactly.
Might you? I think so!
Might you? I think so!
Calling DOGE a failure is one of the most naive bordering on willfully delusional takes I’ve heard in a while.
They successfully exfiltrated every single US resident's complete, confidential federal data profile for use against us, stored who knows where
And killed 600,000 people as a bonus
They successfully exfiltrated every single US resident's complete, confidential federal data profile for use against us, stored who knows where
And killed 600,000 people as a bonus
November 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Calling DOGE a failure is one of the most naive bordering on willfully delusional takes I’ve heard in a while.
They successfully exfiltrated every single US resident's complete, confidential federal data profile for use against us, stored who knows where
And killed 600,000 people as a bonus
They successfully exfiltrated every single US resident's complete, confidential federal data profile for use against us, stored who knows where
And killed 600,000 people as a bonus
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New to Germ DM?
We’re an end-to-end encrypted messaging app that connects to your atproto handle. No phone numbers + burner identities to share with whomever.
In the App Store now, with our atproto integration in beta. Get on the list to try it out:
www.germnetwork.com/beta-waitlist
We’re an end-to-end encrypted messaging app that connects to your atproto handle. No phone numbers + burner identities to share with whomever.
In the App Store now, with our atproto integration in beta. Get on the list to try it out:
www.germnetwork.com/beta-waitlist
Germ-ATProto Beta Waitlist — Germ Network
Germ DM is bringing secure messaging to your ATProto handle. Join our beta waitlist to be the first to try the integration—coming sooner than you think.
www.germnetwork.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
New to Germ DM?
We’re an end-to-end encrypted messaging app that connects to your atproto handle. No phone numbers + burner identities to share with whomever.
In the App Store now, with our atproto integration in beta. Get on the list to try it out:
www.germnetwork.com/beta-waitlist
We’re an end-to-end encrypted messaging app that connects to your atproto handle. No phone numbers + burner identities to share with whomever.
In the App Store now, with our atproto integration in beta. Get on the list to try it out:
www.germnetwork.com/beta-waitlist
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Glad to see that @germnetwork.com now works with @blackskyweb.xyz
November 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Glad to see that @germnetwork.com now works with @blackskyweb.xyz
🏎️ New beta build 3632 is out, send some messages and let us know how it went? cc @anna.germnetwork.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
🏎️ New beta build 3632 is out, send some messages and let us know how it went? cc @anna.germnetwork.com
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It felt good to trade some germ cards in person. Very strong authentication, you know ✅ 🃏♻️
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It felt good to trade some germ cards in person. Very strong authentication, you know ✅ 🃏♻️
We really did talk about privacy & protocols 🤗
Thanks to everyone who joined us for happy hour last week! Atproto devs are so nice in person ☺️🍻
November 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
We really did talk about privacy & protocols 🤗
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every social media company is bad but Meta really is uniquely evil
Instagram’s former head of safety and well-being Vaishnavi Jayakumar testified the company had a “17x” strike policy for accounts that engaged in the trafficking of humans for sex.
“You could incur 16 violations and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended"
time.com/7336204/meta...
“You could incur 16 violations and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended"
time.com/7336204/meta...
7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
time.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
every social media company is bad but Meta really is uniquely evil
Anyway good morning everyone have a great Sunday
November 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Anyway good morning everyone have a great Sunday
I have said for years Zuck was a world historical child sex trafficker and now we have a number:
SEVENTEEN STRIKES
To be kicked from Meta products for TRAFFICKING
He should be in JAIL
SEVENTEEN STRIKES
To be kicked from Meta products for TRAFFICKING
He should be in JAIL
“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege - The Economic Times
Meta reportedly halted internal research into the mental health impacts of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence of harm. Internal documents revealed users reported lower depression and...
m.economictimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I have said for years Zuck was a world historical child sex trafficker and now we have a number:
SEVENTEEN STRIKES
To be kicked from Meta products for TRAFFICKING
He should be in JAIL
SEVENTEEN STRIKES
To be kicked from Meta products for TRAFFICKING
He should be in JAIL
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"CAUGHT 17 times"
November 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"CAUGHT 17 times"
Huge, huge block-long line at La Taqueria in the Mission
Recession indicator
Recession indicator
November 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Huge, huge block-long line at La Taqueria in the Mission
Recession indicator
Recession indicator
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Cybernetics is a transdisciplinary field (founded in the 1940s) concerned with communication, governance, and the role of observers in recursive systems. The root, "cyber", comes from κυβερνήτης (kybernḗtēs), Greek for steering or captaining a ship (under conditions of uncertainty)
November 23, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Cybernetics is a transdisciplinary field (founded in the 1940s) concerned with communication, governance, and the role of observers in recursive systems. The root, "cyber", comes from κυβερνήτης (kybernḗtēs), Greek for steering or captaining a ship (under conditions of uncertainty)
Cowboy Carter got good when Kamala lost
November 23, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Cowboy Carter got good when Kamala lost
👀🤔😖
So, the fun hypothetical: Given that you don't have an app, that someone can open a tab and walk off without being present in front of the screen, and that posts to your site can be the length of an average novel and take hours to read, how much horrifying surveillance would it take to comply?
November 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
👀🤔😖
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atproto is one big database comprised of various smaller databases of different shapes and types
November 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
atproto is one big database comprised of various smaller databases of different shapes and types
Shoutout @publicbooks.bsky.social for a near-perfect mobile web reading experience
Tight spacing, clean serif font, navigable ads. I see u
Tight spacing, clean serif font, navigable ads. I see u
November 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Shoutout @publicbooks.bsky.social for a near-perfect mobile web reading experience
Tight spacing, clean serif font, navigable ads. I see u
Tight spacing, clean serif font, navigable ads. I see u
Congrats to Graze and @devingaffney.com for one of the most creative and successful projects *so far* in open, composable social media!
Milestone alert: We're celebrating our first anniversary today! In just one year, we went from an idea on a blog post to sending 8.6 *million* users 23.5 *billion* posts across thousands of feeds created by thousands of brilliant, creative people who are working together to create a better internet.
November 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Congrats to Graze and @devingaffney.com for one of the most creative and successful projects *so far* in open, composable social media!
I was joking about this before but now I'm doing it
Muting double z's
November 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I was joking about this before but now I'm doing it
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"Like these dudes are just talking shit, but if the females came over here, they’d get ’em all worked up.” --- Let's go girls
November 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
"Like these dudes are just talking shit, but if the females came over here, they’d get ’em all worked up.” --- Let's go girls