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Emelia

@thisismissem.social

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Working on trust & safety tech, open-source contributor, I make your social media. You've probably used tech I've contributed to. 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 🇩🇪 I'm mostly on the Fediverse: https://hachyderm.io/@thisismissem Bridged: @thisismissem.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy

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Emelia @thisismissem.social · Apr 24

So a not too well known thing about me: I'm the co-author of the Client ID Metadata Documents internet draft that Bluesky / AT Proto uses for OAuth.

This document came about due to my work on Mastodon's OAuth implementation.

If you'd like to support my work: support.thisismissem.social

Support Emelia Smith (@thisismissem)

Fund her work on the Fediverse, improving trust & safety and other open-source contributions

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Emelia @thisismissem.social · 2h

So if you signing keys change then we can't trust the data unless the system is aware that you've authorised that change

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Emelia @thisismissem.social · 2h

That shouldn't be the case! Public keys are mathematically derived from the private key

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Tynan Purdy @tynanpurdy.com · 3h

New atproto app just dropped!

nooki @nooki.me · 4h

(1/4) I'm soft launching nooki.me to get some early traction and feedback on what to improve. Excited to see how this platform grows!

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Emelia @thisismissem.social · 3h

Oh heh >_>

But I mean, scritches are a twenty-four hour thing! 😸

Emelia @thisismissem.social · 3h

That's adorable!

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Emelia @thisismissem.social · 3h

Yeah, I've seen cases where folks doing any form of automod use a model where punitive action is either taken or not based on score, but often there's not a "well it's not quite our threshold but it's within x% so flag for human review"

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Emelia @thisismissem.social · 3h

So a lot of y'all know I've been hacking on entryway servers for AT Proto (because the old entryway code was becoming a dependency burden), but if an organisation like EuroSky or Northsky wanted to sponsor me to work on an open-source entryway solution, I'd be open to doing that work.

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Damon  @damonoutlaw.xyz · 6h

Then what’s the point of leaving here? How is that an improvement? Those giants aren’t doing what those users wanted thus they’re here. Is this a devil you know kind of situation?

Emelia @thisismissem.social · 4h

It's obviously only a small step but could help onboard people more safely to communities without relying on centralized moderation.

Emelia @thisismissem.social · 4h

The thing I've been thinking of for the fediverse is that starter packs should include servers that the creator deems "good", such that you don't invite some and have them land somewhere with a nasty experience.

I suspect the same thing could be done with labellers on bluesky.

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · May 29

Think about the experience for that second Black user, vs the first one. (Insert nazi bar meme).

🤔For an industry that intrinsically understands the value of caching and efficient algorithms, we sure do like to recompute the expensive results of painful moderation lessons, every single time.

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · May 29

Imagine that a Black user is harassed by a nazi on your service. The nazi is not removed, but the Black user can mute/block them. They do block them, and can enjoy the service again👍🏿

This Black user blocks ~1 nazi every week, for a year. So far so good👍🏿

52 weeks later, another Black user signs up.

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Emelia @thisismissem.social · 4h

Out of curiosity, if something has medium confidence, does that go to a human review queue too? I'm thinking about the confidence level before automatic action can kick in

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Emelia @thisismissem.social · 4h

I haven't had a bagel in soooo long 😭

(I can't eat most toppings I liked to put on them without having a coughing fit)

Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 6h

This is how your life should be and if it’s not, there must be something very wrong.

Emelia @thisismissem.social · 4h

Are you also going to include stories on all the scientific talent that's just completely left the US?

I've heard of that happening, and I know it's been happening in the tech sector.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 18h

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Emelia @thisismissem.social · 7h

I might still need to implement something in the createSession xrpc method 🤔

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Alex Hanna-ween @alexhanna.bsky.social · 13h

As an instructor, I'd rather see your fever dream, No Doze-fueled 4AM essays written at an IHOP rather than anything generated by an LLM.

Hope this helps

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 16h

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
finn
wokeupchic • 4d
It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 16h

I joked about it but it may actually be worthwhile for every Dem who gets on tv to start saying Stephen Miller is the real president

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 16h

U.S. Northern Command says that elements of the Texas national guard are now “employed in the greater Chicago area.”

The statement claims that they’ve been deployed to protect ICE and federal property.

U.S. Northern Command &
@USNorthernCmd
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Effective today, elements of the Texas National Guard, under Title 10 authority and command and control of U.S. Northern Command, are employed in the greater Chicago area.
These soldiers are employed to protect U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other
U.S. Government personnel who are performing federal functions, including the enforcement of federal law, and to protect federal property.
For the latest information on our Federal Protection Mission, please see the link below:

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Emelia @thisismissem.social · 7h

I'm still trying to figure out what, if anything I'm missing there & how it might break in entryway settings

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BooBiscuit 🎃👻 @harpomarxism.bsky.social · 23h

For everyone angry at Bluesky, a direct way we can help northsky is by tossing them a few bucks.

They're all working multiple jobs trying to make this happen for us.

Northsky Social Cooperative @transrights.northsky.social · Aug 8

Northsky is a Non-Profit Worker-Owned Cooperative and operates from the generosity of our donors.

Donations help keep our lights on and are greatly appreciated: northskysocial.com/products/rec...

Recurring Support

northskysocial.com

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Anuj Ahooja @quillmatiq.com · 1d

Soon, you'll be able to Bounce from Mastodon to ATProto 🌐

A New Social @anew.social · 1d

Today, we announced our next Bounce Beta that lets you migrate your Mastodon profile into any existing ATProto account, whether you're on Bluesky or any other PDS provider!

We'll be going live with Bounce Beta 2 on October 20th.

Read more here:

Bounce from Mastodon to Bluesky

With our next Bounce Beta, you will be able to Bounce your Mastodon account to Bluesky!

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Maria Farrell @mariafarrell.bsky.social · 23h

Germany's justice ministry held firm and killed EU chat control (for now):

"Chat control without cause must be taboo in a state governed by the rule of law. Private communication must never be under general suspicion."

Admirably concise and direct. German in the best possible way.

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Emelia @thisismissem.social · 12h

Some interesting work from GoToSocial from the ActivityPub world: Slurp is a tool that can export & import data from other places into a GTS account.

It now supports importing bluesky posts into GoToSocial:

github.com/VyrCossont/s...

GitHub - VyrCossont/slurp: tool for exporting data from and importing data to Fediverse instances

tool for exporting data from and importing data to Fediverse instances - VyrCossont/slurp

github.com

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xan spookyhere ⚠ @xan.lol · 16h

make them customizable @tangled.org gosh dang it!! (what if the background was a gradient of language colors)

business goose🪿 @goose.art · 17h

tangled's new opengraph photos are really cool, but i keep thinking its _actually_ github. it's almost too good. they need a funkier font or a pop of color or something

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