Emelia
@thisismissem.social
Corruptress of protocols, working on trust & safety tech, open-source contributor. You've probably used tech I've contributed to. 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 🇩🇪
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@thisismissem.social
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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
This document came about due to my work on Mastodon's OAuth implementation.
If you'd like to support my work: support.thisismissem.social
Gosh I love coughing all day and having a mild fever for absolutely no reason
December 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Gosh I love coughing all day and having a mild fever for absolutely no reason
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The way tech companies constantly do stuff that nobody asked for really tells you a lot about their bigger ideology. They tell themselves that you will like it over time. What they mean is you’ll learn to endure it, or you’ll give up. quality of UI is not actually anywhere on their radar
new iOS update is sleek and also defaults in Music to “you must want songs transition as they would on a dance floor.” so many people will wonder why they can’t just listen to an album. Apps > Music > Song Transitions > toggle off.
December 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The way tech companies constantly do stuff that nobody asked for really tells you a lot about their bigger ideology. They tell themselves that you will like it over time. What they mean is you’ll learn to endure it, or you’ll give up. quality of UI is not actually anywhere on their radar
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"While pearl-clutchers decry gooning as some decadent perversion of sexuality, gooners are clearly enjoying themselves.... In a world filled with political division, financial pressure and non-stop push notifications, making time to tune in, turn on, and drop out isn’t the worst use of technology."
2026 Fetish of the Year: Gooning - Clips4Sale Blog | Creator Resources, Promotions, and New Feature Updates
2026 Fetish of the Year: Gooning Just a few years ago, the Dionysian masturbation fetish now known as “gooning” was […]
www.clips4sale.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"While pearl-clutchers decry gooning as some decadent perversion of sexuality, gooners are clearly enjoying themselves.... In a world filled with political division, financial pressure and non-stop push notifications, making time to tune in, turn on, and drop out isn’t the worst use of technology."
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The moral panic around "gooning" is just the latest manifestation of our anxiety around sex and technology. And older, more potent anxiety about masturbation.
Somehow, people investing in pleasure has become one of the great symbols of societal decline.
Somehow, people investing in pleasure has become one of the great symbols of societal decline.
Clips4Sale names 'gooning' as fetish of the year
Chastity has been dethroned.
mashable.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The moral panic around "gooning" is just the latest manifestation of our anxiety around sex and technology. And older, more potent anxiety about masturbation.
Somehow, people investing in pleasure has become one of the great symbols of societal decline.
Somehow, people investing in pleasure has become one of the great symbols of societal decline.
I don't know why but as one of two major national parties, it feels like having candidates for all the elections is a bare minimum?
Texas Democrats just did something historic under the leadership of new state party chair @kendallscudder.bsky.social. We have filed a candidate in EVERY 2026 race.
U.S. Senate: 1 of 1
U.S. House: 38 of 38
State Senate: 15 of 15
State House: 150 of 150
State Board of Education: 8 of 8
U.S. Senate: 1 of 1
U.S. House: 38 of 38
State Senate: 15 of 15
State House: 150 of 150
State Board of Education: 8 of 8
We Did It, Texas Dems, We Did It
Candidates in every legislative, statewide, and federal race. Now it’s time to build power where it counts.
www.lonestarleft.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I don't know why but as one of two major national parties, it feels like having candidates for all the elections is a bare minimum?
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interested in standardization of AT at the IETF?
there are ongoing discussions happening on the mailing list, and there will be a video call this Wednesday to discuss the scope of work, especially around DIDs and identity.
more details in this email thread: mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/atp...
there are ongoing discussions happening on the mailing list, and there will be a video call this Wednesday to discuss the scope of work, especially around DIDs and identity.
more details in this email thread: mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/atp...
December 9, 2025 at 8:13 AM
interested in standardization of AT at the IETF?
there are ongoing discussions happening on the mailing list, and there will be a video call this Wednesday to discuss the scope of work, especially around DIDs and identity.
more details in this email thread: mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/atp...
there are ongoing discussions happening on the mailing list, and there will be a video call this Wednesday to discuss the scope of work, especially around DIDs and identity.
more details in this email thread: mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/atp...
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Released Optique 0.8.0, a type-safe CLI parser for TypeScript.
This version adds conditional() for branching based on a discriminator option, passThrough() for forwarding unknown options to underlying tools, and a new @optique/logtape package for configuring LogTape via CLI.
This version adds conditional() for branching based on a discriminator option, passThrough() for forwarding unknown options to underlying tools, and a new @optique/logtape package for configuring LogTape via CLI.
Optique 0.8.0: Conditional parsing, pass-through options, and LogTape integration · dahlia optique · Discussion #51
We're excited to announce Optique 0.8.0! This release introduces powerful new features for building sophisticated CLI applications: the conditional() combinator for discriminated union patterns, th...
github.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Released Optique 0.8.0, a type-safe CLI parser for TypeScript.
This version adds conditional() for branching based on a discriminator option, passThrough() for forwarding unknown options to underlying tools, and a new @optique/logtape package for configuring LogTape via CLI.
This version adds conditional() for branching based on a discriminator option, passThrough() for forwarding unknown options to underlying tools, and a new @optique/logtape package for configuring LogTape via CLI.
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If you’re mad about bluesky following the laws for age verification you should be mad at your government, not bluesky
December 9, 2025 at 4:52 AM
If you’re mad about bluesky following the laws for age verification you should be mad at your government, not bluesky
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I had shingles in my early teen years. I cannot express to you how badly you do not want to get shingles. get the fucking vaccine.
All over my FB people talking about their bad experiences with shingles vax and dissuading each other from getting it! We need to give people real info on how to mitigate the symtoms caused by vaccines because vaccines are always better than meeting a virus unprepared. Yet drs aren't coaching ppl
December 8, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I had shingles in my early teen years. I cannot express to you how badly you do not want to get shingles. get the fucking vaccine.
@legaleagle.tv oh please oh please do a video on this hot mess of a case that's apparently throwing due process out the door: reason.com/2025/12/08/t...
The government wants to punish orgasmic meditation defendants for crimes they weren't charged with
The prosecutors argue that sentencing based on unconvicted—or even uncharged—conduct doesn't violate due process.
reason.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
@legaleagle.tv oh please oh please do a video on this hot mess of a case that's apparently throwing due process out the door: reason.com/2025/12/08/t...
“based on the idea that they should be punished for crimes they were never charged with nor found guilty of at trial.”
What the fuck? Due process? Rights? No? We're forgoing that now in the US?
What the fuck? Due process? Rights? No? We're forgoing that now in the US?
It remains insane to me that the govt can try you for one crime and then just punish you for entirely different crimes reason.com/2025/12/08/t...
The government wants to punish orgasmic meditation defendants for crimes they weren't charged with
The prosecutors argue that sentencing based on unconvicted—or even uncharged—conduct doesn't violate due process.
reason.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
“based on the idea that they should be punished for crimes they were never charged with nor found guilty of at trial.”
What the fuck? Due process? Rights? No? We're forgoing that now in the US?
What the fuck? Due process? Rights? No? We're forgoing that now in the US?
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Today, we're opening up Seams Alpha (seams.so), a social web annotation built in the Atmosphere. We're hoping it helps with collective sense-making.
This is just the start, there's still lots to do!
We'd love if you tried it with us.
This is just the start, there's still lots to do!
We'd love if you tried it with us.
Lab Notes #001 - Sealight Lab Notes
Announcing Seams
sealight.leaflet.pub
December 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Today, we're opening up Seams Alpha (seams.so), a social web annotation built in the Atmosphere. We're hoping it helps with collective sense-making.
This is just the start, there's still lots to do!
We'd love if you tried it with us.
This is just the start, there's still lots to do!
We'd love if you tried it with us.
Went to put my desk light on and immediately had Editors' Lights pop into my head.
tidal.com/track/886921...
tidal.com/track/886921...
Editors - Lights
Listen to Lights on TIDAL
tidal.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Went to put my desk light on and immediately had Editors' Lights pop into my head.
tidal.com/track/886921...
tidal.com/track/886921...
@alex.bsky.team something's up with the docs at the moment docs.bsky.app/docs/api/too...
December 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
@alex.bsky.team something's up with the docs at the moment docs.bsky.app/docs/api/too...
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Even if you can still read, write, and think, even if you refuse to use AI whenever possible, you'll still be unable to tell what's real as AI-generated media floods everything
December 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Even if you can still read, write, and think, even if you refuse to use AI whenever possible, you'll still be unable to tell what's real as AI-generated media floods everything
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Conservatives love AI because it's far easier to abuse a population that can't read, can't write, can't think, and can't tell what's real
December 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Conservatives love AI because it's far easier to abuse a population that can't read, can't write, can't think, and can't tell what's real
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What’s their feelings on unionizing
AWS's S3 object storage is at a different level of scale. It serves ~150M RPS (!!) and offers 11 nines of durability (!!!) [if you store 100M objects, you can statistically expect to lose one every 1,000 years]
I'll talk with the team building it. What would you like to know?
I'll talk with the team building it. What would you like to know?
December 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
What’s their feelings on unionizing
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"My child was perfect and has been replaced by a changeling baby," but in the year 2025.
some significant part of this is just catch-all fear for “this is not the child I ordered” I think
December 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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some significant part of this is just catch-all fear for “this is not the child I ordered” I think
Oh, here's a big surprise. The transphobes don't believe in ADHD either.
then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
December 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
some significant part of this is just catch-all fear for “this is not the child I ordered” I think
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This is why Elon Musk’s X platform was fined by the EU. Elon refused to follow the regulations that every other platform has to adhere to in the EU. This is not a “free speech” issue.
December 8, 2025 at 7:58 AM
This is why Elon Musk’s X platform was fined by the EU. Elon refused to follow the regulations that every other platform has to adhere to in the EU. This is not a “free speech” issue.
Why does it feel like the US administration is amping up for several wars?
December 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Why does it feel like the US administration is amping up for several wars?
I do love it when people fumble the word Domme and end up with "dome"
December 7, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I do love it when people fumble the word Domme and end up with "dome"
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this very much. its a thing ive talked with people about before. currently the closest we have to this is "on protocol" and "off protocol". fx. bsky posts vs bsky chat. the issue is that this is a very binary description of what is more of a spectrum or product type of different options
There's nothing necessarily WRONG with that, but it would be a good idea for the developer community to establish a consistent way of communicating both that their application uses atproto and HOW it uses it.
December 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
this very much. its a thing ive talked with people about before. currently the closest we have to this is "on protocol" and "off protocol". fx. bsky posts vs bsky chat. the issue is that this is a very binary description of what is more of a spectrum or product type of different options