wells is making a social media co-op
@wells.bsky.social
critical race, queer/trans & AsAm studies, algorithmic justice at UMSI
all about abolition, transformative justice, free palestine. SSBM (link main), anime, and indie art/zine fan. catch me staffing at anime cons!
pan/bi enby 🇹🇼🇮🇩🏳️⚧️
all about abolition, transformative justice, free palestine. SSBM (link main), anime, and indie art/zine fan. catch me staffing at anime cons!
pan/bi enby 🇹🇼🇮🇩🏳️⚧️
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Introducing Luddenites
Playing off both LUDENS and LUDDITES, LUDDENITES is envisioned as a collective whose goal is to counter oppressive technologies like surveillance tech and generative AI, instead seeking communal infra...
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Introducing LUDDENITES: a collective whose goal is to counter oppressive technologies like surveillance tech and generative AI, instead seeking communal infrastructures in service of CONSENTFUL PLAY and CREATIVE JOY.
blog.wellssanto.com/luddenites/
blog.wellssanto.com/luddenites/
i wish we didn't have to write to convince people that ai is bad anymore
February 12, 2026 at 6:46 PM
i wish we didn't have to write to convince people that ai is bad anymore
i wanna be a part of a collective that builds cool shitttt (starting with better social media)
February 12, 2026 at 4:00 PM
i wanna be a part of a collective that builds cool shitttt (starting with better social media)
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🔭🧪 Are you interested in having a night sky? (Like at all?)
File comments with the FCC telling them to deny permission to Starlink for “a million satellites” and to Reflect Orbital for their giant sunlight mirror in space.
The American Astronomical Society has info on how 👇
File comments with the FCC telling them to deny permission to Starlink for “a million satellites” and to Reflect Orbital for their giant sunlight mirror in space.
The American Astronomical Society has info on how 👇
How to Submit Comments on Satellite Applications to the FCC
Step-by-step guide for submitting comments on satellite applications to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
aas.org
February 11, 2026 at 11:47 PM
🔭🧪 Are you interested in having a night sky? (Like at all?)
File comments with the FCC telling them to deny permission to Starlink for “a million satellites” and to Reflect Orbital for their giant sunlight mirror in space.
The American Astronomical Society has info on how 👇
File comments with the FCC telling them to deny permission to Starlink for “a million satellites” and to Reflect Orbital for their giant sunlight mirror in space.
The American Astronomical Society has info on how 👇
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That's 100% why I created leavesubstack.com -- got tired of re-hashing the points; wanted to make a simple 1-pager.
You Should Probably Leave Substack
You should probably leave Substack. Here’s why and how.
leavesubstack.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:54 AM
That's 100% why I created leavesubstack.com -- got tired of re-hashing the points; wanted to make a simple 1-pager.
hey, that's me!
📸🟧 UPCOMING 🟧📸
Tuesday, March 10th at 4:00 - 5:30 PM [ET]
Join us for "Against Surveillance & Spectacle" featuring @vashetc.bsky.social, @meg-fereday.bsky.social, Kim Fernandes, @wells.bsky.social, & Shin Yang in conversation w/ @remiyergeau.bsky.social (Director, DAF Lab)
Tuesday, March 10th at 4:00 - 5:30 PM [ET]
Join us for "Against Surveillance & Spectacle" featuring @vashetc.bsky.social, @meg-fereday.bsky.social, Kim Fernandes, @wells.bsky.social, & Shin Yang in conversation w/ @remiyergeau.bsky.social (Director, DAF Lab)
February 11, 2026 at 8:08 PM
hey, that's me!
discord is spyware
February 10, 2026 at 2:49 AM
discord is spyware
if i did a research study on performing asianness online, would any asian / asian american streamers here wanna be interviewed for that?
February 9, 2026 at 9:39 PM
if i did a research study on performing asianness online, would any asian / asian american streamers here wanna be interviewed for that?
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@discord.com how can we trust that you'll keep our data secure if you force us to upload our IDs?
February 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
@discord.com how can we trust that you'll keep our data secure if you force us to upload our IDs?
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Hey @discord.com I have been a Nitro subscriber and have hosted a streaming community for 5 years now.
Happy to pull the plug on all of that and swap to a competitor if facial ID is required. I do not trust you to keep my community's data safe. Reconsider...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Happy to pull the plug on all of that and swap to a competitor if facial ID is required. I do not trust you to keep my community's data safe. Reconsider...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
ID photos of 70,000 users may have been leaked, Discord says
The platform says hackers targeted a firm that helped to verify the ages of its users.
www.bbc.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Hey @discord.com I have been a Nitro subscriber and have hosted a streaming community for 5 years now.
Happy to pull the plug on all of that and swap to a competitor if facial ID is required. I do not trust you to keep my community's data safe. Reconsider...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Happy to pull the plug on all of that and swap to a competitor if facial ID is required. I do not trust you to keep my community's data safe. Reconsider...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
how do grifters get so successful, like who is funding their grifts... this is a post about alllll the ai slop and funding that's gone towards it
February 9, 2026 at 3:39 PM
how do grifters get so successful, like who is funding their grifts... this is a post about alllll the ai slop and funding that's gone towards it
i feel like i've made so many mistakes that nothing feels safe for me to fail at anymore
February 9, 2026 at 6:19 AM
i feel like i've made so many mistakes that nothing feels safe for me to fail at anymore
i can't help but feel like i made a mistake going back to school when i probably should have been advancing my management skills... folks told me it's never too late to go back, but after all these years i wonder who'd want to even hire someone like me again
February 9, 2026 at 6:02 AM
i can't help but feel like i made a mistake going back to school when i probably should have been advancing my management skills... folks told me it's never too late to go back, but after all these years i wonder who'd want to even hire someone like me again
this is why we need a co-op model that distributes governance!! we keep chasing technical solutions for organizational challenges & end up in situations like this. open and distributed don't mean much if it's just a few making the final calls
Imagine begging Bluesky for features, having your PRs sitting unmerged and ignored for months, and then turning around and saying that EYEEE am the centralizing influence around here.
February 8, 2026 at 9:12 PM
this is why we need a co-op model that distributes governance!! we keep chasing technical solutions for organizational challenges & end up in situations like this. open and distributed don't mean much if it's just a few making the final calls
how do you turn a dream into reality
February 8, 2026 at 7:07 PM
how do you turn a dream into reality
my (self-)oc moodboard except i have no idea which artist to find to turn it into a reality
February 8, 2026 at 5:17 AM
my (self-)oc moodboard except i have no idea which artist to find to turn it into a reality
I have 0 publications, and even though I'm in academia at the moment, I fear that maybe I'll never have any publications. Maybe that's fine? But it also feels like I'm not doing, or even capable of doing, anything.
February 8, 2026 at 1:39 AM
I have 0 publications, and even though I'm in academia at the moment, I fear that maybe I'll never have any publications. Maybe that's fine? But it also feels like I'm not doing, or even capable of doing, anything.
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GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
February 7, 2026 at 5:01 AM
GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
is there even tech that isn't ensnared by capitalism or libertarianism, or is that an oxymoron
February 6, 2026 at 7:59 PM
is there even tech that isn't ensnared by capitalism or libertarianism, or is that an oxymoron
content is sometimes better when it's written just for the people who'll get it
February 6, 2026 at 2:35 PM
content is sometimes better when it's written just for the people who'll get it
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The Wright Museums Instagram page is HILARIOUS. Think The Office but it's the staff at a Museum for Black History. Better believe this is on my list of places to visit.
Gentle Spades
"I'm a veteran"
Gentle Spades
"I'm a veteran"
February 6, 2026 at 8:23 AM
The Wright Museums Instagram page is HILARIOUS. Think The Office but it's the staff at a Museum for Black History. Better believe this is on my list of places to visit.
Gentle Spades
"I'm a veteran"
Gentle Spades
"I'm a veteran"
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✨I’m on the academic job market ✨
I’m a PhD candidate at @hcii.cmu.edu studying tech, labor, and resistance 👩🏻💻💪🏽💥
I research how workers and communities contest harmful sociotechnical systems and shape alternative futures through everyday resistance and collective action
More info: cella.io
I’m a PhD candidate at @hcii.cmu.edu studying tech, labor, and resistance 👩🏻💻💪🏽💥
I research how workers and communities contest harmful sociotechnical systems and shape alternative futures through everyday resistance and collective action
More info: cella.io
Cella M. Sum –
cella.io
October 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
✨I’m on the academic job market ✨
I’m a PhD candidate at @hcii.cmu.edu studying tech, labor, and resistance 👩🏻💻💪🏽💥
I research how workers and communities contest harmful sociotechnical systems and shape alternative futures through everyday resistance and collective action
More info: cella.io
I’m a PhD candidate at @hcii.cmu.edu studying tech, labor, and resistance 👩🏻💻💪🏽💥
I research how workers and communities contest harmful sociotechnical systems and shape alternative futures through everyday resistance and collective action
More info: cella.io
what if we made a textual social media that showed posts only to mutuals in 2026
February 4, 2026 at 5:53 AM
what if we made a textual social media that showed posts only to mutuals in 2026
i just need you all to know this is what i spent my time on today (one quarter of a 1200 piece puzzle)
February 4, 2026 at 1:40 AM
i just need you all to know this is what i spent my time on today (one quarter of a 1200 piece puzzle)
dang, my reviewers for this paper are pretty good lmao, i'm out here like, "you right, you right" 😂 i'm scared to revise my paper now cause these reviewers were on point
February 2, 2026 at 10:52 PM
dang, my reviewers for this paper are pretty good lmao, i'm out here like, "you right, you right" 😂 i'm scared to revise my paper now cause these reviewers were on point
a lil upset at myself that all these grifters can raise funds so easily but i'm over here trying to build something without a clue 😭 so many apps have been made and yet i'm still stuck just talking about it
February 2, 2026 at 4:34 PM
a lil upset at myself that all these grifters can raise funds so easily but i'm over here trying to build something without a clue 😭 so many apps have been made and yet i'm still stuck just talking about it