Alex
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📓 Logos From Planet Blip:
A Blippian Design Sourcebook
Our first Blippo+ book is a high-quality 40-page zine featuring logos, teletext screens, Blippian signatures, and discarded designs from Planet Blip.
Available from @theyetee.com
theyetee.com/products/log...
A Blippian Design Sourcebook
Our first Blippo+ book is a high-quality 40-page zine featuring logos, teletext screens, Blippian signatures, and discarded designs from Planet Blip.
Available from @theyetee.com
theyetee.com/products/log...
November 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
📓 Logos From Planet Blip:
A Blippian Design Sourcebook
Our first Blippo+ book is a high-quality 40-page zine featuring logos, teletext screens, Blippian signatures, and discarded designs from Planet Blip.
Available from @theyetee.com
theyetee.com/products/log...
A Blippian Design Sourcebook
Our first Blippo+ book is a high-quality 40-page zine featuring logos, teletext screens, Blippian signatures, and discarded designs from Planet Blip.
Available from @theyetee.com
theyetee.com/products/log...
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"Find friends by phone" is a common tool in social networks. We're proposing a secure scheme and requesting comments from the dev community.
Goals:
・Double opt-in: you're not findable by your phone unless YOU use the tool
・Secure to enumeration attacks
・Resistant to decryption if compromised
Goals:
・Double opt-in: you're not findable by your phone unless YOU use the tool
・Secure to enumeration attacks
・Resistant to decryption if compromised
Request For Comments: A secure contact import scheme for social networks | Bluesky
This article outlines plans for a future Bluesky feature \- it doesn’t exist yet\! By sharing our ideas early, we hope to solicit feedback from the community.
docs.bsky.app
November 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
"Find friends by phone" is a common tool in social networks. We're proposing a secure scheme and requesting comments from the dev community.
Goals:
・Double opt-in: you're not findable by your phone unless YOU use the tool
・Secure to enumeration attacks
・Resistant to decryption if compromised
Goals:
・Double opt-in: you're not findable by your phone unless YOU use the tool
・Secure to enumeration attacks
・Resistant to decryption if compromised
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The legendary HOPE hacking conference has been banned from its venue at St. John's University over what the university seems to be calling an "anti-police agenda." Part of a broader crackdown on security research / hacking / open source: www.404media.co/hope-hacking...
HOPE Hacking Conference Banned From University Venue Over Apparent ‘Anti-Police Agenda’
"The lack of due process on its own is extremely disturbing," the conference said.
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The legendary HOPE hacking conference has been banned from its venue at St. John's University over what the university seems to be calling an "anti-police agenda." Part of a broader crackdown on security research / hacking / open source: www.404media.co/hope-hacking...
they better not start programming even more Q&A screenings on the west side !!
November 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
they better not start programming even more Q&A screenings on the west side !!
IF YOU ARE RUNNING YOUR OWN PDS I am sorry but I am about to make a change to our docker compose.yaml to switch to a fork of the watchtower service that handles updates -- see github.com/bluesky-soci...
unfortunately, upstream is now unmaintained and we can't push this out any more cleanly. thanks!
unfortunately, upstream is now unmaintained and we can't push this out any more cleanly. thanks!
switch to watchtower fork by axfelix · Pull Request #289 · bluesky-social/pds
I normally don't switch to a 3rd party fork lightly due to maintenance implications, but this seems like the right move here: containrrr/watchtower#2122
Tested that the fork was able to update ...
github.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
IF YOU ARE RUNNING YOUR OWN PDS I am sorry but I am about to make a change to our docker compose.yaml to switch to a fork of the watchtower service that handles updates -- see github.com/bluesky-soci...
unfortunately, upstream is now unmaintained and we can't push this out any more cleanly. thanks!
unfortunately, upstream is now unmaintained and we can't push this out any more cleanly. thanks!
you might have noticed a slight change to the top bar on the Bluesky docs (docs.bsky.app) -- we've hidden our old app showcase in favor of linking to the much-better maintained Bluesky Directory (blueskydirectory.com), maintained by @limeleaf.coop!
feedback on this experiment is very welcome.
feedback on this experiment is very welcome.
Bluesky Documentation | Bluesky
Explore guides and tutorials to the Bluesky API.
docs.bsky.app
November 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
you might have noticed a slight change to the top bar on the Bluesky docs (docs.bsky.app) -- we've hidden our old app showcase in favor of linking to the much-better maintained Bluesky Directory (blueskydirectory.com), maintained by @limeleaf.coop!
feedback on this experiment is very welcome.
feedback on this experiment is very welcome.
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One clear takeaway from the ongoing cloudfare issues...
When X/Twitter is down, #bluesky registrations are on 🔥🔥🔥
3x the normal rate at the moment...
When X/Twitter is down, #bluesky registrations are on 🔥🔥🔥
3x the normal rate at the moment...
November 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
One clear takeaway from the ongoing cloudfare issues...
When X/Twitter is down, #bluesky registrations are on 🔥🔥🔥
3x the normal rate at the moment...
When X/Twitter is down, #bluesky registrations are on 🔥🔥🔥
3x the normal rate at the moment...
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At the Summit On Digital Sovereignty #euroskylive
November 18, 2025 at 9:59 AM
At the Summit On Digital Sovereignty #euroskylive
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one thing that i like about bsky.app (the app infra) is that it's hosted on actual machines owned by them so it's not dependant on cloudflare and other cloud providers, really stands out in moments like this
November 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
one thing that i like about bsky.app (the app infra) is that it's hosted on actual machines owned by them so it's not dependant on cloudflare and other cloud providers, really stands out in moments like this
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GEN Z HARRY OSBORN: Pete what's up with all those books about Spiders you can just look them up on Tiktok
GEN Z PETER PARKER: C'mon Harry you know it's my, uh, Hyperfixation
MILLENNIAL J. JONAH JAMESON: PARKER! YOU SENT ME .webp FILES! HOW DOES A GEEK LIKE YOU NOT KNOW WHAT A FILE EXTENSION IS
GEN Z PETER PARKER: C'mon Harry you know it's my, uh, Hyperfixation
MILLENNIAL J. JONAH JAMESON: PARKER! YOU SENT ME .webp FILES! HOW DOES A GEEK LIKE YOU NOT KNOW WHAT A FILE EXTENSION IS
November 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
GEN Z HARRY OSBORN: Pete what's up with all those books about Spiders you can just look them up on Tiktok
GEN Z PETER PARKER: C'mon Harry you know it's my, uh, Hyperfixation
MILLENNIAL J. JONAH JAMESON: PARKER! YOU SENT ME .webp FILES! HOW DOES A GEEK LIKE YOU NOT KNOW WHAT A FILE EXTENSION IS
GEN Z PETER PARKER: C'mon Harry you know it's my, uh, Hyperfixation
MILLENNIAL J. JONAH JAMESON: PARKER! YOU SENT ME .webp FILES! HOW DOES A GEEK LIKE YOU NOT KNOW WHAT A FILE EXTENSION IS
I'll be rolling up all these additions into a blog post this week, but I just noticed that our Migration Guide (https://atproto.com/guides/account-migration) was missing from the docs nav until just now, if anyone needs it!
November 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I'll be rolling up all these additions into a blog post this week, but I just noticed that our Migration Guide (https://atproto.com/guides/account-migration) was missing from the docs nav until just now, if anyone needs it!
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Adding alt because this is so good
November 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Adding alt because this is so good
thrilled that KCD2 got nominated because it is actually the best game of the year imo
November 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
thrilled that KCD2 got nominated because it is actually the best game of the year imo
“There have to be pathways and on-ramps to participating in the world fully” is one of the best value-neutral political declarations I’ve ever read. It is all in fact mostly about that, imo
Even before AI, the lack of investment in growing up junior employees is a massive risk that we cannot keep ignoring. There have to be pathways and onramps to participating in the world fully.
We will pay now
or pay later, but we will pay.
nymag.com/intelligence...
We will pay now
or pay later, but we will pay.
nymag.com/intelligence...
‘There’s Just No Reason to Deal With Young Employees’
AI is taking entry-level jobs. What happens when Gen-Z-ers can’t start their careers?
nymag.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
“There have to be pathways and on-ramps to participating in the world fully” is one of the best value-neutral political declarations I’ve ever read. It is all in fact mostly about that, imo
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in some ways I think the relative lack of negativity obscures these corners of Bsky a bit to people not involved in the scenes, because one of the most common ways to learn about a discussion that is otherwise outside your light cone is a dunk
One thing that's been heavily proven to me is Bluesky is not all politics. The music, record, cd, movie, books, horror and lots more scenes are heavily alive and well here with almost zero negativity. Better engagement here than Facebook has been in years.
November 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
in some ways I think the relative lack of negativity obscures these corners of Bsky a bit to people not involved in the scenes, because one of the most common ways to learn about a discussion that is otherwise outside your light cone is a dunk
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YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????
November 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM
YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????
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I feel like the pope being an American cinephile is God finally rewarding Scorsese for a lifetime of devotion
November 17, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I feel like the pope being an American cinephile is God finally rewarding Scorsese for a lifetime of devotion
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i love when people use search engines in movies but i love when people use search engines in hallmark movies most of all
November 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
i love when people use search engines in movies but i love when people use search engines in hallmark movies most of all
new Joachim Trier wonderful as always
November 17, 2025 at 5:32 AM
new Joachim Trier wonderful as always
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discussions are happening on the IETF ATP mailing list about working group scope and high-level goals.
if you care about how the existing protocol meshes into the standards process machine, I encourage you to weigh in!
"[email protected]", you should subscribe and read current threads first
if you care about how the existing protocol meshes into the standards process machine, I encourage you to weigh in!
"[email protected]", you should subscribe and read current threads first
November 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
discussions are happening on the IETF ATP mailing list about working group scope and high-level goals.
if you care about how the existing protocol meshes into the standards process machine, I encourage you to weigh in!
"[email protected]", you should subscribe and read current threads first
if you care about how the existing protocol meshes into the standards process machine, I encourage you to weigh in!
"[email protected]", you should subscribe and read current threads first
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As part of its 25th anniversary anthology of journalists reflecting on digital media, @talkingpointsmemo.com asked me to write about when my Guild tried to make Google and Meta pay for journalism. (We totally lost.)
Thanks @allegrak.bsky.social for the edit!
talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/we-tr...
Thanks @allegrak.bsky.social for the edit!
talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/we-tr...
We Tried to Get Big Tech to Pay for Wrecking Journalism. It Didn’t Work Out.
The debate over Who Destroyed Journalism borders on theology among journalists and...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
As part of its 25th anniversary anthology of journalists reflecting on digital media, @talkingpointsmemo.com asked me to write about when my Guild tried to make Google and Meta pay for journalism. (We totally lost.)
Thanks @allegrak.bsky.social for the edit!
talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/we-tr...
Thanks @allegrak.bsky.social for the edit!
talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/we-tr...
my whole household is enjoying this LA rain so much… it’s funny how chill it feels to get a week of downpour here (have an excuse not to go anywhere, the plants need the water, everyone knows it’ll be sunny again in a few days) vs in the PNW around now (dread at no sun for 5 months)
November 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
my whole household is enjoying this LA rain so much… it’s funny how chill it feels to get a week of downpour here (have an excuse not to go anywhere, the plants need the water, everyone knows it’ll be sunny again in a few days) vs in the PNW around now (dread at no sun for 5 months)
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this is a test of @anisota.net's new dynamic open graph share images for sharing anisota links on social media
Post by dame (@dame.is) on Anisota
i saw this white squirrel near an invisible portal in the woods this evening at dusk
anisota.net
November 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
this is a test of @anisota.net's new dynamic open graph share images for sharing anisota links on social media
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“Bluesky must have some juice if scientists are subtweeting other scientists.” defector.com/let-us-now-c...
Let Us Now Celebrate Our Extinct Short King, Nanotyrannus | Defector
For decades, paleontologists have been terrorized by the notion of a teenage Tyrannosaurus rex. Starting in the 1940s, excavations unearthed skulls belonging to what appeared to be smaller and more sl...
defector.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
“Bluesky must have some juice if scientists are subtweeting other scientists.” defector.com/let-us-now-c...
despite my stated desire to never ever touch production code, I am pleased to say that our AT CLI tool, goat github.com/bluesky-soci..., is now included in our PDS docker image github.com/bluesky-soci... as of about an hour ago. and I wrote new prod hosting recs to match! atproto.com/guides/going...
GitHub - bluesky-social/goat: Go AT protocol CLI tool
Go AT protocol CLI tool. Contribute to bluesky-social/goat development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
despite my stated desire to never ever touch production code, I am pleased to say that our AT CLI tool, goat github.com/bluesky-soci..., is now included in our PDS docker image github.com/bluesky-soci... as of about an hour ago. and I wrote new prod hosting recs to match! atproto.com/guides/going...