Brian
@brianell.in
tinkerer and product builder. making @obob.dog with my kids. helped build twitter, medium, and a couple of ebike businesses. here to learn!
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On Tuesday night, you may have noticed something a little different on Bluesky. Here's a peek behind the scenes of how the election feed came together. Endlessly grateful for this collaboration with @wnyc.org/@gothamist.com & @bsky.app!
About The Other Night...
How Graze is defining the next era of a decentralized, open social attention economy.
graze.leaflet.pub
November 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
On Tuesday night, you may have noticed something a little different on Bluesky. Here's a peek behind the scenes of how the election feed came together. Endlessly grateful for this collaboration with @wnyc.org/@gothamist.com & @bsky.app!
Is there currently a way to share my track plays to @teal.fm and/or @rocksky.app without running my own scrobbling service?
October 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Is there currently a way to share my track plays to @teal.fm and/or @rocksky.app without running my own scrobbling service?
Made a quick #atproto "agent skill" for claude code that pulls in all the current atproto.com docs and reference implementations so claude can use them to help you build atproto stuff. Check it out: tangled.org/@brianell.in...
@brianell.in/atproto-claude-skill
A claude skill that has access to all of the atproto docs and reference implementations
tangled.org
October 17, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Made a quick #atproto "agent skill" for claude code that pulls in all the current atproto.com docs and reference implementations so claude can use them to help you build atproto stuff. Check it out: tangled.org/@brianell.in...
Took the kids to their first punk show tonight - turnstile and amyl and the sniffers 🫶
October 9, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Took the kids to their first punk show tonight - turnstile and amyl and the sniffers 🫶
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This is what I’m fucking talking about baby PDX forever
October 9, 2025 at 1:57 AM
This is what I’m fucking talking about baby PDX forever
went on a bike ride through portland with benson boone and my daughter this afternoon. 100% would recommend
October 4, 2025 at 1:17 AM
went on a bike ride through portland with benson boone and my daughter this afternoon. 100% would recommend
@baileytownsend.dev is it possible to add a blob of an arbitrary file type via AT Toolbox? For example a .gpx file from a garmin device that I've saved to my iphone. I want to attach that as a blob to another record via a shortcut.
September 17, 2025 at 6:55 AM
@baileytownsend.dev is it possible to add a blob of an arbitrary file type via AT Toolbox? For example a .gpx file from a garmin device that I've saved to my iphone. I want to attach that as a blob to another record via a shortcut.
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Hot off the new OBOB.dog blog, we've released some updates to the app in response to last years feedback. Woof!
OBOB season is here!
What's new for 2025-2026 on OBOB.dog
blog.obob.dog
September 10, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Hot off the new OBOB.dog blog, we've released some updates to the app in response to last years feedback. Woof!
Tonight we watched the new Jurassic Park movie, and at the very end after the credits started rolling my 10yo daughter said “and that’s why you don’t eat snickers” 🤯
September 1, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Tonight we watched the new Jurassic Park movie, and at the very end after the credits started rolling my 10yo daughter said “and that’s why you don’t eat snickers” 🤯
My 10yr olds review of NEVER ENOUGH: "it sounds the same as GLOW ON - i don't really feel like they've grown"
August 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
My 10yr olds review of NEVER ENOUGH: "it sounds the same as GLOW ON - i don't really feel like they've grown"
just arrived in maui / napili bay and we being evacuated to high ground because of the tsunami warning
July 30, 2025 at 1:57 AM
just arrived in maui / napili bay and we being evacuated to high ground because of the tsunami warning
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This is amazing, and again, why open systems, open protocols are so important.
With this update, folks building custom feeds can leverage moderation actions from the whole network more easily in their algorithms. 🤖
Wanna exclude twitter screenshots, transphobia, AND anti-blackness from your feed? rsky-relay is now a one-stop-shop for all of those labels. 🛍️
Wanna exclude twitter screenshots, transphobia, AND anti-blackness from your feed? rsky-relay is now a one-stop-shop for all of those labels. 🛍️
June 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
This is amazing, and again, why open systems, open protocols are so important.
Experimenting with a jetstream to webhook connector for serverless atproto webapps
June 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Experimenting with a jetstream to webhook connector for serverless atproto webapps
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the status updates feed is filled with wholesome bangers like these
petting dog
May 20, 2025 at 1:06 AM
the status updates feed is filled with wholesome bangers like these
Going for a walk. Here are some lamps I like in the neighborhood park
May 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Going for a walk. Here are some lamps I like in the neighborhood park
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I feel like you just described the entire protocol with that one sentence.
May 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I feel like you just described the entire protocol with that one sentence.
I just scored 2,972 on a game of at://2048.
Think you can do better? Join in on the fun with @2048.blue.
Think you can do better? Join in on the fun with @2048.blue.
May 4, 2025 at 5:12 AM
I just scored 2,972 on a game of at://2048.
Think you can do better? Join in on the fun with @2048.blue.
Think you can do better? Join in on the fun with @2048.blue.
Making cranberry beans in the Rancho Gordo manner. At the “show them who’s the boss” step. #beansky @ranchogordo.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Making cranberry beans in the Rancho Gordo manner. At the “show them who’s the boss” step. #beansky @ranchogordo.bsky.social
Donuts for the #earthday Glencoe Bike Bus today! @glencoebikebus.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Donuts for the #earthday Glencoe Bike Bus today! @glencoebikebus.bsky.social
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This is obvious, but if people broadly rely on a black box to give them answers that help them understand the world, whoever controls the black box controls those answers and therefore the understanding that comes from them.
Openness is safety.
Openness is safety.
April 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This is obvious, but if people broadly rely on a black box to give them answers that help them understand the world, whoever controls the black box controls those answers and therefore the understanding that comes from them.
Openness is safety.
Openness is safety.
Added a new `get-post-thread` tool to the Bluesky MCP server which pulls the full conversation tree for a post into the context window for analysis. Great for summarizing long winding conversations. Thanks to @joshuashew.bsky.social for the idea and help! github.com/brianellin/b...
April 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Added a new `get-post-thread` tool to the Bluesky MCP server which pulls the full conversation tree for a post into the context window for analysis. Great for summarizing long winding conversations. Thanks to @joshuashew.bsky.social for the idea and help! github.com/brianellin/b...
i have 27 feeds pinned on here. that's normal... right?
April 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
i have 27 feeds pinned on here. that's normal... right?
April 16, 2025 at 4:19 AM
My dog Rosie has unique facial markings, and I have been trying various AI tools to make accurate drawings of her. Even the fancy new ones seem incapable of replicating her markings, presumably because they haven't seen dogs like her in the training data? Always a white line that goes to both sides.
April 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
My dog Rosie has unique facial markings, and I have been trying various AI tools to make accurate drawings of her. Even the fancy new ones seem incapable of replicating her markings, presumably because they haven't seen dogs like her in the training data? Always a white line that goes to both sides.
“The way that you become a leader is you just add value—you just do things.” - @jay.bsky.team
Bluesky’s Quest to Build Nontoxic Social Media
X and Facebook are governed by the policies of mercurial billionaires. Bluesky’s C.E.O., Jay Graber, says that she wants to give power back to the user.
www.newyorker.com
April 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
“The way that you become a leader is you just add value—you just do things.” - @jay.bsky.team