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Design research & research design. Information architect at heart. Hopeful. 📍 Seattle · Maine · occasionally Brooklyn 🌐 caj.io · @strategytheory.com

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Christian @christian.bsky.social · Nov 22

Our Social Internet Atmosphere 🦋

Recently updated, now with more hot bluesky tips, starter packs, and feeds

caj.io/atmosphere

Our Social Internet Atmosphere 🦋 | Christian Alden Jacobs

An alternative social internet atmosphere (AT Protocol) is emerging. Bluesky is the future of online social networking. And the future is now.

Christian @christian.bsky.social · 17h

Bozeman today, Seattle tomorrow

Christian @christian.bsky.social · 17h

Today I’m traveling from Denver to somewhere in Montana. Just realized I’ve been in Wyoming for the last ~300 miles. Oops. Beautiful country. Not many signs.

Christian @christian.bsky.social · 17h

Taos, New Mexico visit was a success. Quality brother time and desert time.

A bundle of Chamisa hangs from a post in the desert overlooking a sagebrush covered hill

An old white metal stove in a field overlooking mountains in the distance

Christian @christian.bsky.social · 17h

View from weekend campsite: a furniture designer built a house into a cliff face in Sedona. There’s a cargo elevator at the base of the cliff. Would love to see what this looks like in fifty years.

Red Tail Cliff House in Sedona

Christian @christian.bsky.social · 2d

TIL

Christian @christian.bsky.social · 2d

XBlock Screenshot Labeler (label or hide screenshots and rage bait): @xblock.aendra.dev

Christian @christian.bsky.social · 2d

US Government Contributions (labels politicians with their donors): @us-gov-funding.bsky.social

Christian @christian.bsky.social · 2d

Blacksky Moderation (label or hide anti-black harassment): @blackskyweb.xyz

Christian @christian.bsky.social · 2d

Anti-Alf Aktion (more useful than you’d think): @skywatch.blue

Christian @christian.bsky.social · 2d

AI imagery Labeler (label or hide AI spam): @aimod.social

Christian @christian.bsky.social · 2d

yes, you have to subscribe to labelers to see labels. i’ll share a list of some labelers i like. happy to hop on a screen share and show how i use ‘em any time

Christian @christian.bsky.social · 3d

the post isn’t deleted. as far as i can tell it was flagged by automated systems and hidden from the app automatically after a bunch of people reported it. then it was reviewed and unhidden. optics are bad but it feels more like a tradeoff of automatic hiding vs the community notes approach

Christian @christian.bsky.social · 6d

At Joshua Tree National Park. Wardens are there to give info, etc., but there’s no way to buy passes because the government is shut down.

Christian @christian.bsky.social · 7d

On the road again with a new water pump and a renewed sense of oh no it’s rush hour in LA

Christian @christian.bsky.social · 7d

FWIW if you subscribe to a moderation service like @skywatch.blue, the profile in question has a content warning. The entire Bluesky ecosystem is designed around this idea of composable moderation. Banning bad actors at only the app level has cursed second order effects (see: X-twitter).

Christian @christian.bsky.social · 7d

What was wrong with the old logo?!

Christian @christian.bsky.social · 7d

Water pump started reaaallly losing coolant just outside Los Angeles. Here for a day or two to sort that out.

Christian @christian.bsky.social · 7d

Embark on a five thousand mile road trip in an old car that will definitely break down

Reposted by Christian

Baldur Bjarnason @baldurbjarnason.com · 8d

“Frank Chimero · Selling Lemons”

https://frankchimero.com/blog/2025/selling-lemons/

> I think we’re in the lemon stage of the internet.

Akerlof's lemon paper was an early major influence on my thinking so it's always good to see it spreading

Christian @christian.bsky.social · 9d

What about tapping on links

Christian @christian.bsky.social · 9d

Now that’s personalization

Christian @christian.bsky.social · 10d

didn’t know you’re so good with a sharpie

Christian @christian.bsky.social · 10d

After leaving San Francisco, ranting to myself about tech billboards, and a nice highway drive, I’m in Santa Cruz. It’s nice here.

Christian @christian.bsky.social · 10d

Driving straight up Gough St with a stick shift is a choice I’m not proud of.

Christian @christian.bsky.social · 10d

Saved by a more or less bodega style breakfast sammy at The Birds Cafe