Dan Fockler
@dfockler.bsky.social
Responsible for two fur freaks 🐈🐈
digital art, @baneklugman on Tiktok
making computer systems do stuff
living with my ride or die, Jaimie
📍Portland, Ore
digital art, @baneklugman on Tiktok
making computer systems do stuff
living with my ride or die, Jaimie
📍Portland, Ore
totally, I feel like once people get onto the protocol, and data interop is available between apps it opens new space to actually build fun and humane experiences instead of purely mass/commercial appeal or addictive dark patterns
December 22, 2025 at 11:34 PM
totally, I feel like once people get onto the protocol, and data interop is available between apps it opens new space to actually build fun and humane experiences instead of purely mass/commercial appeal or addictive dark patterns
The two questions you pose at the end are the hardest part, because the answers are usually about the network of users and content available, not any particular feature set.
December 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The two questions you pose at the end are the hardest part, because the answers are usually about the network of users and content available, not any particular feature set.
It’s exactly what they tried and failed to do with DOGE
December 18, 2025 at 12:28 AM
It’s exactly what they tried and failed to do with DOGE
American dollars at work
December 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
American dollars at work
Prediction markets feel like a direct consequence of big tech siphoning away journalism's profit margins.
December 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Prediction markets feel like a direct consequence of big tech siphoning away journalism's profit margins.
Not to mention they probably use caption data to help with search indexing, so this can even effect users that don't use captions.
December 10, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Not to mention they probably use caption data to help with search indexing, so this can even effect users that don't use captions.
Exactly this! Strong unions are the only way forward.
December 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Exactly this! Strong unions are the only way forward.
At best it's an annoying distraction, at worst it's a form of censorship (looking at you Tiktok)
December 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
At best it's an annoying distraction, at worst it's a form of censorship (looking at you Tiktok)
They are tools for offloading responsibility, not for increasing productivity.
December 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
They are tools for offloading responsibility, not for increasing productivity.
Business owners don’t really want to create ads, students don’t really want to do homework, and workers don’t really want to do paperwork.
December 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Business owners don’t really want to create ads, students don’t really want to do homework, and workers don’t really want to do paperwork.
Maybe it's a semantic issue at this point, but AI is more than just sycophantic chatbots. It's more accurate weather and climate models, it's genetics tools to create heat and disease resistant crops, it's machine learning to manage water resources more effectively
November 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Maybe it's a semantic issue at this point, but AI is more than just sycophantic chatbots. It's more accurate weather and climate models, it's genetics tools to create heat and disease resistant crops, it's machine learning to manage water resources more effectively
Haunted every day by ‘everyone is 12 now’
November 25, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Haunted every day by ‘everyone is 12 now’
Yes, it seems like we will need many of these tools to salvage the climate and manage scarce resources. Polarized media is degrading nuance.
November 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Yes, it seems like we will need many of these tools to salvage the climate and manage scarce resources. Polarized media is degrading nuance.
all of the profit, none of the risk!
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 AM
all of the profit, none of the risk!
Dems still trying shame, shameless people. I’m sure that will be really effective. 😑
November 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Dems still trying shame, shameless people. I’m sure that will be really effective. 😑
whooping up them slime balls
November 8, 2025 at 6:33 AM
whooping up them slime balls
since the last three prezzys we’ve forgotten how effective a candidate without cognitive decline can be
October 31, 2025 at 7:01 PM
since the last three prezzys we’ve forgotten how effective a candidate without cognitive decline can be
tech corporations move to erode relationships of trust in favor of paternalistic oppression
October 28, 2025 at 2:25 AM
tech corporations move to erode relationships of trust in favor of paternalistic oppression
once a corporation has the ability to alter software at will on all running devices, they will use it for all sorts of reasons
October 28, 2025 at 2:06 AM
once a corporation has the ability to alter software at will on all running devices, they will use it for all sorts of reasons