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Kelani Nichole @kelani.bsky.social · 5d

🫩👎 here we go again …

Kelani Nichole @kelani.bsky.social · 5d

Trying to catch up on this… what’s the tl;dr ?

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 12d

Morning walk

Wheat paste poster that says the all the world is dying and the new world struggles to be born now is the time of monsters. There's a picture of Elmo

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Kelani Nichole @kelani.bsky.social · 21d

TRANSFER has evolved from a gallery into Data Co-op for Contemporary Art.

Introducing a New Model of Data Stewardship: After 2 years of dedication and development, our vision of an artist-owned archive and conservation network that’s free of dependencies on big tech is live 💫

🌐 TRANSFER.art/trust

Homepage screenshot showing a node animation and the headline ‘TRANSFER Data Trust is a decentralized artist owned archive’

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Kelani Nichole @kelani.bsky.social · Aug 9

Been thinking about this.

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Kelani Nichole @kelani.bsky.social · Jul 26

Social Media is the new Titanic and trump is the iceberg

Elise Bell @eliseybell.bsky.social · Jul 26

Incredible wall signage at the Titanic Immersive Experience

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Metagov @metagov.bsky.social · Jul 18

Join us on Wednesday July 23 at 12 PM ET for Metagov Seminar: @kelani.bsky.social presents on Transfer Data Trust.

TRANSFER Data Trust is a decentralized artist-owned archive and cooperative value exchange network. (http://transfer.art)

Learn more and register here - lu.ma/wondemt3

Seminar: Kelani Nichole Presents On Transfer Data Trust · Zoom · Luma

TRANSFER Data Trust is a decentralized artist-owned archive and cooperative value exchange network. Our mission is to maintain artworks in perpetuity, ensuring…

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atpotato 🌱🥔 @atpota.to · Jun 12

Bluesky is good for brands, and it’s never been a better time to use it as a communication & growth channel! Best part? It’s easy.

Whether you’re a content creator, a social media manager, or an activist leading a community, there’s something here for you.

Read our guide to get started:

How to use Bluesky to grow your brand - atpotato

A comprehensive guide for companies, communities, and creators looking to establish and grow their presence on Bluesky.

atpota.to

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Robbie @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · Jun 28

Walter Benjamin’s typed manuscript draft of his IX thesis, describing the Angel of History propelled into the future while facing the growing catastrophe of the past.

A typewritten sheet of paper containing Walter Benjamin’s IX thesis in German.

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Kelani Nichole @kelani.bsky.social · Jun 6

The future is bouncy

A New Social @anew.social · Jun 5

Introducing Bounce: a new tool that uses Bridgy Fed to migrate your social graph b/w ActivityPub and ATProto.

Yup, we built a service that moves your social graph *across* protocols.

And the best part? You get to keep *all* of your followers, along with many of your follows.

Bounce: A Cross-Protocol Migration Tool

0:00 /0:05 1× Introducing: Bounce Today at FediForum, we previewed Bounce: a new tool that uses Bridgy Fed to help migrate your social graph between Mastodon and Bluesky. You re...

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Kelani Nichole @kelani.bsky.social · Jun 5

zachblas.info/works/im-her... (TRANSFER placed this work with the Whitney Museum of American Art 🥰 Tay 4evr)

im here to learn so :)))))) | Zach Blas

im here to learn so :)))))) is a four-channel video installation that resurrects Tay, an artificial intelligence chatbot.

zachblas.info

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Kelani Nichole @kelani.bsky.social · May 31

The Uber/Lyft pickup area at Minneapolis/St.Paul Airport is absolutely sane, we can have nice things.

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Eryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social · May 29

If you have $10 to spare, @grayarea.org is trying to make up for a cancelled NEA grant to organize its annual festival, one of the few in the US “addressing the most urgent topics in technology and society through radical artistic inquiry.” Give if you can! ⬇️

Federal Arts Funding Withdrawn from Gray Area

Last Friday, Gray Area received confirmation that the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has canceled our $50,000 grant, which had been awarded to support this year’s Gray Area Festival. This puts ...

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Kelani Nichole @kelani.bsky.social · May 18

This is my second scripted post for DWeb for Creators

Kelani Nichole @kelani.bsky.social · May 18

This is a test, I'm posting from a script

Kelani Nichole @kelani.bsky.social · May 14

20TB of storage in the stroller is how I roll

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Kelani Nichole @kelani.bsky.social · May 8

Don’t miss Eva Papamargariti at Eugster Belgrade !

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Emma Berquist @emmaberquist.bsky.social · Apr 15

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dame @dame.is · Apr 13

getting freaky with my network attached storage, call that being NASty

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ditchpony @ditchpony.bsky.social · Apr 2

it was the worst of times, its was the wow somehow it keeps getting worse of times

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Kelani Nichole @kelani.bsky.social · Apr 3

Updating YAML files and milking myself while society collapses, wyd?

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Kelani Nichole @kelani.bsky.social · Mar 25

Artists still have all the power…

Andrew Russeth @russeth.bsky.social · Mar 25

Thinking right now of Seth Siegelaub's 1970 letter to artists, urging them to consider when to withhold their work: “There is no art without you. There is no art world without you. You have given up rights you probably do not know exist.”

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Kelani Nichole @kelani.bsky.social · Mar 14

Fully drinking the ATproto kool aide. Dug into lexicons and PDS (personal data server) be still my beating heart!

a red balloon with bubbles coming out of it 's eyes

Alt: Kool Aid man up in the club, on a stage in the middle of the dance floor, just vibing, with laser lights and bubbles everywhere

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Gray Area @grayarea.org · Mar 12

𝐃𝐖𝐞𝐛 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬, our popular 8-week dive into the decentralized web for artists and cultural producers is back! 🚀 This course is presented with support from @filecoinfoundation. Classes start April 16! Apply by April 2: grayarea.org/dweb

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Kelani Nichole @kelani.bsky.social · Mar 9

Head raising must read 🙇‍♀️👇

Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · Mar 8

"The Trumpists are no longer at the height of glory. They control the executive branch, Congress, the Supreme Court, and social media. But in American history, the supporters of freedom have always won. They are starting to raise their heads."

Raise your head.

www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Trump Is Nero While Washington Burns

‘Trump’s message is that being his ally serves no purpose, because he will not defend you.’

www.theatlantic.com

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