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evan @evanonline.bsky.social · 1d

kids choice awards 2016 promo image of mario, luigi and paper mario's DMs.

Luigi: What do you guys think about getting slimed?

Mario: Mama mia! I've always wanted to get slimed!

Paper Mario: ✔️

Mario: Sometimes I wish there was slime in the question mark blocks.

Luigi: Really?

Paper Mario: 😃

Mario: How AWESOME would that be!

screencap of Sonic's instagram DMs with Luigi.

Luigi: Hey Sonic been a while. Need to warn you about my bro. He heard youre doing Olympics without us and hes even madder at you.

Sonic: man hes always like this. hes so cool but WE always need to go to HIS place. same reason i didnt invite him to go karting!!! he would have said no anyway

Luigi: I agree man, Im sorry. Hes really mad at Mega Man Pac-Man and Joker too not just you. The thing he's really mad about is that you guys got Slime in your item boxes though.

Sonic: what????

Luigi: Yeah we went to the Kids Choice Awards once a few years ago and he wouldnt stop talking about the Slime. Next time you see him dont mention Slime at all. Im serious

Minito @minito.dev · 1d

Using either an AppView that doesn't interact with Bluesky's moderation services or APIs, or a service that skips the AppView, like Red Dwarf. You can visit Link here:
reddwarf.whey.party/profile/did:...

Red Dwarf

an appview-less Bluesky client using Constellation and PDS Queries

reddwarf.whey.party

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Minito @minito.dev · 2d

If you try to log into a PDS-banned account via an AppView, it results in a "You are suspended"-esque screen, so basically inaccessible from an AppView. I'm not sure that you can't migrate away from that PDS, though.

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Minito @minito.dev · 2d

Late response here but PDS's have separate moderation tools, so it's possible that an org that hosts both the PDS and AppView could go and ban you on both ends, but it would be a manual process.

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Minito @minito.dev · 2d

Łink’s account is actually still available on the Blacksky PDS, and has added a new post record earlier today. You just can't see it because the people who made the AppView you're using to read this rely on Bluesky's moderation labeler and built their platform ontop of it.

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Minito @minito.dev · 2d

This is because popular AppViews and ATproto projects likely still force you to use Bluesky's moderation labeler, with no option to unsubscribe like other labelers.

ıllıllı FREE ŁINK ıllıllı @rvbdrm.com · 3d

So… Łink’s account is permabanned from Bluesky’s appview, but also gets banned from:

WhiteWind
Skylight
Bluescreen
Flashes

Basically all ATproto apps/projects?

WHAT THE HELL IS THE POINT OF THIS PROJECT THEN?

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Minito @minito.dev · 3d

Good article with really good advice on the future of Bluesky and the AT Protocol, who wrote something similar to what I skeeted earlier this week.
azhdarchid.com/jay-graber-c...

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Minito @minito.dev · 4d

Officially moved over to my own PDS :)

A screenshot of my account migrated from being hosted on bsky.social to being self-hosted on my new pds, pds.minito.dev.

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Minito @minito.dev · 5d

In nicer news, I hit 1 million points on @puzzmo.com :)

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Minito @minito.dev · 5d

This was the perfect opportunity to tell bad actors to go and build their own Bluesky if they want to spread bigotry, but instead they put the onus on its own users. At least make an official blogpost stabbing your users in the back instead of vagueposting about the human condition or whatever.

Minito @minito.dev · 5d

Who's gonna tell Bluesky that people who leave aren't gonna go use a different version on the AT Protocol that they are also building, they're just gonna go to Threads or some shit and chalk Bluesky up as "yet another Twitter". Attempting to go centrist is going to doom Bluesky AND the AT Protocol

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Minito @minito.dev · 6d

If you’re concerned about the recent issues with the bsky team, now’s a great time to read about migrating your data and protecting it from their moderation. Moving your data away from Bluesky is how you hold them, as a company, accountable.

InnerSpiral @innerspiral.lol · 6d

Okay while I'm at it, if you want a better "discover" feed, this is a million times better: bsky.app/profile/spac...

Alternate ATPro instances:
Blacksky: blacksky.community
Northsky: northskysocial.com

And a guide to move over and keep everything: tektite.cc

dioxus | ⛺

tektite.cc

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Minito @minito.dev · 7d

True, this is the correct document that is a W3C standard:
www.w3.org/TR/activityp...

ActivityPub

The ActivityPub protocol is a decentralized social networking protocol based upon the [ActivityStreams] 2.0 data format. It provides a client to server API for creating, updating and d...

www.w3.org

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Minito @minito.dev · 7d

Actually specified right at the start as not a standard by the W3C

Status of This Document
This specification was published by the Social Web Incubator Community Group. It is not a W3C Standard nor is it on the W3C Standards Track. Please note that under the W3C Community Final Specification Agreement (FSA) other conditions apply.
Learn more about W3C Community and
Business Groups.

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bubby darkstar @bubbydarkstar.bsky.social · 9d

SHOOTY SHOOTY ROBOT INVASION IS ON SALE NOW!!!

check out my ~10 hour long, hand-drawn, silly visual novel/FPS NOW!!! i worked my ass off on this game and i'm sure youll love it...

and if you DO love it/me, then i'd appreciate you forever if you'd share this!!
#steamautumnsale #indiegames

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Kett‮ @racc.at · 12d

blog.indexx.dev/3lz3kftpf4k25
Now THIS is what I've been lookin' for
...this list is pretty short! but hey. neat.

PDSes Open for Asylum - index

seek refugee from bluesky PBC

blog.indexx.dev

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Rebane @rebane2001.bsky.social · Aug 28

i've finally got a new blogpost out!!

this one talks about modern CSS, it's new features, and practical real world uses

as usual, the visuals are css-only and have lots of cool interactivity and easter eggs :3

have fun!

lyra.horse/blog/2025/08...

You no longer need JavaScript

An overview of what makes modern CSS so awesome.

lyra.horse

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · Aug 25

Newsletter: My 16,000 word opus - How To Argue With An AI Booster, a comprehensive guide to arguing with AI boosters, addressing both their bad faith debate style and their specific (and flimsy) arguments as to why generative AI is the future.

www.wheresyoured.at/how-to-argue...

How To Argue With An AI Booster

Editor's Note: For those of you reading via email, I recommend opening this in a browser so you can use the Table of Contents. This is my longest newsletter - a 16,000-word-long opus - and if you like...

www.wheresyoured.at

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Keegan the Animator @kiwisburnttoast.bsky.social · Aug 25

Jucika Receives Love Letters

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Minito @minito.dev · Aug 23

I don’t think this is right, Matt Mullenweg is still active on tumblr and is still the CEO of Automattic, which still owns Tumblr.

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✧ october @octoberended.bsky.social · Aug 8

⁉️ #characterdesign

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Alice! @alliumchocolate.bsky.social · Jul 25

Chroma Corgi!
Chroma Corgi!
Chroma Corgi!

#art #painting #drawing #digitalart #chromacorps #dog #corgi #2025

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Minito @minito.dev · May 22

Ok, facts about electricity is that AI specific data centers cost around 53-76 terawatt hours of electricity in 2024, and is expected to rise to 150-300 terawatt hours by 2028.

www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...

We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.

The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.

www.technologyreview.com

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Pile Of Garbage @pileofgarbage.net · Feb 20

this four-frame comic is like a modern loss dot jpg. it transcends race, religion, creed and culture.

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Minito @minito.dev · Feb 19

I have no doubt in my mind that this double and triple counting, along with the parsing errors, means that AI still suffers in real life situations from problems that a human can see is erroneous.

Joe @twitskeptic.sirvin.com · Feb 18

Let's see how the intrepid Elon inspired team at DOGE - the folks who are currently examining your tax records - are doing! Today they put up their their idea of "open data" which they call a "Wall of Receipts". And look here - two cancelled DEIA contracts for $9,999,999. Wow, they saved $20M! 1/

Two highlighted contracts for $9,999,999 each.