Matt DeSiena
@theinstantwin.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy
Head of Social at The Martin Agency. Interested in #WordPress #NYC #CollegeBasketball & New Urbanism. Ad man that opposes third-party data brokers and tracking.
[bridged from https://mastodon.world/@theinstantwin on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
[bridged from https://mastodon.world/@theinstantwin on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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I just love how all these brainrot vibe coder stans out there are using Claude Code, while meanwhile Anthropic is like, uh, maybe don't do that. 😅
Even Clammy Sammy A. couldn't muster much enthusiasm about the "social network for agents" Moltbook.
When even the most hype of hype companies are […]
Even Clammy Sammy A. couldn't muster much enthusiasm about the "social network for agents" Moltbook.
When even the most hype of hype companies are […]
Original post on indieweb.social
indieweb.social
February 4, 2026 at 8:43 PM
I just love how all these brainrot vibe coder stans out there are using Claude Code, while meanwhile Anthropic is like, uh, maybe don't do that. 😅
Even Clammy Sammy A. couldn't muster much enthusiasm about the "social network for agents" Moltbook.
When even the most hype of hype companies are […]
Even Clammy Sammy A. couldn't muster much enthusiasm about the "social network for agents" Moltbook.
When even the most hype of hype companies are […]
Reposted by Matt DeSiena
New blog post! A close look at Tahoe menu icons https://tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icons/
It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons
Looking at the first principles of icon design—and how Apple failed to apply all of them in macOS Tahoe
tonsky.me
January 5, 2026 at 11:10 AM
New blog post! A close look at Tahoe menu icons https://tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icons/
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@skinnylatte/115822398083185365
Seeing this as glass half full: Fairly confident this might be the saddest thing I read until 2027.
Seeing this as glass half full: Fairly confident this might be the saddest thing I read until 2027.
I just read about people being asked to show their LinkedIn to get into clubs in SF
This is why I don’t go out anymore
This is why I don’t go out anymore
January 2, 2026 at 1:40 AM
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@skinnylatte/115822398083185365
Seeing this as glass half full: Fairly confident this might be the saddest thing I read until 2027.
Seeing this as glass half full: Fairly confident this might be the saddest thing I read until 2027.
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Whoa, lots of BeeBot love so thank you! If you're using the app, make sure to ADD KEYWORDS. Keywords are what make it go from "it works" -> "it's pretty good".
November 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Whoa, lots of BeeBot love so thank you! If you're using the app, make sure to ADD KEYWORDS. Keywords are what make it go from "it works" -> "it's pretty good".
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Did you know that there’s a premium version of Whatsapp which :
- Has no advertising
- Has no mandatory AI integration
- Has no tracking and does not gather your personnal data
- Has increased privacy and stronger encryption
- Is exclusive and allows you to chat with other premium members
Best […]
- Has no advertising
- Has no mandatory AI integration
- Has no tracking and does not gather your personnal data
- Has increased privacy and stronger encryption
- Is exclusive and allows you to chat with other premium members
Best […]
Original post on mamot.fr
mamot.fr
June 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Did you know that there’s a premium version of Whatsapp which :
- Has no advertising
- Has no mandatory AI integration
- Has no tracking and does not gather your personnal data
- Has increased privacy and stronger encryption
- Is exclusive and allows you to chat with other premium members
Best […]
- Has no advertising
- Has no mandatory AI integration
- Has no tracking and does not gather your personnal data
- Has increased privacy and stronger encryption
- Is exclusive and allows you to chat with other premium members
Best […]
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Free tip for PR people looking to get your clients on podcasts. Don't do this shit where you skim the show notes of a recent episode and pretend that you can spin that to make your client sound interesting.
No, your rando marketing exec's insight isn't relevant to what we discuss.
No, your rando marketing exec's insight isn't relevant to what we discuss.
![Hey Mike,
I couldn't help but notice how your latest podcast episode delved into the playbook Elon Musk uses, drawing insights from the very authors who penned it. It reminded me of the strategic foresight my client, [redacted], brings to the realm of e-commerce.
[redacted] journey from a senior role at [redacted] to launching and scaling multiple e-commerce brands on [redacted] echoes the strategic pivots discussed on your show. His profound understanding of e-commerce dynamics makes him an ideal guest for Techdirt.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do/bafkreihof4xa6talzk4neav5f6zinna5l6qci5eeer4xdhvcdgl5kftbsm@jpeg)
June 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Free tip for PR people looking to get your clients on podcasts. Don't do this shit where you skim the show notes of a recent episode and pretend that you can spin that to make your client sound interesting.
No, your rando marketing exec's insight isn't relevant to what we discuss.
No, your rando marketing exec's insight isn't relevant to what we discuss.
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An 8TB corpus of copyright-free text for training AI models.
https://github.com/r-three/common-pile/blob/main/paper.pdf
I'm glad somebody has finally done this. The "we need to break copyright or AI won't work argument" feels super-dodgy to me and we can just evaluate whether it's true. 1/n
https://github.com/r-three/common-pile/blob/main/paper.pdf
I'm glad somebody has finally done this. The "we need to break copyright or AI won't work argument" feels super-dodgy to me and we can just evaluate whether it's true. 1/n
June 6, 2025 at 9:52 AM
An 8TB corpus of copyright-free text for training AI models.
https://github.com/r-three/common-pile/blob/main/paper.pdf
I'm glad somebody has finally done this. The "we need to break copyright or AI won't work argument" feels super-dodgy to me and we can just evaluate whether it's true. 1/n
https://github.com/r-three/common-pile/blob/main/paper.pdf
I'm glad somebody has finally done this. The "we need to break copyright or AI won't work argument" feels super-dodgy to me and we can just evaluate whether it's true. 1/n
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Our goal for Bridgy Fed is to be funded by users and avoid as much pressure from external organizations as possible.
We're a nonprofit using software as user advocacy for the open social web so we can hold platforms accountable to their promises.
This is what we mean by People, Not Platforms […]
We're a nonprofit using software as user advocacy for the open social web so we can hold platforms accountable to their promises.
This is what we mean by People, Not Platforms […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
May 31, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Our goal for Bridgy Fed is to be funded by users and avoid as much pressure from external organizations as possible.
We're a nonprofit using software as user advocacy for the open social web so we can hold platforms accountable to their promises.
This is what we mean by People, Not Platforms […]
We're a nonprofit using software as user advocacy for the open social web so we can hold platforms accountable to their promises.
This is what we mean by People, Not Platforms […]
Returning to Core https://automattic.com/2025/05/29/returning-to-core/ #wordpress
Aligning Automattic’s Sponsored Contributions to WordPress
automattic.com
May 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Returning to Core https://automattic.com/2025/05/29/returning-to-core/ #wordpress
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It’s so-o-o-o beautiful. 😍
I think Slates are going to sell to younger Millennials and Gen Z like hotcakes. The design is astounding, especially considering how much they’ve economized to get the price point way, way down compared to almost any other new car on the market. (Bear in mind we’re […]
I think Slates are going to sell to younger Millennials and Gen Z like hotcakes. The design is astounding, especially considering how much they’ve economized to get the price point way, way down compared to almost any other new car on the market. (Bear in mind we’re […]
Original post on indieweb.social
indieweb.social
May 28, 2025 at 5:32 AM
It’s so-o-o-o beautiful. 😍
I think Slates are going to sell to younger Millennials and Gen Z like hotcakes. The design is astounding, especially considering how much they’ve economized to get the price point way, way down compared to almost any other new car on the market. (Bear in mind we’re […]
I think Slates are going to sell to younger Millennials and Gen Z like hotcakes. The design is astounding, especially considering how much they’ve economized to get the price point way, way down compared to almost any other new car on the market. (Bear in mind we’re […]
They should. But we shouldn’t have user targeting.
https://mastodon.cloud/@slashdot/114019932902187332
https://mastodon.cloud/@slashdot/114019932902187332
Slashdot :verified: (@[email protected])
Apple Weighs Adding Paid Business Listings To Maps App https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/02/17/1520242/apple-weighs-adding-paid-business-listings-to-maps-app?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
mastodon.cloud
February 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
They should. But we shouldn’t have user targeting.
https://mastodon.cloud/@slashdot/114019932902187332
https://mastodon.cloud/@slashdot/114019932902187332
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inoreader announced Bluesky integration
February 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
inoreader announced Bluesky integration
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You now follow #Bluesky users on #Feedly!
1. Add a feed
2. Drop the profile URL of the person you want to follow.
feedly.com/new-features...
1. Add a feed
2. Drop the profile URL of the person you want to follow.
feedly.com/new-features...
Follow Bluesky users, and Bluesky feeds in Feedly | Feedly
feedly.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
You now follow #Bluesky users on #Feedly!
1. Add a feed
2. Drop the profile URL of the person you want to follow.
feedly.com/new-features...
1. Add a feed
2. Drop the profile URL of the person you want to follow.
feedly.com/new-features...
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Newsletter writers who use Substack should ask themselves whether they're comfortable supporting a platform where management thinks what Musk and Zuckerberg are doing is just fine.
Example: "[Musk] deserves a lot of credit for advancing freedom of speech on X, before it was popular" --
Warn […]
Example: "[Musk] deserves a lot of credit for advancing freedom of speech on X, before it was popular" --
Warn […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
January 30, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Newsletter writers who use Substack should ask themselves whether they're comfortable supporting a platform where management thinks what Musk and Zuckerberg are doing is just fine.
Example: "[Musk] deserves a lot of credit for advancing freedom of speech on X, before it was popular" --
Warn […]
Example: "[Musk] deserves a lot of credit for advancing freedom of speech on X, before it was popular" --
Warn […]
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Me trying to follow Tech Thread OG Bluesky Accounts from the fediverse.
January 29, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Me trying to follow Tech Thread OG Bluesky Accounts from the fediverse.
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Congrats -- but I think Apple's doing something sneaky. I tried to search in the app store and it didnt come up until I added "Supernault". wtf. cc: @theinstantwin.bsky.social
https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed/113827215345246692
https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed/113827215345246692
pixelfed (@[email protected])
Introducing Pixelfed for iOS.
Now available!
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pixelfed/id1632519816 #pixelfed
mastodon.social
January 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Congrats -- but I think Apple's doing something sneaky. I tried to search in the app store and it didnt come up until I added "Supernault". wtf. cc: @theinstantwin.bsky.social
https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed/113827215345246692
https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed/113827215345246692
Ohhh this is a great conversation happening on #bluesky and i wonder if we can do it on Mastodon. I know I can filter out keywords from the text in posts, but will it also work within a URL's text? #journalism #mastodon
November 24, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Ohhh this is a great conversation happening on #bluesky and i wonder if we can do it on Mastodon. I know I can filter out keywords from the text in posts, but will it also work within a URL's text? #journalism #mastodon
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Everyone is entitled to their own hopes and dreams for a platform, but what I hope for from decentralized social media is for every social media user to be on it, and for the owners of centralized platforms to no longer be able to influence elections, movements, or genocides. It’s got to go big.
November 15, 2024 at 2:24 AM
Everyone is entitled to their own hopes and dreams for a platform, but what I hope for from decentralized social media is for every social media user to be on it, and for the owners of centralized platforms to no longer be able to influence elections, movements, or genocides. It’s got to go big.
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Bluesky is built to make social more like the Web again, so we will never suppress links. Link to your writing, your art, your personal site — this is the social internet, designed from the ground up to be open and interoperable.
Hard to describe as a journalist how grateful I am to have a text-based app that does not suppress hyperlinks. I don’t know if people realize exactly how hostile the corporate internet has gotten toward news.
November 12, 2024 at 5:16 AM
Bluesky is built to make social more like the Web again, so we will never suppress links. Link to your writing, your art, your personal site — this is the social internet, designed from the ground up to be open and interoperable.
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Everyone’s asking whether they should be using Threads or Mastodon or Bluesky or Nostr or something else, and the simple answer is that it’s not zero sum. The era of one social network being the holder of the conversation is over. The only sustainable answer is for them all to interoperate.
October 20, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Everyone’s asking whether they should be using Threads or Mastodon or Bluesky or Nostr or something else, and the simple answer is that it’s not zero sum. The era of one social network being the holder of the conversation is over. The only sustainable answer is for them all to interoperate.