2025-10-24T00:54:27Z https://yabu.me Jon https://yabu.me/npub19q4ekpjymctrd5wfqed9d2lyurfjcfj9vdyye4rjvruq95ptydaq7kkzch https://media.neuromatch.social/accounts/avatars/113/876/070/963/819/829/original/815209ff1657eb75.jpeg https://media.neuromatch.social/accounts/avatars/113/876/070/963/819/829/original/815209ff1657eb75.jpeg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv3f7k82k456x03dwq67nfarnys5gt2r40679a48jpsmg7wuucjfczyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h5u87k8h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst4gu7jcwsxvqndegmlun24s6j8p4mqcpru6sxczmmpc0du8g9c4g8xm023'>nevent1q…m023</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the ideal social network experience!!!!!!! 2026-04-06T14:58:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0t4dgexz8vwkfdjmvnxtw2u2jgzx57jn2cgac39pz0wc4u5xzungzyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h5tvlv6p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf5s7ajjrcfxjupdm72ptnwrnfxqw7ztj7vtdysqt965fsw70hwnsawgjrc'>nevent1q…gjrc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ljmfkwmllavdpnf5tgmrfay6mj4t78c0xryugfw4qka0c4exas0q2pw8tm" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>jonny (nonvenomous)</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ljm…w8tm</span>)</a></span>&#39;s thread is great, really eye-opening. <br/><br/>It&#39;s an interesting question. There are a few different arguments that advocates for using these tools make.&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;skilled software engineers are very good at using imperfect tools -- figuring out the scenarios they work well in and how to work around the problems. &lt;span class=&#34;h-card&#34; translate=&#34;no&#34;&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;<a href="https://infosec.exchange/@mttaggart&#34">https://infosec.exchange/@mttaggart&#34</a>; class=&#34;u-url mention&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow noopener&#34; target=&#34;_blank&#34;&gt;@&lt;span&gt;mttaggart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&#39;s article was a great example of how this can work in practice, and &lt;span class=&#34;h-card&#34; translate=&#34;no&#34;&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;<a href="https://mastodon.social/@glyph&#34">https://mastodon.social/@glyph&#34</a>; class=&#34;u-url mention&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow noopener&#34; target=&#34;_blank&#34;&gt;@&lt;span&gt;glyph&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; has some thoughtful posts along these lines (not that either of them are &lt;em&gt;advocates&lt;/em&gt; of the tools, but they illustrate the point). Static analysis tools (my software engineering claim to fame) is a great example of this general tendency: they can be extremely useful despite high numbers of false positives and false negatives. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;the tools will radically democratize who can create personal-use software -- stuiff that that addresses their own (and their friends/family&#39;s) problems without being intended for broader use. For a lot of secnerios, attributes like scalability / reliability / security don&#39;t necessarily matter that much; so being able to start with a natural language definition and get something &#34;good enough&#34; can potentially be useful.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;agentic software development is a transformative approach that leverages today&#39;s immense computing power so can produce software at least as good as today&#39;s hand-crafted software (which to be fair mostly sucks) far more quickly. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;<br/><br/>Then again as well as the issues that excellent article <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1afml2kzwamqxppl50207sf5jwgl3l6ugn6hnuwugtxt7ctnhdtkqjq5gp4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦</span> (<span class="italic">npub1afm…5gp4</span>)</a></span> discusses, advocates in general don&#39;t consider [Gender HCI, Feminist HCI, Post-Colonial Computing, Anti-Oppressive Design, Design Justice](<a href="https://privacy.thenexus.today/gender-hci-feminist-hci-post-colonial-computing-anti-oppressive-design-and-design-justice/">https://privacy.thenexus.today/gender-hci-feminist-hci-post-colonial-computing-anti-oppressive-design-and-design-justice/</a> ), Accessibility, Security, Algorithmic Discrimination, or Design from the Margins into account. Neither do the people creating these tools, and neither does the overwhelming majoriity of the existing software these tools have been trained on. So software generated by these tools is at besting going to replicate the existing problems in these areas -- and more likely magnify them. <br/><br/>So this to me is where the bullet points above break down. &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Few if any software developers are &#34;skilled&#34; in all of these areas, so don&#39;t know how to compensate for imperfect tools (and quite possibly aren&#39;t even aware of the tools imperfections).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&#34;Personal use&#34; tools that aren&#39;t accessible or designed from the margins, or embed algorithmic discrimination, aren&#39;t useful for most people.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Generating more software more quickly that magnifies (or even reproduces) today&#39;s problems in all these areas magnifies oppressions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;<br/><br/>And as you say there&#39;s also the the data stealing, exploitation, environmental racism, etc, of the current generation of tools -- and let&#39;s not forget fascism, eugenics, and cognitive issues! <br/><br/>In theory there are alternate approaches that can avoid these problems; <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub16sjv99zc89jxa5t09z5trjvtujdac3zg2e3kxujxvzutdhjdd52qg8va89" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Anil Dash</span> (<span class="italic">npub16sj…va89</span>)</a></span> has talked about using small models trained locally on his own code, and that seems like a potentially-promising direction. In practice though the vast majority of advocates today seem to be using stuff from Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta ... even the ones who acknowledge the ethical issues don&#39;t actually address them.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1z40lxsd0qrl6ad6u7e6snfqygpuh4hcz7sejtxcfax35jznvpcdqdvs3fq" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Timnit Gebru (she/her).</span> (<span class="italic">npub1z40…s3fq</span>)</a></span> 2026-04-02T03:47:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp056qm0f4wnvsjfg66s8q0nkslr0ftmzxrkqsekazhcwa4te72jczyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h5653a6j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswg4zchgwjj3gqj078dp9up3jxgept3c20kz5ct6s7dqqjvdxafccy996rj'>nevent1q…96rj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Here&#39;s a conveniently-timed article looking at doing things completely independent of Bluesky - <a href="https://mia.leaflet.pub/3mhw3hzwtn224">https://mia.leaflet.pub/3mhw3hzwtn224</a><br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1kqcamrlyz7tvp25x3cvtwz2t5xqvd96we3q5enl62flf08lk4j2qa57wgd" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Stefan Bohacek</span> (<span class="italic">npub1kqc…7wgd</span>)</a></span> [@_elena](<a href="https://mastodon.social/@_elena">https://mastodon.social/@_elena</a> ) <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub15z3wmpnnsal3u0n4c3zld2hg7lxl0w60rvlc8f0nknrhr7gzg4yqfh0xrp" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Jared White (ResistanceNet ✊)</span> (<span class="italic">npub15z3…0xrp</span>)</a></span> 2026-03-26T00:19:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswg4zchgwjj3gqj078dp9up3jxgept3c20kz5ct6s7dqqjvdxafcczyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h5phn9sz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2q8dq0yr6ueje3wc8h3dfh2lgscz5n2zam7gqadu3y02eqqxyzyqfcpsfr'>nevent1q…psfr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, there are lots of different web and mobile clients. I use blacksky.community, which also has its own appview, so am almost completely independent of Bluesky infrastructure. <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1kqcamrlyz7tvp25x3cvtwz2t5xqvd96we3q5enl62flf08lk4j2qa57wgd" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Stefan Bohacek</span> (<span class="italic">npub1kqc…7wgd</span>)</a></span> mentioned Red Dwarf, and I think there are a handful of others that also allow you to select an appview (very analagous to how phanpy lets you choose an instance) so also allow almost complete independence.<br/><br/>In terms of your initial question, I think that many people (including me!) find a multiple-identity approach very valuable for a variety of reasons. That said, today&#39;s ActivityPub-based software doesn&#39;t handle multiple identities any better than ATProto-based software. So like so many other things with fedi, it&#39;s a potential strength that hasn&#39;t been leveraged.<br/><br/>[@_elena](<a href="https://mastodon.social/@_elena">https://mastodon.social/@_elena</a> ) <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub15z3wmpnnsal3u0n4c3zld2hg7lxl0w60rvlc8f0nknrhr7gzg4yqfh0xrp" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Jared White (ResistanceNet ✊)</span> (<span class="italic">npub15z3…0xrp</span>)</a></span> 2026-03-25T06:09:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz3r4aznz2ll9vdfrh0jfsl4ck2r7f428vjkln0ahmscmdnvu20gszyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h5f3qkfg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyfflxrvcecwr0ep5qkyxek7kaxvu6297qpq7zg9wn2zjgmc423vghsvmtt'>nevent1q…vmtt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>excellent post! 2026-03-16T19:04:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp0ym7paawae5sjcr0g37ty3c3c9z588cstzlmmdumcdsyjfax63czyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h52z52g2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf3qe3tq68q85fat9e88a27jjgsuvg345rtkxs6mc4ltnqk32a63sv9w6xm'>nevent1q…w6xm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>well done!!!!! fedi FTW!!!!!! <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1xselj43f4mq6e4tmadr6ex9s2xfdp34wqupn27n2ufd6clv3mqkqhflgk3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>wakest likes your bugs ⁂</span> (<span class="italic">npub1xse…lgk3</span>)</a></span> 2026-03-13T20:07:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsylkmd05cuqvpw0k4sysx5syn7q5lp29vemv7vqz0mc4hhcfklw9czyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h5n63059 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp5vwraql0a3jvfzfu7huln5qpw57zcygtlu522gkz7hjlc3wj0eclqdvfr'>nevent1q…dvfr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yikes! thanks for getting the word out about this! 2026-03-12T23:54:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspe8qmyyl5wkdgw0htlv4ew7kcxqn4qukzuw36gkav4c9nguku2ugzyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h50hcja2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs288qhhf8s54h2w0plza6wj4q2ymxzec945dkrpa9738guhvv0egqhggf32'>nevent1q…gf32</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah , this argument was tested with Threads and it didn’t work. “We don’t engage with fascists” is potentially a compelling position to people who don’t want to engage with fascists. “We’re engaging with a fascist server to tell people we’re better because we don’t engage with fascists” is not - and it throws away what’s potentially one of the stronger arguments for fedi<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1l662n285m8y8nvglv2qynkw0qf3pjqq7tllja4f0qhu3qzsger4qxrg24j" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>fancysandwiches</span> (<span class="italic">npub1l66…g24j</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1zzy7ll5yzxcdu7uxm0l3579u635ff7jjdy22z458lcud3gdpg72stl9edy" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Anuj Ahooja</span> (<span class="italic">npub1zzy…9edy</span>)</a></span> 2026-01-19T06:58:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0rrl7p4qxvzwguadzchyujk5e0mhznnek8sxq8nhr8a0e5y8wj9gzyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h5qdlv8c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxh05qmy3l0atvgpghpt5fxwpfnnqcn8muvkyhrpmrlwry6t28akca3szlj'>nevent1q…szlj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>and here&#39;s my testimony...<br/><br/>Chair Ryu, Ranking Member Barnard, and members of the Committee,<br/><br/>I&#39;m Jon Pincus of Bellevue. I&#39;m a technologist and strategist, run the Nexus of Privacy newsletter, served on the state Automated Decision Systems Workgroup in 2022, and I am PRO on HB 2157. <br/><br/>High-risk AI systems today are often deployed without serious consideration of algorithmic discrimination or other risks, so regulation is clearly needed. The approach of risk mitigation and impact assessments aligns with industry best practices. Transparency requirements for disclosure and explanation are also welcome, and a civil remedy is important as well - especially given the constrained fiscal circumstances.<br/><br/>As the bill moves forward, I hope you will look for opportunities to strengthen it. For example, these requirements should apply to any high-risk automated decision system, as is the case in Senator Nobles&#39; SB 5956. And the Civil Remedy language in Section 5 could be strengthened by including a penalty for repeated violations and further limiting -- or even removing -- the right to cure. <br/><br/>And please take the claims from tech lobbyists that this bill will cause the sky to fall with a grain of salt. They always say that. I just checked, and the sky has not yet fallen.<br/><br/>Thank you for the opportunity to testify today, and please feel free to follow up with me if there are any questions. 2026-01-16T03:11:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxh05qmy3l0atvgpghpt5fxwpfnnqcn8muvkyhrpmrlwry6t28akczyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h59dc0da In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf29u0zw9sjvuwhwvdegyqlsv9vqdzhavzqr2tewng4twgqqhdl0cmjfmh2'>nevent1q…fmh2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>there are a bunch of AI bills also, BTW. I testified on 3 on Wednesday, including one that was really good -- banning AI surveillance and discipline tools from schools. There was also on on high-risk AI that calls for documentation of risks (including algorithmic bias), risk mitigation policies and programs, impact assessments, disclosure, etc. I think there was a similar bill in VA that the governor veto;ed, not sure of its number.<br/><br/>Anyhow now that i think of it there wasn&#39;t any mention in the bill of adversarial analyses. I encouraged them to look for ways to improve the bill, and was planning on sending followon mail. Are there any best practices / standards / etc -- or legislation you think is good -- I should point to?<br/><br/>Here&#39;s the bill text if it&#39;s useful. <a href="https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/2157.pdf">https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/2157.pdf</a> 2026-01-16T03:10:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfjrgvp7d00lyghczehkht0jj3kekj0glnq5nnhq63xe46jq6sa0czyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h5fsklts In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszkesxpypykrszh8wq0cdmts8wxpctypvns43fcup9culpsf9zt4c3yyp6j'>nevent1q…yp6j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>hahaha indeed. I do look respectable when I testify, and when I go in person will even wear a sports jacket (hard to believe I know). Fortunately this one is remote, so I&#39;ll just wear a shirt that works well with my zoom background ...<br/><br/>Hey at least that way they remember me!<br/> <img src="https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/115/902/205/606/553/242/original/cf5d405ec321c397.jpg"> <br/> 2026-01-16T01:35:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyg5qg0m03jxrjq95yy4n97tgw2gxxcp7eeter69gw9scccy4hw2gzyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h5ftj3n0 I&#39;m one of many people testifying CON on HB 2112 (age verification for &#34;adult content&#34;) at tomorrow&#39;s hearing here in Washington.<br/><br/>If you&#39;re against 2112 -- or age verification for &#34;adult content&#34; in general ... why? After I&#39;ve testified, I&#39;ll follow up with email to the committee with people&#39;s perspectives.<br/><br/>And if you&#39;re a Washington state resident, it&#39;s easy to &#34;sign in CON&#34; to the hearing on HB 2112 to let legislators know you oppose age verification. Just select your position (CON), fill out the rest of the form, and click &#34;Submit Registration&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifier/Add?chamber=house&amp;mId=33607&amp;aId=167961&amp;caId=27188&amp;tId=3">https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifier/Add?chamber=house&amp;mId=33607&amp;aId=167961&amp;caId=27188&amp;tId=3</a><br/><br/>#waleg<br/> <img src="https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/115/901/989/429/832/201/original/12d1a3901e0c2445.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-01-16T00:40:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrs7mv03farrxhwup0ncak8akqw4pta89s93y436weapy5jddwzvgzyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h5svhkaw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv5kywgeg82qkmac3y7z5qsdj00pghg7437nletdaz4nsufrgx7cs0ds8hs'>nevent1q…s8hs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s not just the channers and the trolls that are the problems. In fact on an instance with a good blocklist, they aren&#39;t even the primary problem. <br/><br/>It&#39;s really much more the &#34;HOA racism&#34; (including casual microaggressions systemic power imbalance like in homeowners associations) that&#39;s endemic on most large instances (and many smaller ones too) along with the cultural problems you talk about, the lack of real understanding of systemic oppression Jason mentioned in his first post.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1kcmpx2aj4gdvt6yhpqzgn4vmcgp59kk3kuujf92tudar7tsrangquyjaxl" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nebulos</span> (<span class="italic">npub1kcm…jaxl</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub17vdsfywyxlku87tlthejndcuttfpazzq06q9szqgll93uca00xls3e6uvf" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷</span> (<span class="italic">npub17vd…6uvf</span>)</a></span> 2025-12-14T07:10:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsynxn3k955f746q4cf3jydw2tchmx2fn3p7mre2f9ndr4rm9n8geqzyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h5lr465p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrdjmqu8l5x59c4hzhap4yxftwsv8vqfd67av53u3lnt0adcxzrtgpmm7qv'>nevent1q…m7qv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>you &#34;influencer&#34; you, raking in the press mentions!!!! Seriously though, great to see, and a great qujote. 2025-11-18T17:34:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgjjzq3mt2myqe5emvcz6pdmfxf8zqrams2pgd0g6sm573ecaavpszyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h5uud4hy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8rgzwu2e86un2yyr52mj9aufaj4h7n2gyfygedpdehhh2w7kanlq07c48v'>nevent1q…c48v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah really! Here&#39;s some of my pics ... <a href="https://neuromatch.social/@jdp23/115534924171540985">https://neuromatch.social/@jdp23/115534924171540985</a><br/><br/>I wonder if we&#39;ve got enough critical mass here to have a PNW Aurora group? <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1z095t00fhkwyxc49gfgrcelfqs8872g6fa50fkcf8mgkw07w7kfs59y8mw" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Weird Socks</span> (<span class="italic">npub1z09…y8mw</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub15mw77nneh58g7kahndhf5z22x9e629lufhjt770vhmgz432e5y2qp4v04v" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>EZ Lorenz 🇺🇸 📸</span> (<span class="italic">npub15mw…v04v</span>)</a></span> 2025-11-12T05:21:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw9pgtwsjcyz636z7tm09msmqx8ph56ywxthyj38u5wdl397yl7eszyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h500f82m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw5j7qlvkamgque8mfk26wmn7e8agscdp9lxd5jzwxxfyrpft3p3sungaed'>nevent1q…gaed</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And here&#39;s a handful more aurora pics, all taken between 5:15 and 6:05. By that point the clouds had gotten fairly dense and the substorm was waning. Still, a very good night! (5/5)<br/><br/>#aurora<br/> <img src="https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/115/534/959/487/055/756/original/0524673cbcee3dda.png"> <br/> <img src="https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/115/534/959/515/322/281/original/338f7b2479f80884.png"> <br/> <img src="https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/115/534/959/542/730/727/original/b23a1a91c1c24126.png"> <br/> <img src="https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/115/534/959/548/036/220/original/8d6c583c99765e30.png"> <br/> 2025-11-12T05:02:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw5j7qlvkamgque8mfk26wmn7e8agscdp9lxd5jzwxxfyrpft3p3szyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h5qzuw3x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0xev9tyyd7rmhc3nvf7zmh5fdezhsm024t5j459ersthjg7m7vqgtcc7tg'>nevent1q…c7tg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This green aurora was completely detached from the ones in the previous pics. We saw it starting as a small blob to the east and then it gradually stretched across the entire sky. It was visible to the naked eye although the color was very faint.<br/><br/>#aurora<br/> <img src="https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/115/534/950/418/377/120/original/90c6996dfcde0e9d.png"> <br/> 2025-11-12T04:58:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0xev9tyyd7rmhc3nvf7zmh5fdezhsm024t5j459ersthjg7m7vqgzyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h5kjjxpx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv4aca0kwd2dcjx9afcr8fhg4vj55lnph09890z34t0gnqyjkq05sjrzkcd'>nevent1q…zkcd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This was just a bit after the previous picutre, so maybe 5:45 or 5:50. It&#39;s amazing how the colors change ...<br/><br/>#aurora<br/> <img src="https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/115/534/940/805/068/405/original/af2f36dc827c4212.png"> <br/> 2025-11-12T04:55:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv4aca0kwd2dcjx9afcr8fhg4vj55lnph09890z34t0gnqyjkq05szyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h5xwp8jm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxn0k2h6g2nakel4vy3spja4rzluhv2n9ralqjelgmw9rkw8pe2rqvfkt23'>nevent1q…kt23</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>More aurora, 11/11, 5:40 pm. It was darker by now, and the clouds were coming in (2/N)<br/><br/>#aurora<br/> <img src="https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/115/534/928/647/795/608/original/6058317725903479.png"> <br/> 2025-11-12T04:52:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxn0k2h6g2nakel4vy3spja4rzluhv2n9ralqjelgmw9rkw8pe2rqzyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h5sure87 Aurora, at Snoqualmie Point Washington, November 11 - 5:20 pm It still wasn&#39;t fully dark! And a good thing too because the clouds were coming in! (1/N)<br/><br/>#aurora<br/> <img src="https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/115/534/915/516/169/652/original/99ebc7e80dee6f6c.png"> <br/> 2025-11-12T04:50:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr7y7umy7702uuheaqgurad93jrxjda49ycppd9etevr3n78j0j2szyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h57k0rlt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs00wd0ymzgsu8yum5vg9d8kj6h8g42ra592lal58eaxys5rxn8p7cufn9rm'>nevent1q…n9rm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Here&#39;s Steve Vladek&#39;s theory - basically that she did it because otherwise the full court tould have, and this way she could set the timeline.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf">https://www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf</a><br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub178shk5tf6sl9q0yy026qhr46ye249rxwwewc5qg0tdyfh5xrydmqml5qdt" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>DB</span> (<span class="italic">npub178s…5qdt</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1z6yad6ztjsvfu5zrhtawa96wte5kk3mj7g8e4uaj0qx9yf373uqsedqah3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Nonilex</span> (<span class="italic">npub1z6y…qah3</span>)</a></span> 2025-11-08T04:41:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstpuj00d8hn4tnw5n9wcgshyugalpgsc0mat20m73gxknam0hhglqzyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h5c7x2u2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfmmwdjlammut4zaa28zxrewlt0j96nspavtk0ku8cn5t27hgqwpg9yzkuh'>nevent1q…zkuh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>saying the quiet part out loud! <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1wtpd5dldh7xva5qlhj33k8gykzju9upg0dy0mvy53enzql867t2swqrrxz" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Leslie Burns</span> (<span class="italic">npub1wtp…rrxz</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1gvjv99lwx5mlfmsrpr39tj328hlv0k6v8hjm49j3eju5scdn8gyq6u634x" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>noplasticshower</span> (<span class="italic">npub1gvj…634x</span>)</a></span> 2025-11-05T20:36:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0g3jnt2gaamjgpg8qrqnjnx3ye5cuel7lpdq6j388s6ly4chpm3szyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h5adktc2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs904nuce0jvv5yql23emhckzeznexmls6zk3dvwua6jnjhx5yhvfgudp6wl'>nevent1q…p6wl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Last week somebody posted a chart showing what hosting fedi instances were using ... of course I can&#39;t find it now (sigh) but if I recall correctly OVH and Hetzner both had more installations than AWS. <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1xselj43f4mq6e4tmadr6ex9s2xfdp34wqupn27n2ufd6clv3mqkqhflgk3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>wakest likes your bugs ⁂</span> (<span class="italic">npub1xse…lgk3</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1a3cwmaux40259hh9qftdyzl03pqre88807qrswur3hz97jz6vplqyh8t0t" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Tom Casavant</span> (<span class="italic">npub1a3c…8t0t</span>)</a></span> 2025-10-27T17:38:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrdny8e3djkr54x8tg43u65vyezq50xzydu92pm0927yl8y8cn6zczyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h558qyvg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxgmv39zn6cwwly9j4wemmel5302u9pqx78lm97uc5gac68lxvmyqxdawuj'>nevent1q…awuj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Agreed on all of those, great points! I think of the hostility to newcomers and opaque social norms as separate but related. Helping newcomers understand norms here as part of onboarding is really important; so is encouraging people who are here to be less hostile (even when defending worthwhile norms, which is sometimes the case), and setting expectations for newcomers that &#34;yeah there are jerks here just like anywhere else and here&#39;s what you can do about it.&#34;<br/><br/>Starter packs can be useful if people can find them, which is likely to be non-trivial in general. (Although the starter packs we currently have are non-consensual so there&#39;s a risk of an explosion if they start to become a vector for harassment or even unwanted follows, at this point I&#39;m not sure about what to do on that front except hope for the best.)<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1afml2kzwamqxppl50207sf5jwgl3l6ugn6hnuwugtxt7ctnhdtkqjq5gp4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦</span> (<span class="italic">npub1afm…5gp4</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1zgtptjnjkz52pjn9s0scyn9mq22dp0ltyk8wv2fz6d9vx5get7dq4xlpat" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Oblomov</span> (<span class="italic">npub1zgt…lpat</span>)</a></span> 2025-10-24T01:16:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgc7cdptd9fcxf3l5l2cwa7sw8w75l5ulqg5e5mmsjrtu4lzveqfczyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h5u4qh5d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxzhcchshxmv0eq33jkumlxgygksexz5n2uqhep2q728r24kk4fgsatkstp'>nevent1q…kstp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Rudy&#39;s late 2023 posts talk about why he saw ATProto as a better basis for what he wants to accomplish for Blacksky than Mastodon. I don&#39;t think anything that&#39;s happened since then has changed his opinion ... instead he&#39;s gotten a better understanding of some of the strengths of the fedi model and either come up with complementary ways of doing things: local-only posts, context-sensitve community-focused moderation using AT&#39;s building blocks and custom software. There are links at the end of the first section of <a href="https://privacy.thenexus.today/what-solidarity-looks-like/">https://privacy.thenexus.today/what-solidarity-looks-like/</a><br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1afml2kzwamqxppl50207sf5jwgl3l6ugn6hnuwugtxt7ctnhdtkqjq5gp4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦</span> (<span class="italic">npub1afm…5gp4</span>)</a></span> agreed that it would be great for fedi to prepare for a wave of newcomers and possibly returnees. I&#39;m about to do a post askingn for suggestions on this in terms of the upcoming Media Liberation Day on November 5 and there&#39;s probably a lot of overlap -- I&#39;ll drop a link here once it&#39;s ready. Specifically from a Bluesky perspective though ...<br/><br/>What do you think people here should do to get ready for a wave -- and to make a wave more likely?<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1zgtptjnjkz52pjn9s0scyn9mq22dp0ltyk8wv2fz6d9vx5get7dq4xlpat" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Oblomov</span> (<span class="italic">npub1zgt…lpat</span>)</a></span> 2025-10-23T23:54:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv3we8sm3wwf40kz7m75z36al6r9thcjne2nzev467ggymla5whcgzyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h54953jk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsve7h7gwdq4mp0h264askq5hw8fnt3a23y5gy5wwzzqpdvgx504ngxcjqav'>nevent1q…jqav</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Is there a way to block accounts over there that haven&#39;t yet bridged?<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub12n5weher8thl0qlj398tvw2rmwpr33z8j443lpg28xyuzkef9dksnd9dex" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Stuart Longland (VK4MSL)</span> (<span class="italic">npub12n5…9dex</span>)</a></span> 2025-10-19T21:12:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8xlkpyrqy524mu6jq8dhvr277t0arpuz0fjp8kwae4e0jaxkzelczyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h5alc2pt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs06ajjya9jac6l9ps05mfxy0fnhk0wlzz4n25qucg35leg4l3aclqyqra2f'>nevent1q…ra2f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Are labelers (aka moderation services), custom feeds, and the ability to host your own PDS a significant part of the social network we call &#34;Bluesky&#34;? That&#39;s certainly how most people experience them, and they&#39;re typically described that way. If so, then it seems to me that Gmail isn&#39;t a great analogy -- I&#39;m not sure what analogous services people can host themselves within an overall Gmail environment. <br/><br/>But then again, these services are also available elsewhere in the ATmosphere, <br/>not only in Bluesky itself. So it&#39;s also possible to think of them as not really part of the Bluesky social network. In that case the Gmail probably analogy works better. <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub162ajwhf5gg0gftwfej9fe3g3zkatc7anmrsmnag02y6s4d6e6ucqwu00sw" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>manchicken</span> (<span class="italic">npub162a…00sw</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1wt0tzgm53q9r2zy9nwu6qpmafg5xvfza9zzsqu2kufh0w0scqwwqxja0v6" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>ikuturso 🇪🇺</span> (<span class="italic">npub1wt0…a0v6</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1afml2kzwamqxppl50207sf5jwgl3l6ugn6hnuwugtxt7ctnhdtkqjq5gp4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦</span> (<span class="italic">npub1afm…5gp4</span>)</a></span> 2025-08-23T07:25:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxffqu0wzt43the5z9kla9km5m647kf4a0lyavk0sghqwfhr8zm2szyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h504j0s8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv368v3p00snya9uhalc0nupcj732fne4a3rufg08vt2n7dzlzegsklk52n'>nevent1q…k52n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Whether people see Gmail as a good analogy probably depends on how they see the role of different services that are part of Bluesky-the-network ... and for that matter just what Bluesky-the-network even is.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub162ajwhf5gg0gftwfej9fe3g3zkatc7anmrsmnag02y6s4d6e6ucqwu00sw" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>manchicken</span> (<span class="italic">npub162a…00sw</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1wt0tzgm53q9r2zy9nwu6qpmafg5xvfza9zzsqu2kufh0w0scqwwqxja0v6" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>ikuturso 🇪🇺</span> (<span class="italic">npub1wt0…a0v6</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1afml2kzwamqxppl50207sf5jwgl3l6ugn6hnuwugtxt7ctnhdtkqjq5gp4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦</span> (<span class="italic">npub1afm…5gp4</span>)</a></span> 2025-08-23T02:18:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvq95nns5kkh85s3fy986fec0cjy3zhal20y4jfzn637swh7dc4xqzyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h5rn5aat In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspcxsasdnqyry4sexegu06wqz0wtk8922t6pvx248rakghmy9s0ececvq9k'>nevent1q…vq9k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Nobody’s suggesting that. I’m saying that some people view the existence of independently run infrastructure that lets people participate in the Bluesky network as decentralization; for them, the fact that the independently run infrastructure can ignore Bluesky PBC’s geoblocking is a consequence of this decentralization. <br/><br/>Others don’t view the independently infrastructure as meaningful decentralization in this situation , and the fact that the independently run infrastructure can ignore Bluesky PBC’s geoblocking doesn’t change their opinion.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub162ajwhf5gg0gftwfej9fe3g3zkatc7anmrsmnag02y6s4d6e6ucqwu00sw" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>manchicken</span> (<span class="italic">npub162a…00sw</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1wt0tzgm53q9r2zy9nwu6qpmafg5xvfza9zzsqu2kufh0w0scqwwqxja0v6" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>ikuturso 🇪🇺</span> (<span class="italic">npub1wt0…a0v6</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1afml2kzwamqxppl50207sf5jwgl3l6ugn6hnuwugtxt7ctnhdtkqjq5gp4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦</span> (<span class="italic">npub1afm…5gp4</span>)</a></span> 2025-08-23T01:08:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg6fmr2wkg69zjd8a7vund78yvwapnag2tv8z99vma2xjajyra9tgzyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h5mrk3ev In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgdt8sa3yj4sxzk30r4mp7h2f3gzxmj785gzmya6xpzn7mj9f8dusz7kt0e'>nevent1q…kt0e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Agreed that it&#39;s important to distinguish between the broader ecosystem (the ATmosphere), the Bluesky social network, and Bluesky PBC the company. <br/><br/>People who have migrated their accounts to the Blacksky PDS, and people who are using the Blacksky app, can all still participate as part of the Bluesky social network. Does that mean the Bluesky social network is decentralized? Opinions differ! But I really wasn&#39;t trying to relitigate anything, just that the conclusions I see people drawing here (as with the Online Safety Act) match their priors.<br/><br/>Bluesky is only blocking at the client level, not the AppView, Relay, or even their own PDSs. They took the same approach with the Online Safety Act. That said it&#39;s still TBD what regulators and the courts think about this approach.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1afml2kzwamqxppl50207sf5jwgl3l6ugn6hnuwugtxt7ctnhdtkqjq5gp4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦</span> (<span class="italic">npub1afm…5gp4</span>)</a></span> 2025-08-22T23:38:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfn4v0yy0tzlxq0znfvjeppk6syjgh9tygx6s5agqkznqudzvh57szyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h5v6mrk9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs890te5a9nfpuwtxhum06wy379zmpcmpcaplye788daggpph4zn0cefsmw0'>nevent1q…smw0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Bluesky&#39;s not actually blocking people from the platform, just from the app. But really I just meant that this isn&#39;t going to change anybody&#39;s minds. <br/><br/>The hundreds of people who migrated their accounts to Blacksky over the last few weeks will still think it&#39;s decentralized, and so will people who see infrastructure that&#39;s run by independent parties as decentralization.<br/><br/>Conversely the people who think that doesn&#39;t matter still won&#39;t think it&#39;s decentralized even though other apps built on the protocol aren&#39;t affected by Bluesky&#39;s decision to shut off access to Mississippi. <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1afml2kzwamqxppl50207sf5jwgl3l6ugn6hnuwugtxt7ctnhdtkqjq5gp4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦</span> (<span class="italic">npub1afm…5gp4</span>)</a></span> 2025-08-22T21:31:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0j932upc927jts5yuc237xvrf7yffckwjmjzhrqe2zll8xfg5x2qzyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h5wadq48 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr5tpjxyls9zzs97fd5049ed2sevyaxpu466g8ym05eglxl5a0wggg5xt9v'>nevent1q…xt9v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>to the contrary. 2025-08-22T21:16:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8lm5mdcxt3lmn7nc5wz285ehcdgnkfe56afyreqlyvk7juxgnmhczyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h5q8u99e Good #gravy !<br/><br/>If you&#39;re wondering why #gravy is trending ... <a href="https://godforsaken.website/@pisscotheque/114772705899034101">https://godforsaken.website/@pisscotheque/114772705899034101</a> 2025-07-01T00:07:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszds9jxd78jqvaxcyk98jps4xw2vp52e77g6kclkyfx6qkxrk4d8czyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h53fyngl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp5rdpfn6l3ggmu45x7su03l2yg7krk7n53lknd09ztsvywdu9r8g6ppwka'>nevent1q…pwka</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>although, if i had known they&#39;d give refunds for the tickets, and I had a spare $1.1 million sitting around, it would have been worth buying the high-end packge just to be able to tell the story. 2025-04-18T02:54:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstrsw3y2h99r9aqk4m4lnyrlxsn45afcxjth60my6f637wlrcfhjgzyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h549wmxl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8gmq97n04x2guhsyw362sqyu82tw6tdn4ye2eewdt26xnc3mddjg62hg0t'>nevent1q…hg0t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>who, who could have predicted? 2025-04-17T21:10:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs92r0wcumf4ww4xhppuqd4mqwzkfckyvh2h2uxakht6448wszyyugzyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h5efav2l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst0mkck0vesljzwadr9wgtznkltj03z938xl78u37zxpr8k6s2qmqkeynmc'>nevent1q…ynmc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah, here’s <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub10jfrufqdsgv4yh6cktx0hmx45kxvwvysn5sjctlrgmytwlsrgywql84g7l" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Kuba Suder • @mackuba.eu on 🦋</span> (<span class="italic">npub10jf…4g7l</span>)</a></span> ’s list from a few days ago. Apparently the German one has been active for a while. <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/mackuba.eu/post/3lmgbf6nf7c2g">https://bsky.app/profile/mackuba.eu/post/3lmgbf6nf7c2g</a><br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1xselj43f4mq6e4tmadr6ex9s2xfdp34wqupn27n2ufd6clv3mqkqhflgk3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>wakest likes your bugs ⁂</span> (<span class="italic">npub1xse…lgk3</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub17m8z9gfl0t3x69ux50mfawyrpt4w5rkxsfaz9ckgvhp8y75t429q8drsw8" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Laurens Hof</span> (<span class="italic">npub17m8…rsw8</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1whejps6xpmgu3w9rgjkhanhewpvret7yh5qp7hzsxkc2r6l8n0zs7ejcnz" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Koen de Jonge - SynQ</span> (<span class="italic">npub1whe…jcnz</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub13za5kudj7vkherucztlpjjr7kzwcnu6y8xq5ta52dnlh2nq2dmmspz8j89" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Andy Piper</span> (<span class="italic">npub13za…8j89</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1rtewnlga64lev2tmhk25r89cfyzpum8gkpwx6rz583am74dczuqqg6q99n" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Gregory</span> (<span class="italic">npub1rte…q99n</span>)</a></span> 2025-04-16T20:58:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxp709mjua7q3yzfvxp3xgch3r0f4rcz9q9tqll2dzqfep4978kpczyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h5vtcnqp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyxjhlg50z3pdjfajg6mr6aadxhs8gc6xwj8jseyu6u7wwkjluc2gna2jru'>nevent1q…2jru</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Agreed. Also if mastodon.social&#39;s response to the takedown involves deleting posts, that deletion will get federated out, so the copies of the post on other instances will also be deleted. <br/><br/>By contrast, it looks like Bluesky implemented the takedown as with a moderation service that&#39;s required for all Turkish users in the Bluesky app. So this means that people who aren&#39;t in Turkey, and people using other apps, can still get it it -- which wouldn&#39;t be the case if .social takes a post down. <br/><br/><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/nekorug.moe/post/3lmwgtwfggs2e">https://bsky.app/profile/nekorug.moe/post/3lmwgtwfggs2e</a><br/><br/>(Of course the Turkish judge might well find that Bluesky hasn&#39;t obeyed the order because they did it this way, so this is all subject to change, but I believe this is the current situation.)<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub17m8z9gfl0t3x69ux50mfawyrpt4w5rkxsfaz9ckgvhp8y75t429q8drsw8" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Laurens Hof</span> (<span class="italic">npub17m8…rsw8</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1whejps6xpmgu3w9rgjkhanhewpvret7yh5qp7hzsxkc2r6l8n0zs7ejcnz" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Koen de Jonge - SynQ</span> (<span class="italic">npub1whe…jcnz</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1vl7jgjkprjrpytq0en63ss482a08aam0q5tr5nrwg4tdznvcvnaq44f6g0" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Eugen Rochko</span> (<span class="italic">npub1vl7…f6g0</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub13za5kudj7vkherucztlpjjr7kzwcnu6y8xq5ta52dnlh2nq2dmmspz8j89" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Andy Piper</span> (<span class="italic">npub13za…8j89</span>)</a></span> 2025-04-16T17:02:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstp0cr332qgedmslrj6h8724ssycmc46j6gsu34674zffn7dyp5rczyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h5jlslzd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2xwl0qhkgdm0exkn7k923rj57k0kd3vq3r0ev4kpzm7nuw65348gh3vkj6'>nevent1q…vkj6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Nope. People can see my posts in their timelines even though I&#39;ve turned off &#34;Feature profile and posts in discovery algorithms&#34; ... and my posts are in my RSS feed without an indication of my consent preferences. 2025-03-10T18:08:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw6qw4mlerpd0t9rzy8te2xsltdf427dk4mapn5xhzc7s4thcygqqzyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h530r5n5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf07lq9yar0ug7l0af4gfmazspm98jdtdlj6jpf66zkh9lny2mulcqwtuwf'>nevent1q…tuwf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>could somebody ask whether Surf pays attention to when people have opted out of discovery when curating feeds? It&#39;s great functionality, but not everybody wants their content to be discoverable! 2025-03-10T17:57:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv5vpt5xashmgtk80hhnc9xtt7h8v2lyucgm5qqnkmdcwa6pkejuqzyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h57432df In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz29ksjc5vzx9rvam7vyde5040nrr3j9dqlyuqk3x9hteg9qc785gk758xf'>nevent1q…58xf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>great question. and of the ones who have changed their minds, how many are thinking &#34;science has now been politicized (in ways that directly affect me)&#34; as opposed to &#34;science has always been political (in ways I just didn&#39;t notice or acknowledge because they didn&#39;t affect me as directly)&#34; 2025-03-03T23:56:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspnt6kldx9lgn2ucqmsnlu7kp75tx5l5e6maq49hh288aeda43cdszyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h5r7d59g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstftyxx8szeph2vjqw87248w8sa2lgssvuhyars2zjqe3r5yr4jlqkxwtzw'>nevent1q…wtzw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>thanks for sharing! There&#39;s an updated version at <a href="https://wedistribute.org/2023/06/a-partial-queer-trans-and-non-binary-history-of-mastodon-and-the-fediverse/">https://wedistribute.org/2023/06/a-partial-queer-trans-and-non-binary-history-of-mastodon-and-the-fediverse/</a> -- I&#39;ll update the post to point to that!<br/><br/>EDIT: And I also updated the link in <a href="https://privacy.thenexus.today/should-the-fediverse-welcome-surveillance-capitalism/">https://privacy.thenexus.today/should-the-fediverse-welcome-surveillance-capitalism/</a> to point to the published version 2025-02-25T06:22:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswen0te66cs0wa527p5qf3w9633frpccnkz5jvz80nwxeht8hcq4czyq5zhxcxgn0pvdk3eyr9544tunsdxtpxg435snx5wfs0sqks9v3h52v6zxq Another new instance, so a good time for another #introduction ...<br/><br/>Hi!!! I’m a strategist/entrepreneur/software engineer/activist, focusing on the intersection of justice, equity, and software engineering. I&#39;ve been on the fediverse for a long time, and have several other accounts as well. I think of this as my &#34;public facing&#34; Mastodon account, replacing my previous <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1nqtkecll62mhna5tkjh8wlsd29xth5hfftzzgnmyv9at7gr6sjgq2hplf3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Jon (now at neuromatch.social)</span> (<span class="italic">npub1nqt…plf3</span>)</a></span>. I&#39;m also into organizing, activism, psytrance, darkwave music, all kinds of books, and tarot.<br/><br/>I also run the Nexus of Privacy newsletter -- <a href="https://thenexusofprivacy.net">https://thenexusofprivacy.net</a> and @nexusofprivacy@infosec.exchange -- where I write extensively about decentralized social networks as well as other aspects of tech justice. Here&#39;s a few highlights ...&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;<a href="https://thenexusofprivacy.net/lessons-so-far-from-mastodon-for-independent-social-networks/&#34">https://thenexusofprivacy.net/lessons-so-far-from-mastodon-for-independent-social-networks/&#34</a>; target=&#34;_blank&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow noopener noreferrer&#34;&gt;Lessons (so far) from Mastodon for independent social networks&lt;/a&gt; (2017), &lt;a href=&#34;<a href="https://thenexusofprivacy.net/mastodon-a-partial-history/&#34">https://thenexusofprivacy.net/mastodon-a-partial-history/&#34</a>; target=&#34;_blank&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow noopener noreferrer&#34;&gt;Mastodon, a partial history (DRAFT)&lt;/a&gt; (2022), and the followon-in-progress &lt;a href=&#34;<a href="https://thenexusofprivacy.net/mastodon-two-years-later/&#34">https://thenexusofprivacy.net/mastodon-two-years-later/&#34</a>; target=&#34;_blank&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow noopener noreferrer&#34;&gt;Mastodon, two years later&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;<a href="https://thenexusofprivacy.net/strategies-for-the-free-fediverses/&#34">https://thenexusofprivacy.net/strategies-for-the-free-fediverses/&#34</a>; target=&#34;_blank&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow noopener noreferrer&#34;&gt;Strategies for free fediverses (2024 draft)&lt;/a&gt;, a work-in-progress for those who want to build fediverses that reject Meta – and surveillance capitalism more generally&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;<a href="https://thenexusofprivacy.net/start-making-the-fediverse-less-toxic/&#34">https://thenexusofprivacy.net/start-making-the-fediverse-less-toxic/&#34</a>; target=&#34;_blank&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow noopener noreferrer&#34;&gt;5 things white people can do to start making the fediverse less toxic for Black people&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;<a href="https://thenexusofprivacy.net/bluesky-atmosphere-fediverse/&#34">https://thenexusofprivacy.net/bluesky-atmosphere-fediverse/&#34</a>; target=&#34;_blank&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow noopener noreferrer&#34;&gt;I for one welcome Bluesky, the ATmosphere, BTS ARMY, millions of Brazilians, Black Twitter, and sex worker Twitter to the fediverses!&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&#34;<a href="https://thenexusofprivacy.net/decentralization-and-erasure-blacksky-bluesky-and-the-atmosphere-2/&#34">https://thenexusofprivacy.net/decentralization-and-erasure-blacksky-bluesky-and-the-atmosphere-2/&#34</a>; target=&#34;_blank&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow noopener noreferrer&#34;&gt;&#34;Decentralization&#34; and erasure: Blacksky, Bluesky, and the ATmosphere&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&#34;<a href="https://thenexusofprivacy.net/bluesky-and-the-battle-of-wormtongue/&#34">https://thenexusofprivacy.net/bluesky-and-the-battle-of-wormtongue/&#34</a>; target=&#34;_blank&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow noopener noreferrer&#34;&gt;Bluesky and The Battle of Wormtongue&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt; 2025-01-30T00:48:20Z