2026-03-16T15:20:45Z https://yabu.me Christine Lemmer-Webber https://yabu.me/npub1urx3t48an3pv2vh37akfaks6ty5aujgslfccaa2g4egmam4c2czqg3v0z4 https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/113/482/993/316/443/450/original/95a5b61306aead37.jpg https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/113/482/993/316/443/450/original/95a5b61306aead37.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8l0l32k8g0nkrluwv8jqzhaayjfguj36nv5lf6n9dp8s75snhc6gzyrsv69w5lkwy93fj78mke8k6rfvjnhjfzra8rrh4fzh9r0hwhptqg5qtxl0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0nppw9fvn02ullr5enkr3af99r60mlp6n8jzkumhjj0cg5xa0dsqskwvuy'>nevent1q…wvuy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I wrote a blogpost on this: &#34;The first AI agent worm is months away, if that&#34; <a href="https://dustycloud.org/blog/the-first-ai-agent-worm-is-months-away-if-that/">https://dustycloud.org/blog/the-first-ai-agent-worm-is-months-away-if-that/</a><br/><br/>People who are using LLM agents for their coding, review systems, etc will probably be the first ones hit. But once agents start installing agents into other systems, we could be off to the races. 2026-03-05T19:17:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdgxe3uscl4hxjn6gf2hxdn6wxvg0uxnhp6uhynfjaftpfc464pmczyrsv69w5lkwy93fj78mke8k6rfvjnhjfzra8rrh4fzh9r0hwhptqg0zd9uj So it&#39;s been pretty well confirmed now. Tyler Robinson is the shooter, his roommate *was* trans and his girlfriend. <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/erininthemorning.com/post/3lyxzk4xvrk2d">https://bsky.app/profile/erininthemorning.com/post/3lyxzk4xvrk2d</a><br/><br/>She cooperated with the FBI fully and despite him asking her to delete their messages, she didn&#39;t. And she wasn&#39;t the shooter.<br/><br/>But it doesn&#39;t matter. This is going to be fully used against us.<br/><br/>Fuck. 2025-09-16T20:16:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs98eu0syl69mfh53jszuaukmtaxqlt3km650e2ug6eu367q7sxnkgzyrsv69w5lkwy93fj78mke8k6rfvjnhjfzra8rrh4fzh9r0hwhptqgnaey74 Despite everything that has happened since, I still think the two blogposts I wrote about Bluesky/ATProto and decentralization have held up quite well. The big difference is that some other participants in the ecosystem are coming online, which is good (Blacksky&#39;s efforts in particular).<br/><br/>I do think that we *are* seeing the beginnings of some of the technical concerns laid out in my posts, but maybe it&#39;s best to let things just play out more so the problems can better highlight themselves 2025-09-15T15:36:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfw7tku44pg9jyu3qu8s5uwv0krrr70lgn7lld2lg776rx45zvkzczyrsv69w5lkwy93fj78mke8k6rfvjnhjfzra8rrh4fzh9r0hwhptqgfva32a People are like &#34;it&#39;s literally 1984!&#34; over stuff that isn&#39;t but the Trump administration is installing an &#34;Arbiter of Truth&#34; over at CBS now. FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez wrote a statement condemning it. <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/agomezfcc.bsky.social/post/3lvsxuajxoc2f">https://bsky.app/profile/agomezfcc.bsky.social/post/3lvsxuajxoc2f</a> 2025-08-08T18:26:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8tk2vpz55c05w4ake2ls2djlvqgj40ucmwkgjuy6wt7095m4qrpszyrsv69w5lkwy93fj78mke8k6rfvjnhjfzra8rrh4fzh9r0hwhptqgwj3d9k Texas&#39; attorney general sues a swimming institution which, even though it changed its policy to ban trans women, previously allowed trans women to swim, saying this was &#34;fraudulent&#34; <a href="https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/leading-off-july-21-masters-swimming-canada-deportation-fund-drive">https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/leading-off-july-21-masters-swimming-canada-deportation-fund-drive</a><br/><br/>Notably, Texas&#39; new legislative session is starting, and I suspect HB 3817, a law that charges trans people who updated identity documents as committing &#34;identity fraud&#34;, will be pushed forward. <a href="https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&amp;Bill=HB3817">https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&amp;Bill=HB3817</a> 2025-07-22T01:06:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst9ldqxfejhmvsxx57sdvgs2z7a0k0v95293gh653wnpsqe2xld4szyrsv69w5lkwy93fj78mke8k6rfvjnhjfzra8rrh4fzh9r0hwhptqgqjcc6s Hello would you like some &#34;2&#34;<br/><br/>Yes? Yes????<br/><br/>2𝟐𝟮２𝟚²₂② 2025-07-15T20:32:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstx4lgcyj6w8uj57j8n4mqz9m37at66ua8h3yeyea4583drp3efpszyrsv69w5lkwy93fj78mke8k6rfvjnhjfzra8rrh4fzh9r0hwhptqgkpp3k3 Curious about the intersection of polyamory and FOSS people on here! 2025-07-15T13:27:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxwhcsnw4745w6v7mdzmkg4894ee2vun3acysfeck80k5m6gm6jgczyrsv69w5lkwy93fj78mke8k6rfvjnhjfzra8rrh4fzh9r0hwhptqggyc69k infinite factor authentication is infinitely more secure, can&#39;t deny it 2025-07-11T14:50:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0vqzeq3tkmpnd3s354r2wxkx93k6vupzs58d2wxx8q4ljr97twvczyrsv69w5lkwy93fj78mke8k6rfvjnhjfzra8rrh4fzh9r0hwhptqgdxzc2n Here&#39;s a little #lifehack:<br/><br/>Too nervous to introduce yourself at parties? Show up to parties where apparently people already recognize you.<br/><br/>Problem solved!!! 2025-06-28T05:22:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrdvl38y4fk4l8w3xy9fjd87vuc0ymfeff7p0qntrky4u8mdjjp9szyrsv69w5lkwy93fj78mke8k6rfvjnhjfzra8rrh4fzh9r0hwhptqg84pnx0 god I hate proprietary software in the best of times but all this sparkly AI button shit is really pissing me off 2025-06-24T18:08:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy0p546hcd4f374v4hufr28tagg36xj6460kuvn3xaw4ygufhs6zszyrsv69w5lkwy93fj78mke8k6rfvjnhjfzra8rrh4fzh9r0hwhptqgq99cwa computers are a blessing<br/>computer corporations are a mistake<br/>computer datacenters are unforgiveable 2025-06-24T02:05:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqnjtqwqzn34sxh8z3tuyntwd42rsstv879lfr5xy7gvzjju2gc9gzyrsv69w5lkwy93fj78mke8k6rfvjnhjfzra8rrh4fzh9r0hwhptqg3fuung In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfexssp7dpfs9h3fslplplkm355vzqvzxw32n2vc2d2hlfkl9fknqqqarm4'>nevent1q…arm4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It shouldn&#39;t be that writing secure, peer-to-peer applications is an exceptional thing.<br/><br/>Secure, peer-to-peer tech should be the DEFAULT THING you get when you write software, not the domain of experts.<br/><br/>Too ambitious? No! This requires some rethinking about how we write software! 2025-02-04T22:15:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfexssp7dpfs9h3fslplplkm355vzqvzxw32n2vc2d2hlfkl9fknqzyrsv69w5lkwy93fj78mke8k6rfvjnhjfzra8rrh4fzh9r0hwhptqgqq0yfy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsff3dfanrrdrmgzakmqtz3xmj2cv5u9w8xll579pwjh0z7qxt5xcqk9pt2d'>nevent1q…pt2d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>All software should be able to be social, peer-to-peer, secure over the network. This becomes clearer when you see that it&#39;s hard to convince people to use Libreoffice once Google Docs exists.<br/><br/>Secure collaboration is important. 2025-02-04T22:14:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsff3dfanrrdrmgzakmqtz3xmj2cv5u9w8xll579pwjh0z7qxt5xcqzyrsv69w5lkwy93fj78mke8k6rfvjnhjfzra8rrh4fzh9r0hwhptqg7twtdg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqg0cauemw5ccq5gr2hws2g02smw720ac2gukkz7gsas7tv8cmjtcap4s0d'>nevent1q…4s0d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>But really, the BIGGEST thing missing to me about the present-day fediverse: it&#39;s *incredibly* short sighted in its ambitions.<br/><br/>Why have we carved out &#34;social media&#34; as this particular kind of facebook/youtube/web 2.0 company defined thing?<br/><br/>Why shouldn&#39;t ALL software be social?! 2025-02-04T22:12:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqg0cauemw5ccq5gr2hws2g02smw720ac2gukkz7gsas7tv8cmjtczyrsv69w5lkwy93fj78mke8k6rfvjnhjfzra8rrh4fzh9r0hwhptqgy90fdx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvdsl00tstf2872xrg0jdg8ezay48544ft7pcz0efkw3hj0sgnjls073v44'>nevent1q…3v44</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Some *obvious* things the fediverse needs to do:<br/><br/>- Content and accounts surviving when nodes go down (ATProto tries to address this, but I don&#39;t think quite does so right)!<br/>- Self-hosting is a pain! More peer-to-peer!<br/>- More secure! More private!<br/>- Healthier communities!<br/>- Less spam and abuse! 2025-02-04T22:11:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvdsl00tstf2872xrg0jdg8ezay48544ft7pcz0efkw3hj0sgnjlszyrsv69w5lkwy93fj78mke8k6rfvjnhjfzra8rrh4fzh9r0hwhptqgx4xts0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp32ntlty760uv8v0w879wsc4t8p0s64sj8va3mvxfhyjsphaa2gcukd0yz'>nevent1q…d0yz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>No! There&#39;s a lot more work to do! The present day federated social web is not enough! Today&#39;s ActivityPub is not enough! ATProto is not enough!<br/><br/>None of this stuff is enough!<br/><br/>Spritely started from one question: What *can&#39;t* the present-day fediverse do? What&#39;s next? 2025-02-04T22:07:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp32ntlty760uv8v0w879wsc4t8p0s64sj8va3mvxfhyjsphaa2gczyrsv69w5lkwy93fj78mke8k6rfvjnhjfzra8rrh4fzh9r0hwhptqg4kygcv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsddanypq7h523g8e0pvmcsanq9cz8t3nctv4vvuy99munsjr0rc0caaeaey'>nevent1q…eaey</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ActivityPub is great! It&#39;s the most popular decentralized social networking web based protocol in the world!<br/><br/>(Sorry, no, ATProto still isn&#39;t decentralized yet so we still have that claim to fame)<br/><br/>Tens of thousands of servers! Many, many federating implementations! Millions of users!<br/><br/>Are we done?! 2025-02-04T22:05:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsddanypq7h523g8e0pvmcsanq9cz8t3nctv4vvuy99munsjr0rc0czyrsv69w5lkwy93fj78mke8k6rfvjnhjfzra8rrh4fzh9r0hwhptqg9as59m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxtk72fpvnfsuj2zapza9s8fhj0c5r5g0jmxg8h0sc7ypds2qqfccztrtka'>nevent1q…rtka</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Okay! So you know how you love decentralized social media? I mean presumably you do otherwise why would you ever read anything I write<br/><br/>Well the first two engineers on Spritely are also the two editors at the top of the ActivityPub spec (myself and Jessica Tallon) and this is no coincidence! 2025-02-04T22:03:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxtk72fpvnfsuj2zapza9s8fhj0c5r5g0jmxg8h0sc7ypds2qqfcczyrsv69w5lkwy93fj78mke8k6rfvjnhjfzra8rrh4fzh9r0hwhptqgm2hm73 With TWO HOURS TO GO left on Spritely&#39;s supporter drive I am gonna give a LIVE THREAD about why you should support <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1zcxkr6hwr84etfg8y98jgeewgzypsjf965cj4mntqendph4udluqsmp5f0" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>The Spritely Institute</span> (<span class="italic">npub1zcx…p5f0</span>)</a></span> and why I am SO PROUD OF THE WORK WE ARE DOING HERE! <a href="https://spritely.institute/donate/">https://spritely.institute/donate/</a><br/><br/>Let&#39;s gooooooo!!!! 🧵<br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/947/863/972/401/410/original/f7091b6928ce96ce.png"> <br/> 2025-02-04T22:00:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx988xe5hmttqc87yuxhrxwy3ydyl5vp063sn277vcavj7ymrpjcszyrsv69w5lkwy93fj78mke8k6rfvjnhjfzra8rrh4fzh9r0hwhptqg09n6yg We&#39;re coming to the point where decentralized social media contains the only structures we&#39;re going to have left that aren&#39;t completely controlled by hard-right interests<br/><br/>The one centralized holdout is Bluesky, which means either that&#39;s going to need to be decentralized, or it&#39;s going to be the next right-wing target over this year probably 2025-01-19T18:34:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxaujv7p84uh6n7frjfua27zw4qpera0py0j4pwkg3j300j0aj6qgzyrsv69w5lkwy93fj78mke8k6rfvjnhjfzra8rrh4fzh9r0hwhptqg9zzdvf &#34;It&#39;s time to abandon the cargo cult metaphor&#34; <a href="https://www.righto.com/2025/01/its-time-to-abandon-cargo-cult-metaphor.html">https://www.righto.com/2025/01/its-time-to-abandon-cargo-cult-metaphor.html</a><br/><br/>I already thought it was time to retire just because the way it was presented always felt... uncomfortable, to say the least. But this article presents a whole bunch of reasons. 2025-01-13T05:32:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw44veafrd7sggmw427pkawnkk73gc50nhspyly8tr8krgvfhf26szyrsv69w5lkwy93fj78mke8k6rfvjnhjfzra8rrh4fzh9r0hwhptqgdmq7du Have you played Cirkoban yet? Have you gotten all the gems? <a href="https://davexunit.itch.io/cirkoban">https://davexunit.itch.io/cirkoban</a> 2025-01-03T15:15:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszhrftl3qca25qermfckhn6605m7ank3ay98zk25a7lky7llnfg3gzyrsv69w5lkwy93fj78mke8k6rfvjnhjfzra8rrh4fzh9r0hwhptqg8ftn77 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg9ssgzqvgququt36ntd4kpj7zlqe8kes4c8mq2a33lmh7ccjst9q5udxsr'>nevent1q…dxsr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;How old are you&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;Old enough where when I booted up my family&#39;s first computer, I slid a literal save icon into my computer&#34; 2024-11-27T21:58:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg9ssgzqvgququt36ntd4kpj7zlqe8kes4c8mq2a33lmh7ccjst9qzyrsv69w5lkwy93fj78mke8k6rfvjnhjfzra8rrh4fzh9r0hwhptqg4mrf9v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqm4vl2tddnt9p9r5vr7js5pgus3v7n5z2wgsqpkx4z8ltk2pqdrgt06mp8'>nevent1q…6mp8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;How old are you&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;Old enough to have been *extremely judged* by all my friends by the strange idea that listening to video game music while working was a good way to stay productive&#34; 2024-11-27T21:55:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqm4vl2tddnt9p9r5vr7js5pgus3v7n5z2wgsqpkx4z8ltk2pqdrgzyrsv69w5lkwy93fj78mke8k6rfvjnhjfzra8rrh4fzh9r0hwhptqgpk3ls9 &#34;How old are you&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;Old enough to have been a working adult when modern-day memes evolved from parodies of inspirational posters corporations would put on their walls&#34; 2024-11-27T21:53:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstdvq76lnz357pvql7fksrpcuxprcrnecpny2ygmuvp06uzmlew9szyrsv69w5lkwy93fj78mke8k6rfvjnhjfzra8rrh4fzh9r0hwhptqgnwhl6s How Decentralized Is Bluesky Really? <a href="https://dustycloud.org/blog/how-decentralized-is-bluesky/">https://dustycloud.org/blog/how-decentralized-is-bluesky/</a><br/><br/>A technical deep-dive, since people have been asking me for my thoughts. I&#39;ll expand a bit on some of the key points here in a thread. 🧵 2024-11-22T16:06:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0n49ucgs6pazr3ygczk3zrgt3gdjtxtqdpejcsvdtgvzfwgnkvzszyrsv69w5lkwy93fj78mke8k6rfvjnhjfzra8rrh4fzh9r0hwhptqg2dw3re don&#39;t you see that all these cool people in tech are jumping off the bridge, aren&#39;t you curious to jump off too? you aren&#39;t? what&#39;s wrong with you <a href="https://registerspill.thorstenball.com/p/they-all-use-it">https://registerspill.thorstenball.com/p/they-all-use-it</a> 2024-11-21T12:02:54Z