ændra.

https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/aendra.com

Creator of 📰 News feeds, @xblock.[aendra.dev](http://aendra.dev ), @moji.blue, founder of @shoots.green, @atproto.london.

Opinions my own. Not a journalist or an engineer, but a secret third thing (#trying).

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🌐 [aendra.com](http://aendra.com )
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Web site: https://bsky.app/profile/aendra.com
Link: https://aendra.com
Link: http://aendra.dev
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Last Notes

2026-07-10 13:04:23 UTC

Like it's great we now have a third pronouns labeller but it would be even better if Bluesky PBC would just enable the goddamn pronouns profile field that has existed in lexicon for nearly a year now

2026-03-30 01:09:37 UTC

That was such a phenomenal conference, my head is spinning with ideas and it was incredible to finally meet so many of y'all. Huge thanks to everyone organising, you did an amazing job. See y'all next year! 💚
#atmosphereconf

2026-03-20 15:36:53 UTC

The next Journalism Technology London is happening 21 April!
[luma.com/qjj9c8d7?tk=...](https://luma.com/qjj9c8d7?tk=EE5c1B )
We're actively looking for speakers, if you have something relevant to the journalism technology space you'd like to do a talk on, please DM me!
[Journalism Technology London M...](https://luma.com/qjj9c8d7?tk=EE5c1B )

2026-03-16 02:18:09 UTC

What's worse? Posting on Bluesky like it's LinkedIn, or posting on LinkedIn like it's Bluesky?

2026-02-28 00:16:52 UTC

Half a decade on the Fediverse left me perpetually feeling like the network topology wasn't conducive to journalism. In my entire time there, the Fediverse struggled to get even a handful of major news outlets with an active presence.
At last count, atproto has over 300.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rmct3veqrvijr6xwugpucbqw/post/3mfqfc36r3k22

2026-02-12 07:45:59 UTC

I can't begin to put into words how excited this table makes me, it's a sea change from a year ago.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:oio4hkxaop4ao4wz2pp3f4cr/post/3meme63x5622z
#note1zeg…am46

2025-10-02 17:30:55 UTC

Unrelatedly I can't wait until we get the base infra for Northsky off the ground so I can start building stuff for it then.
Might build a news feed for trans news that doesn't make you want to smash your screen, idk.

2025-09-20 02:29:34 UTC

The added clarity around journalism, education, advocacy, and mental health content as protected expression is very welcome
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:z72i7hdynmk6r22z27h6tvur/post/3lz7yasblh22p
#note1aje…vqdm

2025-09-13 13:08:37 UTC

So hear me out: managed single-user PDS hosting for journalists
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:66c5dzsjoocyuwls45m4is7x/post/3lynvndffn22h
#note1h2r…t9cw

2025-07-17 11:20:34 UTC

Guess not!
Got bored last night and built this:
[observablehq.com/@aendra/blue...](https://observablehq.com/@aendra/bluesky-post-statisticator )
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kkf4naxqmweop7dv4l2iqqf5/post/3lu3r2cwu2222
[Bluesky Post Statisticator](https://observablehq.com/@aendra/bluesky-post-statisticator )
#note1w22…gunp

2025-07-16 15:43:19 UTC

#atproto dev question: is there a tool somewhere for tracking Bluesky like and repost numbers in a machine-readable format?
Say I wanted to produce a spreadsheet of my posts this month, sorted by likes and reposts — how would I do that?

2025-05-11 19:38:25 UTC

You'll never guess this one weird trick that makes coffee withdrawal symptoms magically go away
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kkf4naxqmweop7dv4l2iqqf5/post/3low7eslwh22q
#note1pzy…8pe4

2025-05-11 19:37:47 UTC

BREAKING: Local woman discovers coffee withdrawal-induced headache caused by not drinking coffee for two days cured by... Drinking coffee

2025-05-03 19:32:37 UTC

I think this week is the most excited I've been about decentralised social media in years, if ever.
So much awesome stuff happening, so much energy, so many awesome people building so many awesome things.

2025-04-28 12:24:12 UTC

I've now enabled this logic so if you're a news org and you're not seeing your image posts in the feed, try adding alt text.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kkf4naxqmweop7dv4l2iqqf5/post/3lkf5k7n2wk2u
#note1q38…x5dh

2025-04-25 18:17:18 UTC

I'm energised from #ahoy25 and contemplating setting up a #London ATProto developer/Bluesky enthusiast meetup, probably somewhere in Hackney.
Any interest?

2025-04-08 20:33:27 UTC

If I did a workshop in London around building on Bluesky for civic purposes, what would people be interested in?
I've considered:
- creating feeds
- setting up labellers
- training ML models for moderation
- visualising the firehose
(Ideas for venue also appreciated!)

2025-03-15 03:08:59 UTC

Please let your favourite news org know: image embed posts without alt text will be filtered out of the 📰 News feed two weeks from today. Link posts will be unaffected.
If you are a news org and providing basic accessibility support will be a challenge, please contact me, we'll work through it. 💚

2025-02-27 14:25:54 UTC

Hi there! I'm the creator of the 📰 News feed. I have over a decade of experience building highly-engaging data visualisations and delivering complex technology projects for international news orgs.
I'm looking for new roles that will let me grow as an engineer. Please DM me if you have any leads!
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kkf4naxqmweop7dv4l2iqqf5/post/3li5ffgzmdc2z
#note17kr…423w

2025-02-14 14:17:48 UTC

I'm actively looking for a new role, ideally outside of journalism and fully remote. If you wouldn't mind resharing my LinkedIn post I'd be most grateful. 🙏🏼
[www.linkedin.com/posts/aendra...](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aendra_opentowork-activity-7295869589228249088-JjhT?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAIm85gBUlxoKO7S-rk-TUidOU9pNcOLwWQ )
[Ændra Rininsland on LinkedIn: ...](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aendra_opentowork-activity-7295869589228249088-JjhT?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAIm85gBUlxoKO7S-rk-TUidOU9pNcOLwWQ )

2025-01-02 16:19:22 UTC

I've noticed there are two ways to do software development in this space:
• ignore all criticism because your vision for the product is the only one that matters
• seriously respond to good-faith criticism and use that to improve your product

2024-12-02 21:27:34 UTC

If you're a news org and you need help figuring out how to do this, or if you're a freelance/independent journalist and need some direction setting up a portfolio site and/or domain, please DM me, I'm more than happy to help. 💚
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ragtjsm2j2vknwkz3zp4oxrd/post/3lcdzl54uxc2m
#note1n7r…prj5

2024-11-21 23:07:20 UTC

Seriously — stop importing old tweets you utter weirdos, you're negatively impacting all 3rd party infra that consumes the firehose
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jfhpnnst6flqway4eaeqzj2a/post/3lbikthy35k2c
#note177h…wuvw

2024-11-17 22:54:36 UTC

I'm going to stop being gripe-y for a second (sorry, but I have sign-posted I'm a bit stressed) to be a touch more positive:
The 📰 News feed is currently receiving about *1.2 MILLION* requests a *DAY*
That's ridiculous. What's even more ridiculous is I'm able to serve this traffic on $50 of infra.
https://shimeji.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:kkf4naxqmweop7dv4l2iqqf5&cid=bafkreigmjqy6mmjghdr7kksd75bahavnywdlv7de3l2kcgq3f44qe5stjq

2024-11-11 12:58:19 UTC

Here's a thought: If you want to try your hand at AT Proto development and want an oven-ready idea plus me to mentor you through building it, hit me with a DM.
My latest free idea is for a bluetick-esque verification system leveraging OAuth to validate existing socials... 👀
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kkf4naxqmweop7dv4l2iqqf5/post/3laoe5vspa22h
#note1sq0…00s5

2024-11-11 12:49:24 UTC

So many project ideas, so little time, so many unfinished existing projects

2024-11-05 15:14:40 UTC

Quietly closing the lid of my laptop before efficiently frisbeeing it out the window. It explodes in midair, raining fiery debris onto the yard below.
[TITLE: "Machine learning. Not even once."]

2024-11-03 13:19:27 UTC

One is allowed to simply not care what people on Mastodon think about Bluesky.

2024-10-23 17:15:02 UTC

This by @npub1ra3…vn3v is excellent:
[www.blog-pat.ch/addition-mag...](https://www.blog-pat.ch/addition-magic-community/ )
[Addition, magic, community. Bl...](https://www.blog-pat.ch/addition-magic-community/ )

2024-10-17 14:13:24 UTC

I can't claim to be objective at this point. Bluesky is the only platform that actually caters to news and politics: Threads is a joke, Twitter is run by alt-right chuds, Mastodon is, well, Mastodon.
Users *don't* have to accept it.
[www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/10/16/instagram-limits-political-content-shadowban-election-posts/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email )
https://shimeji.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:kkf4naxqmweop7dv4l2iqqf5&cid=bafkreihphadg5qyicedln4c3ybkycwy2sdc5kc2j73ezmzovkda3d7w63e

2024-09-12 14:22:09 UTC

This is in an hour and a half!
It'll honestly be more of a process talk than a tech talk, I'll be discussing what drives the projects I do rather than anything particularly technical about them (though there will be a bit of that too). See you there!
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lehcqqkwzcwvjvw66uthu5oq/post/3l3vvi27bas2p
#note1up2…zps2

2024-09-11 16:13:02 UTC

Someone who understands the English language better than me, please, I am vexed:
Why do "good little "
and "big bad <something>" sound correct,
but "little good <something>" and
and "bad big <something>" don't?</something></something></something>

2024-09-09 11:51:13 UTC

Oh cool, both my upcoming @npub1lzm…f69r talk and my recent blog post about the News feed are mentioned in this ✨
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd/post/3l3nzgrcpjc2w
#note1lwn…76jv

2024-08-28 10:04:25 UTC

The single most annoying tendency new users have is to spend ten minutes on the platform then try to come up with a synonym for posts that isn't "skeet".

2024-08-25 22:07:27 UTC

I'm thinking Twitter did something to its UI that drops the XBlock inference sensitivity dramatically, obvious Twitter screenshots are coming back as misses with like 75% certainty (threshold is 95%). I'm going to put extra weight on new Twitter screenshots next training run to compensate.

2024-08-21 23:29:00 UTC

Hey check out my cool new website
https://shimeji.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:kkf4naxqmweop7dv4l2iqqf5&cid=bafkreibul76fnm2jdkvjnv7mscax5macltoo2jnqfasnge3y7gzqw2nive

2024-08-20 11:26:13 UTC

Dropped an idea in Bluesky's GitHub discussions about verification. I admit I'm not particularly expert in OAuth or SSO so I very much welcome feedback, please let me know if I'm missing something obvious with this idea.
[github.com/bluesky-soci...](https://github.com/bluesky-social/atproto/discussions/2544#discussioncomment-10394930 )
[How to confirm ownership of a ...](https://github.com/bluesky-social/atproto/discussions/2544#discussioncomment-10394930 )

2024-08-16 03:04:09 UTC

The fact that this is an open platform where you can try wild moonshot ideas like this (I'm not on the Bluesky team, I'm just a simple gal who likes emoji and hates Twitter screenshots) is a hugely underrated aspect of this place. Can you imagine trying to build something like this on *Threads*? 🙅🏼‍♀️
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kkf4naxqmweop7dv4l2iqqf5/post/3kzsk622y372g
#note1z0y…58x2

2024-08-16 02:51:08 UTC

I'm nearing the first release of Bluemoji, thanks to everyone who's contributed feedback, it's extremely appreciated as I've not done anything this major architecturally before. 🙏
I've made a bunch of changes this version, most notably adding dotLottie support; please look if you plan to implement!
[GitHub - aendra-rininsland/blu...](https://github.com/aendra-rininsland/bluemoji/tree/v1.0.0-prerelease.1 )

2024-08-09 08:46:44 UTC

A tip for new users:
Feeds and labellers are created by normal users on here in their free time and hosted on infrastructure they themselves pay for. They are providing you a free service. They owe you absolutely nothing.
"Politely requesting" tends to work a lot better than "irately demanding".

2024-08-05 23:35:55 UTC

I've published my generated lexicons at @aendra/lexicons on npm and it's part of my monorepo and gosh does everything in the ATProto ecosystem work mindbogglingly well once you get the hang of it (and like TypeScript)