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MS Computational Linguistics student Film photography 🎞️ πŸ“Έ Interested in languages: ga, de, ja, zh, haw

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Blacksky Algorithms Scalable, decentralized infrastructure for community-governed social spaces. - Blacksky Algorithms

https://github.com/blacksky-algorithms
Client https://github.com/blacksky-algorithms/blacksky.community
Infra https://github.com/blacksky-algorithms/rsky

Also other stuff like migration (tektite) https://github.com/blacksky-algorithms/tektite-cc-migration-service

And moderation

10.03.2026 14:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It would also be tragically ironic if this project was done before the advent of LLMs (from his perspective, not medical advice, don’t feed medical data to AI services), if he was frustrated from a lack of insight by all the data he collected… which would have new, fun issues.

10.03.2026 13:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I swear I read about this project several years ago. Most of the insights he gleamed from the data were pretty obvious in retrospect (health affects mood). It seemed like in the end he didn’t have a strong motivation for himself for why he did it?

I think the term for this is β€œembodied self”.

10.03.2026 13:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

ε―Ή

10.03.2026 02:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I tried that and I made a joke about Oracle on Bluesky and Oracle deleted my VPS/account (I'm not joking πŸ’€)

10.03.2026 02:10 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

...so maybe check back in a week or two? Will probably post the code to tangled once I feel good about it. I'm kind of upset that it worked as well as it did b/c I started playing with Objective C as a joke.

10.03.2026 00:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

this is llm-assisted so I'm hesitant to release it until I've re-written it by hand

but developer.apple.com/documentatio... makes breaking up the protocol implementation conceptually very nice

the crypto is using parts of tweetnacl.cr.yp.to πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ
and the ui is basic appkit stuff

09.03.2026 23:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

yes this is the third ssb client I've shown a demo for in a completely different language... don't @ me I'm having fun

09.03.2026 22:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A screenshot of a dark-themed macOS application interface, a client for secure scuttlebutt. The left sidebar displays a list of long, cryptographic IDs ending in ".ed25519" grouped under headings like "127.0.0.1" and "SSB-ROOM.J-SERV.DE". Next to each ID is a colored status dot (green, red, yellow, or cyan). One ID is highlighted in purple. The main panel on the right displays the selected ID in large text, noting it is "ONLINE / DISCOVERED VIA ssb-room.j-serv.de" with a latency of 42 ms and using the "MuxRPC / JSON" protocol. At the bottom right, a log panel shows a "MuxRPC Decoded Body" containing an array of several similar IDs.

A screenshot of a dark-themed macOS application interface, a client for secure scuttlebutt. The left sidebar displays a list of long, cryptographic IDs ending in ".ed25519" grouped under headings like "127.0.0.1" and "SSB-ROOM.J-SERV.DE". Next to each ID is a colored status dot (green, red, yellow, or cyan). One ID is highlighted in purple. The main panel on the right displays the selected ID in large text, noting it is "ONLINE / DISCOVERED VIA ssb-room.j-serv.de" with a latency of 42 ms and using the "MuxRPC / JSON" protocol. At the bottom right, a log panel shows a "MuxRPC Decoded Body" containing an array of several similar IDs.

@nichoth.com πŸ‘€

(I was just messing around with macOS networking apis and objective c, also yes that sidebar is misaligned)

09.03.2026 22:45 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

You can support @thisismissem.social to be able to do open source and standards work on her website support.thisismissem.social

09.03.2026 20:30 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

are there other people you'd recommend I follow? Asking partially because developers on here seem to have a taste for ASCII and related art for their projects and I would love to see someone get some $$$ and recognition for their work

<3

09.03.2026 20:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

yeah I have a similar feeling towards similar art subfields like pixel art - you can use tools to assist you encode stuff like 3D transformations, perspective, shading/dithering, depth, etc but it's hard to capture the subtle artistic touches and overall art direction that make pieces great

09.03.2026 20:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

blacksky.community runs completely independently from Bluesky although it integrates with and builds on their work (the Authenticated Transfer Protocol aka atproto)

@blackskyweb.xyz as a company is supported by voluntary members subscriptions.

09.03.2026 20:01 πŸ‘ 407 πŸ” 182 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 16

Emelia has already done so much great standards and auth work behind the scenes, which benefits not just atproto/atmosphere, but also ActivityPub, Solid, and other social web ecosystems.

really excited about the potential for FedCM to make login flows slick and competitive with Google/Apple/Meta

09.03.2026 19:43 πŸ‘ 102 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

update πŸ₯³

witchsky.app/profile/did:...

09.03.2026 19:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

*bad for pedestrians as the local economy caters to people who don’t go out and explore their local environment and meet up with people at cafes and such

Though I have no idea if this is a concern in practice, it’s hard to predict second order effects.

09.03.2026 19:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One last thought, a concern one could have is cannibalization of the local economy for short term gain vs. long term growth. If this distribution hubs pop up in unused spaces then great, but if restaurants decide it’s better to just downsize to smaller delivery only kitchens, bad for pedestrians

09.03.2026 19:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe what I was thinking is like can a national delivery workers co-op be sustainable that has some organization at the local level but connected to a bigger structure? I don’t know much about the economic effects of co-ops. I.e can it be something other than a VC backed tech company?

09.03.2026 19:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

no worries I appreciate your perspective, I'm no expert and I appreciate a counterpoint

09.03.2026 18:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I appreciate it, just something I was thinking about b/c I've done some delivery before and the math didn't seem to math

09.03.2026 18:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

just need to give Emelia her checkmark πŸ˜‰

she was the first person to help me and a lot of others in the atproto discord in addition to all her important work for the community ☺️

09.03.2026 18:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

verify @thisismissem.social @bsky.app

09.03.2026 18:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Heeey, look, it's me!

I'm super hyped to announce that @bsky.app have given me a grant to work on the standards for the Federated Credential Management API (or FedCM) to make them really work for all decentralized web applications.

09.03.2026 18:29 πŸ‘ 433 πŸ” 79 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 10

idk who to ask, @bobbby.online, @bmann.ca ? but does anyone have good research on gig-economy stuff because it feels very wasteful at scale vs. something like local driver owned co-ops. I remember a paper out of MIT a while ago that said most services were really inefficient (ignoring ethics).

09.03.2026 18:35 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

give the @blackskyweb.xyz team some GCP credits, Rudy needs a break hosting the only production alternative appview at the scale of Bluesky πŸ’°πŸ”₯ πŸ˜…

if anyone should be recognized for their efforts it's that team, most serious project in the atmosphere

09.03.2026 18:23 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

+1 for fig ( @bad-example.com ) for @microcosm.blue
very important service

@chive.pub / @layers.pub new, but two of most interesting projects (scientific publishing + linguistics annotation)

@chadtmiller.com (quickslices)
@germnetwork.com
@stream.place (livestreaming!)
@tangled.org (git forge)

09.03.2026 18:17 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Jealous I don’t have an android phone ;)
Keep up the good work!

09.03.2026 16:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Make @kandake.africa pay for her CSS crimes by sponsoring @transrights.northsky.social

09.03.2026 13:52 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wait I’m confused for multiple reasons what is going on here, do they think custom handles are an ick but also don’t realize Eurosky, Blacksky, Northsky, etc exist?

…isn’t it β€œbsky.social” anyway?

09.03.2026 13:50 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

an "llm would never write this"-type commit

08.03.2026 23:22 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0