gm, i log in and see everyone talking about how grok is fully fascist now. the article i wrote yesterday is about how the dynamic of "musk does bad => people go to bsky" is now over, and how this mechanism was a reflection of a particular moment in time RE: View quoted note →
Bluesky and the fediverse have constructed a narrative of how growth of the networks happen: when Musk does something particularly evil or stupid, people migrate in a wave looking for an ethical alternative. But what happens when that pattern breaks down? [connectedplaces.online/growth-narra...]( ) [Growth narratives on the new s...]( )
This week's Bluesky and atproto news: - Bluesky as a destination for sports and political campaigns - What impact does Brazil's latest Supreme Court ruling has on Bluesky? - New tool to connect your atproto account with your ethereum wallet [connectedplaces.online/reports/blue...]( ) [Bluesky Report – #123]( )
RE: https://shimeji.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd&cid=bafkreibxso4ygd5qa6n73v7mffhbmvdkaxboz3qcsuiivon77ezjksmdlu
slow news week in fedi, with the main news being that the thing nobody seemed to believe would actually happen indeed does not happen: Tumblr will not migrate to a WordPress backend, and with it, will not be used their fediverse connection either [connectedplaces.online/reports/fedi...]( ) RE: [Fediverse Report – #123]( ) View quoted note →
FACT: booping a cows nose during a run gives you a power up https://shimeji.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd&cid=bafkreia7qwupnhxtqwoiffulwzrjzqq7usiwmo2eqslvgvsq6lbz2y34aq
they should invent spiders that are harmless and tiny and friendly but also eat the flies whole. my current house spiders are friendly little guys that just slurp the fly and then build a graveyard of discarded husks around them
lol of all the fediverse promises this one was the most obvious to never actually happen RE:
when your friends text you to meet at buttplug gnome https://shimeji.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd&cid=bafkreigqijjjaipjletvvbn4pikq77vosiy4rcn5qit5eb545cfcxqtmra
This weeks atproto news: - Zeppelin is a new full-network appview, allowing you to use the Bluesky network without Bluesky PBC's infrastructure - [@roomy.chat]( ) shows the alignment and struggles of combining atproto with local-first computing [connectedplaces.online/reports/atmo...]( ) [ATmosphere Report – #122]( )