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Software engineer, gamer, music lover. @Microsoft but all views are my own. Do not take me seriously. https://www.brianoconnell.com
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I wrote this on eternal life and ceaseless cringe. And how I've no interest in living forever if it's in a world ruled by the weird, brittle freaks we call tech CEOs. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...

submitted 43 days ago • 61 comments

One day, people will wake up, turn most of this stuff off, and stop doing business with companies who don't respect them.

submitted 51 days ago • 58 comments

Training materials obtained by @theintercept.com include specific examples of permitted hate speech that “demonstrate that Meta’s policy changes are political in nature and not intended to simply allow more freedom of expression,” EFF’s @jillian.bsky.social said.

submitted 51 days ago • 27 comments

Once upon a time, not the entire internet was 4chan. Only 4chan was 4chan, because everywhere else would kick you out for Doing 4chan in their spaces. It sounds utopian, but it is true.

submitted 78 days ago • 155 comments

Is your Following feed overcrowded? Do you wish you could check in on one little world at a time? Not only does Bluesky have purpose-built feeds and lists for this, but you can convert any starter pack to a list using @wandrme.paxex.aero's terrific tool. Then you can pin it for easy access!

submitted 101 days ago • 93 comments

submitted 103 days ago • 14 comments

maybe the guy who names all the rappers is just tall

submitted 103 days ago • 29 comments

The fact that the right wing bad faith crowd is now trying to invade Bluesky because everybody left Twitter just shows you that their rotten ideologies can only get spread when they have institutional support to do so

submitted 104 days ago • 56 comments

Exploring the full bluesky firehose, in three dimensions: firehose3d.theo.io

submitted 105 days ago • 196 comments

I made a thing! I was playing around with the AT protocol and as a little experiment I made a website that visualises activity around Bluesky: nightsky.hctr.dev It listens to all new posts and shows them as little stars across a night sky 🌃 Every star is someone, somewhere, posting something

submitted 105 days ago • 318 comments

ok, let's break it down. at the core of atproto is the data. it lives own your own computer (or someone hosts it for you). think of it as a hard drive with JSON files on it data is structured (i.e. has a type), and can references other records on other peoples' computer with a URI like a hyperlink

submitted 119 days ago • 83 comments

We’re used to a symbol ✔️ to verify identity and status, which is hierarchical & binary. On bsky, our mods label 🔴 false identities as impersonations and we have more than a binary symbol ✔️ for you to express your presence, like custom domains! More experiments for equitable self-expression to come 🤗

submitted 106 days ago • 28 comments

a few common Bluesky misconceptions i see in articles

submitted 107 days ago • 41 comments

Ruh roh. Donnie’s already getting tired of Elon. Too much ego in one room, and he’s so annoying and awkward. Should we put up a head of lettuce? 🥬

submitted 108 days ago • 139 comments

To grow sustainably, we’re working on a subscription model for premium features like higher-quality video uploads and profile customizations (think colors and avatar frames), but Bluesky will always be free to use. We believe information and conversation should stay accessible to everyone.

submitted 129 days ago • 322 comments

I love the idea of starter packs on here to find interesting people. Sometimes I don't want to follow everyone from a pack (some of them are quite large) but would like to add them to a feed I can check in on. Is there an easy way to do that or am I missing the point of Starter Packs?

submitted 115 days ago • 1 comment

It seems awful early for it to feel so late.

submitted 118 days ago • 0 comments

Google’s use of AI is going GREAT

submitted 128 days ago • 77 comments

Sigh no C# SDK for the AT protocol atproto.wiki/AT_Protocol/...

submitted 128 days ago • 6 comments

submitted 132 days ago • 46 comments