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"ROOST aims to ensure that developers at all levels can implement best practices in safety." Whether your team is 👤,👥, or 🏢 sized... we aim to build safety tools for everyone. Thanks @commoncrawl.bsky.social, let's protect the shared resource of the internet! commoncrawl.org/blog/opening...

submitted 23 hours ago • 0 comments

I wrote about Musk and this bureaucratic coup as plainly as I could. There's reporting in here & the particulars are overwhelming but what's happening is so clear: He's not trying to run the federal govt like a software company He's trying to turn it into a political weapon. (gift link)

submitted 22 days ago • 93 comments

Frustrated there's not more I can do directly, but for now I can just try to document reality. Elon is bringing his Twitter destruction playbook to the US government, and it's impossible to explain just how serious and bad this is. www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...

submitted 25 days ago • 86 comments

Listen to three of my favorite people & must trusted sources on the governance of online speech and how we got here @nicolewong.bsky.social @dwillner.bsky.social @delbius.bsky.social in ON w/ @karaswisher.bsky.social It's like a New Governors reunion! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

What. A. Week. Here it is, all in one place: ▪️ Elon Musk's twitchy fingers ▪️ WebPurify acquired ▪️ All the reaction to Meta's T&S about-turn ▪️ Creators of Discord's biggest mod bot Plus posts of the week from david wolfpaw, @delbius.bsky.social & ATIM. www.everythinginmoderation.co/meta-zuckerb...

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

Need to get to the bottom of a Trust & Safety incident? Try using the 7 Rules of Causation, part of my upcoming Root Cause Analysis guide from the Trust & Safety toolkit. #TrustandSafety #contentmoderation #incidentreports #incidentresponse

submitted 49 days ago • 1 comment

May I humbly suggest that for the comics-and-history buff in your life, my book about how newspaper cartoons were made—including never-before-printed Doonesbury and Peanuts printing artifacts—would be a great gift? glog.glennf.com/hcwm-store/h...

submitted 82 days ago • 11 comments

After nearly three decades, a Minnesota summer camp for kids with HIV/AIDS is closing and up for sale... because retroviral drugs are so effective that there aren't enough campers. Science works, y'all. www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...

submitted 60 days ago • 330 comments

Did your kid get a new tablet, gaming console, smartphone, etc., this holiday season? It’s probably a good idea to talk to them about online safety! Here’s a FREE resource to help have that convo: the Online Safety Pact. Get your own copy at delbius.com/resources!

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

Seeing lots of conversations happening around and about kids and online safety. Here’s a free online safety pact I created for families with children under 13: drive.google.com/file/d/1dvWX...

submitted 89 days ago • 2 comments

Newly added to my open-source Trust & Safety Toolkit: a lightweight Root Cause Analysis template for Trust & Safety incidents! Simple enough to use regularly, thorough enough to drive real change. Comes with a filled-in example so you can see how it works. Find it at delbius.com/resources#rc....

submitted 92 days ago • 5 comments

I’ve decided to leave Scientific American after an exciting 4.5 years as editor in chief. I’m going to take some time to think about what comes next (and go birdwatching), but for now I’d like to share a very small sample of the work I’ve been so proud to support (thread)

submitted 103 days ago • 1242 comments

I spent a good 3+ hours today using a combination of a paddle bit, Forstner bit, and chisel and hammer to make a fake peg leg for a chaise lounge so it would look more “shabby” and every second of that distraction was excellent, even the ones where I banged my knuckles really hard.

submitted 111 days ago • 2 comments

Rewatching an old classic this morning. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRi8...

submitted 127 days ago • 1 comment

Jonathan Haidt today debated Candice Odgers, an actual expert in the field of tech & mental health who (unlike Haidt) has actually been studying this issue for years. She's been one of the leading critics of Haidt's claim, since the research doesn't support his args. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ewxe...

submitted 140 days ago • 20 comments

Tinu deserved so much more than she was given. her memory is a blessing, and it should also be a call to action: pandemic isn’t over yet, and people are still dying. Tinu was vulnerable, anyone can become vulnerable. you are only ever temporarily non-disabled, treat disabled people with care.

submitted 149 days ago • 0 comments

Goal: create a lighting effect of a torch being used to ignite street lamps. V0 POC done!

submitted 152 days ago • 0 comments

Has anyone figured out a way to handle all their old music CDs that they’re relatively pleased with (other than storing them in a box in perpetuity)? I’m pretty sure I’ve got some otherwise unavailable gems in my collection and I’d hate to lose them forever.

submitted 158 days ago • 2 comments

Calling all science/tech folks: Do you have thoughts about xkcd? Parker Bach & I are trying to understand the role that xkcd plays in the scientific/technical community. Will you share your thoughts? forms.office.com/pages/respon... And since we are doing a snowball sample, please pass the word!

submitted 159 days ago • 29 comments

"The reason we don’t see exploding battery attacks more often is not because it’s technically hard, it’s because the erosion of public trust in everyday things isn’t worth it." www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2024/tu...

submitted 159 days ago • 11 comments

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #49,229! That’s all I have to say about that.

submitted 161 days ago • 0 comments

🦛 head.

submitted 170 days ago • 0 comments

My kids are at the age where Pokémon Go is super-fun for them, which means I’ve dusted off my old account. Anyone else out there still playing?

submitted 176 days ago • 1 comment

Looking to increase the impact of your Trust & Safety work? Here’s my prescription: delbius.com/trust-and-sa.... Feel free to @ me if you’d like to discuss the treatment plan further!

submitted 199 days ago • 10 comments

summoning circle, hope this works 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 a TS dev or 🕯 a community 🕯 marketing 🕯 🕯 manager 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 apply here! jobs.gem.com/bluesky

submitted 200 days ago • 14 comments

Love this. Truly, doing the work that needs to be done.

submitted 201 days ago • 2 comments

Fantastic opening talk by @charlottewillner.bsky.social at TrustCon, setting the perfect tone for the rest of the conference – a blend of practicality and (grounded) optimism.

submitted 218 days ago • 2 comments