2026-03-07 04:35:30
Kuba Suder's blog:
How Bluesky works,
What works well and what doesn’t,
And also, what’s likely coming next.
https://mackuba.eu/2024/02/21/bluesky-guide/
Kuba Suder's blog:
How Bluesky works,
What works well and what doesn’t,
And also, what’s likely coming next.
https://mackuba.eu/2024/02/21/bluesky-guide/
I fell into it’: ex-criminal hackers urge Manchester pupils to use web skills for good
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/202
A profile of Aaron Rupar, who manages a social media news operation monitoring Trump across 12 TV channels simultaneously, supported by a $50/year Substack (George Grylls/The Times)
https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/aaron-…
The man who watches Trump all day, every day (George Grylls/The Times)
https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/aaron-rupar-bluesky-twitter-trump-z02t3dxng
http://www.memeorandum.com/260407/p3#a260407p3
BlueSky seems to be having connectivity issues for me this afternoon... people there are blaming it on the use of AI in their codebase, so I think now would be a good time for someone to review my PR I have open against it, to tell Claude to ensure it's following the proper licensing requirements: https://github.com/bluesky-social/social-app/pull/9709
I swear everyone over on BlueSky is drunk tonight.
Well, most of them are Americans, and I guess that considering what's going on there, getting drunk is not such a weird reaction.
Bluesky stellt KI-Assistenten „Attie“ für eigene Social-Feeds vor
Mit "Attie" testet Bluesky KI als Werkzeug für mehr Nutzerkontrolle und rückt zugleich sein offenes Protokoll in den Fokus.
https…
@… haven't read this in full yet, but looks relevant to what you've been pondering https://social.coop/@ntnsndr/116363841612449282
I keep seeing posts from this side of the bluesky bridge saying that bluesky is down.
Live updates: US, Iran say they have agreed to a two-week ceasefire (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-israel-trump-04-07-2026?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=69d59255526892000141413f
http://www.memeorandum.com/260407/p154#a260407p154
Bluesky picked a good day for a major outage, nothing important happening like humans traveling the furthest ever from Earth
RE: https://mastodon.social/@taylorlorenz/116025421547573109
@…
I'm late to this conversation and then I had to read through the responses to see what I could add. Most of the points, good and bad, are contained in the replies. So I tried to apply an analogy using the experience of similar but different events.
The difference between having an account on social media platforms from the tech bros (X, BlueSky, Threads) versus participating on Mastodon is like two different types of cocktail parties. One is closer to a corporate event like those held at industry conferences. The other is a neighborhood get-together at someone's house.
Algo interessante sobre a guerra do #Irã é a estratégia perpétua da #ultradireita: crie uma pauta de inimigos para mostrar que você tem uma pauta.
#Trump é um pastel de vento, um boneco de posto. Precisa do ar qu…
@… Ehrlicherweise muss man sagen, dass @… @… eher passiv im Fediverse sind. Auf Bluesky als caro…
Live updates: Trump warns a 'whole civilization will die tonight' but says Iran could still capitulate (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-israel-trump-04-07-2026?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=69d4f75334cb84000157c391
http://www.memeorandum.com/260407/p23#a260407p23
Hungary does have the lowest household electricity prices in the European Union.
That, however, has little to do with the supplies of Russian fuels that Orbšn is seeking to preserve
— and more with big government spending and the transition to green energy,
two policies the U.S. administration Vance belongs to has sought to curb.
I got an email at work from the union, asking me to follow them on Bluesky and/or Threads. I replied back that I can't until they enable the Bridgy Fed or turn on sharing to the Fediverse. I'm guessing that I will never hear from them again.
Angeblich empfehlen die drei X-flüchtigen Parteien, zu Bluesky zu wechseln, aber hier tauchen gerade ganz viele Neue auf.
Welcome!
(Aber wie kam's?)
mastodon has its own share of issues, but at least it's *functional*
…this post is about bluesky :P
Various social media sites down, or problematic, for large numbers of users?
X (Twitter), Discord, Bluesky, Reddit … hmm. Attached: four screenshots from <https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/>.
Reddit was repeatedly down for me, then up around 19:58 in the UK (18:58 UTC), then up, now a…
Hahahahahahahahahahhahhahhahahhahhahhahahha
*choking sounds*
Hahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahaah
https://bsky.app/profile/koldinium.com/post/3mky4hw5a5c2i
I don't understand why people respond to me on bluesky (thanks to my allowing myself to be federated to bluesky), when they don't allow themselves to be federated from bluesky out to the Fediverse. How do they think I'm going to respond to them?
Almost every recent example has been a #HamRadio post, so — if you see this and have been wondering why I didn't respond to you, please a…
Good point made on Bluesky:
"Threatening the destruction of "a whole civilization" is just explicitly a threat of genocide. Even if it is just a bargaining tactic, even if it is just bluster, it is a threat of genocide. Everyone who has furthered, and continues to further, the aims of this regime is morally culpable."
Bluesky raised a $100M Series B led by Bain Capital Crypto in April 2025, following a $15M Series A in 2024 and an $8M seed in 2023; it now has over 43M users (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/19/bluesky-announces-100m-series-b-af…
My brain glitches every time I see some politician, CEO, journalist, artist, etc. posting on Twitter and being quoted by news outlets who, surprise, also are on Twitter. Look, I can only speak for my tiny person, but joining Twitter and getting comfortable on it 16 years ago wasn't any harder than joining Mastodon or Bluesky
1. If you are on X because otherwise you'll lose some of that sweet cash revenue, well, fuck you
2. If you are on X because of the above person, well,…
Anyway, Mastodon needs reply controls (e.g. limiting replies to people you follow or who follow you).
Bluesky has done this really well, not perfect but it's a much better experience for everyone there..
RE: https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/116175531453868940
alt 1: WaPo on Bluesky, “To strike 1,000 targets in 24 hours in Iran, the U.S. military leveraged the most advanced AI it’s ever used in warfare.
Anthropic’s Claude partnered with the…
Bluesky thanks you for giving them the benefit of the doubt. That was all they needed. You may now get fucked.
#iToldYouSo
RE: https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/116167644511095804
My first day at BlueSky went well, IMO :3
If you missed it on Tim's blog, here it is again.
Long critical read on the #decoupling myth.
A response to Jonathan Aldred: On the tortuous relationship between GDP and macroecological footprints - resilience
Loopt lekker met die oorlog tegen Iran.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/navy…
Not bothering with bridged Bluesky accounts anymore. Almost every post seems to end up leading to a page inaccessible to non-Bluesky users.
World’s oldest tortoise caught in viral crypto death scam
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/02/worlds-oldest-tortoise-crypto-death-scam?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=…
Natürlich wäre das Fediverse sehr viel superer als der Schritt von X zu Bluesky, den GRÜNE, LINKE und SPD jetzt angekündigt haben. Aber: immerhin. Und wir hier haben eh den Ruf, Dinge besser zu wissen und alles zu zerreden. Insofern freue ich mich vor allem, dass ganz allmählich der X-Exit der politischen Blase beginnt.*
* Mangels Account habe ich keine Ahnung, ob die da noch ist, vermute es aber.
Noch ein paar der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Bluesky-Ausfall: DDoS-Angriff angeblich von iranischer Gruppe „313 Team“
Endlich. Grüne, SPD und Linke verlassen X in einer abgestimmten Aktion. „X ist in den letzten Jahren im Chaos versunken" — so lautet die gemeinsame Begründung. Bluesky und Mastodon als Alternativen. Längst überfällig, aber lieber jetzt als nie. Wer folgt? #Deutschlandfunk #DigitaleSouveränität
Jonny (good kind) is the new #JohnMastodon!
Since @… 's thread on Claude code made the rounds, it leaked out of the Fediverse via different sources (Reddit, Bluesky, LinkedIn…
Mn account op Bluesky verhuisd naar eem server in Europa.
Voor een verstokt browser gebruiker bleek dat toch nog wat voeten in aarde te hebben: verplicht inloggen via bsky.app
😇😇
Ach ja ... #eurosky ziet er wel heel Europees uit. 😅
Anyone who still needs a metric ton of mental sh*tload today, just take a quick peek into the depths of human existence and check out the comments under the latest official Bluesky post on Twitter / X. It's so pathetic.
https://x.com/bluesky/status/2044842503388426263
RE: https://social.wildeboer.net/@jwildeboer/116515084599181798
Good stuff.
(of course, says the Narrator, they'll now go over to Bluesky, just to be forced to do the same there in a few years)
Happy horny #Satyrday, everyone 😈
I'm not entirely certain about the original artist. I think it was Bavarii on Tumblr who is now on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/bavarii.bsky.social
So, bluesky Bridge erfolgreich eingerichtet. Alles läuft nun von Mastodon aus.
Jetzt muss ich nur noch die Accounts über die Bridge finden denen ich bei Bluesky folgte.
#WirverlassenX, aber warum Bluesky?
Wired reports: #Bluesky CEO Jay Graber @… is stepping down – Venture capitalist Toni Schneider @toni.bsky.team will take over as interim CEO.¹
Graber will become Bluesky’s Chief Innovation Officer.
Graber's statement:
#SocialMedia
Yknow what, I AM similar to Duran Duran. Thanks for noticing, #Bluesky!
Bluesky says a sophisticated DDoS attack is to blame for continued app outages but it has not seen any evidence of unauthorized access to private data (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/17/its-not-just-you-bluesky-is-sorta-down/
…
This evening I experienced an unpleasant pile-on during a brief visit to BlueSky. Someone was saying that people on Mastodon don't get jokes and you can't even quote-tweet. I replied saying that Masto has had quote tweets for about 6 mths whereas BSky still doesn't have an edit function.
Then about 6 of them got really nasty and I quickly blocked the lot of them.
I guess it's hard for US folks to grasp that this is a multi-lingual place and not the locker room of t…
TACO.
☑️ Trump Team Quietly Drops Case Against Dems in “Illegal Orders” Video | The New Republic
https://newrepublic.com/post/206952/donald-trump-drops-case-democrats-message-troops?ut…
Bluesky: CEO Jay Graber tritt ab, Kapitalgeber soll Suche nach Nachfolge leiten https://www.heise.de/news/Bluesky-CEO-Jay-Graber-tritt-ab-Kapitalgeber-soll-Suche-nach-Nachfolge-leiten-11204888.html
Soziales Netzwerk Bluesky am Donnerstagmorgen down
Zugriffe auf das soziale Netz Bluesky sind seit Donnerstagmorgen nicht möglich. Die Ursache der Störung ist unbekannt.
https://www.heise.de…
Bluesky announces $100M Series B after CEO transition | TechCrunch
"The round, led by Bain Capital Crypto, was closed in April 2025 but had not been disclosed until now."
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/19/bluesky-announces-100m-series-b…
For some companies, the Trump-Netanyahu war brings extra profits.
https://news.sky.com/story/bluesky-13537444
The End of Social Media: An Interview With Jack Dorsey
<https://www.piratewires.com/p/interview-with-jack-dorsey-mike-solana>
– on his exit from Bluesky, how Twitter lost its way, Jack’s strategy for ending censorship forever, new background on the…
Police are using surveillance tech to stalk love interests. Dystopia, here we come
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/02/fl…
Social network Bluesky is gearing up for big changes with today’s news that
the company raised $100 million in Series B funding.
The round, led by Bain Capital Crypto, was closed in April 2025 but had not been disclosed until now
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/19/blue…
So a Replyguy just replied with "linking directly to the article to avoid Bluesky shit" to my post.
Dude, the "Bluesky shit" is the thread by a scientist I was linking to specifically because it destroyed the stupid lies in the article you linked to.
Maybe try reading the "Bluesky shit" first before hitting the reply button, idk.
Bluesky integrates Germ DM, an E2E encrypted messaging app built on AT Protocol, making it the first private messenger natively available in the Bluesky app (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/18/a-st
I see Bluesky's down. I guess they've got their armageddon in the US now.
Tiger Woods called Trump between car flip and DUI arrest: report (Nicole Charky-Chami/Raw Story)
https://www.rawstory.com/tiger-woods-2676658142/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=69cee76649934b0001c822b4
http://www.memeorandum.com/260403/p7#a260403p7
US AI giants OpenAI and Anthropic appear untroubled by their technologies being used for mass surveillance of non-Americans, including Europeans, according to recent public statements.
https://www.euract…
Flipboard launches Surf, an app for creating custom feeds from Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky, RSS, podcasts, and YouTube, after over a year in beta (David Pierce/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/905929/flipboard-surf-fediverse-launch
The Department of Justice and Attorney General Pam Bondi have struggled to replace attorneys
after a mass exodus of recent resignations, retirements and buyouts, an analyst said on Thursday.
https://www.
The economic fog in Trump's head spreads over the world. https://www.reuters.com/business/with-us-tariff-r…
Flipboard launches Surf, an app for creating custom feeds from Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky, RSS, podcasts, and YouTube, after over a year in beta (David Pierce/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/905929/flipboard-surf-fediverse-launch
Investigators in Trump Assassination Attempt Look Through Bluesky for Suspect's Motive (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/us/politics/cole-allen-coldforce-bluesky-investigation.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260427/p114#a260427p114
Report: Netflix will pay the two KPop Demon Hunters directors and co-writers about $50M over five years and give them merchandise and music revenue sharing (Oli Welsh/Polygon.com)
https://www.polygon.com/kpop-demon-hunters
Get ready for another rush.
https://www.wired.com/story/bluesky-ceo-jay-graber-is-stepping-down/
Jay Graber is stepping down as Bluesky CEO, saying a "seasoned operator focused on scaling and execution" is needed; VC Toni Schneider is named interim CEO (Kate Knibbs/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/bluesky-ceo-jay-graber-is-stepping-down/
…
"Middle East crisis could cost world $1tn while oil firms make ‘obscene’ profit, analysis finds", so we should let the oil firms pay more...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/20
EXCLUSIVE: WHCD shooter's BlueSky posts REVEALED, aggressively anti-Trump, JD Vance, pro-Ukraine (The Post Millennial)
https://thepostmillennial.com/exclusive-whcd-shooters-bluesky-posts-revealed-aggressively-anti-trump-jd-vance-pro-ukraine
http://www.memeorandum.com/260426/p73#a260426p73
This is for Wynn Resorts.
ShinyHunters demands $1.5M not to leak Vegas casino and resort chain data
https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/20/shinyhunters_wynn_resorts/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky
Alaska Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski,
fed up with being kept in the dark on combat operations,
is quietly drafting legislation that would force Congress to take a potentially explosive vote
on whether to formally authorize using military force against Iran.
Such a move signals deep fractures within GOP ranks just months before midterms.
"Ms. Murkowski described the move on Thursday as an act of desperation
to try to put some parameters around the o…
Suspected WHCD Shooter Boosted Bluesky Posts Saying Trump Should Be 'Tried For High Crimes' (Collin Anderson/The Washington Free Beacon)
https://freebeacon.com/issues/suspected-whcd-shooter-boosted-bluesky-posts-saying-trump-should-be-tried-for-high-crimes/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260426/p27#a260426p27
"Bridgy" connects over 40,000 Fedi accounts to ATproto,
-- which is two orders of magnitude more than the next ATproto service that is not Bluesky.
But these accounts, while visible to all of Bluesky, can't see most of Bluesky.
https://mastoreader.io/?url=https%3…
This sounds like a doomsday scenario but i am afraid this thread on BlueSky could be right.
"1/ The world faces a catastrophic cliff-edge shortage of oil due to the Strait of Hormuz blockade in the next four weeks, analysts warn. This will cause a deep recession, fuel rationing, the shutdown of entire industries, and oil prices potentially as high as $370 per barrel."
Per @masnick.com on BlueSky:
"OpenAI posted the terms of the deal. Reveals that it absolutely does allow for domestic surveillance. EO 12333 is how the NSA hides its domestic surveillance by capturing communications by tapping into lines *outside the US* even if it contains info from/on US persons."
https://
Spanish police say four self-proclaimed members of Anonymous are in custody after allegedly carrying out several cyberattacks on public authorities in the wake of the 2024 DANA floods.
https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/23/anonymous_…
Cory Booker says Democrats have 'failed this moment,' need new leaders (Kathryn Palmer/USA Today)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/03/29/cory-booker-democrats-2028/89376895007/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=69c9a7fe47f6630001dcadb7
http://www.memeorandum.com/260329/p53#a260329p53
A St. George Nevada woman just set a new female 100-mile world record in running,
completing the distance in 12:19.34.
This works out to be 7 minutes and 21 seconds per mile.
https://www.…