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/
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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
Get ready for another rush.
https://www.wired.com/story/bluesky-ceo-jay-graber-is-stepping-down/
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
"Fuentes’ recent surge in popularity did not come from organic grassroots support, but a coordinated campaign among his followers, foreign engagement farms, anonymous bot networks, and targeted “raid” tactics aimed at gaming the algorithms on X."
**Nick Fuentes Seems Popular—Until You See Where His Clicks Come From**
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/12/09/inside-the-social-media-operation-behind-nick-fuentes-and-the-groyper-movement-n2667546
I've been working on this one for a while. The multi-trillion-dollar AI industry? Their *most advanced platforms* are controlled by a plain text format that John Gruber made up for his blog, and then bounced off of a 17-year-old Aaron Swartz, before sharing it with the world for free. *That* is the internet. Here's the amazing (true!) story of how Markdown took over the world.
🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Gruff Rhys:
🎵 Sensations In The Dark
#NowPlaying #GruffRhys
https://open.spotify.com/track/1M98LtLecb3J1aJvaC8aQK
A look at the history and rise of Markdown, which has been adopted across the tech industry in the decades since its quiet launch in 2004 by John Gruber (Anil Dash)
https://www.anildash.com/2026/01/09/how-markdown-took-over-the-world/