Bluesky

👋 Bluesky is an open social network that gives creators independence from platforms, developers the freedom to build, and users a choice in their experience. We're so excited to have you here! We share Bluesky updates & news from this account. A quick orientation thread: 🧵✨

Bluesky has four kinds of users

Snow puff! Photo from my collection, 1960.

Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?

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20K people have added 60K profile links in the first 24 hours! we pushed an update with some bug fixes and will keep polishing. thanks all for the feedback.

Also new in today’s v1.136 update: iPad support! One of our most-requested features is finally here in beta. Try out the Bluesky app on your iPad, and if you see anything off, let us know under Settings > Beta features.

bluesky introduced me to a life without: 1) ads 2) catturd

GM. We are going to win. An internet where 4 corporations wall us all into their surveillance state and make us pay rent forever is just incompatible with human flourishing. The only question is how long it takes everyone propping up history's worst billionaires to figure this out.

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if you remember none pizza with left beef, it's time to start taking a daily multivitamin

good morning, my livestream with Alex Gibney is tomorrow at Noon Eastern/9 am Pacific, please join us for a conversation about the making of "MUSK," storytelling in the age of social media, the threat that media consolidation poses to independent journalism, and much more

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no kings includes billionaires who think they’re kings

“Pro wrestling conversations, like sports on Bluesky across the board, rarely engagement-farm—posts are celebratory and much more real. The lesson is to invest in product features that serve people who care more about the community than they care about going viral.” — @harry.bsky.team

The Bob's Burgers illustrators love accurate buildings and infrastructure, down to the framing, plumbing, wiring. The boiler has an expansion tank. The power poles have transformers wired up just like they should be. There's a gas meter in the alley. The under-sink plumbing is detailed and correct

v1.135 is live! You can now browse quote posts by Top in addition to Latest. And posts keep their thread numbering when quoted. These changes are rolling out now. If you don’t see them yet, try refreshing your browser or visiting the app store to make sure you’ve updated to the latest version.

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Announcing Attie site builder! Starting today, Attie users can build small social pages like an AMA, a guestbook, or a survey your friends will argue about for a week. We made a few to get you started. Go make a better one and share it: attie.ai

saw some cool clouds today

we just pushed an update to search so it favors recency more, which should give better results for topical things, notable people, news, etc. might need more tuning, so give it a try and let me know what you think. props to @treethought.xyz for this update

My kid has started a Letterboxd list called Killer Sweaters for films where the killer wears a great sweater and they've asked me to throw it out to Bluesky for more because "that's the kind of thing those weirdos like to do"

Students made their first minicomics in my intro making course - mostly standard format but this student, a first time maker(!), did something so off the charts I’m still reeling from it! & he made like 12 of them for his classmates! A paper engineering feat of flipbookery as well as killer drawing!

Australopithecus 3 million years ago:

i got so many people calling this tweet fakeposting back when i made it but since this is bluesky and things have less reach on here im just going to post the photo

i rebooted minesweeper as a AAA shooter. loot boxes coming soon minesweeper.mikelacher.com

a masterclass in alt text

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we have an idea for communities in the app that we're calling "spaces" — places where people can gather around shared interests or social groups. here's a peek at some early prototypes. these are explorations, not polished or final. looking for feedback, esp from community builders 👀

Congratulations to Nobel Prize winner @deisseroth.bsky.social! Follow along with the prize announcements all week via @nobelprize.org

The modern research ecosystem of online tools and communities is controlled by for-profit companies. But we think that researchers should be the priority - not the product. So, we're announcing Aster ID: not-for-profit Atmosphere account hosting for researchers.

Happy opening day of hockey season, NHL fans! Keep up with all 1,344 regular season games with this starter pack of hockey writers.

If you're in line to vote for @bsky38.com, please stay in line! Polls close in just under 5 hours.

I don’t usually meddle on the writing side of Jeopardy!, but tonight I called in a favor for our Bluesky viewers.

Less than 4 hours until the #Emmys kick off! You can keep up with all the commentary, winners, joy—and, let's face it, disappointment—via our Emmys Watch feed right here on @bsky.app. Pin it now so you don't miss a thing! bsky.app/profile/avcl...