I wrote about why @knightfoundation.org invested in
@bsky.app: philanthropy can act when mission & opportunity align. We believe in @jay.bsky.team's vision for a better social web—& in ideas (like @masnick.com's) that grow out of the research ecosystem Knight has long supported. kf.org/kfbluesky
From left to right: moderator Luke Hogg of FAI, Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle, TCP/IP co-author Vint Cerf, Electronic Frontier Foundation exec director Cindy Cohn, and Ars Technica co-founder Jon Stokes.
Quite the lineup of speakers at this Foundation for American Innovation event celebrating the open Web at Georgetown University's Riggs Library. luma.com/cfxt621v
Age verification has become a real policy flashpoint, but this paper from @fai.bsky.social's @lehogg.bsky.social and Evan Swarztrauber is a worthwhile nuanced read: www.thefai.org/posts/on-the...
Hello Bluesky, I've been told this app has become the place to go for common sense political discussion and analysis. So I'm thrilled to be here to engage with all of you.
This thread is staggeringly naive about what China is and what it wants, as are the people retweeting it as if it's some sort of cogent analysis.
Links and a bunch more stuff to buy (including a $350,000 treat for those you *really* love) on Transformer
Thanks to @timhwang.bsky.social and @zgr.bsky.social for the inspo
Ferguson, then Virginia Solicitor General, spoke at @knightfdn.bsky.social Informed conference in 2022.
And thanks for valuable feedback from early reviewers:
@mchrisriley.com
@ethanz.bsky.social
@chandrn.bsky.social
@daphnek.bsky.social
Francis Fukuyama
Aviv Ovadya
@zoelle.bsky.social
@zgr.bsky.social
@lehogg.bsky.social
@noupside.bsky.social
@mmasnick.bsky.social
...
Back to see how things are on this site 👀
“In Ayn we trust”
@fai.bsky.social party last night
Favorite Oregon Pinot?
My staff don’t have invite codes yet, AMA.
One Clause to rule them all, One Clause to find them, One Clause to bring them all and in the SCOTUS bind them.
National Constitution Center in Philly
Had a blast at @calebwatney.bsky.social / @alecstapp.bsky.social / EIG conference in Lancaster, PA
It seems like people are identifying a few things about bluesky that feel to be working:
-Quote tweet function
-Exclusivity of invite codes
-Intangible culture of “posting”
Honestly it just sort of feels like how twitter *used* to be. Is that just bc of similar aesthetics?
Interpretability Research
Anyone have a spare invite code?
EFF’s Gennie Gebhart is hiring!
She’s amazing and looking for a full-time, U.S.-based (remote friendly!) Director for the Public Interest Technology team.
Have an outsized impact on digital rights through your management skills + technical knowledge
#JobAlert
Excellent post from Brian Potter on one of my favorite topics.
constructionphysics.substack.com/p/could-we-stop-yellowst...
Getting excessively involved in local politics
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📢 Android is finally here! 🎉
Google takes a while to update their search so here’s the direct link:
play.google.com/store/apps/details
Porto’s in LA
Facebook did this at one point
How it’s going:
Welcome to the first app built on atproto!
https://atproto.com/
How it started: