Stand up.
Not because you are called to stand up
but because others may need to see you stand before they do.

Iain S Thomas
@realiainsthomas.bsky.social

I write to remind you
of the truth
because it doesn’t last.

It floats away like petals in a stream
and each day
we must find it again
and say,
“This is beautiful.
This is beautiful.”

We forget and, each day,
we must remember.

Iain S Thomas @realiainsthomas.bsky.social

This is the stuff I'm a doomer about. Real journalism takes time - even a quick, original 700-word story requires a lot of legwork, relationships, etc.

It can never compete with instant slop, or accounts that just plagiarize news for free with more sensationalistic (and wrong) framing.

Meta Now Lets Users Say Gay and Trans People Have 'Mental Illness' Meta rolled out a number of changes to its “Hateful Conduct” policy Tuesday as part of a sweeping overhaul of its approach toward content moderation.

NEW: Meta changed its Community Guidelines today to permit "allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation, given political and religious discourse about transgenderism and homosexuality" @knibbs.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/meta-i...

Should I be here or Threads?

Streets of Rage - Full Original Soundtrack OST YouTube video by EXTREME YouTube Gaming Channel

Streets of Rage youtu.be/5Lp0GJNTRV0

We should, as a society, all agree to start the run-up to Halloween on January 1. Just for one year to see how it goes. We won't know if it works until we try it.

Shit just got real.

A Bird Circling Up
By @realiainsthomas.bsky.social
#BeKind 🩷

….Amelien?

A 5 star review that reads “I’ve listened to every episode of this podcast and enjoyed every second. I originally started listened because I missed The High Low, but now I just love this podcast in its own right and I look forward to each new episode. The topic choices are always on point and the hosts are witty, wise, honest, relatable and funny. Keep up the amazing work girls!

A five star review reading 10/10 best podcast out there. Listening to smart women discuss pop culture in the most relevant, insightful way.

A five star review reading: I love the dynamic between you all, the intelligent culture and analysis and the topics you cover. I look forward to it every week.

A five star review reading: Listen without fail every week and is definitely filling the high low shaped hole in my life. Keep up the amazing work gals. This is followed my three clapping emojis.

posting reviews feels like the final boss of self promotion but we work so hard & have been making this largely on our own. it’s a tough industry & we’re up against a lot of famous & rich faces. so if any of this sounds like a show you or someone you know would like- try us out or tell a pal

Lots of fun stuff being made lately using the Jetstream, the firehose of all Bluesky posts. Here’s a growing thread of my favorites. (Send me more!)

im on every app. im in your city, in your neighborhood. the sales associate who handed you a large when you asked for a medium? that was me. i am now behind you.

Join Us for the WIRED Big Interview Event On December 3, WIRED will be sitting down with some of the biggest names in technology, business, science, and beyond for a full day packed with in-depth conversations.

I am thrilled to announce a *late edition* to the @wired.com Big Interview event on December 3rd.

In addition to Mira Murati, Jensen Huang, Mark Cuban, and many more, we're also very lucky to host Bluesky CEO @jay.bsky.team in conversation with @knibbs.bsky.social !!

www.wired.com/story/thebig...

Get in—We’re Chasing a Waymo Into the Future Tailing a robotaxi for hours and hours is weird. And revelatory. And jealousy-inducing. But a driverless world is coming for all of us. So shut the door and buckle up.

What's the best way to report out the *definitive* story of our autonomous robotaxi future?

A daylong car chase through the streets of San Francisco, OBVIOUSLY.

www.wired.com/story/waymo-...

We should write down the names of everything
and everyone
that keeps us whole,
that can never be blown away.

@realiainsthomas.bsky.social

Nightsky | hctr.dev See live conversations from all over Bluesky as a dynamic night sky

I made a thing!

I was playing around with the AT protocol and as a little experiment I made a website that visualises activity around Bluesky: nightsky.hctr.dev

It listens to all new posts and shows them as little stars across a night sky 🌃

Every star is someone, somewhere, posting something

Testing, testing, 1, 2