I agree. It's on the (long) list of things to improve!

pub search / atlas 2d semantic map of atproto publishing platforms

wip map of standard.site docs: pub-search.waow.tech/atlas

Conference Takeaways

I’m back from ATmosphereConf in Vancouver, and I'm processing what I saw and heard. The atproto developer community could not have been nicer and more welcoming. Here are some takeaways. ...

https://toni.org/2026/04/03/conference-takeaways/

Three examples of social websites from The Verge (Decoder, Vergecast, and The Verge)

Today some of the most innovative creators & podcasters are launching social websites that will bring millions of their fans to the social web:

verge.surf.social
decoder.surf.social
versionhistory.surf.social
vergecast.surf.social
wired.surf.social
404media.surf.social
poweruser.surf.social

Thank you for a great conversation. I learned a bunch, and I’m working on a follow up post.

We hear the concerns about AI. Our goal is to use this technology to give people greater control, not to generate content. Attie uses AI to help you create custom feeds without having to know how to code.

Why I'm betting on ATProto (and why you should, too) Social media was supposed to connect us, but most of it has turned into ads, division, and loneliness. I'm betting on ATProto as a way to fix that, and not just for developers. Whether you're a scient...

A recap of #atmosphereconf 2026 as well as an overview of why I'm spending my very limited free time in my life betting on ATProto (and why I think you should, too!)

This isn't just for developers. This is for everyone.

brittanyellich.com/atproto/

We showed off an exciting new product at ATmosphereConf today:

About the Atmosphere

I’m writing this from the beautiful UBC campus in Vancouver where ATmosphereConf 2026 is taking place. It’s a gathering of developers, researchers, and entrepreneurs who are passionate about keeping the...

https://toni.org/2026/03/27/about-the-atmosphere/

AT Protocol Roadmap (Spring 2026) - AT Protocol Updates to the AT Protocol roadmap, including Permissioned Data and Account Experience.

We've got an updated protocol roadmap out, covering the next few months.

Look forward to seeing folks at AtmosphereConf later this week!

The Atmosphere is a new open network.
The features:

- Your account works on all atmosphere apps
- You can switch to a new provider with no fuss
- Easy to make your own apps on it
- Works great with personal websites

And, Bluesky is an atmosphere app.

Week 2 at Bluesky

Happy to report that week 2 has been just as energizing as week 1. I’m still meeting lots of new people and learning the ropes. In addition to spending time...

https://toni.org/2026/03/20/week-2-at-bluesky/

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

More Bluesky news today - we appreciate our investors who have joined us to help build out Bluesky and the Atmosphere.

I’ll be there!

Fixed - I think :)

Week 1 observations: toni.org/2026/03/13/i...

Me as well!

Jay is the reason Bluesky exists and has gotten to where it is today - thank you!

I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be joining Bluesky as interim CEO. I deeply believe in what this team has built and the open social web they're fighting for. More here: toni.org/2026/03/09/c...

Coming Off the Bench for Bluesky

I'm excited to tell you that I will serve as interim CEO at Bluesky, a company whose mission I believe in deeply. I've been a partner at True Ventures for...

toni.org/2026/03/09/coming-off-th...

Introducing Wireservice - Wireservice Today, an alpha WordPress plugin for standard.site. Tomorrow?

Introducing Wireservice. Today, it's a WordPress plugin in alpha for publishing to @standard.site. Tomorrow, it's... another longform content lexicon? A news aggregation app on atproto? We'll see. wordpress.wireservice.net/index.php/20...

Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!

"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."

1. In a large-scale study by the University of Pennsylvania (Joumal of Social and Personal Relationships, 2022), researchers analyzed 5,600 families. Parents who checked their phones more than three times during interactions with their child had twice the rate of conflicts and aggressive reactions in their children. This phenomenon is called "technoference" - technological interference with human connection. The child’s brain perceives a parent's eyes fixed on a screen as a signal of absence. @mirimika_art

2. Neuropsychologists from the University of Michigan (Developmental Psychology, 2017) showed that when parents frequently checked their phones during play, children’s oxytocin levels - the bonding hormone - dropped, while cortisol levels rose, mimicking brief separation stress. Even 30 seconds of distraction disrupted the sense of shared presence. A child doesn’t understand what a notification is; they only see that the parent disappears. @mirimika_art

3. A Chinese study (Computers in Human Behavior, 2020) found that parental phone dependence correlated with higher rates of anxiety and behavioral problems in children. Kids began seeking attention through crying, shouting, or aggression. Researchers called this not misbehavior but attachment regression - the brain’s attempt to restore contact at any cost. @mirimika_art

4. In Harvard's developmental psychology lab (Psychological Science, 2021), parents were asked to reply to messages during dinner. After one week, their children were worse at reading facial expressions and interrupted others more often. Researchers explained that the child copies the communication pattem where attention is fragmented and presence is partial. The way a parent looks teaches a child either connection or avoidance. @mirimika_art

us older generations like to characterize gen z and younger as having attention span problems cause they're on phones/tablets all the time, but there's a pretty strong case to be made that us on our phones are the real problem

MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours°

Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"

GitHub - lemony-ai/cascadeflow: Smart AI model cascading for cost optimization Smart AI model cascading for cost optimization. Contribute to lemony-ai/cascadeflow development by creating an account on GitHub.

Day 1 of our release sprint 🚀
CascadeFlow shipped, open source AI cascading that cuts costs 30-65% in 3 lines of code.
Small models handle 80% of workflows. Python + TypeScript. MIT licensed.
Try it & leave a ⭐
github.com/lemony-ai/ca...
#OpenSource #AI

Celebrating Sandbar’s Stream Launch Some physical products can feel like they become part of us, like a watch that you wear every day or a favorite pair of earrings. I believe that Sandbar’s Stream Ring has the potential to be one of th...

Celebrating Sandbar’s Stream Launch trueventures.com/blog/celebra...

Open Social — overreacted The protocol is the API.

i wrote about atproto and why it matters

Before Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses, we had NASA's Virtual Interface Environment Workstation (VIEW)

Rollercoaster With a Motor (Music Video) YouTube video by Coyote Road Studios

www.youtube.com/watch?v=24ux... Happy Friday!