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Kelani Nichole

@kelani.bsky.social

Technologist, collector, curator, founder @transfergallery helping artists say the quiet part out loud since 2013. Currently building a Decentralized Data Trust for Media Art: http://TRANSFER.art

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Latest posts by kelani.bsky.social on Bluesky

๐Ÿซฉ๐Ÿ‘Ž here we go again โ€ฆ

03.10.2025 20:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trying to catch up on thisโ€ฆ whatโ€™s the tl;dr ?

03.10.2025 16:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Wheat paste poster that says the all the world is dying and the new world struggles to be born now is the time of monsters. There's a picture of Elmo

Wheat paste poster that says the all the world is dying and the new world struggles to be born now is the time of monsters. There's a picture of Elmo

Morning walk

26.09.2025 12:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12480    ๐Ÿ” 3252    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 68    ๐Ÿ“Œ 103
Homepage screenshot showing a node animation and the headline โ€˜TRANSFER Data Trust is a decentralized artist owned archiveโ€™

Homepage screenshot showing a node animation and the headline โ€˜TRANSFER Data Trust is a decentralized artist owned archiveโ€™

TRANSFER has evolved from a gallery into Data Co-op for Contemporary Art.

Introducing a New Model of Data Stewardship: After 2 years of dedication and development, our vision of an artist-owned archive and conservation network thatโ€™s free of dependencies on big tech is live ๐Ÿ’ซ

๐ŸŒ TRANSFER.art/trust

17.09.2025 11:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Been thinking about this.

09.08.2025 11:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Social Media is the new Titanic and trump is the iceberg

26.07.2025 12:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Seminar: Kelani Nichole Presents On Transfer Data Trust ยท Zoom ยท Luma TRANSFER Data Trust is a decentralized artist-owned archive and cooperative value exchange network. Our mission is to maintain artworks in perpetuity, ensuringโ€ฆ

Join us on Wednesday July 23 at 12 PM ET for Metagov Seminar: @kelani.bsky.social presents on Transfer Data Trust.

โ€‹TRANSFER Data Trust is a decentralized artist-owned archive and cooperative value exchange network. (โ€‹http://transfer.art)

Learn more and register here - lu.ma/wondemt3

18.07.2025 15:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How to use Bluesky to grow your brand - atpotato A comprehensive guide for companies, communities, and creators looking to establish and grow their presence on Bluesky.

Bluesky is good for brands, and itโ€™s never been a better time to use it as a communication & growth channel! Best part? Itโ€™s easy.

Whether youโ€™re a content creator, a social media manager, or an activist leading a community, thereโ€™s something here for you.

Read our guide to get started:

12.06.2025 13:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 85    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
A typewritten sheet of paper containing Walter Benjaminโ€™s IX thesis in German.

A typewritten sheet of paper containing Walter Benjaminโ€™s IX thesis in German.

Walter Benjaminโ€™s typed manuscript draft of his IX thesis, describing the Angel of History propelled into the future while facing the growing catastrophe of the past.

28.06.2025 11:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 75    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

The future is bouncy

06.06.2025 00:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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im here to learn so :)))))) | Zach Blas im here to learn so :)))))) is a four-channel video installation that resurrects Tay, an artificial intelligence chatbot.

zachblas.info/works/im-her... (TRANSFER placed this work with the Whitney Museum of American Art ๐Ÿฅฐ Tay 4evr)

05.06.2025 01:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Uber/Lyft pickup area at Minneapolis/St.Paul Airport is absolutely sane, we can have nice things.

31.05.2025 04:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Federal Arts Funding Withdrawn from Gray Area Last Friday, Gray Area received confirmation that the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has canceled our $50,000 grant, which had been awarded to support this yearโ€™s Gray Area Festival. This puts ...

If you have $10 to spare, @grayarea.org is trying to make up for a cancelled NEA grant to organize its annual festival, one of the few in the US โ€œaddressing the most urgent topics in technology and society through radical artistic inquiry.โ€ Give if you can! โฌ‡๏ธ

29.05.2025 23:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is my second scripted post for DWeb for Creators

18.05.2025 18:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is a test, I'm posting from a script

18.05.2025 18:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

20TB of storage in the stroller is how I roll

14.05.2025 21:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Donโ€™t miss Eva Papamargariti at Eugster Belgrade !

08.05.2025 19:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ•ฏ ๐Ÿ•ฏ
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literally any
๐Ÿ•ฏ good news ๐Ÿ•ฏ

๐Ÿ•ฏ ๐Ÿ•ฏ
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15.04.2025 16:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9482    ๐Ÿ” 3092    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 120    ๐Ÿ“Œ 48

getting freaky with my network attached storage, call that being NASty

13.04.2025 00:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

it was the worst of times, its was the wow somehow it keeps getting worse of times

02.04.2025 21:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4522    ๐Ÿ” 1093    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 31    ๐Ÿ“Œ 23

Updating YAML files and milking myself while society collapses, wyd?

03.04.2025 12:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Artists still have all the powerโ€ฆ

25.03.2025 01:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a red balloon with bubbles coming out of it 's eyes Alt: Kool Aid man up in the club, on a stage in the middle of the dance floor, just vibing, with laser lights and bubbles everywhere

Fully drinking the ATproto kool aide. Dug into lexicons and PDS (personal data server) be still my beating heart!

14.03.2025 09:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ƒ๐–๐ž๐› ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ, our popular 8-week dive into the decentralized web for artists and cultural producers is back! ๐Ÿš€ This course is presented with support from @filecoinfoundation. Classes start April 16! Apply by April 2: grayarea.org/dweb

12.03.2025 08:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Head raising must read ๐Ÿ™‡โ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ‘‡

09.03.2025 00:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dems look like they're bidding on fascism at a silent auction

05.03.2025 03:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19048    ๐Ÿ” 2510    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 682    ๐Ÿ“Œ 453
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04.03.2025 21:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book

03.03.2025 21:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 42721    ๐Ÿ” 8588    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 326    ๐Ÿ“Œ 198
Graphic that reads: Economic Boycott, Donโ€™t buy stuff, Friday Feb 28. We have power. No Amazon, Walmart, Target, Fast Food, gas. Ok small business. Cash. High contrast, with a red bunny on cyan background.

Graphic that reads: Economic Boycott, Donโ€™t buy stuff, Friday Feb 28. We have power. No Amazon, Walmart, Target, Fast Food, gas. Ok small business. Cash. High contrast, with a red bunny on cyan background.

28.02.2025 09:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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