A Democrat has won the mayor's seat in Boca Raton... by one vote:
The number of emails I get that take me to the app which can't do the thing the link was directing me to do is insane.
I can't believe I have to say this in this, the year of our eternal damnation Two Thousand and Twenty-Six, but:
Unless you have built a FULL-FUNCTIONED mobile app, *do not* have the app take over all links from your domain.
It's shitty UI/UX, and just fucking stupid.
IANAL, but if a user hasn't been presented ToS (for example, by signing up to an account), then they aren't bound by them. Bluesky can always block a PDS, but the data remains there and if things were ever to go badly another entity could spin up their own appview/relay/etc, which is the point.
That’s a whole other kettle of fish. :)
Cory has actually described his process in detail:
pluralistic.net/2021/01/13/t...
... email, dns, security, etc - I expect it will continue to get easier. It *is* easier if you want to use your existing did:plc bluesky account. Harder if you want to go the did:web route I did for Cory. Harder still if you want to deploy it in a "secure enough for an internet celebrity" way.
Setting up your own server is now quite easy, there are instructions at the github project (github.com/bluesky-soci...) and even some web tools to assist with the did:web work (atproto-did-web.lukeacl.com) - but it's still quite "admin-heavy" in that you still have to figure out the fiddly bits
My day just got so much better seeing
A. Cory Doctorow is here @doctorow.pluralistic.net
B. He’s on a custom PDS
C. HES USING HIS OWN FUCKING DID:WEB
The stock market's gains are being overwhelmingly driven by seven Big Tech companies who have invested heavily in AI, which has made tech oligarchs even wealthier.
But when that AI bubble bursts, the rest of us will be stuck holding the bag.
Be warned.
Everywhere I go, people are wearing Jays gear. People I know who have never watched baseball (me included) are staying up past midnight to for an 18th inning. The coffee shop has baseball donuts.
And, I cannot emphasize this enough, I am in a city *3000 km from Toronto*
Canada is behind this team
Trey Yesavage struck out 12 batters and walked none in seven innings of one-run ball in Game 5 of the freakin' World Series.
He also generated 23 whiffs tonight, the most by any pitcher in the World Series in the pitch-tracking era (since 2008).
Here are his dozen strikeouts against the Dodgers.
Dr. Sakuhei #Fujiwhara would be elated to see this 6-day forecast. When he wrote his paper on the process we now call the "Fujiwhara Effect" in 1921, numerical modeling and satellite imagery were still decades away. #Imelda #Humberto
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IYCYK
Happy Pride 2025 all #pride2025
Awesome science & engineering
If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
Fabulous mansplaining, no notes.
RIP, Norm.
Great to see a Canadian headquartered company return to Canadian owners.
This is the second day in a row Canadian investors have stepped up to buy a legendary Canadian retailer, or at least that retailer's IP and assets.
Yesterday HBC. Today MEC.
#retail
Inspiring celebration of David Attenborough from Kate Winslet and many others - and a much-needed reminder to stand with science www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
death star?
no, this is saturn’s moon mimas!
may the 4th be with you 🌕
🗣This is the leadership the world needs right now—two nations standing firm against extremism, division, and disinformation.🙏
🗣Canada🇨🇦 & Australia🇦🇺 are proving that unity, compassion, and shared democratic values still have a place in this world🌍.
✔️Together🫂, we protect democracy.
#cndpoli #auspol
Carney has the leadership skills and knowledge to help strengthen Canada here at home, and strengthen our relationships abroad. 🇨🇦
#CanadaStrong #MarkCarney #NeverPolievre #Never51st #CanadaVote
Four endangered Western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoises hatched at the Philadelphia Zoo for the first time in its 151-year history. nyti.ms/420PFKC
Saw this video and had to share.
This was at the Bell Centre, never heard it so loud, this is Canadian unity 🇨🇦
#CanadianUnity
