Melanie McClain

Twitter is down.

Awesome! Just RSVPed

Judged a quantum computing competition at Columbia Unversity today

Thank you Yelissa and @queracomputing.bsky.social

so happy Cowboy Carter won AOTY. to blend genres to filth, to tell and RECLAIM an erased history, to uplift Black women… i’m so, so proud as a witness to Beyoncé’s work in this lifetime we get witness her in, as a mother, as a woman who grew up and still loves country music… 💕

The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) released the Official New York Fashion Week (NYFW) Schedule for the FW25 runway season

I'm so glad The Real Housewives of New York City is back tonight 🍎

It's been the longest 3 weeks. I watch for Jenna, Ubah, Racquel, Abe the Babe, and Brynn, even though she's a pigeon 🐦 #RHONY

Just three social media CEOs posting on their platform today.

Bitcoin hit $100,000 for the first time ever!

The APY of my Marcus by Goldman Sachs high yield savings account just went from 4.10% to 3.90% effective as of 12/4/24.

I signed up in March 2024 and it has gone down 4 TIMES!

Honestly buying Bitcoin and staking Solana at 6.62% APY has been better investments for me the past month.

Laughed so hard! 🤐

Jenna Fucking Lyons

I've been binge-watching the new season of Real Housewives of New York this thanksgiving weekend

The Banality of Online Recommendation Culture A recent surge of human-curated guidance is both a reaction against and an extension of the tyranny of algorithmic recommendations.

www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...

Related reading:

The Banality of Online Recommendation Culture by @chaykak.bsky.social in @newyorker.com

What We’re Really Saying When We Talk About Gatekeeping It’s always been about the most powerful — it’s who has power and what they do with it that has changed.

www.thecut.com/2023/07/what...

Todays Reading for Wednesday, November 27th:

The Real Meaning of Gatekeeping by Ann Friedman via @thecut.com

"We listen and we don't judge"

I didn't have it on my bingo card that the sweet eugh eugh eugh producer guy from TikTok would give me the most FOMO from the ADE Festival

We recently shared Bluesky’s stance on user data and AI training, which has not changed. Bluesky will not train generative AI on user data. bsky.app/profile/bsky...

The influencer lawsuit that could change the industry Behind the scenes of a court battle for the “clean girl” look.

www.theverge.com/2024/11/26/2...

Today's Reading for Tuesday, November 26th:

Can the legal system protect the vibe of a creator?

$BLONDE OR $BRUNETTE?

Instead of watching charts and investing in memecoins, I'll make the pick-and-shovel investments like AI agents

pump.fun has disabled live-streaming

I too am taking the lyrics of "Defying Gravity" and really holding space with that 💚🩷

arxiv.org/pdf/2410.18417

Today's Reading Is...

Large Language Models Reflect the Ideology of their Creators

He's so sweet! I followed him today 🥺🎣

s/o the Fishing With "Oh Dad!" YouTube subscribers on here

We listen and don't judge

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#1 Search

Search on Twitter was the way I've found like-minded people who have become my best friends the past decade.

Bluesky search tools that allow me find the people who the post the most about keywords + similar words (i.e. Kendrick, Jaguar, Solana, Wicked, Bomb Cyclone, The Row, Charli xcx)