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Err, fixed by using theathletic.nytimes.com ?

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🌍 The internet has transformed from a diverse ecosystem to a controlled plantation dominated by tech giants. How did we get here, and what does it mean for our digital lives? #TechTakeover #DigitalMonoculture watch @mariafarrell.bsky.social from @webdirections.org Dev Summit '24

This is more important than you realize. Bluesky doesn’t downgrade links. Which means news sites will get more traffic from here than other sites.

Which gives them economic reasons to post here first.

Cyberspace Movies in 1995: Silicon Valley Meets Hollywood Three Hollywood movies were released in 1995 with internet themes: the Keanu Reeves cyberpunk film Johnny Mnemonic (with an accompanying website), The Net with Sandra Bullock, and Hackers.

Cyberspace Movies in 1995: Silicon Valley Meets Hollywood

“Similarweb noted that Bluesky generated 38.6 million outgoing visits in November 2024, spread across a variety of news websites, while Threads generated 24.5 million referrals. However, the firm pointed out that 42% of Threads’ traffic was directing users to Instagram, not publishers’ websites.”

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​Meta promises to combat misinformation in Australia using the same strategy it abandoned in the U.S. to appease Trump. ​

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Bluesky made more money selling t-shirts mocking Zuckerberg than custom domains | TechCrunch Bluesky CEO Jay Graber made a splash at SXSW last week, showing up at her keynote event in a t-shirt that subtly poked fun at Meta founder Mark

i am only writing about tshirts now techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/b...

That’s it. Pivoting to a tshirt company… had more money coming in today than we did the last two years selling custom domains

MUNDUS SINE CAESARIBUS — A WORLD WITHOUT CAESARS Support an open internet.

THE SHIRTS ARE BACK IN STOCK

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Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

Bluesky Gets European Office in Brussels The online platform Bluesky now has a European office in Brussels. The Belgian telecom regulator BIPT will be responsible for regulation. The American Bluesky, a...

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Bluesky finally found in Belgium Any Digital Services Act questions will go to the Belgian telecom regulator as Bluesky established its legal headquarters in the country.

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Professor Blue: Analyze your Bluesky posts

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I completely forgot to monitor mentions of theblue.social on Bluesky 🤷😭 #buildinpublic

Didn’t spend time on automating anything yet, though that’s the idea. The handle is free, with the redirect a paid option.

You're already paying for search. Just not with money.

Does fact-checking work? What the science says Meta’s planned shift away from third-party fact-checking on Facebook in favour of a crowdsourced approach has perplexed those who study the spread of misinformation.

Fact-checking has been in the news lately. So what’s the evidence it works? Those who study misinformation are perplexed by Meta’s decision to axe 3rd-party fact-checking
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Has Bluesky replaced X for scientists? Take Nature’s poll The research community has flocked to the social-media platform Bluesky. Tell us about your experience.

The research community has flocked to the social-media platform Bluesky.

Tell us about your experience
https://go.nature.com/42fihQG

How Jay Graber Is Making Sure Bluesky Never Turns Into Elon Musk’s X Since Elon Musk torpedoed Twitter, Bluesky has seen a stunning surge. CEO Jay Graber is working on “billionaire-proofing” social media against any similar takeover.

How Jay Graber Is Making Sure Bluesky Never Turns Into Elon Musk’s X

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Surf is a “Social Browser” App From Flipboard Flipboard has unleashed Surf, a new kind of social app that combines a Feed Reader with a Feed Builder, with Social Interactions sprinkled in.

Today, we get into the nitty-gritty details of @surf.social, a new project by @flipboard.com! It's a feed reader with #Fediverse social features, where you can build your own community newsfeed.

This morning we’re announcing Surf, a new kind of browser for a new kind of web — the open social web.

Built on AT Proto, ActivityPub and RSS, you can easily create and surf custom feeds that organize people, videos, articles and podcasts around the things you care about.

More at surf.social

How can you make @bsky.app profitable without enshittifying the platform? We asked CEO @jay.bsky.team about her plans for the company at #WIREDBigInterview: wired.trib.al/kFm4jPL

We're thrilled to be joined by @jay.bsky.team, CEO of @bsky.app, to hear how the company is disrupting social media: #WIREDBigInterview wrd.cm/biginterview...

@bsky.app CEO @jay.bsky.team talks about who the app is for: essentially everyone. To give users the ability and customize the experience, like it’s their own blog. #WIREDBigInterview

“I have always called them posts” - Bluesky CEO Jay Graber on calling posts… skeets

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Bluesky Now Has 24 Million Users. Jay Graber Is Still Vowing to Keep It From Enshittification At WIRED's The Big Interview event, Bluesky CEO Jay Graber discussed the booming user numbers for the Twitter rival and why giving social media users more control is a recipe for success.

NEW: Bluesky has seen massive growth in the weeks following the US election. There are 24 million users on the social media platform.

With great engagement comes great responsibility, which means Bluesky CEO @jay.bsky.team has a lot to do. She sat down with WIRED to talk about it.

Your Bluesky Posts Are Probably In A Bunch of Datasets Now

After a machine learning librarian released and then deleted a dataset of one million Bluesky posts, several other bigger datasets have appeared in its place—including one of almost 300 million posts.

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Reputation is portable - Aaron Francis Thoughts on the Twitter to BlueSky migration

Some thoughts on this platform, that platform, and the things you carry with you.

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