Tessa Brown

This was a multi meeting conversation but yes

For the baseball fans

Opt in is life

@nohndl.bsky.social well well wellllllll

Just do some casual convos and see what the vibes are. One step at a time, let her continually opt in.

Imagine someone hitting on you in a way you actually liked! Can we women fathom!!!

Lmaoo

A troll with a following is incredibly dangerous. I hope all of Bluesky has eyes on and is behind the BlackSky community rn. This is a test

Oh boy. It’s solidarity with #BlackSky and whatever @rudyfraser.com and the crew need.

Decentralized Social (Bluesky, Nostr, Farcaster) - From Chicago Creator Tech Week Join us for an evening on Decentralized Social at

@evbogue.com is going to be giving Chicago a Bluesky deep dive on Aug 12th along with Nostr and Farcaster.
www.chaching.social/post/fXu5fcV...

Oh fantastic. Looking forward to reading this

Trump’s Domestic Use of Military Set to Get Worse, Leaked Memo Shows A Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by TNR signals top-level discussions about a potential escalation of the Pentagon’s domestic anti-immigration role, and lays out new details.

NEWS --> An internal Homeland Security memo suggests Trump's use of military for domestic enforcement is about to get worse. It details top-level talks between Defense Department and DHS on what this should look like. Experts say it's alarming.

We obtained the memo:
newrepublic.com/article/1987...

yes thats their thing. good burger, bad fries

gender is a performance and i'm a one-womxn show

yes

Single identities make us vulnerable. Multiple identities empower us to share what we want, with who we want, for how long we want.

Thanks Ted 🙏

😦

Tl;dr of the book though, research and academic freedom have been under attack by neoliberalism for 50 years. But if this moment isn’t a death knell I don’t know what is.

Graduate Students at Work Graduate Students at Work highlights the expertise and experiences of graduate students to demonstrate what graduate study entails, what it makes possible, a...

Since it’s the weekend and I’m off the clock maybe I can briefly say that working with Stanford’s statistical librarians on the introduction to my book Graduate Students at Work was one of the coolest experiences i ever had as a researcher

kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700634071/

I like Stuart Hall’s early book “Mugging”

Yes dm me

Sounds right

More than four out of five Americans, 83%, said they were concerned about the cost of groceries, with 46% saying they were very concerned. Some 47% said they were worried about being able to pay their rent or mortgage, 64% said they were worried about affording an unexpected medical expense. About 48% said they believed they would have trouble affording an unexpected $500 bill without borrowing. One in four said it would be "very difficult" A quarter of those surveyed said they spent at least three hours a day worrying about their finances and ability to afford basic necessities. Another 25% of respondents said they or someone in their household had skipped meals in the past year in order to make ends meet, and 26% said they had fallen behind on their monthly bills over the past year.

Fuck the stock market reports, this is what real life is like

Great idea! Yes, always working hard to make onboarding super seamless

How does Germ think about open source? 📖🔍

Our CTO Mark hopped in a thread to reply:

bsky.app/profile/mark...

Are Germ's E2EE DMs on or off-ATProtocol? Peep Mark's thread 👀

bsky.app/profile/mark...

Oh, and ICYMI!

Two big FAQs this week: what has Germ open-sourced, and are Germ DMs on or off protocol? 🤔💭



Check out some answers from our cofounder and CTO Mark ⬇️

Join us Tuesday!

Bluesky Report – #127 The impact of the Online Safety Act on Bluesky, E2EE messaging using your ATProto account, various news around PDSes, and more.

this week's bluesky and atproto news:

- age verification in the UK is here due to OSA, including workarounds
- e2ee messaging with your atproto account with @germnetwork.com
- lots about pds migration tools this week

connectedplaces.online/reports/blue...

At risk of being uncharacteristically earnest on here, taking the lead on shipping our ATProto integration is something I’m *extremely* proud of, and I am so grateful to Tessa and Mark for trusting me with this. Can’t wait for everyone to get to experience this beta!!🌱

Embrace the cringe!!!

We are so proud of you Anna 🥹😩