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John Deatherage

@mrbluesky.bsky.social

I'm helping companies reduce their AWS bill by 90% (by leaving AWS and going hybrid). Yes, my username is a reference to ELO’s classic rock anthem “Mr. Blue Sky”.

260 Followers  |  75 Following  |  46 Posts  |  Joined: 20.01.2023  |  2.1207

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Who can read DMs?

A diagram shows Alice sending a DM to Bob through Bluesky. Alice and Bob can read the DM. Bluesky can read the DM, but access is carefully controlled, including for moderators. Eve (an outsider) cant read the DMs

Who can read DMs? A diagram shows Alice sending a DM to Bob through Bluesky. Alice and Bob can read the DM. Bluesky can read the DM, but access is carefully controlled, including for moderators. Eve (an outsider) cant read the DMs

DMs on Bluesky will not be "end-to-end encrypted" until we are able to do some more protocol work.

We have very careful access controls within our systems.

If you're extremely privacy conscious, I'd recommend using Bluesky DMs to share your Signal accounts!

22.05.2024 20:29 — 👍 3490    🔁 1712    💬 173    📌 266

I'll just jump onto bsky dot app and let people know when DMs are coming aaaand they found the staging website, it's gone viral

22.05.2024 00:16 — 👍 955    🔁 83    💬 50    📌 19

It's the best place to solo travel imho... Glad you had a chance to go!

22.05.2024 13:05 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Instagram kept telling me to follow people, then saying that I’m not able to follow more. I know so many people who are Zucc’d in various ways for no apparent reason.

I can’t believe it’s gone on this long with this much abuse and lack of caring about the user experience…

16.05.2024 00:15 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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First time in the pool since getting stung by bees last year (allergic) 🫣

16.05.2024 00:07 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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... typical New York / NYT neoliberalism and yellow journalism. Why would anyone pay money for this (her Substack/Free Press? It just seems like an echo chamber designed to reinforce fears and the status quo. Not that I'd expect anything more from Bari.

17.04.2024 23:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Visually similar kanji really makes my brain hurt

仮飯坂阪販板版

throw in small fonts on Japanese sites or clarity issues with print/manga and I'm done for

10.04.2024 02:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My dear friend found out she has MS.

She's one of the kindest human beings I've ever met and really deserves your help. Any little bit helps! Please check out her Gofundme!

www.gofundme.com/f/facing-ms-...

10.04.2024 02:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My discover feed is next-level random bliss and it's the antithesis of doomscrolling. Forced feeds and dead-end fixed-path algorithms have ruined social media - it's nice to finally have what we've been missing since the 2000s.

10.04.2024 02:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Toxic Culture at Tesla The factory floors at America’s top seller of electric vehicles are rife with racial harassment, sexual abuse, and injuries on the job.

Tesla's factories are toxic. They're hotbeds of racism, sexual harassment, and safety hazards. I combed through more than 50 legal complaints, looked at government records, and spoke to workers to get a complete picture: www.thenation.com/article/soci...

09.04.2024 13:46 — 👍 569    🔁 244    💬 13    📌 23

Just a reminder that this is bluesky. Most feeds work chronologically and many feeds won't use an algorithm to serve you older posts. Go ahead and repost your Portfolio Day post a few times through the day to make sure people get a chance to see it 🙂

09.04.2024 19:23 — 👍 319    🔁 93    💬 5    📌 6
A digital illustration of a black and white cat surrounded by glowing goldfish.  The cat is standing on a tree stump with saplings growing at the base.  Trees are in the distance.  The scene is set at night.

A digital illustration of a black and white cat surrounded by glowing goldfish. The cat is standing on a tree stump with saplings growing at the base. Trees are in the distance. The scene is set at night.

Digital illustration of a capybara standing on a crocodile. Water hyacinths are in the foreground. A flock of cranes are drawn in the background.

Digital illustration of a capybara standing on a crocodile. Water hyacinths are in the foreground. A flock of cranes are drawn in the background.

Digital illustration of a pond.  At the center is a bongo playing frog sitting on a lily pad.  They are surrounded by other frogs, lily pads and pink lotus flowers.  In the background is a hippo with two small birds on it's back.

Digital illustration of a pond. At the center is a bongo playing frog sitting on a lily pad. They are surrounded by other frogs, lily pads and pink lotus flowers. In the background is a hippo with two small birds on it's back.

I like to draw cute animals in fantasy settings #portfolioday

09.04.2024 20:23 — 👍 1224    🔁 345    💬 14    📌 4

definitely needs more compression and jpeg

10.04.2024 01:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The lack of FDA standards means most food descriptions like pasture raised/cage free/etc. mean almost nothing. It feels great to make purchased based on animal welfare and sustainability.

04.04.2024 11:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I was able to buy Pete & Gerry's eggs for $5.50 on sale (which get 4 stars) at Whole Foods while a regional chain only has organic eggs that get 1-2 stars and they're up to over $10/dozen.

04.04.2024 11:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Organic Egg Scorecard
Organic Dairy Scorecard
Organic Beef Scorecard
Organic Poultry Scorecard
(all with pics of each food type)

Organic Egg Scorecard Organic Dairy Scorecard Organic Beef Scorecard Organic Poultry Scorecard (all with pics of each food type)

I love the Cornucopia Institute and their scorecards for organic dairy and meats!

They also have a lot of great info for finding companies that aren't owned by the 10 largest consolidated BigAg lobbyists (6/10 have been buying up smaller sustainable brands)

www.cornucopia.org/scorecards/

04.04.2024 11:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

"In Silico" (2008) was in the Top 10 on what.cd iirc and that puts it up there with the best music of the late 2000s.

04.04.2024 11:22 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I treated it like an good anime or Star Wars cartoon and just enjoyed it for what it is! Found families (in space!) make for great stories.

04.04.2024 11:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
fake sms from duolingo telling you, "Hi!  It's Duo.  Looks like you missed your Korean lesson.  You know what happens now".
Then there's another fake SMS emergency alert that says, "Emergency Alert: BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND.  SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER.  THIS IS NOT A DRILL."

fake sms from duolingo telling you, "Hi! It's Duo. Looks like you missed your Korean lesson. You know what happens now". Then there's another fake SMS emergency alert that says, "Emergency Alert: BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL."

Duolingo feels... if you've ever used the app and had alerts turned on.

01.04.2024 12:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My dear friend was just diagnosed with MS / Multiple Sclerosis. If you want to help an amazing and kind soul, she's the kindest and most deserving person I know www.gofundme.com/f/facing-ms-...

31.03.2024 12:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
the xkcd dependency meme but the dependency is xz-utils

the xkcd dependency meme but the dependency is xz-utils

did anyone do this one yet

30.03.2024 06:54 — 👍 239    🔁 43    💬 8    📌 0

Yes, that's it.... It's always good to hear these stories from around the world, especially in places w/o native IPv4 - thanks for the feedback!

30.03.2024 06:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I'm really glad I didn't notice it was The Onion when I read it, because DAMN 💀

30.03.2024 04:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

How long was your password? If you're using shorter passwords, maybe it just generated one that was found in a dump (not necessarily l/p combo). Just a thought! I use longer passwords unless a site limits me to less characters.

Also, I'd verify against other dump checking sites/programs!

30.03.2024 04:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I think one of several possible takeaways here is to discourage

a) binary artifacts in source repos

b) generated source in source repos

If it can't be inspected in a diff, it shouldn't be there.

29.03.2024 19:28 — 👍 106    🔁 18    💬 4    📌 1

I still feel like this level of obfuscation could/should be caught by secure CI practices (for OSS projects especially)

Github disabled the repo - please share w/me for R&D purposes if you cloned it. I'm curious how any existing tools or new tools can detect this.

30.03.2024 04:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Just curious - what's the experience like accessing IPv4-only resources from where you're at?

30.03.2024 03:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Meta is trying to make sure 2024 looks more like 1984

(I'm not endorsing Reason as a publication - this is just an objective facts-based article and I wasn't able to find a similarly comprehensive source)

reason.com/2024/03/29/f...

30.03.2024 03:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I actually adored Blade Runner 2049, Villeneuve’s dust storms aside

01.03.2024 17:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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