Rui

A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #13,939, Rui ‪@rui.bsky.social‬, joined on Apr 11, 2023"

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #13,939!

The bluesky logo with the blue butterfly

📢 App Version 1.60 is rolling out now (1/5)

We have a new logo! 🦋 

Bluesky is emerging from its cocoon of clouds to transform into a social butterfly. Read more about why we chose this logo here: blueskyweb.xyz/blog/12-21-2...

save animals before it is too late

#wwf

We just enabled account sign-ups again, so any outstanding invite codes can now be used to create an account.

Thanks for your patience!

Bluesky team 🤘💪 keep it up

Twitter applies reading limit after users report issues with platform Move is to address ‘extreme levels’ of data scraping and system manipulation, says Elon Musk

Firing engineers and not paying Google bills working well

We will temporarily be pausing Bluesky sign-ups while our team continues to resolve the existing performance issues. We’ll keep you updated when invite codes will resume functionality.

We’re excited to welcome more users to our beta soon!

Ajuda

A screenshot of the custom feeds tab

New feature just dropped: custom feeds!

Now you can choose what algorithm powers your social media experience. We’ll feature some in this thread, but you can easily discover more in the feeds tab.

Rolling out to app stores now — upgrade to Version 1.29 when it’s available in your app store.

This Man Is Not Meghan Markle Online jokesters claimed that Karl Jenkins was the Duchess of Sussex in disguise at the coronation. He sets the record straight.

This Man Is Not Meghan Markle /nyt

😂 shamelessly stole from the dark side

Peloton recalls 2 million bikes over injury risk It is the second major recall for the bike company which soared to popularity during the pandemic.

Burning calories

Elizabeth Holmes is rebranding herself as a sweet, devoted mother. Will anyone buy it? | Arwa Mahdawi The Theranos founder and convicted fraudster used a New York Times profile as a shameless PR exercise. If only other female convicts were given a first chance – let alone a second, writes Arwa Mahdawi

Elizabeth Holmes is rebranding herself as a sweet, devoted mother. Will anyone buy it? / TheGuardian

Deleting old Twitter accounts is cultural vandalism on a level with deleting Geocities

Never!

🤣 The reporter at NPR that recently received the “you suck” email from Elon had it framed. 🏆

This is high key something I would do. 🤣

Source: @april.social

A spokeswoman for Bluesky tells me tonight that there are at least 1.9 million people on the waitlist to get on this site.

(I have a story about Bluesky publishing tomorrow AM 😊)

Hi! We appreciate everyone's enthusiasm in sending invitations, but our current policy is that we cannot accommodate heads of state to join us in our beta yet. This applies to recent/prominent heads of state as well.

We appreciate notice before you invite prominent figures at support@bsky.app.

Actor Gina Gershon marches with striking writers in New York City, 3 May 2023. Photograph: JNI/Star Max/GC Images