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Arikia Millikan

@arikia.bsky.social
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Founder of CTRL+X, decentralizing the future of digital publishing ✍🏽💾 Recovering journalist 📝 Parrot whisperer 🦜

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Arikia Millikan @arikia.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is what I’ve been researching and building for the past 10 years. Would you like to test it out? ctrlx.world
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Arikia Millikan @arikia.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is exactly what CTRL+X is addressing in our build, which is now live on devnet and being tested by the very first users! Please sign-up if you care about solving this problem: ctrlx.world
ctrlx.world
CTRL+X — The ownership protocol for independent journalism
CTRL+X attaches your archive, your terms and your readership to infrastructure that belongs to you and runs underneath every platform. Live on Solana devnet. Private alpha Q3 2026.
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Arikia Millikan @arikia.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is exactly what I’m building at @ctrlxworld.bsky.social ctrlx.world And hi Maria! Friends in SF I spoke with a few weeks ago said we should meet :) (Thanks @jarjour.myatproto.social for pointing me to this post)
ctrlx.world
CTRL+X — The ownership protocol for independent journalism
CTRL+X attaches your archive, your terms and your readership to infrastructure that belongs to you and runs underneath every platform. Live on Solana devnet. Private alpha Q3 2026.
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Arikia Millikan @arikia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Artizen is the kind of project that gives crypto a bad name and makes it so hard for genuine people to build in this space. I truly hope René Pinell recovers from his alleged stroke and decides to donthe right thing, paying the creators what they were told they would receive from the endowment.
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Arikia Millikan @arikia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Had I activated my “$50k Artizen fund” and recruited matching sponsors from my network, 80% of their cash sponsorships would have been lost to Artizen and I would not have seen a dime for my labor, other than through any projects of my own which sold “artifacts” ie NFTs to external sponsors.
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Artizen: the fund where everything is made up, and the po...
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Arikia Millikan @arikia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
After DWeb camp I came across this article written by a woman named Maacah who I met at camp. You can read it for free after creating an account on her website here: maacah.com/supporters/a... I thought the article did a great job of explaining all the aspects if Artizen that gave me pause.
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Artizen: the fund where everything is made up, and the po...
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Arikia Millikan @arikia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I was granted this “fund” just before @getdweb.net DWeb Camp where I had the chance to ask founder René Pinell some questions. His answers were not satisfying so I chose to not activate my fund despite pressure from some members of the community who wanted to be listed as projects in my fund…
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Arikia Millikan @arikia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is really unfortunate but not surprising. I did not get involved with Artizen even though I was presented with a $50k “fund” from the “endowment” because the platform mechanics did not sit well with me at first sniff and then even after 20+ hours of research. (Con’t…)
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 24/01/2025
The NFL ordering a team to shut down their @bsky.app is a stark reminder of just how curated our feeds are on traditional social media platforms. It’s not just that algorithms dictate what we see—those algorithms are shaped by business interests and partnerships behind the scenes. #Decentralization
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Arikia Millikan @arikia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Important thread 👇🏽 Migrating to Ghost is the next best path with the available digital publishing infrastructure. More good things are coming. Thanks @enfascination.com
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Arikia Millikan @arikia.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Starting to like San Francisco.
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Arikia Millikan @arikia.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Happy 3rd birthday @404media.co 🖤💚🖤 Independent media is alive and well in NYC.
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Anuj Ahooja @quillmatiq.com · 02/09/2026
Black Threads is now an official community. But, Meta *allowed* them to have it. Meta *owns* the community. @rude1.blacksky.team + @blackskyweb.xyz built w/o permission from @bsky.app. It's owned by the community, not a multi-trillion dollar corp run by a billionaire CEO who can't be fired. 1/
Trending: Threads has launched an official Black Threads community with custom features for its members. When a member likes a post within the group, a black heart icon appears instead of the standard red one. The community has grown to nearly 100,000 members, with some users noting they were automatically enrolled.
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Arikia Millikan @arikia.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Surprise surprise. Via @protocolsforpublishers.com
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Arikia Millikan @arikia.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Talking about journalism on this panel Weds at the RWA Summit!
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Arikia Millikan @arikia.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Back in Brooklyn, feeling all the feels being in my old neighborhood.
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Arikia Millikan @arikia.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Please do! How can I get notified about it when it’s coming up?
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Arikia Millikan @arikia.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Smart, @bsky.app. This is similar to a feature I requested to the Substack founders back in 2018. They told me I was the only user who was interested in anything like this. ground.news/article/blue...
ground.news
X Alternative Bluesky Introduces Algorithmic Opt-Out Option
While many social media users dream of going viral, this is not always the case. And it is with this in mind that Bluesky has introduced a new option that will prevent its recommendation algorithms fr...
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Arikia Millikan @arikia.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Berlin -> NYC tomorrow! Speaking at the Real World Asset Summit about tokenizing journalistic assets on Sept 2. See you soon, Brooklyn!
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Arikia Millikan @arikia.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Only prior knowledge of the meeting required :(
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AT Protocol Developers @atproto.com · 13/08/2026
Today we’re launching Bluesky Protocol Services, a new brand and website for the infrastructure Bluesky operates. And Jetstream v2, the best way for developers to use atproto at scale, now with network replay. atproto.com/blog/introdu...
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Introducing Bluesky Protocol Services
A new home for the infrastructure Bluesky runs on the open network — including Jetstream v2 with network replay, a new Jetstream SDK, and a lex-based TypeScript SDK
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 18/08/2026
Every such article should trigger an automatic follow-up on the stated date, like the preregistration of a clinical trial
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Arikia Millikan @arikia.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Can I testify? 😅
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 16/08/2026
Media doesn’t “make” anyone do or believe anything. But it does provide permission structure and prioritization for what people think society will accept them doing or believing. This can be much more powerful and determinative than the seterotypical didactic propaganda we typically imagine.
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Arikia Millikan @arikia.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Yeah and I also remember when Chris Mims appeared on Moira Donnegan’s Shitty Media Men list because he’s a garbage human being.
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Goggle Bob @gogglebob.com · 12/08/2026
Man, remember a decade ago when every website "pivoted to video" to chase absurdly high metrics, but then it turned out that those metrics were absurd because they were literally fake? And no one ever experienced consequences for that lie that shifted a whole industry? Anyway, let's chase Threads.
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bakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
another reason to socialize healthcare is so that it doesnt let bad people use accrued wealth to put a thumb on the scales like this because they are afraid of their date rapist grandson not being able to afford a morgan wallen branded doghouse to store his jet ski in during the winter
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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Turnitin has long used its end user licence agreement to use students' work for product devt. Now it's trying to update it to use essays for AI devt too! Prime example of academic content assetization - turning student IP into a source of value codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2026/04/29/a...
codeactsineducation.wordpress.com
AI and the amplification of academic content assetization
Photo by Viktor Forgacs on Unsplash A new AI-driven digital learning platform launched by Arizona State University has set off alarm bells among academics for its exploitation of scholarly work. AS…
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Arikia Millikan @arikia.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
@holke.xyz Hey! Great to meet you at DWeb. Let’s connect in Berlin sometime!
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Arikia Millikan @arikia.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Will be in NYC Aug 27-Sep 5 and SF Sep 5-27. HMU if you want to build better decentralized publishing systems with me, or talk about it.
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Arikia Millikan @arikia.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I am a huge fan of the BoysClub newsletter but this is one of the most absolute cringe pieces of content to ever grace the internet. I hope Natasha got her entire retirement paid for doing this. No other explanation. www.instagram.com/reel/DZ-lSY9...
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 20/05/2026
Lots of tech companies are releasing surveillance specs & I’m reminded of the internal Meta memo to put facial rec in their glasses during a “dynamic political environment” because people will be too focused on other issues to resist. Companies think now is the right time to foist these on us all.
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
How do surveillance, censorship, and technologies of control get weaponized—and how do we push back? I spoke with Jonathon W. Penney, author of "Chilling Effects: Repression, Conformity, and Power in the Digital Age," about his roadmap for reform.
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A Roadmap for Confronting the Chilling Effects of Censorship, Surveillance and New Technology
A conversation with Jonathon W. Penney, author of Chilling Effects: Repression, Conformity, and Power in the Digital Age.
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Arikia Millikan @arikia.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The experience of reading journalism on the internet honestly couldn’t get any worse. Who wants to help trying to make it better?
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Arikia Millikan @arikia.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
When I click a link to find info about a tragedy in my community, this is the UX:
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
People act like it’s impossible to do the right thing and succeed but its actually pretty easy to do it and have everyone love you and you can even be a goofy silly guy and do it
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𝔻𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕥 @thatsgoodweb.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Earl Norem, for Dinosaurs Attack!, 1988
Earl Norem, for Dinosaurs Attack!, 1988
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Arikia Millikan @arikia.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
If the decentralization movement had a mascot
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Arikia Millikan @arikia.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Thanks Mars! It’s nice to be in a place not marred by incels.
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Arikia Millikan @arikia.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Dreaming of the days you could end a call by snapping a flip phone shut.
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Cyberdelia NYC @cyberdelianyc.com · 06/02/2026
Tapping into our Gibson glass tower fever dreams coder David Vidovic shows off his elite skills with a righteous animated ride. We just need some proof that we were here... 💾 Hackers (1995) Animated Experience hackers-1995.vercel.app #hackers #hackersmovie
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 22/07/2026
They are ok with white supremacy but draw the line at ai content.
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Substack's new tool tells you who's been writing their newsletters with AI | TechCrunch
Substack is giving readers a way to estimate how much of a newsletter was written by AI, signaling a broader shift toward transparency around AI-assisted content.
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Arikia Millikan @arikia.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
@pfrazee.com Nice to meet you at Dweb! Would love to stay in touch and explore AT integration possibilities for CTRL+X :)
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
You opened a credit card. ICE now knows where you live. Here's how when you open a credit card your address leaves your bank, goes through middlemen companies, and ends up with ICE. ICE plans to use this data for immigration and 'voter fraud'. No warrant More: www.404media.co/you-opened-a...
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Look what AFRICOM is already doing on the other side of the continent:
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"We Initiated, Basically, A New War" in Somalia (Director's Cut)
PLUS: American Prestige x FOREVER WARS on the war against the left—a left Rubio says belongs to Cuba, which he thinks will scare you
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Arikia Millikan @arikia.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
A social app where everyone’s avatar is a baby pic of themselves and you let your inner child speak to the other inner children on the network. The arguments would be so cute 😍
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Arikia Millikan @arikia.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This is concerning but also my first thought upon learning about password managers was basicically what if this happened: www.occrp.org/en/investiga...
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European Password Manager Shares Origins and Updates with State-Certified Russian Firm
Passwork, a Spain-based password manager used by European government agencies and universities, shares technological ties with a Russian counterpart — an arrangement that experts say poses a state-lev...
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Arikia Millikan @arikia.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Climbing the hill of AT protocol and starting from scratch on a new network seems daunting after Twitter/X thoroughly destroyed all the joy in the short-form content experience. Advice on starting over on Bluesky?
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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
All I can think about is Jeff Bezos saying that he slashed jobs at the Washington Post — including those of foreign correspondents in the Middle East — based on "the data," and a few weeks later a whole war breaks out in the Middle East that these laid off folks would have covered as true experts.
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Arikia Millikan @arikia.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
I gave a TED talk last year about the origins of my obsession with decentralized media. It’s personal! Please give it some social media love if any of it resonates with you: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y_x...
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How Decentralization Prevents Digital Disasters | Arikia Millikan | TEDxBerlin
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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