iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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AT Protocol Developers @atproto.com · 14/10/2026

Work on Spaces is maturing, and that means we can start to talk more about the ~developer experience~!! Beginning today, a new weekly Spaces blog series: atproto.com/blog/devex-g...

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Developer Experience Goals for Atproto Spaces

A new series nailing down the moving parts of building on Spaces

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Fricker @fricker.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Extensions and integrations are some of the most natural fits for AI augmented tools. The ATmosphere seems like an ideal playground for experimenting and iteratively applying enhancements with the benefit of human feedback, the opposite approach of monolithic applications developed using RSI.

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Bluesky expands its AI-powered Attie app to let anyone build websites, games, and more | TechCrunch

Bluesky is bringing “social vibe coding” to its experimental Attie platform, allowing users to create interactive experiences like games, quizzes, and websites that can tap into the social network's a...

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Graze Social @graze.social · 07/10/2026

🗳 midterms.graze.social is @graze.social's most ambitious project to date. And as of today, it's live. Let's take a look at what the next 27 days will look like 🧵

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Election Night 2026

Vetted coverage of the 2026 midterms, by state.

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alex benzer @alexbenzer.com · 07/10/2026

we have an idea for communities in the app that we're calling "spaces" — places where people can gather around shared interests or social groups. here's a peek at some early prototypes. these are explorations, not polished or final. looking for feedback, esp from community builders 👀

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Marisa @marisa.blacksky.team · 07/10/2026

at a time where social media platforms encourage more performative and one-sided sharing than ever, we're excited to be launching features for more generative, participatory, and fun conversations. looking forward to everyone's feedback and to seeing what Discussions come 💬💜

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matt @stavola.xyz · 02/10/2026

I think one of the most valuable things that bsky can do for the atmosphere is leverage its position as the only app with a large audience and heavily promote "high quality" ATProto apps in-app. The live indicator and profile buttons are cool, but it's really limited and discovery is spontaneous.

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Fricker @fricker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Will Trump punish OpenAI if they don't rename the company to OpenSI?

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ATProto Science @atproto.science · 28/08/2026

We made a thing! Check out our new #ATScience ecosystem map ✨ All projects, organized in one place: atproto.science/ecosystem/

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Fricker @fricker.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

“I think this is kind of exciting, right?” said Chief Data Officer, Soumya Kalra. She celebrated that coding agents have removed the need for technical skills to engage with data.

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S.F. public data was a niche interest. That was before ‘vibe-coding’

Requests to datasets from San Francisco Open Data have skyrocketed since the introduction of AI coding assistants.

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Jomboy Media (Unofficial) @jomboymedia-mirror.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

WALK-OFF GRAND SLAM FOR BRYCE ELDRIDGE AND THE GIANTS! Nationals led 9-1 entering the eighth before the Giants scored five in the eighth and five in the ninth to win it!

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Fricker @fricker.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

“Because your cameras can now actually understand what they see, your smart home can automatically react to almost anything happening around your home.” This could be super useful.

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Gemini for Google Home can now use your cameras to trigger automations

You can play music when your cat comes home.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 07/05/2026

All Californians are invited to join Engaged California, a statewide effort to give residents a stronger voice in shaping AI policy and its impact on our economy and workers — because everyone deserves a seat at the table. Sign up ➡️ www.engaged.ca.gov/AI

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Paul Kinlan @paul.kinlan.me · 01/05/2026

I'm pretty certain that web mcp has the opportunity to be everything that I wanted web intents to be and it's only possible since the invention of llms aifoc.us/webmcp-is-th...

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We Distribute @wedistribute.org · 30/04/2026

We collaborated with @timothychambers.net to provide a follow-up from his "Seven Deadly UX Sins for the #Fediverse" series. It's a way to reflect on how things have changed over the past six months, with clear ideas on where things are headed.

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The Seven Deadly Fediverse UX Sins: A Redemption Report Card

Six months after an initial analysis, two Fediverse experts come back to examine where user experience has changed. Are we on the path of redemption, or repeating the same old sins?

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Mastodon @mastodon.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/04/2026

You heard it here first: Mastodon 5.0 (eta Fall 2026) will introduce major improvements to the core user experience. We're making Mastodon the most human-centred software on the #SocialWeb. That’s where you come in. Discovery Week 🗓️ 11-15 May 2026 Join our Head of Design @imanijoy for a […]

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Original post on mastodon.social

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New_ Public @newpublic.org · 22/04/2026

For anyone building new apps and tools on ATproto that are … 🌐 on the Open Web 🌱 past the prototype stage ✨ reimagining the social internet New_ Public, @publicspaces.net and @waag.org are investing up to €10,000 in alternatives to Big Tech Learn more, share, or apply by May 1st newpublic.org/OSA

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Open Social Awards | New_ Public

The awards aim to recognize and celebrate the breakthrough products of developers building on open protocols such as ATProtocol and ActivityPub.

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

The data work industry, which monetizes the collection of information used to train AI systems, is often shrouded in secrecy. But a new report maps out how at least 30 data platforms are quietly connected to Big Tech companies, Tech Policy Press fellow Tatiana Dias writes.

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Data Work Is Too Secretive. Big Tech Should be Held Accountable.

The data work industry, which collects information to train AI systems for tech companies, is often shrouded in secrecy, Tatiana Dias writes.

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Fricker @fricker.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

If vibe coding isn't just a fad could repurposing software development tools and practices be key to the successful adoption of AI by other industries?

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GitHub for everyone: Using GitHub Issues to run your household

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Fricker @fricker.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

I am motivated to resurrect some code today.

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

AI systems aren’t just supporting decisions—they’re structuring how public authority is exercised, writes Michael A. Santoro. “Human in the loop” isn’t enough. Accountability must be built upstream through guardrails embedded in system design, not added after the fact, he argues.

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Where is Accountability When Governments Deploy AI?

AI systems now structure public authority; human-in-the-loop oversight is insufficient, requiring upstream guardrails argues Michael A. Santoro.

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Streamplace @stream.place · 03/04/2026

🎉🎉🎉 VOD JAM ANNOUNCEMENT: CLIPPING 🎉🎉🎉 Have you ever wanted to just watch just PART of a video? The Streamplace VOD beta now supports `start` and `end` parameters for creating clip playlists. You can also create your own `place.stream.video` excerpts from the AtmosphereConf talks! Docs here:

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Streamplace VOD JAM - How Streamplace Works

omg vod vod vod vod vod!!!!

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 01/04/2026

Let’s go Artemis!!!

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Fricker @fricker.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

The policy “targets blatantly problematic issues with LLM use, while still giving leeway for what are seen as decent uses for it.”

theverge.com

Wikipedia bans AI-generated articles

Wikipedia is done with AI slop.

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Fricker @fricker.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

I'd like to see the adoption of a simple mental model for integrating open social network tools and content. Instead of apps maybe we should be considering workflows, activities, tasks, and projects that can be easily distributed and personalized. The web seems like the optimal platform for this.

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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

So please, spread this far article far and wide. If my legacy as a scholar was to be part of the end of cookie banners, I would die a happy legal academic. Oh and don't forget to appreciate the irony when you click on the link to download :) 5/5

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 10/03/2026

“For the last few years, Niantic Spatial has been taking the data collected from players of Pokémon Go and Ingress (Niantic’s previous phone-based AR game, launched in 2013) and building a visual positioning system, technology that tells you where you are based on what you can see.”

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How Pokémon Go is giving delivery robots an inch-perfect view of the world

Niantic's AI spinout is training a new world model using 30 billion images of urban landmarks crowdsourced from players.

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Blaine @blaine.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Code may be easier now, but running infrastructure and building community are still hard. I wrote for the @newpublic.org newsletter this week, exploring how atproto + llms could make a great pair to restore agency and empower communities in a sustainable way. newpublic.substack.com/p/ai-that-he...

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✨🙌 AI that helps communities thrive on their own terms

Open protocols + AI-enabled coding = building what we need for ourselves

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 05/03/2026

The company is attempting to build a radically new reactor, one that is sodium-cooled and incorporates energy storage as part of its design.

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TerraPower gets OK to start construction of its first nuclear plant

Plant won't be done until 2030 at the earliest, and it still needs an operating license.

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Fricker @fricker.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Google should also release a suite of Workspace web components that can be embedded within the CLI.

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nichoth @nichoth.com · 03/03/2026

From the @npmx.dev stream today w/ @codetv.dev +1 about AT protocol + adding social features to any website. It saves you time. drerings.app is a totally frontend app that uses Bluesky as the backend.

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Drerings

Draw pictures, show them to your friends

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Fricker @fricker.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

A resurrected HyperCard could change everything again.

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Fricker @fricker.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Ideally AI should take away the drudgery and let us do the parts that are creative and soulful.

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The AI everyone hates vs. the AI we need

YouTube video by revolution.social with @rabble

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Today’s pod is with one of my favorite writers covering the culture of technology in the Bay Area. @jasmine.bsky.social came on to describe the AI boom/hype from ground level in SF and we get deep into what the people building these tools actually believe www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...

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What Do the People Building AI Believe?

Inside San Francisco’s AI subculture

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Vlad Miricioiu 🌸 @vlad.website · 26/02/2026

We just launched the Open Source Endowment, the first endowment dedicated to supporting Open Source maintainers, with $693,000 raised already. The world depends on Open Source, but making our ecosystem sustainable is a complex task. I hope that, with community consultation, the Endowment can help 🙏

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A VC and some big-name programmers are trying to solve open source's funding problem, permanently | TechCrunch

A group of well-known open source programmers and a VC have launched the Open Source Endowment. They hope this new method will provide funding for good.

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UC Davis @ucdavis.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

UC Davis researchers from engineering and veterinary medicine have teamed up at the new Center for Animal Flight and Innovation. Using high-tech video to study birds in flight, the project aims to revolutionize UAV and drone research. ucdav.is/478Fzt0

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 22/02/2026

autonomous AI agents with access to all of your personal and work accounts/data in a country too corrupt to pass even rudimentary internet-era privacy laws what could possibly go wrong?

arstechnica.com

OpenClaw security fears lead Meta, other AI firms to restrict its use

The viral agentic AI tool is known for being highly capable but also wildly unpredictable.

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