Reposted by mayor of clown town 🤠✨Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 27/07/2023I'm starting a crew who's in 7445001263 4.5K
Reposted by mayor of clown town 🤠✨librarypunk @librarypunk.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Every day I watch the tech industry build The Boot On the Neck Of Humanity Machine and watch universities say “we are going to sustainably and ethically prepare our students to become innovators in The Boot On The Neck Of Humanity Machine space” 2630226 630
Reposted by mayor of clown town 🤠✨Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 15/04/2026OpenAI: We’re burning money like the Joker. A miracle needs to happen for us to turn a profit Microsoft: Please please use our AI systems, we’re teetering on the edge here Anthropic: I wonder what’ll kill us first: lawsuits, regulations or model collapse Media and universities: AI is here to stay 119111844069 11.2K
mayor of clown town 🤠✨ @linguangst.bsky.social · 31/03/2026just caught @brandontlocke.bsky.social using his motherfucking nose to scroll 👃🏻🤳🏻 210 2
Reposted by mayor of clown town 🤠✨Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 31/03/2026lately the chumbucket ads I've been seeing on local news pages keep featuring (ai generated?) stock images of old dudes in marine uniforms, usually screaming 711831209 1.8K
Reposted by mayor of clown town 🤠✨dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 26/03/2026NEW: The government tells Americans to use VPNs to protect their privacy. The government also automatically presumes communications of unknown origin are foreign. Foreign communications don't require a warrant to wiretap. Lawmakers who've done the math want answers. My latest @wired.com:wired.comUsing a VPN May Subject You to NSA SpyingUS lawmakers are pressing Tulsi Gabbard to reveal whether using a VPN that connects to overseas servers can strip Americans of their constitutional protections against warrantless surveillance. 211850955 1.9K
Reposted by mayor of clown town 🤠✨onion person @junlper.beer · 28/03/2026genuinely fascinating that we’ve hit a point where the full monetization of the internet and ai bot takeover has led to a majority of people wanting tech minimalism 13280151357 8K
mayor of clown town 🤠✨ @linguangst.bsky.social · 30/03/2026so bummed i had to leave before this talk! thanks for a great weekend, #ATmosphereConf 💗 030 3
mayor of clown town 🤠✨ @linguangst.bsky.social · 29/03/2026that last point ("openness is taboo") is a persistent thorn in my side... motivated actors will always find ways to reverse-engineer and evade, even if you reveal nothing about your governance system. transparency is foundational for legitimate (i.e., successful) governance! #ATmosphereConf 020 2
mayor of clown town 🤠✨ @linguangst.bsky.social · 29/03/2026trust & safety status quo, per @julietshen.bsky.social and @cassidyjames.com at #ATmosphereConf: kinda broken! (to say the least) 1113 11
Reposted by mayor of clown town 🤠✨BlackskyNews 🗞️ @blackskynews.blacksky.app · 29/03/2026Enjoy this detailed thread Juliet Shen kindly shared on @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team 's #atmosphereconf talk on "Creating a Safer Web: Blacksky's Moderation Tool" "There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives." -Audre Lorde #BlackskyNews 084 8
Reposted by mayor of clown town 🤠✨Juliet Shen @julietshen.online · 29/03/2026these tools are what we make of them. we can't assume that because we are acting in benign ways, that everyone using the tools will do the same. People can't rely on only that. We need to discuss as a community how we govern labelers and community moderation. @scoiattolo.mountainherder.xyz 1193 19
Reposted by mayor of clown town 🤠✨Juliet Shen @julietshen.online · 29/03/2026Blacksky's moderation tools grew from 2 labels and added new ones through a democratic process where people voted on new labels via their People's Assembly. Labels constantly get updated because things change and T&S needs to always have a finger on the pulse @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team 1162 16
Reposted by mayor of clown town 🤠✨Juliet Shen @julietshen.online · 29/03/2026it's today! come learn about coop, our review tool. we'll have a hosted demo up and running soon that everyone can play with too! 0126 12
Reposted by mayor of clown town 🤠✨Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 29/03/2026I think it’s very smart that @moderation.blacksky.app has built a process and tools (with Acorn) that, among other features, require that moderators take breaks and protect themselves. @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team #ATmosphereConf 2459 45
Reposted by mayor of clown town 🤠✨Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 29/03/2026Key ways that people stop trusting Trust and Safety, per @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team and @moderation.blacksky.app #ATmosphereConf 18118 81
mayor of clown town 🤠✨ @linguangst.bsky.social · 29/03/2026on blacksky, @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team explains users aren't immediately banned—there's a conversation (plus opportunity to appeal), a less punitive approach informed by restorative justice. love to see restorative and transformative justice in the discourse at #ATmosphereConf 💗 0153 15
mayor of clown town 🤠✨ @linguangst.bsky.social · 29/03/2026reasons trust & safety teams aren't trusted, per @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team at #ATmosphereConf: - ignorance of cultural nuance - unwillingness to acknowledge mistakes - being proactive instead of reactive - words that don't match actions - not understanding the community you serve 💯💯💯💯💯 143 4
mayor of clown town 🤠✨ @linguangst.bsky.social · 29/03/2026on blacksky, moderation is produced by actual community members (with considerations for their wellness), not exploited workers in the philippines #ATmosphereConf 100 1
mayor of clown town 🤠✨ @linguangst.bsky.social · 29/03/2026love @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team and blacksky's focus on explainability—ensuring moderated users understand exactly why their content was removed #ATmosphereConf 121 2
mayor of clown town 🤠✨ @linguangst.bsky.social · 29/03/2026per @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team, if you don't have your community's trust, your trust & safety practice needs work—regardless of your team's credentials (couldn't agree more!) #ATmosphereConf 141 4
mayor of clown town 🤠✨ @linguangst.bsky.social · 29/03/2026if you enjoyed my #ATmosphereConf talk, make your way back to room 2301 for @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team's talk on blacksky's moderation practices! from what i've been hearing so far, it sounds like they are doing everything right 💗 011 1
Reposted by mayor of clown town 🤠✨Kay Coghill, PhD. @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team · 29/03/2026@devingaffney.com’s work is hands down the best. @graze.social Speaking truth to power! 0206 20
mayor of clown town 🤠✨ @linguangst.bsky.social · 29/03/2026if you missed the talk (and don't want to wade through an entire dissertation), "content moderation futures" is available here: arxiv.org/abs/2509.09076 #ATmosphereConfarxiv.orgContent Moderation FuturesThis study examines the failures and possibilities of contemporary social media governance through the lived experiences of various content moderation professionals. Drawing on participatory design wo... 231 3
mayor of clown town 🤠✨ @linguangst.bsky.social · 29/03/2026highly recommend @julietshen.bsky.social for all your conference talk live-tweeting (and general cheerleading) needs 110 1
mayor of clown town 🤠✨ @linguangst.bsky.social · 29/03/2026I'M SORRY i promise it's on the to-do list 😭 010 1
Reposted by mayor of clown town 🤠✨🦇 DEADvin 🎃 GHASTney 👻 @devingaffney.com · 29/03/2026So great to hear about @linguangst.bsky.social's moderation research - real clarity about the matrix of constraints and challenges that makes the work so difficult (and where we need to put in the effort to make it better) #atmosphereconf 0114 11
Reposted by mayor of clown town 🤠✨Juliet Shen @julietshen.online · 29/03/2026it's cool to see @linguangst.bsky.social research quotes about needing more user education first, norm-setting, and design needs in moderation. highly recommend checking out www.prosocialdesign.org who have been doing great work in this spaceprosocialdesign.orgProsocial Design NetworkThe Prosocial Design Network advocates for prosocial design: evidence-based design practices that bring out the best in human nature online. 051 5
Reposted by mayor of clown town 🤠✨Juliet Shen @julietshen.online · 29/03/2026for anyone in @linguangst.bsky.social session who are interested in other studies around how trust & safety is done on federated protocols/platforms, check out www.tsjournal.org/index.php/jo... by @yoyoel.com and @samlai.bsky.socialtsjournal.org Securing Federated Platforms | Journal of Online Trust and Safety Journal of Online Trust and Safety 0125 12
Reposted by mayor of clown town 🤠✨Brittany Ellich @brittanyellich.com · 29/03/2026@case.bsky.social giving one of the best talks at #Atmosphereconf! I highly recommend watching this one if you missed it, what a great talk about the future. 3226 22
Reposted by mayor of clown town 🤠✨jenn schiffer 😎 @jennschiffer.com · 29/03/2026what’s refreshing about #atmosphereconf is how interdisciplinary the subjects and speakers are - it’s not all code but instead showcasing the roles of scientists, journalists and creators. the community is multi-faceted and have a shared interest in combatting misinformation and abuse. 113529 135
mayor of clown town 🤠✨ @linguangst.bsky.social · 29/03/2026loving all the metaverse shade in @case.bsky.social's talk on "waiting for the future to load" 😎 #ATmosphereConf 041 4
Reposted by mayor of clown town 🤠✨🦇 DEADvin 🎃 GHASTney 👻 @devingaffney.com · 28/03/2026@tessa.germnetwork.com absolutely killing it- amazing framing of consent as a core design value within the space #atmosphereconf 0215 21
Reposted by mayor of clown town 🤠✨ændra. @aendra.com · 29/03/2026For clarity, this is a @graze.social feature, and it's cool as heck! You can make any of your feeds remix-able like this by toggling a setting in your feed preferences. 18420 84
Reposted by mayor of clown town 🤠✨Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 29/03/2026Good reason to not come to my talk! 0231 23
Reposted by mayor of clown town 🤠✨jack @j4ck.xyz · 29/03/2026💯 @devingaffney.com @graze.social #AtmosphereConf 1174 17
mayor of clown town 🤠✨ @linguangst.bsky.social · 29/03/2026also come to room 2301 at 11:30 if your interests include sticking it to @masnick.com (whose resonant computing fireside chat with @komorama.bsky.social is unfortunately at the same time) #ATmosphereConf 161 6
mayor of clown town 🤠✨ @linguangst.bsky.social · 29/03/2026(yes i know my SSL cert is expired and i'll fuggin' get to it eventually) 110 1
mayor of clown town 🤠✨ @linguangst.bsky.social · 29/03/2026"content moderation futures"—based on participatory design workshops with 33 industry and civil society experts—is the final study in my dissertation (2025), which explores ways to improve social media governance through applied theories of justice: www.lindsayblackwell.net/dissertation/lindsayblackwell.netTransforming Social Media Governance With Applied Theories of Justice – lindsay blackwell 170 7
mayor of clown town 🤠✨ @linguangst.bsky.social · 29/03/2026my #ATmosphereConf talk is today! come to room 2301 at 11:30 if your interests include equitable platform governance, care work and workers, and avoiding the failures of ~Big Tech~: atmosphereconf.org/event/eqVMWz0 1155 15
Reposted by mayor of clown town 🤠✨Rudy Fraser @rude1.blacksky.team · 29/03/2026“Love the ones you starve with; them the ones you eat with” Shout out to my Risk Takers ❤️🔥 The tech industry has never seen a team like us before. If you wanna know why we’re winning, you’re looking at the reason. You’d be blessed to have any one of them on your side. @blackskyweb.xyz 657194 571
mayor of clown town 🤠✨ @linguangst.bsky.social · 29/03/2026was your train home also just cancelled? 🫠 100 1
Reposted by mayor of clown town 🤠✨Kay Coghill, PhD. @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team · 29/03/2026Anywho, see yall at 1:30 remotely or in person #ATmosphereConf atmosphereconf.org/event/2E9XG1batmosphereconf.orgATmosphereConf 2026ATmosphereConf is the global atproto community conference. Join us in Vancouver, Canada, March 26th - 29th, 2026. 0157 15
Reposted by mayor of clown town 🤠✨Kay Coghill, PhD. @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team · 29/03/2026I hope today during my talk people interested in content moderation understand the importance of community trust and the true meaning of being proactive in trust & safety and not reactive. I stand on the fact that our moderation is one of the best I’ve seen across all platforms. Full stop. 15913 59
