Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/01/2025While we’re banning books… Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar. Be. Like. Finland. 13255178916053
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialbryan english @bengl.dev · 13/12/2024Blows my mind that people use the tiny little terminal pane in VSCode as their primary terminal. 8192
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialKuba Suder 🇵🇱🇺🇦 @mackuba.eu · 09/12/2024Some new .govs on the .govs list: (the automatic updating currently works using the "fake it till you make it" approach, i.e. the kuba.sh script :p) 1182
pscas.bsky.social @pscas.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Although @theonion.com is pretty good, imho @elmundotoday.com (spanish) is the best one by far 040
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 02/12/2024"We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"thelondoneconomic.comEuropean Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on XThe EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries. 20488040615186
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialMubashar “Mubs” Iqbal @mubashariqbal.com · 30/11/2024Yesterday I got tagged about generating a "I've moved to Bluesky" banner for Twitter. Well I've built it 😂 Just enter your handle, and we'll generate the banner for you: blueskydirectory.com/moved-to-blu... Thanks to @justinjackson.ca for original idea and @chadtimbl.in for the banner I used! 3223090
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Absolutely right 👏 bsky.social/about/blog/1...bsky.socialThe Engagement Is Better on Bluesky - BlueskyBluesky is the lobby to the open web. Find and build your community here. 251854199
pscas.bsky.social @pscas.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Interesting video on overhyped AI for coding by Github Copilot youtu.be/IxYN7DKefmIyoutu.beGreat... Github Lies About Copilot StatsYouTube video by ThePrimeTime 110
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialDaniel Bergstresser @dbergstresser.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Poem by Joseph Fasano 10488771139
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialMateus Guimarães @mateusguimaraes.com · 28/11/2024People are using LLMs summarize books. Do you really think you can compress a 300-page book into 2 pages without losing a *bunch* of information? There are people summarizing Dostoyevsky on Reddit, what's even the point 😭 131
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialJustin Jackson @justinjackson.ca · 28/11/2024Tweets deleted. Account locked down. I'm done with X! 7241113
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialPhilipp Parzer @philparzer.com · 26/11/2024when you fire your designer and hire a design engineer 011
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 23/11/2024Others have noted it but I will too: The big reason Bluesky is so hot right now is that the people who add value to social media - the frequent posters in specific fields - are here now, talking to each other and creating the "spectator value" that draws users and attention.theverge.comTwitter’s heir apparent isn’t X or Threads — it’s BlueskyThe blue bird is dead. Long live the blue sky. 912548876909
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialdaniel r(ooooooh) 👻 @danielroe.dev · 23/11/2024if you have a @github.com profile, can i ask you to update it with your @bsky.app handle? 🙏 👉 it enables some very cool integrations, like auto curated feeds and starter packs for contributors and tech 83994206
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialJohn Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 19/11/2024Despite a massive head start, BlueSky has now overtaken Threads in the US 👇 389169713659
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 19/11/2024It took me twelve years (!) to build up my audience on Twitter. It took 5 days to surpass the 50% point of my Twitter following on Bluesky. I’m hopeful that the overall growth on this site will negate the need to go on Twitter altogether. Sad to see what it devolved into, but thrilled to see it die. 1996680284740
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialJosh W. Comeau @joshwcomeau.com · 19/11/2024If you have any friends still on Twitter, show them this video. 😬 youtu.be/GZ5XN_mJE8Y?...youtu.beThe Really Dark Truth About BotsYouTube video by Benn Jordan 910010
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialMichiel Berk @michielberk.com · 19/11/2024I am actively recruiting people from X right now. 3171
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialMichele Hansen @mjwhansen.com · 18/11/2024So cool to see adult gymnastics getting coverage in a major publication! Also: seriously jealous of the adult gymnastics scene in London. There are *several* gyms with classes & open gyms for adults www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.comIs 61 too old to take up gymnastics? Not if you’re planning on living to 100The older I get, the more I want to play rather than just work out. Have I left it too late to learn a backflip, cartwheel or forward tuck – especially with a dodgy knee? 3131
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialThibault Le Ouay Ducasse @thibaultleouay.dev · 18/11/2024I'm not a big fan of all the useless AI tools but I will give Copilot for pull request reviewers a try 121
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 17/11/2024There is something deeply amusing about musklings coming here and realizing there’s no algorithm to boost their rage bait, which was their main advantage. 836485834599
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialAboogail Screamini @ TechBash @abbeyperini.dev · 17/11/2024Another day, another developer is convinced they can find a tech solution to a human problem. 1630953
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialAshok Gelal @ashokgelal.bsky.social · 17/11/2024When a framework is so great, so easy, so intuitive that it actually hinders your ability to get a job. 🙃 171
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialBryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 16/11/2024Are people still learning in public? I miss the days where I saw lots of blog posts and videos of people learning. I want to see less podcasts where people are talking about other people winning and learning. 12594
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialpatak @patak.cat · 16/11/202455+ butterfly flash mob posts are flying in Portuguese, Japanese, Italian, German, French, Spanish, and English! If you'd like to schedule a 🦋 to X, you're still in time! 1144
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialJoyee Cheung @joyeecheung.bsky.social · 15/11/2024butterfly flash mob - schedule a post to X with a single 🦋 - november 16, 15:00 UTC - you know the first rule of the flash mob invite your friends with your own voice: find a post on why we should move here, quote post it, copy and paste this post text, send 12110
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialhorus 🏴☠️ @horus.dev · 16/11/2024butterfly flash mob - programa una publicación en X con una sola 🦋 - 16 de noviembre, 16:00 hora España (15:00 UTC) - ya sabes la primera regla del flash mob invita a tus amigos con tus propias palabras: busca un post que explique por qué migrar, citalo, copia y pega este mensaje y postealo 1104
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialBluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 16/11/2024We're rolling out an update shortly to email verification to prevent harassment and trolling from throwaway accounts. New users may need to verify their account email before they can create a post. Thanks for your understanding! 705209924162
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialKelly Vaughn @kvlly.com · 14/11/2024I'm so glad there are no blue checks here 2131612
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialMarc Köhlbrugge @marckohlbrugge.com · 04/11/2024Shipped my first Bluesky project 🚀✨ blueskycounter.com It tracks your followers over time. So you get a nice chart. Enter your own handle to start tracking your followers. No signup necessary.blueskycounter.com 10475
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialJustin Jackson @justinjackson.ca · 14/11/2024It's heartening to see the momentum here on @bsky.app. ❤️ blueskycounter.com/mijustin.bsk... 7742
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialN E E D L E @needledesign.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Introduce yourself with four movies 081
pscas.bsky.social @pscas.bsky.social · 14/11/2024www.forbes.com/sites/peters...forbes.comWith 15 Million Subscribers, Is Bluesky On Track To Takeover X?Bluesky could have a serious advantage as The Guardian, Don Lemon and Jamie Lee Curtis leave Twitter (X). Since the election, it quickly gained 1.25 million new users. 010
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialJohn Rain🥇 @johnrain.co.uk · 13/11/2024Just opened a calzone restaurant. Used to have a pizza restaurant, but it folded. 2005938501
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialErnie Smith @ernie.tedium.co · 13/11/2024In case you need some wholesome content, here you go: My wife hiked every single state park in Virginia and earned a master hiker certificate for it from the state. (I hiked a few, but there were definitely a few trails I had no chance with.) Today, Virginia State Parks honored her on Facebook. 1950816
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Good news: Twitter is collapsing. And this chart doesn't even show the last two weeks—which have seen the largest exodus in site history. There are reports from Newsweek and others that Twitter may merge with Truth Social. If that happens, the last collapse of Twitter may happen almost overnight. 1975318046779
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialJay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 13/11/2024Bluesky is a PBC (public benefit corporation) with the mission “to develop and drive large-scale adoption of technologies for open and decentralized public conversation.” From the start, our goal has been to build a decentralized social network that is usable by the mainstream. 16486831497
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialDave Di Biase @davedbase.com · 13/11/2024How is it that ERP software is *so* bad? Literally everything from SAP to NetSuite seems so poorly thought out and engineered. 361
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialJohn Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 13/11/2024A tale of two platforms: BlueSky user numbers have hit a new record high in recent days, while the number of people deleting their accounts on X/Twitter has rocketed 🚀 458202954072
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialChris Morrell @cmorrell.com · 13/11/2024It’s not just us… www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...theguardian.comWhy the Guardian is no longer posting on XWe will stop posting from our official editorial accounts on the platform, but X users can still share our articles 2185
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialSamuel @samuel.fm · 13/11/2024#1 in Social Networking in the UK for the first time! 1046230602
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialAndrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 11/11/2024as an experiment, I posted the same post to twitter and bluesky. here is the time series of engagements (sum of comments, reposts, likes) from the two platforms. Note that I have 39K followers on twitter and 7K here, so engagement per follower here is more than 10 times higher here on bluesky. 19567381261
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialLiran Tal @lirantal.com · 12/11/2024The AI they said is going to replace all of us developers I think we have a few more years left before forced retirement ;-) 131
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 11/11/20245.1 million followers on X. 12k on BlueSky. We are seeing the same level of engagement, if not more with less followers. No deboosting here. 375114471230
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialKary🪷💙 @its-me-kar.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Bird app, it’s just not working out between us anymore. It’s not me, it’s you. 2252
Reposted by @pscas.bsky.socialAshok Gelal @ashokgelal.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Talked to a junior dev friend last week who built a prompt-to-image app using AI. Initial progress? Impressive. Final result? Abandoned. Lesson learned: AI-authored architecture = undebuggable mess + zero scalability esp. for new features Human devs still crucial for robust, future-proof solutions. 011