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🔮 Daniel Hückmann @sanitybit.com · 30/11/2024

A cryptocurrency entrepreneur who spent $6.2 million on a banana duct-taped to a wall — ate the fruit in Hong Kong. Justin Sun removed the tape and ate the banana during a press conference at The Peninsula Hong Kong. "It tastes much better than other bananas. Indeed, quite good," he said.

A person with curly hair tied into a bun, wearing glasses, observes a conceptual art piece consisting of a ripe banana duct-taped to a plain white wall. The banana is secured with a strip of gray duct tape, positioned diagonally across the fruit. The text overlay at the bottom of the image reads: 'Cryptocurrency entrepreneur who bought banana art for $6.2 million eats the fruit in Hong Kong.'

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🔮 Daniel Hückmann @sanitybit.com · 28/11/2024

The cats just put that button there to distract you. It doesn't actually do anything.

The photo features a tabby cat with a striped coat in shades of brown, black, and cream. The cat is resting on a light wood, curved platform lined with a soft, white fabric. Its green eyes, with a sharp and piercing gaze, are the focal point of the image. The fur texture is rich and detailed, with a mix of smooth and slightly fluffy areas. The background is softly blurred, featuring a neutral tone that enhances the subject's prominence. The image conveys a cozy and relaxed atmosphere with a touch of feline attitude.

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🔮 Daniel Hückmann @sanitybit.com · 14/11/2024

People are now connecting more Bluesky accounts to Buffer than Threads or Mastodon accounts.

Line graph showing the trend of social media account connections to Buffer, comparing Bluesky, Threads, and Mastodon from August to early November.

The orange line (Bluesky) shows a strong upward trend with a peak in mid-October, surpassing the purple line (Threads) and the teal line (Mastodon), indicating that more people are now connecting Bluesky accounts to Buffer than Threads or Mastodon accounts.

Dashed lines near November suggest projected or estimated activity.

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🔮 Daniel Hückmann @sanitybit.com · 12/11/2024

Buffer published a usage chart comparing Threads, Mastodon, and Bluesky on their service. Bluesky is gaining fast and has already surpassed Mastodon.

A line chart comparing Threads, Mastodon, and Bluesky usage on Buffer's service from early June to early November.

The chart shows that Threads (in red) has a strong upward trajectory, rapidly increasing since early July and reaching over 5,000 users by November.

Bluesky (in yellow) starts with no users in June but experiences a sharp rise from July onward, surpassing Mastodon (in light blue) in early October and continuing to grow toward 3,000 users by November.

Mastodon (yellow) maintains a steady but flat line, hovering around 2,000 users without significant growth throughout the period.

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🔮 Daniel Hückmann @sanitybit.com · 09/11/2024

Kind of funny that I can't retort to this genius on @esqueer.net's Threads post because an oligarch's algorithm is preventing me from doing so. 🃏

In a social media thread, several users discuss the differences between Bluesky and the Fediverse. One user named 'esqueer_' states that Bluesky is built on a protocol bridging with the Fediverse, but finds the Fediverse challenging for non-technical users.

Another user, '2023kdw,' argues that Bluesky is centralized, owned by a for-profit company, and therefore vulnerable to corporate takeovers, unlike the decentralized Fediverse. 'bsky_photographer' responds that Bluesky is a Public Benefit C Corp, with safeguards against harmful influence, adding that they’ve experienced issues with Mastodon related to UX, scalability, and identity ownership.

In a reply, '2023kdw' notes that a public benefit corporation is still for-profit and points out Bluesky’s VC funding.

A message at the bottom indicates a 'Post failed to upload,' with an option to 'View.', preventing bsky_photographer from engaging in good faith dialog.

Browser tools show a hidden response of "Media blocked due to integrity."

Go fuck yourself Mark Zuckerberg. 🖕🏻

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🔮 Daniel Hückmann @sanitybit.com · 19/10/2024

Tea is also a very specific water. 🍵

A close-up photo of a tabby cat dipping its paw into a cup of tea. The cat is looking curiously at the tea with its paw partially submerged. The background shows a wooden shelf with some electronics and cables.

The image captures a playful and inquisitive moment.

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🔮 Daniel Hückmann @sanitybit.com · 17/10/2024

Slowly starting to reflect in DAU count (a different stat from rate), & already helping level off the decline in weekly & monthly users. Big spike in follow activity, as new users rush to find their networks from Twitter & Threads (both of which are making major missteps). 🧃 bskycharts.edavis.dev

Another chart showing daily (orange), weekly (blue), and monthly (green) active user counts.

A weekly chart showing Bluesky activity, with a huge spike in follow activity (red line).

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🔮 Daniel Hückmann @sanitybit.com · 17/10/2024

Bluesky's Daily Active User rate just 3x'd against baseline activity. So much so that it's recovering from the dip in weekly/monthly caused by a portion of the Brazil cluster returning to Twitter after the ban lifted.

A chart with 3 lines showing Daily, Weekly, & Monthly user activity rate above baseline.

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🔮 Daniel Hückmann @sanitybit.com · 12/10/2024

@flipboard.com @mmccue.bsky.social Can you fucking not. 😒 Native AT Protocol integration or bug off.

Flipboard mass enabling bridgyfed with Bluesky.

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🔮 Daniel Hückmann @sanitybit.com · 10/10/2024

Bluesky welcoming new arrivals from Threads

This image is a still from the movie Midsommar (2019), directed by Ari Aster. It shows a group of women in traditional Swedish-style clothing participating in a communal expression of grief.

The central character, Dani (played by Florence Pugh), is visibly distraught, with the other women mirroring her emotional state and holding her as part of a shared ritualistic experience.

This scene captures the film’s exploration of communal rituals, emotional catharsis, and cultural practices within the fictional Swedish pagan community.

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🔮 Daniel Hückmann @sanitybit.com · 08/10/2024

“Capitalism is the gravest threat of moral consistency.” — Karl Marx (probably)

The image is a screenshot of a humorous exchange on Bluesky between a business called “RugsnotDrugs” and a user named Daniel Hückmann.

“RugsnotDrugs” is promoting their rug-selling business with a post saying, “Help us spread the word about our business!”

Daniel replies, humorously asking for “a rug that would be fun to stare at during an acid trip.”

In response, “RugsnotDrugs” shares an image of a brightly colored, wavy-patterned rug from their collection, implying that the vibrant design would be ideal for such a psychedelic experience.

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🔮 Daniel Hückmann @sanitybit.com · 27/09/2024

In fact, you can't even view the help article about objecting to certain practices:

A screenshot of the help article titled "Information about objections and how you can object on Facebook."

The subtext says:

"This information is not available in your area."

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🔮 Daniel Hückmann @sanitybit.com · 27/09/2024

and of course you can't opt out if you live in the US. 🤡 Here are the two links if you want to see:

A screenshot of the Facebook AI training opt out form that says:

This form isn't available

This form is only available to people in certain regions.

A screenshot of the Instagram AI training opt out form that says:

This form isn't available

This form is only available to people in certain regions.

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🔮 Daniel Hückmann @sanitybit.com · 24/09/2024

Doorbell camera video* of tonight's meteor seen in Bend Oregon (and along the entire west coast). Not my video, via a post in /r/bend.

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🔮 Daniel Hückmann @sanitybit.com · 02/09/2024

Immediately updates it on the clipboard, nice for sharing (e.g. when copying a URL from Spotify). Looking at Pasteboard viewer, it also implements "x.nspasteboard.ModifiedType" which a number of clipboard managers use to prevent duplicates. github.com/p0deje/Maccy...

A screenshot from the third party macOS utility Pasteboard Viewer, showing an additional property on modified pastes.

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🔮 Daniel Hückmann @sanitybit.com · 15/08/2024

The level of braining involved is just 🤯

A tweet lamenting the migration of UK account to Bluesky:

"Twitter is Babylon Bluesky is the EU and Scotland after the referendum, white folks with the means fleeing to live with other white folks because of the state racism, exactly who suffers again?! Us knowing here's the only place we can survive because this where we all live"

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🔮 Daniel Hückmann @sanitybit.com · 05/08/2024

LinkedIn is down. How am I going to thought-lead during work hours?

A screenshot of user reported problems for LinkedIn on downdetector.com, showing a huge spike in reported issues.

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🔮 Daniel Hückmann @sanitybit.com · 24/07/2024

They didn't even wait for the awards this year. 🙃

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🔮 Daniel Hückmann @sanitybit.com · 24/07/2024

I think we all know who's going to win the Pwnie for Epic Fail this year. 🤣

A screenshot from the 2024 Pwnie Awards nomination doc for the Epic Fail category. Rather than list any nominees like in the other categories, the table just has two entries: 'lol' and 'Lmao even', likely indicating that the unnamed Crowd Strike has beat out any possible alternate winners.

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🔮 Daniel Hückmann @sanitybit.com · 23/07/2024

Noticed that the local big box stores were all out of common air purifier filters before I realized it was fire season. Looks like the Portland metro area has been getting lucky with wind direction and wildfire smoke, hoping it holds as forecast. 🤞🏼

A weather map (current at time of post) of Oregon showing temperatures, wind direction, active wildfires, and PM2.5 concentration.

Temperatures are labeled at various cities: Portland (68°F), Eugene (71°F), Bend (71°F), Medford (77°F), Lakeview (84°F), Burns (88°F), Halfway (86°F), Walla Walla (89°F), and Boise (95°F).

Red and orange dots and clusters indicate active wildfires, mostly concentrated in central and eastern Oregon. Wind patterns suggest movement of smoke away from the Portland metro area, which currently appears to have lower PM2.5 concentration compared to other regions affected by wildfire smoke.

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🔮 Daniel Hückmann @sanitybit.com · 18/07/2024

@why.bsky.team Another example. Commonality looks like inline URLS.

A screenshot of the Newskies feed, showing a post made 6 days ago mixed into recent posts.

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🔮 Daniel Hückmann @sanitybit.com · 18/07/2024

@why.bsky.team Looks like Newskies feed may have a bug, this post seems out of place chronologically, and was not the users first.

A screenshot of the Newskies feed, showing a post made 9 days ago mixed into recent posts.

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🔮 Daniel Hückmann @sanitybit.com · 07/07/2024

If you lost your password reminder at Cathedral Park in North Portland, I found it for you. ☺️

A green sticky note with handwritten pencil that says:

Battle drop
Pssword -Savage187$
Gmail, Pssword: Savage187$

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🔮 Daniel Hückmann @sanitybit.com · 05/07/2024

Bluesky hit 6 million users. 🥳

A screenshot of Jaz's Bluesky stats page showing 6,000,325 users.

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🔮 Daniel Hückmann @sanitybit.com · 04/07/2024

My favorite Portland cafe hosts a ton of open mics and art events. They were going to host a "Poetry for Palestine" fundraiser, but their landlord is now pressuring them into canceling because such an event is too "violent & political." If you're ever in PDX, throw some support to Honey Latte Cafe.

An Instagram story from Honey Latte Cafe in Portland Oregon. The story features a digital event flyer for a poetry show fundraiser to support families evacuating from Gaza.

Above the flyer is a message from the venue that says:

"our landlord thinks this event is "violent" and "political" and is not allowing us to host it. we are blown away by this situation. please stay tuned for more details."

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🔮 Daniel Hückmann @sanitybit.com · 28/06/2024

This is the likely cause of the @hedera.bsky.social marketing email breach on the 25th: twitter.com/hedera/statu...

A screenshot from MX Toolbox, showing the SPF records for hedera.com, which contains an entry for HubSpot.

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🔮 Daniel Hückmann @sanitybit.com · 26/06/2024

The litterbox let me know that it updated its firmware. A literal #InternetOfShit.

An Android notification from an Internet connected Whisker Litter Robot. The notification says:

"Your Firmware Has Been Updated!

"Golem's firmware has been updated. Tap here to read about what's new in this update!"

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🔮 Daniel Hückmann @sanitybit.com · 26/06/2024

Gonna tell my kids this was Razor & Blade.

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🔮 Daniel Hückmann @sanitybit.com · 25/06/2024

Ticketmaster is finally sending out breach notifications to customers, a month after the discovery date. 🙄

Screenshot of an email from Ticketmaster

Hello,

We are writing to notify you of a data security incident that may have involved your personal information. We take the protection of your personal information very seriously and are sending this correspondence to tell you what happened, what information was involved, what we have done, and what you can do to address this situation.

What Happened

Ticketmaster recently discovered that an unauthorized third party obtained information from a cloud database hosted by a third-party data services provider. Based on our investigation, we determined that the unauthorized activity occurred between April 2, 2024, and May 18, 2024. On May 23, 2024, we determined that some of your personal information may have been affected by the incident. We have not seen any additional unauthorized activity in the cloud database since we began our investigation.

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🔮 Daniel Hückmann @sanitybit.com · 21/06/2024

3.5 million DNS queries in the last 3 months and ~6% of those were signed with DNSSEC. Dead standard?

A screenshot of a DNS statistic showing that only 5.63% of DNS queries were validated with DNSSEC.

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🔮 Daniel Hückmann @sanitybit.com · 11/06/2024

Made Indian food for dinner. Butter chicken, lentils, palak paneer, basmati rice, & naan. Also roasted some carrots with a pistachio balsamic honey chai spice glaze since I needed to cook them before they spoiled.

A photo of the aforementioned food on the counter and ready to dish out.

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🔮 Daniel Hückmann @sanitybit.com · 11/06/2024

Why even have a company card if you can't use it for anything useful? How many μg qualifies as a "large tab"?

The image is from an Employee Handbook and lists the following prohibited expenses:

Weekend spend
Alcohol
Movie theaters
Large tab
Music festivals

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