vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026experiencing a new platform’s theming setup which is so bad it has literally given me a migraine 020
Reposted by vcFiona Applebees 🍎🐝 @fionaapplebs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I’m sorry could you repeat that? Phil Collins was doing his drum solo 312151
vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026sorted through my dead brother's art supplies and found the exact moment when he realized that when a print has words, you have to mirror them before you carve it 010
Reposted by vcMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 26/09/2026As of today, the CDC has changed (reverted) their Covid guidance to make the vaccine recommended for all people over 18. In addition to being a smart public health move, this recommendation also means insurance must cover it. Read more here: www.cdc.gov/covid/hcp/va... Listen to a breakdown here: 131863907
Reposted by vcGeorgia Recorder @georgiarecorder.com · 23/09/2026U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock is calling for federal guardrails around the use of automatic license plate readers, citing multiple cases of law enforcement misusing the cameras to stalk and harass U.S. citizens. New from @mayahoman.bsky.social.georgiarecorder.comWarnock urges greater federal oversight of ALPRs • Georgia RecorderWarnock, a Democrat, is teaming up with U.S. Sen. Katie Britt, an Alabama Republican, to urge the Department of Justice to issue guidance. 0165
Reposted by vcEmilia Ruzicka @emiliaruzicka.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Journalists! @accessiblejournalism.org is running a survey to understand the state of accessibility in news. The survey is meant to identify both how much journalists know and what journalists don’t know so we can create programming. Fill it out below! accessiblejournalism.surveymars.com/q/y2hGhFumVaccessiblejournalism.surveymars.comOAJ 2026 Disability and Accessibility Survey | Organization for Accessible JournalismI have posted a survey titled 'OAJ 2026 Disability and Accessibility Survey' on Organization for Accessible Journalism. Please help me by filling it out. Thank you very much! 034
vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026the founder of Fiber Parts (the cute lil yarn shop previous to Pink Tiger, in Avondale Estates) is kicking up a nonprofit that could use a boost: givebutter.com/qfTQfA?gba_d...givebutter.comPeach State Fibershed: Donate TodayBy Peach State Fiber 000
vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026tried using @mapquest.com for turn-by-turn nav instead of GoogleMaps. works reasonably well! it had some trouble pinpointing where exactly I was (which all GPS do to some degree), but OTOH I got to be a tiny wizard on the map instead of a car 010
Reposted by vcKevin Fox @michigrim.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Imagine you sign up for a rideshare gig app after you get laid off. Imagine it starts offering gigs that break the law in exchange for thousands of dollars for a night of work. What happens when it starts blackmailing you into killing your best friend? Check out Happy Traveler now!youtu.beHappy TravelerYouTube video by Kevin Fox 311352
vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026does anyone else think Tilly Norwood is going to end up "starring" in some godawful Christian movie? 001
Reposted by vcChris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 19/09/2026You startle awake. It is 1969, you are a grant writer for ARPANET, and you have come to the inescapable conclusion that Al Gore must die before his Internet can infect the human mind. 839841
vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026made four different freezer meals and then proceeded to eat a bowl of yogurt for dinner, why am i like this 110
vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026RIP Pallookaville, purveyor of fancy corndogs and boozy milkshakes 120
Reposted by vcSarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I'm old enough to remember when the Christian right fear-mongered that marriage equality would lead to bestiality and now it qualifies you to be an FBI agent. 121027250
Reposted by vcGillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026When Democrats attempt to triangulate on trans rights, it's my sense that many liberals and people in politics don't understand why many trans people are so upset. I wrote about the differences between then and now, what trans people have lost, and what we still stand to loseautonomy.substack.comThis Is Not A Love SongExplaining the “maximalism” of trans rights 512030544
Reposted by vcDakota // Syncaroonie @syncaroonie.com · 09/09/2026Sometimes I think UX designers must just be really hungry based on how they name stuff. I mean, Snackbar?? Bread crumbs??? BURGER Menu????? Like buddy go have lunch jeez 5335
vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026"Do we block certain technologies because we are ruled by a cabal of primitivists stalking the halls of power, or because everything we develop is not an unalloyed good which can and should be spread far and wide?" www.thetechbubble.info/p/the-future...thetechbubble.infoThe Future Is Not Tech-ForwardOn artificial intelligence, data centers, technological politics, and who gets to build the future. 010
Reposted by vcstrixus @strixus.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Absolutely astouding statistic about the #Dragoncon blood drive - it is the third largest blood drive in the WORLD. We had over 4k individual donors this year. The dent that makes in the US blood supply is AMAZING. Thank you all!!! 0248
Reposted by vctunes to make you run away @whippoorwont.bsky.social · 07/09/2026"people are anthropomorphizing LLMs because they are so astonishingly good at processing human thought and language" people will anthropomorphize a chair if you put the stitches in the right place. 425174293863
vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026achievement: packed up the DragonCon room by checkout time, left with fewer bags than we arrived with and nothing is visible in the packed car 020
vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026update: there is a plane circling around nearby our hotel towing a banner that says “C U IN HELL,” which I think means either someone downtown just got VERY DIVORCED, or the Dragoncon street preachers are trying something new this year 020
Reposted by vcDefector @defector.com · 02/09/2026It's time to grow up: defector.com/its-time-to-...defector.comIt’s Time To Grow Up | DefectorHBO’s new Harry Potter TV series is premiering this Christmas Day. Under current plans, it will last at least a decade. The trailer looks like the original films were run through an AI generator, but… 211079338
vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 31/08/2026on the off chance anyone else from AE is On Here, a petition to cancel Avondale Estates' contract with Flock: c.org/GGV4txkHRkc.orgSign the PetitionCancel the Flock Contract in Avondale Estates, GA 133
Reposted by vcUnbreaking @unbreaking.org · 28/08/2026We’re always on the lookout for researchers, writers, and editors to pitch in and help us make and maintain these pages. Here’s how to join us: unbreaking.org/how-to-help/unbreaking.orgHow to help — UnbreakingDocumenting damage and resistance. Unflooding the zone. 094
Reposted by vcStrange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Move Fast and Don’t Ask Permission: Techno-Optimism in R.U.R. and Arcane by Claire Jia-Wen Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no... 0167
vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026does anyone else have a special disinterest? a thing that you are just completely incapable of caring about or retaining information on no matter what? 100
Reposted by vcBrennan Center @brennancenter.org · 26/08/2026The South’s extraordinary demographic shifts include sharply falling numbers of people moving to the region and a white population that is beginning to shrink in absolute terms. bit.ly/4cHsYzQbrennancenter.orgThe South at a Demographic Tipping PointCensus data shows profound demographic changes taking place across the South. 64822
Reposted by vcStarbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 25/08/2026🚨BREAKING: Our union of over 12,000 baristas are officially calling for a Starbucks boycott. Read this statement penned by Starbucks workers on why a boycott from ALL customers, allies, and organizations is necessary to fight back against corporate greed: 9465764510
vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 22/08/2026everything Meg Elison writes is so goodtherumpus.netSmall Wonder - The Rumpus“What’s got you obsessed with this? Late night redditing?” “No,” Kathy said. “I think I dreamt about it. About being her. The girl robot. You know how dreams are; it’s all a jumble and you forget as s... 000
Reposted by vcChef Kennedy🐸🏳️🌈 @kennedy.northsky.social · 20/08/2026Mid Century Modern tableware and where I think it would stand on trans issues, a thread 582070756
Reposted by vcEthan Marcotte @ethanmarcotte.com · 19/08/2026> THE MACHINE IS DISGUSTING AND MUST BE DESTROYED www.jwz.org/blog/2026/08...jwz.orgDo Not Talk To Me About "AI"I had some cards printed up. These are unlikely to change any minds, but they will defintely shorten some incredibly tedious conversations at the bar. Here's a PDF if you'd like some of your own. 2215
Reposted by vcmerr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 17/08/2026more places should have artists-in-residence. like there should be a residency where you live on a particular train for a month. there should be an oil rig residency, an arctic research station residency. maybe a residency at a zoo 201514238
Reposted by vcShit Nonprofits Say @nonprofitssay.bsky.social · 17/08/2026it's that time of the year again when we have to apologize to our board for paying our employees a living wage. 1103
Reposted by vc404 Media @404media.co · 17/08/2026SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:404media.coWe Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training FacilityWe placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. 15162293924
vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026successfully got ten minutes of weeding in before having to bail out of the heat! 110
Reposted by vcjessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 13/08/202695-99% of smart phone users will have a better user experience with their phones if they change the default settings to things they prefer. Most default settings on phones range from gently coercive to downright predatory. 412231
vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Sakura's on Broughton St. in Savannah (which has long since closed or moved, it's hard to tell which) made a spring onion bread appetizer that I have been trying to reproduce for literal decades since 020
Reposted by vcEleanor Morton @eleanormorton.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Every interview with an actor from the new Harry Potter series youtube.com/shorts/QVyIw...youtube.comevery interview with an actor in the new Harry Potter seriesYouTube video by Eleanor Morton 141747707
Reposted by vcPavel @spavel.bsky.social · 10/08/2026For all human history, it was far more difficult to write a document than to read it. Until now. But generating a document doesn't make the work of *producing meaning* disappear. It's just been outsourced from the producers of the document to its consumers.productpicnic.beehiiv.comCognitive Pollution: Real knowledge only forms through doing the workmany humans appear to be on auto mode, not on manual mode 25619
Reposted by vcAnna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 09/08/2026If you have so much work to do that you feel you need AI in order to get it all done: you don't. You need a union. 212552806
vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 09/08/2026the fact that you can recommend real titles in Tiny Bookshop is a delight and I cannot wait until I get to recommend Gideon the Ninth to someone 030
vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 08/08/2026today's win was taking the nephew to H-Mart and letting him loose in the snack aisles 021
Reposted by vcstrixus @strixus.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Hey fellow #GA and #ATL folks - Invasive Yellow Legged hornets are a threat to local pollinator species. Please help by reporting any sightings. fieldreport.caes.uga.edu/news/help-co...fieldreport.caes.uga.eduUGA scientists need your help to stop an invasive hornet | CAES Field ReportLearn how University of Georgia scientists are helping stop invasive yellow-legged hornets and how reporting suspicious sightings can protect Georgia's bees. 124
Reposted by vcShit Nonprofits Say @nonprofitssay.bsky.social · 05/08/2026We are making space. Also centering. And amplifying. But also listening. While at the same time elevating. 0326
Reposted by vcWho Owns Atlanta? @who-owns-atlanta.org · 04/08/2026An unofficial Atlanta Council Tracker is now available: council.who-owns-atlanta.org Every meeting, paper, and roll-call vote since 2018 have been compiled and are being updated on a daily basis. When possible, papers have been geocoded and mapped. 111