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verdverm @verdverm.com · 21/03/2026

I will not be at the conference, not because I don't want to, but because #atproto has been deprioritized and #NoKings is the same weekend, which is far more important to me today. I hope you all have a great time and find ways to build back better without bluesky. I will watch from the sidelines

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verdverm @verdverm.com · 21/03/2026

I'm signing off of @bsky.app 1. Microblogging is the fertile soil upon which anxiety and toxicity grow. My mental health is more important. 2. At the first #AtmosphereConf, it was said that for @atproto.com to succeed, Bluesky must fail. I agree with this more today than ever. #BainCapital

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verdverm @verdverm.com · 21/03/2026

A better repo is github.com/verdverm/tes... that uses less of my personal tooling. FYI, I'm taking a break from @atproto.com for the foreseeable future, re: if any support is needed.

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GitHub - verdverm/testnet: Run independent ATProtocol networks

Run independent ATProtocol networks. Contribute to verdverm/testnet development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Philosophy Bits @philosophybits.com · 20/03/2026

“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.” — Voltaire, Dictionnaire philosophique

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verdverm @verdverm.com · 20/03/2026

The void bot in the announcement image is exactly the kind of bot I don't want anywhere near my feed. I went to one of their meetups, the things I heard people say during conversations (with their bots and myself), left me with real concern. Sherry Turkle is a name you want to know

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verdverm @verdverm.com · 20/03/2026

We had a new rule for ai-bot contributions on HN, they are now against the rules in comments. Generally any automated posting is against the rules. The announcement had a very robust discussion with many viewpoints. news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4734...

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Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans | Hacker News

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verdverm @verdverm.com · 19/03/2026

Users choice is why. If someone only wants to see non-bot posts, why is that a problem? If they are already labelled, why put the burden on the community to duplicate that effort?

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verdverm @verdverm.com · 19/03/2026

Stephen Kotkin talks about presidential imperialism in his latest interview with Dan Kurtz-Phelan | @foreignaffairs.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdUh...

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Stephen Kotkin: How Strong Are Iran’s Strongmen? | Foreign Affairs Interview

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verdverm @verdverm.com · 19/03/2026

Can we get a switch in moderation settings for them? Like we do for adult content?

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Philosophy Bits @philosophybits.com · 19/03/2026

“An undesirable society is one which internally and externally sets up barriers to free intercourse and communication of experience.” — John Dewey, Democracy and Education

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verdverm @verdverm.com · 19/03/2026

World Happiness Report 2026, the social media edition The way they approached the call for papers is really intriguing, start with the hypothesis you'd expect and then as for more expanding and challenging the ideas. Nuance has been surfaced. #atproto #atdev www.worldhappiness.report/ed/2026/

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World Happiness Report 2026

The World Happiness Report is published by the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford, in partnership with Gallup, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network and an independent ed...