Wes Biggs @wesbiggs.bsky.social · 01/04/2026I believe a lot of my generation’s failings can be firmly attributed to the phrase “Marconi plays the mamba”. 000
Wes Biggs @wesbiggs.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Can’t wait to see which of Trump and Netanyahu will win the Nobel Peace Prize this year. 000
Wes Biggs @wesbiggs.bsky.social · 04/02/2026A very thoughtful survey that could use your very thoughts. Quick and painless, I promise! 010
Wes Biggs @wesbiggs.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Hmm, never owned a goose but I’ve chased my share of “tame” chickens… 010
Wes Biggs @wesbiggs.bsky.social · 01/02/2026In a wild goose chase, is it the goose or the chase that is wild? 110
Wes Biggs @wesbiggs.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Pretty sure Star Wars already did this plot, wish I had read some of those scrolls now. 020
Reposted by Wes BiggsAnna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Not now, haunted Victorian shoes 9883462548
Wes Biggs @wesbiggs.bsky.social · 24/12/2025“I am one with the Force, and the Force is with me” — Chroot Imwe 010
Wes Biggs @wesbiggs.bsky.social · 24/12/2025A major advantage I’ve found with recovering from Guillain-Barré is that I can get out of literally any holiday-related activity without additional justification. (I’m looking at you, state college production of The Nutcracker.) 000
Wes Biggs @wesbiggs.bsky.social · 04/12/2025When the electrical socket is right there, but you realize you didn't bring the right adapter. 000
Wes Biggs @wesbiggs.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Tell me why? I don’t like Cyber Mondays.. I want to [REDACTED] the whole day down. 000
Wes Biggs @wesbiggs.bsky.social · 29/11/2025I probably had 20 different nurses as I bounced around between the neuro ward and ICU last month. They were all, without exception, great. They work long hours under high pressure and keep people like me alive. We should treasure them. 110
Wes Biggs @wesbiggs.bsky.social · 27/11/202590% of the people demanding account location transparency in this thread would have said Don’t Allow if this website asked them to share their location when signing up. BCWYWF. 010
Reposted by Wes BiggsMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 23/11/2025If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America? 9693987411611
Wes Biggs @wesbiggs.bsky.social · 22/11/2025I wish I had something more profound to say in this Quote Post, but just wow. This essay starts with Johnny Cash and ends up in a limestone cave, it will defy and exceed any of your expectations going in to it. Brava, Sarah. 2688
Wes Biggs @wesbiggs.bsky.social · 20/11/2025There once was a man from [redacted] Who let legislation be enacted Knowing that Bondi Was surely his pawn, and she Wouldn’t reveal what he in fact did. 000
Wes Biggs @wesbiggs.bsky.social · 16/11/2025This is why the Bangles never released their followup single, “Walk Like an Etruscan”. 010
Wes Biggs @wesbiggs.bsky.social · 16/11/2025I don’t disagree. But it’s a behavioral shift that may be hard for non-technical users to swallow. Sponsorship or inclusion via one’s ISP or mobile provider—yes there are migration cases to consider—might be a low-friction solution. 000
Wes Biggs @wesbiggs.bsky.social · 14/11/2025This, from an article on California efforts to deter wolves from eating cows in the Sierra Valley by blasting various sounds from flying drones: 110
Wes Biggs @wesbiggs.bsky.social · 14/11/2025The harder question is: who pays to run the PDS? Who is liable for the content within it (especially if any of that content becomes truly private)? Right now the answer to that, 99% of the time, is Bluesky investors. I have nothing against those investors—thank you for hosting this skeet. And yet… 010
Reposted by Wes BiggsAbbey @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 14/11/2025The DOJ estimates that Epstein and his fellow child abusers trafficked at least 200 children. Meanwhile, experts estimate that in 2025, roughly 2600 minors were forced into a child marriage in the United States. That’s some 50 minors every week, or about seven per day, every single day of the year.qasimrashid.comEpstein Files Reminder: USA has a child marriage epidemic—it's even worse than you thinkDespite more than 300,000 documented child marriages since 2000, Republicans are fighting to keep it that way 084
Wes Biggs @wesbiggs.bsky.social · 13/11/2025This is a lovely piece about what it means to be a 21st-century Quaker. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/71397/.... And this quote strikes me as a useful framing across many forms of community-building: “If you want to keep your flock together,” he says, “don’t build a fence—dig a well.”prospectmagazine.co.ukDisagreement among Friends: why Quakers are questioning GodThe future of British Quakerism is up for debate, as the movement updates its most important text. The biggest question: keep or dilute God? 010
Wes Biggs @wesbiggs.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Loved that quote. For me, being a software architect is ultimately about striving for the most elegant solution, and having the confidence to know if and when I’ve found it. 010
Wes Biggs @wesbiggs.bsky.social · 11/11/2025I’m home! Exactly 30 days after heading to the ER, I am back in my own bed surrounded by family (and cats). There is much more recovery to be done but I’m so happy and grateful to everyone who helped me get this far. 120
Wes Biggs @wesbiggs.bsky.social · 11/11/2025I wonder if it could start with some safe-seat incumbents (members of the Squad, for example) running as independents on the next ballot, as Bernie has successfully done for years. They might still caucus with Ds but the tonal shift would be clear. 010
Wes Biggs @wesbiggs.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Such a great article with thoughtful and insightful questions and answers about what it means to create protocols (and products using protocols) in this space. Essential reading for every atproto hacker (or even critic) out there. 043
Reposted by Wes BiggsEmily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 09/11/2025pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff. 13143594270
Wes Biggs @wesbiggs.bsky.social · 08/11/2025A lot of tourists get this mixed up. Dingle-by-Chance is a few hours northwest of Dingle, on the river Chance. 030
Wes Biggs @wesbiggs.bsky.social · 08/11/2025I miss when US politics were like “should the rich get richer” instead of “are you cool with millions starving to death”? 000
Wes Biggs @wesbiggs.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Ironically, with flight cancellations, the shutdown may be the most pro-environment thing the Trump administration has done. 010
Wes Biggs @wesbiggs.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Dallas city voted 64.5% dem in 2024. Dallas county also blue. Add Miami-Dade (county) which went red in 2024. But point taken. 000
Wes Biggs @wesbiggs.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Looking forward to seeing this proposal. Keep up the good work. 020
Wes Biggs @wesbiggs.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Hey NYT, some more ideas for you: 1. How Zohran’s facial hair trimming process signals to his multi-generational following 2. A phrenologist’s view on Zohran’s skull shape 3. What the wear pattern on Zohran’s shoes predicts about his embrace of the left (turn) 4. Actually talk about his policies 000
Wes Biggs @wesbiggs.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Targeting Monday to go home! My daughter was literally jumping around the room for joy on FaceTime when she found out. (Same for me minus the actual jumping; will still take some time to regain my mad jumping skillz.) 000