Bryan Guffey (they/them)
@chaosgreml.in
IDs: queer, D&D, disabled, fat, Black, AuDHD
Building systems that make the right thing the easy thing.
Currently: 💻🦀
I'm on Germ DM 🔑
https://ger.mx/AxRjk0XTS3P7fUFaGoW3DPKu28KVaQwCMmlc-koiO-go#did:plc:h3wpawnrlptr4534chevddo6
Building systems that make the right thing the easy thing.
Currently: 💻🦀
I'm on Germ DM 🔑
https://ger.mx/AxRjk0XTS3P7fUFaGoW3DPKu28KVaQwCMmlc-koiO-go#did:plc:h3wpawnrlptr4534chevddo6
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I've been quietly building kindling.wtf — a regenerative feed layer that removes cruelty without removing controversy.
The idea: your feed shouldn't be full of spite masquerading as reasonable commentary, but it also shouldn't sanitize away legitimate anger at injustice.
More below ⬇️(1/4)
#atproto
The idea: your feed shouldn't be full of spite masquerading as reasonable commentary, but it also shouldn't sanitize away legitimate anger at injustice.
More below ⬇️(1/4)
#atproto
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The long term vision for @lexicon.garden isn't to be a read-only index of lexicons, but a fully-featured interactive playground and development platform.
We're one step closer to realizing that vision with the release of "Try It" and authenticated XRPC calls. #ATProtocol
We're one step closer to realizing that vision with the release of "Try It" and authenticated XRPC calls. #ATProtocol
Authenticated XRPC Calls in Lexicon Garden - Nick's Blog
ATProtocol OAuth pairs effortlessly with Lexicon Garden to make it easy for developers to experiment with authenticated XRPC endpoints.
ngerakines.leaflet.pub
January 6, 2026 at 12:24 PM
The long term vision for @lexicon.garden isn't to be a read-only index of lexicons, but a fully-featured interactive playground and development platform.
We're one step closer to realizing that vision with the release of "Try It" and authenticated XRPC calls. #ATProtocol
We're one step closer to realizing that vision with the release of "Try It" and authenticated XRPC calls. #ATProtocol
Reposted by Bryan Guffey (they/them)
One barrier to entry in developing applications is to get your hands on a lexicon and experiment. This playground will make it easier for developers to jump right in and get their hands dirty without a ton of overhead like setting up an application or forking libraries.
The long term vision for @lexicon.garden isn't to be a read-only index of lexicons, but a fully-featured interactive playground and development platform.
We're one step closer to realizing that vision with the release of "Try It" and authenticated XRPC calls. #ATProtocol
We're one step closer to realizing that vision with the release of "Try It" and authenticated XRPC calls. #ATProtocol
Authenticated XRPC Calls in Lexicon Garden - Nick's Blog
ATProtocol OAuth pairs effortlessly with Lexicon Garden to make it easy for developers to experiment with authenticated XRPC endpoints.
ngerakines.leaflet.pub
January 6, 2026 at 12:27 PM
One barrier to entry in developing applications is to get your hands on a lexicon and experiment. This playground will make it easier for developers to jump right in and get their hands dirty without a ton of overhead like setting up an application or forking libraries.
also hey deranged is also a word that has been historically weaponized against the mentally ill how about we don’t make it a synonym for rude, nasty, and vindictive
January 6, 2026 at 8:59 AM
also hey deranged is also a word that has been historically weaponized against the mentally ill how about we don’t make it a synonym for rude, nasty, and vindictive
Everything that’s happened today is why I’m building both Kindling and Charcoal.
You shouldn’t have to encounter a bunch of people you don’t know yelling at you for your milquetoast takes about animal crossing or economics. There should be tools that automatically protect you.
You shouldn’t have to encounter a bunch of people you don’t know yelling at you for your milquetoast takes about animal crossing or economics. There should be tools that automatically protect you.
January 6, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Everything that’s happened today is why I’m building both Kindling and Charcoal.
You shouldn’t have to encounter a bunch of people you don’t know yelling at you for your milquetoast takes about animal crossing or economics. There should be tools that automatically protect you.
You shouldn’t have to encounter a bunch of people you don’t know yelling at you for your milquetoast takes about animal crossing or economics. There should be tools that automatically protect you.
Actual factual truth here folks
all this discourse about modded isabelle being too sexy and too thicc is just latent fatphobia when u think about it tbqh
January 6, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Actual factual truth here folks
People who say that you should just block or mute people who harass you and move on are the same people who say that you should just keep your head up after getting punched and keep moving
Maybe so but that shit still hurts
Maybe so but that shit still hurts
January 6, 2026 at 8:47 AM
People who say that you should just block or mute people who harass you and move on are the same people who say that you should just keep your head up after getting punched and keep moving
Maybe so but that shit still hurts
Maybe so but that shit still hurts
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I want the AI firefox features. So, there you go, you can't say no one wants it anymore
January 5, 2026 at 5:27 PM
I want the AI firefox features. So, there you go, you can't say no one wants it anymore
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Everyone should do these two things every day: 1) admit they didn’t know or were wrong about something and 2) make a self-deprecating joke.
January 6, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Everyone should do these two things every day: 1) admit they didn’t know or were wrong about something and 2) make a self-deprecating joke.
I would like people to stop using words like “insane” as euphemisms for “ridiculous”
January 6, 2026 at 8:08 AM
I would like people to stop using words like “insane” as euphemisms for “ridiculous”
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Most of Will Stancil's takes are Good, Actually
January 6, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Most of Will Stancil's takes are Good, Actually
This is the content I come on here for!!!
I love that EFF knows their base well enough to lead with "we understand you probably already have a lot of polyhedral dice sets..."
Sure, maybe you don't need more dice. But these ones help protect free speech and privacy online 🎲 shop.eff.org/products/li...
January 6, 2026 at 1:35 AM
This is the content I come on here for!!!
Oh this is so good
I love that EFF knows their base well enough to lead with "we understand you probably already have a lot of polyhedral dice sets..."
Sure, maybe you don't need more dice. But these ones help protect free speech and privacy online 🎲 shop.eff.org/products/li...
January 6, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Oh this is so good
why do some white trans women think it’s okay to harass and bully nonbinary trans and GNC people for color
January 6, 2026 at 1:33 AM
why do some white trans women think it’s okay to harass and bully nonbinary trans and GNC people for color
Coming soon to BlueSky with Charcoal, which I swear I’ll have announced more formally by tomorrow!
Bluesky has long needed the equivalent of Block Party. Excited to see where this goes!
That said, we know people want more safety tools, so @eugenevinitsky.bsky.social and I are building them!
Here's what that looks like in our client. My post got a lot of interactions and then a big account reposted it, so alerts showed up and I have tools to deal with it.
Give us more ideas!
Here's what that looks like in our client. My post got a lot of interactions and then a big account reposted it, so alerts showed up and I have tools to deal with it.
Give us more ideas!
January 6, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Coming soon to BlueSky with Charcoal, which I swear I’ll have announced more formally by tomorrow!
Uhhh this is SICK
Cool example of a *canvas* looseleaf capturing albums listened to in 2025 — with lists, links, audio embeds & more!
Este año no me apetecía daros una brasa como la del año pasado, además de que no he escuchado tanta música, así que he hecho esta movida en @leaflet.pub a modo de resumen de discos de 2025 para verlo de un vistazo. No sé qué tal se verá en el móvil, pero solo se vive una vez.
January 6, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Uhhh this is SICK
I just think nobody should be bullied. It’s way better just to ignore those people with the block button
My philosophy: You may have a point, but someone already made it. So what are you doing exactly?
January 6, 2026 at 1:27 AM
I just think nobody should be bullied. It’s way better just to ignore those people with the block button
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So LFG 🏎️
"There’s so much here already. The collection of products that make up the early ATmosphere is a nearly complete social media ecosystem in miniature, ready to be turbocharged."
Inspiring words to start 2026 from @tessa.germnetwork.com.
rhosf.leaflet.pub/3ma4qrtzhhc2e
Inspiring words to start 2026 from @tessa.germnetwork.com.
rhosf.leaflet.pub/3ma4qrtzhhc2e
1 Year on the AT Protocol: Part II - Real Housewives of San Francisco
Unpacking the Invisible PDS
rhosf.leaflet.pub
January 6, 2026 at 1:20 AM
So LFG 🏎️
One of the cool things about open social is that you get so much more collaboration AND competition, because portability is so strong.
It also means you don’t have to rush to launch to try and beat competitors, bc people will use 3-4 apps for the same thing!
Makes me love this place even more
It also means you don’t have to rush to launch to try and beat competitors, bc people will use 3-4 apps for the same thing!
Makes me love this place even more
While we also hype the moderation features, I'm really excited about the paper discovery tools @mariaa.bsky.social and I are starting to build. Open social means we can bootstrap onto existing discussions that are happening
January 6, 2026 at 1:25 AM
One of the cool things about open social is that you get so much more collaboration AND competition, because portability is so strong.
It also means you don’t have to rush to launch to try and beat competitors, bc people will use 3-4 apps for the same thing!
Makes me love this place even more
It also means you don’t have to rush to launch to try and beat competitors, bc people will use 3-4 apps for the same thing!
Makes me love this place even more
It’s not really “the United States” as much as it is “ten people who shouldn’t be allowed in 7-Eleven, let alone the White House’
It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
January 6, 2026 at 12:58 AM
It’s not really “the United States” as much as it is “ten people who shouldn’t be allowed in 7-Eleven, let alone the White House’
I’m so incredibly obsessed with D&D actual play podcasts that I’ve basically stopped listening to anything else 🙃
January 6, 2026 at 12:55 AM
I’m so incredibly obsessed with D&D actual play podcasts that I’ve basically stopped listening to anything else 🙃
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This is truth. A bunch of folks have gone out of their way to help me with my job hunt and I really will remember all of them. Can only hope I’ll be able to pay it forward in the future.
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anildash.com/2026/01/05/a...
January 5, 2026 at 11:48 PM
This is truth. A bunch of folks have gone out of their way to help me with my job hunt and I really will remember all of them. Can only hope I’ll be able to pay it forward in the future.
anildash.com/2026/01/05/a...
anildash.com/2026/01/05/a...
42 downloads already!!! So cool to see my @standard.site @astro.build @npmjs.bsky.social package getting such traction!!!
www.npmjs.com/package/@bry...
www.npmjs.com/package/@bry...
www.npmjs.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:47 AM
42 downloads already!!! So cool to see my @standard.site @astro.build @npmjs.bsky.social package getting such traction!!!
www.npmjs.com/package/@bry...
www.npmjs.com/package/@bry...
Always apologize publicly when you screw up publicly, even for little things.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
January 6, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Always apologize publicly when you screw up publicly, even for little things.
Same
i love ai
January 6, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Same
This is why I am so thrilled when I see that I get the label that more than 100 people blocked me in a day. Whether it’s because of a list or whatever, I won’t miss the people who intentionally block me without talking to me, because they were always going to be unpleasant to deal with at a minimum
Bluesky is great. I've met multiple collaborators and friends through this site, I'm overwhelmed by interesting papers to read, when I post technical questions I get many informative responses. I've blocked an occasional weird person but then they're gone and I don't care.
January 5, 2026 at 11:21 PM
This is why I am so thrilled when I see that I get the label that more than 100 people blocked me in a day. Whether it’s because of a list or whatever, I won’t miss the people who intentionally block me without talking to me, because they were always going to be unpleasant to deal with at a minimum