Dan York
@danyork.bsky.social
All things Internet | Emerging tech | AI | LEO satellites | Security | Privacy | Wikipedia | Rotary | ITDRC | Vermont | Author | Speaker | Podcaster
Chief of Staff, Office of the CEO, Internet Society
More: danyork.me and https://mastodon.social/@danyork
Chief of Staff, Office of the CEO, Internet Society
More: danyork.me and https://mastodon.social/@danyork
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GreenEarth is creating open source AI-driven recommender infrastructure for BlueSky. Type a prompt, see your feed change. We are here for the users, the builders, the dreamers. Join us.
greenearthsocial.substack.com/p/introducin...
greenearthsocial.substack.com/p/introducin...
Introducing GreenEarth
We're building advanced open source algorithms for social media
greenearthsocial.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:08 AM
GreenEarth is creating open source AI-driven recommender infrastructure for BlueSky. Type a prompt, see your feed change. We are here for the users, the builders, the dreamers. Join us.
greenearthsocial.substack.com/p/introducin...
greenearthsocial.substack.com/p/introducin...
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Hey Dan! You heard from or about @blackskyweb.xyz @tangled.org @flipboard.com @graze.social @smokesignal.events @microcosm.blue @stream.place @germnetwork.com @leaflet.pub
There are many others, some re-using bsky's data, others defining their own, or a mix, like @anisota.net or @recipe.exchange
There are many others, some re-using bsky's data, others defining their own, or a mix, like @anisota.net or @recipe.exchange
November 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Hey Dan! You heard from or about @blackskyweb.xyz @tangled.org @flipboard.com @graze.social @smokesignal.events @microcosm.blue @stream.place @germnetwork.com @leaflet.pub
There are many others, some re-using bsky's data, others defining their own, or a mix, like @anisota.net or @recipe.exchange
There are many others, some re-using bsky's data, others defining their own, or a mix, like @anisota.net or @recipe.exchange
Starting out the day at #IETF124 in Montreal at the “Birds of a Feather” (BoF) session about the #ATProtocol and whether there is work to do within the #IETF.
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Starting out the day at #IETF124 in Montreal at the “Birds of a Feather” (BoF) session about the #ATProtocol and whether there is work to do within the #IETF.
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I ♥️ encryption
Senator Ron Wyden calls on the Internet Society community to 📣 "GET LOUD" 📣 this Global Encryption Day!
"Get loud because you are the glue that holds the Internet together." - @wyden.senate.gov
Thank you for fighting for the Internet to give power to the powerless and a voice to the voiceless!
"Get loud because you are the glue that holds the Internet together." - @wyden.senate.gov
Thank you for fighting for the Internet to give power to the powerless and a voice to the voiceless!
Encryption Matters: In Conversation with Sally Wentworth and US Senator Ron Wyden
YouTube video by Internet Society
www.youtube.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I ♥️ encryption
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Four days after #iOS26 officially became available, the global share of requests with post-quantum support from iOS devices has grown from just under 2% to 11%.
Africa: ~10%
Asia: ~12%
Europe: ~12%
N. America: ~10%
Oceania: ~7%
S. America: ~12%
radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dat...
Africa: ~10%
Asia: ~12%
Europe: ~12%
N. America: ~10%
Oceania: ~7%
S. America: ~12%
radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dat...
September 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Four days after #iOS26 officially became available, the global share of requests with post-quantum support from iOS devices has grown from just under 2% to 11%.
Africa: ~10%
Asia: ~12%
Europe: ~12%
N. America: ~10%
Oceania: ~7%
S. America: ~12%
radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dat...
Africa: ~10%
Asia: ~12%
Europe: ~12%
N. America: ~10%
Oceania: ~7%
S. America: ~12%
radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dat...
I enjoy reading the “police blotter” in our local newspaper because every now an then there are gems like this one:
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August 11 at 7:08 a.m., a caller reported cows in her front yard on Spear Street. The animals were located and the owner was notified.
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😃
#Vermont
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August 11 at 7:08 a.m., a caller reported cows in her front yard on Spear Street. The animals were located and the owner was notified.
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😃
#Vermont
September 8, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I enjoy reading the “police blotter” in our local newspaper because every now an then there are gems like this one:
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August 11 at 7:08 a.m., a caller reported cows in her front yard on Spear Street. The animals were located and the owner was notified.
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😃
#Vermont
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August 11 at 7:08 a.m., a caller reported cows in her front yard on Spear Street. The animals were located and the owner was notified.
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😃
#Vermont
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Submarine cable cuts in the Red Sea disrupt connectivity between Europe and Asia.
Latency spikes as traffic is re-routed around the broken cables. @kentik.bsky.social's Cloud Latency Map captures the impacts here:
clm.kentik.com?q=4084ef2b1d...
Latency spikes as traffic is re-routed around the broken cables. @kentik.bsky.social's Cloud Latency Map captures the impacts here:
clm.kentik.com?q=4084ef2b1d...
September 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Submarine cable cuts in the Red Sea disrupt connectivity between Europe and Asia.
Latency spikes as traffic is re-routed around the broken cables. @kentik.bsky.social's Cloud Latency Map captures the impacts here:
clm.kentik.com?q=4084ef2b1d...
Latency spikes as traffic is re-routed around the broken cables. @kentik.bsky.social's Cloud Latency Map captures the impacts here:
clm.kentik.com?q=4084ef2b1d...
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Note that the canonical copy of the letter by @thisismissem.social is now at writings.thisismissem.social/statement-on...
Statement on discourse about ActivityPub and AT Protocol
Date: 6th September 2025
A community letter on the recent heated discourse about ActivityPub and AT Protocol, co-signed by the people working on or with the respective protocols.
This statement was ...
writings.thisismissem.social
September 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Note that the canonical copy of the letter by @thisismissem.social is now at writings.thisismissem.social/statement-on...
Impressive to see < 1 Gbps speeds out of Amazon’s #Kuiper #LEO satellite system. Yes, this is obviously a test in an ideal situation, but still impressive.
#Internet #InternetAccess #LEOs
#Internet #InternetAccess #LEOs
September 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Impressive to see < 1 Gbps speeds out of Amazon’s #Kuiper #LEO satellite system. Yes, this is obviously a test in an ideal situation, but still impressive.
#Internet #InternetAccess #LEOs
#Internet #InternetAccess #LEOs
Fascinating (and long) article about how people in China are turning to DeepSeek for medical answers .. even knowing those answers may be wrong… largely because it is so much easier to engage with the LLM instead of engaging with the actual medical system.
restofworld.org/2025/ai-chat...
restofworld.org/2025/ai-chat...
My mom and Dr. DeepSeek
In China and around the world, the sick and lonely turn to AI.
restofworld.org
September 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Fascinating (and long) article about how people in China are turning to DeepSeek for medical answers .. even knowing those answers may be wrong… largely because it is so much easier to engage with the LLM instead of engaging with the actual medical system.
restofworld.org/2025/ai-chat...
restofworld.org/2025/ai-chat...
Our brains 🧠 are funny sometimes.. now that we own a black car for the first time (as of 3 weeks ago)… and now that I have driven it for 24+ hours over the past week (up to Nova Scotia)….
… I am suddenly noticing how many black cars there are on the roads of New England and Atlantic Canada! 😃😮🤯
… I am suddenly noticing how many black cars there are on the roads of New England and Atlantic Canada! 😃😮🤯
September 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Our brains 🧠 are funny sometimes.. now that we own a black car for the first time (as of 3 weeks ago)… and now that I have driven it for 24+ hours over the past week (up to Nova Scotia)….
… I am suddenly noticing how many black cars there are on the roads of New England and Atlantic Canada! 😃😮🤯
… I am suddenly noticing how many black cars there are on the roads of New England and Atlantic Canada! 😃😮🤯
Just a reminder... if you ever had your DNA tested through #23AndMe … all your DNS data is now up for sale to the highest bidder…
gizmodo.com/23andme-re-o...
gizmodo.com/23andme-re-o...
23andMe Re-Opens Data Auction With $305 Million Bid From Former CEO
Amy Wojcicki really wants her hands on that DNA.
gizmodo.com
June 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Just a reminder... if you ever had your DNA tested through #23AndMe … all your DNS data is now up for sale to the highest bidder…
gizmodo.com/23andme-re-o...
gizmodo.com/23andme-re-o...
The #Wikipedia page you all may want to be reading up on to understand today’s events may be this one: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...
Particularly if you, like me, had no idea that there was a United States Court of International Trade! 🤯
Particularly if you, like me, had no idea that there was a United States Court of International Trade! 🤯
United States Court of International Trade - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
May 29, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The #Wikipedia page you all may want to be reading up on to understand today’s events may be this one: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...
Particularly if you, like me, had no idea that there was a United States Court of International Trade! 🤯
Particularly if you, like me, had no idea that there was a United States Court of International Trade! 🤯
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We just recorded an *emergency episode* (wee-oo wee-oo alert alert) about Apple pulling Advanced Data Protection, their E2E encryption for iCloud Notes and Backups, from the UK market, with special guests @josephhall.org and @matthewdgreen.bsky.social. Short and to the point, out this week.
February 22, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We just recorded an *emergency episode* (wee-oo wee-oo alert alert) about Apple pulling Advanced Data Protection, their E2E encryption for iCloud Notes and Backups, from the UK market, with special guests @josephhall.org and @matthewdgreen.bsky.social. Short and to the point, out this week.
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Today, CDT & 100+ civil society orgs, companies, & cybersecurity experts – as part of an effort led by the Global #Encryption Coalition (GEC) – submitted a letter to British Home Secretary calling on the UK Home Office to rescind its demand that Apple create a backdoor into its #E2EE services.
CDT Joins Global Encryption Coalition Letter on UK Government’s Use of Investigatory Powers Act to attack End-to-End Encryption
Today, CDT and a group of over 100 civil society organizations, companies, and cybersecurity experts – as part of an effort led by the Global Encryption Coalition (GEC) – submitted a letter to British...
cdt.org
February 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Today, CDT & 100+ civil society orgs, companies, & cybersecurity experts – as part of an effort led by the Global #Encryption Coalition (GEC) – submitted a letter to British Home Secretary calling on the UK Home Office to rescind its demand that Apple create a backdoor into its #E2EE services.
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I think every designer should write a love letter to a font at least once in their lifetime.
This is mine: A 150-year-old font you have likely never heard of, and one you probably saw earlier today.
aresluna.org/the-hardest-...
This is mine: A 150-year-old font you have likely never heard of, and one you probably saw earlier today.
aresluna.org/the-hardest-...
The hardest working font in Manhattan
A story of a 150-year-old font you have never heard of – and one you probably saw earlier today.
aresluna.org
February 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I think every designer should write a love letter to a font at least once in their lifetime.
This is mine: A 150-year-old font you have likely never heard of, and one you probably saw earlier today.
aresluna.org/the-hardest-...
This is mine: A 150-year-old font you have likely never heard of, and one you probably saw earlier today.
aresluna.org/the-hardest-...
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🚨 USAID WEEKEND UPHEAVAL
💻🚫 The USAID website is offline
📧🚫 Thousands of staff emails are deactivated
🚧 The State Department published a USAID webpage
This follows a 90-day pause on foreign aid that stopped humanitarian work as top USAID officials were put on leave.
💻🚫 The USAID website is offline
📧🚫 Thousands of staff emails are deactivated
🚧 The State Department published a USAID webpage
This follows a 90-day pause on foreign aid that stopped humanitarian work as top USAID officials were put on leave.
USAID website goes dark, staff emails deactivated amid DOGE takeover, source says
DOGE workers’ access to USAID systems signals an uncertain fate for the development agency.
fedscoop.com
February 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🚨 USAID WEEKEND UPHEAVAL
💻🚫 The USAID website is offline
📧🚫 Thousands of staff emails are deactivated
🚧 The State Department published a USAID webpage
This follows a 90-day pause on foreign aid that stopped humanitarian work as top USAID officials were put on leave.
💻🚫 The USAID website is offline
📧🚫 Thousands of staff emails are deactivated
🚧 The State Department published a USAID webpage
This follows a 90-day pause on foreign aid that stopped humanitarian work as top USAID officials were put on leave.
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Trump has deployed active military to help round up migrants and put them into detention camps.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
January 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Trump has deployed active military to help round up migrants and put them into detention camps.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
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A federal court has declared that warrantless searches of US person’s communications collected for national security purposes is unconstitutional. Now it’s our job to make sure Congress knows that when they renew this law in a little over a year.
VICTORY! Federal Court (Finally) Rules Backdoor Searches of 702 Data Unconstitutional
In a landmark ruling, a federal district court held that backdoor searches of databases full of Americans’ private communications collected under Section 702 ordinarily require a warrant. Congress sho...
www.eff.org
January 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
A federal court has declared that warrantless searches of US person’s communications collected for national security purposes is unconstitutional. Now it’s our job to make sure Congress knows that when they renew this law in a little over a year.
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In all seriousness: the last 2 weeks of TikTok posturing and Zuck grovelling, combined with the X insanity of the last year, should show you that an app with a feed that you don’t control serves *other people’s interests* - not yours.
January 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
In all seriousness: the last 2 weeks of TikTok posturing and Zuck grovelling, combined with the X insanity of the last year, should show you that an app with a feed that you don’t control serves *other people’s interests* - not yours.
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NEW: TikTok is offline in the US and it seems like the restrictions, even if temporary, are tougher than expected.
VPNs don’t work to get around the block, with TikTok accounts linked to US users seemingly blocked
VPNs don’t work to get around the block, with TikTok accounts linked to US users seemingly blocked
How to Get Around the US TikTok Ban
TikTok is now unavailable in the United States—and getting around the ban isn’t as simple as using a VPN. Here’s what you need to know.
www.wired.com
January 19, 2025 at 8:54 AM
NEW: TikTok is offline in the US and it seems like the restrictions, even if temporary, are tougher than expected.
VPNs don’t work to get around the block, with TikTok accounts linked to US users seemingly blocked
VPNs don’t work to get around the block, with TikTok accounts linked to US users seemingly blocked
Having grown up in the 1970s and 80s and spent a significant amount of time writing in cursive, I do find it fascinating that the US National Archives says “reading cursive is a superpower” and that they are seeking more people who can do so.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
#cursive #handwriting
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
#cursive #handwriting
Can you read cursive? It's a superpower the National Archives is looking for.
The National Archives is looking for volunteers with an increasingly rare skill: Reading cursive.
www.usatoday.com
January 17, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Having grown up in the 1970s and 80s and spent a significant amount of time writing in cursive, I do find it fascinating that the US National Archives says “reading cursive is a superpower” and that they are seeking more people who can do so.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
#cursive #handwriting
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
#cursive #handwriting
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Texas “continued to incorrectly suggest that online age verification–which requires millions of internet users to upload and submit identifying information–is no different than quick, one-on-one, in-person ID checks," EFF’s Lisa Femia told @texastribune.org.
U.S. Supreme Court weighing constitutionality of Texas’ age-verification requirement for porn sites
The Supreme Court’s decision on Texas’ law, which adult entertainment website attorneys said were the most overreaching in the country, could determine the fate of similar laws in more than a dozen ot...
www.texastribune.org
January 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Texas “continued to incorrectly suggest that online age verification–which requires millions of internet users to upload and submit identifying information–is no different than quick, one-on-one, in-person ID checks," EFF’s Lisa Femia told @texastribune.org.
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It really is such masculine energy to blame things on a woman who no longer works at the company www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/u...
January 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
It really is such masculine energy to blame things on a woman who no longer works at the company www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/u...
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"How the US TikTok Ban Would Actually Work" by by @mattburgess1.bsky.social, quoting Milton Mueller, @arozenshtein.bsky.social, @prateekwaghre.com and myself: www.wired.com/story/how-th...
How the US TikTok Ban Would Actually Work
The fate of TikTok now rests in the hands of the US Supreme Court. If a law banning the social video app this month is upheld, it won’t disappear from your phone—but it will get messy fast.
www.wired.com
January 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
"How the US TikTok Ban Would Actually Work" by by @mattburgess1.bsky.social, quoting Milton Mueller, @arozenshtein.bsky.social, @prateekwaghre.com and myself: www.wired.com/story/how-th...