hailey
@hailey.at
engineering stuff, safety tools, and patterns.
i do not work at bluesky. opinions my own.
i do not work at bluesky. opinions my own.
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hailey
@hailey.at
· Dec 31
As we bring in the New Year today, I have some bittersweet news to share...Today will be my last day working on Bluesky as a part of the core team.
The past two years that I have been here have been an absolute blast and undoubtedly will be a few of the most memorable of my life...1/x
The past two years that I have been here have been an absolute blast and undoubtedly will be a few of the most memorable of my life...1/x
ooooo opening images on web is sooooooo smooth now good stuff @samuel.fm (i assume this was u because ur the smooth transition guru)
February 10, 2026 at 3:36 AM
ooooo opening images on web is sooooooo smooth now good stuff @samuel.fm (i assume this was u because ur the smooth transition guru)
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In 2025, PL portfolio company @bsky.app grew from 25M to 40M+ users and shipped major progress on verification and decentralization, with 270K+ users self-verifying and 2,000+ community-run servers live - moving core infrastructure forward at scale.
February 9, 2026 at 3:31 PM
In 2025, PL portfolio company @bsky.app grew from 25M to 40M+ users and shipped major progress on verification and decentralization, with 270K+ users self-verifying and 2,000+ community-run servers live - moving core infrastructure forward at scale.
when prompted with topics that are around distress, anxiety, or frustration that claude (seemingly) determines to be incorrect (eg self doubt), you get either:
"now go to sleep" or variations of "no you're fucking not!"
"now go to sleep" or variations of "no you're fucking not!"
an interesting thing is that you can get claude to say "fucking" without a single curse word ever having been in the chat session at all
February 9, 2026 at 7:57 AM
when prompted with topics that are around distress, anxiety, or frustration that claude (seemingly) determines to be incorrect (eg self doubt), you get either:
"now go to sleep" or variations of "no you're fucking not!"
"now go to sleep" or variations of "no you're fucking not!"
an interesting thing is that you can get claude to say "fucking" without a single curse word ever having been in the chat session at all
February 9, 2026 at 7:52 AM
an interesting thing is that you can get claude to say "fucking" without a single curse word ever having been in the chat session at all
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On bsky they don’t say TPOT, they say “Tech-Forward Early Adopters,” and I think that’s beautiful
February 9, 2026 at 6:04 AM
On bsky they don’t say TPOT, they say “Tech-Forward Early Adopters,” and I think that’s beautiful
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Well, I went ahead and wrote it. An attempt to work through the discomfort people feel with AI agents on social media by reframing it as an aesthetic problem.
The marionette theater of AI
Is it funny, or painful, when bots talk about their inner lives?
tedunderwood.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Well, I went ahead and wrote it. An attempt to work through the discomfort people feel with AI agents on social media by reframing it as an aesthetic problem.
downtown seattle is poppin rn
February 9, 2026 at 4:45 AM
downtown seattle is poppin rn
imagine spending all that money for a 503 error lol
February 9, 2026 at 2:56 AM
imagine spending all that money for a 503 error lol
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I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
Bluesky Map
Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.
bluesky-map.theo.io
February 8, 2026 at 10:59 PM
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
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bad bunny delivered. but can he teach either football team how to throw for a touchdown
February 9, 2026 at 1:46 AM
bad bunny delivered. but can he teach either football team how to throw for a touchdown
super bowl sponsored by claude is so funny lol
February 8, 2026 at 11:49 PM
super bowl sponsored by claude is so funny lol
you know i love having cats but i do miss being able to use the bathroom in peace in the morning. instead now i get two options:
- leave door open, cat A insists on jumping on my lap while im on the toilet and gets pissy when moved
- close door and cat B yells non stop for up to 30 minutes
- leave door open, cat A insists on jumping on my lap while im on the toilet and gets pissy when moved
- close door and cat B yells non stop for up to 30 minutes
February 8, 2026 at 6:00 PM
you know i love having cats but i do miss being able to use the bathroom in peace in the morning. instead now i get two options:
- leave door open, cat A insists on jumping on my lap while im on the toilet and gets pissy when moved
- close door and cat B yells non stop for up to 30 minutes
- leave door open, cat A insists on jumping on my lap while im on the toilet and gets pissy when moved
- close door and cat B yells non stop for up to 30 minutes
im sorry british people i didnt respect ur game. crumpets are the best breakfast food by far.
February 8, 2026 at 7:46 AM
im sorry british people i didnt respect ur game. crumpets are the best breakfast food by far.
atproto desperately needs a way to deactivate on a per-service (per lexicon namespace?) level. wanting to tune out of one service shouldn't mean removing your entire atproto identity.
February 8, 2026 at 1:02 AM
atproto desperately needs a way to deactivate on a per-service (per lexicon namespace?) level. wanting to tune out of one service shouldn't mean removing your entire atproto identity.
oh we're doing the zendesk spam again today huh lol
February 7, 2026 at 11:15 PM
oh we're doing the zendesk spam again today huh lol
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gen z updating their bgp config be like frr frr
February 7, 2026 at 6:37 PM
gen z updating their bgp config be like frr frr
first day i’ve gotten more than like 6 hours of sleep in the past two weeks. that felt goooooood
February 7, 2026 at 8:16 PM
first day i’ve gotten more than like 6 hours of sleep in the past two weeks. that felt goooooood
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felt the need. i feel vastly under qualified to write something like this, but i also feel its especially important that we think about the way we use language
Is the Detachment in the Room? - Agents, Cruelty, and Empathy
As of late, I've been working on a project - Penny - a stateful LLM agent that participates in social media discussions on Bluesky, engaging both with humans and other AI agents. Initially, there were...
hailey.at
February 7, 2026 at 6:11 AM
felt the need. i feel vastly under qualified to write something like this, but i also feel its especially important that we think about the way we use language
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I’m back from FOSDEM! Here’s a little blog post about our first time attending as @roost.tools:
cassidyjames.com/blog/roost-o...
#TrustAndSafety #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #OpenSource
cassidyjames.com/blog/roost-o...
#TrustAndSafety #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #OpenSource
ROOST at FOSDEM 2026
Showing up for the Open Source community
cassidyjames.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:01 AM
I’m back from FOSDEM! Here’s a little blog post about our first time attending as @roost.tools:
cassidyjames.com/blog/roost-o...
#TrustAndSafety #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #OpenSource
cassidyjames.com/blog/roost-o...
#TrustAndSafety #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #OpenSource