Kelani Nichole
@kelani.bsky.social
Technologist, collector, curator, founder @transfergallery helping artists say the quiet part out loud since 2013. Currently building a Decentralized Data Trust for Media Art: http://TRANSFER.art
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Kelani Nichole
@kelani.bsky.social
· Sep 17
TRANSFER has evolved from a gallery into Data Co-op for Contemporary Art.
Introducing a New Model of Data Stewardship: After 2 years of dedication and development, our vision of an artist-owned archive and conservation network that’s free of dependencies on big tech is live 💫
🌐 TRANSFER.art/trust
Introducing a New Model of Data Stewardship: After 2 years of dedication and development, our vision of an artist-owned archive and conservation network that’s free of dependencies on big tech is live 💫
🌐 TRANSFER.art/trust
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it's on miro. it's literally on figma. you have to log into okta. it's in jira. it's on zoom. it's on pureref. it's on flow. it's on perforce. it's on slack. you can find it on slack. you can go to slack and find it. log onto slack right now. you can slack it. slack has it for you. it's on slack.
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
it's on miro. it's literally on figma. you have to log into okta. it's in jira. it's on zoom. it's on pureref. it's on flow. it's on perforce. it's on slack. you can find it on slack. you can go to slack and find it. log onto slack right now. you can slack it. slack has it for you. it's on slack.
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Morning walk
September 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Morning walk
TRANSFER has evolved from a gallery into Data Co-op for Contemporary Art.
Introducing a New Model of Data Stewardship: After 2 years of dedication and development, our vision of an artist-owned archive and conservation network that’s free of dependencies on big tech is live 💫
🌐 TRANSFER.art/trust
Introducing a New Model of Data Stewardship: After 2 years of dedication and development, our vision of an artist-owned archive and conservation network that’s free of dependencies on big tech is live 💫
🌐 TRANSFER.art/trust
September 17, 2025 at 11:54 AM
TRANSFER has evolved from a gallery into Data Co-op for Contemporary Art.
Introducing a New Model of Data Stewardship: After 2 years of dedication and development, our vision of an artist-owned archive and conservation network that’s free of dependencies on big tech is live 💫
🌐 TRANSFER.art/trust
Introducing a New Model of Data Stewardship: After 2 years of dedication and development, our vision of an artist-owned archive and conservation network that’s free of dependencies on big tech is live 💫
🌐 TRANSFER.art/trust
Social Media is the new Titanic and trump is the iceberg
Incredible wall signage at the Titanic Immersive Experience
July 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Social Media is the new Titanic and trump is the iceberg
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Join us on Wednesday July 23 at 12 PM ET for Metagov Seminar: @kelani.bsky.social presents on Transfer Data Trust.
TRANSFER Data Trust is a decentralized artist-owned archive and cooperative value exchange network. (http://transfer.art)
Learn more and register here - lu.ma/wondemt3
TRANSFER Data Trust is a decentralized artist-owned archive and cooperative value exchange network. (http://transfer.art)
Learn more and register here - lu.ma/wondemt3
Seminar: Kelani Nichole Presents On Transfer Data Trust · Zoom · Luma
TRANSFER Data Trust is a decentralized artist-owned archive and cooperative value exchange network. Our mission is to maintain artworks in perpetuity, ensuring…
lu.ma
July 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Join us on Wednesday July 23 at 12 PM ET for Metagov Seminar: @kelani.bsky.social presents on Transfer Data Trust.
TRANSFER Data Trust is a decentralized artist-owned archive and cooperative value exchange network. (http://transfer.art)
Learn more and register here - lu.ma/wondemt3
TRANSFER Data Trust is a decentralized artist-owned archive and cooperative value exchange network. (http://transfer.art)
Learn more and register here - lu.ma/wondemt3
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Bluesky is good for brands, and it’s never been a better time to use it as a communication & growth channel! Best part? It’s easy.
Whether you’re a content creator, a social media manager, or an activist leading a community, there’s something here for you.
Read our guide to get started:
Whether you’re a content creator, a social media manager, or an activist leading a community, there’s something here for you.
Read our guide to get started:
How to use Bluesky to grow your brand - atpotato
A comprehensive guide for companies, communities, and creators looking to establish and grow their presence on Bluesky.
atpota.to
June 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Bluesky is good for brands, and it’s never been a better time to use it as a communication & growth channel! Best part? It’s easy.
Whether you’re a content creator, a social media manager, or an activist leading a community, there’s something here for you.
Read our guide to get started:
Whether you’re a content creator, a social media manager, or an activist leading a community, there’s something here for you.
Read our guide to get started:
Reposted by Kelani Nichole
Walter Benjamin’s typed manuscript draft of his IX thesis, describing the Angel of History propelled into the future while facing the growing catastrophe of the past.
June 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Walter Benjamin’s typed manuscript draft of his IX thesis, describing the Angel of History propelled into the future while facing the growing catastrophe of the past.
The future is bouncy
Introducing Bounce: a new tool that uses Bridgy Fed to migrate your social graph b/w ActivityPub and ATProto.
Yup, we built a service that moves your social graph *across* protocols.
And the best part? You get to keep *all* of your followers, along with many of your follows.
Yup, we built a service that moves your social graph *across* protocols.
And the best part? You get to keep *all* of your followers, along with many of your follows.
Bounce: A Cross-Protocol Migration Tool
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Introducing: Bounce
Today at FediForum, we previewed Bounce: a new tool that uses Bridgy Fed to help migrate your social graph between Mastodon and Bluesky.
You re...
blog.anew.social
June 6, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The future is bouncy
The Uber/Lyft pickup area at Minneapolis/St.Paul Airport is absolutely sane, we can have nice things.
May 31, 2025 at 4:46 AM
The Uber/Lyft pickup area at Minneapolis/St.Paul Airport is absolutely sane, we can have nice things.
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If you have $10 to spare, @grayarea.org is trying to make up for a cancelled NEA grant to organize its annual festival, one of the few in the US “addressing the most urgent topics in technology and society through radical artistic inquiry.” Give if you can! ⬇️
Federal Arts Funding Withdrawn from Gray Area
Last Friday, Gray Area received confirmation that the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has canceled our $50,000 grant, which had been awarded to support this year’s Gray Area Festival. This puts ...
grayarea.org
May 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
If you have $10 to spare, @grayarea.org is trying to make up for a cancelled NEA grant to organize its annual festival, one of the few in the US “addressing the most urgent topics in technology and society through radical artistic inquiry.” Give if you can! ⬇️
This is my second scripted post for DWeb for Creators
May 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This is my second scripted post for DWeb for Creators
This is a test, I'm posting from a script
May 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
This is a test, I'm posting from a script
20TB of storage in the stroller is how I roll
May 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
20TB of storage in the stroller is how I roll
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April 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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it was the worst of times, its was the wow somehow it keeps getting worse of times
April 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
it was the worst of times, its was the wow somehow it keeps getting worse of times
Updating YAML files and milking myself while society collapses, wyd?
April 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Updating YAML files and milking myself while society collapses, wyd?
Artists still have all the power…
Thinking right now of Seth Siegelaub's 1970 letter to artists, urging them to consider when to withhold their work: “There is no art without you. There is no art world without you. You have given up rights you probably do not know exist.”
March 25, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Artists still have all the power…
Fully drinking the ATproto kool aide. Dug into lexicons and PDS (personal data server) be still my beating heart!
a red balloon with bubbles coming out of it 's eyes
Alt: Kool Aid man up in the club, on a stage in the middle of the dance floor, just vibing, with laser lights and bubbles everywhere
media.tenor.com
March 14, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Fully drinking the ATproto kool aide. Dug into lexicons and PDS (personal data server) be still my beating heart!
Reposted by Kelani Nichole
𝐃𝐖𝐞𝐛 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬, our popular 8-week dive into the decentralized web for artists and cultural producers is back! 🚀 This course is presented with support from @filecoinfoundation. Classes start April 16! Apply by April 2: grayarea.org/dweb
March 12, 2025 at 8:15 AM
𝐃𝐖𝐞𝐛 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬, our popular 8-week dive into the decentralized web for artists and cultural producers is back! 🚀 This course is presented with support from @filecoinfoundation. Classes start April 16! Apply by April 2: grayarea.org/dweb
Head raising must read 🙇♀️👇
"The Trumpists are no longer at the height of glory. They control the executive branch, Congress, the Supreme Court, and social media. But in American history, the supporters of freedom have always won. They are starting to raise their heads."
Raise your head.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Raise your head.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Trump Is Nero While Washington Burns
‘Trump’s message is that being his ally serves no purpose, because he will not defend you.’
www.theatlantic.com
March 9, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Head raising must read 🙇♀️👇
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Reposted by Kelani Nichole
Dems look like they're bidding on fascism at a silent auction
March 5, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Dems look like they're bidding on fascism at a silent auction
Reposted by Kelani Nichole
Reposted by Kelani Nichole
can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book
March 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book