Ted Han★ 韓聖安
@knowtheory.net
ATProto Community Fund; ATmosphereconf Coorganizer
DocumentCloud, Mozilla Rally and Mozilla.Social. Former AAJA board member.
Germ 🔑:
https://ger.mx/A1JSAMNzxl-2nFgeIWzd52gKno7xv9M9WnSaRDKRl5uv#did:plc:l5yz32nydpebjlcdfgycmf3x
DocumentCloud, Mozilla Rally and Mozilla.Social. Former AAJA board member.
Germ 🔑:
https://ger.mx/A1JSAMNzxl-2nFgeIWzd52gKno7xv9M9WnSaRDKRl5uv#did:plc:l5yz32nydpebjlcdfgycmf3x
OH "Cheese rant cheese rant"
February 10, 2026 at 4:08 AM
OH "Cheese rant cheese rant"
We'll be here for a couple hours!
📍 Beeryland
Bar · 2318 Telegraph Avenue, Downtown Oakland
★★★★★
Impromptu ATProto / local media hangout
w/ @blaine.bsky.social @pop.pe
#BeaconBits
Bar · 2318 Telegraph Avenue, Downtown Oakland
★★★★★
Impromptu ATProto / local media hangout
w/ @blaine.bsky.social @pop.pe
#BeaconBits
Beeryland | Beacon Bits
Beacon dropped by @knowtheory.net
www.beaconbits.app
February 9, 2026 at 11:44 PM
We'll be here for a couple hours!
📍 Beeryland
Bar · 2318 Telegraph Avenue, Downtown Oakland
★★★★★
Impromptu ATProto / local media hangout
w/ @blaine.bsky.social @pop.pe
#BeaconBits
Bar · 2318 Telegraph Avenue, Downtown Oakland
★★★★★
Impromptu ATProto / local media hangout
w/ @blaine.bsky.social @pop.pe
#BeaconBits
Beeryland | Beacon Bits
Beacon dropped by @knowtheory.net
www.beaconbits.app
February 9, 2026 at 11:41 PM
📍 Beeryland
Bar · 2318 Telegraph Avenue, Downtown Oakland
★★★★★
Impromptu ATProto / local media hangout
w/ @blaine.bsky.social @pop.pe
#BeaconBits
Bar · 2318 Telegraph Avenue, Downtown Oakland
★★★★★
Impromptu ATProto / local media hangout
w/ @blaine.bsky.social @pop.pe
#BeaconBits
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These road intersections look beautiful!
February 7, 2026 at 6:41 PM
These road intersections look beautiful!
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As a parent, what other response can there be aside from: free the children?!
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 2:59 PM
As a parent, what other response can there be aside from: free the children?!
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more people should see this, flips whatever technical qualms i had with this at all.
people > tech is absolutely a priority to have in the world we live in at the moment
people > tech is absolutely a priority to have in the world we live in at the moment
Should follow same lexicon even though it doesn’t technically need to. May do some kind of notation in the uri to specify it’s local only.
v1 is storing local posts on the app-view. v2 will use whatever private state solution the ecosystem lands on. Hopefully backwards compatible but breakings fine
v1 is storing local posts on the app-view. v2 will use whatever private state solution the ecosystem lands on. Hopefully backwards compatible but breakings fine
Working name for the project is "Tribe". For Tribe, login would be oauth. Public posts would be done via authenticated users' PDS (similar to Wafrn). Local posts would follow same schema but stored on the app server.
Timeline would be member-based view of firehose (like Blacksky) PLUS local posts
Timeline would be member-based view of firehose (like Blacksky) PLUS local posts
February 8, 2026 at 7:30 PM
more people should see this, flips whatever technical qualms i had with this at all.
people > tech is absolutely a priority to have in the world we live in at the moment
people > tech is absolutely a priority to have in the world we live in at the moment
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I’m currently sending $25/mo to @rude1.blacksky.team and the whole #BlackSky team. That’s $300/yr. I’ll double it to $50/mo if we can get an additional $500 of monthly donations - that’s 50 of you supporting at $10/mo, 10 at $50, et al.
Let’s go!!!
opencollective.com/blacksky
Let’s go!!!
opencollective.com/blacksky
February 8, 2026 at 5:17 PM
I’m currently sending $25/mo to @rude1.blacksky.team and the whole #BlackSky team. That’s $300/yr. I’ll double it to $50/mo if we can get an additional $500 of monthly donations - that’s 50 of you supporting at $10/mo, 10 at $50, et al.
Let’s go!!!
opencollective.com/blacksky
Let’s go!!!
opencollective.com/blacksky
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Haven't seen a sports-specific starter pack for Washington Post folks affected by recent layoffs so created one below - please show them your support and give a follow (let me know if I've missed anyone too!)
February 8, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Haven't seen a sports-specific starter pack for Washington Post folks affected by recent layoffs so created one below - please show them your support and give a follow (let me know if I've missed anyone too!)
Rudy is out here very much living "we can just do things" with a "for each other" emphasis.
February 8, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Rudy is out here very much living "we can just do things" with a "for each other" emphasis.
It's a tragedy that they only made a single episode of the muppet show as a pilot. My kid immediately asked if there was another episode.
I think the idea of reviving a variety show in 2026 kinda wild, but also it's a nice energy.
I think the idea of reviving a variety show in 2026 kinda wild, but also it's a nice energy.
February 8, 2026 at 5:17 PM
It's a tragedy that they only made a single episode of the muppet show as a pilot. My kid immediately asked if there was another episode.
I think the idea of reviving a variety show in 2026 kinda wild, but also it's a nice energy.
I think the idea of reviving a variety show in 2026 kinda wild, but also it's a nice energy.
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the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style
MY KIDS: so why are there muppets in the AUDIENCE
ME: THE CONCEIT!! IS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON A VARIETY SHOW!!! IN A WORLD WHERE MUPPET AND HUMAN COEXIST!!! YOU ARE WATCHING A DOCUMENTARY!! FILMED!! IN REAL TIME!!!
ME: THE CONCEIT!! IS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON A VARIETY SHOW!!! IN A WORLD WHERE MUPPET AND HUMAN COEXIST!!! YOU ARE WATCHING A DOCUMENTARY!! FILMED!! IN REAL TIME!!!
February 8, 2026 at 6:22 AM
the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style
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In 2016, when Post reporter Jason Rezaian was freed after spending 1.5 years in Iranian prison, Jeff Bezos personally flew him back on his private plane. Bezos used it as a photo op.
Now, Bezos is leaving people he laid off overseas in a lurch.
bsky.app/profile/myhl...
Now, Bezos is leaving people he laid off overseas in a lurch.
bsky.app/profile/myhl...
We have launched a new fundraiser to support The Washington Post's courageous international employees and local staff who were laid off, who are not eligible for Guild protections, and who face additional logistical challenges and security risks.
Please give & share widely:
gofund.me/e765aab9f
Please give & share widely:
gofund.me/e765aab9f
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
gofund.me
February 8, 2026 at 5:22 AM
In 2016, when Post reporter Jason Rezaian was freed after spending 1.5 years in Iranian prison, Jeff Bezos personally flew him back on his private plane. Bezos used it as a photo op.
Now, Bezos is leaving people he laid off overseas in a lurch.
bsky.app/profile/myhl...
Now, Bezos is leaving people he laid off overseas in a lurch.
bsky.app/profile/myhl...
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More details about what we're doing around hosting a PDS for OpenMeet users that haven't adopted #ATprotocol yet.
Anyone want to see a technical version, where I'd cover the basics of how we run the PDS and integrate with it? Could cover things like monitoring the PDS and backups. Any value?
Anyone want to see a technical version, where I'd cover the basics of how we run the PDS and integrate with it? Could cover things like monitoring the PDS and backups. Any value?
Yesterday we launched a new feature and now our existing web users can bring their own DID or we can be a temporary custodian of a new identity. Either way, now every user's PDS is the source of truth for public events and rsvps.
openmeet.net/your-identit...
#ATprotocol
openmeet.net/your-identit...
#ATprotocol
Your Identity, Your Events: How OpenMeet Gives Every User an AT Protocol Account
The free, open-source alternative to Meetup. Create groups and events for your community — no fees, no ads, community-owned forever.
openmeet.net
February 7, 2026 at 7:08 PM
More details about what we're doing around hosting a PDS for OpenMeet users that haven't adopted #ATprotocol yet.
Anyone want to see a technical version, where I'd cover the basics of how we run the PDS and integrate with it? Could cover things like monitoring the PDS and backups. Any value?
Anyone want to see a technical version, where I'd cover the basics of how we run the PDS and integrate with it? Could cover things like monitoring the PDS and backups. Any value?
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It’s not a viable market product in a market where big tech platforms control distribution and tip the scales towards an endless supply of teenagers working free.
Every media company should be chasing the open social web to break that control wide open and reshape the market
Every media company should be chasing the open social web to break that control wide open and reshape the market
High-quality journalism is not a viable market product. If you want consistent high-quality journalism, you need some kind of subsidy.
ANY billionaire could set up the WaPo as a high-quality journalism outlet, accept that it's not going to make money, & simply subsidize it. Nothing stopping them.
ANY billionaire could set up the WaPo as a high-quality journalism outlet, accept that it's not going to make money, & simply subsidize it. Nothing stopping them.
February 7, 2026 at 8:30 PM
It’s not a viable market product in a market where big tech platforms control distribution and tip the scales towards an endless supply of teenagers working free.
Every media company should be chasing the open social web to break that control wide open and reshape the market
Every media company should be chasing the open social web to break that control wide open and reshape the market
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This is the guy who nerfed Tumblr’s usage with the porn ban btw.
Will Lewis is resigning as WaPo CEO, former Tumblr CEO Jeff D’Onofrio is the paper’s new acting CEO and publisher, per memos to staff
February 7, 2026 at 10:48 PM
This is the guy who nerfed Tumblr’s usage with the porn ban btw.
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A nice way to support one of the pioneers in independently built & operated ATProto infra is via Open Collective:
opencollective.com/blacksky
opencollective.com/blacksky
Blacksky - Open Collective
Decentralized social media built for community power, culture, and collective freedom.
opencollective.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:24 PM
A nice way to support one of the pioneers in independently built & operated ATProto infra is via Open Collective:
opencollective.com/blacksky
opencollective.com/blacksky
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“I’m particularly invested in the question of what it takes to have agents prove that their code works without needing to review every line of code they produce.”
This is the golden question. And it was an important question even before LLMs.
This is the golden question. And it was an important question even before LLMs.
Updated my post to add a section with commentary on the glaring detail I glossed over in my first published version: $1,000/engineer/day in token spends, really? simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/7/s...
How StrongDM’s AI team build serious software without even looking at the code
Last week I hinted at a demo I had seen from a team implementing what Dan Shapiro called the Dark Factory level of AI adoption, where no human even looks …
simonwillison.net
February 7, 2026 at 7:22 PM
“I’m particularly invested in the question of what it takes to have agents prove that their code works without needing to review every line of code they produce.”
This is the golden question. And it was an important question even before LLMs.
This is the golden question. And it was an important question even before LLMs.
The dream
Hometown for atproto 🤘🏾
February 7, 2026 at 7:22 PM
The dream
I guess we gotta repeat it for the folks in the back:
I've never seen a project like Blacksky over years of watching social platforms. It's remarkable in many ways.
That Blacksky is out in front on both community and technical leadership is something the Atmosphere is incredibly fortunate to have.
I've never seen a project like Blacksky over years of watching social platforms. It's remarkable in many ways.
That Blacksky is out in front on both community and technical leadership is something the Atmosphere is incredibly fortunate to have.
Lots of secret hostility.
- Rudy is a hack
- Blacksky is a semi-proprietary ethnocentric social network just “popping up”
- Blacksky is masquerading as fully open source
would you all like me to still speak at #AtmosphereConf this year?
I don’t have to.
- Rudy is a hack
- Blacksky is a semi-proprietary ethnocentric social network just “popping up”
- Blacksky is masquerading as fully open source
would you all like me to still speak at #AtmosphereConf this year?
I don’t have to.
February 7, 2026 at 5:42 PM
I guess we gotta repeat it for the folks in the back:
I've never seen a project like Blacksky over years of watching social platforms. It's remarkable in many ways.
That Blacksky is out in front on both community and technical leadership is something the Atmosphere is incredibly fortunate to have.
I've never seen a project like Blacksky over years of watching social platforms. It's remarkable in many ways.
That Blacksky is out in front on both community and technical leadership is something the Atmosphere is incredibly fortunate to have.
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Hi from @eurosky.social 👋
My data is now hosted in 🇪🇺, managed by a non-profit (@modalfoundation.eurosky.social) and governed by European law.
My data is now hosted in 🇪🇺, managed by a non-profit (@modalfoundation.eurosky.social) and governed by European law.
February 6, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Hi from @eurosky.social 👋
My data is now hosted in 🇪🇺, managed by a non-profit (@modalfoundation.eurosky.social) and governed by European law.
My data is now hosted in 🇪🇺, managed by a non-profit (@modalfoundation.eurosky.social) and governed by European law.
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If they make a sequel to Muppets Take Manhattan I hope they do it while he’s mayor and put him in it.
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
February 6, 2026 at 11:26 AM
If they make a sequel to Muppets Take Manhattan I hope they do it while he’s mayor and put him in it.
NPR's hourly news bulletin went so far as to link other previous racist and racially coded things Trump has done.
the Obamas are by a wide margin the most popular political figures in the country and the video is so bad major newspapers are flat out calling it "racist" rather than "racially charged"
their only move with anything is to double down so by all means let them double down on this
their only move with anything is to double down so by all means let them double down on this
every dem should immediately shift to the obamas-as-apes video trump posted, because it is instantly recognizable to normies are insanely racist and opens up numerous lines of questioning
February 6, 2026 at 6:43 PM
NPR's hourly news bulletin went so far as to link other previous racist and racially coded things Trump has done.
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We sent the first ~100 invites for @eurosky.social. We might send some more on the weekend, then start sending 100s daily if everything holds up well.
February 6, 2026 at 5:28 PM
We sent the first ~100 invites for @eurosky.social. We might send some more on the weekend, then start sending 100s daily if everything holds up well.
@karenho.bsky.social check it out, a guy made to a whole functional lego typewriter. its uh, pretty chonky. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIWT...
Building a Functional LEGO Typewriter
YouTube video by Koenkun Bricks
www.youtube.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:32 PM
@karenho.bsky.social check it out, a guy made to a whole functional lego typewriter. its uh, pretty chonky. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIWT...
IT'S BANDCAMP FRIDAY!!!!!
If you want to find bandcamp links that folks are sharing today, we've got a feed for that!
bsky.app/profile/did:...
If you want to find bandcamp links that folks are sharing today, we've got a feed for that!
bsky.app/profile/did:...
It is Bandcamp Friday.
February 6, 2026 at 3:58 PM
IT'S BANDCAMP FRIDAY!!!!!
If you want to find bandcamp links that folks are sharing today, we've got a feed for that!
bsky.app/profile/did:...
If you want to find bandcamp links that folks are sharing today, we've got a feed for that!
bsky.app/profile/did:...