Michele Neylon
@mneylon.social
@mneylon in most places
Frequent traveler, gardener, cook, film fan and internet geek.
Irish.
Blogging at https://michele.blog mostly ...
Founder / CEO @blacknight.social
Fixated with a lot of things.
Currently trying to spend more time offline ...
Frequent traveler, gardener, cook, film fan and internet geek.
Irish.
Blogging at https://michele.blog mostly ...
Founder / CEO @blacknight.social
Fixated with a lot of things.
Currently trying to spend more time offline ...
November 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Reposted by Michele Neylon
*** MY XMAS APPEAL 2025 ***
Every year at Christmas I run an appeal asking you to donate the price of a book (or whatever you can!) to some incredibly worthy charities who need funds at this time of year. So far, in 8 years I've raised over €250,000...
🧵
(link at bottom)
Every year at Christmas I run an appeal asking you to donate the price of a book (or whatever you can!) to some incredibly worthy charities who need funds at this time of year. So far, in 8 years I've raised over €250,000...
🧵
(link at bottom)
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
*** MY XMAS APPEAL 2025 ***
Every year at Christmas I run an appeal asking you to donate the price of a book (or whatever you can!) to some incredibly worthy charities who need funds at this time of year. So far, in 8 years I've raised over €250,000...
🧵
(link at bottom)
Every year at Christmas I run an appeal asking you to donate the price of a book (or whatever you can!) to some incredibly worthy charities who need funds at this time of year. So far, in 8 years I've raised over €250,000...
🧵
(link at bottom)
Seriously Hubspot on what planet does it make sense to have me subscribed to so many newsletters that I have to scroll through 3 screens of options to see them all?
November 13, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Seriously Hubspot on what planet does it make sense to have me subscribed to so many newsletters that I have to scroll through 3 screens of options to see them all?
November 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Reposted by Michele Neylon
PSA: tips to protect yourself from scams on Signal.
Every major comms platform has to contend w phishing, impersonation, & scams. Sadly.
Signal is major, and as we've grown we've heard about more of these attacks--scammy people pretending to be something or someone to trick and abuse others. 1/
Every major comms platform has to contend w phishing, impersonation, & scams. Sadly.
Signal is major, and as we've grown we've heard about more of these attacks--scammy people pretending to be something or someone to trick and abuse others. 1/
November 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
PSA: tips to protect yourself from scams on Signal.
Every major comms platform has to contend w phishing, impersonation, & scams. Sadly.
Signal is major, and as we've grown we've heard about more of these attacks--scammy people pretending to be something or someone to trick and abuse others. 1/
Every major comms platform has to contend w phishing, impersonation, & scams. Sadly.
Signal is major, and as we've grown we've heard about more of these attacks--scammy people pretending to be something or someone to trick and abuse others. 1/
RIR governance isn't an "exciting" or anyway "sexy" topic, but it's key to how the Internet works. Without IP addresses there are no cat videos, no websites, no email, no nothing. www.icann.org/en/public-c...
November 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
RIR governance isn't an "exciting" or anyway "sexy" topic, but it's key to how the Internet works. Without IP addresses there are no cat videos, no websites, no email, no nothing. www.icann.org/en/public-c...
Help me raise funds for men’s health movember.com/m/mneylon?m...
November 4, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Help me raise funds for men’s health movember.com/m/mneylon?m...
A sad day. Rubens will be missed. RIP
nic.br/noticia/not...
nic.br/noticia/not...
Notas - Note of Condolence: Rubens Kühl, Registro.br Product Marketing Manager
O Núcleo de Informação e Coordenação do Ponto BR é uma entidade civil, sem fins lucrativos, que desde dezembro de 2005 implementa as decisões e projetos do Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil.Notas - Note of Condolence: Rubens Kühl, Registro.br Product Marketing Manager
nic.br
November 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
A sad day. Rubens will be missed. RIP
nic.br/noticia/not...
nic.br/noticia/not...
Reposted by Michele Neylon
i hate that AI has now caused me to question the authenticity of cute animal videos online, which is my primary use of social media. i don't even know if this baby penguin actually wore a beret to go buy a tiny baguette in paris
November 1, 2025 at 2:21 AM
i hate that AI has now caused me to question the authenticity of cute animal videos online, which is my primary use of social media. i don't even know if this baby penguin actually wore a beret to go buy a tiny baguette in paris
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It’s Movember so I’m joining the Blacknight team to raise money for men’s health movember.com/m/mneylon?m...
Michele Neylon's Mo Space
Michele's Motivation: This year I’ll try to grow a “mo” but I’ll also try walking more too.
ie.movember.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:38 AM
It’s Movember so I’m joining the Blacknight team to raise money for men’s health movember.com/m/mneylon?m...
It’s Movember so I’m joining the Blacknight team to raise money for men’s health movember.com/m/mneylon?m...
Michele Neylon's Mo Space
Michele's Motivation: This year I’ll try to grow a “mo” but I’ll also try walking more too.
ie.movember.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:38 AM
It’s Movember so I’m joining the Blacknight team to raise money for men’s health movember.com/m/mneylon?m...
If you're interested in .us domain names and what's been going on with them, why not join the .us town hall?
Full details here: www.about.us/townhall #domains
Full details here: www.about.us/townhall #domains
October 29, 2025 at 7:47 AM
If you're interested in .us domain names and what's been going on with them, why not join the .us town hall?
Full details here: www.about.us/townhall #domains
Full details here: www.about.us/townhall #domains
Reposted by Michele Neylon
ChatGPT’s new Atlas browser doesn’t just see what you read — it remembers it.
@eff.org’s Lena Cohen showed me it even logged “memories” of her looking for *abortion care* and her doctor’s name. Out-surveils even Chrome.
My @washingtonpost.com column: wapo.st/49bOcVC
@eff.org’s Lena Cohen showed me it even logged “memories” of her looking for *abortion care* and her doctor’s name. Out-surveils even Chrome.
My @washingtonpost.com column: wapo.st/49bOcVC
Column | ChatGPT just came out with its own web browser. Use it with caution.
OpenAI’s Atlas promises AI-powered convenience. The price? Letting ChatGPT track and store “memories” of what you do online.
wapo.st
October 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
ChatGPT’s new Atlas browser doesn’t just see what you read — it remembers it.
@eff.org’s Lena Cohen showed me it even logged “memories” of her looking for *abortion care* and her doctor’s name. Out-surveils even Chrome.
My @washingtonpost.com column: wapo.st/49bOcVC
@eff.org’s Lena Cohen showed me it even logged “memories” of her looking for *abortion care* and her doctor’s name. Out-surveils even Chrome.
My @washingtonpost.com column: wapo.st/49bOcVC
Reposted by Michele Neylon
Imagine a browser where you type in “Taylor Swift” and it doesn’t even admit that her website exists. I write about Atlas, ChatGPT’s new anti-web browser that should come with a warning label. www.anildash.com/2025/10/22/a...
ChatGPT's Atlas: The Browser That's Anti-Web - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Imagine a browser where you type in “Taylor Swift” and it doesn’t even admit that her website exists. I write about Atlas, ChatGPT’s new anti-web browser that should come with a warning label. www.anildash.com/2025/10/22/a...
Reposted by Michele Neylon
Local legislator displays the importance of kerning
October 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Local legislator displays the importance of kerning
AWS outage disrupts thousands of websites, apps, services (featuring a quote from me)
www.techcentral.ie/aws-outage-...
www.techcentral.ie/aws-outage-...
AWS outage disrupts thousands of websites, apps, services - TechCentral.ie
A major outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) has disrupted online services globally, affecting platforms such as Snapchat, Fortnite, Reddit and multiple enterprise tools that depend on AWS cloud infrastructure. Some 2,000 websites, apps, banking services have reported problems according to downdetector.com, including well-known brands outside the tech space, such as Starbucks and McDonalds. AWS [&hellip
www.techcentral.ie
October 22, 2025 at 11:31 AM
AWS outage disrupts thousands of websites, apps, services (featuring a quote from me)
www.techcentral.ie/aws-outage-...
www.techcentral.ie/aws-outage-...
Reposted by Michele Neylon
The wonderful Kelly Hardy interviewed me for her newsletter #domains beyondthenextround.substack.com/p/what-regi...
What Registries Get Right...And Wrong With Michele Neylon of Blacknight
The CEO of the Irish registrar and hosting company pulls no punches
beyondthenextround.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The wonderful Kelly Hardy interviewed me for her newsletter #domains beyondthenextround.substack.com/p/what-regi...
Reposted by Michele Neylon
Here's the problem
The Internet is held together with sticky tape. Its weaknesses are its strengths and it was designed to route its way around problems.
BUT
Over the past +/- 10 years oodles of "stuff" has become reliant on a handful of HUGE tech providers. Today shows this.
The Internet is held together with sticky tape. Its weaknesses are its strengths and it was designed to route its way around problems.
BUT
Over the past +/- 10 years oodles of "stuff" has become reliant on a handful of HUGE tech providers. Today shows this.
October 20, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Here's the problem
The Internet is held together with sticky tape. Its weaknesses are its strengths and it was designed to route its way around problems.
BUT
Over the past +/- 10 years oodles of "stuff" has become reliant on a handful of HUGE tech providers. Today shows this.
The Internet is held together with sticky tape. Its weaknesses are its strengths and it was designed to route its way around problems.
BUT
Over the past +/- 10 years oodles of "stuff" has become reliant on a handful of HUGE tech providers. Today shows this.
The wonderful Kelly Hardy interviewed me for her newsletter #domains beyondthenextround.substack.com/p/what-regi...
What Registries Get Right...And Wrong With Michele Neylon of Blacknight
The CEO of the Irish registrar and hosting company pulls no punches
beyondthenextround.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The wonderful Kelly Hardy interviewed me for her newsletter #domains beyondthenextround.substack.com/p/what-regi...
Here's the problem
The Internet is held together with sticky tape. Its weaknesses are its strengths and it was designed to route its way around problems.
BUT
Over the past +/- 10 years oodles of "stuff" has become reliant on a handful of HUGE tech providers. Today shows this.
The Internet is held together with sticky tape. Its weaknesses are its strengths and it was designed to route its way around problems.
BUT
Over the past +/- 10 years oodles of "stuff" has become reliant on a handful of HUGE tech providers. Today shows this.
October 20, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Here's the problem
The Internet is held together with sticky tape. Its weaknesses are its strengths and it was designed to route its way around problems.
BUT
Over the past +/- 10 years oodles of "stuff" has become reliant on a handful of HUGE tech providers. Today shows this.
The Internet is held together with sticky tape. Its weaknesses are its strengths and it was designed to route its way around problems.
BUT
Over the past +/- 10 years oodles of "stuff" has become reliant on a handful of HUGE tech providers. Today shows this.
The decentralised global system has ended up being centralised ...
<If> the AWS outage that brought down a chunk of the global cloud is a "DNS issue", let's all remember that
DNS - the globally distributed domain name system - is remarkably simple and resilient. It was designed that way.
But concentrating DNS <resolution> in a couple of chokepoints is fragile.
DNS - the globally distributed domain name system - is remarkably simple and resilient. It was designed that way.
But concentrating DNS <resolution> in a couple of chokepoints is fragile.
October 20, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The decentralised global system has ended up being centralised ...