Emelia
@thisismissem.social
Corruptress of protocols, working on trust & safety tech, open-source contributor. You've probably used tech I've contributed to. 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 🇩🇪
I'm on the Fediverse: https://hachyderm.io/@thisismissem
Bridged: @thisismissem.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
I'm on the Fediverse: https://hachyderm.io/@thisismissem
Bridged: @thisismissem.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
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Emelia
@thisismissem.social
· Apr 24
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So a not too well known thing about me: I'm the co-author of the Client ID Metadata Documents internet draft that Bluesky / AT Proto uses for OAuth.
This document came about due to my work on Mastodon's OAuth implementation.
If you'd like to support my work: support.thisismissem.social
This document came about due to my work on Mastodon's OAuth implementation.
If you'd like to support my work: support.thisismissem.social
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Discovering I was trans was the greatest blessing of my life. A simple explanation for a sense of wrongness I'd felt so long I thought that wrongness was me.
I credit the trans community for bringing society to the point where I could understand what was wrong and get help.
I credit the trans community for bringing society to the point where I could understand what was wrong and get help.
The calls for trans people to be quieter as we're wiped out are only going to increase, and you owe it to your sisters and brothers to get louder and louder.
February 19, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Discovering I was trans was the greatest blessing of my life. A simple explanation for a sense of wrongness I'd felt so long I thought that wrongness was me.
I credit the trans community for bringing society to the point where I could understand what was wrong and get help.
I credit the trans community for bringing society to the point where I could understand what was wrong and get help.
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The comment on compromising made me think about what Goldwater said.
![“Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them.
Barry Goldwater](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gsdzvcrqg3ef6tplgmh5hffo/bafkreidlhqlnbbunhqxvheyrg6t6yl4vqwulezc25sbpo6ou743cx4gluu@jpeg)
February 19, 2026 at 5:22 AM
The comment on compromising made me think about what Goldwater said.
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you can't work with Republicans. you can't compromise with them either. you either win or they do.
Kevin Roberts, President of The Heritage Foundation, claims that evidence suggests a correlation between undergoing Trans Medical Care and acts of violence.
He states Heritage's public policy solution is to ban it for all ages and they're willing to work towards this goal on an incremental basis.
He states Heritage's public policy solution is to ban it for all ages and they're willing to work towards this goal on an incremental basis.
February 19, 2026 at 4:28 AM
you can't work with Republicans. you can't compromise with them either. you either win or they do.
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Since we're among close friends, a confession: when I was in college, I experienced some hateful engineers in the Linux community, and it kept me away from open source in my prime programming years.
Sometimes the difference between an annoyance and a valued contributor is kindness and mentorship.
Sometimes the difference between an annoyance and a valued contributor is kindness and mentorship.
February 18, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Since we're among close friends, a confession: when I was in college, I experienced some hateful engineers in the Linux community, and it kept me away from open source in my prime programming years.
Sometimes the difference between an annoyance and a valued contributor is kindness and mentorship.
Sometimes the difference between an annoyance and a valued contributor is kindness and mentorship.
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Installing asc cli is now much simpler:
brew install asc
brew install asc
February 19, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Installing asc cli is now much simpler:
brew install asc
brew install asc
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This is great to see vercel.com/blog/we-ralp...
While specific runtime products may compete around features and performance, this kind of research on how to work around the inherent performance bottlenecks in web streams ultimately helps everyone.
While specific runtime products may compete around features and performance, this kind of research on how to work around the inherent performance bottlenecks in web streams ultimately helps everyone.
We Ralph Wiggumed WebStreams to make them 10x faster - Vercel
WebStreams had too much overhead on the server. We built a faster implementation. See how we achieved 10-14x gains in Next.js rendering benchmarks.
vercel.com
February 18, 2026 at 10:03 PM
This is great to see vercel.com/blog/we-ralp...
While specific runtime products may compete around features and performance, this kind of research on how to work around the inherent performance bottlenecks in web streams ultimately helps everyone.
While specific runtime products may compete around features and performance, this kind of research on how to work around the inherent performance bottlenecks in web streams ultimately helps everyone.
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You want
- @moderation.blacksky.app (bots, antiblackness, misogynoir, etc) or
- support@blacksky.app (bugs, how-tos) or
- assembly.blacksky.community/8bbfunvvau (feature requests, governance)
I’m not going to be the one who helps you. Please use the right channels.
- @moderation.blacksky.app (bots, antiblackness, misogynoir, etc) or
- support@blacksky.app (bugs, how-tos) or
- assembly.blacksky.community/8bbfunvvau (feature requests, governance)
I’m not going to be the one who helps you. Please use the right channels.
February 19, 2026 at 4:10 AM
You want
- @moderation.blacksky.app (bots, antiblackness, misogynoir, etc) or
- support@blacksky.app (bugs, how-tos) or
- assembly.blacksky.community/8bbfunvvau (feature requests, governance)
I’m not going to be the one who helps you. Please use the right channels.
- @moderation.blacksky.app (bots, antiblackness, misogynoir, etc) or
- support@blacksky.app (bugs, how-tos) or
- assembly.blacksky.community/8bbfunvvau (feature requests, governance)
I’m not going to be the one who helps you. Please use the right channels.
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We've released a self-hostable reference implementation of a PLC read-replica service to make the Atmosphere ever more decentralized. @retr0.id has details on what this all means.
atproto.com/blog/plc-rep...
atproto.com/blog/plc-rep...
PLC Read Replicas - AT Protocol
Introducing a self-hostable did:plc read-replica service
atproto.com
February 18, 2026 at 6:28 PM
We've released a self-hostable reference implementation of a PLC read-replica service to make the Atmosphere ever more decentralized. @retr0.id has details on what this all means.
atproto.com/blog/plc-rep...
atproto.com/blog/plc-rep...
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microcosm.blue/pds-debug Diagnostics for atproto PDS hosts, DIDs, and handles: https://debug.hose.cam
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February 19, 2026 at 2:12 AM
microcosm.blue/pds-debug Diagnostics for atproto PDS hosts, DIDs, and handles: https://debug.hose.cam
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Completed a task tonight that I first started working on back in November. Gosh that feels good.
February 19, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Completed a task tonight that I first started working on back in November. Gosh that feels good.
@masnick.com hey, what's your take on this? blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/02/conn...
Specifically the "Redefine what it means to be safe on Mastodon" part?
Specifically the "Redefine what it means to be safe on Mastodon" part?
Connecting the world through thriving online communities
A message from our Executive Director about Mastodon's vision and mission.
blog.joinmastodon.org
February 19, 2026 at 12:24 AM
@masnick.com hey, what's your take on this? blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/02/conn...
Specifically the "Redefine what it means to be safe on Mastodon" part?
Specifically the "Redefine what it means to be safe on Mastodon" part?
This is an absolutely fantastic article by @laurenshof.online
connectedplaces.online/where-does-c...
connectedplaces.online/where-does-c...
Where Does Community Live?
ActivityPub and ATProto both promise to rebuild social life online, but they answer the question of where community actually forms in fundamentally different ways. Protocol design is institutional des...
connectedplaces.online
February 18, 2026 at 11:43 PM
This is an absolutely fantastic article by @laurenshof.online
connectedplaces.online/where-does-c...
connectedplaces.online/where-does-c...
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People with opinions on how Blacksky implements permissioned posts should engage with the ideas Nick lays out here with the same level of seriousness.
New blog post is up! When we talk about controlled data on ATProtocol, we focus on users and who they grant access to. But there's always a third party: the applications that store, relay, and render the data.
Permissioned data is a love triangle
Permissioned data is a love triangle between the user, the identities they grant permissions to, and the applications everyone uses to view controlled data. We don't need to change or reinvent the protocol to have it, because ATProtocol already supports it.
ngerakines.leaflet.pub
February 18, 2026 at 10:02 PM
People with opinions on how Blacksky implements permissioned posts should engage with the ideas Nick lays out here with the same level of seriousness.
This is really cool to see: atproto.com/blog/plc-rep...
PLC Read Replicas - AT Protocol
Introducing a self-hostable did:plc read-replica service
atproto.com
February 18, 2026 at 10:03 PM
This is really cool to see: atproto.com/blog/plc-rep...
Some good improvements to the new AT Protocol documentation website: we've split the AppView and Relay sections in both Self-Hosting and The AT Stack to more accurately represent these components.
atproto.com/guides/the-a...
atproto.com/guides/the-a...
The AT Stack - AT Protocol Docs - AT Protocol
Components of the AT Protocol Stack.
atproto.com
February 18, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Some good improvements to the new AT Protocol documentation website: we've split the AppView and Relay sections in both Self-Hosting and The AT Stack to more accurately represent these components.
atproto.com/guides/the-a...
atproto.com/guides/the-a...
Did anyone else just get signed out of Bluesky?
February 18, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Did anyone else just get signed out of Bluesky?
What the...? I just received money from the finanzamt (tax office) for 2023's VAT refund, which means it took them a year to process my last filing
(I couldn't file for two years because they wouldn't respond to letters asking for a VAT & Tax number, because I thought my old one ceased activity)
(I couldn't file for two years because they wouldn't respond to letters asking for a VAT & Tax number, because I thought my old one ceased activity)
February 18, 2026 at 3:43 PM
What the...? I just received money from the finanzamt (tax office) for 2023's VAT refund, which means it took them a year to process my last filing
(I couldn't file for two years because they wouldn't respond to letters asking for a VAT & Tax number, because I thought my old one ceased activity)
(I couldn't file for two years because they wouldn't respond to letters asking for a VAT & Tax number, because I thought my old one ceased activity)
I'm in quite the thread over on the fediverse, and it's pretty funny to see them throwing around phrases like "billionaire free social media" when over the past two years major fediverse projects have needed billionaires and multi-millionaires more than ever to fund themselves.
February 18, 2026 at 10:50 AM
I'm in quite the thread over on the fediverse, and it's pretty funny to see them throwing around phrases like "billionaire free social media" when over the past two years major fediverse projects have needed billionaires and multi-millionaires more than ever to fund themselves.
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Look I'm just saying that there are other incredibly transformative things you could do for our species for a billion dollars that we desperately need doing and probably have a more likely payoff?
February 18, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Look I'm just saying that there are other incredibly transformative things you could do for our species for a billion dollars that we desperately need doing and probably have a more likely payoff?
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The atproto digests are gone. We are free.
February 18, 2026 at 6:33 AM
The atproto digests are gone. We are free.
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It's distressingly simple for some people, and frustrating when others don't see it.
You either see people as people and treat them as such, or you see people as numbers and a means to an end.
There is no in-between.
You either see people as people and treat them as such, or you see people as numbers and a means to an end.
There is no in-between.
Newsom will throw 1-2% of the population under the bus to befriend fascists, but the moment the richest 0.000475% might have to make a one-time payment of 5% he comes out swinging against the best interest of his state.
(Yes, yes. Same picture.)
(Yes, yes. Same picture.)
February 18, 2026 at 6:04 AM
It's distressingly simple for some people, and frustrating when others don't see it.
You either see people as people and treat them as such, or you see people as numbers and a means to an end.
There is no in-between.
You either see people as people and treat them as such, or you see people as numbers and a means to an end.
There is no in-between.
Fun pro-tip for when someone is helping you learn for free: don't be a misogynistic asshole to them.
(After one too many "baby girls" and "why are all women like this?" I finally wielded my mod ban hammer)
(After one too many "baby girls" and "why are all women like this?" I finally wielded my mod ban hammer)
February 18, 2026 at 5:31 AM
Fun pro-tip for when someone is helping you learn for free: don't be a misogynistic asshole to them.
(After one too many "baby girls" and "why are all women like this?" I finally wielded my mod ban hammer)
(After one too many "baby girls" and "why are all women like this?" I finally wielded my mod ban hammer)
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can't wait to hear who caused this one... i hate that like once thing goes down and the entire internet just becomes unavailable. also isn't it weird that most of this shit started happening more and more after ai became predominantly used in development?
February 18, 2026 at 2:00 AM
can't wait to hear who caused this one... i hate that like once thing goes down and the entire internet just becomes unavailable. also isn't it weird that most of this shit started happening more and more after ai became predominantly used in development?