Emelia
@thisismissem.social
Corruptress of protocols, working on trust & safety tech, open-source contributor. You've probably used tech I've contributed to. 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 🇩🇪
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Bridged: @thisismissem.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
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@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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Also shout out the fake ticket, which was very much a (angel/devil on my shoulders) "come on, you don't have time for this"/"yes, but when has that ever stopped you?".
I kept myself from trying to make it look like that same ticket itself "snags" on the header, so be proud of my restraint.
I kept myself from trying to make it look like that same ticket itself "snags" on the header, so be proud of my restraint.
February 19, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Also shout out the fake ticket, which was very much a (angel/devil on my shoulders) "come on, you don't have time for this"/"yes, but when has that ever stopped you?".
I kept myself from trying to make it look like that same ticket itself "snags" on the header, so be proud of my restraint.
I kept myself from trying to make it look like that same ticket itself "snags" on the header, so be proud of my restraint.
Finished writing something pretty significant for work, and I'm really pleased with it. Like, sometimes when I write down ideas I'm like "eeeh, I don't know if this communicates well enough" and spend ages um-ing and ah-ing about it.
February 19, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Finished writing something pretty significant for work, and I'm really pleased with it. Like, sometimes when I write down ideas I'm like "eeeh, I don't know if this communicates well enough" and spend ages um-ing and ah-ing about it.
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oh ok, glad that's settled
February 19, 2026 at 10:14 PM
oh ok, glad that's settled
@matthieu.bsky.team this might be of interest: github.com/forwardemail...
GitHub - forwardemail/tangerine: Node.js DNS over HTTPS - Tangerine is the best drop-in replacement for dns.promises.Resolver using DNS over HTTPS ("DoH") via undici with built-in retries, timeouts, s...
Node.js DNS over HTTPS - :tangerine: Tangerine is the best drop-in replacement for dns.promises.Resolver using DNS over HTTPS ("DoH") via undici with built-in retries, timeouts, smart ser...
github.com
February 19, 2026 at 8:29 PM
@matthieu.bsky.team this might be of interest: github.com/forwardemail...
Ooooh, new SQLite like database just dropped: stoolap.io/blog/2026/02...
Introducing @stoolap/node: A Native Node.js Driver That’s Surprisingly Fast
I’ve been working on Stoolap for a while now, an embedded SQL database written in pure Rust. It started as a Go project, grew into something much bigger, and recently hit a point where I thought: okay...
stoolap.io
February 19, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Ooooh, new SQLite like database just dropped: stoolap.io/blog/2026/02...
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“We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility.” presswatchers.org/2026/02/the-...
The inhumane treatment of immigration detainees requires more coverage | Press Watch
The glimpses we’ve gotten justify a lot more reporting
presswatchers.org
February 19, 2026 at 3:35 PM
“We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility.” presswatchers.org/2026/02/the-...
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Another #govDesign job klaxon 🔔
At @digitalservice.bund.de, we are looking for a mid-level #contentDesign er and a working-student #userResearch er to join us.
It’s been a while since we opened these roles, so I am really excited about listing these:
verwaltungsgestaltung.de#positionen
At @digitalservice.bund.de, we are looking for a mid-level #contentDesign er and a working-student #userResearch er to join us.
It’s been a while since we opened these roles, so I am really excited about listing these:
verwaltungsgestaltung.de#positionen
February 19, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Another #govDesign job klaxon 🔔
At @digitalservice.bund.de, we are looking for a mid-level #contentDesign er and a working-student #userResearch er to join us.
It’s been a while since we opened these roles, so I am really excited about listing these:
verwaltungsgestaltung.de#positionen
At @digitalservice.bund.de, we are looking for a mid-level #contentDesign er and a working-student #userResearch er to join us.
It’s been a while since we opened these roles, so I am really excited about listing these:
verwaltungsgestaltung.de#positionen
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“Omg look at this boy in a maid outfit 😍”
That maid outfit looks like Amazon Halloween costume dogshit and he looks unbathed, unmoisturized, and dehydrated have better standards for your femboys FUCK
That maid outfit looks like Amazon Halloween costume dogshit and he looks unbathed, unmoisturized, and dehydrated have better standards for your femboys FUCK
February 19, 2026 at 2:32 PM
“Omg look at this boy in a maid outfit 😍”
That maid outfit looks like Amazon Halloween costume dogshit and he looks unbathed, unmoisturized, and dehydrated have better standards for your femboys FUCK
That maid outfit looks like Amazon Halloween costume dogshit and he looks unbathed, unmoisturized, and dehydrated have better standards for your femboys FUCK
Itty Bitty by Ashnikko never fails to make me blush slightly whenever I hear it. (explicit sexual themes)
February 19, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Itty Bitty by Ashnikko never fails to make me blush slightly whenever I hear it. (explicit sexual themes)
@cjfulton.bsky.social getting a 500 error when reviewing a track on an album, "Failed to mark as experienced" but the review still posts.
February 19, 2026 at 3:06 PM
@cjfulton.bsky.social getting a 500 error when reviewing a track on an album, "Failed to mark as experienced" but the review still posts.
⭐ Matriarchy - Matriarchy (2023) ★★★★★
More on my tour of sapphic artists, GIRLI and her song Matriarchy, which damn those lyrics! 🔥
I've actually known about GIRLI since 2014 when I went to one of her early shows ...
View full review on @popfeed.social
More on my tour of sapphic artists, GIRLI and her song Matriarchy, which damn those lyrics! 🔥
I've actually known about GIRLI since 2014 when I went to one of her early shows ...
View full review on @popfeed.social
A ★★★★★ review of Matriarchy - Matriarchy (2023)
More on my tour of sapphic artists, GIRLI and her song Matriarchy, which damn those lyrics! 🔥
I've
popfeed.social
February 19, 2026 at 3:03 PM
⭐ Matriarchy - Matriarchy (2023) ★★★★★
More on my tour of sapphic artists, GIRLI and her song Matriarchy, which damn those lyrics! 🔥
I've actually known about GIRLI since 2014 when I went to one of her early shows ...
View full review on @popfeed.social
More on my tour of sapphic artists, GIRLI and her song Matriarchy, which damn those lyrics! 🔥
I've actually known about GIRLI since 2014 when I went to one of her early shows ...
View full review on @popfeed.social
"a standard is only real if people use it" well said!
I also strongly believe that protocols are what we make of them. As I said to a friend recently, "a standard is only *real* if people *use* it. Otherwise, it's just some effectively worthless opinions that some technologists with control issues wrote down in an officious-sounding way."
February 19, 2026 at 2:11 PM
"a standard is only real if people use it" well said!
🎵 Evil Angel (2020) ★★★★½
Good gosh, this album is my current obsession, it hits so hard. It's a pop album sure, but it's explicitly sapphic, it's a little rock too at times. Think a younger solo-act like The Veronic...
View full review on @popfeed.social
Good gosh, this album is my current obsession, it hits so hard. It's a pop album sure, but it's explicitly sapphic, it's a little rock too at times. Think a younger solo-act like The Veronic...
View full review on @popfeed.social
A ★★★★½ review of Evil Angel (2020)
Good gosh, this album is my current obsession, it hits so hard. It's a pop album sure, but it's expl
popfeed.social
February 19, 2026 at 2:09 PM
🎵 Evil Angel (2020) ★★★★½
Good gosh, this album is my current obsession, it hits so hard. It's a pop album sure, but it's explicitly sapphic, it's a little rock too at times. Think a younger solo-act like The Veronic...
View full review on @popfeed.social
Good gosh, this album is my current obsession, it hits so hard. It's a pop album sure, but it's explicitly sapphic, it's a little rock too at times. Think a younger solo-act like The Veronic...
View full review on @popfeed.social
If I do two `com.atproto.repo.createRecord`s with the exact same collection & rkey, that should fail with an error right? The XRPC HTTP API guide implies only a subset of HTTP Status Codes are used, and 409 Conflict is not on that list.
February 19, 2026 at 2:04 PM
If I do two `com.atproto.repo.createRecord`s with the exact same collection & rkey, that should fail with an error right? The XRPC HTTP API guide implies only a subset of HTTP Status Codes are used, and 409 Conflict is not on that list.
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The conversation about bad PRs in FOSS projects needs to move away from "is it AI or not" to: does the contributor care or not? That's a different dimension. You can make good PRs with AI; you can make bad PRs without AI. Assuming a perfect overlap is disingenuous at best.
February 19, 2026 at 12:00 PM
The conversation about bad PRs in FOSS projects needs to move away from "is it AI or not" to: does the contributor care or not? That's a different dimension. You can make good PRs with AI; you can make bad PRs without AI. Assuming a perfect overlap is disingenuous at best.
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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.