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Brandon Toner
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Love finding stuff like this... @adactio.com
November 22, 2023 at 3:06 AM
Started pushing some posts to RSS from the website — brandontoner.ca/feeds
November 22, 2023 at 2:47 AM
I'm discovering that email deliverability is a pain when self-hosting — I think I've finally got the config to a functional state 🤞 brandontoner.ca/emaildlv
November 22, 2023 at 2:46 AM
How I almost learned the backups lesson the hard way... brandontoner.ca/backups
November 18, 2023 at 3:30 PM
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April 20, 2023 at 12:15 AM
Got new running shoes for the first time in ages and I am STOKED to run tomorrow 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️
April 20, 2023 at 12:28 AM
Created a new blog at brandontoner.ca! Powered by Drummer
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brandontoner.ca
April 19, 2023 at 12:19 AM
How It’s Made is such a great show concept — watching the step by step creation of common goods in a factory is mesmerizing.
April 18, 2023 at 9:14 PM
I’ve forgotten how to post on Main.
April 14, 2023 at 1:46 PM
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The first ever Main Character on here is a robot duck.
April 13, 2023 at 3:31 AM
My entire TL is taken over by @berduck.deepfates.com

What a way to end day 1
April 13, 2023 at 3:18 AM
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densely connected subgraph of twitter power users who just joined, meet 5k people who gave us their email and filled out a form 🤝
April 11, 2023 at 6:12 PM
Why are you excited about blsky? Why are you here? I wanna know.
April 12, 2023 at 8:11 PM
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Desperately want the ability to search "from:robhaisfield.com keyword" @pfrazee.com so I can weave my long-term narratives. I currently need to do a lot more scrolling than I'd like.

https://bsky.app/profile/robhaisfield.com/post/3jt6qlejaao2r
Newsfeeds are ephemeral, and prioritize content based on recency.

My narratives are long-term, evolving over time. This is why I aggressively quote posts (QT) myself - what if people missed my bangers when I first posted them? What if I update my beliefs later, or a past thread is useful evidence?
April 12, 2023 at 4:15 PM
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Request: cross-posting service for Twitter->Bluesky. I’m probably not going to post actively in both places, but would love to crosspost here to help bootstrap chatter (I do for Mastodon).
April 10, 2023 at 3:14 AM
ngl I miss being able to bookmark and save threads to Readwise via DM
April 12, 2023 at 2:50 PM
This recency indicator is a link + if you're on the specific post's page, its URL is eligible for copying too
April 12, 2023 at 2:39 PM
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I was going to start a wishlist thread for improvements to the webapp but so far Phil's got most of them covered in his thread!

my current top bugfix reqs:
- remove force-crop on images jfc
- fix cards for external urls
- make search work (+ from: keyword!)
- make linkbuttons ctrl-click for new-tab
So far, my web app suggestions:
- keyboard controls (navigating pictures with arrows, Ctrl+Enter to post, probably something else)
- emoji palette + maybe emoji suggestions when you type the colon symbol (I go back and forth to a Twitter tab to get the emoji I want)
I really hope I can join the dev team here. Only a day on this app, and it feels so fresh and the opportunities so unbound. It would be exciting to participate in building it
April 12, 2023 at 9:02 AM
This place is nice
April 12, 2023 at 1:09 PM
On my next Bluesky setup visit: Figure out how this is different from the other app.

Some initial thoughts:

- What's this protocol they speak of?
- Is this different than say, Mastodon?
- What does the domain linking do?
- Is this a more programmable space? Who builds features? Github forks?
April 12, 2023 at 1:00 PM
This was the tip I needed to verify my setup on Namecheap. Thanks!

PS Can I qt in a the middle of a thread or no? (Can't seem to copy/paste URL like on the bird app)
try with just `_atproto` in the "Host" column -- looks like it might expect just the subdomain part there, not the fully qualified domain name
April 12, 2023 at 12:42 PM
First step: figure out how to change my domain to www.brandontoner.ca — is there a setup guide for this somewhere? (my DNS skills are lack lol)
April 12, 2023 at 12:23 PM
Heyoooo first Bluesky post. Hi everyone 👋
April 12, 2023 at 12:21 PM