Ariel M.
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Ariel M.
@byarielm.fyi
PhD candidate @ UBuffalo • NSF GRFP
ChemE doing computational systems biology
Multi passionate bean with too many ideas
🫶 Lover of cats, code & crafts

Germ DM - https://ger.mx/AzcH1hw_GYJ-ioMQcka2NUj5uGMboeoTaJ8HqdKgsD9M#did:plc:6i6n57nrkq6xavqbdo6bvkqr
chickpeas or garbanzo beans if i’m feeling fancy or going goya
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 AM
*tiny in terms of people talking about online and compared to LA lol
November 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I have a very-WIP Buffalo one but (1) this place is tiny, (2) I’ve not been motivated to work on it so it’s very early stages.
November 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Top ones that com to mind are the LA and surrounding areas ones by @zombiegomoan.bsky.social and @richferro.com

I don’t recall if any are strictly activist/news, but wouldn’t be hard to layer on those extra pieces once the base Michigan stuff is there.
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
in case you’re wondering the code did not finish before i left AND the output was disappointing 🥲
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
@sprk.so every day istg there’s a new spark app 🤣
November 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
beautiful demon boi
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 AM
yes! and wooo need the icons lol
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 AM
It’s in there!!! It’s the F one, you gotta add (insert tech knowledge) so it gives an icon!
November 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
They’re all in the alt text!
November 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Anisota has anisota exclusive posts and what’s other exclusive features that will evolve into a game, and @dame.is plans to further separate it from Bluesky, so no I made that choice intentionally.

And grain isn’t a bluesky client at all??? Uses its own lexicon for images galleries etc.
November 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
November 9, 2025 at 5:55 AM
shit I could never remember the name of that site but I use to find so many cool things through it

pretty sure it’s how I found the pi song that accidentally baked way too many digits of pi into my brain
November 9, 2025 at 5:54 AM
spill the teaaaaaaa 👀
November 9, 2025 at 5:18 AM
November 9, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I could make it pretty but I’m not gonna now. Here’s one that isn’t “just bluesky client” — all have their own lexicons and non-bsky content.

Also let me be honest: I made this out of spite against the disdain for things that are “just bluesky clients” as if that’s not a benefit of ATproto
November 9, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Whether you or anyone else agrees with that interpretation and its decision isn’t what determines whether he should be banned, it’s whether a mod decided he violated TOS.

Also of the opinion that mods allowing their decisions to be influenced by public outcry is a dangerous and slippery slope
November 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I don’t agree with the forever-ban but from the blog you shared it should be clear: they do not have the context, history, etc. of Link. They received a report on Link’s post. The post was interpreted as a death threat to the CEO. That’s in violation of the TOS. He got banned.
November 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
And pitching it as something they can integrate with their websites is a promising direction. They own and control their data for their websites but right now other socials have their content & data for socials. Their own PDS = control of their social content & data.
November 9, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Also I might’ve mixed up Man United and Man City idr oops
November 9, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Oooh yeah in that direction, I’d look at I think Manchester United has their own — and @boston.gov has a whole host of accounts and atproto flavor going on but idk that they have their own PDS.

Can def see organizations being interested if they’re of a size/type to have multiple social accounts
November 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM