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Matt Terenzio
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Director of Software Engineering at Subtext, a veteran news product developer, A Knight Prototype Fund grant recipient and a finalist in the SXSW Accelerator news category.

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Apple Pecan Cranberry Pancakes
December 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Reposted by Matt Terenzio
Posting on Bluesky about my article about Bluesky in @techpolicypress.bsky.social

Composable Moderation decentralizes rule-setting, reducing pressure on any single platform and limiting attempts to “work the refs.” www.techpolicy.press/composable-m...
'Composable Moderation' May Protect Bluesky from Political Pressure | TechPolicy.Press
Shifting enforcement away from a single platform and into a distributed ecosystem should blunt interference by authoritarians, writes Audrey Hingle.
www.techpolicy.press
November 27, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Reposted by Matt Terenzio
Early bird tickets for #ATmosphereConf are available NOW. I'm even told by a reliable source that the weather will be incredible, but not so great that you don't want to attend sessions.
Early bird tickets are now on sale for #ATmosphereConf, plus lots more details on early confirmed speakers, side events, and conference hotel
Early Bird Tickets and Speaker Announcement
Buy your tickets now to join us in Vancouver, March 2026
news.atmosphereconf.org
December 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Having a Scotch
December 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Reposted by Matt Terenzio
AI finds its way into Apple’s top apps of the year
AI finds its way into Apple's top apps of the year | TechCrunch
Although Apple has continued to avoid naming a dedicated AI app or AI chatbot as its app of the year, AI was showcased among this year's winners.
techcrunch.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Gemini 3 having a bad day?
December 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
One thing I can say about Mastodon is they share a lot more news links than Bluesky users (at least comparing my follows) . This isn't a feeling. I actually have counts
December 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Reposted by Matt Terenzio
The AI boom is heralding a new gold rush in the American west.
The AI boom is heralding a new gold rush in the American west
Once home to gold and prospectors, the Nevada desert is now the site of a new kind of expansion: tech data centers
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Reposted by Matt Terenzio
The AI boom is heralding a new gold rush in the American west. www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Reposted by Matt Terenzio
Google’s Antigravity AI deleted a developer’s drive and then apologized www.techradar.com/ai-platforms...
Everyone’s excited about Google's AI‑powered coding – until your hard drive disappears
A dev lots everything after trusting Google’s AI agent to “clear the cache”
www.techradar.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Reposted by Matt Terenzio
#Instagram and #Facebook begin shutting down accounts as #Australia’s under-16s social media ban looms - www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Social media ban: Instagram and Facebook begin shutting down under-16 accounts in Australia as ban looms
Ban due to take effect next week, but Meta has started deactivating accounts already
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Reposted by Matt Terenzio
New: ATmosphere Report #145, with collections of links to interesting atproto articles for November

This time, the links are on-protocol, as a @cosmik.network collection, with a page that lets you follow the conversations on @leaflet.pub and @bsky.app

traverse.connectedplaces.online
December 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Reposted by Matt Terenzio
We’re building Roundabout, an app and website for neighbors to connect.

As we build, we’re grounded in research about what people actually want, and we’re working hard to deliver that.

But what DO people actually want?

newpublic.substack.com/p/introducin...
👋 Introducing Roundabout: built for neighbors, with neighbors
New_ Public’s app for local communities enters closed beta in five pilot communities
newpublic.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Reposted by Matt Terenzio
WordPress’s vibe-coding experiment, Telex, has already been put to real-world use
WordPress's vibe-coding experiment, Telex, has already been put to real-world use | TechCrunch
Though WordPress's Telex is still an experiment, the vibe coding software has already been used to help build real-world websites.
techcrunch.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Reposted by Matt Terenzio
Scammers are using #AI to impersonate real lawyers - www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025... "TBIJ finds dozens of Fiverr profiles advertising cheap legal advice with stolen credentials"
Scammers using AI to impersonate real lawyers on Fiverr
TBIJ finds dozens of Fiverr profiles advertising cheap legal advice with stolen credentials
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I don't know how to type
December 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Reposted by Matt Terenzio
★ Just published: 5ire — Smart desktop AI assistant with powerful local knowledge features

Cross-platform desktop AI assistant supporting multiple providers, local knowledge base, and custom prompts. Integrates MCP protocol for enhanced AI tool capabilities.
5ire: Open Source Alternative to Claude, Raycast and ChatGPT
Cross-platform desktop AI assistant supporting multiple providers, local knowledge base, and custom prompts. Integrates MCP protocol for enhanced AI tool capabilities.
openalternative.co
December 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Reposted by Matt Terenzio
Natural Language SQL with Oracle MCP and LangChain4j

Want to build agentic applications with MCP integrations in Java? Sure! Just use Langchain4j. In this article, we'll build a natural language interface for your database orchestrated by Langchain4j agents, integrating Oracle's SQLcl MCP server…
Natural Language SQL with Oracle MCP and LangChain4j
Want to build agentic applications with MCP integrations in Java? Sure! Just use Langchain4j. In this article, we'll build a natural language interface for your database orchestrated by Langchain4j agents, integrating Oracle's SQLcl MCP server (Model Context Protocol). Click here to skip the article and jump right to the code The app takes natural-language questions from a terminal prompt, generates the appropriate SQL, executes it through SQLcl using the MCP protocol, and then summarizes the results into a clean report using a second agent.
andersswanson.dev
December 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Reposted by Matt Terenzio
The next OnePlus phone could have the biggest battery the company has ever put into a handset www.techradar.com/phones/onepl...
We now know the OnePlus 15R will feature a 8,300 mAh battery, so battery life should be better than ever
OnePlus says the upcoming OnePlus 15R is going to come packing a 8,300 mAh battery – a new OnePlus record.
www.techradar.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Reposted by Matt Terenzio
‘Rage bait’ named Oxford University Press word of year as outrage fuels social media traffic in 2025
Oxford University Press names 'rage bait' word of year
Oxford University Press has named “rage bait’’ as its word of the year, capturing the internet zeitgeist of 2025.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Reposted by Matt Terenzio
"Historically low vaccination rates, skepticism fueled by the pandemic, misinformation, and “health freedom” ideologies have put communities at risk for the reemergence of
preventable, potentially deadly viruses like measles and pertussis." #RSNA25
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
South Carolina’s Measles Outbreak Shows Chilling Effect of Vaccine Misinformation - KFF Health News
When a measles outbreak emerged in Spartanburg, South Carolina, in October, health officials announced that most cases were tied to one public charter school, where only 17% of the 605 students enroll...
kffhealthnews.org
December 1, 2025 at 3:42 AM