jordan silver 🔵
@silverlyne.bsky.social
he/they from LA
interested in public transportation, retail facilities, operating systems, and information ecosystems of various kinds
interested in public transportation, retail facilities, operating systems, and information ecosystems of various kinds
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Apparently google earth is now managed by the goons in the maps API team, and is charging for enterprise access to various GIS layers they've licensed. Not entirely sure how to react to this
November 15, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Apparently google earth is now managed by the goons in the maps API team, and is charging for enterprise access to various GIS layers they've licensed. Not entirely sure how to react to this
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this thing's squeaker is louder than a fucking jet engine istg and she can't get enough of it 😭
November 15, 2025 at 3:38 AM
this thing's squeaker is louder than a fucking jet engine istg and she can't get enough of it 😭
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were so fucking back guys
November 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
were so fucking back guys
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made a zine last month about the bus !!!! I love the bus!! 🚌 (1/2)
November 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
made a zine last month about the bus !!!! I love the bus!! 🚌 (1/2)
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There has been a noticeable reticence in left and liberal circles to voice full-throated support for pornography, even as it's become increasingly clear what the open end goals of the censorship movement are
In a lot of ways other leftists chose this path folks. They shrugged and didn’t care when Patreon banned a ton of hypnosis and TF creators, or when YouTube started their ASMR crackdown. Now it’s coming for queer porn creators, more and more. Who will stand up?
November 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
There has been a noticeable reticence in left and liberal circles to voice full-throated support for pornography, even as it's become increasingly clear what the open end goals of the censorship movement are
November 13, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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✅ @valvesoftware.com has been verified by @bsky.app.
November 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
✅ @valvesoftware.com has been verified by @bsky.app.
Happy "Sent from my iPhone" day
November 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Happy "Sent from my iPhone" day
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Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
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we are hunting down a search issue impacting many Bluesky users. this includes username typeahead when adding mentions to posts.
November 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
we are hunting down a search issue impacting many Bluesky users. this includes username typeahead when adding mentions to posts.
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excellent thread of thoughts and vision for moderation
tl;dr - Bluesky's lack of transparency to the person moderated leaves a gap that gets filled with speculation. They really need to fix the communications instead of pushing the dev todo off endlessly
tl;dr - Bluesky's lack of transparency to the person moderated leaves a gap that gets filled with speculation. They really need to fix the communications instead of pushing the dev todo off endlessly
I almost never comment on mod decisions bc quick-turn analysis is not my ministry. But bc I posted about Sarah Kendzior's suspension—last night by asking how to learn if it was in error, today by saying I find it baffling—people are ascribing positions to me that I haven't taken. To clarify:
November 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
excellent thread of thoughts and vision for moderation
tl;dr - Bluesky's lack of transparency to the person moderated leaves a gap that gets filled with speculation. They really need to fix the communications instead of pushing the dev todo off endlessly
tl;dr - Bluesky's lack of transparency to the person moderated leaves a gap that gets filled with speculation. They really need to fix the communications instead of pushing the dev todo off endlessly
On the G line and there’s spray paint on the corners at all the intersections from whitsett to colfax. I assume they’re gonna start work on crossing gates soon
November 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
On the G line and there’s spray paint on the corners at all the intersections from whitsett to colfax. I assume they’re gonna start work on crossing gates soon
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guardian (UK case):
The judge ruled: “An AI model such as Stable Diffusion which does not store or reproduce any copyright works (and has never done so) is not an ‘infringing copy’.”
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
The judge ruled: “An AI model such as Stable Diffusion which does not store or reproduce any copyright works (and has never done so) is not an ‘infringing copy’.”
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
November 11, 2025 at 2:58 AM
guardian (UK case):
The judge ruled: “An AI model such as Stable Diffusion which does not store or reproduce any copyright works (and has never done so) is not an ‘infringing copy’.”
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
The judge ruled: “An AI model such as Stable Diffusion which does not store or reproduce any copyright works (and has never done so) is not an ‘infringing copy’.”
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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i don't know what else i expected
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 AM
i don't know what else i expected
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I < race conditions 3
I <3 race conditions
November 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I < race conditions 3
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llms don't "cause psychosis". that's my job
October 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
llms don't "cause psychosis". that's my job
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The latest interview up at the Protocol Oral History Project is a @bsky.app hometown hero: Protocol Engineer @bnewbold.net. I'm so grateful for his time and care in sharing his experience building the foundation for not only this app but many more: protocol.ecologies.info/interviews/n...
Bryan Newbold: Protocol engineering
A protocol engineer at the social-media platform Bluesky describes building an open protocol around a fast-growing social media platform.
protocol.ecologies.info
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 AM
The latest interview up at the Protocol Oral History Project is a @bsky.app hometown hero: Protocol Engineer @bnewbold.net. I'm so grateful for his time and care in sharing his experience building the foundation for not only this app but many more: protocol.ecologies.info/interviews/n...
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I log on, I see a braindead take or ragebait, I log off
November 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I log on, I see a braindead take or ragebait, I log off
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NYT article on Pluribus gave enough for me to sleuth this out
October 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
NYT article on Pluribus gave enough for me to sleuth this out
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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Millennials always talk about tech literacy as if Windows 11 and Office 365 come with a manual people are able to read
November 9, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Millennials always talk about tech literacy as if Windows 11 and Office 365 come with a manual people are able to read