Tessa Brown
@tessa.germnetwork.com
ceo and cofounder of @germnetwork.com, the secure messenger for the social internet. san franciscan today, chicagoan 4eva 🌱
these skeets delete
I'm on Germ DM 🔑
https://ger.mx/A53xu7cyweS-R5l3GdDawq8007L96gI4bL-KTFv0kBMz#did:plc:ad4m72ykh2evfdqen3qowxmg
these skeets delete
I'm on Germ DM 🔑
https://ger.mx/A53xu7cyweS-R5l3GdDawq8007L96gI4bL-KTFv0kBMz#did:plc:ad4m72ykh2evfdqen3qowxmg
Ultimately, @adamwiggins.bsky.social's talk sought to bring the idealists and pragmatists closer together.
In my work at @germnetwork.com and beyond, I'm always asking how we can be pragmatic about pursuing and realizing our ideals.
Thanks for the history and the glimpse forward.
In my work at @germnetwork.com and beyond, I'm always asking how we can be pragmatic about pursuing and realizing our ideals.
Thanks for the history and the glimpse forward.
November 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Ultimately, @adamwiggins.bsky.social's talk sought to bring the idealists and pragmatists closer together.
In my work at @germnetwork.com and beyond, I'm always asking how we can be pragmatic about pursuing and realizing our ideals.
Thanks for the history and the glimpse forward.
In my work at @germnetwork.com and beyond, I'm always asking how we can be pragmatic about pursuing and realizing our ideals.
Thanks for the history and the glimpse forward.
Adam also raised concerns around lasting digital archives.
As a writer, I'd also encountered digital archiving work done to keep contemporary writers' archives alive, when they were produced, natively, on disc—not paper. For example, David Foster Wallace's archives.
As a writer, I'd also encountered digital archiving work done to keep contemporary writers' archives alive, when they were produced, natively, on disc—not paper. For example, David Foster Wallace's archives.
November 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Adam also raised concerns around lasting digital archives.
As a writer, I'd also encountered digital archiving work done to keep contemporary writers' archives alive, when they were produced, natively, on disc—not paper. For example, David Foster Wallace's archives.
As a writer, I'd also encountered digital archiving work done to keep contemporary writers' archives alive, when they were produced, natively, on disc—not paper. For example, David Foster Wallace's archives.
Ownership of my manuscripts was core to my early understanding of local first. Long before I ever heard of Martin Kleppman, I heard of other writers who’d gotten locked out of their Google Drive accounts because their private drafts went out of bounds. (Hey, isn't freedom of speech a thing?)
November 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Ownership of my manuscripts was core to my early understanding of local first. Long before I ever heard of Martin Kleppman, I heard of other writers who’d gotten locked out of their Google Drive accounts because their private drafts went out of bounds. (Hey, isn't freedom of speech a thing?)
Onwards! So when Adam said the web is a software distribution platform, I found myself thinking about how Germ connections are distributed in person, through shared links, but also through #atproto. Is atproto the real coming of web3? (don't yell at me)
November 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Onwards! So when Adam said the web is a software distribution platform, I found myself thinking about how Germ connections are distributed in person, through shared links, but also through #atproto. Is atproto the real coming of web3? (don't yell at me)
He highlighted the work of the @eff.org and in particular how @letsencrypt.bsky.social brought https to the world (shoutout @ipv.sx, a Germ advisor and generous collaborator)— but also reminded us this is how online banking and shopping are possible
November 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
He highlighted the work of the @eff.org and in particular how @letsencrypt.bsky.social brought https to the world (shoutout @ipv.sx, a Germ advisor and generous collaborator)— but also reminded us this is how online banking and shopping are possible
He reminded us that encryption was once a controlled weapons export - something I never knew until I sat in on @riana.bsky.social’s class last year. Apparently a professor alleging infringement of academic freedom to teach advanced math pushed against this control!
November 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
He reminded us that encryption was once a controlled weapons export - something I never knew until I sat in on @riana.bsky.social’s class last year. Apparently a professor alleging infringement of academic freedom to teach advanced math pushed against this control!
November 13, 2025 at 12:33 AM
SF is more SF than you could possibly SF
November 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
SF is more SF than you could possibly SF
posted without comment
November 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
posted without comment
November 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
November 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Very excited to see cybersecurity creator Tazin Khan speak about everyday threat models and how we get ahead of them.
She’s also chic af. But not on Bluesky!
#MozFest
She’s also chic af. But not on Bluesky!
#MozFest
November 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Very excited to see cybersecurity creator Tazin Khan speak about everyday threat models and how we get ahead of them.
She’s also chic af. But not on Bluesky!
#MozFest
She’s also chic af. But not on Bluesky!
#MozFest
How do we keep going? The collective gives us power, including to take risks.
Dr. @ruha9.bsky.social is Princeton’s finest but also closed by reminding us she’s on probation for protesting with students.
What an inspiring speaker, for real.
Dr. @ruha9.bsky.social is Princeton’s finest but also closed by reminding us she’s on probation for protesting with students.
What an inspiring speaker, for real.
November 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
How do we keep going? The collective gives us power, including to take risks.
Dr. @ruha9.bsky.social is Princeton’s finest but also closed by reminding us she’s on probation for protesting with students.
What an inspiring speaker, for real.
Dr. @ruha9.bsky.social is Princeton’s finest but also closed by reminding us she’s on probation for protesting with students.
What an inspiring speaker, for real.
Not all speed is movement. - Toni Cade Bambara
The world may be ending. But there are other worlds. - Octavia Butler
Some quotes Dr. @ruha9.bsky.social dropped at #MozFest this morning
The world may be ending. But there are other worlds. - Octavia Butler
Some quotes Dr. @ruha9.bsky.social dropped at #MozFest this morning
November 7, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Not all speed is movement. - Toni Cade Bambara
The world may be ending. But there are other worlds. - Octavia Butler
Some quotes Dr. @ruha9.bsky.social dropped at #MozFest this morning
The world may be ending. But there are other worlds. - Octavia Butler
Some quotes Dr. @ruha9.bsky.social dropped at #MozFest this morning
“In an era of automated bullshit,” Dr. @ruha9.bsky.social asks us to tell the truth! Starting with the fact that innovation often depends on exploitation… so social progress can never be taken for granted.
What are we building? For whom? With whom?
#MozFest
What are we building? For whom? With whom?
#MozFest
November 7, 2025 at 11:03 AM
“In an era of automated bullshit,” Dr. @ruha9.bsky.social asks us to tell the truth! Starting with the fact that innovation often depends on exploitation… so social progress can never be taken for granted.
What are we building? For whom? With whom?
#MozFest
What are we building? For whom? With whom?
#MozFest
November 7, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Strong start to the weekend from @robin.berjon.com.
Strong plugs for anti-trust and democratically directed public internet infrastructure!
#MozFest
Strong plugs for anti-trust and democratically directed public internet infrastructure!
#MozFest
November 7, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Strong start to the weekend from @robin.berjon.com.
Strong plugs for anti-trust and democratically directed public internet infrastructure!
#MozFest
Strong plugs for anti-trust and democratically directed public internet infrastructure!
#MozFest
At least the actual newspaper editor got it
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
At least the actual newspaper editor got it
Got my hands on the goods
October 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Got my hands on the goods
Sick.
Check out this one, on our cooler, from bilingual lit mag @sinetheta.net (so glad they’re on here, too!!)
Check out this one, on our cooler, from bilingual lit mag @sinetheta.net (so glad they’re on here, too!!)
October 23, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Sick.
Check out this one, on our cooler, from bilingual lit mag @sinetheta.net (so glad they’re on here, too!!)
Check out this one, on our cooler, from bilingual lit mag @sinetheta.net (so glad they’re on here, too!!)
