Vincent Z
@vincez.bsky.social
Consultant at a tech marketing company. Project author. Interest: alternative technology futures | decentralised tech | internationalist | green thumb
Now for some good news: the UK is finally moving to shut down ripoff ticket resellers. You should soon be able to buy seats directly from venues without touts grabbing everything first. #MusicSky
Reselling tickets for profit to be outlawed in UK government crackdown
Touts, and ordinary consumers, will no longer be able to charge anything more than price at which they bought ticket
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November 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Now for some good news: the UK is finally moving to shut down ripoff ticket resellers. You should soon be able to buy seats directly from venues without touts grabbing everything first. #MusicSky
The race to launch AI apps is moving faster than any real quality control. In the rush to be first, safety and oversight are being ignored and people are getting hurt. When a chatbot can push a child toward suicide, that’s not innovation, it’s negligence.
#AI
#AI
Mothers say AI chatbots encouraged their sons to kill themselves - BBC News
In her first UK interview Megan Garcia speaks to Laura Kuenssberg about the death of her teenage son.
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November 9, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The race to launch AI apps is moving faster than any real quality control. In the rush to be first, safety and oversight are being ignored and people are getting hurt. When a chatbot can push a child toward suicide, that’s not innovation, it’s negligence.
#AI
#AI
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Sliced into yesterday’s sourdough loaf and got a textbook bread bunny. One angled score was all it took- ears, nose, the lot, standing proud in the toaster. The crumb was nicely open and even, with a soft texture that held up well. #bunnysky
November 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Sliced into yesterday’s sourdough loaf and got a textbook bread bunny. One angled score was all it took- ears, nose, the lot, standing proud in the toaster. The crumb was nicely open and even, with a soft texture that held up well. #bunnysky
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cool fact, my self-hosted PDS is ~500 microseconds away from my apartment over the internet and that PDS is ~500 microseconds away from its S3 endpoint where my blobs live
this is compared to the ~67-75ms jump from my apartment to bsky's US-east PDSs
the site is a LOT snappier for me now :)
this is compared to the ~67-75ms jump from my apartment to bsky's US-east PDSs
the site is a LOT snappier for me now :)
hello from my own PDS :)
October 3, 2025 at 6:48 AM
cool fact, my self-hosted PDS is ~500 microseconds away from my apartment over the internet and that PDS is ~500 microseconds away from its S3 endpoint where my blobs live
this is compared to the ~67-75ms jump from my apartment to bsky's US-east PDSs
the site is a LOT snappier for me now :)
this is compared to the ~67-75ms jump from my apartment to bsky's US-east PDSs
the site is a LOT snappier for me now :)
Tim Berners-Lee: “You shouldn’t be owned, not even your data.” The man who gave us the web for free reminds us: when companies treat your life as their property, the question is simple - who really owns you? #www
Why I gave the world wide web away for free | Tim Berners-Lee
My vision was based on sharing, not exploitation – and here’s why it’s still worth fighting for
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Tim Berners-Lee: “You shouldn’t be owned, not even your data.” The man who gave us the web for free reminds us: when companies treat your life as their property, the question is simple - who really owns you? #www
The Murdochs are reportedly eyeing a TikTok deal. Remember their last social media adventure with MySpace? That didn’t exactly go well. Moves like this are exactly why decentralised platforms like Bluesky are more important than ever - a place where content isn’t shaped by corporate agendas.
Murdochs likely to be involved in TikTok deal, Trump says
Oracle chairman Larry Ellison and Dell founder Michael Dell are also both involved, the president tells Fox News.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 22, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The Murdochs are reportedly eyeing a TikTok deal. Remember their last social media adventure with MySpace? That didn’t exactly go well. Moves like this are exactly why decentralised platforms like Bluesky are more important than ever - a place where content isn’t shaped by corporate agendas.
Massive Attack have become the latest act – and first major-label one – to pull their catalogue from Spotify in protest at founder Daniel Ek investing €600m (£520m) in the military AI company Helsing. #massiveattack
Massive Attack remove music from Spotify to protest against CEO Daniel Ek’s investment in AI military
The band cited a ‘moral and ethical burden’ placed on artists by revenue from their work ultimately funding lethal technologies
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September 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Massive Attack have become the latest act – and first major-label one – to pull their catalogue from Spotify in protest at founder Daniel Ek investing €600m (£520m) in the military AI company Helsing. #massiveattack
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"Social media users are tired of losing their identity and data every time a platform shuts down or pivots. In the ATProto ecosystem, users own their data and identities. Bluesky is the first big example, but a new wave of decentralized social networks is just beginning."
Real-time, decentralized social apps — without running a single server. Here’s how to build and deploy an atproto app on Cloudflare Workers. blog.cloudflare.com/serverless-a...
Serverless Statusphere: a walk through building serverless ATProto applications on Cloudflare’s Developer Platform
Build and deploy real-time, decentralized Authenticated Transfer Protocol (ATProto) apps on Cloudflare Workers.
blog.cloudflare.com
July 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"Social media users are tired of losing their identity and data every time a platform shuts down or pivots. In the ATProto ecosystem, users own their data and identities. Bluesky is the first big example, but a new wave of decentralized social networks is just beginning."
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Perfectly cooked haddock - Delish - Wonderful view, and the very best company - my Mr. Z! ❤️ What more could a girl ask for on a Friday night! 😁
Friday night means fish and chips by the sea. Tonight, I'm savouring freshly made haddock 🎣 and chips right on the beach at Sandwich Bay. #fishfriday 🧜
July 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Perfectly cooked haddock - Delish - Wonderful view, and the very best company - my Mr. Z! ❤️ What more could a girl ask for on a Friday night! 😁
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Morning folks! Have a stellar day! Here's an earworm to get ya started
10cc - Dreadlock Holiday
YouTube video by 10ccVEVO
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July 10, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Morning folks! Have a stellar day! Here's an earworm to get ya started
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Funny how the tech broligarchs (and their enablers) keep claiming they can’t afford to pay creators for the work they’ve so brazenly filched from all of us… #MetaBookThieves #DoTheWriteThing
SCOOP: As Mark Zuckerberg staffs up Meta’s new superintelligence lab, he’s offering top research talent pay packages of up to $300 million over four years, with more than $100 million in total compensation for the first year, WIRED has learned.
What is that compared to other high earners?
What is that compared to other high earners?
Here’s What Mark Zuckerberg Is Offering Top AI Talent
The Meta CEO is leading a hiring blitz, offering top talent at OpenAI eye-watering pay packages and endless access to cutting-edge chips.
www.wired.com
July 2, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Funny how the tech broligarchs (and their enablers) keep claiming they can’t afford to pay creators for the work they’ve so brazenly filched from all of us… #MetaBookThieves #DoTheWriteThing
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Anthony Bourdain Day. Last year his coq au vin. This year, Poule au Pot from the Les Halles cookbook. Sausage-stuffed chicken, vegetables, slow-simmered. A quiet, thoughtful dish from a man who made food about far more than eating. #BourdainDay 🐓🥘
June 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Anthony Bourdain Day. Last year his coq au vin. This year, Poule au Pot from the Les Halles cookbook. Sausage-stuffed chicken, vegetables, slow-simmered. A quiet, thoughtful dish from a man who made food about far more than eating. #BourdainDay 🐓🥘
True the Bluesky 🦋 scale is tipped to the left, but it does offer a stable counterbalance to X. One way would may be to push non-political stories and conversations higher in the discovery feeds etc... @jay.bsky.team
Bluesky backlash misses the point | TechCrunch
Not only is Bluesky more than just a Twitter/X alternative, it's just one app in a wider social ecosystem built on open technology.
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June 13, 2025 at 6:36 AM
True the Bluesky 🦋 scale is tipped to the left, but it does offer a stable counterbalance to X. One way would may be to push non-political stories and conversations higher in the discovery feeds etc... @jay.bsky.team
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Sad news, RIP, Brian Wilson co-founder of The Beach Boys has died. #thebeachboys #godonlyknows
The Beach Boys - God only knows (1966) fully restored video
YouTube video by Mike Adams
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June 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Sad news, RIP, Brian Wilson co-founder of The Beach Boys has died. #thebeachboys #godonlyknows
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Had a great conversation with @jay.bsky.team about the future of Bluesky, which she hopes is a future where Bluesky becomes one small part of a much larger ecosystem: www.wired.com/story/big-in...
Bluesky Is Plotting a Total Takeover of the Social Internet
All the lefties fled to Bluesky following Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover. But CEO Jay Graber says the app is for everyone—and could revolutionize how people communicate online.
www.wired.com
May 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Had a great conversation with @jay.bsky.team about the future of Bluesky, which she hopes is a future where Bluesky becomes one small part of a much larger ecosystem: www.wired.com/story/big-in...
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Morning all, it's Thursday and here's my earworm of the day: The Clash - Magnificent Seven. #OutsideBroadcast 🎵
The Clash - The Magnificent Seven (Official Video)
YouTube video by theclashVEVO
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May 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Morning all, it's Thursday and here's my earworm of the day: The Clash - Magnificent Seven. #OutsideBroadcast 🎵
Tickets booked with @dsz.bsky.social to see the 4K restored concert film 'Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII' looking forward to hearing the film's updated sound and new mix by Steven Wilson. #PinkFloyd #MusicSky
April 5, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Tickets booked with @dsz.bsky.social to see the 4K restored concert film 'Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII' looking forward to hearing the film's updated sound and new mix by Steven Wilson. #PinkFloyd #MusicSky
So long, Marianne Faithful...
Marianne Faithfull - Broken English (Short Film by Derek Jarman) [1979]
YouTube video by Marianne Faithfull
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January 30, 2025 at 9:13 PM
So long, Marianne Faithful...
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Robert Fripp, Debbie c 1979
January 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Robert Fripp, Debbie c 1979
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Today would have been David Bowie's birthday - here is my Earworm of the day: "Oh! You Pretty Things"
"Look out my window, what do I see?
Crack in the sky and a hand reaching down to me" 🎶
"Look out my window, what do I see?
Crack in the sky and a hand reaching down to me" 🎶
David Bowie - Oh! You Pretty Things (Old Grey Whistle Test, 1972) [HD Upgrade]
YouTube video by David Bowie
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January 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Today would have been David Bowie's birthday - here is my Earworm of the day: "Oh! You Pretty Things"
"Look out my window, what do I see?
Crack in the sky and a hand reaching down to me" 🎶
"Look out my window, what do I see?
Crack in the sky and a hand reaching down to me" 🎶
Tip: If you get a haircut at the Dracula Barbershop 🧛 in Ramsgate then don't forget to take a few garlic 🧄 bulbs in your pocket. 🦇
October 23, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Tip: If you get a haircut at the Dracula Barbershop 🧛 in Ramsgate then don't forget to take a few garlic 🧄 bulbs in your pocket. 🦇
Analysts predict that OpenAI will struggle to raise funds within 3 years, leading Microsoft to potentially acquire it. The #AI hype is expected to slow down, causing firms like OpenAI to seek larger investors.
IMO this translates to a deal is probably already in the works. #OpenAI
IMO this translates to a deal is probably already in the works. #OpenAI
Microsoft Will Buy OpenAI Within Three Years, Analyst Predicts
The soaring costs of running AI services will force ChatGPT maker OpenAI into Microsoft's arms, an analyst suggests.
www.forbes.com
October 10, 2024 at 8:06 AM
Hell, yeah! Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #251,849!
September 18, 2024 at 11:15 AM
Hell, yeah! Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #251,849!