personal news: after years of loyal membership, i spotted and purchased a Costco sweatshirt on Friday night. We are very happy together.
Josh Petri (he/him)
@joshpetri.bsky.team
Head of Communications, Bluesky Social. former journalist and outdoor industry person. always an organic life form.
if selected as one of the @bsky38.com, i will charge jerry a cent every time he wants to post and use the profit to ship an edit button
The @dame.is 🤝 @pds.dad collab project you've been waiting on.
Who are the 38 most influential Bluesky posters of 2026? You get 10 votes, anyone with a Bluesky account can be voted for. The 38 with the most votes make the list. 🗳️ Voting ends the 21st night of September. 🌎 🌬️🔥 Cast your ballot: bsky38.com
@joshuajfriedman.com has provided the onion fact of the day: "Egyptian walking onions spread by growing top-heavy before plopping themselves down and re-rooting, so they walk across a garden."
Now you can opt out of having your posts shown to non-followers in the Discover feed. We know not everyone wants to go viral. Sometimes you're just posting for your followers. This is one of a few updates we're working on to give you more control over your experience and help you find your people.
It was a real pleasure to chat with @toni.bsky.team about building a sustainable Atmosphere. And, of course, Team Edit Button.
Yesterday's AMA with @toni.bsky.team is now available on Off Protocol. Great questions and thanks to everyone who tuned in. atproto.com/off-protocol...
You can now upload videos up to ten minutes long! Show us your favorite longer videos!
We’ll be adding our favorite longer videos to this thread all day! If you’ve seen enough, tap the three dots under the previous post and choose “Hide post for me.”
huge breaking news: @toni.bsky.team says he's "on team edit button" during the @atproto.com livestream stream.place/atproto.com
@atproto.com's livestream on Streamplace
Off Protocol LIVE
stream.place
We're redesigning the notifications tab! 🔔 It's one of the most visited surfaces on the app, and a lot of you have told us it could be better. Here's a look at what we're exploring. 🧵
Portland is at a standstill as the city prepares to demolish the Centennial Mills building. Literally dozens of emails going unsent around town this afternoon. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYGa...
if the blue angels are going to keep flying by my house i think the least they could do is offer me the chance to sit in the cockpit and make jet noises with my mouth
BPS is out!!!! I am on a plane right now but gosh I am excited about this!
We have killed the technical debt
Big day for docs 🙂🙂
alex-bsky.leaflet.pub
sending the six-million-dollar gift article to my five closest friends to see how much they truly value my friendship
"Mr. Lane didn’t disclose the payment to Forbes because he saw it as a personal gift from a friend, the person said." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/b...
Forbes Fired Top Editor After Discovering He Received Secret $6 Million Payment
Randall Lane, the magazine’s chief content officer, received the money from the founder of Shook Research, which has worked with Forbes on content about wealth advisers.
nytimes.com
what's the best genre of indie game and which is your favorite? ex. cozy puzzles, multiplayer-collaborative, word games, etc. collecting opinions for a very special project :) 👀
"As a Bluesky user, you own your data and have greater control over the algorithms that serve you content. Also, the platform is extremely publisher friendly and aims to ... be a quality partner to high-quality news sources." Love to hear it, @sf.gazetteer.co sf.gazetteer.co/reflections-...
AHHH, BLUESKY! DON'T YOU DARE BE SOUR! CLAP FOR YOUR FAVORITE AUTHORS! AND FEEL THE POWER!!! #Booksky It's BUY A BOOK FRIDAY, yes it is! The rules are simple, you see a book by myself or one Bluesky's talented artists, YOU BUY THAT BOOK! Help support us and enrich yourself! 🧵 BELOW, LET'S GO!!!
welcome to Bluesky Car Talk with Josh and @alex.bsky.team. it's the only imaginary internet car show focused on economy sedans, ev rebates and historic hot hatches. brought to you by the ford escort rs cosworth forum.
The roar on Montmarte when Pogi in yellow comes around the corner gives me goosebumps. I've watched this like a dozen times. Sport at its finest.
if your business makes a cool sound you should be required by law to name It after that sound
attn @stream.place
in 2016 @spikefriedman.bsky.social and another college buddy of ours got in an argument about who's better at parallel parking. we decided to hold a contest judged by the rest of the group—but ten years hence, so they'd each have that time to practice. yesterday i got this google notification:
I swear I did not staple this to a telephone pole in my neighborhood in Portland.