Mattie Carter-Gerakines
@mattie.thegem.city
She/her 🏳️🌈 Just a pile of rats in a trench coat Scientist turned engineer, mediocre crafter, theater kid, cool stepmom, partner to Nick
Bulleted is officially live: bulleted.app At the surface, it's pretty simple: It's an outliner. Every bullet is a record in a repository you own. The launch post covers what it does, so this thread is the part I left out: why I built it and what's underneath.
Bulleted
The @bulleted.app outline.
bulleted.app
It has been criminally underreported but Kelsey Pfendler has just rowed solo across the Pacific Ocean from the US coast to Hawaii in record time. A 2,400-mile unsupported journey in 43 days, 17 hours, and 55 minutes. Notably beating the Men’s record by 9 whole days.
📍 Boudin Bakery Bakery · United States ★★★★★ Eatin bread https://beaconbits.app/beacon/nysigjs52ta6f2l7fdnevadv/3mlcpkln2os2d #BeaconBits
The Android build is now available for testing. If you're interested in being one of the qualifying testers to get it approved and moved into the Google Play store, please reply to this and have DMs open or message @ngerakines.me
I’m on CalTrain for the first time. Someone is drinking a beer and a child just boarded while playing an accordion. Can someone confirm this is a typical CalTrain experience?
surely no army in military history has ever been laid low by disease, a famously uncommon problem among people living in enforced close quarters
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 6mo agoYeah that will solve all of our problems…..
📍 Fairmont Vancouver Airport Airport · Richmond, British Columbia, CA ★★★★★ Heading back home after a great week in Vancouver! #BeaconBits
Fairmont Vancouver Airport | Beacon Bits
Beacon dropped by @mattie.thegem.city
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We cannot normalize ICE inserting itself into our daily lives. Here is a reminder: ICE agents do not belong at airports. ICE agents do not belong at polling stations. ICE agents do not belong undermining our rights and hurting our communities.
Join our ATProtocol OAuth Masterclass TOMORROW at 1:00 PM ET! Only a few seats remaining. Learn to build secure, federated authentication for the decentralized web. 🎟️ Grab your spot: ti.to/ngerakines/a... #ATProtocol #OAuth #Bluesky #DecentralizedWeb
ATProtocol OAuth Masterclass Fall 2025
Master the complete OAuth implementation for ATProtocol in this comprehensive workshop designed for developers building on the decentralized social web. Whether you're creating applications, services,...
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Happy birthday to you 🥳🍞
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ALT: a close up of a person 's face with a pearl around their neck
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NPR@npr.org · last yr.Rocky Horror aficionados used to attend screenings of the film over and over to take notes on the details. Accurately mirroring every line and dance move has gotten easier over time.
The ✨soft launch✨ is here!! Download the latest update of @skylight.social on the App Store and the Google Play store! She’s not perfect, there are still some things to work out, but we wanted to get it into everyone’s hands💕 Join us for the first ever LIVE stream on Skylight @ 3:30pm EST
Me and @ngerakines.me being total selfie nerds at St Patrick's Cathedral earlier today — each strategically out of one another's frames 🤳🤓
BREAKING: The U.S. Air Force has decided to deny early retirement options for transgender service members with 15 to 18 years of service.
US Air Force to deny retirement pay to transgender service members being separated from the service
The U.S. Air Force has decided to deny early retirement options for transgender service members with 15 to 18 years of service.
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It’s good to remember there are still people out there doing the right thing.
New York opens first-in-nation homeless shelter for transgender people
The shelter will offer services to 150 residents.
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@ngerakines.me did some really cool stuff this year! We met because of community organizing, so watching this take off has been really special. Super proud of you, Nick! 🔥
Smoke Signal@smokesignal.events · last yr.🎉 One year ago today, we launched Smoke Signal! What started as an idea has become a growing community of event organizers and attendees. This milestone belongs to all of you who believed in decentralized events from day one.
🎉 One year ago today, we launched Smoke Signal! What started as an idea has become a growing community of event organizers and attendees. This milestone belongs to all of you who believed in decentralized events from day one.
One year ago today, I launched Smoke Signal. It's been such a fun project to work on and I'm completely beside myself with how far it has come and all of the things that have come from it. #atdev #atprotocol
One Year of Smoke Signal
One Year of Smoke Signal posted by @smokesignal.events on 2025-07-14 12:00 UTC
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Help Wanted! I'm holding a Community Bug Squash on Thursday, July 10th to help identify issues with the Smoke Signal Preview site. Check out the event for details on how to help. Please share and spread the word!
Smoke Signal Bug Squash
Smoke Signal's one year anniversary is coming up, and with it comes the release of the new Smoke Signal website! We need your help to identify issues with the new Smoke Signal web application, and .....
preview.smokesignal.events
Mason “the best boy” Gerakines passed away today. Utterly heartbroken 💔💔💔
Hey! I know this guy!!
Atmosphere Community@atmosphere.community · 2y agoSmoke Signal + Lexicon Community, a journey in building ecosystems for communities, Nick Gerakines @ngerakines.me A huge run through many pieces of today’s ATProto and some future directions. @smokesignal.events @lexicon.community #ATmosphereConf
An emotional “it takes a village” tour by @rudyfraser.com at #ATmosphereConf. It’s a long list, and a lot of people are on it. #BlackSky is what it is because of mutual aid and mutual values. It’s a conduit of people and practices.
