“googling” things on the “internet” isn’t *real* research, and you shouldn’t support ANYONE who uses technology to work more effectively REAL research requires carrying a medieval torch inside of an ancient dusty library, going tome by tome til you find the esoteric knowledge which you seek

Happy Friday everyone 🍻

Stacked PRs, now on GitHub. Go forth and stack 🥞

🫪 buttondown.com/blog/bluesky... @mary.my.id mary u rock

Enhanced link cards on Bluesky

Your newsletter's archive links can now share as rich, branded cards on Bluesky.

buttondown.com

Blacksky. Available now on iOS and Android.

Blacksky Algorithms@blackskyweb.xyz · 7d ago

Joining the beta is easy. Download for iOS: testflight.apple.com/join/ST8N2Qda Download for Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d... If you run into any issues, you can follow the instructions here for help: docs.blacksky.community/info-about-b...

Chicago rn

@standard.site profile record, used to build a Linktree™-type web page for every author 🤔 Is this anything?

I feel like I’m missing out on neat dev tools re: agentic coding. I’ve been rocking vim, tmux, and git CLI for a decade and at this point idk if I can switch to an IDE with built-in tooling, but maybe I should try? Any good recent writeups out there on That Good Shit(tm)?

Ok. Trying this again after we discovered a bug last time around. @techdirt.com is now using @standard.site and (assuming no more bugs...) all new posts should be published using that lexicon... and we'll be figuring out backfill for our 80k+ posts in good time...

Techdirt@techdirt.com · 2w ago

DOJ Withdraws NY Times Subpoenas After Judge Notices It Never Bothered To Follow The Rules For Subpoenaing Reporters Just last week we had... https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/24/doj-withdraws-ny-times-subpoenas-after-judge-notices-it-never-bothered-to-follow-the-rules-for-subpoenaing-reporters/

"In an era when anyone can produce reasonable-looking UI and code that compiles, the distinguishing markers become: taste, nuance, mature architectural opinions, and the contrarian calls that come from genuine expertise rather than pattern-matching."

The Human-in-the-Loop is Tired

On reward functions, dopamine, and what it actually feels like when the code starts writing itself

pydantic.dev

there was a recent bug in the Bluesky app that caused some people's chat permission settings to switch to "No one" we already fixed the bug, but folks may want to double-check their settings to make sure they are set the way they want. go here: bsky.app/messages/set... look for these settings:

a core skill in 2026 is having enough experience to tell when a model's lost the plot and is building towers to heaven

Felt genuinely nervous hitting publish, it's impossible to overstate how much @kissane.myatproto.social's writing and thinking has been an influence on my own over [redacted] years. It was such a pleasure to get to chat with her, I hope y'all love this one as much as I did putting it together.

AT Protocol Developers@atproto.com · 2w ago

For the latest Off Protocol conversation, @jimray.bsky.team had a delightfully wide-ranging talk with @kissane.myatproto.social about so many things and ultimately a desire to make better mistakes atproto.com/off-protocol...

This show, thanks to Dan, will take you from zero to understanding AT Proto. Including how it’s pronounced like the @

@shoptalkshow.com · 2w ago

724: Ask Dan Abramov Anything About AT Proto If you're like Chris and understand a bit of the tech behind AT Proto but want to understand it at a deeper level, this episode is for you. How does it differ from straight up RSS and Mastodon, where is my identity being stored, how do I create a…

We’ve beeeeeeen in the Cabin in the Bluesky ☁️🏠⛅️

OGBobbyJoshson@jawalker.bsky.social · 2w ago

I was totally unaware De La Soul is on Bluesky!

some internet I made. come hang out with me in rl

Sanity@sanity.io · 2w ago

Everything *[NYC] is back. Sept 9. Agents, content ops, and what it takes to build and run both. On stage: Vercel, Braze, Semafor, exe.dev, plus our co-founders. Closes with a live laser installation by Shohei Fujimoto. Free to attend, spots are limited: go.sanity.io/xoo4AtO

Muting reposts and/or quoteposts is close, hope to land soon 🙏

Eric@esb.lol · 2w ago

~75% of the way there

okay a new build is available! come test it out! this is an experimental version of the app which enables the react native new architecture, which should be smoother and more performant. come help us catch bugs :) iOS: testflight.apple.com/join/UjM5zxM9 Android: github.com/bluesky-soci...

Release v1.129.0 RC 1 (New Arch) · bluesky-social/social-app

Experimental New Arch Build This build contains experimental changes to enable the React Native New Architecture. Thank you for helping us test it out! If you find any bugs, please file a GitHub Is...

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Samuel@samuel.fm · 3w ago

just published a fresh new iOS build, and I’ll get another Android one cooking tomorrow!

new data diary! (and i think final in the main series) this gets into the permissioned repository itself. how it's structured, signed & synced. give it a read & as always, lmk your thoughts!

Permissioned Data Diary 7: Off the Record

In which we put records in a repo, sign them, and sync them (but not quite the way you think).

dholms.leaflet.pub

two years ago today, @dholms.at riffing on group permissioned data URI schemes

everyone has had the experience of being elbow-deep in the cloaca of some miserable software and thought to themselves “how long would it *really* take to rewrite this from scratch” and now the answer is “a couple hours”

brennan@brennan.computer · 3w ago

so anyway, it was literally easier to just make my own laser cutting software than it was to debug why the paid one I bought didn't want to connect to my laser I introduce: laser.brennan.computer

We are back next Wednesday next week for the monthly AT Protocol gathering. Much to look forward to and talk about. 📆 5:30 PM, Wednesday, July 22nd, 2026 (export a reminder to your calendar after you RSVP) 📍 Life on Marz (Western on the CTA Blue line O'Hare branch) atmo.rsvp/p/chicago.at...

at://chicago - July 2026

Converge at Life on Marz Community Club. We plan to have a few lightning talks. We welcome folks from all kinds of backgrounds including artists, journalists, publishers, creators, academic researche...

atmo.rsvp

i’m doing a little podcast tour about atproto and almost every host mentioned standard.site in some way. mostly as in “i can’t understand anything it says on the website but i think my blog is in the atmosphere now?”. and that’s a huge achievement

👋🏾 I have joined @bsky.app as VP of Engineering! I’ve been admiring this team’s work for years, and I’m thrilled to be joining them to build the future of the open social web.

If you want to see video of when it clicks, watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YCB...

About Atproto w/ Dan Abramov | Wireframe Live

YouTube video by Design Systems House

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dan@danabra.mov · 3w ago

atproto has one big idea: apps should be lenses rather than boxes this idea is still unknown to majority of internet users. even to the majority of web developers we’re still at a phase where, if you explain it to someone, you can literally see it clicking for them in real time

de[eznuts]centralized

atproto has one big idea: apps should be lenses rather than boxes this idea is still unknown to majority of internet users. even to the majority of web developers we’re still at a phase where, if you explain it to someone, you can literally see it clicking for them in real time

I recall a quote from this book that was something like "make your mistakes on the drafting table, not the job site" same goes for software

antirez@antirez.bsky.social · 3w ago

Control the ideas, not the code: blog post here antirez.com/news/169

"Focus on controlling the ideas, instead. Focus on quality, testing, and having an idea of the software you want to ship." +1

antirez@antirez.bsky.social · 3w ago

Control the ideas, not the code: blog post here antirez.com/news/169

Wednesday marked three years for me at Bluesky, what a ride it's been! I'm incredibly lucky to get to work with this team every day, and even more so to be working on something I deeply care about, alongside a community that cares just as much. Thanks y'all ❤️