We all know that we pay into social security with every paycheck. Did you know that there’s a cap? Anyone who makes more than $185k stops paying the soc sec tax after they’ve contributed ~$11,500 for the year. Why are we voluntarily refusing additional revenue from those who can most afford to pay?

Liberal Currents@liberalcurrents.com · 4w ago

The last time they reformed Social Security, they knew that the baby boomers existed. They knew that fertility rates were dropping. What they did not know is that income inequality would explode. Listen to @socio-steve.bsky.social explaining the details to @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com today.

Probes.dev has launched! If you're a small team or independent developer and need affordable web service monitoring, sign up for a free 14-day trial today.

Probes — Uptime & Performance Monitoring

Website and API uptime and performance monitoring for solo developers and small teams. DNS, TCP, TLS, and TTFB timing breakdowns to the millisecond. $1/site/month. Free trial, no credit card required.

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Limeleaf Worker Collective@limeleaf.coop · 2mo ago

Uptime monitoring tools have too many features, confusing pricing, and aren't built for small teams or indies. So we built probes.dev. Add a URL, we ping it, and we tell you when it's acting flaky or goes down. $5 a month gets you 5 probes w/ status pages. Start probing today!

Email templates are all done for probes.dev - Sign-in links - Member invite links - Probe alerts - Trial ended - Probe auto-disabled Going into closed beta testing this weekend! #GoLang #HTTP #BuildInPublic #Monitoring

Probes — Uptime & Performance Monitoring

Website and API uptime and performance monitoring for solo developers and small teams. DNS, TCP, TLS, and TTFB timing breakdowns to the millisecond. $1/site/month. Free trial, no credit card required.

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I got billing set up and working for probes.dev so we're getting close to public release! #HTTP #BuildInPublic

Koyaanisqatsi is the better film. Powaqqatsi is the better soundtrack. Does anybody even remember Naqoyqatsi?

We're building a new thing.

Limeleaf Worker Collective@limeleaf.coop · 3mo ago

At Limeleaf, we #buildinpublic. probes.dev will be simple, affordable web service monitoring for solo hackers and small teams. #Developers - are we on the right track here? Missing anything? Would you pay $5/month to monitor 5 sites and/or API endpoints? Tell us in the comments. #webdev

www.reuters.com/business/ene... "I struggle, like everybody else does, but I'm willing to sacrifice a little," Miller said. "That's been totally lost in this country, people's willingness to sacrifice." Joe Biden asked you to wear paper masks to prevent killing old people and you…oh, never mind.

Trump says Iran war is worth the economic pain. These rural voters agree.

Democrats are trying to cast Trump as the leader of an administration losing touch with an anxious public as the Iran war pushes the price of gas and other goods higher. These voters in rural Colorado...

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I love a #podcast, but, as usual, there is much wisdom in what Nick Cave says.

Eight people have requested access to the Henhouse beta this week! We'd love to have ten by the end of the day, so if you want member-owned, independent, privacy-first web hosting, sign up today at nc.limeleaf.coop/apps/forms/s... #webhosting #coops #degoogle

When I worked at Google, we all got Pixels. ChromeOS was useless then, so I installed Linux instead. Incredible. It was fast, perfect keyboard, and the 240-DPI 3:2 display was a revelation (more laptops should be 3:2!). I stumbled across one today for 1/12th the original price. 😂 #linux #recycle

Why is Arc the only browser that can sync tabs correctly??

This is a brilliant idea and long overdue. "The OpenCourier protocol opens up opportunities for delivery workers to own the platforms that manage their livelihoods." platform.coop/blog/toward-...

Toward Worker-owned Delivery Platforms with the OpenCourier Protocol | Platform Cooperativism Consortium

The OpenCourier protocol opens up opportunities for delivery workers to own the platforms that manage their livelihoods. We introduce the protocol, welcoming contributors and comments.

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Henhouse is in beta!

Limeleaf Worker Collective@limeleaf.coop · 3mo ago

Any web #hosting company will rent you space on their servers. At Henhouse Computing Cooperative, you *own* the server. You also get a vote in how the service is run and share of any profits. Now taking beta testers at henhouse.coop.

Heard for the first time today: “Find us on YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts.” Incredible how quickly they crushed Apple and Spotify in #podcasts.

This is some wild shit.

Matthew Sheffield@matthew.flux.community · 3mo ago

In totally unsurprising news, Richard Dawkins is developing AI psychosis. Paywall bypass: archive.is/6RdK9

Did you know that Maximum Fun is a worker-owned co-op? Hell yeah. In honor of #MayDay, throw them a few sheckles. #coops

Jesse Thorn@jessethorn.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This is the final day of the MaxFunDrive, so I’m offering some deep sincerity: we need your support. If our shows brighten your lives, please join us today. maximumfun.org/join

Yay, Disperse!

Introducing Disperse: A Share Sheet for the Atmosphere · augment

A blog by Anuj Ahooja

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Co-ops: they aren't only for crunchy grocery stores and dairy farmers! In this episode, we talk about how to create (or convert) your tech startup as a co-op that is owned by the people who do the work. Give it a listen!

Limeleaf Worker Collective@limeleaf.coop · 3mo ago

Extra! Extra! A new episode of the Limeleaf Podcast has taken to the ether. Stephen Giordano from Interstitial Technology and Ethan Winn from Obran Cooperative join us to talk about one of our favorite topics: worker #coops! Tune in now at limeleaf.coop/podcast/epis... !

#ATmosphere please make an app that creates easy-to-embed web forms that post responses to your PDS instead of a random startup's database. (Yes, I know PDS data is public, but permissioned data soon, yada yada...) I lack the coding skills to build this app, and I find coding with AI exhausting. 🙏

Some of the cruelest mfers on Earth.

ProPublica@propublica.org · 3mo ago

NEW: A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities whose parents or relatives receive SNAP benefits.

Maybe the most innovative rock band ever. www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4pI...

Morphine - "Thursday" [Live 4/22/96]

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🙏 to Stephen Giordano (interstitial.coop) and Ethan Winn (orban.coop) for joining us to record a podcast episode, "Why Your Tech Startup Should be a Worker Co-Op." Episode and link will drop here later this week. Previous episodes at limeleaf.coop/podcast #coops #startups #founders

If you're an app maker or an infra builder: go apply for these awards! If you're a happy user, quote post the blog announcement below, and tag apps & infra that you think should apply!

Atmosphere Community@atmosphere.community · 4mo ago

Reminder: the Open Social Awards submission deadline is this Friday, May 1st! It's part of The Next Socials program track at the PublicSpaces 2026 Conference with a €10,000 grand prize, put on by @newpublic.org @publicspaces.net @waag.org

I want to make a numbered chart, a la the Sgt. Pepper's Wikipedia entry, identifying which Ivy League university each of these Very Smart People holds a degree from, but I have no artistic talent. And I am lazy.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo ago

RFK Jr: "A Democratic senator claimed it's mathematically impossible to have a drug drop by 600%. I said, 'Well, if the drug was $100 and it raises to $600, that would be a 600% rise. If it drops from $600 to $100, that's a 600% savings.'" Trump: "Right"

TIL that if you enable Settings > General > Storage > Store in #iCloud on a #Mac, it magically frees up many GBs of local disk space. 😊

Basic Auth is getting added to #Henhouse so you can password protect your static site. It will honor a `.htpasswd` file in the root of your site and eventually the dashboard UI will allow you to manage entries in it too. #StaticHosting #TechCoop

I feel seen.

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Atmosphere Account

The last social account you'll ever need. One account for all your apps.

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Get ready for another round of "I love Bluesky but it's dying" folderol.

Called my local auto shop to schedule an inspection. Also asked them to look at the idle, seems to be slightly off. The guy said, “Uh, we don’t really get into motor stuff.” We used to be a great country.