Congrats to @abdulelsayed.bsky.social for winning the Senate nomination! Time to beat Mike Rogers.
John Whiteside
@whiteside.io
Software Engineer from Michigan. Building @atexplore.social and @mackinac.social. Tinkering with the AT Protocol Signal: whiteside.io/signal whiteside.io • atexplore.social • mackinac.social
The amount of hate on @abdulelsayed.bsky.social for simply saying “I want people to have health care” and “let’s spend our tax dollars at home” is insane.
people getting upset about this is so crazy. bsky needs to become more than just a liberal politics app. doesn’t mean it needs more nazis & right wingers, just means it needs less politically focused users. it’s not good to be in your own little bubble, can’t have change with nobody to influence.
The Verge@theverge.com · 2d agoBluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
i still currently believe that free and open-source software bundled with self-hosted options are the only sustainable path forward for content creators longterm we should be educating and sharing knowledge on these tools now more than ever
In 2018 I supported @abdulelsayed.bsky.social for Governor. I plan to support him on Tuesday for the Senate.
There are many things being built on atproto. Many of them won’t get adopted or thrive. And yes, many are built without user research. It’s OK? Don’t use things you don’t want to. Promote things you like. And build something yourself if you feel like it. Do it the way YOU want it to be.
Just because someone uses AI for something, it doesn’t mean that thing is automatically bad…
Ngl, after a week of meetings, my social battery is pretty drained.
Heading back to Michigan from Texas. The @mackinac.social native app is getting closer and closer. Thinking of opening a public beta if people are interested.
Got access to Robinhood Social today and I’m not really sure why this exists.
Sorry boss, @theverge.com dropped a 70-minute video on the history of The Clapper and I will be off Slack till 4pm.
How The Clapper became a viral sensation
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I work in Ann Arbor so this is the store I visit most often. It’ll be nice not to have to go into the mall.
MacRumors.com@macrumors.bsky.social · 2w agoNew Apple Store in Michigan Opening Later This Month
Abdul is the only candidate who will actually fight for Michiganders. This is why I’ll be voting for him August 4th.
Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 2w ago$50 million+ will not buy this election because the people are with us. The people are with us to get money out of politics, put money in pockets, and pass Medicare for All. Michigan is ready.
We can actually see the sky in Michigan again now that the smoke has started clearing out
🗣️ PEOPLE 🙅🏻♂️ Not platforms 🙅🏻♂️ Not protocols 🙅🏻♂️ Not posts 🗣️ PEOPLE
Tynan Purdy ⁂@tynanpurdy.com · 3w agoNo other network has helped me find my people like the Atmosphere. This is the stuff.
This smoke coming through Michigan from Canada is crazy right now.
The weird thing about iOS 27 is retraining myself to remember that Siri doesn’t suck.
I love that one of the last remaining drive ins in Michigan is around the corner from my house.
The @mackinac.social native app is coming along. Most of the basic stuff is built out, but still some missing larger features.
I’ve been kinda quiet on here lately, but been heads down working on the @mackinac.social native apps.
I've been doing some testing on an Android phone which is probably the first time I've really ever used an Android extensively. I kinda like it...
