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Do you work in tech or finance? 👀 I want to hear your story! I’m recruiting US-based tech workers & finance professionals (specified roles) for ~1-hour interviews for my dissertation research. Just fill out the form at the link and I'll be in touch! Please share widely 🙏 bit.ly/cambridgeresearch

the tech ceo and incel overlap has never been stronger

Somebody said "They voted for racism and got poverty" The thing is... social scientists and economists have been saying for the last 50 years Racism is austerity

I know it's not a competition between @bsky.app and @blackskyweb.xyz but if it was, I think Blacksky might have a literal head start on this, lol.

Everyone go wish Dr. Kay a very happy birthday! Thank her for her kindness, her brilliance, her care & hard work - and for all of the laughs and thoughts she provokes. Blacksky would not be where it is today without the effort and heart of Dr. Kay. You are deeply loved and appreciated friend 💛✨👯‍♀️

excited to announce that @blackskyweb.xyz was accepted into the @interledger.org 2026 Open Payments Accelerator Cohort we're building native payment infrastructure for @atproto.com to enable peer-to-peer payments for mutual aid and community support

AI may or may not destroy humanity, but it will destroy creativity first - and make everything look/sound/feel the same captured at a food truck fair in NY

The NYPD *checks noted* LIED?!! You don’t say!

Tell us what you think of our new Discussions feature and what you want to see from it next

at a time where social media platforms encourage more performative and one-sided sharing than ever, we're excited to be launching features for more generative, participatory, and fun conversations. looking forward to everyone's feedback and to seeing what Discussions come 💬💜

And on the night of the elections, we're also planning to partner with folks like @blackskyweb.xyz to make it so you can personalize your feed within the appview so you don't even have to jump off-site to follow the news.

how do we feel about this season of Ted Lasso

if you're on #blacksky or a @blackskyweb.xyz product on ACORN (which @medsky.network is!): you have the special opportunity to deprive racist moneygrubbers from oxygen by reporting them! @moderation.blacksky.app will label their post and stop it from showing up on others' feeds too 🥰 REPORT!

hey it’s a gay bar story about who to actually be mad at

@blackskyweb.xyz's account onboarding for new accounts is so nice. I missed the pictures but the very first slide was on the community labeler and guidlines. They do a great job highlighting other apps on the Atmosphere and that their account works everywhere, default For You feed as well

hot take: software people are going to regret not unionizing when we could

We talk endlessly about tech bosses but know surprisingly little about how their entrepreneurial mindset is formed. In this new article, I develop the concept of the entrepreneurial gaze to explain how early-stage entrepreneurs come to see and evaluate the world www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.

rapists starting wars, rapists raping the land, rapists ensuring rapists stay in power and never face consequences

"Meanwhile, Jane Doe dropped out of Cornell and was denied her request to get her tuition refunded so that she could transfer to a different college. She hence faced more severe consequences than most of the men who she alleges gang-raped her." www.thecut.com/article/what...

really excited about this one. it's time for more space for democracy, connection, and nuanced, meaningful conversations on the internet. stay tuned!

It's only right that we have the Creator of #Questionsky @astoldbynai.blacksky.app take over Blacksky-Only posts this Wednesday (9/30) with an exclusive episode. If you aren't using Blacksky-Only posts, tap in! docs.blacksky.community/using-blacks...

This is so far ahead of what anyone else is doing in terms of providing tools for indie online communities to thrive. We're watching innovation happen in real time.

many so called “leftists” actively detract from base building efforts bc they have not unpacked their carceral tendencies and fight from a made up world of political purity rather than actually extending compassion/support in real-world struggles. this story is ridiculous but sadly so unsurprising.

Acorn is now open for sign-ups for everybody. Bring your community, or use Acorn to create one.

> The Mozilla Foundation isn't holding back its disdain for Big Tech leaders. > Wannabe kings don't rule the internet. We do. AT Protocol and the broader open social web is one of the ways we take back power from Big Tech. (If you see me out in these New York City streets, let me know.)

will never not find it amazing how, with certain people, you can go years without seeing them and then reconnect and feel right back at home 💞

DoorDash has ripped off more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers. We’re making them pay $131.5 million — the largest worker settlement in City history. This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you.

music has healing powers

@rude1.blacksky.team is now live with @tommi.space on Bario Bard Banquet radio! Tune in! radio.worm.org

it's not lost on me how critical it is to be building community-driven social technology in this time, because there's a lot we need - more joy, more connection, more education, more agency, and more privacy. breaking out of the box of "social media" - what are the tools we need in these times?

Blacksky PDS users have reported seeing a "too many files open" error across the Bluesky and Blacksky clients. This was a consequence of the PDS migration and should now be resolved. Thank you for your patience as we work on refining our fully independent PDS implementation