So #Bluesky is implementing an (unspecified) new protocol for direct messages. Because AtProto is really not suitable for anything that isn't 100% public.
I wonder whether they can do this now that Jack is off the board. But maintaining two separate protocols in the same app? Who knows, maybe #ActivityPub is next?
@J12t I don't think Jack had a lot of weight on their decisions. The reason they didn't do DMs from the get-go is the same as why they were late when it mattered. They didn't have a product, and they are still building it.
So #Bluesky is looking for a new board member to replace Jack Dorsey who initiated the project, got it funded, then gradually got less interested and now dropped out without much explanation.
I'm afraid that is not a ringing endorsement of the project.
First beet #harvest of the year. I got to watch it, because when I don’t harvest them in time, they first get stuck and grow into my growing baskets, and then burst them. But otherwise beets grow really well in my backyard #hydroponics system.
This batch gets pickled, and works really well with things such as hummus.
@J12t that makes one of us. It was smooth sailing until our 2 1/2 year old refrigerator decided it didn’t like keeping its insides nice and cold. In the middle of my daughter’s birthday dinner. Fun times 🍻
So I got a whole bunch of 10-month old @chrismessina.me posts from Bluesky in my Mastodon feed today. Bridgy Fed must be working! But is that date mapping working as designed @snarfed ?
In case you are thinking humanity is getting CO2 #emissions under control, I have this graph for you.
This is not the absolute CO2 level in the atmosphere, but its growth rate. Think for a second what this growth rate would have to be so we can stay below 1.5 or 2deg warning.
Right, this growth rate would have to be negative: fewer emissions this year than last year.
Of course, it's not. It's worse, much worse. The growth is still growing!! It's not even constant.
In case you are thinking humanity is getting CO2 #emissions under control, I have this graph for you.
This is not the absolute CO2 level in the atmosphere, but its growth rate. Think for a second what this growth rate would have to be so we can stay below 1.5 or 2deg warning.
Right, this growth rate would have to be negative: fewer emissions this year than last year.
Over on #Threads, my "Following" feed does consistently have more things in it that are interesting to me than my "For you" feed.
I've been observing this for a few weeks now, and it's consistent.
Seem the cost function might be optimizing for something other than what I like? Or is the signal not good enough because I don't "like" or such enough?
On #WorldPressFreedomDay 2024, the 🇺🇸 has dropped to 55th on RSF’a index. https://rsf.org/en/country/united-states 📰📉”After a sharp increase in 2020, #PressFreedom violations have fallen significantly in the United States, but major structural barriers to press freedom persist in this country, once considered a model for freedom of expression.”
There are 14 people on the W3C's Social Web Incubator Community Group today. The group is finalizing new documents that describe how to use WebFinger and HTTP Signatures in the #Fediverse, and a bunch of other work going on as well.
So glad to see what there is ongoing work making the technical plumbing that makes the Fediverse work even better!
@J12t I don't think Jack had a lot of weight on their decisions. The reason they didn't do DMs from the get-go is the same as why they were late when it mattered. They didn't have a product, and they are still building it.
@J12t would be really cool to just colab on this since we dont have a DM protocol yet either
@J12t Meanwhile, the efforts going into DMs in the #Fediverse are aiming to be at the protocol level: https://mastodon.social/@quillmatiq/112406758427466857