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Peter W🤓

@wang.social

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Anaconda Founder&Head of AI; created the PyData movement, PyScript, Bokeh, Datashader; Fellow @ Python Software Foundation; Center for Humane Tech Game~B; Physics, Cybernetics, Memetics. A student of the human condition. Memento mori

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Peter W🤓 @wang.social · Nov 15

I want to create an incubator that funds atproto/bluesky experimental projects to the tune of $5k-$10k dev grants.

I am sorely tempted to call it “Chemtrails”, because it seeds the ATmosphere

Hit me with your best ideas!

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 23d

Thank you to the 14,000+ people who shared feedback on our community guidelines! We’re updating our rules for clarity, strengthening enforcement, and introducing product changes for healthier conversations. New guidelines kick in Oct 15. bsky.social/about/blog/0...

Building Healthier Social Media: Updated Guidelines and New Features - Bluesky

Public discourse on social media has grown toxic and divisive, but unlike other platforms, Bluesky is building a social web that empowers people instead of exploiting them.

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 6d

we hit 2 billion posts today! 🥳

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juliet @juli.ee · 10h

backlinks are now grouped per collection, hopefully it makes it a bit easier to read

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Peter W🤓 @wang.social · 9h

Grant is the gigachad we always needed but don’t deserve

His LLM videos are my go-to recommendations for anyone trying to understand the subject.

Grant Sanderson @3blue1brown.com · 10h

Ever since I made a video about Fourier Transforms, one of the most requested topics on the channel has been its close cousin, the Laplace Transform.

I've been having a lot of fun animating a mini-series about this topic, and the main part is now out.

youtu.be/j0wJBEZdwLs

But what is a Laplace Transform?

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Grant Sanderson @3blue1brown.com · 10h

But what is a Laplace Transform?

YouTube video by 3Blue1Brown

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

Per CDC source: At internal leadership meeting this afternoon, it was shared that 1,257 people were RIF'd at CDC. Number may not be final. Apparently, chief of staff was unaware that RIFs were going to occur so not clear who is making decisions. (Short 🧵)

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Index @indexx.dev · 1d

konbini self-hosted appview 👀

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Peter W🤓 @wang.social · 1d

FAFO

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

Top Republicans in Congress will take a massive gamble on shutdown politics in the coming days: GOP leaders will not step in to prevent missed paychecks to the military.

GOP leaders steadfast in shutdown stance despite rising pressure inside party | CNN Politics

Top Republicans in Congress will take a massive gamble on shutdown politics in the coming days: GOP leaders will not step in to prevent missed paychecks to the military.

www.cnn.com

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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 1d

Bluesky is a product-and-community-first company. Our differentiating advantage vs existing social platforms is a protocol which provides both credible exit (which speaks to lock-in/rug-pull concerns for big accounts + devs) and a diverse ecosystem of interoperable apps and services.

Bruno Dias @brunodias.bsky.social · 9d

so is bluesky a pure proof of concept that's meant to wind itself down by people decamping for other atproto services, or is it a social media platform that bluesky inc owns and operates?

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 1d

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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The bluesky subreddit is full of shrill leftist authoritarians

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 3d

just watched a dozen people ask microsoft copilot experts their most pressing questions and those questions were 90% “how do i turn it off?” and “when i turn it off, is it really off or is it spying on me?”

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Paul Frazee @pfrazee.com · 3d

If you like clicking on links and looking at websites, try this one. It has text, colors, and even more links to click. bsky.social/about/join

Jobs - Bluesky

View open positions at Bluesky

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This skeet will self destruct @pardoguerra.bsky.social · 3d

Mary mother of Christ, these people are overpaid fools.

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Peter W🤓 @wang.social · 2d

I hope this makes you happy

Peter W🤓 @wang.social · 2d

I didn’t have “buying Tylenol becomes an act of political defiance” on my 2025 bingo card, but here we are…

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Bernard Doucette @bdoucette.bsky.social · 3d

John Lennon would have been 85 today. Imagine all that could have been if his life wasn't cut so tragically short. Here’s a short piano tribute. Imagine is an uncomplicated song but as close to perfection as humanly possible (in my opinion). #music #musicians #JohnLennon

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nooki @nooki.me · 3d

(1/4) I'm soft launching nooki.me to get some early traction and feedback on what to improve. Excited to see how this platform grows!

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Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 3d

Doing politics the right way is when the far-right regime in power memorializes a fallen influencer by terrorizing an academic that the influencer's McCarthyist organization once baselessly singled out for abuse.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 3d

Why does the naked mole rat have the longest lifespan of any rodent, nearly 40 years?
A 30-year long mystery unraveled @ScienceMagazine today!
Its cGAS enzyme in cells has 4 missense mutations that upends its function, promoting DNA repair and suppressing inflammation
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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