bryan newbold
@bnewbold.net
oscilloscopes, cycling, snow, big cities, wiki. I like speculating about found objects.
protocol engineer @bsky.app. formerly archive.org
elsewhere: bnewbold.net / @[email protected]
protocol engineer @bsky.app. formerly archive.org
elsewhere: bnewbold.net / @[email protected]
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bryan newbold
@bnewbold.net
· Dec 19
M̴̥̋r̶͈̄.̶̧̚ ̶͙̀W̵͇͝à̶̯ţ̶̾š̸̯ȍ̸̩n̸̪͘ ̴̨͊-̴͇́ ̷̞̈́c̸̹̈́ō̴ͅm̴̗̆e̷̮̽ ̶̯̚h̷̡̎ḛ̷͒r̴̞̈́e̶̦̐ ̵̲̑-̷̬͠ ̷̧̑I̸͚͋ ̴̹̊w̴͕̎ȃ̷̭ǹ̴̟ť̶͈ ̷̱̂t̷̲̓ó̸̱ ̶̹́ș̸͋e̸̹͗e̷̾ͅ ̸̻͌ỵ̵́ö̶̯́u̷̳͝
strong feeling that folks should say "Atmosphere" w/o capitalizing the T
January 24, 2026 at 4:06 AM
strong feeling that folks should say "Atmosphere" w/o capitalizing the T
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Making full recap of my 26 years old PS1.
Hope it can run for more 26 years.
Next time I'll probably need a microscope to change the caps instead of glasses.
Hope it can run for more 26 years.
Next time I'll probably need a microscope to change the caps instead of glasses.
January 17, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Making full recap of my 26 years old PS1.
Hope it can run for more 26 years.
Next time I'll probably need a microscope to change the caps instead of glasses.
Hope it can run for more 26 years.
Next time I'll probably need a microscope to change the caps instead of glasses.
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learned a little sparql to query wikidata and satiate a curiosity: a graph of all the programming languages and what they influenced query.wikidata.org/index.html#%...
January 11, 2026 at 6:14 PM
learned a little sparql to query wikidata and satiate a curiosity: a graph of all the programming languages and what they influenced query.wikidata.org/index.html#%...
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To that end, I've teamed up with my friend @j12t.org, who runs @fediforum.org to put together an online "un-workshop" to explore different ways of growing the open social web! fediforum.org/2026-03-grow...
FediForum | Growing the Open Social Web:<br>An Online FediForum Un-Workshop
fediforum.org
January 23, 2026 at 6:55 PM
To that end, I've teamed up with my friend @j12t.org, who runs @fediforum.org to put together an online "un-workshop" to explore different ways of growing the open social web! fediforum.org/2026-03-grow...
will put out more details/timeline soon, but we are finally preparing to push through the operational changes to switch over bsky.network to the "new" relay.
have already started switching over some of our internal systems
have already started switching over some of our internal systems
January 23, 2026 at 5:53 PM
will put out more details/timeline soon, but we are finally preparing to push through the operational changes to switch over bsky.network to the "new" relay.
have already started switching over some of our internal systems
have already started switching over some of our internal systems
great thread
Neat! Have you started looking into the AT protocol yet? It makes it possible for event apps like Dandelion to interoperate with others like @smokesignal.events and @openmeet.net so we can avoid winner-takes-all dynamics.
Open Social — overreacted
The protocol is the API.
overreacted.io
January 22, 2026 at 11:32 PM
great thread
@aesthetic.computer has a whole thing going on
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 PM
@aesthetic.computer has a whole thing going on
the way I keep up with national weather updates is that our data center emails to confirm that the generators are topped up and that overnight cots are available for on-site customers.
good luck DC metro area!
good luck DC metro area!
January 22, 2026 at 7:36 PM
the way I keep up with national weather updates is that our data center emails to confirm that the generators are topped up and that overnight cots are available for on-site customers.
good luck DC metro area!
good luck DC metro area!
excited to see this!
the atmosphere needs more orgs and institutions, in more places, accountable to different constituencies, taking different approaches.
have been partnering with this crew for a while, and look forward to more internection
the atmosphere needs more orgs and institutions, in more places, accountable to different constituencies, taking different approaches.
have been partnering with this crew for a while, and look forward to more internection
January 22, 2026 at 6:56 PM
excited to see this!
the atmosphere needs more orgs and institutions, in more places, accountable to different constituencies, taking different approaches.
have been partnering with this crew for a while, and look forward to more internection
the atmosphere needs more orgs and institutions, in more places, accountable to different constituencies, taking different approaches.
have been partnering with this crew for a while, and look forward to more internection
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at risk of a bunch of people saying “well actually you should have done it this way”, here’s a lil write up on adding trending topics to bluesky
hailey.at/posts/3mcy5b...
hailey.at/posts/3mcy5b...
Topics on Bluesky
Building usable trending topics on Bluesky
hailey.at
January 22, 2026 at 2:45 AM
at risk of a bunch of people saying “well actually you should have done it this way”, here’s a lil write up on adding trending topics to bluesky
hailey.at/posts/3mcy5b...
hailey.at/posts/3mcy5b...
shipping shipping shipping
next up, contributed entirely by @lewis.moe:
👥 multi-account support 👥
just hit the ➕ icon on the profile drop-down to start adding accounts. big thanks to lewis for single-handedly making this happen!
2/7
👥 multi-account support 👥
just hit the ➕ icon on the profile drop-down to start adding accounts. big thanks to lewis for single-handedly making this happen!
2/7
January 22, 2026 at 3:59 AM
shipping shipping shipping
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The Open Web means several things to different people, depending on context, but recently discussions have focused on the Web's Openness in terms of access to information -- how easy it is to publish and obtain information without barriers there. https://www.mnot.net/blog/2026/01/20/open_web
January 20, 2026 at 6:35 AM
The Open Web means several things to different people, depending on context, but recently discussions have focused on the Web's Openness in terms of access to information -- how easy it is to publish and obtain information without barriers there. https://www.mnot.net/blog/2026/01/20/open_web
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Hey! Friends! What features have we built that you don't know about yet?
You know Leaflet has profile pages? Bluesky thread viewer? tags? mentions? blogs and standalone publishing? polls? notifications? subpages? canvas pages? quote sharing? comments? custom domains? custom themes? ………yes??!
You know Leaflet has profile pages? Bluesky thread viewer? tags? mentions? blogs and standalone publishing? polls? notifications? subpages? canvas pages? quote sharing? comments? custom domains? custom themes? ………yes??!
The lesson, as always: keep telling people about the features you built, most people don't know about them.
January 16, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Hey! Friends! What features have we built that you don't know about yet?
You know Leaflet has profile pages? Bluesky thread viewer? tags? mentions? blogs and standalone publishing? polls? notifications? subpages? canvas pages? quote sharing? comments? custom domains? custom themes? ………yes??!
You know Leaflet has profile pages? Bluesky thread viewer? tags? mentions? blogs and standalone publishing? polls? notifications? subpages? canvas pages? quote sharing? comments? custom domains? custom themes? ………yes??!
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Forty years ago, 21 people gathered for the first meeting of what became the IETF. Today, nearly 8000 IETF participants from around the world collaborate in more than 100 working groups and every day billions of people use technologies developed in the IETF. https://www.ietf.org/blog/ietf-40/
January 16, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Forty years ago, 21 people gathered for the first meeting of what became the IETF. Today, nearly 8000 IETF participants from around the world collaborate in more than 100 working groups and every day billions of people use technologies developed in the IETF. https://www.ietf.org/blog/ietf-40/
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Maybelline! Red pixel crested gecko! 🦎🐢🐍
#pixelproject #crestedgecko #correlophusciliatus #crestedgeckos #cresties #reptiles #herpsky #pets
#pixelproject #crestedgecko #correlophusciliatus #crestedgeckos #cresties #reptiles #herpsky #pets
March 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Maybelline! Red pixel crested gecko! 🦎🐢🐍
#pixelproject #crestedgecko #correlophusciliatus #crestedgeckos #cresties #reptiles #herpsky #pets
#pixelproject #crestedgecko #correlophusciliatus #crestedgeckos #cresties #reptiles #herpsky #pets
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want to make a small breaking change to the indigo syntax SDK.
anybody using this package have strong feelings about stability? I think the overall SDK is maturing and will be more stable soon, but that this change is acceptable today.
cc: @iame.li @anirudh.fi @oppi.li @hailey.at
anybody using this package have strong feelings about stability? I think the overall SDK is maturing and will be more stable soon, but that this change is acceptable today.
cc: @iame.li @anirudh.fi @oppi.li @hailey.at
`syntax.AtIdentifier` as simple string by bnewbold · Pull Request #1218 · bluesky-social/indigo
This was a clever struct wrapped, but that was weird and inconsistent with all the other types.
This updates it to be a simple string alias type.
This is (slightly) breaking, and will require updat...
github.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:59 PM
want to make a small breaking change to the indigo syntax SDK.
anybody using this package have strong feelings about stability? I think the overall SDK is maturing and will be more stable soon, but that this change is acceptable today.
cc: @iame.li @anirudh.fi @oppi.li @hailey.at
anybody using this package have strong feelings about stability? I think the overall SDK is maturing and will be more stable soon, but that this change is acceptable today.
cc: @iame.li @anirudh.fi @oppi.li @hailey.at
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I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 1:57 AM
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
been away a while, good to be home in seattle!
January 19, 2026 at 7:48 PM
been away a while, good to be home in seattle!
this day, this year, this decade, this century
once again saying: our ancestors accomplished more, with less, against worse.
January 19, 2026 at 5:54 PM
this day, this year, this decade, this century
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I keep seeing it without a source link, so here it is:
January 16, 2026
MINNEAPOLIS LABOR UNION DELEGATION AND LOCAL REGIONAL LABOR BODIES ENDORSE JANUARY 23: DAY OF TRUTH AND FREEDOM
NO WORK, SCHOOL, OR SHOPPING
minneapolisunions.org/system/files...
January 16, 2026
MINNEAPOLIS LABOR UNION DELEGATION AND LOCAL REGIONAL LABOR BODIES ENDORSE JANUARY 23: DAY OF TRUTH AND FREEDOM
NO WORK, SCHOOL, OR SHOPPING
minneapolisunions.org/system/files...
January 16, 2026 at 11:40 PM
I keep seeing it without a source link, so here it is:
January 16, 2026
MINNEAPOLIS LABOR UNION DELEGATION AND LOCAL REGIONAL LABOR BODIES ENDORSE JANUARY 23: DAY OF TRUTH AND FREEDOM
NO WORK, SCHOOL, OR SHOPPING
minneapolisunions.org/system/files...
January 16, 2026
MINNEAPOLIS LABOR UNION DELEGATION AND LOCAL REGIONAL LABOR BODIES ENDORSE JANUARY 23: DAY OF TRUTH AND FREEDOM
NO WORK, SCHOOL, OR SHOPPING
minneapolisunions.org/system/files...