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Bossett @bossett.social · 46m

if you guessed 'oh that's a busy burger joint attached to the casino' congratulations, you have been to the Crown

Bossett @bossett.social · 48m

I like this picture because it captures something that was a million percent not-the-vibe

A coffee bar, a pour-over stand sitting next to bags of coffee, with an espresso machine behind. The bar is covered in dark blue tile, with light green stools in front.

There are other kitchen items in frame, a colander, a juicer with oranges, and another drinks machine behind the bar.

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Bossett @bossett.social · 13h

I haven’t really poked around with the did generation - but makes sense that plc.directory doesn’t really do validation beyond ‘keys look fine’

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Bossett @bossett.social · 14h

do any #atdev people know what they’re doing over there? 10 million accounts

Skalman @owallstromer.bsky.social · 2d

I can't find anyone discussing this on bluesky and I don't know what it means, but going by number of registered did:s, pds.trump.com is apparently the second largest atproto PDS? None seem to be connected to any active accounts though, not even JD Vance has his account on it.

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Bossett @bossett.social · 14h

weird

they all seem to have the same set of registered handles - web.plc.directory/did/did:plc:... - wonder if it’s someone trying to generate ‘vanity’ dids

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Bossett @bossett.social · 2d

oh no we export fosters but finding it domestically would be an actual wtf

Bossett @bossett.social · 3d

I’m more offended they have all of Australia to choose from and the choose VB

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Bossett @bossett.social · 3d

gotta get in your denatured probiotics

Bossett @bossett.social · 3d

we don’t do half measures down under

Bossett @bossett.social · 3d

one of these things is not like the other

Alcohol
HANOI BEER $9
333 BEER $9
HEINEKEN $8
CORONA $8
VB $8
SOJU (original, peach, lychee, blueberry, yogurt) $17
WINE red/white $10
HENNESSY COGNAC 700ML $160

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The Buccaneer ➡️ PAXAUS @broadside.bsky.social · 3d

Ok, alarms sounded. Now what?

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Bossett @bossett.social · 3d

this is how fires want you to think

paxaus.bsky.social @paxaus.bsky.social · 3d

False Alarm at PAX Aus 2025
On Saturday 11 October at approximately 3:40pm a fire alarm was activated at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre during PAX Aus 2025. Melbourne Fire Brigade attended and identified that it was a false alarm.

Bossett @bossett.social · 3d

I haven’t been back inside so I assume the expo hall is a great smouldering ruin #paxaus

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Bossett @bossett.social · 3d

so who labels the labeller labellers

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Bossett @bossett.social · 3d

so what you’re saying is we need is labels for labellers

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Bossett @bossett.social · 4d

yes

Bossett @bossett.social · 4d

probably not, but the limit is very generous and I expect they’re under it - my labeller hits the limit because I keep trying to label ‘the most common things on the network’

Bossett @bossett.social · 4d

just upload your new pfp and it slowly fades from old->new over the course of 90 days

there we can make everyone happy

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Bossett @bossett.social · 4d

unfortunately this one is a victim of the rate limits, so I think we should just make pfp changes illegal

kat claws @kat.meangirls.online · 4d

oh yeah true! "Recently Changed PFP" seems like it would be a natural fit for @profile-labels.bossett.social

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Bossett @bossett.social · 4d

if you are at #paxaus with all the cool kids a reminder that I have a feed

Bossett @bossett.social · 5d

sellers often can't know - they don't control when the item gets on a ship, or often where it comes from exactly (if it's drop-shipped, was in a tariff-free warehouse local already?)

UPS can make the experience better sure, but then there's also the "this makes it very obvious who pays" thing

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Bossett @bossett.social · 5d

at least getting on the the official slack at workshopping it in #posters-chat

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Bossett @bossett.social · 5d

absolutely

but also given that parts of the site implode over some very clear misunderstandings I am supportive of stopping some of that bleeding

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Bossett @bossett.social · 5d

yeah but by pre-announcing the next thing won't be "a retreat to long-form" it'll be part of a plan, and a plan (in that context) to do better

they *absolutely* need to be strategic and need a person, but in the absence, this is... better

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Bossett @bossett.social · 5d

idk I’m a major fan of ‘trying something else’

Bossett @bossett.social · 5d

unironic kudos to aaron for daring to ask the question ‘what if context… didn’t collapse?’

hey the worst that can happen is that people get mad for the *right* reasons

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