Nick Gerakines
@ngerakines.me
he/him; Protocols, platforms, and machine learning; GitHub; Check out @smokesignal.events @atwork.place
Alt: myself with a thick mustache, septum ring, and hat
https://ger.mx/A0RBDI78G-GcJA4ghFI5kHHAcoCuAixXiwEL5xelsSp6#did:plc:cbkjy5n7bk3ax2wplmtjofq2
Alt: myself with a thick mustache, septum ring, and hat
https://ger.mx/A0RBDI78G-GcJA4ghFI5kHHAcoCuAixXiwEL5xelsSp6#did:plc:cbkjy5n7bk3ax2wplmtjofq2
One of my favorite game quotes / flavor text is from the SMAC tech tree:
"We are no longer particularly in the business of writing software to perform specific tasks. We now teach the software how to learn, and in the primary bonding process it molds itself around the task to be performed." ...
"We are no longer particularly in the business of writing software to perform specific tasks. We now teach the software how to learn, and in the primary bonding process it molds itself around the task to be performed." ...
Digital Sentience (SMAC)
Back to list of technologies "We are no longer particularly in the business of writing software to perform specific tasks. We now teach the software how to learn, and in the primary bonding process it...
civilization.fandom.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
One of my favorite game quotes / flavor text is from the SMAC tech tree:
"We are no longer particularly in the business of writing software to perform specific tasks. We now teach the software how to learn, and in the primary bonding process it molds itself around the task to be performed." ...
"We are no longer particularly in the business of writing software to perform specific tasks. We now teach the software how to learn, and in the primary bonding process it molds itself around the task to be performed." ...
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Who’s gonna tell ‘em
November 29, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Who’s gonna tell ‘em
Gobble gobble gobble
November 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Gobble gobble gobble
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As part of preparing for #ATmosphereConf in Vancouver March 2026, we're republishing the videos from Seattle March 2025, along with transcripts.
Here's @blaine.bsky.social, Network Punk, Welcome to the Jungle.
Here's @blaine.bsky.social, Network Punk, Welcome to the Jungle.
Blaine Cook: Network Punk, Welcome to the Jungle
ATmosphereConf Seattle 2025
atprotocommunity.leaflet.pub
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
As part of preparing for #ATmosphereConf in Vancouver March 2026, we're republishing the videos from Seattle March 2025, along with transcripts.
Here's @blaine.bsky.social, Network Punk, Welcome to the Jungle.
Here's @blaine.bsky.social, Network Punk, Welcome to the Jungle.
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just setting up my @atwork.place profile atwork.place/u/goose.art
@goose.art - at://work
Job listings posted by @goose.art on at://work.
atwork.place
November 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
just setting up my @atwork.place profile atwork.place/u/goose.art
It’s wild to see holiday decorations of a nativity scene next to a trump sign. Celebrating the struggle of immigration and also voting anti-immigration. The mental gymnastics.
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
It’s wild to see holiday decorations of a nativity scene next to a trump sign. Celebrating the struggle of immigration and also voting anti-immigration. The mental gymnastics.
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The 2026 #ATmosphereConf is aiming to be about 2x this year.
If we hit 350-500, then year after 2027 will be roughly double and we need to start planning a year ahead to secure venues.
And! Start planning your 2026 regional confs too!
We’re growing and need to plan for it!
If we hit 350-500, then year after 2027 will be roughly double and we need to start planning a year ahead to secure venues.
And! Start planning your 2026 regional confs too!
We’re growing and need to plan for it!
November 27, 2025 at 1:56 AM
The 2026 #ATmosphereConf is aiming to be about 2x this year.
If we hit 350-500, then year after 2027 will be roughly double and we need to start planning a year ahead to secure venues.
And! Start planning your 2026 regional confs too!
We’re growing and need to plan for it!
If we hit 350-500, then year after 2027 will be roughly double and we need to start planning a year ahead to secure venues.
And! Start planning your 2026 regional confs too!
We’re growing and need to plan for it!
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After the recent Developers Who Write starter pack I realized I wanted a more software-focused feed, since that's mostly what I'm here for. Created this with @graze.social
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Great for:
- Finding other software talk
- Catching up on the latest AI drama
- Learning
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Great for:
- Finding other software talk
- Catching up on the latest AI drama
- Learning
November 27, 2025 at 12:42 AM
After the recent Developers Who Write starter pack I realized I wanted a more software-focused feed, since that's mostly what I'm here for. Created this with @graze.social
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Great for:
- Finding other software talk
- Catching up on the latest AI drama
- Learning
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Great for:
- Finding other software talk
- Catching up on the latest AI drama
- Learning
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Verified? How about @ngerakines.me two way cryptographically verified endorsements in atwork.place instead!
(we're devs, the Bluesky checkmark is not the way unless we get control of a community verifier and run it together)
(we're devs, the Bluesky checkmark is not the way unless we get control of a community verifier and run it together)
November 27, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Verified? How about @ngerakines.me two way cryptographically verified endorsements in atwork.place instead!
(we're devs, the Bluesky checkmark is not the way unless we get control of a community verifier and run it together)
(we're devs, the Bluesky checkmark is not the way unless we get control of a community verifier and run it together)
This is good.
New: *Looseleaf* publishing — a way to publish standalone Leaflets on AT Protocol! 📝🍃
We started with publications on atproto; now we're bringing it all together so _anything_ you write on Leaflet, incl single documents / posts, can be 'atprotated' :)
Learn more in thread! ⬇️
We started with publications on atproto; now we're bringing it all together so _anything_ you write on Leaflet, incl single documents / posts, can be 'atprotated' :)
Learn more in thread! ⬇️
November 27, 2025 at 12:29 AM
This is good.
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Chatting about building @bsky.app Feeds and AT Protocol with @devingaffney.com of @graze.social #atproto /cc @atprotocol.dev @atproto.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=luP_...
Building your own algorithm on Bluesky and AT Protocol with Graze
YouTube video by Rick Turoczy (turoczy)
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Chatting about building @bsky.app Feeds and AT Protocol with @devingaffney.com of @graze.social #atproto /cc @atprotocol.dev @atproto.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=luP_...
Grateful to announce that Bluesky Social PBC has awarded me a small grant to continue building in the ATProtocol ecosystem!
Building decentralized infrastructure is a team effort. Thankful to everyone who has contributed directly and indirectly.
Excited to keep shipping. 🚀
Building decentralized infrastructure is a team effort. Thankful to everyone who has contributed directly and indirectly.
Excited to keep shipping. 🚀
November 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Grateful to announce that Bluesky Social PBC has awarded me a small grant to continue building in the ATProtocol ecosystem!
Building decentralized infrastructure is a team effort. Thankful to everyone who has contributed directly and indirectly.
Excited to keep shipping. 🚀
Building decentralized infrastructure is a team effort. Thankful to everyone who has contributed directly and indirectly.
Excited to keep shipping. 🚀
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this weeks ATmosphere/bluesky news, with how Eurosky helped show that the atproto ecosystem is bigger than just Bluesky, Bluesky doing dev grants, and how Gander is thinking about creating cultural sovereignty with their platform
ATmosphere Report - #144
Bluesky grants, on Eurosky conference, and how Gander is thinking about cultural sovereignty
leaflet.connectedplaces.online
November 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
this weeks ATmosphere/bluesky news, with how Eurosky helped show that the atproto ecosystem is bigger than just Bluesky, Bluesky doing dev grants, and how Gander is thinking about creating cultural sovereignty with their platform
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Also want to say thanks to Bluesky for generously supporting @slices.network with some grant funding ☺️
Working on a containerized auto-indexing “AppView in a box” sort of thing I’m hoping will make it easier to get started with #atproto. More updates soon!
Working on a containerized auto-indexing “AppView in a box” sort of thing I’m hoping will make it easier to get started with #atproto. More updates soon!
November 26, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Also want to say thanks to Bluesky for generously supporting @slices.network with some grant funding ☺️
Working on a containerized auto-indexing “AppView in a box” sort of thing I’m hoping will make it easier to get started with #atproto. More updates soon!
Working on a containerized auto-indexing “AppView in a box” sort of thing I’m hoping will make it easier to get started with #atproto. More updates soon!
Hey @psingletary.com, I found a bug where facets ranges could be off by one in some rare cases. Would you mind editing the event to trigger an edit of the record with updated facets?
AT Proto Calls : AT Proto Calls : ✨the daniel✨ (intelectconfig.wtf)
Dev, Power Users, and Generally inquisitive folks get a completely unprofessionally amateur interview. Just a yap sesh where chat is part of the call!
✨the daniel✨ & I will be on a Zoom call and ...
smokesignal.events
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Hey @psingletary.com, I found a bug where facets ranges could be off by one in some rare cases. Would you mind editing the event to trigger an edit of the record with updated facets?
This is good. The "permission-set" looks really nice and I really like "include:the.permission?aud=did:web:myservice#svc" and the implications of audience binding there. #ATProtocol #OAuth #atdev
Permissions - AT Protocol
Auth Permissions for Account Resources
atproto.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
This is good. The "permission-set" looks really nice and I really like "include:the.permission?aud=did:web:myservice#svc" and the implications of audience binding there. #ATProtocol #OAuth #atdev
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Because DOGE operated largely in secrecy, it may be months or even years before the public can assess the true cost of its impact.
DOGE “cut muscle, not fat”; 26K experts rehired after brutal cuts
Government brain drain will haunt US after DOGE abruptly terminated.
arstechnica.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Because DOGE operated largely in secrecy, it may be months or even years before the public can assess the true cost of its impact.
Green means go?
⚔️♣️♦️♥️♠️
🟢 club.pachnidi.game.war.defs
🟢 club.pachnidi.game.war.progress
🟢 club.pachnidi.game.war.reveal
🟢 club.pachnidi.game.war.summary
⚔️♣️♦️♥️♠️
🟢 club.pachnidi.game.war.defs
🟢 club.pachnidi.game.war.progress
🟢 club.pachnidi.game.war.reveal
🟢 club.pachnidi.game.war.summary
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Green means go?
⚔️♣️♦️♥️♠️
🟢 club.pachnidi.game.war.defs
🟢 club.pachnidi.game.war.progress
🟢 club.pachnidi.game.war.reveal
🟢 club.pachnidi.game.war.summary
⚔️♣️♦️♥️♠️
🟢 club.pachnidi.game.war.defs
🟢 club.pachnidi.game.war.progress
🟢 club.pachnidi.game.war.reveal
🟢 club.pachnidi.game.war.summary
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I wonder how many people are gonna catastrophically fuck up thanksgiving by using chatgpt for their recipes
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I wonder how many people are gonna catastrophically fuck up thanksgiving by using chatgpt for their recipes
Ohio: Where AI aren't people and don't have rights, buts somehow corporations do.
Commentary: The Ohio legislature is to be commended for taking AI personhood seriously but as directors of a lab that studies how technology is reshaping the legal and philosophical foundations of personhood we argue the current proposed bill is overbroad. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/25/o...
Ohio’s AI personhood ban risks outlawing the future • Ohio Capital Journal
The Ohio legislature is to be commended for taking AI personhood seriously, but ss directors a lab that studies how technology is reshaping the legal and philosophical foundations of personhood, we…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Ohio: Where AI aren't people and don't have rights, buts somehow corporations do.
Reposted by Nick Gerakines
Commentary: The Ohio legislature is to be commended for taking AI personhood seriously but as directors of a lab that studies how technology is reshaping the legal and philosophical foundations of personhood we argue the current proposed bill is overbroad. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/25/o...
Ohio’s AI personhood ban risks outlawing the future • Ohio Capital Journal
The Ohio legislature is to be commended for taking AI personhood seriously, but ss directors a lab that studies how technology is reshaping the legal and philosophical foundations of personhood, we…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Commentary: The Ohio legislature is to be commended for taking AI personhood seriously but as directors of a lab that studies how technology is reshaping the legal and philosophical foundations of personhood we argue the current proposed bill is overbroad. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/25/o...
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Hey y'all, we just released a new SDK for working with Lexicons in TypeScript! 🥳
It focuses on improving DX and some of the pain points of the current tooling (see my previous post below).
It's currently in beta and we'd love to get your feedback 🙇♂️
www.npmjs.com/package/@atp...
It focuses on improving DX and some of the pain points of the current tooling (see my previous post below).
It's currently in beta and we'd love to get your feedback 🙇♂️
www.npmjs.com/package/@atp...
November 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Hey y'all, we just released a new SDK for working with Lexicons in TypeScript! 🥳
It focuses on improving DX and some of the pain points of the current tooling (see my previous post below).
It's currently in beta and we'd love to get your feedback 🙇♂️
www.npmjs.com/package/@atp...
It focuses on improving DX and some of the pain points of the current tooling (see my previous post below).
It's currently in beta and we'd love to get your feedback 🙇♂️
www.npmjs.com/package/@atp...
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Milestone alert: We're celebrating our first anniversary today! In just one year, we went from an idea on a blog post to sending 8.6 *million* users 23.5 *billion* posts across thousands of feeds created by thousands of brilliant, creative people who are working together to create a better internet.
November 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Milestone alert: We're celebrating our first anniversary today! In just one year, we went from an idea on a blog post to sending 8.6 *million* users 23.5 *billion* posts across thousands of feeds created by thousands of brilliant, creative people who are working together to create a better internet.
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
AWE YEAH!
got some improved OAuth guidelines for you all since you were asking so nicely for them 😉
atproto.com/guides/oauth
This will probably be the last update to our OAuth docs before scopes are final-final(-V2-use-this-one).docx
atproto.com/guides/oauth
This will probably be the last update to our OAuth docs before scopes are final-final(-V2-use-this-one).docx
OAuth Introduction - AT Protocol
OAuth for AT Protocol application developers.
atproto.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
AWE YEAH!