Tessa Brown
@tessa.germnetwork.com
ceo and cofounder of @germnetwork.com, the secure messenger for the social internet. san franciscan today, chicagoan 4eva 🌱
these skeets delete
Germ DM me 🔑
https://ger.mx/A53xu7cyweS-R5l3GdDawq8007L96gI4bL-KTFv0kBMz#did:plc:ad4m72ykh2evfdqen3qowxmg
these skeets delete
Germ DM me 🔑
https://ger.mx/A53xu7cyweS-R5l3GdDawq8007L96gI4bL-KTFv0kBMz#did:plc:ad4m72ykh2evfdqen3qowxmg
I ❤️ my mutuals feed because I can live on it, reply freely without being a loser, and finish it and feel done
So happy thanksgiving saturday to my moots
So happy thanksgiving saturday to my moots
November 30, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I ❤️ my mutuals feed because I can live on it, reply freely without being a loser, and finish it and feel done
So happy thanksgiving saturday to my moots
So happy thanksgiving saturday to my moots
What’s particularly surreal about this, besides SIU Carbondale being a good school generally, is that its university press publishes the premier series in my former field, Rhetoric and Composition - aka the study of advanced literacies
November 30, 2025 at 2:42 AM
What’s particularly surreal about this, besides SIU Carbondale being a good school generally, is that its university press publishes the premier series in my former field, Rhetoric and Composition - aka the study of advanced literacies
About to go see Wicked 2 and then immediately regret it
November 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
About to go see Wicked 2 and then immediately regret it
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Ann Hermes spent six years photographing American newsrooms, from Juneau to St. Louis, forming a witty and elegiac portrait of local journalism in action. See her images. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/YCzYut
The Offices Only a Newsperson Could Love
Ann Hermes spent six years documenting American newsrooms, from Juneau to St. Louis, forming a witty and elegiac portrait of local journalism in action.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Ann Hermes spent six years photographing American newsrooms, from Juneau to St. Louis, forming a witty and elegiac portrait of local journalism in action. See her images. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/YCzYut
Read more Steinbeck 📚
Folks are remarking on how this persistent Central Valley fog is "unprecedented." But that is *very* far from reality! While Nov is fairly early season for this pattern, dense & frigid "tule fogs" actually used to be *more* common, lasting days or even weeks in decades past. #CAwx
November 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Read more Steinbeck 📚
Oh HELL yeah
I was really thrilled to get to work on The WIRED Guide to Digital Opsec for Teens with @aumasson.jp. I think we did a good job but also apologies in advance to the teens that we tried to make jokes and generally Be Chill. Also no paywall to make it easier to share! www.wired.com/story/digita...
The WIRED Guide to Digital Opsec for Teens
Practicing good “operations security” is essential to staying safe online. Here's a complete guide for teenagers (and anyone else) who wants to button up their digital lives.
www.wired.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Oh HELL yeah
Crazy drive yesterday coming up out of the dense fog on the 280 and then into the sunny mountains for a hike, with the whole bay filled with fog below
cc #fungifriends
cc #fungifriends
November 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Crazy drive yesterday coming up out of the dense fog on the 280 and then into the sunny mountains for a hike, with the whole bay filled with fog below
cc #fungifriends
cc #fungifriends
The Smashing Pumpkins are my Rolling Stones.
November 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The Smashing Pumpkins are my Rolling Stones.
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so the point of grokipedia is poisoning other llms' inputs way moreso than any human reader right
November 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
so the point of grokipedia is poisoning other llms' inputs way moreso than any human reader right
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There's a labeler for the Harpers Letter: bsky.app/profile/harp...
November 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
There's a labeler for the Harpers Letter: bsky.app/profile/harp...
Working on it
It’s so nice to be in touch with every store I’ve ever been to
November 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Working on it
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Happy Chompsgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Happy Chompsgiving!
Brought an actual tear to my eye.
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 6:32 PM
Brought an actual tear to my eye.
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WAP includes “gobble” in the lyrics, WAP is a Thanksgiving song
November 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
WAP includes “gobble” in the lyrics, WAP is a Thanksgiving song
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We’re thankful for our team, for you, for the days off, and for our right to privacy.
Catch ya next week, germs. 🧡
Catch ya next week, germs. 🧡
November 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
We’re thankful for our team, for you, for the days off, and for our right to privacy.
Catch ya next week, germs. 🧡
Catch ya next week, germs. 🧡
Roomie asked for a book rec. I handed her Lonesome Dove and All the Pretty Horses. She’s checking Goodreads
Why don’t people trust me
Why don’t people trust me
November 27, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Roomie asked for a book rec. I handed her Lonesome Dove and All the Pretty Horses. She’s checking Goodreads
Why don’t people trust me
Why don’t people trust me
When I was home for winter break in college, Chicago’s alt-rock station Q101 always used to do a countdown to New Years of all their top songs, 1 day for each year they’d been in existence.
So, the holidays always make me want to listen to 90s alt-rock
So, the holidays always make me want to listen to 90s alt-rock
November 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
When I was home for winter break in college, Chicago’s alt-rock station Q101 always used to do a countdown to New Years of all their top songs, 1 day for each year they’d been in existence.
So, the holidays always make me want to listen to 90s alt-rock
So, the holidays always make me want to listen to 90s alt-rock
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drafting a community manifesto on the power of atproto & how to get involved :)
sharing for comments before launching a more public version (idea = put on a separate site w/ a way to sign w/ its own lexicon)
also a nice *looseleaf* test case! please add comments with any feedback!
sharing for comments before launching a more public version (idea = put on a separate site w/ a way to sign w/ its own lexicon)
also a nice *looseleaf* test case! please add comments with any feedback!
AT Protocol builder manifesto - WIP, comments wanted!
working title: "Why AT Protocol Will Win: A Manifesto for Building in the Atmosphere"
leaflet.pub
November 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
drafting a community manifesto on the power of atproto & how to get involved :)
sharing for comments before launching a more public version (idea = put on a separate site w/ a way to sign w/ its own lexicon)
also a nice *looseleaf* test case! please add comments with any feedback!
sharing for comments before launching a more public version (idea = put on a separate site w/ a way to sign w/ its own lexicon)
also a nice *looseleaf* test case! please add comments with any feedback!
Aarg, show yeselves! 🦜
⚓🏴☠️ Got an anchr in your bio? You’ve waited long enough.
Reply here and we’ll get you off the waitlist for #WaitlistWednesday
Reply here and we’ll get you off the waitlist for #WaitlistWednesday
November 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Aarg, show yeselves! 🦜
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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 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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! ⬇️
I wish my homies would understand this stands on Discord, too. Find different use cases friends
I assume I am not followed by anybody who needs to hear his but please do not post anything that would sound bad when read out loud in a courtroom
November 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I wish my homies would understand this stands on Discord, too. Find different use cases friends
Is it punk to talk about the Kardashians?
I guess we'll never know...
rhosf.leaflet.pub/3m6ilue75bc2j
I guess we'll never know...
rhosf.leaflet.pub/3m6ilue75bc2j
All's Fair for Billionaires - Real Housewives of San Francisco
Kris's 70th, Kim's new show, and what's left for the rest of us
rhosf.leaflet.pub
November 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Is it punk to talk about the Kardashians?
I guess we'll never know...
rhosf.leaflet.pub/3m6ilue75bc2j
I guess we'll never know...
rhosf.leaflet.pub/3m6ilue75bc2j
Excited for all the Bluesky grantees today. Let's ship 💙💚
November 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Excited for all the Bluesky grantees today. Let's ship 💙💚
Super important & relevant piece. I don't think we know what conflicting moderation schemes over a single decentralized content stream really look like yet!
Shifting enforcement away from a single platform and into a distributed ecosystem should blunt interference by authoritarians, writes Audrey Hingle.
'Composable Moderation' May Protect Bluesky from Political Pressure | TechPolicy.Press
Shifting enforcement away from a single platform and into a distributed ecosystem should blunt interference by authoritarians, writes Audrey Hingle.
www.techpolicy.press
November 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Super important & relevant piece. I don't think we know what conflicting moderation schemes over a single decentralized content stream really look like yet!
I think it's punk af to build accessible personal security tooling with edge technology and position it for the young women and queers who need it most. But maybe that's just me. 🤘🤷♀️
November 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I think it's punk af to build accessible personal security tooling with edge technology and position it for the young women and queers who need it most. But maybe that's just me. 🤘🤷♀️