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Chris Messina
@chrismessina.me
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😬 Man of the internet; generalist.
🆕 App updates and snark.
🫡 Twitter sober since April '23.
#️⃣ Invented the hashtag.
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Chris Messina @chrismessina.me · Nov 28
Bluesky is fun.

Feels like old Twitter.

So much overconfidence in ignorant positions!

I missed this! 🦃
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Wow, the new Coca-Cola holiday ad goes hard! 😆
November 6, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Flickr’s approach to data portability is downright hostile.
This image displays a data export page for a user's Flickr data. The page confirms that the data is ready, containing all information associated with the user's Flickr account. The data is organized into sections: "Account data" and "Photos and videos," each with multiple downloadable zip files numbered sequentially from 1 to 87. Each zip file link is labeled "Download zip file" followed by its respective number. At the bottom, a timestamp indicates that the data was generated on November 3rd, 2025, at 6:33 pm. There is also a link labeled "Request this data again" for requesting a new data export. The layout is clean and text-heavy, designed to facilitate easy downloading of large amounts of personal media and account information.
November 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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First time I’ve seen a full-screen notification takeover on Spotify desktop.

Isn’t this what their Updates feed is for? 🔔

(Weval’s great and all, this just seems a bit obnoxious)

#NewSpotify
This image shows a music streaming or media playback application interface on a computer screen. A pop-up window in the center displays a concert photo with a message about Weval's live concert in San Francisco on February 27, with options to "Get Tickets" or dismiss the message. The main background has a dark theme, showing a playlist with song titles, artist names, and playback controls across the bottom. There’s a green status bar indicating the song is playing on a device named "Shed +1." The interface includes various icons for controls, settings, and navigation, with some text and elements slightly obscured by the pop-up.
November 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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For any of my OpenID Connect/internet identity friends — there’s an opportunity you might be interested in with OpenAI:
Senior Software Engineer, Identity Platform
Applied AI Engineering · San Francisco · FullTime
openai.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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I’ll be judging next week’s The AI Collective’s SF Pitch Night (11/7) at Amazon Web Services (AWS) Builder Loft!

Joined by:
- @adwane.bsky.social, GP, Village Global
- @jowyang.bsky.social, Partner @ Blitzscaling Ventures
- Grace Gong, Host, Smart Venture Podcast

RSVP: luma.com/sf-pitch?tk=EV…
This image features a promotional poster for a virtual panel event titled "VC Judging Panel" at SF Pitch Night. The background has a green theme with illustrations of dollar bills and a cityscape, evoking a financial or startup atmosphere. The poster displays photos of five speakers: Anne Dwane (Village Global, General Partner), Jeremiah Owyang (Blitzscaling Ventures, Partner), Chris Messina (Ride Home AI Fund, General Partner), and Grace Gong (Smart Venture Podcast, Host). The event details are listed at the bottom, indicating it will take place at the AWS Builder Loft on November 7th at 6 pm, and it is presented by The AI Collective and Roam. The overall design is vibrant and engaging, emphasizing a professional yet dynamic event.
October 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Wait, I thought Ohio was for lovers?
Ohio Seeks to Ban Human-AI Marriage
The bill would not only outlaw marriage between a human and AI, but prevent AIs from being recognized as people.
futurism.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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“Coffee and Claude” is the new “Netflix and Chill”? 🧐
This image shows a digital workspace or a note-taking application with a clean, minimalistic design. The main content is a note titled "Coffee and Claude time?" written in a stylish font, with a small decorative icon resembling an asterisk or flower in a light brown color next to the title. Below the title, there is a text box containing the instruction "Make me a 4 page PowerPoint about the Golden Gate Bridge." The interface includes options for adding, adjusting, or setting a timer, and a dropdown menu for selecting the speech or presentation style, which is currently set to "Sonnet 4.5." The overall layout suggests a productivity or creative tool designed for planning or generating content.
October 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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The “Unknown Sender” label is one of the best features of macOS Tahoe’s Messages app.
This image shows a chat message from a messaging app. The message is from an unknown sender, indicated by a placeholder profile icon with a gray silhouette and a blue dot next to it. The phone number displayed is +1 (213) 774-6363. The sender's message reads, "Good morning! How's everything going 😊 ?" in a friendly tone. The message appears beneath a label that reads "Unknown Sender," and the chat bubble is styled in light gray, typical of messaging app interfaces.
October 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Reposted by Chris Messina
raycast.com
⌨️ Introducing: Raycast Keyboard for iOS

Our custom keyboard puts dictation, AI commands, snippets, and quicklinks at your fingertips

Get it today 👉 raycast.com/ios
October 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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🆓 Free access to Washington Post for Perplexity Comet users through Nov 13.

Grab Perplexity Pro for a month for free: pplx.ai/chrismessina
The image displays a webpage from The Washington Post, featuring a promotional message. At the top, the newspaper's logo is visible, accompanied by the tagline "Democracy Dies in Darkness." The main content encourages users to gain free access to articles through the Comet browser until November 13. It invites users to create an account by entering their email address to read the article and access additional content without charge. A note indicates that this offer is not available to current subscribers or passholders. There are buttons for creating an account and an alternative option to subscribe. The overall design is clean and focuses on user engagement.
October 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Just hit minor milestone in my vibe coding journey!

I published my first NPM package! 🥳

It’s a logging utility for @raycast.com extensions. :)

www.npmjs.com/package/@chris…
@chrismessina/raycast-logger
A secure, preference-driven logger for Raycast extensions with automatic redaction of sensitive data. Latest version: 1.0.0, last published: 5 minutes ago. Start using @chrismessina/raycast-logger in your project by running `npm i @chrismessina/raycast-logger`. There are no other projects in the np…
www.npmjs.com
October 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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🦅 @whitehouse-47.bsky.social is now blocked by 78,338 accounts, an increase of ~345% in the last 18 hours.

Good tip from @elenarossini.com: blocks are public whereas mutes are private.

clearsky.app/whitehouse-47.…
October 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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"Blocked by 22,723". (So far.)

Welcome, indeed.
October 17, 2025 at 11:21 PM
chrismessina.me
"Blocked by 22,723". (So far.)

Welcome, indeed.
October 17, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Reposted by Chris Messina
tynanpurdy.com
The ideas feed has been popping off. Great stuff in there for anybody looking for inspiration
October 15, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Aeronaut for Bluesky — TestFlight testers wanted! (macOS 13+): testflight.apple.com/join/YpvnVhXv
Join the Aeronaut Beta beta
Using TestFlight is a great way to help developers test beta versions of their apps.
testflight.apple.com
October 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Picked up some light reading for the weekend
The image shows a magazine titled "Improve your life with ChatGPT." The cover features a couple, with a woman holding a tablet and a man leaning over her shoulder, both appearing engaged in their activity. The magazine highlights various topics, including improving writing, learning a new language, and planning holidays and day trips. It also mentions "47 reasons to start using AI today" and offers tips on budgeting, investing, and meal planning. The publication is marked as an independent one and is in its third edition, with a price displayed in both US and Canadian dollars. The background includes shelves stocked with bottles, suggesting the setting is a retail environment.
October 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Reposted by Chris Messina
bsky.app
Bluesky runs on open protocols with open source code. Today we’re taking an additional step and making a patent non-aggression pledge to ensure that everyone can build confidently on our work.

Learn more and read the pledge in our blog post: bsky.social/about/blog/1...
Bluesky's Patent Non-Aggression Pledge - Bluesky
Bluesky develops open protocols. We're taking a short and simple patent non-aggression pledge to ensure that everybody feels confident building on them.
bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Dispelling a persistent myth.
October 2, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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Every social app PM imagining me when #IDemandHashtags 🤣🤣🤣
September 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Threads now hides hashtags at the end of posts, like Mastodon does.

Not sure how many it takes to trigger this treatment.

#NewThreads #IDemandHashtags
September 30, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Reddit is adding a new, more prominent search experience to the home feed.

They’ve also added a Related Answers block below posts, which leads to AI-generated answers.

#NewReddit
The image displays a Reddit post from the r/macapps subreddit, featuring a user celebrating the approval of their app by Apple after a lengthy review process. The post includes a brief message expressing excitement about the app being a "pixel-perfect Launchpad clone." Below the message, there is a screenshot of the app interface, showcasing a grid of application icons similar to Apple's Launchpad, including icons for apps like Safari, Mail, and Photos. The Reddit interface is visible at the top, with a search bar and navigation options for Home, Popular, News, and Latest. The overall tone of the post is enthusiastic, highlighting the user's achievement in app development.
September 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Here's NotebookLM's mind map for @pfrazee.com two recent leaflets on supporting private data in ATProto which might support your reading comprehension, as it did mine. 😌
September 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Reposted by Chris Messina
drewdil.bsky.social
The founders' urge to rewrite the whole frontend from @chrismessina.me's feedback instead of shipping the feature you pulled and all-nighter for.
September 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Reposted by Chris Messina
karaswisher.bsky.social
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September 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM