Aram Zucker-Scharff
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AramZS. he/him. Privacy Engineer. Tech for journalism. Ad Tech. Prev: Fullstack, strategy, econ/game journo, storytelling, altac. Views are only my own. NYCer. https://aramzs.nexus/
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Great post by by Mathew attempting to define Digital Sovereignty and then showcase how ATProto is well on its way to delivering resilient social media:
“huge diversity with protocol-guaranteed interoperability”
“huge diversity with protocol-guaranteed interoperability”
Next week I’ll be in Berlin for a European Digital Sovereignty Summit satellite event to help launch @eurosky.social.
So it's time to ask: what does #sovereignty look like in the #socialmedia space?
mathewlowry.medium.com/building-res...
So it's time to ask: what does #sovereignty look like in the #socialmedia space?
mathewlowry.medium.com/building-res...
Building resilient social media
Next week I’ll be in Berlin, speaking at a Franco-German “Summit on European Digital Sovereignty” satellite event to help launch…
mathewlowry.medium.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Great post by by Mathew attempting to define Digital Sovereignty and then showcase how ATProto is well on its way to delivering resilient social media:
“huge diversity with protocol-guaranteed interoperability”
“huge diversity with protocol-guaranteed interoperability”
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How long until people start mining these for credentials?
or making little exploits that run via their web view?
Lol
or making little exploits that run via their web view?
Lol
November 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM
How long until people start mining these for credentials?
or making little exploits that run via their web view?
Lol
or making little exploits that run via their web view?
Lol
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to add to this, there’s a few product-y reasons why I would really like a createPost API
1. we could run a server-side language detection model that actually works, so we wouldn’t need the language select in the client (it sucks)
2. you wouldn’t need to specify a createdAt time anymore (cont.)
1. we could run a server-side language detection model that actually works, so we wouldn’t need the language select in the client (it sucks)
2. you wouldn’t need to specify a createdAt time anymore (cont.)
Nerding out about the question of whether the client or the server should be the one who speaks to the PDS
The politics of purely client-side apps
There's a surprisingly nuanced discussion in development about the political economy of clients and servers in the Atmosphere
pfrazee.leaflet.pub
November 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM
to add to this, there’s a few product-y reasons why I would really like a createPost API
1. we could run a server-side language detection model that actually works, so we wouldn’t need the language select in the client (it sucks)
2. you wouldn’t need to specify a createdAt time anymore (cont.)
1. we could run a server-side language detection model that actually works, so we wouldn’t need the language select in the client (it sucks)
2. you wouldn’t need to specify a createdAt time anymore (cont.)
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They are stealing our money. But that doesn’t mean we can’t go after it in four years.
NEW:
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
w @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
w @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:34 PM
They are stealing our money. But that doesn’t mean we can’t go after it in four years.
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this is true for both the 'not enough babies' and 'too many babies' sides, btw
Every "population crisis" article in western media is just "WHERE ARE THE WHITE BABIES" in disguise and we absolutely do not have to give any credence to any of them
November 14, 2025 at 9:19 AM
this is true for both the 'not enough babies' and 'too many babies' sides, btw
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An abjuration against the electric eye would be a powerful gesture indeed
November 14, 2025 at 5:53 AM
An abjuration against the electric eye would be a powerful gesture indeed
With an increasing use of conference cameras that try and track individual speakers in a room during hybrid meetings I would love if there was some sort of universal hand motion that you could do to go 'oh no don't focus on me'
November 14, 2025 at 5:27 AM
With an increasing use of conference cameras that try and track individual speakers in a room during hybrid meetings I would love if there was some sort of universal hand motion that you could do to go 'oh no don't focus on me'
Hire @nslayton.bsky.social !
I realize a lot of people are struggling and I'm lucky to have work but I really need a full-time job. Haven't had one in 5 years and working 4 part time or contract jobs and doing 12+hour days 7 days a week is killing me.
November 14, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Hire @nslayton.bsky.social !
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have you seen these listings? www.theajp.org/about/work-w...
Work With Us - American Journalism Project
Audience Editor K-12 Education Reporter: Early education, Literacy and STEM
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November 14, 2025 at 5:08 AM
have you seen these listings? www.theajp.org/about/work-w...
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Even owners are worried about property taxes, lack of flexibility for moving, and crazy tax hits when they pass property on to family.
Housing is supposed to be a path to security. It's supposed to be the dream. It's not working that way for a lot of people.
Housing is supposed to be a path to security. It's supposed to be the dream. It's not working that way for a lot of people.
November 14, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Even owners are worried about property taxes, lack of flexibility for moving, and crazy tax hits when they pass property on to family.
Housing is supposed to be a path to security. It's supposed to be the dream. It's not working that way for a lot of people.
Housing is supposed to be a path to security. It's supposed to be the dream. It's not working that way for a lot of people.
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a ‘human in the loop’ protocol is now a guardrail made of swiss cheese
Unfortunately the space of LLM code errors and the space of human errors are not the same, making hard-won code review instincts misfire
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 AM
a ‘human in the loop’ protocol is now a guardrail made of swiss cheese
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Creative jobs are broadly down—however, creative *management* jobs are up. Precisely what you might expect with a rise in automation tools.
Elsewhere, Chiu finds that, apart from frontend and mobile engineering, software engineering jobs are more resilient globally than expected.
Elsewhere, Chiu finds that, apart from frontend and mobile engineering, software engineering jobs are more resilient globally than expected.
November 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Creative jobs are broadly down—however, creative *management* jobs are up. Precisely what you might expect with a rise in automation tools.
Elsewhere, Chiu finds that, apart from frontend and mobile engineering, software engineering jobs are more resilient globally than expected.
Elsewhere, Chiu finds that, apart from frontend and mobile engineering, software engineering jobs are more resilient globally than expected.
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The sad truth is that even when AI results in worse products & still needs fixed by human workers, CEOs will still see it as a win if AI announcements increase stocks & they can use it as an excuse for layoffs
Unionization is critical if you want any chance at pushing back against these businessmen
Unionization is critical if you want any chance at pushing back against these businessmen
How is AI *really* impacting jobs?
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
What’s really going on with AI and jobs?
Record-breaking layoff reports, Amazon's mass firings, and a slump in entry level employment. Is AI behind it all?
www.bloodinthemachine.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The sad truth is that even when AI results in worse products & still needs fixed by human workers, CEOs will still see it as a win if AI announcements increase stocks & they can use it as an excuse for layoffs
Unionization is critical if you want any chance at pushing back against these businessmen
Unionization is critical if you want any chance at pushing back against these businessmen
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November 14, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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They are coming to Charlotte literally because of a few right-wing propaganda accounts on X and I am livid.
Gregory Bovino, the top Border Patrol official leading the charge on the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in cities, and his officers are heading to Charlotte, according to a source familiar with the planning. That was news to city officials. https://cnn.it/49crpZT
November 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
They are coming to Charlotte literally because of a few right-wing propaganda accounts on X and I am livid.
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This is gonna be awesome. We're giving out WHISTLES. We're giving out BUTTONS. We're giving out STICKERS. And we're gonna be folding zines and sharing posters! Sign up and show up, NYC!
Hey, friends in NYC! Come hang out with a buncha cool comics creators and fold zines and make posters to push back against ICE! A @handsoffnyc.bsky.social and @bkindivisible.bsky.social event at @anyonecomics.bsky.social in Brooklyn! It's gonna be a blast!
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
Hands Off NYC Zine and Poster Fun in Brooklyn with local comics creators! · Indivisible Brooklyn
Join New York comic creators to fold zines and make posters to push back against ICE in our city! Stay to fold and color a while or just swing by to pick up zines and posters to distribute in your nei...
www.mobilize.us
November 14, 2025 at 2:19 AM
This is gonna be awesome. We're giving out WHISTLES. We're giving out BUTTONS. We're giving out STICKERS. And we're gonna be folding zines and sharing posters! Sign up and show up, NYC!
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If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
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My phone has full optical character recognition of 47,000 photos. I can search individual words.
I cannot search three words in quotes.
Computers used to be powerful. That power meant something. It was power for making your life better in sovereignty to your own interests.
And now we have this.
I cannot search three words in quotes.
Computers used to be powerful. That power meant something. It was power for making your life better in sovereignty to your own interests.
And now we have this.
November 14, 2025 at 12:48 AM
My phone has full optical character recognition of 47,000 photos. I can search individual words.
I cannot search three words in quotes.
Computers used to be powerful. That power meant something. It was power for making your life better in sovereignty to your own interests.
And now we have this.
I cannot search three words in quotes.
Computers used to be powerful. That power meant something. It was power for making your life better in sovereignty to your own interests.
And now we have this.
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I like how full text search of every book and human thought ever was a SOLVED PROBLEM in 2001, and now dicks at search engines and my own phone – a piece of silicon faster to respond than God was ever imagined in scripture – prevent it from working, _as a retroactive infantilizing design choice_.
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I like how full text search of every book and human thought ever was a SOLVED PROBLEM in 2001, and now dicks at search engines and my own phone – a piece of silicon faster to respond than God was ever imagined in scripture – prevent it from working, _as a retroactive infantilizing design choice_.
Even the wealthy prefer the services and experience of a well funded city. What a surprise.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Even the wealthy prefer the services and experience of a well funded city. What a surprise.
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Hey what the fuck?
“Once we got to the Game Awards (most people flew in from other countries, which was expensive), we showed up, and it felt like we were pushed to the side door … We found out later that Keighley had a party in another room with all the influencers and industry people.”
“Once we got to the Game Awards (most people flew in from other countries, which was expensive), we showed up, and it felt like we were pushed to the side door … We found out later that Keighley had a party in another room with all the influencers and industry people.”
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Hey what the fuck?
“Once we got to the Game Awards (most people flew in from other countries, which was expensive), we showed up, and it felt like we were pushed to the side door … We found out later that Keighley had a party in another room with all the influencers and industry people.”
“Once we got to the Game Awards (most people flew in from other countries, which was expensive), we showed up, and it felt like we were pushed to the side door … We found out later that Keighley had a party in another room with all the influencers and industry people.”
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Reinstate Sarah Kendzior
November 12, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Reinstate Sarah Kendzior
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Bluesky finally gave her an explanation for the suspension and it’s bullshit
November 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Bluesky finally gave her an explanation for the suspension and it’s bullshit
It turns out the information doesn't want to be free, the internet and all its manifestations are just tools and you use it right or it gets used at you.
November 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
It turns out the information doesn't want to be free, the internet and all its manifestations are just tools and you use it right or it gets used at you.
After years of libertarian philosophers and economists wanking on about how essential free enterprise is to freedom and democracy, it turns out it just isn't. www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 11:23 PM
After years of libertarian philosophers and economists wanking on about how essential free enterprise is to freedom and democracy, it turns out it just isn't. www.404media.co/google-has-c...