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Jack
@jackvalinsky.com
370 followers 600 following 2.8K posts
MS Computational Linguistics student
Film photography 🎞️ 📸
Interested in languages: ga, de, ja, zh, haw

I'm on Germ DM 🔑
https://ger.mx/A5yigN6j7u6ukETbhpyCpPsD8_Qv11fq6rpwRj0xGG79#did:plc:qpdjl22sgfejceds2ibabye6
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search bar that says "Talk to le Chat" le as in the french word for the
December 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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@iame.li truly ahead of its time
Screenshot of a social media post by the user "some random pub???" (handle @Gs0Rz7yE...sU4=), dated 7 years ago. The post text reads: "HELLO. Hi. I am scuttling my butt on scuttlebutt. Hello." Below the text are icons for liking (showing 0), replying, and viewing stats.
December 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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@nichoth.com we gossipin' 🐚🦀
Screenshot of the "Stammtisch" social media interface in dark mode with the "Explore" tab selected. The feed displays two identical posts by a user named "Trav" (handle @Gs0Rz7yE...), dated 5 years ago. The post text reads: "I also just finished it! I loved the world building parts but a lot of the story either didn't make sense or felt superfluous. Has really shaped how I've been seeing the world lately; seeing things as default or walkaway. Makes me want to start an anarchist b&b haha. It didn't seem all that fixated on space (though it wasn't really clear what benefits one would get from living in a satellite...). Being fixated on immortality makes sense to me but I would hardly call being scanned and then later booted up as an AI 'immortality'. That's just cloning yourself as an AI. Which is cool, but you're still dead."
December 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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> be me, likes dark chocolate
> they warn me the dark chocolate is strong
> I ignore them
> they were right
A meme using the 'ok ima fight / damn got hands' template. Top: A 3D boxer stands ready to fight. The text reads "ok ima fight," followed by the label "L.A. BURDICK'S DARK CHOCOLATE DRINKING CHOCOLATE." Bottom: The boxer sits on a stool, looking exhausted and drinking from a bottle. The text reads "damn got hands." The label "L.A. BURDICK'S DARK CHOCOLATE DRINKING CHOCOLATE" is pasted again over the bottle the boxer is drinking from.
December 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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@nekomimi.pet I did the most cursed thing
November 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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@iame.li I did a cursed thing
November 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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For some reason I was tinkering with golang and dillo browser plugins and made plugins for both atp and nostr, the nostr one lags so hard looking up the note. The timing is actually an issue for rendering profile images in the dillo browser (using a data uri).
A screenshot of a Nostr post by a user named "rabble" about their new app, "Divine.video." The interface is the dillo web browser. In the post, rabble explains the video app got "MUCH more attention" than expected, with "Hundreds of millions" of views and the TestFlight hitting its 10k limit in hours. They express feeling both "excited but also really stressed" due to bugs and app review issues with Apple and Google. Rabble asks the Nostr community for help, seeing it as a "chance to really grow nostr" with a video app that's "not AI slop" and focuses on "something more human" in contrast to TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube shorts. A screenshot of an article in the Dillo web browser titled, "What the hell is a rotation key?". The article's subheading explains, "Why it's important that YOU should have a rotation key and backups for your Bluesky/AT Protocol account that is hosted on a third party PDS." this is a rendering of a leaflet.pub record A screenshot of a Bluesky post by the user **jackvalinsky.com**, viewed in the Dillo web browser. This is an example rendering of a bsky post record. The post, from November 7, 2025, describes an open-source Bluesky web client, stating: "It's another open source Bluesky web client, it's a bit unique with some of features it supports (direct to PDS), skips AppView for rendering your posts, can search by posts you liked or quoted)." A screenshot of a Nostr profile for the user **rabble** (@rabble), viewed in the Dillo web browser. The profile identifier is `rabble@nos.social`. The bio reads, "Building lots of things with andotherstuff.org including divine.video and nos.social." It also lists a website: `https://rabblelabs.com/`.
November 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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the duality of man
A screenshot of text showing two lines, each with an AT Protocol URI followed by post text. The first line reads: at://did:plc:7go7cqrctan5chjafv5md6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4y3ifsxis2a: Photo of a midfield battle between Wednesday and Norwich. The second line reads: at://did:plc:bbmadjltnwhjlempvmvllxnj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4y3ilchpk2i: Cat girl cosplay meowwww!!
November 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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@tangled.org I did some spooky monkeypatching to the avatar service to get it to run locally...

(appview and avatar service are running on my nixos homelab)
A screenshot of a web application named 'tangled.snek.cc' in dark mode. The main section, 'Timeline', shows a list of recent follow events: '@sapphic.moe followed @kot.pink', '@sapphic.moe followed @natalie.sh', and '@knotbin.com followed @dame.is'. Each event displays a small profile card for the followed user. A 'Trending' box at the top of the page reads, "No trending repositories this week."
November 6, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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@natalie.sh 福 🎃
(I tried to do it in correct stroke order 🙃)
lit jack o lantern in the dark with Chinese character for good fortune
November 1, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Oh I said żabka instead of żaba. It's the dimunuitive so it's like saying little frog? ex: fröschchen

*fröschchen is kind of hard to say, ngl
The cover of the HABA board game 'Fröschchen hüpf!'. The yellow box features a cartoon illustration of a pond with several frogs. One frog in a striped bathing suit leaps from the water, while another in a red dress jumps on a lily pad. A white stork stands among reeds in the background.
October 31, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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@ghost.org “Funded by its users” is doing some heavy lifting when you’re depending on a 3rd party service w/o compensation. You’re using @ap.brid.gy for a commercial product, pay them for the extra server load/support the devs💰

also see this thread for why this matters: bsky.app/profile/know...
A screenshot of the Ghost website homepage. The main text reads: "A product you can depend on. Ghost is open source, independent, and funded 100% by its users. No investors. No bullshit." Below this, a screenshot of the Ghost admin dashboard in dark mode shows a list of posts with titles, analytics like open and click rates, and their status, such as "Scheduled" or "Published."
October 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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the weird cousin of Camelia
(Raku lang)
the mascot for the raku programming language (related to the Perl programming language), it is a butterfly with squat yellow body and wings with fuchsia wings with blue circles. The top wings have extra blue swirl and a green accent.
October 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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it almost works but then it dies when it tries to log in

500 error for GET
pds-sp.whey.party/.well-known/...

and mXe: "response" is not a conform Authorization Server Metadata response
A screenshot of a gray error screen. The main text reads, "Something went wrong." Below it, a more specific error message says, "response" is not a conform Authorization Server Metadata response. At the bottom is a "SIGN IN" link with a lock icon.
October 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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@catbird.blue I had a weird session issue where even if I reinstalled the app I could log back in. Otherwise nice app!
iOS app with black background and orange icon of a profile pic with an exclamation point denoting account issue Session expired. Your session has expired. Please log in again. Blue button with text sign in again
September 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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free psychic damage: apparently there are self-professed throw-away troll accounts, meant to *checks notes* honeypot/trigger bsky shills...

wtf are we doing

mas.to/@BlueCircuit...
mas.to/@BlueCircuit...
mas.to/@BlueCircuit...
Kirus writes: "So, #Bluesky techbros have started to zero in on this account. Welp, I got a secret for them. This was originally meant to be a troll account to troll occult cliques on #Bluesky. This isn't my main account and my main blog isn't public. I post from a federated Wordpress blog. So, have fun!" Kirus adds: "See, what the idiot #Bluesky tech bros don't realize is that I have a blog where lengthy tech critiques are published, so they're not accomplishing anything by brigading my microblogs on a throwaway account meant to troll chaos magicians."
September 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Did a little goof at the local Apple Store @baileytownsend.dev 😉
iPad opened to the App Store featuring AT toolbox, there is a white keyboard attached. iPad sitting on wood table of Apple Store
September 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Not linking to the original but there’s this classic.
A screenshot of a post on the social media platform Bluesky, in dark mode. Original Post by Shelley Powers (@burningbird.net): "Data centers aren’t necessary for web sites. Most data centers are associated with AI or crypto. The former is useless, the latter is a ponzi scheme. And you don’t 'farm' beef." Reply by utopia deferred (@utopia-defer.red): "99% (it's probably closer to 99.9 and more) of all modern web applications run on centralized data servers inside of warehouses, whether rented or on premises. the internet is not constituted out of the ether, it exists on hardware on a rack that someone has plugged into a wall." Nested Reply by Andrew Robbins (@robbinsa.me): "And even the ones that aren’t are often reliant on services that are" (The rest of the reply is cut off.)
September 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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preview imported posts for import tool for @leaflet.pub, still very hacky (probably can't handle a real blog yet)
A screenshot of a web application called "Typepad to Leaflet.pub Migrator," presented in a dark theme. The interface shows that a file has been uploaded and a preview of a post titled "My First Post" is displayed, showing its content and author, "Jane Doe". A "Start Migration" button is visible at the bottom. A screenshot of a developer or data-viewing interface in dark mode. It shows the content of the record formatted in a YAML-like structure, with a name "Yo test test", a description mentioning it was "migrated from Typepad," and preferences to show comments and discovery.
August 29, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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funbrain math arcade
or CD games like reader rabbit
A screenshot of the homepage for the children's educational website Funbrain, likely from the late 2000s or early 2010s. The background is a light purple, with a blue border on the left and right sides featuring a faint brain pattern. At the top left, the "Funbrain" logo is written in colorful, bubbly letters. To its right is a navigation bar with five options, each featuring a cartoon character: "math arcade" with a boy in a red shirt and sweatband. "reading" with Greg Heffley from "Diary of a Wimpy Kid." "fun arcade" with a purple alien holding a joystick. "playground" with a purple octopus. "all games" with a knight on a horse. The main content area features a large, colorful graphic for the "Math Arcade" on the left, which is a winding board game path with cartoon characters. On the right, text reads, "Find your favorite games in the all-new Funbrain Kids Center," with small icons for games like "Bumble Numbers" and "Mighty Girl" (showing "Grammar Gorillas").
August 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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oh wait the handle wasn’t a meme? I love the merging of tech and human mythology. At the end of the day tech is also a human construct. Reminds me of:

www.reddit.com/r/interestin...
Christian priest blessing server in traditional clothing. A woman in a green shirt looks at the rite.
August 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Idk why Meta thinks I want to talk to a chatbot while browsing insta much less these ones… (these were the first ones suggested to me)
A screenshot of a "Chat with AIs" feature in an app. On the left is a chat AI named "Israel Allies," with an image of the United Kingdom and Israeli flags side-by-side in a grassy field. On the right is a partially visible chat AI named "Chinese Parent," featuring an illustration of a stern-looking older East Asian woman. I don’t know who thought these were a good idea Alt text for the second image: A screenshot of a "Chat with AIs" feature in an app. On the left is a chat AI named "Avi the Zionist," with an image of a young man wearing a white shirt with an Israeli flag pin. On the right is a chat AI named "Shia Girl," featuring an image of a smiling young woman in a light blue hijab.
August 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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👀
A tangled.sh repository card. The repository is named @pdsls.dev/pdsls and has the description "atproto explorer". It is a TypeScript project with 93 stars.
August 26, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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A "Soyjaks pointing" meme. Two crudely drawn men with beards and open mouths look shocked. The man on the right, who has a small blue butterfly on his chest, points towards the top left corner. In the corner is a composite image showing a photo of a young man in a beanie on a snowy mountain, a screenshot of a user interface, and a large blue "@" symbol.
August 26, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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🥳
anime drawing of young light skin man in glasses and black hair gesturing towards a yellow butterfly, the text says "is this internecting"
August 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM