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@blogsky.venki.dev: read your rss & substack feeds on bluesky
https://bsky.app/profile/venki.dev/lists/3l7jn2dulip24: feed of all blogsky posts
https://github.com/venkr/bsky-pds-backup: backup your PDS
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· Jun 5
Will Bluesky’s daily posters exceed 1 million again in 2025?
41% chance. Background: Bluesky’s daily posters briefly peaked at 1.5M during the election, dropping now to 600K. Will it exceed 1M again, between June and December 2025?
Resolves based on data from:...
manifold.markets
Bluesky’s ATH daily active posters is 1.5M. It’s around 600k rn.
Will it cross 1M again this year?
manifold.markets/venki/will-b...
Will it cross 1M again this year?
manifold.markets/venki/will-b...
unfortunate how dunked-upon this post is, and that Noah & Nate Silver critiquing Bluesky in this manner are reasonably accurate.
Bluesky seemed like a really awesome experiment in open social media ecosystems, but ultimately has ended up primarily being a lefty Gab/Truth Social?
Bluesky seemed like a really awesome experiment in open social media ecosystems, but ultimately has ended up primarily being a lefty Gab/Truth Social?
The Bluesky-ization of the American left
The Bluesky-ization of the American left
Progressives discovered a seemingly invincible weapon. One day it stopped working.
www.noahpinion.blog
September 14, 2025 at 5:52 AM
unfortunate how dunked-upon this post is, and that Noah & Nate Silver critiquing Bluesky in this manner are reasonably accurate.
Bluesky seemed like a really awesome experiment in open social media ecosystems, but ultimately has ended up primarily being a lefty Gab/Truth Social?
Bluesky seemed like a really awesome experiment in open social media ecosystems, but ultimately has ended up primarily being a lefty Gab/Truth Social?
i'd really really love to see this for bsky someday
the open ecosystem really makes this feel like it'd make more sense
the open ecosystem really makes this feel like it'd make more sense
June 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
i'd really really love to see this for bsky someday
the open ecosystem really makes this feel like it'd make more sense
the open ecosystem really makes this feel like it'd make more sense
Bluesky’s ATH daily active posters is 1.5M. It’s around 600k rn.
Will it cross 1M again this year?
manifold.markets/venki/will-b...
Will it cross 1M again this year?
manifold.markets/venki/will-b...
Will Bluesky’s daily posters exceed 1 million again in 2025?
41% chance. Background: Bluesky’s daily posters briefly peaked at 1.5M during the election, dropping now to 600K. Will it exceed 1M again, between June and December 2025?
Resolves based on data from:...
manifold.markets
June 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Bluesky’s ATH daily active posters is 1.5M. It’s around 600k rn.
Will it cross 1M again this year?
manifold.markets/venki/will-b...
Will it cross 1M again this year?
manifold.markets/venki/will-b...
good social media platform
sora.chatgpt.com/explore/top
sora.chatgpt.com/explore/top
May 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
good social media platform
sora.chatgpt.com/explore/top
sora.chatgpt.com/explore/top
building a small free product that lets you know when ChatGPT scrapes your website to use in a conversation.
if you have a website & would want to beta test it, lmk
if you have a website & would want to beta test it, lmk
May 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
building a small free product that lets you know when ChatGPT scrapes your website to use in a conversation.
if you have a website & would want to beta test it, lmk
if you have a website & would want to beta test it, lmk
Reposted by venki
More Drowning Children
More Drowning Children
...
www.astralcodexten.com
March 21, 2025 at 4:30 AM
More Drowning Children
everything is $/MTok if you squint at it
Unusual $/MTok numbers
Unusual $/MTok numbers
venki.dev
January 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
everything is $/MTok if you squint at it
that's right im a freelance, unpaid, documentation writer now
Using Clerk with Firestore
Using Clerk with Firestore
venki.dev
December 29, 2024 at 8:11 PM
that's right im a freelance, unpaid, documentation writer now
Surprised that this is getting dunked on, I thought Bluesky leaned further left.
We are 10 years into the failed YIMBY project, and it’s clear that the for profit real estate industry is not coming to the rescue to deliver housing for the working class.
Disaster capitalism won’t deliver the housing we need. Social housing will.
Disaster capitalism won’t deliver the housing we need. Social housing will.
December 21, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Surprised that this is getting dunked on, I thought Bluesky leaned further left.
Reposted by venki
Insurance companies aren't the main villain of the U.S. health system
Insurance companies aren't the main villain of the U.S. health system
It's mostly the providers overcharging you, not the middlemen.
www.noahpinion.blog
December 9, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Insurance companies aren't the main villain of the U.S. health system
good post, incisive as usual from eury!
December 8, 2024 at 11:37 PM
good post, incisive as usual from eury!
pretty wild
we have only half as many cows as 100 years ago because they each produce 6x as much milk!
we have only half as many cows as 100 years ago because they each produce 6x as much milk!
Compared to the 1920s, the average US dairy cow now yields around 6x more milk(!)
In a great new article for Works in Progress, @pablohutch.bsky.social explains how big data, artificial insemination, cryopreservation, and more, created the modern dairy cow.
worksinprogress.co/issue/how-bi...
In a great new article for Works in Progress, @pablohutch.bsky.social explains how big data, artificial insemination, cryopreservation, and more, created the modern dairy cow.
worksinprogress.co/issue/how-bi...
December 5, 2024 at 5:06 PM
pretty wild
we have only half as many cows as 100 years ago because they each produce 6x as much milk!
we have only half as many cows as 100 years ago because they each produce 6x as much milk!
Great piece!
Compelling framing of the beliefs of {tech, DC, voters} generally shifting in ways that just made tech & democrats less aligned
Compelling framing of the beliefs of {tech, DC, voters} generally shifting in ways that just made tech & democrats less aligned
On why Silicon Valley turned right, and the problems with the Andreessen-Smith-Yglesias "pounded progressive ally" thesis www.programmablemutter.com/p/why-did-si...
Why did Silicon Valley turn right?
The "pounded progressive ally" thesis has limits
www.programmablemutter.com
December 4, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Great piece!
Compelling framing of the beliefs of {tech, DC, voters} generally shifting in ways that just made tech & democrats less aligned
Compelling framing of the beliefs of {tech, DC, voters} generally shifting in ways that just made tech & democrats less aligned
I generally wish the guidelines you could be banned for were more minimal.
Eg: only for illegal things that you’re legally forced to ban.
Eg: only for illegal things that you’re legally forced to ban.
Thank you @bsky.app team for correcting the mistake. Glad to be back!
November 29, 2024 at 6:09 AM
I generally wish the guidelines you could be banned for were more minimal.
Eg: only for illegal things that you’re legally forced to ban.
Eg: only for illegal things that you’re legally forced to ban.
Reposted by venki
I heard people wanted a million Bluesky posts? So I made an open-source script that allows anyone to scrape the Bluesky firehose and collect everything people post.
This will be a useful resource to anyone who wants to archive this data or train generative AI. Have fun!
github.com/deepfates/bs...
This will be a useful resource to anyone who wants to archive this data or train generative AI. Have fun!
github.com/deepfates/bs...
GitHub - deepfates/bsky-scraper
Contribute to deepfates/bsky-scraper development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 27, 2024 at 8:26 PM
I heard people wanted a million Bluesky posts? So I made an open-source script that allows anyone to scrape the Bluesky firehose and collect everything people post.
This will be a useful resource to anyone who wants to archive this data or train generative AI. Have fun!
github.com/deepfates/bs...
This will be a useful resource to anyone who wants to archive this data or train generative AI. Have fun!
github.com/deepfates/bs...
Feature request: bot/automated account badges like on Twitter
I’ve tried to use: a) disclaimers in bio, b) distinctive handles, but my bots are still occasionally mistaken for real people.
A self-identified automated account badge would really help!
I’ve tried to use: a) disclaimers in bio, b) distinctive handles, but my bots are still occasionally mistaken for real people.
A self-identified automated account badge would really help!
November 27, 2024 at 7:44 PM
Feature request: bot/automated account badges like on Twitter
I’ve tried to use: a) disclaimers in bio, b) distinctive handles, but my bots are still occasionally mistaken for real people.
A self-identified automated account badge would really help!
I’ve tried to use: a) disclaimers in bio, b) distinctive handles, but my bots are still occasionally mistaken for real people.
A self-identified automated account badge would really help!
10k followers on @noahpinion.blogsky.venki.dev!
November 22, 2024 at 9:28 PM
10k followers on @noahpinion.blogsky.venki.dev!
thinking about tech internships/apprenticeships.
- very high value to be hired as a intern/apprentice/junior
- meh value to hire an intern/apprentice/junior
(because: they're net-negative at the start + fast turnover is the norm)
how do you reconcile to preserve this positive externality?
- very high value to be hired as a intern/apprentice/junior
- meh value to hire an intern/apprentice/junior
(because: they're net-negative at the start + fast turnover is the norm)
how do you reconcile to preserve this positive externality?
November 20, 2024 at 3:20 PM
thinking about tech internships/apprenticeships.
- very high value to be hired as a intern/apprentice/junior
- meh value to hire an intern/apprentice/junior
(because: they're net-negative at the start + fast turnover is the norm)
how do you reconcile to preserve this positive externality?
- very high value to be hired as a intern/apprentice/junior
- meh value to hire an intern/apprentice/junior
(because: they're net-negative at the start + fast turnover is the norm)
how do you reconcile to preserve this positive externality?
pretty cool.
i do wonder how soon will people figure out monetizing aspects of Bluesky.
can you make a (feedgen, labeler, benevolent bot) and monetize it?
i do wonder how soon will people figure out monetizing aspects of Bluesky.
can you make a (feedgen, labeler, benevolent bot) and monetize it?
I want to create an incubator that funds atproto/bluesky experimental projects to the tune of $5k-$10k dev grants.
I am sorely tempted to call it “Chemtrails”, because it seeds the ATmosphere
Hit me with your best ideas!
I am sorely tempted to call it “Chemtrails”, because it seeds the ATmosphere
Hit me with your best ideas!
November 16, 2024 at 4:07 PM
pretty cool.
i do wonder how soon will people figure out monetizing aspects of Bluesky.
can you make a (feedgen, labeler, benevolent bot) and monetize it?
i do wonder how soon will people figure out monetizing aspects of Bluesky.
can you make a (feedgen, labeler, benevolent bot) and monetize it?
Moonbounce looks pretty cool
you can hang out with friends on webpages (that you whitelist), and chat / join friends on what they're looking at etc
www.getmoonbounce.com
you can hang out with friends on webpages (that you whitelist), and chat / join friends on what they're looking at etc
www.getmoonbounce.com
Moonbounce
A browser extension designed to make the internet more fun. Hang with friends, collect loot, and customize your own digital spaces. Anywhere online.
www.getmoonbounce.com
November 15, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Moonbounce looks pretty cool
you can hang out with friends on webpages (that you whitelist), and chat / join friends on what they're looking at etc
www.getmoonbounce.com
you can hang out with friends on webpages (that you whitelist), and chat / join friends on what they're looking at etc
www.getmoonbounce.com
can someone explain the starter pack engagement farming thing to me again or point me to a thread?
@vivalapanda.moe tried but i didnt get it / what's going on here
@vivalapanda.moe tried but i didnt get it / what's going on here
November 13, 2024 at 11:33 PM
can someone explain the starter pack engagement farming thing to me again or point me to a thread?
@vivalapanda.moe tried but i didnt get it / what's going on here
@vivalapanda.moe tried but i didnt get it / what's going on here
i just sent documents to the IRS via a web form for the first time, instead of fax/mail
we're so back.
we're so back.
November 13, 2024 at 11:28 PM
i just sent documents to the IRS via a web form for the first time, instead of fax/mail
we're so back.
we're so back.
hmm, MAUs:
- bsky: 7.5m (from bskycharts)
- mastodon: 800k (from fedidb)
- threads: 275m (official source)
- twitter: 330m (varies 300m-500m from diff sources?)
- bsky: 7.5m (from bskycharts)
- mastodon: 800k (from fedidb)
- threads: 275m (official source)
- twitter: 330m (varies 300m-500m from diff sources?)
November 13, 2024 at 10:41 PM
hmm, MAUs:
- bsky: 7.5m (from bskycharts)
- mastodon: 800k (from fedidb)
- threads: 275m (official source)
- twitter: 330m (varies 300m-500m from diff sources?)
- bsky: 7.5m (from bskycharts)
- mastodon: 800k (from fedidb)
- threads: 275m (official source)
- twitter: 330m (varies 300m-500m from diff sources?)