Wes Biggs
@wesbiggs.bsky.social
Software architect @projectliberty.io, he/him, usually gmt-6 (STL). Mullet account: come for the decentralized tech, stay for the rest, or not.
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Pretty sure Star Wars already did this plot, wish I had read some of those scrolls now.
January 3, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Pretty sure Star Wars already did this plot, wish I had read some of those scrolls now.
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Not now, haunted Victorian shoes
Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on Ogmore beach
Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on Ogmore beach
More than 400 leather hobnailed boots, thought to date back to the 19th Century, have been found.
www.bbc.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Not now, haunted Victorian shoes
A major advantage I’ve found with recovering from Guillain-Barré is that I can get out of literally any holiday-related activity without additional justification. (I’m looking at you, state college production of The Nutcracker.)
December 24, 2025 at 7:01 AM
A major advantage I’ve found with recovering from Guillain-Barré is that I can get out of literally any holiday-related activity without additional justification. (I’m looking at you, state college production of The Nutcracker.)
When the electrical socket is right there, but you realize you didn't bring the right adapter.
December 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
When the electrical socket is right there, but you realize you didn't bring the right adapter.
Who among us …
Raccoon gets drunk at a Virginia liquor store and passes out in bathroom
Raccoon gets drunk at Ashland ABC store and passes out in bathroom
Talk about a trashed panda.
www.axios.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Who among us …
10/10 no notes 😜
Scientists created a dolphin with legs.
Animal rights groups want the legs removed.
But that would defeet the porpoise
Animal rights groups want the legs removed.
But that would defeet the porpoise
December 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
10/10 no notes 😜
Tell me why? I don’t like Cyber Mondays.. I want to [REDACTED] the whole day down.
December 2, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Tell me why? I don’t like Cyber Mondays.. I want to [REDACTED] the whole day down.
I probably had 20 different nurses as I bounced around between the neuro ward and ICU last month. They were all, without exception, great. They work long hours under high pressure and keep people like me alive. We should treasure them.
November 29, 2025 at 6:37 AM
I probably had 20 different nurses as I bounced around between the neuro ward and ICU last month. They were all, without exception, great. They work long hours under high pressure and keep people like me alive. We should treasure them.
90% of the people demanding account location transparency in this thread would have said Don’t Allow if this website asked them to share their location when signing up. BCWYWF.
The X platform now has a new tool that promotes scrutiny about the origin of X accounts.
I've noticed lately that more trolls are invading Bsky. This same feature that X has so members can check an account's country of origin would be super helpful to weed out the bad guys from causing harm here.
I've noticed lately that more trolls are invading Bsky. This same feature that X has so members can check an account's country of origin would be super helpful to weed out the bad guys from causing harm here.
November 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
90% of the people demanding account location transparency in this thread would have said Don’t Allow if this website asked them to share their location when signing up. BCWYWF.
I shot some cloth in Reno, just to watch it dye.
November 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I shot some cloth in Reno, just to watch it dye.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
I wish I had something more profound to say in this Quote Post, but just wow. This essay starts with Johnny Cash and ends up in a limestone cave, it will defy and exceed any of your expectations going in to it. Brava, Sarah.
November 22, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I wish I had something more profound to say in this Quote Post, but just wow. This essay starts with Johnny Cash and ends up in a limestone cave, it will defy and exceed any of your expectations going in to it. Brava, Sarah.
This, from an article on California efforts to deter wolves from eating cows in the Sierra Valley by blasting various sounds from flying drones:
November 14, 2025 at 12:27 PM
This, from an article on California efforts to deter wolves from eating cows in the Sierra Valley by blasting various sounds from flying drones:
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The DOJ estimates that Epstein and his fellow child abusers trafficked at least 200 children. Meanwhile, experts estimate that in 2025, roughly 2600 minors were forced into a child marriage in the United States. That’s some 50 minors every week, or about seven per day, every single day of the year.
Epstein Files Reminder: USA has a child marriage epidemic—it's even worse than you think
Despite more than 300,000 documented child marriages since 2000, Republicans are fighting to keep it that way
www.qasimrashid.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The DOJ estimates that Epstein and his fellow child abusers trafficked at least 200 children. Meanwhile, experts estimate that in 2025, roughly 2600 minors were forced into a child marriage in the United States. That’s some 50 minors every week, or about seven per day, every single day of the year.
This is a lovely piece about what it means to be a 21st-century Quaker. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/71397/.... And this quote strikes me as a useful framing across many forms of community-building:
“If you want to keep your flock together,” he says, “don’t build a fence—dig a well.”
“If you want to keep your flock together,” he says, “don’t build a fence—dig a well.”
Disagreement among Friends: why Quakers are questioning God
The future of British Quakerism is up for debate, as the movement updates its most important text. The biggest question: keep or dilute God?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is a lovely piece about what it means to be a 21st-century Quaker. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/71397/.... And this quote strikes me as a useful framing across many forms of community-building:
“If you want to keep your flock together,” he says, “don’t build a fence—dig a well.”
“If you want to keep your flock together,” he says, “don’t build a fence—dig a well.”
I’m home! Exactly 30 days after heading to the ER, I am back in my own bed surrounded by family (and cats). There is much more recovery to be done but I’m so happy and grateful to everyone who helped me get this far.
A little personal update: I’ve been hospitalized with Guillain-Barré Syndrome for the past 3 weeks. Came on suddenly and had me almost completely immobilized, but thankfully with IVIG treatment (so grateful to donors) avoided needing artificial respiration. Now in inpatient PT working on mobility.
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I’m home! Exactly 30 days after heading to the ER, I am back in my own bed surrounded by family (and cats). There is much more recovery to be done but I’m so happy and grateful to everyone who helped me get this far.
Such a great article with thoughtful and insightful questions and answers about what it means to create protocols (and products using protocols) in this space. Essential reading for every atproto hacker (or even critic) out there.
The latest interview up at the Protocol Oral History Project is a @bsky.app hometown hero: Protocol Engineer @bnewbold.net. I'm so grateful for his time and care in sharing his experience building the foundation for not only this app but many more: protocol.ecologies.info/interviews/n...
Bryan Newbold: Protocol engineering
A protocol engineer at the social-media platform Bluesky describes building an open protocol around a fast-growing social media platform.
protocol.ecologies.info
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Such a great article with thoughtful and insightful questions and answers about what it means to create protocols (and products using protocols) in this space. Essential reading for every atproto hacker (or even critic) out there.
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
I miss when US politics were like “should the rich get richer” instead of “are you cool with millions starving to death”?
November 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I miss when US politics were like “should the rich get richer” instead of “are you cool with millions starving to death”?
Ironically, with flight cancellations, the shutdown may be the most pro-environment thing the Trump administration has done.
November 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Ironically, with flight cancellations, the shutdown may be the most pro-environment thing the Trump administration has done.
Trying the best I can.
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Trying the best I can.
Looking forward to seeing this proposal. Keep up the good work.
We're working on a writeup that I'm pretty excited about --
Importing your address book to find friends is common for social, but it's insecure to enumeration attacks and database leaks so we've historically refused to implement it. The team has a proposal now that we think solves those risks.
Importing your address book to find friends is common for social, but it's insecure to enumeration attacks and database leaks so we've historically refused to implement it. The team has a proposal now that we think solves those risks.
November 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Looking forward to seeing this proposal. Keep up the good work.
Hey NYT, some more ideas for you:
1. How Zohran’s facial hair trimming process signals to his multi-generational following
2. A phrenologist’s view on Zohran’s skull shape
3. What the wear pattern on Zohran’s shoes predicts about his embrace of the left (turn)
4. Actually talk about his policies
1. How Zohran’s facial hair trimming process signals to his multi-generational following
2. A phrenologist’s view on Zohran’s skull shape
3. What the wear pattern on Zohran’s shoes predicts about his embrace of the left (turn)
4. Actually talk about his policies
Zohran Mamdani’s three silver rings were his most reliable accessory throughout his campaign — two on his right hand, one on his left. New York City's next mayor explained their significance. nyti.ms/4opYAhf
November 7, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Hey NYT, some more ideas for you:
1. How Zohran’s facial hair trimming process signals to his multi-generational following
2. A phrenologist’s view on Zohran’s skull shape
3. What the wear pattern on Zohran’s shoes predicts about his embrace of the left (turn)
4. Actually talk about his policies
1. How Zohran’s facial hair trimming process signals to his multi-generational following
2. A phrenologist’s view on Zohran’s skull shape
3. What the wear pattern on Zohran’s shoes predicts about his embrace of the left (turn)
4. Actually talk about his policies
Targeting Monday to go home! My daughter was literally jumping around the room for joy on FaceTime when she found out. (Same for me minus the actual jumping; will still take some time to regain my mad jumping skillz.)
A little personal update: I’ve been hospitalized with Guillain-Barré Syndrome for the past 3 weeks. Came on suddenly and had me almost completely immobilized, but thankfully with IVIG treatment (so grateful to donors) avoided needing artificial respiration. Now in inpatient PT working on mobility.
November 7, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Targeting Monday to go home! My daughter was literally jumping around the room for joy on FaceTime when she found out. (Same for me minus the actual jumping; will still take some time to regain my mad jumping skillz.)
This is a joyful thread.
welcome to Yamaha. do you want a piano or a motorcycle?
November 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This is a joyful thread.