yap time again! im honestly even less sure about what i think we should do here compared to the terminology stuff. im sure some of you all have some good ideas
The AT Protocol has an authorisation issue. Part 1
nelind.leaflet.pubApr 8, 2026 at 10:05 PM
When you're a whole on the internet - yaso.is
Most of us exist online as a jigsaw puzzle scattered across a table. A LinkedIn profile. A Bluesky account. An old Twitter handle. A forum username from 2009. T...
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I meant to write something else and this is what came out. It is very weird to be writing about this again.
Fifth-Generation Management
In today’s episode, I want to talk about an idea I call fifth-generation management.
Learning from Tay’s introduction - The Official Microsoft Blog
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Enjoy it again: Repeat experiences are less repetitive than people think.
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Don't worry guys, Part 2 is here: Houston, we've got a book & review lexicon! I don't think it is in it's final shape just yet, but I believe it to be a strong proposal, and well justified if I may say so, myself 😌
Road to a book lexicon (Part 2)
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Nick The Sick
I've been thinking a lot about how to define a shared book lexicon for the Lexicon Community Working Group: discourse.atmosphere.community/t/in-which-a-book-lexicon-is-… But, instead wrote a treatise against ISBNs. I hope I can link to it whenever someone asks why their import didn't work on @bookhive.buzz 😝
Folks, time for a so-called Request For Comments: I wrote a proposal to split badge declaration and badge appearance lexicons to better meet the needs and workflows of badge lovers everywhere! Find the full post in the community forum or read below 👇 discourse.atprotocol.community/t/badge-definitions-and-award…
Badge definitions and awards
discourse.atprotocol.communityOK, I wrote up a whole blog post with some more detailed thoughts on this. Curious if anything here resonates with other folks. Thanks to @iame.li, @dholms.at, and @bnewbold.net for helpful pointers and discussions! pckt.blog/b/bits-of-entropy/all-data-sh…
All data should be permissioned data - Bits of Entropy
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Richard Barnes
@dholms.at - What is the right venue for discussion on this Permissioned Data proposal you wrote up. atp@ietf.org or something else? I think it is wrong in some pretty fundamental ways. Or at least the motivations are poorly articulated.
some thoughts about the shenanigans this weekend I thought maybe we should all read.
I got banned from Bluesky last weekend, let's all have a talk about it
torrent-empress.leaflet.pubuhhh thingy something yea. DID!
`did:key` as a first class (ish) DID method in atproto · bluesky-social atproto · Discussion #5010
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