On Meeting Users Where They Are.
When "just migrate bro" isn't as compelling as you hope.
Norm MacLennan
Growing the Open Social Web
We can't just keep building facsimiles.
Bluesky will never be a digital town square
But ATProto gives us a chance to finally build one.
![A poorly-drawn cartoon computer with a happy face on the monitor stands next to text: "Don't say tariffs [x4]...oops"](/content/images/size/w600/2025/04/dontsaytariffs.png)
5 Things: "trying not to talk about tariffs" Edition
Spoiler: I end up talking about tariffs a little bit
5 Things: "Has it only been one week?" Edition
The one might be a bit more of a downer than usual, sorry.
5 Things: "ATmosphere Conf" Edition
Featuring still 2 AI-related stories cause I can't stop reading them.
Now's not the time to mess with Section 230
I'm not convinced there will ever be a time, but it's definitely not now.
5 Things
5 Things: "AI Bad" Edition
I'm gonna regret naming such an early edition "AI Bad," cause I'm sure I'm gonna need that later.
5 Things
5 Things: "Hello, World" Edition
A few things I read this week and found interesting?
The Web That Was
A bunch of teenagers blogging at each other
When blogs connect you to yourself as much as they do to others.
Doomscrolling and Misinformation Come for RSS
AI Summarizers built-in to RSS readers produce lossy and misleading results.
What's this Section 230 thing that guy is talking about?
I hear it's getting kids addicted to fentanyl over the Internet