A photo of a bus stop ad for WealthSimple. It shows a woman in a bunker holding items like toilet paper, beans, and maybe cleaning solution. The text reads "The future is bunkers. Invest in the future, whatever you think that is. Wealthsimple"
Me: "ugh the world is messed up, I'm going for a walk outside"
Outside: "hey so the world is ending, you may as well invest"
New_ Public's own @blaine.bsky.social just built post scheduling for Bluesky (and beyond, via ATProto!)
I can only show you the authorization endpoint. You’re the one that has to trigger the callback.
Over on dead-Twitter, @geoffreylitt.com asked the following question last week:
"I desperately need a Matt Levine style explanation of how OAuth works. What is the historical cascade of requirements that got us to this place?"
Here's my attempt at an answer: leaflet.pub/p/did:plc:3v...
@blaine.bsky.social we need :)
Your doomposts do not impress me. They do not make me laugh. They do not make me feel like you are on my side.
If you wanna curl up into a ball and die, go do it on your own time, and keep it to yourself. I want to interact with people willing to put in the work to fight.
Delighted for you @naomialderman.bsky.social! What an incredible community and game you have created, and of course @adrianhon.bsky.social. Onwards Runner 5!
Anyone use #Squarespace and ship in Canada using #Canadapost?
Anyone I know using pre-orders on #Squarespace?
UK - this is for you.
Please help my good buddies name their parcel tracking app/service. 📦🚚 3xs09gvoei1.typeform.com/to/pSd7K6QT
There is a story about a scorpion and a frog.
If AI isn't going to deal with the laundry, what is the point?
@blaine.bsky.social’s talk at the #atmosphereconf was fantastic if you’re interested in the context and history of social media protocols.
youtu.be/InOn_1rAbUY
@blaine.bsky.social closed his #atmosphereconf @atprotocol.dev opening talk with this Ursula Franklin quote, which is oh so personally on the nose given the words “technology,” “democracy,” “justice,” and “power” (add “government”) are the axes about which my brain is perpetually spinning rn.
The fires in Jasper affected fire response to the Slocan Lake complex and the Argenta fires. Our areas appear to be receiving no real support for recovery. How can we change this?
🚨 HUGE news from Canada's tricouncils who are harmonizing their scholarship & fellowship programs, upping the total number (huzzah!), and critically, allowing foreigners to apply for doctoral and postdoc fellowships. Want to work with me? Get in touch! 🇨🇦🧪⚒️
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
"Embrace diversity.
Unite—
Or be divided, robbed, ruled, killed
By those who see you as prey.
Embrace diversity
Or be destroyed."
— Octavia E. Butler, 'Parable of the Sower'
vacancy for a Lecturer in Design Innovation & Service Design (PGT) (1.0 FTE)
School of Innovation and Technology - Glasgow
gsa.engageats.co.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Do you know (or are you) a senior scientist in the USA who might like to move to Canada in the near future? The 2026 call for CERCs (Canada Excellence Research Chairs) was posted last month: 🧪 ⚛️ 🔭 🇨🇦
This is a big deal and a little overdue. www.bbc.com/news/article...
so how long does this late-stage last again
Museum job! 📜 🗃️ #histSTM
National Museums Scotland, Assistant Curator, Technology - part of the truly fabulous NMS Science & Technology Department
Full time, permanent - details here: careers.nms.ac.uk/job/671171
Deadline soon: 2 March
If you ever wondered who you would be when That Time Came, this is it.
This is the person.
We have 2 fully funded PhDs which include Fees and Stipend (at UK rates) in areas related to technology and creative practice.
Personally, I am interested in any proposals bringing solar punk ideas into design fiction artefact creation :)
imagination.lancaster.ac.uk/update/funde...
Me on DOGE for the MIT Tech Review:
"We need to dust off those “in the event of an emergency” disaster response procedures dealing with the failure of federal government."
www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/07/1...
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