Away for a while. Making and mending networks and knowledge. Working and thinking at wrecka.ge, co-running a volunteer unbreak-the-news collective at @unbreaking.org. Previously: Covid Tracking Project, OpenNews, old web nonsense.https://blacksky.community/profile/kissane.myatproto.socialhttps://blacksky.community/profile/kissane.myatproto.social/post/3mtbxtdacrc2oLogged in to check DMs so I will allow myself one (1) post to say that this is just a flawless crystallization of how we got here.17 Aug 2026 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:qrt5rykojeg5sbsajbu4zdke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbxtdacrc2ohttps://blacksky.community/profile/kissane.myatproto.social/post/3mst4y6v6u22c@nickthesick.com Hey, is there a way to reach you with a Q about getting BookHive into a thing I'm working on? My Germ is in bio, DMs on, email is erin at wrecka.ge!11 Aug 2026 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:qrt5rykojeg5sbsajbu4zdke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mst4y6v6u22chttps://blacksky.community/profile/kissane.myatproto.social/post/3msm3ya4rts24Dropping out of post-land for a few weeks, see you in September.08 Aug 2026 22:17 +0000at://did:plc:qrt5rykojeg5sbsajbu4zdke/app.bsky.feed.post/3msm3ya4rts24https://blacksky.community/profile/kissane.myatproto.social/post/3msm3jycvsc2fThis is a lovely one [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Aug 2026 22:09 +0000at://did:plc:qrt5rykojeg5sbsajbu4zdke/app.bsky.feed.post/3msm3jycvsc2fhttps://blacksky.community/profile/kissane.myatproto.social/post/3mslt35kfak2qOh god, what absolutely wretched news. I had imagined another decade of Crowley. I’m so sorry, friends who knew him well. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Aug 2026 19:37 +0000at://did:plc:qrt5rykojeg5sbsajbu4zdke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mslt35kfak2qhttps://blacksky.community/profile/kissane.myatproto.social/post/3mskaphiegc2hstumbled across a reply to a stranger that made me laugh so hard I have to leave08 Aug 2026 04:36 +0000at://did:plc:qrt5rykojeg5sbsajbu4zdke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mskaphiegc2hhttps://blacksky.community/profile/kissane.myatproto.social/post/3msjhxiqxfc2u“thoughts are tiny brain ballbearings” has the juice [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Aug 2026 21:13 +0000at://did:plc:qrt5rykojeg5sbsajbu4zdke/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjhxiqxfc2uhttps://blacksky.community/profile/kissane.myatproto.social/post/3msjgftbijs23the person wishing me misfortune (bc I suggested that the context of messing around with LLMs is different now than it was in 2022) is telling everyone else in their replies that they deserve to die so I guess my magic orb is still working after all 🧿07 Aug 2026 20:46 +0000at://did:plc:qrt5rykojeg5sbsajbu4zdke/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjgftbijs23https://blacksky.community/profile/kissane.myatproto.social/post/3msizxkxgsc2lI think the biggest change LLMs produce in software development might be that they eventually make good dev jobs as rare and nepotistic and precarious as, say, arts jobs, and if that is true I am sure going to feel a whole conflicting series of ways about it07 Aug 2026 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:qrt5rykojeg5sbsajbu4zdke/app.bsky.feed.post/3msizxkxgsc2lhttps://blacksky.community/profile/kissane.myatproto.social/post/3mshm4leuac27I would like to thank the devs for Drafts aka where all my responses to screenshots of terrible bait posts now go to die07 Aug 2026 03:22 +0000at://did:plc:qrt5rykojeg5sbsajbu4zdke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mshm4leuac27https://blacksky.community/profile/kissane.myatproto.social/post/3mshlr7vdas2eCyd’s right but hear me out: keys to something no one can remember, preferably on a sweet-ass souvenir keychain [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Aug 2026 03:16 +0000at://did:plc:qrt5rykojeg5sbsajbu4zdke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mshlr7vdas2ehttps://blacksky.community/profile/kissane.myatproto.social/post/3mshap5pygk2kAnyway, this is great. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Aug 2026 23:58 +0000at://did:plc:qrt5rykojeg5sbsajbu4zdke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mshap5pygk2khttps://blacksky.community/profile/kissane.myatproto.social/post/3mshacgh7m22jOther folks on the project got this before I did, but I've come to see @unbreaking.org as less about broadcast—our careful work deliberately refuses to compete with immediacy—and more about the kind of thing @mattseybold.bsky.social points toward. We read and wrestle down realities together. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Aug 2026 23:51 +0000at://did:plc:qrt5rykojeg5sbsajbu4zdke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mshacgh7m22jhttps://blacksky.community/profile/kissane.myatproto.social/post/3msh24fxl5k2jThis is smart in a bunch of ways, but I have to admit to a little burst of relief/joy(??) at the idea of an ecosystem for what gambling-shaped systems slag as, like, "lifestyle" businesses. Bro I want just want a little lifestyle for everyone. UBI but it's also a cold lemonade sometimes. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Aug 2026 22:00 +0000at://did:plc:qrt5rykojeg5sbsajbu4zdke/app.bsky.feed.post/3msh24fxl5k2jhttps://blacksky.community/profile/kissane.myatproto.social/post/3msgzfmwwkc23Would love to see more of the mainstream left build just a fraction of the Trumpist drive to keep obviously unwinnable fights alive in the public imagination, but for *actually winnable fights*, instead of second-guessing/throwing everyone's rights to the wolves the moment we lose one time. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Aug 2026 21:47 +0000at://did:plc:qrt5rykojeg5sbsajbu4zdke/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgzfmwwkc23https://blacksky.community/profile/kissane.myatproto.social/post/3msgrlpaf522tIn addition to all the many, many other ways that @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social is so on point, her newsletter's on Ghost (not Substack) which is what actually understanding the crucial importance of the information ecosystem looks like. https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/cynicism-and-naivete-in-the-summer-of-a-thousand-fires/06 Aug 2026 19:28 +0000at://did:plc:qrt5rykojeg5sbsajbu4zdke/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgrlpaf522thttps://blacksky.community/profile/kissane.myatproto.social/post/3msfarvcxic2jsometimes you have to throw there is no antimemetics division on the ol' overnight audiobook player and lean in06 Aug 2026 04:54 +0000at://did:plc:qrt5rykojeg5sbsajbu4zdke/app.bsky.feed.post/3msfarvcxic2jhttps://blacksky.community/profile/kissane.myatproto.social/post/3msfae4lxlk2jMy brain grumbled about Dan's post all day and came back with: Tools easier now, data even harder than it was before. https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/07/17/1140622/weather-data-sabotage/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Aug 2026 04:47 +0000at://did:plc:qrt5rykojeg5sbsajbu4zdke/app.bsky.feed.post/3msfae4lxlk2jhttps://blacksky.community/profile/kissane.myatproto.social/post/3msermd53us2jThe other cool zone [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Aug 2026 00:23 +0000at://did:plc:qrt5rykojeg5sbsajbu4zdke/app.bsky.feed.post/3msermd53us2jhttps://blacksky.community/profile/kissane.myatproto.social/post/3msepw3ai7k2jFun times, super fun times. Cool zone super cool. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Aug 2026 23:52 +0000at://did:plc:qrt5rykojeg5sbsajbu4zdke/app.bsky.feed.post/3msepw3ai7k2jhttps://blacksky.community/profile/kissane.myatproto.social/post/3mse4yjl5qk2mWatching "liquid content" catch on in news commentary is giving me flashbacks to the last time. (Liquid web design --> responsive web design plus the structured data revolution that never really happened bc making it is awful.) https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/journalism-media-and-technology-trends-and-predictions-202605 Aug 2026 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:qrt5rykojeg5sbsajbu4zdke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mse4yjl5qk2mhttps://blacksky.community/profile/kissane.myatproto.social/post/3mse3rq6uyc24Interesting that this snarky but off-kilter speed-quote came from an account that posted every hour around the clock. Almost as though there is something…robotic? Happening? 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