Research Professor in the Kahlert School of Computing at the University of Utah Here, I mostly post about decentralization and social networks. I'm more active on other topics in the fediverse at https://discuss.systems/@ricci/ .https://blacksky.community/profile/ricci.iohttps://blacksky.community/profile/ricci.io/post/3mm63siv2yc2yI decided to give @pckt.blog a try, by unrolling my Mastodon thread about datacenters into a proper longform article. https://ricci.pckt.blog/datacenters-in-utah-a-photo-essay-gehy55y19 May 2026 00:05 +0000at://did:plc:rz6grfppdzkzytcwnb66nldn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm63siv2yc2yhttps://blacksky.community/profile/ricci.io/post/3mlqsszfdi224Oh hey, it's almost like some computer scientist predicted this on FOX 13 News at 9 just a few days ago (it's me) [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 17:20 +0000at://did:plc:rz6grfppdzkzytcwnb66nldn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqsszfdi224https://blacksky.community/profile/ricci.io/post/3mlf74qlm2k2xSo uh how 'bout the incident report for that DDoS?09 May 2026 02:28 +0000at://did:plc:rz6grfppdzkzytcwnb66nldn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlf74qlm2k2xhttps://blacksky.community/profile/ricci.io/post/3ml4zfdmiu22fHey @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com thanks for your thread on the hearing re: the datacenter proposal down in your area, I was just interviewed by local news about the proposal in Box Elder County, and because of your thread I was able to tell them about this other one, which they hadn't heard of05 May 2026 20:24 +0000at://did:plc:rz6grfppdzkzytcwnb66nldn/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4zfdmiu22fhttps://blacksky.community/profile/ricci.io/post/3mkitt2572c26I should pin this [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Apr 2026 19:51 +0000at://did:plc:rz6grfppdzkzytcwnb66nldn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkitt2572c26https://blacksky.community/profile/ricci.io/post/3mkaxl7cn3s2iIt's true, I know all of the other 69 people who live here, we're all in a polycule [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Apr 2026 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:rz6grfppdzkzytcwnb66nldn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkaxl7cn3s2ihttps://blacksky.community/profile/ricci.io/post/3mk4ndazsv224so I hear we get more pixels now?22 Apr 2026 23:23 +0000at://did:plc:rz6grfppdzkzytcwnb66nldn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4ndazsv224https://blacksky.community/profile/ricci.io/post/3mjnrdeutms2uWe can just do things*! * subject to availability17 Apr 2026 01:25 +0000at://did:plc:rz6grfppdzkzytcwnb66nldn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjnrdeutms2uhttps://blacksky.community/profile/ricci.io/post/3mjnpqxq5d22nThe thing about putting all your eggs in one basket is that yes it can be a really great basket but also assholes only have to knock over one basket to break all the eggs17 Apr 2026 00:57 +0000at://did:plc:rz6grfppdzkzytcwnb66nldn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjnpqxq5d22nhttps://blacksky.community/profile/ricci.io/post/3mjnnvddxok2sI noticed the 'seen' status on some of my notifications got reset in the latest downtime - I guess that's in the appview, so implies some data loss there?17 Apr 2026 00:23 +0000at://did:plc:rz6grfppdzkzytcwnb66nldn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjnnvddxok2shttps://blacksky.community/profile/ricci.io/post/3mim5t4pznc2uIt's fun seeing @surf.social show up as the top decentralizer this week on arewedecentralizedyet.online03 Apr 2026 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:rz6grfppdzkzytcwnb66nldn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mim5t4pznc2uhttps://blacksky.community/profile/ricci.io/post/3mihxnkv6ms2eI've decided to stop bridging my Mastodon account to Bluesky because I'm not comfortable with how consent for data use is (not) handled in atproto. I'll keep posting here with my Atmosphere account but my much more voluminous fediverse posting will only be available at @ricci@discuss.systems02 Apr 2026 00:37 +0000at://did:plc:rz6grfppdzkzytcwnb66nldn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mihxnkv6ms2ehttps://blacksky.community/profile/ricci.io/post/3mifgzs54322kCash is the final boss of decentration. This is what I learned from Attie.01 Apr 2026 00:34 +0000at://did:plc:rz6grfppdzkzytcwnb66nldn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mifgzs54322khttps://blacksky.community/profile/ricci.io/post/3mhxwyyhss222Neat to see that #atprotoconf is at the same location I stayed at last summer for an academic conference, I hope folks have a good time there!26 Mar 2026 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:rz6grfppdzkzytcwnb66nldn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxwyyhss222https://blacksky.community/profile/ricci.io/post/3mhirpojeus2vOof. Remember, it's not just the AI companies themselves that are to blame for this, it's also the VCs who are inflating them with cash. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Mar 2026 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:rz6grfppdzkzytcwnb66nldn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhirpojeus2v