ændra.
@aendra.com
Creator of 📰 News feeds, @xblock.aendra.dev, @moji.blue, founder of @shoots.green, @atproto.london.
Opinions my own. Not a journalist or an engineer, but a secret third thing (trying).
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🌐 aendra.com
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Opinions my own. Not a journalist or an engineer, but a secret third thing (trying).
she/her/ze/hir 🏳️⚧️
🌐 aendra.com
🗞️ ft.com/æ
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We're tentatively planning our autumn event for 4 November, so plenty of time to pitch a talk or presentation. Ping @aendra.com if you have any ideas!
September 18, 2026 at 3:16 PM
We're tentatively planning our autumn event for 4 November, so plenty of time to pitch a talk or presentation. Ping @aendra.com if you have any ideas!
@support.bsky.team Hey I can't login to blewit.us-west.host.bsky.network and this is preventing me from fixing XBlock, mind looking at that please?
September 17, 2026 at 4:03 PM
@support.bsky.team Hey I can't login to blewit.us-west.host.bsky.network and this is preventing me from fixing XBlock, mind looking at that please?
This is super cool to see
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I'm delighted to announce that @eurosky.social and our brilliant friends from @gandersocial.ca are partnering up!
Ahead of Canada's associate EU membership announced by @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu this morning, we'll be weaving our social internets closer.
I'm delighted to announce that @eurosky.social and our brilliant friends from @gandersocial.ca are partnering up!
Ahead of Canada's associate EU membership announced by @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu this morning, we'll be weaving our social internets closer.
September 17, 2026 at 10:07 AM
This is super cool to see
Words cannot begin to describe how much I want one of these tshirts
I was asked to create this T-Shirt design for “Riot Fest” - a music festival* (*Latest Fad) in Chicago this weekend.
WARNING: It’s sure to be jam-packed with No-Good Punks and Rap Bands.
Stop by The Onion booth, and tell ‘em Kelly sent ya.
@theonion.com @riotfest.bsky.social
WARNING: It’s sure to be jam-packed with No-Good Punks and Rap Bands.
Stop by The Onion booth, and tell ‘em Kelly sent ya.
@theonion.com @riotfest.bsky.social
September 16, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Words cannot begin to describe how much I want one of these tshirts
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There were nearly three times as many people at the recent trans rights lobby than residents of Piddington
September 16, 2026 at 7:32 AM
There were nearly three times as many people at the recent trans rights lobby than residents of Piddington
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NHS Wales’ Joint Commissioning Committee said it had to suddenly stop trans surgeries for an urgent investigation.
Several weeks later and it still hasn’t even started investigating yet.
Enough’s enough, it’s time to tell the JCC: give us back our healthcare.
transactual.org.uk/blog/2026/09...
Several weeks later and it still hasn’t even started investigating yet.
Enough’s enough, it’s time to tell the JCC: give us back our healthcare.
transactual.org.uk/blog/2026/09...
Take Action to Restore Access to Gender‑Affirming Surgeries in Wales – TransActual
transactual.org.uk
September 16, 2026 at 8:01 AM
NHS Wales’ Joint Commissioning Committee said it had to suddenly stop trans surgeries for an urgent investigation.
Several weeks later and it still hasn’t even started investigating yet.
Enough’s enough, it’s time to tell the JCC: give us back our healthcare.
transactual.org.uk/blog/2026/09...
Several weeks later and it still hasn’t even started investigating yet.
Enough’s enough, it’s time to tell the JCC: give us back our healthcare.
transactual.org.uk/blog/2026/09...
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We wrote about the rights trans kids still have at school 👇
Back at school, some trans kids and their families are being threatened with discrimination. But trans kids still have rights – and schools must protect them:
https://goodlaw.social/4acv
https://goodlaw.social/4acv
It’s still unlawful to discriminate against trans kids | Good Law Project
Back at school, some trans kids and their families are being threatened with discrimination. But trans kids still have rights – and schools must protect them
goodlaw.social
September 15, 2026 at 9:53 PM
We wrote about the rights trans kids still have at school 👇
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Bluesky gives users the power to choose their algorithms, but how does this actually work in practice?
In our new preprint, we explore the ecosystem of Bluesky custom feeds and the feed creators behind them! 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2609.12958
In our new preprint, we explore the ecosystem of Bluesky custom feeds and the feed creators behind them! 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2609.12958
Middleware for Feed Recommendation in Practice: How Feed Creators Build, Maintain, and Sustain Custom Feeds on Bluesky
Scholars have long proposed third-party middleware as an alternative to centralized algorithmic feeds: feeds built and distributed by independent feed creators. This vision saw no large-scale instanti...
arxiv.org
September 14, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Bluesky gives users the power to choose their algorithms, but how does this actually work in practice?
In our new preprint, we explore the ecosystem of Bluesky custom feeds and the feed creators behind them! 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2609.12958
In our new preprint, we explore the ecosystem of Bluesky custom feeds and the feed creators behind them! 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2609.12958
I think we're back now...
Time to go fight the other fifteen fires I have burning today I guess; ugh Mondays suck
Time to go fight the other fifteen fires I have burning today I guess; ugh Mondays suck
There's apparently an issue with @xblock.aendra.dev right now, I need to update Ozone or some such, please bear with me.
September 14, 2026 at 1:52 PM
I think we're back now...
Time to go fight the other fifteen fires I have burning today I guess; ugh Mondays suck
Time to go fight the other fifteen fires I have burning today I guess; ugh Mondays suck
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So they didn’t even bother to justify it with the square root of fuck all
Absolutely shocking basic failure of governance
Absolutely shocking basic failure of governance
The NHS Wales JCC subcommittee on Quality, Safety and Outcomes have now released their “Incidents and Concerns” report that was considered at the August 26 meeting, following which all Wales gender reforming surgeries were immediately halted.
jcc.nhs.wales/committees/q...
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jcc.nhs.wales/committees/q...
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jcc.nhs.wales
September 14, 2026 at 11:04 AM
So they didn’t even bother to justify it with the square root of fuck all
Absolutely shocking basic failure of governance
Absolutely shocking basic failure of governance
There's apparently an issue with @xblock.aendra.dev right now, I need to update Ozone or some such, please bear with me.
September 14, 2026 at 12:08 PM
There's apparently an issue with @xblock.aendra.dev right now, I need to update Ozone or some such, please bear with me.
This is utterly fascinating
I’ve been OBSESSED with the Shard apartments for at least a decade. Priced at up to £50m. Visible across London. Empty since 2012. Unsellable. No pictures online. Now London Centric has found out what’s happened to them - and the first pic of the interior. www.londoncentric.media/p/the-shard-...
‘Airbnb for sheikhs’: The first look inside the Shard’s £50m apartments that won’t sell
Ten “cursed” apartments have sat empty since 2012 • The Qatari state can’t find buyers • The local council has approved plans to turn them into short-term lets at up to £18,000 per week
www.londoncentric.media
September 13, 2026 at 2:11 PM
This is utterly fascinating
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Check out my analysis of the day 👇
“We’ve heard almost nothing” from Andy Burnham on Trans+ rights say the Trans+ Solidarity Alliance said after 1,000 people signed up to lobby MPs about the segregation in the EHRC Code of Practice
www.wearequeeraf.com/speak-up-on-...
www.wearequeeraf.com/speak-up-on-...
Speak up on Trans+ rights, Andy Burnham urged after 1000-strong mass lobby
“We’ve heard almost nothing” from Andy Burnham on Trans+ rights say the Trans+ Solidarity Alliance said after 1,000 people signed up to lobby MPs about the segregation in the EHRC Code of Practice
www.wearequeeraf.com
September 12, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Check out my analysis of the day 👇
Had to buy a WiFi router for my partner because apparently downloading every image on Bluesky's firehose over a residential connection isn't so good for playing VR games
September 11, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Had to buy a WiFi router for my partner because apparently downloading every image on Bluesky's firehose over a residential connection isn't so good for playing VR games
Aww shucks, I'm mentioned in this splendid piece about why @graze.social is super cool 💚
September 10, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Aww shucks, I'm mentioned in this splendid piece about why @graze.social is super cool 💚
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RTFT the entire anglo-sphere's ruling classes are collectively melting their brains on far-right propaganda which they think accurately reflects reality.
Which means we're all increasingly living in the shitty world the fascist tech bros are building.
get. off. fascist. tech. now.
Which means we're all increasingly living in the shitty world the fascist tech bros are building.
get. off. fascist. tech. now.
Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature
Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...
www.nature.com
September 8, 2026 at 10:32 AM
RTFT the entire anglo-sphere's ruling classes are collectively melting their brains on far-right propaganda which they think accurately reflects reality.
Which means we're all increasingly living in the shitty world the fascist tech bros are building.
get. off. fascist. tech. now.
Which means we're all increasingly living in the shitty world the fascist tech bros are building.
get. off. fascist. tech. now.
First day I've been back to the office in like 4 months and I suddenly have an urge to start smoking again
September 8, 2026 at 9:24 AM
First day I've been back to the office in like 4 months and I suddenly have an urge to start smoking again
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anyone following me still in the northsky queue, hmu, i could use help testing something
September 6, 2026 at 10:18 PM
anyone following me still in the northsky queue, hmu, i could use help testing something
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Can we please compare this to the response to some chalk on some statues saying ‘trans rights are human rights’ lol?
September 5, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Can we please compare this to the response to some chalk on some statues saying ‘trans rights are human rights’ lol?
The cruelty of this decision is absolutely staggering. People in hospitals, being prepped for surgery suddenly being told "Nah nevermind, you've been discharged, buh-bye!".
If this were happening to cis people, there'd be wall to wall coverage.
If this were happening to cis people, there'd be wall to wall coverage.
Questions are being raised over the evidence behind NHS Wales's decision to cancel surgeries for Welsh Gender Service patients, who tell QueerAF of their 'absolute devastation'
www.wearequeeraf.com/devastated-u...
www.wearequeeraf.com/devastated-u...
“Devastated”: Up to 800 Trans+ patients affected by Welsh Gender Service surgery cancellations
Questions are being raised over the evidence behind NHS Wales's decision to cancel surgeries for Welsh Gender Service patients, who tell QueerAF of their 'absolute devastation'
www.wearequeeraf.com
September 5, 2026 at 12:24 PM
The cruelty of this decision is absolutely staggering. People in hospitals, being prepped for surgery suddenly being told "Nah nevermind, you've been discharged, buh-bye!".
If this were happening to cis people, there'd be wall to wall coverage.
If this were happening to cis people, there'd be wall to wall coverage.
Be influential on *Bluesky*, as in, people actually *want* to sip from that poisoned chalice?
Oh dear.
Oh dear.
September 5, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Be influential on *Bluesky*, as in, people actually *want* to sip from that poisoned chalice?
Oh dear.
Oh dear.
Brighton Psych Fest was amazing, like every act was phenomenal. Highly recommended if you want a chill seaside rock festival.
September 4, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Brighton Psych Fest was amazing, like every act was phenomenal. Highly recommended if you want a chill seaside rock festival.
I'll be watching very closely how these new dogpile rules are actually enforced. They give me an intense "we gotta do *something* about those goddamn transes" vibe...
Much as I think these unwritten “dogpiling” rules are bunk…
I *do* think if you’re a cis white guy with over 500k followers you should not be quoting a ~2k follower trans woman with a shit take, especially if you’re not adding to the convo.
You *know* you’re inciting a dogpile.
I *do* think if you’re a cis white guy with over 500k followers you should not be quoting a ~2k follower trans woman with a shit take, especially if you’re not adding to the convo.
You *know* you’re inciting a dogpile.
September 4, 2026 at 11:58 AM
I'll be watching very closely how these new dogpile rules are actually enforced. They give me an intense "we gotta do *something* about those goddamn transes" vibe...