Lyre Calliope 🧭✨
@captaincalliope.at
🌐 Working at the intersection of movements, media, and the social web to expand collective agency
🛠️ Seeking collaborations to reshape systems that concentrate power and shape how we live
🧭 Field Notes @spacecadets.love
👂 Current focus @ecosystemaction.com
🛠️ Seeking collaborations to reshape systems that concentrate power and shape how we live
🧭 Field Notes @spacecadets.love
👂 Current focus @ecosystemaction.com
Pinned
Every user AND non-user of "AI" on this website with strong feelings about it is falling right into the hands of the fascists pushing the tech on us. Infighting about LLMs on the left IS THE POINT of nation-state & corp oligarch mass manipulation on social media. So we fight each other, not them.
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"A counterculture does something else entirely. It finds the ungoverned space, builds the parallel system, and reaches the audience first.
The mainstream is then forced to respond to something it had neither authorised nor understood."
Great theory of change for science (and a lot of other fields)
The mainstream is then forced to respond to something it had neither authorised nor understood."
Great theory of change for science (and a lot of other fields)
September 17, 2026 at 12:24 AM
"A counterculture does something else entirely. It finds the ungoverned space, builds the parallel system, and reaches the audience first.
The mainstream is then forced to respond to something it had neither authorised nor understood."
Great theory of change for science (and a lot of other fields)
The mainstream is then forced to respond to something it had neither authorised nor understood."
Great theory of change for science (and a lot of other fields)
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i guess in a way this is the most widely used one, but also one that is severely underused in other ways.
definitely identity. i've long been of the opinion that there are obviously cool things that come from public data and all the public pieces of the proto, but identity is higher impact.
definitely identity. i've long been of the opinion that there are obviously cool things that come from public data and all the public pieces of the proto, but identity is higher impact.
@hailey.at what's your favorite atproto feature? Not the highest leverage/most widely used one, ideally something that you think is really elegant/clean at a conceptual level
September 16, 2026 at 8:32 PM
i guess in a way this is the most widely used one, but also one that is severely underused in other ways.
definitely identity. i've long been of the opinion that there are obviously cool things that come from public data and all the public pieces of the proto, but identity is higher impact.
definitely identity. i've long been of the opinion that there are obviously cool things that come from public data and all the public pieces of the proto, but identity is higher impact.
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Every time I build something I just slap atproto oauth into it. I just wrapped up an admin interface and asked for everyone's handle/did rather than "here's a bunch of credentials to put in your password manager"
i've probably posted this before, but i think its severely overrated to use atproto for the public data. it's cool, yea yea yea. but i personally care much less about it! i care far more about the proof that identity provides about who someone/myself is rather than public data
September 16, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Every time I build something I just slap atproto oauth into it. I just wrapped up an admin interface and asked for everyone's handle/did rather than "here's a bunch of credentials to put in your password manager"
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Hi I wrote a big thread that I'm going to turn into a blog post.
But this is the real reason I want you to leave substack and use Leaflet or Pckt or Offprint!
But this is the real reason I want you to leave substack and use Leaflet or Pckt or Offprint!
TLDR: The Atmosphere is important because it creates a system where it is systemically impossible for apps to exploit you and society to enrich themselves. It protects you and it protects everyone!
Please use Atmosphere apps, we're really trying to do something good here.
Please use Atmosphere apps, we're really trying to do something good here.
September 11, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Hi I wrote a big thread that I'm going to turn into a blog post.
But this is the real reason I want you to leave substack and use Leaflet or Pckt or Offprint!
But this is the real reason I want you to leave substack and use Leaflet or Pckt or Offprint!
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📣🔁✏️Help me Hire Social Media Writers!✏️🔁📣
Friends,
in April I burned out so hard on posting I couldn't talk about my or @fujocoded.bsky.social work at all.
I've resolved to fix it—by hiring someone to do what I can't.
Know writers who get fandom? Help me reach them!
forms.gle/KZ2yvEWYC2W2...
Friends,
in April I burned out so hard on posting I couldn't talk about my or @fujocoded.bsky.social work at all.
I've resolved to fix it—by hiring someone to do what I can't.
Know writers who get fandom? Help me reach them!
forms.gle/KZ2yvEWYC2W2...
September 16, 2026 at 11:49 PM
📣🔁✏️Help me Hire Social Media Writers!✏️🔁📣
Friends,
in April I burned out so hard on posting I couldn't talk about my or @fujocoded.bsky.social work at all.
I've resolved to fix it—by hiring someone to do what I can't.
Know writers who get fandom? Help me reach them!
forms.gle/KZ2yvEWYC2W2...
Friends,
in April I burned out so hard on posting I couldn't talk about my or @fujocoded.bsky.social work at all.
I've resolved to fix it—by hiring someone to do what I can't.
Know writers who get fandom? Help me reach them!
forms.gle/KZ2yvEWYC2W2...
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We built a new social media algorithm from the ground up that gives you full control. And we figured hey, while wer're doing that, let's design it to help people out with their conflicts.
www.betterconflictbulletin.org/p/the-first-...
www.betterconflictbulletin.org/p/the-first-...
The First Social Media Algorithm You Control is Designed for Constructive Conversation
GreenEarth is an open, controllable feed algorithm that is scientifically tested to reduce polarization
www.betterconflictbulletin.org
August 17, 2026 at 10:03 PM
We built a new social media algorithm from the ground up that gives you full control. And we figured hey, while wer're doing that, let's design it to help people out with their conflicts.
www.betterconflictbulletin.org/p/the-first-...
www.betterconflictbulletin.org/p/the-first-...
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A personalized feed designed for constructive conversation.
Settings | Why am I seeing This | How It Works | Feedback
Settings | Why am I seeing This | How It Works | Feedback
August 6, 2026 at 12:55 AM
A personalized feed designed for constructive conversation.
Settings | Why am I seeing This | How It Works | Feedback
Settings | Why am I seeing This | How It Works | Feedback
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Social media discourse is driven by false #polarization
We find that:
1) ideologues post opinions more than moderates
2) extreme attitudes are posted more than moderate one
3) This replicates in 40 countries
4) Opinions that users post are more hostile than the beliefs they keep to themselves
We find that:
1) ideologues post opinions more than moderates
2) extreme attitudes are posted more than moderate one
3) This replicates in 40 countries
4) Opinions that users post are more hostile than the beliefs they keep to themselves
August 24, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Social media discourse is driven by false #polarization
We find that:
1) ideologues post opinions more than moderates
2) extreme attitudes are posted more than moderate one
3) This replicates in 40 countries
4) Opinions that users post are more hostile than the beliefs they keep to themselves
We find that:
1) ideologues post opinions more than moderates
2) extreme attitudes are posted more than moderate one
3) This replicates in 40 countries
4) Opinions that users post are more hostile than the beliefs they keep to themselves
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Here's a direct link to the new mysky.social feed (formerly Green Earth) by @jonathanstray.com and team. First atmosphere feed I know of designed to promote constructive conversation.
bsky.app/profile/mysk...
bsky.app/profile/mysk...
September 9, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Here's a direct link to the new mysky.social feed (formerly Green Earth) by @jonathanstray.com and team. First atmosphere feed I know of designed to promote constructive conversation.
bsky.app/profile/mysk...
bsky.app/profile/mysk...
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📣 HIRING CALL: Social Media Writers 📣
Want to help build a better future for the (fandom) web with a ragtag team of professional fujin, and maybe even—gasp!—let people hear about it? Want to do so for $15/hour, 2 hours a week?
Check out AND spread our hiring call!
fujocoded.com/hiring#hirin...
Want to help build a better future for the (fandom) web with a ragtag team of professional fujin, and maybe even—gasp!—let people hear about it? Want to do so for $15/hour, 2 hours a week?
Check out AND spread our hiring call!
fujocoded.com/hiring#hirin...
September 16, 2026 at 10:13 PM
📣 HIRING CALL: Social Media Writers 📣
Want to help build a better future for the (fandom) web with a ragtag team of professional fujin, and maybe even—gasp!—let people hear about it? Want to do so for $15/hour, 2 hours a week?
Check out AND spread our hiring call!
fujocoded.com/hiring#hirin...
Want to help build a better future for the (fandom) web with a ragtag team of professional fujin, and maybe even—gasp!—let people hear about it? Want to do so for $15/hour, 2 hours a week?
Check out AND spread our hiring call!
fujocoded.com/hiring#hirin...
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Fujoshi, fudanshi, fujin, and friends: we have NEWS! 📣
In this edition:
- 💼 Now Hiring: social media writers
- 🗺 FujoGuide’s cutest roadmap
- 📚 Issue 2 (Pre)²view announcement + cover
And (🥁🥁🥁) seeking our very own, very first "Funblr Sexyman"...and its artist! 👇🧵
In this edition:
- 💼 Now Hiring: social media writers
- 🗺 FujoGuide’s cutest roadmap
- 📚 Issue 2 (Pre)²view announcement + cover
And (🥁🥁🥁) seeking our very own, very first "Funblr Sexyman"...and its artist! 👇🧵
September 16, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Fujoshi, fudanshi, fujin, and friends: we have NEWS! 📣
In this edition:
- 💼 Now Hiring: social media writers
- 🗺 FujoGuide’s cutest roadmap
- 📚 Issue 2 (Pre)²view announcement + cover
And (🥁🥁🥁) seeking our very own, very first "Funblr Sexyman"...and its artist! 👇🧵
In this edition:
- 💼 Now Hiring: social media writers
- 🗺 FujoGuide’s cutest roadmap
- 📚 Issue 2 (Pre)²view announcement + cover
And (🥁🥁🥁) seeking our very own, very first "Funblr Sexyman"...and its artist! 👇🧵
Vaccine maxxing today with 5 vaccines. 💉
A little achy, but I did this for all of us.
Ok, mostly me, but also you're welcome.
A little achy, but I did this for all of us.
Ok, mostly me, but also you're welcome.
Acetaminophen Tylenol My Beloved
ALT: Acetaminophen Tylenol My Beloved
static.klipy.com
September 16, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Vaccine maxxing today with 5 vaccines. 💉
A little achy, but I did this for all of us.
Ok, mostly me, but also you're welcome.
A little achy, but I did this for all of us.
Ok, mostly me, but also you're welcome.
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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
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Okay, since a lot of folks have been asking me exactly how to get involved after the popularity of this - I am working on a volunteer educational project to get both devs and artists together
Please get in contact! Reply, feel free to message me, ect!
special thanks to @nerdigrey.bsky.social
Please get in contact! Reply, feel free to message me, ect!
special thanks to @nerdigrey.bsky.social
September 15, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Okay, since a lot of folks have been asking me exactly how to get involved after the popularity of this - I am working on a volunteer educational project to get both devs and artists together
Please get in contact! Reply, feel free to message me, ect!
special thanks to @nerdigrey.bsky.social
Please get in contact! Reply, feel free to message me, ect!
special thanks to @nerdigrey.bsky.social
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anyway PBS just released a documentary about the history of AI: youtu.be/dLQzVLtvdv8?...
CN for racism, race science, anti-Blackness, misogyny, ableism, eugenics, Elon Musk
CN for racism, race science, anti-Blackness, misogyny, ableism, eugenics, Elon Musk
Ghost in the Machine | Full Documentary
YouTube video by PBS Documentaries
youtu.be
September 15, 2026 at 9:00 PM
anyway PBS just released a documentary about the history of AI: youtu.be/dLQzVLtvdv8?...
CN for racism, race science, anti-Blackness, misogyny, ableism, eugenics, Elon Musk
CN for racism, race science, anti-Blackness, misogyny, ableism, eugenics, Elon Musk
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calling all artists 👩🎨 writers 🪶 zine makers 📒 crafters 🧱
pckt.blog wants to hear from you 🫵
we want pckt to be an online home for your craft, whatever it may be.
what kinds of features would you want in a place to share your work? 👀
pckt.blog wants to hear from you 🫵
we want pckt to be an online home for your craft, whatever it may be.
what kinds of features would you want in a place to share your work? 👀
September 15, 2026 at 3:18 PM
calling all artists 👩🎨 writers 🪶 zine makers 📒 crafters 🧱
pckt.blog wants to hear from you 🫵
we want pckt to be an online home for your craft, whatever it may be.
what kinds of features would you want in a place to share your work? 👀
pckt.blog wants to hear from you 🫵
we want pckt to be an online home for your craft, whatever it may be.
what kinds of features would you want in a place to share your work? 👀
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It’s up on YouTube now!
Ghost in the Machine | What is Artificial Intelligence? | Full Documentary
YouTube video by PBS Documentaries
m.youtube.com
September 15, 2026 at 1:39 AM
It’s up on YouTube now!
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The brilliant AI documentary Ghost in the Machine characterizing AI, or its originating philosophical and eugenic ideas, as a kind of “white flight from the human body” is 🤌
September 15, 2026 at 1:34 AM
The brilliant AI documentary Ghost in the Machine characterizing AI, or its originating philosophical and eugenic ideas, as a kind of “white flight from the human body” is 🤌
@blackskyweb.xyz @stream.place from the looks of it yall are already probably working on this issue, but I thought I'd flag it anyways just in case. Errors when attempting to log into streamplace. Errors attached from two separate attempts. Android client.
September 15, 2026 at 2:23 AM
@blackskyweb.xyz @stream.place from the looks of it yall are already probably working on this issue, but I thought I'd flag it anyways just in case. Errors when attempting to log into streamplace. Errors attached from two separate attempts. Android client.
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If you would like help writing user-facing documentation that is clear and understandable at the level of the common user, I have spent 15 years translating technical jargon into user-facing instruction and documentation for social workers, nurses, care workers, teachers, store clerks, etc.
Reminder to ATproto/Atmosphere app developers out there: I recently had yet another conversation with someone who has been curious about one of your apps but intimidated by all the tech jargon & lack of non-techie user documentation.
PLEASEplease read my post:
debbieohi.leaflet.pub/3mrpuaxmkw22i
PLEASEplease read my post:
debbieohi.leaflet.pub/3mrpuaxmkw22i
Why good non-techie user documentation is vital for a wider embrace of the ATmosphere
Plus tips on writing good user documentation
debbieohi.leaflet.pub
September 14, 2026 at 7:53 PM
If you would like help writing user-facing documentation that is clear and understandable at the level of the common user, I have spent 15 years translating technical jargon into user-facing instruction and documentation for social workers, nurses, care workers, teachers, store clerks, etc.
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Debbie is such a generous writer I’m delighted she’s working on building the Atmosphere. Some excellent advice here.
Reminder to ATproto/Atmosphere app developers out there: I recently had yet another conversation with someone who has been curious about one of your apps but intimidated by all the tech jargon & lack of non-techie user documentation.
PLEASEplease read my post:
debbieohi.leaflet.pub/3mrpuaxmkw22i
PLEASEplease read my post:
debbieohi.leaflet.pub/3mrpuaxmkw22i
Why good non-techie user documentation is vital for a wider embrace of the ATmosphere
Plus tips on writing good user documentation
debbieohi.leaflet.pub
September 14, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Debbie is such a generous writer I’m delighted she’s working on building the Atmosphere. Some excellent advice here.
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A good read about sociotechnical systems in fascist times
"Omarchy should not matter. But sadly it does. As a power grab."
I wrote about why we have to care about Omarchy. As a fascist power grab within the FLOSS ecosystem.
I wrote about why we have to care about Omarchy. As a fascist power grab within the FLOSS ecosystem.
Power grab
Omarchy should not matter. But sadly it does. As a power grab. If you don’t know what Omarchy is here’s the short summary. David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of RubyOnRails, owner of a software business and millionaire, decided a few months ago to go all in on Linux and – because that’s just his MO – […]
tante.cc
September 14, 2026 at 4:25 PM
A good read about sociotechnical systems in fascist times
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NoKings is back October 17. On a public street near you.
See you then?
https://www.nokings.org
#NoKings
See you then?
https://www.nokings.org
#NoKings
No Kings
For more than a year, millions of people have come together to send a clear message: in America, we have no kings. Power doesn't belong to billionaires, strongmen, or politicians who think they're above accountability — it belongs to the people, but only if we use it.
www.nokings.org
September 13, 2026 at 12:30 AM
NoKings is back October 17. On a public street near you.
See you then?
https://www.nokings.org
#NoKings
See you then?
https://www.nokings.org
#NoKings
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If you're developing in this area: ask yourself what bottleneck in your domain can be solved WITH the protocol—not just "on" the protocol. How can a PDS change the way people live off the Web?
Otherwise we're just building new ways to do the same things.
Otherwise we're just building new ways to do the same things.
September 10, 2026 at 11:37 PM
If you're developing in this area: ask yourself what bottleneck in your domain can be solved WITH the protocol—not just "on" the protocol. How can a PDS change the way people live off the Web?
Otherwise we're just building new ways to do the same things.
Otherwise we're just building new ways to do the same things.
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Guys... GUYS, listen. I am begging you all to think bigger!
The Atmosphere may be a fun space to explore how familiar services and apps interact—but it's still just social media.
The protocol enables us to change behaviors and solve *systemic* problems
It's the thing that gets us TO the thing.
The Atmosphere may be a fun space to explore how familiar services and apps interact—but it's still just social media.
The protocol enables us to change behaviors and solve *systemic* problems
It's the thing that gets us TO the thing.
September 10, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Guys... GUYS, listen. I am begging you all to think bigger!
The Atmosphere may be a fun space to explore how familiar services and apps interact—but it's still just social media.
The protocol enables us to change behaviors and solve *systemic* problems
It's the thing that gets us TO the thing.
The Atmosphere may be a fun space to explore how familiar services and apps interact—but it's still just social media.
The protocol enables us to change behaviors and solve *systemic* problems
It's the thing that gets us TO the thing.