Stand up.
Not because you are called to stand up
but because others may need to see you stand before they do.
Iain S Thomas
@realiainsthomas.bsky.social
22.01.2025 17:12
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Stand up.
Not because you are called to stand up
but because others may need to see you stand before they do.
Iain S Thomas
@realiainsthomas.bsky.social
I write to remind you
of the truth
because it doesn’t last.
It floats away like petals in a stream
and each day
we must find it again
and say,
“This is beautiful.
This is beautiful.”
We forget and, each day,
we must remember.
Iain S Thomas @realiainsthomas.bsky.social
This is the stuff I'm a doomer about. Real journalism takes time - even a quick, original 700-word story requires a lot of legwork, relationships, etc.
It can never compete with instant slop, or accounts that just plagiarize news for free with more sensationalistic (and wrong) framing.
NEW: Meta changed its Community Guidelines today to permit "allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation, given political and religious discourse about transgenderism and homosexuality" @knibbs.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/meta-i...
Should I be here or Threads?
We should, as a society, all agree to start the run-up to Halloween on January 1. Just for one year to see how it goes. We won't know if it works until we try it.
Shit just got real.
A Bird Circling Up
By @realiainsthomas.bsky.social
#BeKind 🩷
….Amelien?
A 5 star review that reads “I’ve listened to every episode of this podcast and enjoyed every second. I originally started listened because I missed The High Low, but now I just love this podcast in its own right and I look forward to each new episode. The topic choices are always on point and the hosts are witty, wise, honest, relatable and funny. Keep up the amazing work girls!
A five star review reading 10/10 best podcast out there. Listening to smart women discuss pop culture in the most relevant, insightful way.
A five star review reading: I love the dynamic between you all, the intelligent culture and analysis and the topics you cover. I look forward to it every week.
A five star review reading: Listen without fail every week and is definitely filling the high low shaped hole in my life. Keep up the amazing work gals. This is followed my three clapping emojis.
posting reviews feels like the final boss of self promotion but we work so hard & have been making this largely on our own. it’s a tough industry & we’re up against a lot of famous & rich faces. so if any of this sounds like a show you or someone you know would like- try us out or tell a pal
Lots of fun stuff being made lately using the Jetstream, the firehose of all Bluesky posts. Here’s a growing thread of my favorites. (Send me more!)
im on every app. im in your city, in your neighborhood. the sales associate who handed you a large when you asked for a medium? that was me. i am now behind you.
I am thrilled to announce a *late edition* to the @wired.com Big Interview event on December 3rd.
In addition to Mira Murati, Jensen Huang, Mark Cuban, and many more, we're also very lucky to host Bluesky CEO @jay.bsky.team in conversation with @knibbs.bsky.social !!
www.wired.com/story/thebig...
What's the best way to report out the *definitive* story of our autonomous robotaxi future?
A daylong car chase through the streets of San Francisco, OBVIOUSLY.
www.wired.com/story/waymo-...
We should write down the names of everything
and everyone
that keeps us whole,
that can never be blown away.
@realiainsthomas.bsky.social
I made a thing!
I was playing around with the AT protocol and as a little experiment I made a website that visualises activity around Bluesky: nightsky.hctr.dev
It listens to all new posts and shows them as little stars across a night sky 🌃
Every star is someone, somewhere, posting something
Testing, testing, 1, 2
