I thought I'd package up my previous wrapper for Mastodon support, port over my BoxLang Bluesky module, and properly release the code on GitHub for folks who want it. Right now I'm using one repo for both Bluesky and Mastodon. Usually I'd separate them, but with the support being a grand total of one file each, I figured no one would mind getting the extra code if they only care about one.
Good morning, programs! Today I'm sharing yet another example of Chrome's on-device AI features, this time to demonstrate a "Bluesky Sentiment Dashboard". In other words, a tool that lets you enter terms and then get a report on the average sentiment for posts using that word. I actually did this before (and yes, I forgot until about a minute ago) last year using Transformers.js: Building a Bluesky AI Sentiment Analysis Dashboard.
After testing the feature in a limited beta, Bluesky is making its "Live Now" badge for streamers available for everyone on the social network to try. Live Now is included as part of Bluesky's v1.114 update, alongside "cashtags," a separate type of hashtag for collecting conversations about publicly-traded companies. Bluesky first started testing its Live Now badge in May 2025 with a limited group of accounts, including the official NBA account.
As the year draws to an end, hosts Michael Calore and Lauren Goode have some news to share with listeners. But first, they head over to the pool to unwind and reflect on what they'll be watching for in the tech space this upcoming year, and what they think should stay behind. Articles mentioned in this episode: You can follow Michael Calore on Bluesky at @snackfight, Lauren Goode on Bluesky at @laurengoode, Brian Barrett on Bluesky at @brbarrett, and Zoé Schiffer on Bluesky at @zoeschiffer.
Contact import has always been the most effective way to find people you know on a social app, but it's also been poorly implemented or abused by platforms. Even with encryption, phone numbers have been leaked or brute-forced, sold to spammers, or used by platforms for dubious purposes. We weren't willing to accept that risk, so we developed a fundamentally more secure approach that protects your data.
The White House joined Bluesky on Friday evening, and less than 48 hours later, it has been blocked by more than 92,000 users, according to VQV, an app that tracks Bluesky stats. Vance has racked up 166,000 blocks since joining the platform in June. That means at this rate, the White House will leapfrog the vice president for the infamous, or venerable, depending on who you ask, position of being the most-blocked account on Bluesky.
The Trump administration is taking its social media attacks on Democratic opponents to an unlikely platform, with the White House and numerous other government agencies joining Bluesky on Friday. In its first post, the new White House account uploaded a highlight reel of Trump footage and memes, along with the message, "What's up, Bluesky? We thought you might've missed some of our greatest hits, so we put this together for you."
Social networking startup Bluesky is rolling out one of users' most in-demand features - no, not an edit button! - bookmarks. The company on Monday announced the new addition, which it calls Saved Posts. The feature is accessible through a new bookmark icon underneath each post, next to the heart for favoriting. Your saved posts can then be viewed at any time from the new "Saved" section in the app's main navigation.
A study examining 2.6m Bluesky posts referencing more than 500,000 scholarly articles over the past two and a half years found they demonstrated substantially higher levels of interaction likes, reposts, replies and quotes and greater textual originality than previously reported for X, formerly Twitter. It comes with the fledgling platform battling reports of a decline in its active user base and activity in recent months.
I actually run from my family outdated PC a full scan in realtime of bluesky with some python code. And then later : - AppViews are actual "application backends". Bluesky operates the bsky.app appview, i.e. what people know as the Bluesky app. Importantly, in ATProto, there is no reason for everyone to run their own AppView. You can run one (and it costs about $300/mo to run a Bluesky AppView ingesting all data currently on the network in real time if you want to do that).
Her pathway to her current job was unconventional: She was originally hired by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey to run an internal research project called Bluesky. The vision, essentially, was an open-source, "decentralized" version of Twitter where individual moderators, unaffiliated with either company, could host their own versions of the social media platform each with their own rules around content moderation, data privacy and censorship.
Put another way, SSPs are being cut out of deals as much as possible in the interest of supply-path optimization - which means more demand is flowing through OpenPath, TTD's direct connection to publishers. Oh, and TTD gets more revenue in the long run. But should all SSPs really be classified as resellers? Under the IAB's ads.txt spec , publishers can declare SSPs as either direct or indirect sellers of their ad inventory. And if the SSP is authorized as a direct seller in ads.txt, then it "is indeed a direct supply chain," according to Jounce . But a recent update to TTD's partner portal says: "We consider SSPs to be intermediaries because they are not a direct path to inventory." That's why, when a publisher sells inventory through an SSP and OpenPath, TTD's Kokai platform penalizes the SSP path and prioritizes OpenPath . TTD defends this approach by noting some SSPs take exorbitant cuts of publisher revenue and claiming that OpenPath funnels more money to pubs. But one anonymous source tells Digiday they've seen publisher payouts drop 50% as TTD directs more spend to OpenPath.
Marine biologist and conservationist David Shiffman was an early power user and evangelist for science engagement on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. Over the years, he trained more than 2,000 early career scientists on how to best use the platform for professional goals: networking with colleagues, sharing new scientific papers, and communicating with interested members of the public.
Flashes offers a scrollable feed of photos and videos while allowing users to browse over 50,000 custom feeds in Bluesky, integrating well with the existing community.
