Scripting News: Friday, April 4, 2025
Friday, April 4, 2025 How Bluesky hooks up via RSS into a powerful news system. # Bluesky is centralized , version 2. I wasn't satisfied with the blog post I wrote in March. I felt it was poorly organized and hard to understand, so I edited it, to get it down to its essential elements, and at the end explain why it's so important to get this right. Basically, by trying to be the universe, Bluesky is cutting off easy connections that can be made with other networks, make the system work better for communication, and at least deliver some of the freedom we all want. They've been very successful, and deserve to profit from that, but recognize it plays a larger role today than just as a business, so let's spread it out so it's harder to shut it down. This is a real concern, not just a nice-to-have thing. # ChatGPT colorized the photo of my grandfather on his tribute site . # Just tried an experiment , I asked ChatGPT to review ActivityPub re Ru...