favs.blue
Sign in
@mfzx.net avatar

maxine s. fritz

@mfzx.net
Most liked Most reposted
All time Last month
  1. 1

    the establishment just hates the idea of a free and open internet, we should all recognize that fact and start fighting against it

    Stop Killing Games @stopkillinggames.bsky.social
    The Entertainment Software Association doubled down on community servers being illegal. In a statement to @pcgamer.com, ESA rep wrote: "Private servers infringe on the intellectual property (IP) rights of game publishers. Publishers reserve the right to exercise their rights against them."
    79 29
    Jun 30, 2026
  2. 2

    lol

    TechCrunch comment from "Justin" on July 15th, 2006 at 9:48 pm I think this is the dumbest thing ever! Who would want all their personal text messages on a public website for anyone to read and track?
    maxine s. fritz @mfzx.net
    Odeo released a new service today called Twttr, which is a sort of “group send” SMS application. Each person controls their own network of friends. When any of them send a text message to “40404,” all of his or her friends see the message via sms. #20yearsago
    TechCrunch article from a July 19th, 2006 archive. Title: Odeo Releases Twttr Published: July 15th, 2006 Author: Michael Arrington 62 comments Odeo released a new service today called Twttr, which is a sort of “group send” SMS application. Each person controls their own network of friends. When any of them send a text message to “40404,” all of his or her friends see the message via sms. This launched officially today, and a few select insiders were playing with the service at the Valleyschwag party in San Francisco last night. People are using it to send messages like “Cleaning my apartment” and “Hungry”. You can also add friends via text message, nudge friends, etc. It really a social network around text messaging - and is very similar to another service called Dodgeball. Users can also post and view messages on the Twttr website, turn off text messages from certain people, turn off messages altogether, etc. There is also a status widget available that can be placed on a website. I like the service although I was not able to sign up for it myself (someone added me at the same time I tried to register directly, the result was lockout of my phone number). I’ve been playing around with someone else’s account until I can figure out how to get my number sorted out.
    62 21
    Jul 14, 2026
  3. 3

    "When it's all said and done, the Atmosphere is just a medium for communication and information transfer. You mustn't confuse it with reality."

    You're wrong. The border between the two isn't all that clear. I'll be able to enter it soon. In full range. Full motion. I'll translate myself into it.

    Serial Experiments Lain, Episode 4, at the 18:02 mark Lain looks up from her computer to talk to her dad
    71 17
    Jul 22, 2026
  4. 4

    seems like some people in texas are getting hit with the age assurance screen so time to post this again

    Bluesky's age assurance sucks, here's how to work around it.
    Bluesky's age assurance sucks, here's how to work around it. - bluesky-osa.md
    Our Flag Means Death Frames @ofmdframes.bsky.social
    bsky said happy pride texas, age verification is now required and also broken lmao
    17:17 • Age Assurance Hey there! You are accessing Bluesky from a region that legally requires us to verify your age before allowing you to access the app. If you believe your birthdate is incorrect, you can update it by clicking here. • For organizational accounts, use the birthdate of the person who is responsible for the account. • Verify now Age assurance only takes a few minutes • Is your location not accurate? Tap here to update your location with GPS. * Bluesky To log out, click here. Or if you'd prefer, you can delete your account. 17:17 • Age Assurance Hey there! You are accessing Bluesky from a region that legally requires us to verify your age before allowing you to access the app. If you believe vour birthdate is incorrect. vou can • Age Assurance Verify your age We have partnered with KWS to handle age verification. When you click "Begin" below, KWS will email you instructions to complete the verification process. If your email address has already been used to verify your age for another game or service that uses KWS, you won't need to do it again. When you're done, you'll be brought back to continue using Bluesky. This should only take a few minutes. Your email Use your account email address, or another real email address you control, in case KWS or Bluesky needs to contact you. Your preferred language English Something went wrong, please try again Begin
    34 14
    Jun 30, 2026
  5. 5

    DRM should be widely viewed as the anti-competitive, anti-consumer practice that it is, and any implementor of it should be met with a boycott and/or lawsuit, send tweet

    57 13
    Jul 1, 2026
  6. 6

    open discussion on the intersection of @atproto.com and @iroh.computer

    Proposal: iroh-with-atp
    I have published a draft proposal describing an interoperable method for binding atproto users to Iroh endpoints they can be reached from, for use in social P2P applications: This is an open reques...
    36 9
    Jul 20, 2026
  7. 7

    Odeo released a new service today called Twttr, which is a sort of “group send” SMS application. Each person controls their own network of friends. When any of them send a text message to “40404,” all of his or her friends see the message via sms.

    #20yearsago

    TechCrunch article from a July 19th, 2006 archive. Title: Odeo Releases Twttr Published: July 15th, 2006 Author: Michael Arrington 62 comments Odeo released a new service today called Twttr, which is a sort of “group send” SMS application. Each person controls their own network of friends. When any of them send a text message to “40404,” all of his or her friends see the message via sms. This launched officially today, and a few select insiders were playing with the service at the Valleyschwag party in San Francisco last night. People are using it to send messages like “Cleaning my apartment” and “Hungry”. You can also add friends via text message, nudge friends, etc. It really a social network around text messaging - and is very similar to another service called Dodgeball. Users can also post and view messages on the Twttr website, turn off text messages from certain people, turn off messages altogether, etc. There is also a status widget available that can be placed on a website. I like the service although I was not able to sign up for it myself (someone added me at the same time I tried to register directly, the result was lockout of my phone number). I’ve been playing around with someone else’s account until I can figure out how to get my number sorted out.
    36 8
    Jul 14, 2026
  8. 8

    Reply to @null.namespaces.me

    less infra overhead = more sex with computers. exactly.

    15 4
    Jul 19, 2026
  9. 9

    samhain is typing...

    21 4
    Jul 8, 2026
  10. 10

    "poked the bear" award goes to anthropic

    Laurens @laurenshof.online
    well that didnt take long www.reuters.com/world/beijin...
    EXCLUSIVE: Beijing is looking at curbing overseas access to China's top AI models, sources say
    Chinese authorities have held meetings with top tech firms over the past month ​about potentially restricting overseas access to China's most advanced AI models, including those yet to be released, th...
    49 4
    Jul 7, 2026
  11. 11

    "average person uses 5 concurrent umans sessions at a time" factoid actually just statistical error. average person uses 1 session at a time. Jeff Sessions, who lives in a cave & uses 10,000 each day, is an outlier and should not have been counted

    34 3
    Jul 3, 2026
  12. 12

    Hey #Followers: Check this out. Pretty #Cool.

    eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer
    hello miri
    undefined ▶
    5 2
    Jul 24, 2026
  13. 13

    Reply

    less infra overhead = more product velocity. exactly.

    8 2
    Jul 23, 2026
  14. 14

    they should transfer it to the IETF Trust ASAP

    Trademarks and Logos – IETF Trust
    AT Protocol Developers @atproto.com
    @bsky.app recently acquired the trademark for AT Protocol (and variants) to help protect the ecosystem. Here’s more about what that means. atproto.com/blog/at-prot...
    AT Protocol Trademark
    Bluesky now owns the trademark for AT Protocol to shield the ecosystem and make sure it can be used as widely as possible.
    18 2
    Jul 16, 2026
  15. 15

    i don't think anyone should use w social, and i think the atproto dev community should disown it entirely

    13 2
    Jul 13, 2026
  16. 16

    Reply

    following ted's recommendation, i will be writing and publishing an overview of the cases for/against updating the URI specification to permit DID-as-authority

    3 2
    Jul 10, 2026
  17. 17

    Reply to @mfzx.net

    List of years in the Faroe Islands - Wikipedia
    6 2
    Jul 9, 2026
  18. 18

    there's a point to be made that DRM actually causes a net *loss* in a publisher's ability to profit off of a piece of media 🙃

    maxine s. fritz @mfzx.net
    DRM should be widely viewed as the anti-competitive, anti-consumer practice that it is, and any implementor of it should be met with a boycott and/or lawsuit, send tweet
    7 2
    Jul 1, 2026
  19. 19

    i hope my mutuals are all about this cause i am

    👁️🍄🪸 @bloomfilters.plus
    i think in light of how much anglosphere biopolitical lawfare has operated on the claimed immutability of sex at this rate the term "transsexual" is likely going to make a return just organically from trans people & their communities themselves atp
    21 2
    Jul 1, 2026
  20. 20

    Reply

    maxine s. fritz @mfzx.net
    big fan of this, would be neat to do with the firehose
    Hatnote Listen to Wikipedia
    Listen to recent changes on Wikipedia
    2 1
    Jul 25, 2026
  21. 21

    Reply to @mfzx.net

    seems to be converging on "at:did:…"?

    4 1
    Jul 23, 2026
  22. 22

    Reply to @mfzx.net

    @bnewbold.net: "IMHO adding a post-quantum option is the top priority. I'm open to removing secp256k1 in theory, but would not prioritize the effort needed over adding MLDSA (or whatever)"

    4 1
    Jul 23, 2026
  23. 23

    Reply to @mfzx.net

    @dholms.at up, presenting "Possible changes
    for IETF version"

    2 1
    Jul 23, 2026
  24. 24

    Reply to @mfzx.net

    scope of the atp working group

    "bricks slide revisited" app features: microblogging, feeds (not ietf) schema system: nsid, xrpc (future), lexicon (uncertain) data sync: websocket (existing), repository, firehose (this charter), blobs? (unknown) data graph: json, cbor (existing), at:// URI (this charter), labeling (future) identity / auth: account identifiers (this charter), oauth (existing), handles, oauth profile (future)
    5 1
    Jul 23, 2026
  25. 25

    Reply to @mfzx.net

    @bnewbold.net starting his presentation on the status of the repo and sync documents

    3 1
    Jul 23, 2026