Under capitalism, we are taught there is no way a small project like Blacksky should be able to compete with a well-funded, cult of personality backed project like Bluesky. But here we are.

some days it feels like the world, my loved ones, my own employees don’t understand what I’m trying to build. and then I end up at a bar in Maine being offered a beer because the digital infrastructure I created is used by a whole other community and their members know it. and I feel reaffirmed.

Introducing Discussions - a new way to have conversations on Blacksky 🗣️ Now you can create a dynamic poll right from the post composer in the app to ask questions, get feedback, or to build community around any and every topic you find interesting.

Finally saw myself out here boooooiiiiii

The billionaires (and trillionaire) and their platforms Gotta Go. Don’t even care how they Go now, but they gotta Go.

Crazy email to wake up to.

In a world (and city) that often feels transactional, impersonal and at times anti-social it feels rare to receive genuine care, attention, warmth, and understanding from a stranger in a time of need. Really grateful for that experience and will be sending a gift of some kind.

Got into a motorcycle accident yesterday Bruised my knee and elbow to the white meat Rode to my destination in Sugarhill and popped into a local pharmacy asking for bandages. The ladies there cleaned my wounds, gave me antibiotics, bandaged me up + gave me free supplies & some laughs All for $6.00

A week later is crazy. Maybe I struck a nerve.

Latest round of hiring is showing me that the tech industry is losing some extraordinarily talented people who are uninspired by its unimaginative visions for the future.

> hopeful and defiant 💪🏾 > ... a better way to build technology and the future. It's by building close to the problem, not the boardroom. I keep reminding my team to keep that corporate b.s. out of my ear -- you have to embrace and feel the intuition of building in and alongside this movement!

Just saw an 80 reply thread (on Threads) of bots saying Black Caribbeans aren’t Black. Don’t compare Blacksky to that bot farm, faux engagement generator, anti-blackness factory ever again.