An excellent layperson's breakdown of how Bluesky works, beneath the hood ... ... specifically, what's decentralized about it (content storage, for now) and what, for now, isn't (the part that queries for updates in users' posts, and then assembles it into a feed)

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Maybe Bluesky has “won”

November has sucked so far. One upside of the terrible nonsense is that more people are fleeing X. Many are choosing Bluesky. I’ve seen a bunch o...

via @Cory Doctorow

Why science needs to be inefficient ... ... or, why seemingly "that's ridiculous" experiments are utterly crucial to civilization:

Slate Magazine

The Stupid Reason That Elon Musk Is Complaining About Scientists Spraying Bobcat Urine on Alcoholic Rats

Science is inefficient. That’s a good thing.

What does the income look like for a local newspaper? The Halifax Examiner, a truly superb daily (@npub12c32...4f08 writes for it) posted its tax return online here:

Halifax Examiner

Here's the Halifax Examiner's tax return - Halifax Examiner

Hello, it’s November, so time for the biannual Halifax Examiner subscription drive. Look, before I ask you for money, I’m going to tell...

... along with a summary Nearly all they money comes from subscribers It's a tight, tight ship! (I subscribe myself, because the online daily blog is *amazing*) The lesson for us all: If you have the money free, subscribe to support your smaller, truly local media we're the only ones keeping it going