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"We've been growing by about a million users a day for several days," said Bluesky CEO Jay Graber in an interview with NPR on Monday. "It's proving out the model that we thought would be the right approach to social [media]: Give people the tools to control their experience and they'll have a better time."

Traffic on Bluesky, an X Competitor, Is Up 500% Since the Election. How Will They Handle the Surge?

Bobby Allyn

Data science is all dependent on massive data, there is nothing much you can do with badly organized or inefficient data.

Is Data Science Dying?

Rinu Gour

Taking a walk in the countryside, like listening to a favorite song or meeting friends for an evening of conversation, is thus a good example of what the philosopher Kieran Setiya calls an “atelic activity,” meaning that its value isn’t derived from its telos, or ultimate aim.

Four Thousand Weeks

Oliver Burkeman

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