Official account for the Flatlander custom feed and labeling service. Developed and managed by @joelh.social. Become a patron to keep the lights on at patreon.com/sk_flatlandershttps://bsky.app/profile/flatlander.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/flatlander.social/post/3mgxe6fws322aHello everyone! Some may have noticed that my username was marked as "invalid" here on bsky. I accidentally let my domain name lapse but I have since renewed it and updated DNS records, etc. Should look normal again soon! As always, thanks for using the feed!13 Mar 2026 16:41 +0000at://did:plc:cug2evrqa3nhdbvlfd2cvtky/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgxe6fws322ahttps://bsky.app/profile/flatlander.social/post/3m2k2wsuma22fWorking on a feed specifically for Saskatchewan politics. It’s a hot mess right now, but if you want a front row seat to the development you can take a look here: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cug2evrqa3nhdbvlfd2cvtky/feed/skpoli [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Oct 2025 16:48 +0000at://did:plc:cug2evrqa3nhdbvlfd2cvtky/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2k2wsuma22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/flatlander.social/post/3lztirwqbds2gSo.... the new feed has been live for a day or so now. How's everyone's experience? Better? Worse? If you have opinions one way or the other I'd like to hear them!27 Sep 2025 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:cug2evrqa3nhdbvlfd2cvtky/app.bsky.feed.post/3lztirwqbds2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/flatlander.social/post/3lzrcex56ps2uThe Flatlanders Feed has been updated with some significant changes to the algorithm. Short thread 👇26 Sep 2025 20:25 +0000at://did:plc:cug2evrqa3nhdbvlfd2cvtky/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzrcex56ps2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/flatlander.social/post/3lzoth7t2kc2fI've got something cooking thanks to @graze.social ... a new version of the feed NOT hosted by me with code also NOT written by me. It's what I would call a beta, and you can check it out here: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cug2evrqa3nhdbvlfd2cvtky/feed/fl_beta [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Sep 2025 20:52 +0000at://did:plc:cug2evrqa3nhdbvlfd2cvtky/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzoth7t2kc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/flatlander.social/post/3lybc6e7h6k2tNaturally the feed has started to act weird all fall behind the live feed. Looking into it, it might be unstable in the short term, sorry about that folks! [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Sep 2025 18:13 +0000at://did:plc:cug2evrqa3nhdbvlfd2cvtky/app.bsky.feed.post/3lybc6e7h6k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/flatlander.social/post/3lxcqazr2l227Hey, so ah, how’s it going out there? Nothing to report on the feed. It’s just kind of running without issue and it’s a little weird.26 Aug 2025 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:cug2evrqa3nhdbvlfd2cvtky/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxcqazr2l227https://bsky.app/profile/flatlander.social/post/3lo74ufsorc2aThe Flatlander feed is having a timeout* and it will resume regular operations after it has shown signs of remorse and personal growth** *is failing to connect to the database **after I reboot it.02 May 2025 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:cug2evrqa3nhdbvlfd2cvtky/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo74ufsorc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/flatlander.social/post/3lmzib4goi22pHey folks, how’s the Flatlander Feed been the past few days? Better? Worse? No change? More importantly, how is everyone doing? Hang in there, the snow is almost gone and summer is on the horizon!17 Apr 2025 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:cug2evrqa3nhdbvlfd2cvtky/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmzib4goi22phttps://bsky.app/profile/flatlander.social/post/3lmnogwbay22oAnother little update on the way: I’m implementing a mute list of words that if they are included in posts they won’t end up in the feed. So far it’s just a bunch of spammy hashtags and “Elon Musk”.12 Apr 2025 23:23 +0000at://did:plc:cug2evrqa3nhdbvlfd2cvtky/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmnogwbay22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/flatlander.social/post/3lmni4trels24I've posted a small little update to the feed: - No longer including posts that mention "Western Canada" and other vague references to prairie provinces. - Users that follow this account that are clearly not "flatlanders" will not have posts automatically added to the feed.12 Apr 2025 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:cug2evrqa3nhdbvlfd2cvtky/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmni4trels24https://bsky.app/profile/flatlander.social/post/3lfs4kkevrs2dThere are a number of bots and “spammy” accounts that have started following the Flatlander account, and as such their posts are populating the feed. It’s an issue that I have a solution for, but I have not had time to release. Until then, feel free to use the “Not Flatlanders” mute list.15 Jan 2025 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:cug2evrqa3nhdbvlfd2cvtky/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfs4kkevrs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/flatlander.social/post/3lcdntn7dc22dPublished a short term fix to the feed that allowed it to reboot after a critical error. Unfortunately, any posts in the last 18 hours won’t be added to the feed, sorry about that! Long term I want a reliable way to pick up where the feed leaves off on downtime 👍02 Dec 2024 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:cug2evrqa3nhdbvlfd2cvtky/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcdntn7dc22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/flatlander.social/post/3lcdcbyrvjs2dOf course as soon as I posted this the feed went down and is now 13+ hours behind real time events. I’ll see if I can perform a quick patch, and hopefully I have detailed logs to indicate the root cause. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Dec 2024 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:cug2evrqa3nhdbvlfd2cvtky/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcdcbyrvjs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/flatlander.social/post/3lc6q4cxu3s24Now that the immediate and high impact bugs have been (mostly) dealt with I’ve had time to think about the long term future of the feed and the Flatlander account as a service. There are two things on my radar: 1. Curating the content in the feed timeline. 2. Moderation.30 Nov 2024 18:31 +0000at://did:plc:cug2evrqa3nhdbvlfd2cvtky/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc6q4cxu3s24https://bsky.app/profile/flatlander.social/post/3lc4luyousk2lI’m playing with fire by even mentioning it, but the feed has been pretty stable lately. I haven’t had to reboot the sever or yell at my computer in almost a week. Creepy.29 Nov 2024 22:10 +0000at://did:plc:cug2evrqa3nhdbvlfd2cvtky/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc4luyousk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/flatlander.social/post/3lbkhkxsa2c2jI actually did just do this and I think it went okay. Imported posts from the before times shouldn’t flood the feed anymore. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Nov 2024 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:cug2evrqa3nhdbvlfd2cvtky/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbkhkxsa2c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/flatlander.social/post/3lbkc6i6zqc2fDevelopment update: I’ve done enough work on the feed throughout the week that it is now keeping up with real time posts, and registering new community members is back online. HOWEVER It is indexing posts based on broadcast time, not the time they are created. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Nov 2024 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:cug2evrqa3nhdbvlfd2cvtky/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbkc6i6zqc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/flatlander.social/post/3lbkbsy4ink2fI’m on the road away from my computer so any emergency patches to the feed will be committed straight to production from the GitHub mobile editor.22 Nov 2024 15:22 +0000at://did:plc:cug2evrqa3nhdbvlfd2cvtky/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbkbsy4ink2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/flatlander.social/post/3lbikgqvfn22wWe’re so back.21 Nov 2024 22:50 +0000at://did:plc:cug2evrqa3nhdbvlfd2cvtky/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbikgqvfn22whttps://bsky.app/profile/flatlander.social/post/3lbijjct2222wTo be more specific, I’m performing a breaking change to the database and the migration is taking a while. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Nov 2024 22:34 +0000at://did:plc:cug2evrqa3nhdbvlfd2cvtky/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbijjct2222whttps://bsky.app/profile/flatlander.social/post/3lbii6jshzc2wThe feed is going through some things right now. A surprise unscheduled maintenance period is currently underway.21 Nov 2024 22:10 +0000at://did:plc:cug2evrqa3nhdbvlfd2cvtky/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbii6jshzc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/flatlander.social/post/3lb63ximfts2qFeed update: the changes to the code have had positive outcomes on performance, but there are further changes needed before it’s back to being fully operational. I have temporarily disabled processing new follows on this account, so if your posts do not show up in the feed that may be why.17 Nov 2024 19:05 +0000at://did:plc:cug2evrqa3nhdbvlfd2cvtky/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb63ximfts2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/flatlander.social/post/3lb3orsxasc2iThe occasional false positive is actually a feature of the feed, not a bug.16 Nov 2024 20:04 +0000at://did:plc:cug2evrqa3nhdbvlfd2cvtky/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb3orsxasc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/flatlander.social/post/3lb3burc4z22dStatus update: I’ve switched to a different protocol for consuming status updates and the feed is slowly catching up to real time updates. There is some more optimization I can do, but for now I’m going to observe and plan the next step I. Improving performance.16 Nov 2024 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:cug2evrqa3nhdbvlfd2cvtky/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb3burc4z22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/flatlander.social/post/3lb23xeabwk2vDeployed a change to the feed that will hopefully improve performance. It's fresh code, still warm from the oven. Likely buggy, but I want to run it for a bit to put it through it's paces.16 Nov 2024 04:54 +0000at://did:plc:cug2evrqa3nhdbvlfd2cvtky/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb23xeabwk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/flatlander.social/post/3law5fqklpc2rThe Flatlander feed continues to slip further and further behind. You can see it in the distance if you squint your eyes. It's... gesturing at you? Is it waving? You look harder... no, not a wave. The feed is flipping you off. More status updates on the way!14 Nov 2024 15:09 +0000at://did:plc:cug2evrqa3nhdbvlfd2cvtky/app.bsky.feed.post/3law5fqklpc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/flatlander.social/post/3lasg3wq2gk2fHello everyone! If you’re new around here I would like to introduce you to your first Flatlander feed outage! The feed has fallen behind the influx of new posts and I kicked it until it rebooted. Should catch up to real time “soon.”13 Nov 2024 03:34 +0000at://did:plc:cug2evrqa3nhdbvlfd2cvtky/app.bsky.feed.post/3lasg3wq2gk2f