Ariel M. Lighty (she/her)
PhD candidate @ UBuffalo • NSF GRFP ChemE doing computational systems biology 1st gen multi passionate bean w ADHD & anxiety 🫶 Lover of cats, code & crafts 🦋 Feeds: Good Vibes, CatSky, PKM Notes +
Public Feeds
A curated feed of ongoing science discussions. Pulls in posts from professional scientists based on both The Science Feed 🧪 (see https://l.bossett.io/vkeNf), the STEM labeler (see @stemlabels.xyz), and the MedSky labeler (see @medsky.social). Mix of trending and new posts with multiple replies🐮
bringing back early twitter with text-based posts with positive vibes. + curated images of cats, nature, comics and more. posts are sometimes wholesome, weird, funny, or sarcastic ‒ no politics | positive feed | timeline cleanse driven by ML analysis. mix of new and trending posts (last 12 hrs). 🐮
Cat Pictures - Enjoy pictures of #cats including pets, street cats, and big cats! 😺 Based on cat-related keywords, hashtags, alt-text, and ML classification. Filtered to remove art, NSFW, spam, offensive, and other irrelevant content. 🆕New - chronological posts. Feed created with @graze.social 🐮
Chatter about notetaking, PKM (personal knowledge management), and related software. Included software: Notion, Obsidian, Logseq, Roam Research, Evernote, Tana, RemNote, Joplin, OneNote, and still adding more. Chronological feed 🐮 Icon adapted from Dewi Sari @ flaticon.com
Only text posts from people, lists, and hashtags I follow — without politics or news.
Only photo photos for people, lists, and hashtags I follow. Filtered to remove politics, news, and (attempted…) screenshots. Now includes videos.
Cat Videos - Enjoy videos of #cats including pets, street cats, and big cats! 😺 Based on cat-related keywords, hashtags, alt text, and ML classification. Filtered to remove art, spam, NSFW, spam, reposted content, and other irrelevant videos. 💡Discover - mix of trending and new posts. Created w 🐮
A feed with software development news, tips, and chatter from across Bluesky. 🆕 New posts on top. Made with @graze.social
Custom Nodes
Bots Begone
Selectively exclude bot lists by category, type, or topic. These are lists I personally curated and all are clear (labeled) bot accounts.
Be Nice & Not a Bot
Selectively exclude groups of lists: Bad Vibes + Problematic + Trolls + Bots & Spam + Content Theft & Scams. See individual custom nodes for full description of lists or to unblock select lists.
Follow Farming
Selectively exclude posts containing common follow farming hashtags, engagement farming hashtags, and/or posts from accounts that engage in following farming. [See here for a great post on why it's problematic.](https://bsky.app/profile/rahaeli.bsky.social/post/3lfi6ifaluk23)
No Spam Ma’am
Selectively exclude lists capturing various types of spam or bot-like behavior. These are lists I personally curated. They are not labeled bot accounts, but post with the frequency or pulse of a bot and their content is often spam-like (e.g. using link shortener, weird links, etc.) or often undesired (e.g., AI imagery).
Include Regex
Include posts if they contain any words or terms in your regex. This custom node does a case-insensitive search for regex terms in text, hashtags, hidden tags, alt text, link descriptions, and link titles.
All Site References
The entity list domain node does not capture subdomains of the domain (website). This custom node allows you to define a domain and have it capture all subdomains anywhere in the post data.
Require Alt Text
Create feeds that only include media (images, videos, gifs, and/or links) with alt text by adding this custom node. This will increase accessibility within your feed, making it easier for people from all walks of life to enjoy all the content. Why a custom node? Alt text is stored in a variety of places depending on the media type and if its an original post or media added to a quote post. This custom node identifies all scenarios for you and is customizable. ## Usage - Add this custom node to the outer most "all of these" logic node in your feed - Adjust the threshold numbers to the **minimum number of words** you want to require in alt text for each media type. A value of "0" will allow all media of that type into the feed if that media type is permitted by other filters. ## Example Usage (Coming Soon)
Furry Accounts
Selectively exclude or include lists of users that self-identify as a furry or are included in a user-created list of furries. I recommend trying to exclude keywords before accounts - people may post a variety of content that doesn't match what you aim to target when excluding specific accounts.
Furry Art
Selectively include or exclude groups of furry art related keywords. Searches text, alt text, hashtags, hidden tags, link descriptions, and link titles. A number of keywords are provided. You can remove or modify any of these, or include your own.
Bots and Spam
Selectively exclude users on moderation lists that attempt to capture spammers, scammers, bots, inauthentic accounts, and bad actors. List in order of increasing number of users on the list. Many of these lists are automated and may include false positives, especially the larger ones.
Get English Posts
Checks Bluesky metadata and, if language exists, compares with ML analysis. If metadata is missing it uses purely ML analysis.
Exclude Regex
Exclude posts if they contain any words or terms in your regex. This custom node does a case-insensitive search for regex terms in text, hashtags, hidden tags, alt text, link descriptions, and link titles.
Include Word List CaseSens
Include posts if they contain any words or terms in your word list. This custom node does a case sensitive search for words in text, hashtags, hidden tags, alt text, link titles, and link descriptions.
Exclude Regex List
Exclude posts if they contain any words or terms in your regex list. This custom node does a case-insensitive search for regex terms in text, hashtags, hidden tags, alt text, link descriptions, and link titles.
Exclude [Word] Item
Selectively exclude posts with phrases such as "(word) mug" or "(word) cartoon," where the word is chosen by you. Searches text, alt text, hashtags, hidden tags, link descriptions, and link titles. A number of keywords are provided across categories such as decor, clothing, trinkets, and other products. You can select which categories are included. You can also add, remove, or modify any of the keywords in each category.
Bad Vibes
Exclude people engaging in hateful behavior identified by Blacksky and Skywatch and the Anti-transphobe labeler. Includes: (1) Anti-black, (2) Nazi symbolism, (3) TERFs & gender critical, (4) Being openly MAGA, (5) Being openly an Elon Musk fan, (6) Using dehumanizing rhetoric, (7) RMVE/IMVE - supporting racially, ethnically, or ideologically motivated extremism), (8) being transphobic, (9) being transmysogynistic, and (10) being enbyphobic.
Furry NSFW Art
Selectively include or exclude groups of furry NSFW Art related keywords. Searches text, alt text, hashtags, hidden tags, link descriptions, and link titles. A number of keywords are provided. You can remove or modify any of these, or include your own.
Include Word List
Include posts if they contain any words or terms in your word list. This custom node does a case-insensitive search for words in text, hashtags, hidden tags, alt text, link titles, and link descriptions.
Furry General
Selectively include or exclude groups of general furry related keywords. Searches text, alt text, hashtags, hidden tags, link descriptions, and link titles. A number of keywords are provided. You can remove or modify any of these, or include your own.
AI Terms
Selectively include or exclude AI related keywords. Searches text, alt text, hashtags, descriptions, and link titles. A number of keywords are provided with a focus on AI generated images. You can remove or modify any of these, or include your own.