---
title: "Trying Bluesky"
slug: trying-bluesky
canonical_url: https://mimansajaiswal.github.io/posts/trying-bluesky/
collection: Blurbs
published_at: 2024-11-24T00:00:00.000Z
updated_at: 2024-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
tags: 
  - Tools
  - List
  - Information
author: "Mimansa Jaiswal"
---

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Like everyone else disappointed with the political stronghold over Twitter, I wanted to try Bluesky too. So, here is my account:

[

Mimansa Jaiswal (@mimansaj.bsky.social)

Robustness, Data & Annotations, Evaluation & Interpretability in LLMs http://mimansajaiswal.github.io/

![title](https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=bsky.app)

https://bsky.app/profile/mimansaj.bsky.social

![title](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/banner/plain/did:plc:lxm2sxp5uqukf764glndnhpd/bafkreifr43gaahcmfbvtacknnyuem2orjwnqfhbafctyc5trv2felwjdky)

](https://bsky.app/profile/mimansaj.bsky.social)

Bookmark for [https://bsky.app/profile/mimansaj.bsky.social](https://bsky.app/profile/mimansaj.bsky.social)

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But also, here are some tools that you might find helpful:

-   Most tools mentioned here
    
    [
    
    GitHub - fishttp/awesome-bluesky: A list of all known tools available for the Bluesky platform
    
    A list of all known tools available for the Bluesky platform - fishttp/awesome-bluesky
    
    ![title](https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=github.com)
    
    https://github.com/fishttp/awesome-bluesky
    
    ![title](https://opengraph.githubassets.com/789205d549809730a0571bc25ec20eb7ce82ae957651f1a7e0ba751e5865f705/fishttp/awesome-bluesky)
    
    ](https://github.com/fishttp/awesome-bluesky)
    
    Bookmark for [https://github.com/fishttp/awesome-bluesky](https://github.com/fishttp/awesome-bluesky)
    
-   Looking to find people on Bluesky that you used to follow on twitter? You can use this extension, which unfortunately is not perfect, but a good starting medium:
    
    [
    
    Sky Follower Bridge - Chrome Web Store
    
    Easily transfer your following users and list members from X to Bluesky.
    
    ![title](https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=chromewebstore.google.com)
    
    https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sky-follower-bridge/behhbpbpmailcnfbjagknjngnfdojpko?hl=en
    
    ![title](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/nkrdeWl4V1Do-goKZg4ZGEJjuYcbFrce67uK0Bl3A9w9Wge_WxBeEuilR9JHT0IY4ragNkNRmgRTujthRs5EPBBJiFE=s128-rj-sc0x00ffffff)
    
    ](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sky-follower-bridge/behhbpbpmailcnfbjagknjngnfdojpko?hl=en)
    
    Bookmark for [https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sky-follower-bridge/behhbpbpmailcnfbjagknjngnfdojpko?hl=en](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sky-follower-bridge/behhbpbpmailcnfbjagknjngnfdojpko?hl=en)
    
-   Want to move your tweets over from Twitter to Bluesky? You can try blueark which is paid (but really really cheap and maintains original post dates) or use a script.
    
    [
    
    BlueArk - Em Construção
    
    ![title](https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=blueark.app)
    
    https://blueark.app/
    
    ![title](https://blueark.app/logo.png)
    
    ](https://blueark.app/)
    
    Bookmark for [https://blueark.app/](https://blueark.app/)
    
    [
    
    GitHub - marcomaroni-github/twitter-to-bluesky: Import all tweets exported from X/Twitter to a Bluesky account.
    
    Import all tweets exported from X/Twitter to a Bluesky account. - marcomaroni-github/twitter-to-bluesky
    
    ![title](https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=github.com)
    
    https://github.com/marcomaroni-github/twitter-to-bluesky
    
    ![title](https://repository-images.githubusercontent.com/785217485/1cfa5a16-8c17-4c79-839f-6adcc943c702)
    
    ](https://github.com/marcomaroni-github/twitter-to-bluesky)
    
    Bookmark for [https://github.com/marcomaroni-github/twitter-to-bluesky](https://github.com/marcomaroni-github/twitter-to-bluesky)
    
-   Follow everyone that someone else is following:
    
    [
    
    Run like this: uv run https://gist.githubusercontent.com/simonw/848a3b91169a789bc084a459aa7ecf83/raw/397ad07c8be0601eaf272d9d5ab7675c7fd3c0cf/follow\_theirs.py
    
    Run like this: uv run https://gist.githubusercontent.com/simonw/848a3b91169a789bc084a459aa7ecf83/raw/397ad07c8be0601eaf272d9d5ab7675c7fd3c0cf/follow\_theirs.py - follow\_theirs.py
    
    ![title](https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=gist.github.com)
    
    https://gist.github.com/simonw/848a3b91169a789bc084a459aa7ecf83
    
    ![title](https://github.githubassets.com/assets/gist-og-image-54fd7dc0713e.png)
    
    ](https://gist.github.com/simonw/848a3b91169a789bc084a459aa7ecf83)
    
    Bookmark for [https://gist.github.com/simonw/848a3b91169a789bc084a459aa7ecf83](https://gist.github.com/simonw/848a3b91169a789bc084a459aa7ecf83)
    
-   Did you subscribe to a block list (I am not going to recommend any here) and realized later that the list was maliciously created? Once that list has been deleted by bluesky, there is no easy to way to “unsubscribe” from that blocklist. For that, you might need:
    
    [
    
    Wayback Machine
    
    ![title](https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=cohost.org)
    
    https://cohost.org/signpostkw/post/7429398-how-to-unblock-one-o
    
    
    
    
    
    ](https://cohost.org/signpostkw/post/7429398-how-to-unblock-one-o)
    
    Bookmark for [https://cohost.org/signpostkw/post/7429398-how-to-unblock-one-o](https://cohost.org/signpostkw/post/7429398-how-to-unblock-one-o)
    
-   Embed your bluesky feed on your website:
    
    [
    
    GitHub - Vincenius/bsky-embed: A web-component to easily embed a bluesky feed.
    
    A web-component to easily embed a bluesky feed. Contribute to Vincenius/bsky-embed development by creating an account on GitHub.
    
    ![title](https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=github.com)
    
    https://github.com/Vincenius/bsky-embed
    
    ![title](https://opengraph.githubassets.com/f67dcebafdaa5ae7560fd5358494e7bff242e4c6e03f0060f42297e829a07c57/Vincenius/bsky-embed)
    
    ](https://github.com/Vincenius/bsky-embed)
    
    Bookmark for [https://github.com/Vincenius/bsky-embed](https://github.com/Vincenius/bsky-embed)
    
-   And finally starter packs. These are the most common ones for NLP/ML as of Nov 24, 2024, but might be deleted/modified in the future.
    -   [Women in AI #1](https://go.bsky.app/LaGDpqg)
    -   [Women in AI #2](https://go.bsky.app/2wr669L)
    -   [Mechanistic Interpretability](https://bsky.app/starter-pack/butanium.bsky.social/3lb5qj7a2qt2y)
    -   [NLP #1](https://bsky.app/starter-pack/mariaa.bsky.social/3la4hhvdgsp2s)
    -   [NLP #2](https://bsky.app/starter-pack/mginn.bsky.social/3las2wmbj2e2s)
    -   [NLP #3](https://go.bsky.app/CUuio7g)
    -   [ML/Data/Tech](https://bsky.app/starter-pack/jesper.drams.ch/3l7ijqekeif24)
    -   [Robotics & AI](https://bsky.app/starter-pack/cpaxton.bsky.social/3lampx4vqrv24)

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## Cite This Page

```
@article{jaiswal2024tryingbluesky,
  title   = {Trying Bluesky},
  author  = {Jaiswal, Mimansa},
  journal = {mimansajaiswal.github.io},
  year    = {2024},
  month   = {Nov},
  url     = {https://mimansajaiswal.github.io/posts/trying-bluesky/}
}
```