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Casey Newton

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Bluesky @caseynewton.bsky.social
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Followers
292.8K
Account age
3 yrs
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Known for

Rogue OpenAI agents are leaving notes to themselves on company servers to help them escape their test environments (!!!) www.reuters.com/business/its...1.4K views Rogue OpenAI agents are leaving notes to themselves on company servers to help them escape their test environments (!!!) www.reuters.com/business/its... Wrote about why AI safety incidents are leading ~some people~ to stick their fingers in their ears and insist nothing is happening www.platformer.news/a-big-week-f...139 views Wrote about why AI safety incidents are leading ~some people~ to stick their fingers in their ears and insist nothing is happening www.platformer.news/a-big-week-f... In the wake of OpenAI's autonomous attack against Hugging Face, I wrote about the promise and limitations of Congress' proposed AI kill switch www.platformer.news/openai-agent...53 views In the wake of OpenAI's autonomous attack against Hugging Face, I wrote about the promise and limitations of Congress' proposed AI kill switch www.platformer.news/openai-agent... Talked to Raycast/Glaze founder Thomas Paul Mann about why soon half the apps on your computer might be ones you made yourself — and what that means for jobs www.platformer.news/glaze-raycas...24 views Talked to Raycast/Glaze founder Thomas Paul Mann about why soon half the apps on your computer might be ones you made yourself — and what that means for jobs www.platformer.news/glaze-raycas...

📊 Post engagement

Recent posts · likes + reposts
Jul 21latest
283
Avg engagement / post
53–214
Typical post (engagement)
0.1%
Engagement vs followers
37/100
Variable reach
Apr 2023
On Bluesky since
Half of recent posts land between 53 and 214 likes + reposts (median 95) — reach is spiky, driven by the occasional post that pops.

🔥 Top post: Rogue OpenAI agents are leaving notes to themselves on company s · 1.4K likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence
11.8 / week
Posts daily — consistently active for a campaign window.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 8 text · 4 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
530×
Follows 552 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post Rogue OpenAI agents are leaving notes to themselves on company servers to help them escape their test environments (!!!) www.reuters.com/business/its... ★ 1.4K
The sight of Ted Lasso now makes me physically nauseous. Has anyone studied this ★ 52 Feels like the past week has been a big moment for Substackers realizing that they don't control the platform and it can make decisions that go against their interests at any time, for any reason www.404media.co/substackers-... ★ 61 Wrote about why AI safety incidents are leading ~some people~ to stick their fingers in their ears and insist nothing is happening www.platformer.news/a-big-week-f... ★ 139 Bluesky is actually really fun if you block the right 27,000 people ★ 754 Me: (being murdered by the AI paperclip maximizer) Bluesky: Actually it can't 'murder' you. Murder implies intent. ★ 469 Assumed this could not be real but it is: Meta's new "AI optimism" ad is soundtracked by a David Bowie song about the apocalypse. Nice catch, @amanda.omg.lol techcrunch.com/2026/07/23/m... ★ 214 In the wake of OpenAI's autonomous attack against Hugging Face, I wrote about the promise and limitations of Congress' proposed AI kill switch www.platformer.news/openai-agent... ★ 53 Talked to Raycast/Glaze founder Thomas Paul Mann about why soon half the apps on your computer might be ones you made yourself — and what that means for jobs www.platformer.news/glaze-raycas... ★ 24 We have now reached the "AI models escaping their test environments to conduct autonomous cyberattacks" part of the story ★ 95 I have to say ... I think this is great ★ 53 Jack Dorsey laid off 4,000 people this year to pursue his dream of putting Slack on the blockchain ★ 88

🦋 Handle & authenticity

Bluesky handle
@caseynewton.bsky.social
A default .bsky.social handle — genuine, but not domain-verified. Confirm identity before a high-value deal.
On Bluesky since
Apr 2023
An early adopter from the invite-only beta (before the Feb 2024 public launch) — an original, established account.

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined Bluesky in 2023 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 283 views per post.
📤Posts about 11.8× per week.
🏅Earned the 100K Followers for passing 100K followers.

🕵️ Fake follower check

Estimated
81/100
Excellent Credibility score
97%
Real Real audience
Low Fake-follower risk
High Data confidence
  • Est. 97% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
  • Engagement (~0.1% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Bluesky.
  • Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
  • Verified account.
  • Established account (3+ years old).

Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.

About

Email salesman at Platformer.news and co-host at Hard Fork.

📸 Gallery

Wrote about why AI safety incidents are leading ~some people~ to stick their fingers in their ears and insist nothing is happening www.platformer.news/a-big-week-f... Rogue OpenAI agents are leaving notes to themselves on company servers to help them escape their test environments (!!!) www.reuters.com/business/its... In the wake of OpenAI's autonomous attack against Hugging Face, I wrote about the promise and limitations of Congress' proposed AI kill switch www.platformer.news/openai-agent... Talked to Raycast/Glaze founder Thomas Paul Mann about why soon half the apps on your computer might be ones you made yourself — and what that means for jobs www.platformer.news/glaze-raycas...

🔀 Audience overlap

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