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Off Protocol · Monday · 41 min

Somewhere We Have Some Agency

Edward Niedermeyer is, by his own admission, an autodidact with an obsession over cars and technology going back a few decades. This, along with an outsider's perspective on the auto industry, led him to a suspicious-sounding feature being promised by a still-fledgling Tesla Motors. From there, Niedermeyer has turned his early skepticism of the promises of Elon Musk into a passionate, full-throated critique. This led him to become an early adopter of not just Bluesky as an alternative to Twitter but to the atproto ecosystem as a way to build agency against the demands of the big tech platforms. Links & Resources Edward Niedermeyer on Bluesky Ed's personal website at niedermeyer.online Elon Take The Wheel The Elon Take the Wheel livestream on Streamplace, of course Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors (2019) Autonocast Musk, directed by Alex Gibney The archive for this episode, including a generated transcript, is available at https://atproto.com/off-protocol/2026-11-02-somewhere-we-have-some-agency-edward-niedermeyer. Off Protocol is a production of the Bluesky developer relations team. For more about AT Protocol and an archive of this show, head to atproto.com. Our theme music was composed and produced by Saleem Reshamwala. Catch our livestream every other Wednesday at stream.place/atproto.com.

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Edward Niedermeyer is, by his own admission, an autodidact with an obsession over cars and technology going back a few decades. This, along with an outsider's perspective on the auto industry, led him to a suspicious-sounding feature being promised by a still-fledgling Tesla Motors.

From there, Niedermeyer has turned his early skepticism of the promises of Elon Musk into a passionate, full-throated critique. This led him to become an early adopter of not just Bluesky as an alternative to Twitter but to the atproto ecosystem as a way to build agency against the demands of the big tech platforms.

Links & Resources

The archive for this episode, including a generated transcript, is available at https://atproto.com/off-protocol/2026-11-02-somewhere-we-have-some-agency-edward-niedermeyer.

Off Protocol is a production of the Bluesky developer relations team. For more about AT Protocol and an archive of this show, head to atproto.com.

Our theme music was composed and produced by Saleem Reshamwala.

Catch our livestream every other Wednesday at stream.place/atproto.com.

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