About Flushes
The world's 1st decentralized toilet.
Our History
Flushes was created as part of an elaborate bit over the course of a single weekend, but it soon gained a tiny cult following who we now refer to as "flushers". To learn more about what inspired Flushes, read the Creating a Decentralized Bathroom blog post on @dame.is's blog.
In the Press
Flushes was mentioned from the main stage at SXSW 2025 during Jay Graber's keynote.
How It Works
Flushes uses the im.flushing.right.now lexicon, a custom record type on the AT Protocol. When you post a flush, you're creating a record with:
- A descriptive text (always starting with "is...")
- A bathroom-related emoji
- A timestamp
These records are stored in your ATProto personal data server (PDS) and are fully controlled by you. You can delete them at any time from your Bluesky account using tools like pdsls.dev
The Team
Flushes was created by Dame as a fun side project exploring the possibilities of the AT Protocol and Bluesky.
Our psuedonmyous bathroom technician is @plumber.flushes.app, who's always ready to fix your plumbing problems.
Flushes is now an experimental social network led by atpotato.
Get Involved
Have ideas for improving Flushes? Want to report a bug? Reach out on Bluesky.