‘Blueskyism’, Political Violence, and Open Social Networks Under Authoritarianism on how the last weeks have shifted the threat model for open social networks: from fighting platform decay to the threat of authoritarianism […]

Variety - Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show on ABC TV will be off the air“indefinitely” after criticism of comments the host made about the motives of the man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk. https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/nexstar-jimmy-kimmel-abc-charlie-kirk-1236522584/

It’s more important than ever to support independent media free from corporate caving to autocracy and wherever possible on the open social web and on direct open media. https://journa.host/@w7voa/115222129277589068

Happy to have published my first post on the Green Web Foundation blog - a reflection on the experience of collaborating with @tunubesecamirio and many other excellent folk on a response to the public consultation on Spain's new Data Centre Law […]

Look here, @cyberlyra is at it again!

FediForum special event next week! Join us for an hour with Robert W. Gehl, who wrote a great new book about the Fediverse: "Move Slowly and Build Bridges: Mastodon, the Fediverse, and the struggle for democratic social media." Come and hear excerpts from the book, and ask questions! We read […]

1 in 5 moderators faced burnout in 2024. Many still work without formal guidance or support. Share your story in the Needs Assessment - it’s how we push for better tools, training, and wellness resources. https://about.iftas.org/moderator-needs-assessment/

IFTAS is doing its annual fediverse survey. If you are involved in running/moderating an instance, it would be great if you could take a few minutes. The results are always worthwhile. https://about.iftas.org/moderator-needs-assessment/

I'll be speaking at the @defendourjuries.bsky.social press conference today, ahead of the pro-Palestine protests this weekend. Already, seven of its spokespeople have been pre-emptively arrested, in a gross infringement of their right to free speech and free assembly. This is what police states do.

Brazil is starting to require age verification for social media sites, following other jurisdictions like the US state of Mississippi. FediForum advisory board member @skarnio and his organization, Alquimídia, are organizing an online meetup TOMORROW to discuss the impact of this new law on […]

Every PDS an instance. Every instance a PDS.

Quinault Rainforest #mosstodon #thicktrunktuesday

The team that brought Adolescence & Mr Bates vs The Post brings The Hack, a series about phone hacking at the News of the World & the resulting Levinson inquiry. Murdoch corrupted tabloids for political power & closed News of the World because of his staffs unlawful behaviour. Press corruption […]

We made you a rigorously cited timeline of major moves, cases, changes, and other wildass developments in the immigration system since January 20. This is one of the most complicated things I've ever worked on, but we think it needs to be done. The thread breaks down the kinds of things we found.

For years and years people have challenged my democratic maximalism: yeah, but who has time for that? This new paper lays the theoretical groundwork for an answer: https://osf.io/cdrmp_v1/

Can newsrooms become social platforms themselves? Should they? The future belongs to organizations that understand their communities, not just their analytics. In this post, I dig into a reader question that speaks to the future of social, newsrooms, and AI […]

Users today want instant immersion - but we don't have to make the individual the centre of everything to escape the timeline void, and offer welcoming Third Spaces. From Blacksky to a hometown Facebook Group, Anisota to the Provincetown Indie, feed readers to blogging newsletters, there are […]

We might be a small team but we're the right team. Using our past experiences, we're propelling the Newsmast Foundation forward, helping social media pioneers make the move away from Big Tech towards owning their community. #socialmedia #fediverse #newsmast #socialweb #mastodon #ourteam

Bounce, the tool that lets you migrate your social graph between protocols, is now live in Beta! Today, we're launching one direction: ATProto to ActivityPub. We're so excited to get this in people's hands and to see what it means for the future of taking control of our social graphs from […]

This is a great dive into why Blacksky is so cool; a major step up for the Bluesky / ATproto ecosystem and for the open social web as a whole. https://newpublic.substack.com/p/how-blacksky-grew-to-millions-of

At the last FediForum, we saw the premiere of the amazing Fediverse movie by @_elena. We can't promise something as amazing, but if you care about better social media, chances are you will love FediForum in October. Join us! https://fediforum.org […]

@reiver @crowdbucks 👉 A killer feature you should consider adding: tandem giving. I’ve only ever seen ActBlue enable this but only for political giving. It could really help fedi funding of groups of projects… https://www.actblue.com/posts/tandem-contribution-forms-just-got-way-better/

FWIW, I think that the people working with AT-Protocol (including Bluesky) are our friends. I think we have a lot in common with each other. I think many of them (who are working with AT-Protocol) are motivated by similar things as us (who are working with ActivityPub). We should look for […]

Social media’s next evolution: decentralized, open-source, and scalable: How Blacksky grew to millions of users without spending a dollar Excellent article by @[email protected] > "[Blacksky] guarantees our community a seat at the table, and ensures that we can leave and easily make […]

Want to run your own #activityinthepub or #activityinthepark? This blog post should have all the resources to make it a breeze! https://fedihost.co/blog/slug/activity-in-the-pub Over to you #toronto #edmonton #ottawa #calgary #vancouver

Just two more days to vote for our SXSW panels, and then we'll stop going on about them until next March 🤞. Cast your votes to see @mike talking to Rudy Fraser of Blacksky about community building, and Patreon's Jack Conte about creator independence […]

I know people are arguing in the comments of this post, but — Can we notice that — there is a conversation happening across the Fediverse, ATmosphere, Mastodon, and Bluesky. And, consider that some level of success for the broader Social Web 🙂 RE […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

#silentsunday #photography

#silentsunday #provincetown #photography

New blog post: https://jaz.co.uk/2025/08/14/there-is-one-fediverse-there-are-a-million-fediverses

@newsmast has many moving parts, and it hasn’t always been clear what they do, what we do, and how it all fits together. The tech products, curation, content, education and support are all part of a bigger process of community onboarding, building and growth. Over the coming months, we’re […]

Fediverse Report #129 - this week's #fediverse news: - The SocialHub ActivityPub forum might shut down: the current admin is looking for another team to take over the operation, and it is currently unclear if this will happen - Meta is likely scraping many fediverse servers, a leaked document […]

"“If Brazil makes strides in its regulation, it could inspire other countries…” said Francisco Cruz, a law professor #brazil, led by the Supreme Court and Justice Moraes, has taken some of the most aggressive steps of any country in tackling online #misinformation, saying it undermines the […]

We need to move on from Reddit https://mastodon.social/@verge/115011236901681082

Did you know, if you're beta testing Channels on https://Channel.org you can use the Channels app to curate, post to, and keep up with your Channel? 👀 It's a pretty cool way to get more involved in your curated community. #socialweb #fediverse #technology #mastodon #app #Mastodon

The most piratical thought at FediCon was presented by @j12t Ernst: Stop battling oligarch-owned big-tech walled gardens in their own space, where they have all the power. Move away, to open, unexplored territories. The big question of life, the Fediverse and everything, is how pioneering […]

Though we've been keeping one eye on the ongoing media meltdown, we've also been out on the road sewing the seeds of the revolution far and wide - taking the Revolution Roadshow to reach new people! Read our write up of our roadshow so far […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

This might be the most iconic yo-yo performance of all time. Filmed yesterday at the World Yo-Yo Contest in Prague, Hajime Miura’s winning 3A performance stood out for its bold use of ambient music, with the crowd's reactions filling in the quiet spaces. There were big dramatic tricks, along […]

#fediverse I just launched https://phillymetro.social a GTS instance for those who live in the Philly Metropolitan area or have some affinity toward it. Registrations are open (with approval), so feel free to grab and account. #gotosocial #philly #socialmedi

This week's #bluesky and #atproto news: - 38M accounts on Bluesky, with renewed discourse on a slowdown of the growth rate - The Verge's Nilay Patel talks about how SB Nation's new social feed for sports will integrate with bluesky in the future […]

Registration for FediForum Fall 2025, October 7-8, 2025, online, is now open. Join us and other Open Social Web enthusiasts for two half-days of discussing, teaching, learning and taking next steps to build a better future for us and our children of how we interact online. https://fediforum.org

Patches, paths and The Matrix (or why we can't all be Trinity). First thoughts from FediCon, a vibrant Fediverse gathering in Vancouver on 1-2 August 2025, put together by @reiver and team. Part II and III to follow. Thank you to everyone who organised, presented and attended. It was fun! […]

The next community event coming up is "Fediverse Village at HOPE" on August 15-17, 2025 in New York City. https://fediforum.org/events

Starting a Journey in Non-Profit Social Spaces (FediCon 2025) by Christopher Joseph Alemany @[email protected] @[email protected] https://spectra.video/w/p9nScG9XFX81iE89ufmWUM #fedicon #fedicon2025 #fediverse

"On August 6, 1991 [34 years ago], the first website was introduced to the world. [It] contained information about the World Wide Web Project. It launched at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, where it was created by British computer […] [Original post on stefanbohacek.online]

I got a friend of mine to attend FediCon 2025 who founded an important online bookstore in another country (other than Canada). After being at FediCon he got interested in creating a decentralized way for authors to sell books. #fedicon #fedicon2025 #fediverse

🗳️ Voting is open for #SXSW Cast your vote to bring @mike#sxswand Blacksky founder Rudy Fraser to SXSW! They’ll discuss what it takes to build inclusive, sustainable social platforms — and what the open social web means for creators, communities and the future of connection […]