"We need thousands of spaces for every scale." Following up from the #Rebuild event last week, the group has published an open letter about European social media. Thousands of spaces for every scale is exactly what @eurosky.social and the Atmosphere are about! letter.rebuild.net

Almost 5k 🚀 let’s get there today - tell your friends! 🇫🇷 On passe les 5,000 aujourd’hui? Parlez d’Eurosky à vos amis! 🇪🇸 ¿Llegamos a 5,000 hoy? ¡Cuéntaselo a tus amigos! 🇩🇪 Schaffen wir heute 5,000? Erzählt euren Freunden von Eurosky! 🇳🇱 Halen we vandaag de 5,000? Vertel je vrienden over Eurosky!

💥 It took 37 hours to register the fourth thousand accounts on @eurosky.social 🎉 The first thousand (a slow, cautious launch) took a couple of weeks, the second 72 hours, the third 31.

"public-interest projects are being hit by industrial-scale AI scraping": good summary of the threats to the open internet from rampant scraping for AI training data: www.opendemocracy.net/en/ai-chatbo...

Amidst the scrum of the Indian AI Summit, there are some excellent side events. Looking forward to joining @mallory.techpolicy.social.ap.brid.gy @thelastjosh.bsky.social @projectliberty.io and the Observer Research Foundation to host this: luma.com/25chdoy8?tk=...

Here’s a little background on why we’re building u-haul. I should have published something sooner so that people don’t have to speculate on the reasons, but we’re all wearing 5 hats these days at @eurosky.social and there is just too much stuff to do in parallel.

US State Dept "removing all posts on its public accounts on the social media platform X made before President Trump returned to office on Jan. 20, 2025". Another reason we need open social infrastructure: records of public entities should be easily duplicated. www.npr.org/2026/02/07/n...

Here’s a quick recap of yesterday’s Summit. The @greens-efa.eu & @alexandrageese.bsky.social had invited myself and several other technologists, including @robin.berjon.com, to speak in the EU parliament as part of the „EU Tech Stars Summit“ www.greens-efa.eu/en/article/event/eu-tech-stars-summit.

"Why do people keep calling for a 'European X' or a 'European Instagram' when instead, by sharing infrastructure as we're doing with @eurosky.social, we could have 20 or 30 social networks?" — @seabass.bsky.social

“Authoritarian infrastructure leads to an authoritarian society” @robin.berjon.com said, in reference to our current tech stack. And he also brought up the infamous Technate, a “deeply rooted ideology that keeps reappearing”. Before giving several recommendations for ‘regime change’

It's very exciting to see Eurosky launch their first piece of open infrastructure. It's been great to help this come into shape from early discussions of running independent Bluesky infrastructure to getting something to users.

I've just moved to eurosky.social, and you can too! For European data storage, and to demonstrate how a decentralized, open social network looks like in practice. We are testing the personal data service (PDS) transfer this week, sign up if you want in! www.eurosky.tech/register #eurosky

Also, not impressed with "will require identification and photo validation." You're totally missing the point and just creating a privacy nightmare. If you want a European social media effort, look at @eurosky.social or various ActivityPub efforts. Don't build some new proprietary platform.

The last thing anyone needs is a new "platform" for microblogging. The whole point is we should be moving beyond silo'd platforms into an open social world. So my response to the launch of "W" as a competing platform to "X" is simply: "but Y, tho?" cybernews.com/tech/europe-...

This looks like a tasty and provocative read: nearly 1/3 of social media research has undisclosed ties to the tech industry: www.science.org/content/arti...

We’re excited to share that Eurosky now has a supporting legal entity, @modalfoundation.bsky.social - a new nonprofit dedicated to making open social tech viable at scale. Big Tech’s dominance can feel inevitable, but it doesn’t have to be that way. modalfoundation.org

Hi Bluesky! We're Modal Foundation, a new nonprofit dedicated to making open social tech viable at scale. We grew out of the @freeourfeeds.com campaign and support @eurosky.social. Our work will connect experts, strategists, builders and communities to create a human-centered internet.

We envision a world in which tech serves people over companies and governments. Find out more and get in touch here: modalfoundation.org

Very excited that @modalfoundation.bsky.social is now public, fulfilling our @freeourfeeds.com commitment to set up a public interest tech foundation to support social tech based on open protocols.

Join us in London on Feb 4-5, 2026 to discuss how we can preserve an open, equitable web, where no one company holds the keys. Here are the initial announcements 🎉 #ProtocolsForPublishers protocolsforpublishers.com/pfp-london-d...

The first of many things we're planning, to find out more see www.eurosky.social/development-...

❕Registration will open in batches, the earlier you register, the more likely your username of choice will be available. ❕You can migrate your existing Bsky account ❕You can use your custom domain Yes, this is a PDS :)

Announcing eurosky.social accounts - launching January 2026. ✅ Managed by Eurosky, a European non-profit initiative ✅ Hosted on European cloud ✅ Governed by European law www.eurosky.social/register

When we were planning the August edition of @protocolsforpublishers.com we knew that being in the US wasn’t going to work for a lot of people. @chadkoh.com is running with it & now has set a date for London in early February.

Our very own @robin.berjon.com reports from his time at @eurosky.social's Eurosky Live in Berlin two weeks ago. There's a bright future for content addressing on tomorrow's web! ipfsfoundation.org/ipfs-at-euro...

Big Tech continues to control our online spaces, threatening free speech and democracy globally, but we’re doubling down on our commitment to support decentralized open social technology. For #GivingTuesday, we're asking for your support: www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-fr...

This #GivingTuesday don't forget about global, multilingual, community journalism. @globalvoices.org brings you the stories that our community members know need telling. We're under threat from authoritarianism, budget cuts, & attacks on journalists. You can help. globalvoices.org/donate/

Another timely summary plus analysis on state of open social by @laurenshof.online. If this topic is your jam, this newsletter is for you.

🇪🇺 Eurosky is building EU-hosted social media infrastructure on ATProtocol. Priorities: Commons for Content Moderation (CoCoMo), decentralized architecture, and reducing Big Tech dependency. Public funding + civil society collaboration = digital sovereignty. openfuture.eu/blog/eurosky...

We're excited to announce that Bluesky PBC included us in a round of grants to help foster the ATmosphere! Their generous grant will support infrastructure costs for Bridgy Fed and Bounce. We're so lucky to be included among so many phenomenal builders 🙏🏼 Here are a few we're excited about: 1/🧵

Catherine Tait, Philipp Schild, @amlung.bsky.social, @sandervdwaal.bsky.social and @ivansigal.bsky.social discussed how interoperable infrastructure can reinvent media’s relationship with audiences, break down platform monopolies and preserve journalistic independence. vimeo.com/1140417552?s...

Very happy to have been able to contribute to this event, and thanks to @taylorowen.bsky.social and colleagues for producing a stellar event.

Eurosky Live in Berlin was this week (great to see so many cool people!), and I wrote about building open social networking protocols is about more than just building an alternative to Big Tech's platform power

Love that by extension (via screenshot) @laurenshof.online, @sherifea.com, @anke.domscheit-berg.de, @robin.berjon.com, @bnewbold.net and Colin Robinson (those who know know) made it into the German news :) Great article (!) about the @eurosky.social conference with mentions of:

What do we have here? @bnewbold.net and @robin.berjon.com talking all things AT Protocol. #EuroskyLive

Live now: all about the future of of media #EuroskyLive

And @alexandrageese.bsky.social is on fire today. Frustration from yesterday's tech sovereignty summit? #EuroskyLive

We're in Berlin this week with @eurosky.social and many others for #EuroskyLive, a conference on digital sovereignty, media independence, startup opportunities, and the future of social technology being built and governed in Europe. free-our-feeds.ghost.io/free-our-fee...

We've kicked off #EuroskyLive in Berlin. Livestream the event here: stream.place/eurosky.soci...

@eurosky.social‘s live event has its own starter pack now: #EuroskyLive

Very excited to be supporting @eurosky.social live event in Berlin next week. Open social tech futures in Europe, and how to do it, with a great crew of thinkers, creatives and technologists.

A BBC study shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory: www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

The Wayback Machine’s snapshots of news outlets’ homepages have plummeted in recent months — Nieman Lab reporters @andrewdeck.bsky.social and @hanaatameez.bsky.social found they declined by 87% starting in May of this year. They decided to find out why. buff.ly/rhtRGcr

Happy to share latest update from #freeourfeeds campaign, covering highlights from the past few months and outlining upcoming events and appearances. free-our-feeds.ghost.io/free-our-fee...

Join #freeourfeeds and @eurosky.social on Wednesday, 19 November in Berlin as European leaders, policymakers, developers, and investors explore what's already being built and chart the path forward for Europe’s open social web. We are so pleased that @alexandrageese.bsky.social will be joining us!

Since 2011, Heike led Rhineland-Palatinate's digital transformation as Government CIO, focusing on responsive & barrier-free public services. A former member of the State Parliament, she brings a crucial perspective on how governments can support the infrastructure needed for Europe's digital future

Join us on Wednesday, 19 November in Berlin for Eurosky Live. This is for anyone building, funding, or shaping Europe's digital future. Register luma.com/knk1342n

Bluesky runs on open protocols with open source code. Today we’re taking an additional step and making a patent non-aggression pledge to ensure that everyone can build confidently on our work. Learn more and read the pledge in our blog post: bsky.social/about/blog/1...

Own Your Algorithm == Ow Ya! Lovely to see the new G in the wild.