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.

Very pleased to see this #Indiesky project put #freeourfeeds funds to good use, supporting Northsky in their community building efforts. Congratulations @transrights.northsky.social and @knowtheory.net @bmann.ca

"The true free speech absolutists in the tech industry aren’t the ones making the most noise. They’re the ones building platforms that are untouchable. Whether those solutions operate on blockchain or some other technology, it’s clearly the future of free speech." cc @ivansigal.bsky.social

Not just a good argument, and on a vital issue, but damn funny. I wish more policy writing made me chuckle.

Amazing news. Alaa pardoned after, this time, six years in prison and a lifetime fighting for freedoms in Egypt. What an inspiration. This would be a good time to grab his book, "You have not yet been defeated": what it takes to fight oppression. #freealaa fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/you-ha...

Reminder that I'm hosting a new podcast at @issuesinst.bsky.social where I basically invited a bunch of my friends who work in really interesting areas and we talk about what they do with a lens of disaster studies and speculative fiction. The conversations have been amazing!

That's a wiiiiiiiiild omission with a lot of downstream consequences. It's interesting to contemplate why we didn't collectively discover this sooner too.

Hello everyone! Announcing Eurosky Live: Berlin 2025. Join founders, developers, media, policy-makers, and investors for a full-day public programe exploring the European open social web. If you're building on ATProto and interested in showcasing, please reach out! To register: luma.com/knk1342n

Ahead of tomorrow's hearing on European "censorship" of Americans under the Digital Services Act, I have a new blog post explaining why that is not a thing. You can get the gist in about two minutes of skimming the bold text, or stay for the details. 1/ cyberlaw.stanford.edu/a-primer-on-...

House Republicans Want To Doxx Wikipedia Editors Over Bogus ‘Bias’ Complaints Congress has absolutely zero constitutional authority to investigate a private website for its editorial decisions. Zero. None. This is First Amendment 101. Yet House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and…

The times they are a-changing

"officials may treat digital protections as bargaining chips rather than a crucial bulwark of European democracy or a defence against foreign influence". The Brussels defect, as told by the Financial Times: www.ft.com/content/5820...

Super interesting: Russian FSB demanding direct entry into smart speakers in personal spaces, with legal support. Where else, if anywhere is this happening, or might it happen in the future?

@graze.social breakdown of returns for campaigns on Bluesky: "dollars went three times further on Bluesky than they would on any other social platform." Their words, for your consideration: www.graze.social/blog/how-gra...

Nice write-up about #protocolsforpublishers, a great event in NYC last week I had the pleasure of helping with, with thanks to @knowtheory.net @bmann.ca @chadkoh.com @ruperts.world and many brilliant participants: www.niemanlab.org/2025/08/the-...

Today, we're launching the first Beta of Bounce, a tool that lets you migrate your social graph across protocols! We got such a positive response from our announcement, and we're so excited for folks to try it out. Here's what you need to know when you Bounce: blog.anew.social/bounce-beta-...

This action to confront the conceptual and actual failure of tethered electronics, in this case electric car chargers, and how to escape by @natematias.bsky.social, is excellent! #righttorepair natematias.com/portfolio/20...

My "Introduction to #ATProto" blog post that I've been working on for some time is ready 🙂 It goes through things like records, lexicons, DIDs, then PDS/AppView etc. and how it all works together. Let me know if anything is wrong! More parts later, with the Fedi comparisons & misconceptions etc.

Aug 20th -> Showcase evening with talks by @ruperts.world @devingaffney.com @ivansigal.bsky.social lu.ma/gb050dwt Aug 21st -> invite only publishers summit

My dear friend and distance cycling partner @natematias.bsky.social is riding the equivalent of Mt. Everest this weekend, as a fundraiser for @globalvoices.org, my online home for over 16 years. Please support Nathan and Global Voices! globalvoices.org/2025/07/24/f...

Excellent to see end-to-end encryption messaging for open social and a great complement to atproto, thanks to @tessa.germnetwork.com and team at @germnetwork.com .

It's from Jim Jordan's 145 report on the DSA and censorship, which is a bizarre mix of (1) correct in describing the DSA's mechanics and sources of concern and (2) super hazy in establishing that bad things are actually happening, despite all that subpoenaing. judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

Open social "platforms are fundamentally different, in principle and design, from American behemoths like Instagram and X. They restore control to users, reduce gatekeeping, and encourage innovation" says @seabass.bsky.social in a new essay: www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/e...

Consequences of years of lousy and extractive US social media platforms. People want to leave; they just need somewhere better to go.

Very pleased to share latest update on Free Our Feeds activities, including strategic roadmap, fundraising, grants and investments, and links to speaking and writing: free-our-feeds.ghost.io/free-our-fee...

My alternative home for over 16 years, @globalvoices.org, is running a donation drive in the face of a difficult funding environment. You all know why: the obliteration of foreign aid. They need your help. GV is a precious resource in today's media ecosystem: community powered, local expression.

I am looking forward to attending this!

On Aug 21st, we're hosting an invite-only summit where publishers and protocol builders can talk about the current challenges, including an uncertain future: AI-based user agents are now a core interface to the internet for over half-a-billion active users. More / apply to attend pfp.unternet.co

Protocols for Publishers is hosting two days of discussions in NYC in late August. On Aug 20th, join us for an evening showcase of discussion across ATProto, MCP, Web Applets, Web Payments -- exploring protocols for a sustainable agentic web, and futures that aren't disintermediated by platforms

Reuters covers Eurosky Initiative, which is an effort to build support and common tools for developers and communities building on the AT Protocol. tech.yahoo.com/social-media...

Hey out there to our Bay Area ATProto nerds and ATProto curious friends. @germnetwork.com and ATProto Community Fund are hosting an ATProto meetup at the Internet @archive.org this coming Tuesday July 8th! Come on out, hack and chat: lu.ma/mf4n7jbi

After 5 days, 102 hours of live streaming, 19 guests & over 10,000 viewers, I've finished my portrait of Elon Musk. And I think I've captured the psychology of the man. #WeNeedToTalkAboutElon

Reading: ‪@davekarpf.bsky.social‬ on the "little tech" agenda in Silicon Valley. Ah, it's good to read someone who pulls no punches. Ah, clarity. www.techpolicy.press/the-little-t...

"Reddit is suing Anthropic for allegedly using the site’s data to train AI models without a proper licensing agreement...Reddit’s lawsuit makes it the first Big Tech company to legally challenge an AI model provider over its training data practices," techcrunch.com/2025/06/04/r...

Reading today: @werd.io on technology leaders in newsrooms. A great post on all the qualities and skills that aspirationally, make up the role. Challenge is that finding these people: this is a shrinking field, and the path to get here is winding: werd.io/2025/buildin...

Reading today: @techpolicypress.bsky.social unpacking the Rubio's contortions with the definition of censorship to threaten visa restrictions, with cameos by @davidakaye.bsky.social and @daphnek.bsky.social. What a trifecta! www.techpolicy.press/three-questi...

Brian Eno is LIVE NOW! www.youtube.com/live/uogmc-c...

“In Elon’s case… he's more of...a vulture capitalist mind than a technology mind.” - @alexwinter.com Livestream continues today at 4pm BST with Brian Eno, Jon Ronson and more! Join us at IanPaintsElon.com

Had a great convo with @flipboard.com’s CEO @mmccue.bsky.social (who is also a big supporter of and contributor to Blacksky!) about building new kinds of communities that couldn’t have been built before (owning the data, infra, rules) Talk about mutual aid, stuff I’m thinking of building next, etc

Me: "The thing that AI is taking out is the most human part of it which is the process. The process is where you make mistakes. If you take that out, you’re taking away so much learning" Talking w/ @carolecadwalla.bsky.social about art & AI, raising money for freeourfeeds.com

I'm live now with @carolecadwalla.bsky.social now at IanPaintsElon.com ⬇️

"People can create social media for themselves. You really don’t need to be giving money and support to an outright fascist who wants you dead. Let’s find and build new communities.Support #FreeOurFeeds"- @alexwinter.com gofund.me/7b754132