Everyone is debating over Attie and how Blue Sky didn’t talk about how it would hurt Graze in the announcement. Ok I get that, but what’s wild to me is how few of people are talking about @spacecowboy17.bsky.social and the for you feed

At #AtmosphereConf last week, this was a big unanswered question: “How can AtProto apps make money sustainably that retains the values of this great community?!? No VC, Grants, or Loans!” I definitely have a conversation starter, and maybe a solution. Stay tuned 👀📺

Permissioned data is here, today, serving communities, creating space and agency. It just wasn’t done by the people you first think about. @blackskyweb.xyz and @transrights.northsky.social build against real, current need. #AtmosphereConf Great talk @kandake.africa

So what @sebastian.eurosky.social couldn't show you all in the demo was the redesign I've just done on the @eurosky.social portal with all the apps listed:

🚨 the ecosystem is delicate #atmosphereconf there's a LOT of enthusiasm + talent, but: - no magical investor monies - grant options are THIN - many first time founders - many don't want investment - few other options - scary macro env it's a collective challenge we can just pay for things?

So excited to be in Vancouver for #AtmosphereConf! Looking forward to meeting all the great giants who’s shoulders I stand on 🤩🤩🤩 @bmann.ca @ngerakines.me @baileytownsend.dev @knowtheory.net @kandake.africa @danabra.mov @rude1.blacksky.team @tessa.germnetwork.com @flo-bit.dev and so many more!!!

Incredible. Though, of course, due to current setup, any records are public on atproto, and feels like @aetheros.computer should be more upfront in alerting people about that so people don't store private info this way. But this with permissioned data could be really interesting.

Building in the atmosphere means you don't have to go it alone. We know organizers, and the groups-of-coordination they facilitate, require digital infrastructure for events planning. Ergo @roomy.space needs Events. @tompscanlan.bsky.social agreed and magicked @openmeet.net straight into Roomy.

‘Making’ chess pieces from Lego. Wow ! Source / Creator: Greg Saniatan aka slopsmcgee, in collaboration with LEGO

I want people to be comfortable paying for an atproto account (ie. space on a PDS) It’s the bedrock of everything we’re building; if it’s not funded it’ll get squeezed in ways that are bad for users (hi Gmail) We should normalise having (very cheap) paid-tier PDS accounts on the services we build

I would love if the if the home page would be a "Welcome to the Atmosphere" type of explainer page that could appeal to non-tech people. If your non-techy, there would be simple "One account to have open access to all these apps" messaging, and a "for developers" that links to this site

@alex.bsky.team and @jimray.bsky.team are my heroes. the new atproto.com is absolutely amazing and the best part is how filled to the brim it is with real code examples and documentation. If I had this when I was starting out in atproto, i would have saved so much frustration and confusion.

New AT Protocol website coming! It looks fancy! Highlights building apps, bots/agents, and feeds. Highlights developer features: json, strongly typed, hyperlinked, and more! Has a live firehose! Then there's lots of documentation and tutorials. "We can just build things"

Emerging from being "down in the technical weeds" of #atproto is a little mashup of @semble.so & WayFinder (www.wayfinders.network) Semble team released "open collections" this week - here we explore the "private & permissioned data" collection, created by @bmann.ca & now with 3 other contributors

I'm looking around @semble.so and I love it. It'll be powerful at scale and so good for finding fresh research. I'm done with the 'town square' and want to hang in the town library. #NotAnAd Where's the tip jar? www.loom.com/share/8bf8ab...

YOOOO THIS IS HUGE

@semble.so search is getting really good! The cool part is that it will just get better as the community continues to curate content Thoughtful curation + user owned data + real social networks >> SEO slop I just saved this piece and found great stuff thru "Similar Cards" semble.so/url?id=https...

@margin.at interop just dropped in Semble 🤝 Your Margin bookmarks now show up directly on Semble ✅ The Atmosphere has no walled gardens 🌻 Happy cross-pollination 🐝 More details on how it works below 👇

So uh, we wanted to test some things, so we found the longest NPM package name. This is it. Th...anks, random person 14 years ago. @npmx.dev salutes you.

This is massive. The technology underlying Bluesky and other useful applications is on its way to becoming an Internet standard like HTTP or email.

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ATProto is now in IETF standardization process. BOF stage passed at IETF 124 Dublin. Working group formation is next. datatracker.ietf.org/wg/atp/about/

My FOSDEM talk is live! Decentralized Public Broadcast with Streamplace: video.fosdem.org/2026/k4601/P...

I'm finally joining the firehose club.

For people working on the geography of social media, this map is just awesome! arewedecentralizedyet.online/map/ Via @lille.atproto.fr @flefgraph.bsky.social

guys 😭😭 youtu.be/ZdM-iNpv3nU

🔴 LIVE https://stream.place/iame.li virtual atproto hang

Deeply grateful for the community here, a glimmer of hope in such dark times

I just gave a quick demo of @viewsift.com to a friend, and part of the demo was also giving a demo of @semble.so so he could see how account (and soon data) are shared across platforms.... Man I love working with #AtProto

Media types coming to @semble.so soon 👀

atproto is cool because I should be panicking that somebody is going to beat Streamplace to establishing a half-decent VOD lexicon/service. gotta be first to market at all costs, right? but i like… want it to happen? breaking monopolies is hard, we need everyone’s help. welcome to the revolution

Quick shout out to @katharinehayhoe.com to just say thank you! You don't know it, but your content & consistency has been very inspirational in building @viewsift.com over the past 6 months! In wild and wacky times like this, it's also helped to keep me informed and motivated. Thank you!

Welcome to all the new folks on Bluesky! It's nice here. You can create custom feeds that can be topical, algorithmic, etc. This is the one you should use: bsky.app/profile/did:... Please share this for reach

BlueSky has become so much more enjoyable to use since switching to the @spacecowboy17.bsky.social for you feed. If blue sky hasn’t made it a default for new accounts, it absolutely needs to be

Spark is now in open beta. Download here: iOS: testflight.apple.com/join/uYpnjh37 Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...

Curious Adélie penguin inspecting the camera. To Adélie penguins, a small camera on sea ice seems to look just like a pebble. IG: myeonghoseo Cape Hallett, East Antarctica

“Red Sky invites you into a decentralized galaxy powered by Bluesky’s AT Protocol. Here, every verified user can own a procedurally generated planet, forming a vast, immersive social universe. Explore star systems, build bases, and communicate via broadcasting messages.”

Since Jan 1 2025, which feels like four trillion years ago, research has been shared on here 5 million whole-ass times. Bluesky recently passed 2 billion posts IN TOTAL. So 0.25% of the entire site's traffic was citations to research. That is actually massively high. Is it? Yes. Here's why.

Are there plans to add syntax highlighting to code blocks and inline code to Bluesky? It is one of the top features devs appreciated in Elk. Being able to share a11y code snippets instead of images makes a huge diff. I think it could help a lot to promote tinkering with the protocol among devs

Why is "superhuman AI" so much easier for us to imagine than "superhuman humans"? eg profound human inner transformation at scale

Be aware that there are accounts attempting to steal session keys. This particular method won’t work using the Bluesky app for a couple of reasons, but third party apps may be vulnerable to similar attempts. We will attempt to automatically label these as Platform Manipulation.

Don't forget folks: allowing yourself a vision of the future you'd want for our country and planet - not the one you'd settle for, not the one you fear, but the future of your dreams - isn't naive, it's a vital cognitive skill. That's how we articulate what we most value. What's worth fighting for.

Looking forward to seeing what this turns into!

Has anyone made a component library of blue sky compatible & customizable react / native components that can make it easier to make third party apps? If not, that could make AtProto development a lot more approachable 1/2 #AtProto

The Water Cycle #science #sciencefacts #hydrology

When someone asks why I keep working on the open social web when normal users don't care about protocols

If you haven’t tried the for you feed by @spacecowboy17.bsky.social yet, I highly recommend it. I’m finally loving Blue Sky again! bsky.app/profile/did:...

“Rather than waiting for the open social web to mature, we are building the tools that help it get there” Love the energy! So excited to see where this project goes