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...

excited to share that we are following through on our earlier commitments and putting together an independent+neutral organization to house the DID PLC system, includes the directory service

If anyone wants more done with private data - give to Blacksky. If anyone wants more solid migration systems - give to Blacksky. But also: Rudy can’t be our only wall. Doing the hard work of setting up an entity (not just a friends PDS) is what we’re going to need.

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

Hey, I'm with the Eurosky folks. We would like to hear your experience of building for ATProto, what you like, and what your pain points are. Especially interested in understanding the frictions in creating new ATProto experiences, but equally happy to hear from experienced devs and anyone else.

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-...

What if the internet as you know it is already gone? Concise summary of our state of affairs, and an argument for a shift structure and public investment, by @mallory.techpolicy.social.ap.brid.gy and Burcu Kilic: internet.exchangepoint.tech/big-tech-red...

@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-...

The last few days of #ATProto_NYC have been good but this hack day is downright life affirming, I love this fucking community man

Today is an invite only #ProtocolsForPublishers day at the absolutely gorgeous space at School for Visual Arts (SVA) We’re meeting with a small group of publishers to dig deep on needs and opportunities. We’ll report out next week on general themes. @unternet.co @graze.social @freeourfeeds.com

@ivansigal.bsky.social from @freeourfeeds.com kicked off our evening #ProtocolsForPublishers

We'd like to take another opportunity to thank our sponsors for their support of #ProtocolsForPublishers 👏 @betaworks.com 🎉 @graze.social 🥳 @freeourfeeds.com

Thanks @genmon.fyi for sharing #ProtocolsForPublishers We’ve got a really great group of people coming together to discuss emerging protocols. Let’s not get disintermediated this time? Thanks @unternet.co @graze.social and @freeourfeeds.com for sponsoring!

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 .

🎟 Get your tickets here: pfp.unternet.co Big thanks to @unternet.co @graze.social @freeourfeeds.com @betaworks.com

🔐 Building ATProtocol apps? Then you know identity and authentication is the first real barrier to entry - and it's a pretty high bar. The OAuth spec is a beast, and ATProtocol adds a lot of complexity too. That's why I'm running a masterclass this fall. 🧵 More details →

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...

TONIGHT! Join us at Newspeak House for the July edition of ATProto London! We'll be having a quick show-and-tell then later a talk by @oppi.li about @tangled.sh. There's still space if you want to attend! lu.ma/15mefous

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...

This #ProtocolsForPublishers gathering in NYC is the start of more discussions. We believe now is a critical time to get technologists & publishers working together to explore this evolving space. If this is interesting, come join! And please share with publishers & content creators of all kinds.

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

Eurosky's initial project is to plan for, design and build a Commons for Content Moderation (CoCoMo) for ATProto apps, to ease the burden of content moderation obligations for small developers. Very important in European context. @freeourfeeds.com is providing some funding for this.

The Reuters story has one error: Eurosky is currently a mostly a volunteer effort; it is supported by in-kind labor. It is functionally an initiative of @freeourfeeds.com, a crowdsourced, democratically funded mechanism. It is not funded by governments, though Eurosky are talking to several of them.

Eurosky is a collaborative of several people/initiatives, including @flashes.blue, @sherifea.bsky.social, @robin.berjon.com. Details on new landing page, which launched today: www.eurosky.social

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...

For Father's Day, I wrote about Musk and Trump's mutual daddy issues. With thoughts from @ianbrucestudio.bsky.social on.ft.com/4dZ5TrK

A project I’ve been working on for months really came together today. Mark Ruffalo, John Cusack, Rosie O’Donnell, & Alex Winter all joined livestream with Musk portrait artist. Shoutout to @tanyaocarroll.bsky.social @jordanuhl.com @robbennett.com, Kaliana, Connor,& many others for making this happen

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

"The one thing about fascists throughout history is they never survive. They can't fucking govern." - @markruffalo.bsky.social in conversation with @rosie.com, @alexwinter.com, @johncusack.bsky.social & @ianbrucestudio.bsky.social.

This is a super cool initiative - please do tune in and donate!

What a line up! @markruffalo.bsky.social on fire 🔥 talking about the failure of those with money to take back control of critical infrastructure like social media. So powerful to see cultural figures organizing and fighting back in this way. @johncusack.bsky.social, @rosie.com and @alexwinter.com.

Pretty wild line-up right now with @markruffalo.bsky.social, @rosie.com, @alexwinter.com, and @johncusack.bsky.social raising funds for #FreeOurFeeds as @ianbrucestudio.bsky.social paints. Ruffalo: "Hey billionaires out there, fucking step up!" www.youtube.com/live/uogmc-c...

What a Crew! @johncusack.bsky.social, @alexwinter.com, @ianbrucestudio.bsky.social, @rosie.com & @markruffalo.bsky.social all in one place! Join the conversation LIVE: www.youtube.com/live/uogmc-c...

Surprise! @markruffalo.bsky.social is here with us! www.youtube.com/live/uogmc-c...

As we watch @ianbrucestudio.bsky.social finish his third portrait of Elon Musk, chip in to #FreeOurFeeds to have your name painted into the portrait during the stream! gofund.me/e6bb4033

Donors to the campaign will have their names painted into @ianbrucestudio.bsky.social's portrait live on stream!

HAPPENING NOW! @rosie.com, @alexwinter.com & @johncusack.bsky.social join @ianbrucestudio.bsky.social on IanPaintsElon.com!

"I’m not the most worried about Musk. If anything, the fact that Musk is foolish in the way he’s putting himself about his relationship with Trump. Do you know who I’m really scared of? Peter Thiel. He’s smarter, he’s more philosophical, he’s more cynical." - @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social

What they are already building is the future. And it is the vision we share at @freeourfeeds.com Please join & support the movement to make that vision happen faster and at scale: www.gofundme.com/manage/help-...

LIVE: @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social is joining me now to talk about Elon Musk, billionaire control of our society and much more! All in support of @freeourfeeds.com. Join us: www.youtube.com/live/uogmc-c...

"Democracy is the thing we can get out of decentralized technologies. This means allowing communities to govern themselves." - @robin.berjon.com IanPaintsElon.com

Happening now! @rudyfraser.com & @robin.berjon.com are joining @ianbrucestudio.bsky.social on his #IanPaintsElon livestream to support #FreeOurFeeds! Join the stream at IanPaintsElon.com & ask about Free Our Feeds, the AT Protocol, and what’s the solution to billionaire control of social media!

Going live in 1hr at 10am ET!