Today, Bridgy Fed begins expanding beyond microblogging, starting with long-form. If your Atmosphere (Bluesky, Blacksky, Eurosky, Northsky, etc.) account is bridged, all of your @standard.site publications and documents will bridge over to the Fediverse and the web 📜↔️📃 1/4 🧵

Australian hero dog retires after decade of service. Bear's skills saved over 100 koalas as bushfires raged across Australia's eastern seaboard from late 2019 to early 2020. He features in a "dogumentary" called "Bear: Koala Hero", and in a book, "Bear to the Rescue" u.afp.com/SLvB

Dear Bluesky, I regret to inform you that over on Twitter, the CEO of Palantir, Louis Mosley is endorsing the coverage of his company in my old newspaper, the Observer. This causes me personal & specific pain. But it should also to you too.

Dopamine has long been known as the arbiter of reward in the brain. Nature reports how recent findings could upend this classic theory of its function. #Neuroskyence 🧪

For 20 years, Dutch art detective Arthur Brand has acted as an intermediary between the police and people who know where stolen artwork might be hiding. He says patience and trust are everything. n.pr/41jAdb6

Owners from Great Britain travelling to EU warned over pet passport ‘dodge’

Japan’s aging population is a long-running issue, but more immediately, the demographic changes leave many isolated elderly people to face life-threatening blizzards on their own.

🇦🇺 Wild possum seen among toy animals at Australian airport A wild possum was spotted among stuffed furry animals in an Australian airport gift shop, surprising travellers.

Current service status: All systems operational 🙂 #eurosky

Interoperability and access to data? There's a solution for that 👀 @atproto.com

What if you could collect Wikipedia articles and make them battle? Wikigacha, created by Japanese developer Haruki Sugiyama, turns every Wikipedia article into a collectible trading card.

"What's really exciting about this work is that it suggests that the roots of this capacity for imagination are not unique to our species," said study co-author Christopher Krupenye with Johns Hopkins University. https://to.pbs.org/3NZsw6E

Powerful people around Jeffrey Epstein helped move money, survivors, and the justice system. Lawyers, accountants, and business associates—all enabling Epstein’s crimes. That’s why the depositions of Richard Kahn and Darren Indyke are so important—because justice demands accountability.

Yes, my account is on @eurosky.social, and no, I am not afraid. Strong leadership. Progressive defense. Unshakable stability. In an internet that sometimes faces tensions, Eurosky remains prepared, and proactive. I am grateful to call this place my home. Stay safe, stay calm — we will be fine.

‘I could barely think because it was so bad’: why Darcey Steinke wrote a book about pain

So here's why we experienced a problem with Eurosky last night 🧵 Our systems (the PDS) were up and running as normal. The issue was that data from our systems stopped flowing into the part of the network (the relay) that lead to the Bluesky app.

‘Dress for who you are’: how to start finding your personal style

Timeline cleanse: @sintrathecat.com’s lunch was only 15 minutes ago 🙂😽 #timelinecleanse #furbaby #catsky #blueskycats #catsofbluesky #crazycatlady

Guys, I was worried to death that my curiosity for testing shiny new things would kill my account. But it didn’t— I managed to move it from Bsky (MOOver) - #Eurosky (EU-HAUL) - Bsky (EU-HAUL) - @eurosky.social (see screenshot). For those at the back, don’t do it without your parents’ supervision 🙂

Blooming orchids and hidden faces – readers’ best photographs

Hi! SkyFeed is struggling and I need to find a solution. If you don't know SkyFeed, it's a service I built 2 years ago, enabling anyone to build and publish feeds using a visual block-based editor. SkyFeed is still hosting the most feeds on Bluesky, but that comes at a cost [1/X]

I think it’s absolutely amazing that after only 10 months of hard work we have one of the @eurosky.social team tell the French parliament about Eurosky on live TV. 🥰 Thx @robin.berjon.com for your hard work and thx to everyone who has supported @eurosky.social so far!!!

Now we have proof: dealing with difficult people really does age you

The future of social media is about you, not an app. Why we started by launching Eurosky accounts and our plans for apps. Read on from @sherif.eurosky.social

Some personal news: I’m transitioning from CEO to a new role as Bluesky’s Chief Innovation Officer! I’m excited to welcome @toni.bsky.team as our interim CEO. More here: bsky.social/about/blog/0...

Using my @eurosky.social PDS, I tested @margin.at— #atproto app for annotation, highlight & bookmark. I haven't annotated or highlighted anything yet, but the bookmark feature looks very neat. Won’t #bookmark anything sensitive or embarrassing because it doesn't have a private option. Worth a try!

“We call for a rich and diverse world of platforms as varied as European life. We need thousands of spaces for every scale. A platform for your neighbourhood. Your profession. Your parliament. “

‘The cover-up is brazen’: one journalist’s tenacious, traumatic fight to expose Ghislaine Maxwell

Long before anyone on social media uttered the word "girlboss", there were women breaking barriers and making history. 🧵⬇️ (1/6)

Mijn oproep: sta vandaag stil bij Internationale Vrouwendag. Juist ook de mannen.

How can we make social media better and healthier for women and girls? What are things you’d like to see? There are big social changes needed but there are smaller things that social media platforms can do directly. Everyone can be a feminist. International Womwen’s Day #IWD26

The Canadian province is permanently ending the biannual time shifts for more light at the day's end. But research shows daylight saving increases health risks. n.pr/4aY3rlG

Our cats may seem aloof, moody, and unapologetic. But they are also in many ways excellent role models for maintaining our mental health. Here's what they can teach us. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/invi...

There’s nothing more satisfying than watching spring onions and celery fast regrowing 🪴🧅🌿 #HerbGardening #IndoorGardening #RegrowingVegetables #LowFODMAP #PhotoOfTheDay #Photography #PhotoDiary #PhotoJournal #LifeInPictures

Banner by UK peace activist Thalia Campbell, a founder of the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp in 1981. She produced over 250 textile banners in activism for disarmament of nuclear weapons #WomensArt #WomensHistoryMonth

10 of the best fruit and vegetables to plant now for a hassle-free harvest

v1.118 rolls out today! New in this update: You can now translate posts without leaving the app. Simply tap "translate" on mobile and your phone's built-in translation takes it from there.

The key to a good life is not giving a f*ck about more; it’s giving a f*ck about less, giving a f*ck about only what is true and immediate and important— Mark Manson. Happy World Book Day 📚 #booksky #markmanson #quotes #currentlyreading #mustreads #readinglist #selfcare #selflove

Social climber: Punch the monkey starts to outgrow his Ikea plushie

Spanish PM Sánchez responds to Trump: "Spain is against this disaster... Govts are here to improve people's lives... It is absolutely unacceptable that those leaders who are unable to fulfill that mission use the smoke of war to hide their failure, and in the process, fill the pockets of a few."

Here's my first edit on the March 3rd Lunar Eclipse. 15 moon shots, 1 foreground. Taken over a 3 hourish period.

As an actor and filmmaker, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s work often has themes of sexual violence, female power and transgression. On “The Interview,” she discusses what it’s like to be the rare female director helming a big studio film, working with family and more. Read, watch or listen.

Too lazy to be a guide dog: how Marcus found his calling as a therapy animal – video

What if Shakespeare was dropped in modern-day London?

She was thrilled to become the first teacher from a government-sponsored school in India to get a Fulbright exchange award to learn from U.S. schools. People asked two questions that clouded her joy.

For your information, just as EU-HAUL (https://move.eurosky.tech) is not exclusive to @eurosky.social, @eurosky.social is open to anyone who wants their data securely hosted in Europe - making it inaccessible to the US admin. Register here: https://www.eurosky.tech

An ugly year for the Louvre: where does the world’s biggest museum go from here?

Her husband wanted to use ChatGPT to create sustainable housing. Then it took over his life.

Khanna: I think that there was some sexism in the way Secretary Clinton was treated. She was treated worse than President Clinton was treated.