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

“What excites me is new worlds emerging that I can’t imagine." www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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Nice to get the performative outrage from Breitbart. It's been a while. Honestly thought they'd gone out of business. www.breitbart.com/entertainmen...

OpenAI started as a non-profit, funded by tax-deductible donations to make AI benefit everyone. Now, they’re shifting to for-profit, putting profits over public safety. Tell OpenAI’s board and Attorneys General this isn’t OK by signing the petition ⤵️

OpenAI started as a non-profit, funded by tax-deductible donations to make AI benefit everyone. Now, they’re shifting to for-profit, putting profits over public safety. Tell OpenAI’s board and Attorneys General this isn’t OK by signing the petition ⤵️

None of us can be sure what will “work.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never “sure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.

New podcast! Two segments! • First, Nikki Gladstone, director of Rightscon at Access Now, on what to expect at RightsCon25 in Taipei. • Second, Robin Berjon and Sean McDonald on Free Our Feeds, which aims to make AT Protocol (on which Bluesky is built) resistant to billionaire capture.

Right now, the 170 million+ Americans who use TikTok see this. It's time to create a better, billionaire-proof and democratized social media. Visit FreeOurFeeds.com to take action.

The facts are, the ACA saved millions with pre-existing conditions and set standards for care. But now, more than a decade later, with what we now know, it’s time to take the insurance companies out of the mix. The subsidies they get are enormous. We don’t need them as middlemen.

Breaking: Deep investigation into the secretive world of so-called sustainability-linked loans and bonds issued by the world biggest banks to the world biggest polluters. All with the aim of greenwashing both banks and energy companies. @apnews.com digs into it here: apnews.com/article/shel...

"Remember when social media was supposed to be about connecting people rather than enriching billionaires? A new initiative called Free Our Feeds wants to make that vision a reality." Read more about #FreeOurFeeds from @parkermolloy.com here: www.readtpa.com/p/free-our-f...

This is a great initiative, that we should all support. I've donated. Will you? freeourfeeds.com

It’s seems so far from where we are today but I truly believe social media will be radically different in 5 years time. @bsky.app is a huge part of this and we’ll be doing our bit with @freeourfeeds.com

🤝 Together, we can: - Build independent infrastructure - Fund open social apps - Reclaim digital spaces for everyone 🌐 Help us raise $4M for @freeourfeeds.com! Chip in here: gofund.me/2e144bae #FreeOurFeeds

If you’re able to, please donate, but please follow their account on Bluesky for more info: @freeourfeeds.com

@freeourfeeds.com will build a new, independent foundation to support Bluesky’s underlying technology to be on a pathway to become an open and healthy social media ecosystem that cannot be controlled by any single company or billionaire. #FreeOurFeeds freeourfeeds.com

Free Our Feeds wants to build a social media ecosystem ‘resistant to billionaire influence’

mark ruffalo: i guess we doin atproto relays now

One reason I’m excited for #FreeOurFeeds is Bluesky’s open protocol. Anyone can collaborate on verification and moderation, or offer a unique feed for sorting through posts. Letting people shape their own experience of social media is nothing short of revolutionary.

#FreeOurFeeds launched just over 24 hours ago. In that time, we've been overwhelmed by your support, enthusiasm and shared support for this effort. Over 500 people have collectively contributed over $30,000 to fund this essential work! Learn more & chip in here: FreeOurFeeds.com

We can do this. If you’re here on a sky, we’re already starting to reclaim our digital infrastructure. Let’s keep going!

I like comparison of social media to public roads by @robin.berjon.com.

Some thoughts on @freeourfeeds.com and how the sustainability of social media platforms is tied to governance questions: openfuture.eu/blog/publicl...

#FreeOurFeeds covered by @willoremus.com: "The idea behind 'Free our Feeds' is to turn the concept of a decentralized network into reality." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

In under 12 hours, we're at nearly $20,000 raised to support the development of the AT protocol and save social media from billionaire capture! Learn more about the campaign and chip in if you can here: freeourfeeds.com

Free Our Feeds! What is it! @freeourfeeds.com F.O.F. is an independent group with the goal of running THIS👇 social network totally outside of Bluesky. It's not us. It's a fully independent version of the network. All the same users and posts. Running cooperatively with us and others.

One of the coolest things about the announcement about @freeourfeeds.com, which aims to build a network based on ATprotocol that is wholly independent of Bluesky, is *how excited all the Bluesky folks are about this*. This is what they were building for from the start.

🌎 It’s time to reclaim social media. Billionaires & venture capital shouldn’t control our digital lives. #FreeOurFeeds is raising $4M to build a public-interest alternative. Chip in today to make it happen freeourfeeds.com

So inspiring to see this kind of vision and commitment from the leadership of @bsky.app! We are done with billionaire-run walled gardens. The future of the social web will be radically different. Everyone can play a role in helping us to get there. Support the plan to freeourfeeds.com!

there's a lot we can do at Bluesky to structure the protocol to be more resilient one thing that we can't do that is *necessary* for resilience is creating authentic competition it's exciting to see solo devs, small companies, and now funded initiatives taking that need for competition seriously

Exciting to see new, independent projects spin up to decentralize the atproto ecosystem! Building alternative infrastructure is a big step towards giving users more choice and making the network billionaire-proof.

a big piece the atproto/protocol vision is about un-bundling most day-to-day moderation, product features, and power from full-network infra. but infra still maters! as does governance. pretty excited to have more independent teams to collaborate and interoperate with

very excited to have other large players taking the decentralization of atproto infrastructure seriously looking forward to seeing what comes out of this!

Big news! There's a new project that's raising cash to build out AT Protocol infrastructure that isn't dependent on venture-funded Bluesky, to stimulate the development of new social networks using that infrastructure, and to make the protocol's governance more democratic fortune.com/2025/01/13/m...

It’s time to reclaim social media! ✊🔥 Billionaires & monopolies shouldn’t control our digital lives. Project @freeourfeeds.com is raising an initial $4m to build a public-interest alternative for social media, on the AT Protocol. It's an ambitious, challenging project. Read more: freeourfeeds.com

It's easy to be cynical about such efforts. But I'm choosing to be hopeful. I think building this out from Bluesky is smart, and I'm glad mastodon is also moving in this direction. I'll be glad if the MuskBerg (ZuckMusk?) nonsense triggers a move towards open protocols that has been long overdue.

exciting! the bluesky team often calls the AT Protocol "billionaire-proof," but this term is only accurate when there are viable alternatives that users can benefit from. (@atproto.com is the underlying standard that bluesky is built upon.) this new project is helping to make that a reality!

Reading @taylorlorenz.bsky.social’s User Mag this morning about #FreeOurFeeds gave me the most hope I’ve had about social in years. open.substack.com/pub/taylorlo...

Wow! Over $9,000 raised in a few short hours from 133 donors. Thank you to everyone who's been able to support! Can you chip in to get us to $10,000. together we can build a social network ecosystem free from billionaire control. Donate here: gofund.me/2e144bae

Very proud to be part of this effort. It's time we stopped the billionaires from owning our conversations.

So thrilled to be working with folks like @audreyt.org, @markruffalo.bsky.social, @moonalice.com, @alexwinter.com on #FreeOurFeeds We’ve got a chance here: Bluesky’s open protocol is an incredible opportunity to reimagine social media and take back the internet from fickle billionaires.

Join the movement against the tech broligarchy, let’s reclaim our digital world once and for all. ✊🏻

Building the digital public infrastructure for the public sphere - this is so great to see:

We're 0.1% there! Rome wasn't built in a day. We know open source tech won't rid social media from billionaires, we need capital too. Real capital. Chip in to help us build a healthier social media ecosystem: gofund.me/2e144bae