Episode 22 is about @hypha.coop -- a tech consultancy coop -- that is working on ways to verify images from conflict zones, among other projects. open.spotify.com/episode/5pb6...

Friend of Hypha, Zeke Williams, just released an important paper explaining how Big Tech's influence is driving irresponsible AI development, and charting a course towards alternative, more equitable, models of development. Check it out!

With Massachusetts set to decide on a number of high-stakes ballot questions this November, Hypha partnered with mapletestimony.org to give voters a forum to share their opinions. Read more about our engagement with MAPLE in our new case study

Very interesting new report from CanTrust Hosting Co-operative and @hypha.coop that asks the question whether Canadian co-operatives can build, own, and govern their own AI infrastructure is possible and feasible. Download the report here: cooperativeblueprint.ai/read-the-stu...

Something, a queer Toronto organization, was gearing up for the #Pride edition of its flagship event. Then the group's co-founders couldn’t access their Instagram account, which had nearly 10,000 followers. Their small business and personal accounts had been disabled. New @mobocks.bsky.social:

Better technology starts with democratic organizations. That's why we co-founded Tech Co-ops Canada, a new coalition promoting worker ownership in the tech industry. Join us!

New report: Can Canadian co-operatives build and own their own AI infrastructure? We looked at the technical, financial, and market feasibility and found a viable path forward. The Canadian Solidarity Stack is out now.

This is so cool!

The new episode of Future Mending Radio is about a worker coop in Toronto -- @hypha.coop -- that is implementing image verification technologies for journalists. www.buzzsprout.com/2396702/epis...

This is an extremely concerning development. Designing systems to be insecure makes everyone less secure, no matter who holds the keys to the backdoor.

May 14 You'll find me at://montréal meetup showing some of @hypha.coop's work. Venez voir ça!

CONGRATS!!

We did a massive investigation, made a zine, and then threw a sold-out party. What part of that doesn't make you want to support independent local media?! hellgatenyc.com/hell-gate-ju...

this is off-the-cuff, but I've been pounding the table about it for a while--implementation is and remains the easy part. AI services are the easy part the hard part is *executive strategy* and I am not aware of anyone going even near consulting, etc. for that completely underserved segment

so you join bluesky, but ah these people are so annoying! good news , you can now access - grain.social - plyr.fm - beaconbits.app - atmo.rsvp all without ever looking at The Posts

Big day: Leaflet now supports EMAIL NEWSLETTERS 📧📬💌 Turn on ~Newsletter Mode~ and readers can subscribe with email as well as atproto! This is in alpha, and only available with Leaflet Pro. Help us test & reach out with any q's! Drop your email at lab.leaflet.pub — we'll send something soon :)

May Day reading. A comic on Argentine tech co-ops and the power of worker-led collaboration to build fairer technologies. Other Tech Worlds Are Possible, Vol. 2: digilabour.com.br/comic-book-o...

Happy to cover the 🍕 budget (and order more last minute 😆). It was a great crowd and people attended from all over the GTHA!

Thanks everyone for coming out! Really great to see how much interest and chat there was. Stay tuned for updates!

Good call @tedunderwood.com!  https://openai.com/index/where-the-goblins-came-from/

For non-Finnish speakers - "Bluesky has reportedly become the social network for science and research." We would add - the broader Atmosphere, not just Bluesky :) Either way - LFG

Our Pollen browser extension is now live on Chrome and Firefox! It's an experimental tool for adding "claims" to images on Bluesky (commentary, provenance, facts) directly attached to the image content itself. nectar.hypha.coop

looking forward to seeing you all (atpro)toronto folks next week!

My project for the last year, Orbital Studies Issue № 0 is available now! Orbital Studies is a literary science magazine. We publish writing and art in service of a more beautiful scientific culture. Includes work from @philipcball.bsky.social, @spencer.place, Michael Levin... orbitalstudies.com

Pollen is now available! If you thought our talk was cool, try the demo for yourself: nectar.hypha.coop Or read the blog post I wrote to understand how and why it works: hypha.coop/dripline/pol...

I thought this was worth following up on: ted.leaflet.pub/3mjx7nfxjss2i

Lexa Michaelides from @hypha.coop wants more Canadians on Blue sky! #DXC26 #DXC

Walled garden social media platforms are *still* killing local journalism, especially in Canada. Plus now referral traffic is down b/c of AI says Tai from @thelocal.to #DXC26

First principles for the panel: in media, ‘provenance supplies truth’ #DXC26

Happening now! Hypha’s @lexa.fyi alongside Bruce McCormack, @thelocal.to’s Tai Huyhn, Wilf Dinnick and Nora Young talking about provenance, media & democracy #DXC26

If you're at #dxc2026, come to "Knowing What's Really Real: Content Provenance, the Media & Democracy" at 11am. Hypha member @lexa.fyi is speaking alongside an awesome panel www.democracyxchange.org/sessions/med...

#DXC26 starts today! Canada’s 7th annual Democracy Summit brings together bold voices and big ideas to strengthen and protect our democracy—at a moment that demands both. 3 days. 90+ speakers. Sold out. Let’s get to work. Read the full release at: www.democracyxchange.org/news/democra...

Our Pollen browser extension is now live on Chrome and Firefox! It's an experimental tool for adding "claims" to images on Bluesky (commentary, provenance, facts) directly attached to the image content itself. nectar.hypha.coop

🚨 Save the Wayback machine! 9to5mac.com/2026/04/13/i... Sign: www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2026-03... @fightforthefuture.org #Waybackmachine #PublicRecords #Archiving #Openaccess #Opendata

Anyone looking for a breath of fresh air in the Atmosphere should try @anisota.net by @dame.is and @hypha.coop's spores.garden. It's a wonderful calming experience. Everyone else, of course, too. 🌿 thegoodwork.blog/posts/planti...

April 29th! Come talk about atproto! Featuring demos by @bad-example.com, @hypha.coop, and more. atmo.rsvp/p/atproto.to...

Written media, from this bluesky post to the front page of the Toronto Star, will soon be consumed primarily via AI mediators. We believe this can be a time of great opportunity for media publishers, so we put together this short survey of the evolving landscape to help you navigate the moment.

In case you missed our talk at #AtmosphereConf, it's now up on YouTube!

doing my favorite thing of composing stuff together, and toying around with x402 and Privacy Pass to see how they can play together to introduce a sort of a blinding layer to x402 an intro to both, how they're used and a possible way to integrate them! kobi.leaflet.pub/3m3pyyctda22i

our @makeworld.space will be organizing some ATProto meetups in toronto soon! Follow @atproto.to for more

fascinating lightning talk by @makeworld.space and @udit.bsky.social !! def want to try out pollen #atmosphereconf

Pollen in one picture:

@hypha.coop is at #AtmosphereConf and launching Nectar, a new API that allows searching for similar images across the Atmosphere. Use it to track reposts, make image annotations, watch social trends, and more. Learn more here: nectar.hypha.coop/

Blacksky trending topics are live.

excited to announce our new platform for content moderation and community management at scale. this replaces ozone for us. built by @rishkebab.blacksky.team hand in hand with our T&S team.

this is crazy — bro topped an LLM benchmark without changing weights at all he sliced an LLM wide open, in the middle, and duplicated a block of ~7 layers circuits ftw! dnhkng.github.io/posts/rys/

Thrilled to be working with @bad-example.com, whom you know from the excellent @microcosm.blue tools, on making the atproto network ever more resilient atproto.com/blog/introdu...

Can't wait to see y'all at @atmosphereconf.org next week! I'll be there representing @hypha.coop alongside @udit.bsky.social

We recently crossed $6K/mo in recurring subscriptions 🎉 A nice milestone If I was solo on Blacksky that would be enough for me to make a living full-time on just all of your direct support But this year is about growing and providing for the core team who took/will take risks to work alongside me

Paul's article prompted a long one from me: What is the purpose of protocols? connectedplaces.online/the-purpose-...