Maurice makes a useful distinction here between organizing space vs. safe space: we can go out and engage people on common cause despite big (often offensive) ideological difference, but then come home to our safe spaces, where we can be ourselves w/our people. this is how we build movements & power

A maternity ward doctor donated his own blood during surgery to keep a pregnant patient alive. One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy. Another collapsed and had seizures during labor. (Published Dec. 2025)

This is what Gabbard does to protect her position. Her job is not protecting the security of the United States of America; it’s serving Trump‘s revenge fantasies.

An examination by ProPublica shows how thoroughly and expansively the Trump administration has overhauled the federal government into what some fear is a vehicle for making sure elections go his way.

Thomas’ mask comes all the way off. By the end it sounds like he’s sidling up to the notion of taking up arms against progressives abcnews.com/Politics/sup...

Now that you’ve read the stance of the Blacksky Team, we wanna hear from you all to help us determine the future of Blacksky. Quotes and replies off - please submit statements and vote on statements via our People's Assembly.

The Iran war is hurting countries far from the Middle East that have no direct involvement in the conflict — and while the U.S. has largely escaped the worst economic impacts, experts warn this could soon change.

Ra'il I'Nasah Kiam co-founded YourSlipisShowing, which played a key role in anti-racist and antifascist organizing online. But his work, like that of so many Black trans organizers, was thoroughly erased — when the movement he helped found was even mentioned at all. This is his story:

So @bnewbold.net's back at it with another pizza thoughts: bnewbold.leaflet.pub/3mimokt4o5c2f/

This is zuck one month after going on Rogan podcast claiming he would never takedown content based on government requests ever again

Spotted in NASHVILLE…

NEW: Wikipedia has banned AI-generated content.

On This Day in 1995: West Coast Rap Icon and N.W.A. Member Eazy-E Died #Vice

just some quick napkin math on this, $375 million is 0.18% of meta's reported 2025 revenue of $200.97 billion, or 0.62% of meta's reported 2025 profit of $60.46 billion. $375 million is the maximum penalty allowed by law. the system just like, fundamentally doesn't work lol

RSS creator on Bluesky & AT Proto Bluesky can't abandon the developers who made a bet on AT Proto, so they should give the protocol to a standards body while catching up on UX.—Dave Winer

We're so excited for AltStore's launch into the open social web! Starting today, every app listed on the AltStore will send updates to the Fediverse and bridge those updates to the Atmosphere via Bridgy Fed 🌐🚀 And there's even more goodies in this release 👀 Congrats to the AltStore team!

the fact the president of the united states is even thinking about asserting emergency powers to disrupt an election - just a few years after he incited an armed coup attempt - should be the top issue. but the media mostly shrugs and the opposition doesnt focus on it.

it's kind of an insane process to hire a CEO

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...

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.

question for all of you: how did you find out about bluesky? what made you decide to join? how did you get an account here (this question is largely for invite-era users)?

@mfru at the intersection of Solid and Activitypub there is @activitypods that is BTW pivoting to @nextgraph as we think the truly decentralized POD based on RDF is in fact NextGrsph. Of course we are biased, but maybe we are onto something

are people on here that have opinions about #solid (the pod technology not the javascript framework / library) why is it good / not good? is it usable? is it in use? it doesn't seem to have the same popularity as i.e. #activitypub / the #fediverse, even though the concept of solid pods seems […]

Yuffie is in 10H’s outfit for the Ever Crisis x NieR collab 🖤 Honestly I’m happy seeing Reincarnation get some love!

Introducing Ecosystem Action Research: a pilot program to address shared challenges in the AT Protocol ecosystem with a cooperative approach to strategic innovation. By the community, for the community. Sign up to participate here:

We're excited to launch our most-requested Bridgy Fed feature: being able to interact with unbridged users! Starting today, when people interact with you on the other side of the bridge, you'll get a notification over DM along with a "respond" link, where you can like, repost, reply, or block.

But fr it's going to be a whole new ballgame in 2026. A lot of the tech is getting solid, I expect private data to land, the devex is going to get constant love, bluesky's redoing the website and launching a lexicon discovery site, and the community is doing incredible stuff

v1.116 is rolling out now! For all the overthinkers and perfectionists out there, we're launching Drafts.

The o-line hasn’t done him any favours but Drake Maye has been slow to process, holds on to the ball long, his mechanics have gotten away from him. This has been all playoffs long & showed up in the biggest games. I want no excuses! #SuperBowl #NFL #SportsSky

@natetice.bsky.social @qbklass.bsky.social no Drake Maye apologies. He’s played terribly. The o-line did no favors but the ball coming off his hand, missing checkdowns etc. this has been all playoffs

For our first launch of the year, we're kicking off with more blocking features! Rolling out today: ATProto across Bluesky, Blacksky, and any other PDS can apply domain blocklists to Bridgy Fed. Blocks come with if you Bounce, and we even added a handy list of reputable blocklists to choose from.

I dislike stupidity so much. They keep isolate O’Connor and he’s lost against every back shoulder throw. Yet Miami keeps him on Becker and not adjustments. That alone cost #Miami #CFB #CFBNationalChampionship #Sportsky #football

a lazy route may cost the Bears a spot in the NGC championship and I’m sick for them especially @robertmays.bsky.social #NFL #NFLSky

So here’s why my answer is a hard NO: the number of times I was called the N word in my first week of using Mastodon was unprecedented in my experience of using social media

Any blacksky.app users who get banned from bsky should try logging into the staging.blacksky.community website. Looking to get feedback + identify any lingering bugs. Email [email protected] with those. Missing data from non-Blacksky hosted accounts + older posts is expected

Congratulations to a good season #CarolinaPanthers it was unexpected and they made it tough for most opponents. The team is trending in the right direction and I hope it only goes up #NFL #SportsSky #Football

The Carolina Panthers aren’t not afraid to play the Rams. Still a lot of time on the clock. No matter the outcome Panthers & fans have to be proud of the effort #NFL #SportsSky #NFLSky #NFLPlayoffs

New from me: X is A Power Problem, Not a Platform Problem https://connectedplaces.online/reports/a-power-problem-not-a-platform-problem/

The 2025 Social Web Trust & Safety Needs Assessment Report is now available. Volunteer moderators are burning out. Spam is rising. Legal threats are growing. The 2025 Report reveals where things stand, and what must change. Read it now […]

A new @iftas report brings insights from fediverse moderators, administrators, and community managers: worsening mod-to-user ratio, spam, burnout, lack of tools. "Moderators are the backbone of a safer social web – but most are unpaid, under-supported, and under constant strain. If we want a […]

If #Miami loses it’s due to Beck not seeing a wide open receiver running across his face and getting sacked. It’s insane #cfb #cfp #CFPSemifinal #Sportssky #football

Mamdani has only been Mayor for a day & criminals are already fleeing New York

They want Georgia to win so bad. That was a blatant facemask and idk how it gets missed #CFB #CFBPlayoff #Football #Sportsky

Alabama needs to fire Kalen Deboer and leave him right in LA #CFB #CFBPlayoff #SportsSky

“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”

Sharyn Alfonsi, the veteran CBS news reporter who led the story: “I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight.” The reality is that she is much more likely to be fired than Weiss, and that should tell you all you need to know about CBS now.