As we head into the next two weeks, we're going to be spending less time online and more time with our families and friends. We hope you understand. We'll still be checking in, but don't expect to hear back from as us as swiftly as usual🎄

Very happy to add @aendra.com to the speaker list for #PfP✨London 🎉🎉🎉 Pre-registration is open now: protocolsforpublishers.com/london-2026/

Sad to be leaving after 3 formative, brilliant years but so proud of what we've achieved as a team ❤️ The work Newsmast does matters and I wish them all the best. They'll always have a supporter in me, and I will remain engaged in and an advocate for the social web 🕸✊️

As Freddie, @playawfulthings.bsky.social, comes to the end of his time with the Newsmast Foundation team, we'd like to take a moment to celebrate all he's achieved. Freddie has been with us since the start, from the original idea and through the many evolutions that have grown Newsmast.

We're very excited to be sponsoring @protocolsforpublishers.com in London! Alongside our sponsorship, @saskiakezia.com and @thebristolcable.bsky.social will come together to discuss our joint effort to build a news app for local community. If you're around, we'd love to see you there 👀

Happy Hanukkah to all beginning their celebrations today! #Hanukkah

There's only two days left to show @[email protected] your support by donating to their crowdfunding campaign ‼️ You can learn more and support here: www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/... #SocialWeb #SocialMedia

ICYMI - Our talk at #SFSCON In November, Michael and Saskia gave a talk at SFSCon in Bolzano, Italy about the End of Liberalism and the Social Web's role in fighting back. www.sfscon.it/talks/growin... #SocialMedia #SocialWeb

Our technical partners are incredibly talented and have worked with charities in the past, including a project by one of our founders who recommended we work with them across the Newsmast tech stack. They believe in the Newsmast Foundation's vision and we're proud to be working with them!

Want to support a brilliant Social Web project before the end of the year? 🔥 Bonfire are so close to achieving their funding goal... You can learn more about their project and what your donation would help fund below 👇 www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/... #SocialMedia #SocialWeb

We're thrilled to welcome @benparker140.bsky.social to the Newsmast Foundation team! Co-founder of The New Humanitarian and a former international aid worker, Ben joins us as Editor. He'll be helping keep our Channel experience looking good across the Social Web through careful curation 🧹

Today is the International Day of Persons with #Disabilities ♿ On social media, it's important that we consider how disabled people interact with their digital community and make their voices heard. We should behave in a way which allows this community to be #accessible for all.

Today is the first ever WebSocialBR, a Social Web focused event online and in-person in Brazil 🇧🇷 We really hope all attending have a great time and that their hard work to grow the Social Web in Brazil culminates in wider adoption. #SocialWeb #WebSocialBR #Brazil

Today is #GivingTuesday, and also around the one-year mark of @snarfed.org & @quillmatiq.com teaming up to build @anew.social. We've accomplished more than we could've imagined and have incredible momentum going into 2026! Here's to another year of building A New Social for people, not platforms 🌐

Happy Thanksgiving to those celebrating! 🦃 We may not be celebrating here in the UK, but we'd still like to extend our thanks to the community we've built across the Open Social Web and all of the people who have guided, advised, and supported us. Thank you 🧡 #Thanksgiving

We believe that the Social Web has the potential to be the most diverse space on the entire web. But to get there, we have to start simple. We aren't experts. We're learning each time we post. Our hope is to provide the very first stepping stones to that, diverse, Social Web we dream of.

1/3 Case study: how can we have less toxic, non-extractive #SocialMedia, that works the way internet pioneers originally envisioned? Well, look no further than my old haunt @thebristolcable.bsky.social, and my new #Fediverse friends the @newsmastfoundation.org!

On the 7th, we presented 'The End of Liberalism' at #SFSCon If you couldn't make the trip to Bolzano, don't worry because the video is now available! You can check it out from the comfort of your own home here: www.sfscon.it/talks/growin... #SocialWeb #SocialMedia

A new case study looking at how we're building for good, with information sharing and news at the heart, has been published by Good Commons today! Check it out here: goodcommons.world/casestudies/... #SocialMedia #Journalism

🎉 We've launched The Bristol Cable app – a world first! Independent investigative journalism meets open social networking. **What makes it different:** • No algorithms – you control what you see • No data harvesting • No advertising • Connects to Mastodon, Bluesky, Threads & beyond

Local news and community in one app 📱 We are incredibly excited and, honestly, really proud to be launching The Bristol Cable iOS app with @thebristolcable.bsky.social today. If you're a Cable member, check it out! #SocialMedia #DigitalCommunity

We're very proud to be part of an alliance of organisations calling for open networks and democratic public spheres. Learn more here: offene-netzwerke.eu/buendnis/ #DigitalSovereignty #DigitalPolicy #EU

This week, @playawfulthings.bsky.social & @michaelfoster.bsky.social are heading to Germany for the European Digital Sovereignty Summit and @eurosky.social Live 💫 Links to learn more about each event are below 👇 #SocialWeb #Eurosky #DigitalSovereignty

Today is World Kindness Day 🤝 We wanted to take time today to say thank you to some of the people who have helped us over the years. You know who you are, thank you 🧡 #WorldKindnessDay #SocialMedia

We're helping organisations understand that the future of engagement isn't by feeding the hungry algorithms of Big Tech, but it's in smaller, more meaningful communities. #SocialMedia #CommunityDriven

Today, we take time to remember those who have sacrificed to give us the freedom and rights we must continue to protect. In an era where history is being rewritten by those in power, we hope you take time to remember and share history today. #Remembrance #LestWeForget #History

We're very excited to be a 'Common Sponsor' of the Bonfire project 🔥 Bonfire offers and incredible opportunity for the Open Social Web. It will be great to see their work with various organisations, including us, come to life. #SocialMedia #Bonfire

We're heading to #SFSCon We're really excited to meet a community of people passionate about free software and, specifically, those who are making the trip to Bolzano for the Fediverse track, sponsored by #FediForum 🎉 Our talk is in the Fediverse track on Friday. We hope we'll see you there!

Introducing Mo-Me… 📲 Mo-Me, created with @media-revolution.bsky.social for Media Liberation Day, acts as community refuge for the many people looking to leave Big Tech platforms today. #SocialMedia #MediaRevolution

Three years ago today, the idea of the Newsmast Foundation was born 🎂 Born from the pieces of what Twitter was, our founders knew that they needed to take action to help online communities come together to inform one another once again. #SocialMedia #Newsmast

Submissions for Fediverse #FOSDEM 2026 are now open! We had a brilliant time at FOSDEM last year and we're hoping to be back in Brussels in 2026. If you have a talk, an idea, or something to show off, why not take a look at signing up? socialwebfoundation.org/2025/10/31/f... #SocialMedia

Feliz día de los Muertos! If you're honouring those passed today, we hope you have a joyful celebration. #DiaDeLosMuertos #DayOfTheDead

Happy Halloween to everyone celebrating! We hope you're all feeling at your spookiest, whether you're settling in for the night with a scary film or your dressing up to go out, have fun 🧛 #HappyHalloween

We don't believe any local community should have to survive without reliable local news. That's why we're hoping to work with more local news groups and help them set up their own online space, including an app. #LocalNews #Journalism

"There’s a clear imperative for those of us working on the Social Web to act in this emergency." @michaelfoster.bsky.social breaks down the threats we face in the digital landscape and thinks about how we can channel our inner badass and fight back 💪 www.blog-pat.ch/the-end-of-l... #SocialMedia

I was at the Thompson Reuters Trust Conference last week. Blinded by AI and blindsided by Trump, liberal institutions are in survival mode. How can those of us working in the Open Social Web fight back? Sarah Connor offers inspiration. www.blog-pat.ch/the-end-of-l...

We're asking organisations and individuals if they would trust the owners of Big Tech platforms with community building in any other context. Unsurprisingly, many wouldn't. So, why do they online? We're showing them the alternatives. #SocialMedia #SocialWeb #TechBro

Happy Bandi Chhor Divas to all celebrating today! The Sikh holiday is a celebration of the day the Sixth Guru was released from prison, carrying with him 52 Hindu kings. It's a time to celebrate freedom and reflect on the importance of human rights. #BandiChhorDivas

And we're live! Starting today, you can use Bounce to migrate from Mastodon to an existing Bluesky, Blacksky, or any other ATProto account! Check it out: blog.anew.social/bounce-beta-...

To everyone celebrating, we wish you a you a happy and bright Diwali! #Diwali #FestivalOfLight

Staying safe online isn't easy, but we're working hard to help ⚔️ We don't claim to be perfect, but we're very serious about safety on the Social Web. #SocialMedia #OnlineSafety

"It would be simple to say that we have built a social media app. We have. But we've also built something more." @saskiakezia.com looks at how we define our latest step-forward before the first launch 👀 Check it out 👇 forbetter.ghost.io/defining-a-n... #SocialMedia #LocalNews

We're launching Mastodon to Bluesky/Blacksky/etc migrations next week! If you're interested in trying it before the rollout, reach out - we're looking for testers.

Community shouldn't be far away. That's why we're helping organisations, activists, and local organisers build their community away from the divisive algorithms of Big Tech. #SocialMedia #CommunityBuilding

Yesterday, we visited @thebristolcable.bsky.social for their AGM to announce our exciting partnership. The Bristol Cable is a co-op, 100% locally-owned publication and we're very proud to be developing new ways to help them connect with their community away from Big Tech. #LocalJournalism

Today, we announced our next Bounce Beta that lets you migrate your Mastodon profile into any existing ATProto account, whether you're on Bluesky or any other PDS provider! We'll be going live with Bounce Beta 2 on October 20th. Read more here:

October is Black History Month in the UK 🤎 🖤 Black history is woven into the identity of the UK. You can follow @blackhistorymonth.org.uk and learn more about Black History in the UK here: www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory

Your profile on the Open Social Web looks the same as your profile on Big Tech social platforms, but there's a big difference. Your profile is no longer a profile on a platform, but an address across a web. That's why we recommend filling out your profile here carefully. #BlueskyTips #SocialMedia

Things are coming together at @newsmastfoundation.org. Here’s the big idea we’re working on: What if every community could have their own social platform, driven by an own-branded mobile app, as easy to build as Facebook Groups? #Fediverse #SocialMedia #Community www.blog-pat.ch/building-app...

"Where the social connection for a Facebook Group is the Meta walled garden, our community apps connect through to the open social web, on the Fediverse, and, across the bridge, Bluesky." - @michaelfoster.bsky.social www.blog-pat.ch/building-app... #SocialMedia #SocialWeb #Blog