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Our Land, a new documentary, interrogates the connections between land, power and a sense of belonging following the Right to Roam movement in England and Wales. It captures the tension between public campaigners fighting for greater access to nature and landowners.

Love this post by @jaz.co.uk —please read it. Then apply his same paradigm to politics, transportation, housing, education and society in general and have a good long think.

New blog post: jaz.co.uk/2025/10/30/t...

Thanks Jaz for joining me on Fireside Fedi. Please check out Jaz and IFTAS . Jaz's work in #trust and #safety on the #fediverse is absolutely vital. #Peertube #VOD - video.firesidefedi.live/w/rfCpqU15if... #Castopod #Fedicast - audio.firesidefedi.live/@firesidefed... www.youtube.com/@btfree_org

👋 If you can see this toot you are on the #fediverse enjoying #bettersocialmedia How flippin' awesome is that!? In one or two sentences, tell me one thing that stands out for you personally, one of the reasons you enjoy being here. And if you're ok with me using your answer in promotional […]

One week left until the Trust & Safety Research Conference hosted by @stanfordcyber.bsky.social! The final agenda is now available: fsi9-prod.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/...

Please provide your input on @blackskyweb.xyz Community Guidelines (use of the feed, moderation, app, as well as developer/network services). Anyone using our feeds, subscribed to our mod service, on the PDS/relay Provide input via the following link 🗳️: assembly.blacksky.community/6carwc4nzj

New blog post: jaz.co.uk/2025/08/14/t...

New blog post: jaz.co.uk/2025/07/01/d...

Whoops, pressed save before I edited the working title. Anyway, new blog post: https://jaz.co.uk/2025/07/01/digital-equity/

Did you know there are three custom feeds for #Cymru / #Wales? bsky.app/profile/jaz.... (New) bsky.app/profile/jaz.... (Hot) bsky.app/profile/jaz.... (Trending) I love feedback, but you'll need to @ me on Mastodon - so follow @ap.brid.gy if you haven't alrdy, then msg @jaz.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy

I appreciate the follows here, but I am 99% next door. We're on the same street but you need to poke your head over the fence. You'll need to follow @ap.brid.gy to open the side gate, and then @jaz.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy to see me (and me you :o)

I'm building a prototype of an atproto app with "local-only" posting and sharing options. Catalyst of it is a potential client need but will make it open source (of course). Just wanted to check if anyone's done this yet. Inspo is ActivityPub's Hometown github.com/hometown-for...

Reminder: if you follow @ap.brid.gy then your posts can travel to other parts of the Fediverse (like toot.wales) Nodyn atgoffa: os dilynwch @ap.brid.gy yna efallai y bydd eich postiadau yn teithio i rannau eraill o’r Ffedysawd (fel toot.cymru)

Mastodon is transferring ownership to a new non-profit, which will also be based in Europe. I'm very curious to see what happens next. #Fediverse

Big news from Mastodon. "we are going to transfer ownership of key Mastodon ecosystem and platform components... to a new non-profit organization, affirming the intent that Mastodon should not be owned or controlled by a single individual." blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/01/the-...

Not sure what IFTAS connect is? Here are the key features: 1) Crowd-Sourced Library – A growing collection of practical guides, wellness resources, and research curated by moderators for moderators. The library is open to all, no sign-up required: connect.iftas.org/library/ .

@kissane @iftas Wow! We've had a tremendous show of support today and I cannot thank you all enough 💙 The First 50 is likely filled up but I haven't had a chance to update the page, so I will extend it to accommodate everyone who participates today ✨ As a #givingday treat, FediCheck is now […]

The IFTAS First 50 is now the IFTAS First 67 thanks to #GivingTuesday support ✨ Thanks to my inability to keep the Supporters page updated as fast as the support is rolling in, the IFTAS First 50 page will include everyone who donates today through midnight -12 UTC about.iftas.org/first-50/

I'm grateful every day I get to wake up and work on #Blacksky. Deeply grateful for the moderators, the developers helping to make rsky less risky, folks who've offered to work on side projects, anyone saying Blacksky in rooms I'm not in, and anyone that ever asked how I was doing. Love y'all. 🖤

Currently live at www.bnr.nl if you want to hear me talk (in Dutch) about bluesky for the next hour

Have you bridged your Bluesky account to the full #Fediverse ? If yes, LMK so I can help promote your account. If not, why not :o) Follow @ap.brid.gy to open your profile up to 15 million more users of independent social media on Mastodon and more!

The Cymru | Wales feeds are now split into three views, pin them to switch easily between them: New - sorted chronologically bsky.app/profile/did:... Hot - most replies bsky.app/profile/did:... Trending - algorithmically ranked bsky.app/profile/did:... All feedback welcome!

Made some updates to the Cymru | Wales feed, all feedback welcome: bsky.app/profile/did:...

This is a FACT! @rudyfraser.com and his team has put in WORK trying to make this platform welcoming for Black folks. And if they hadn't done that work, over time, many of us would have come but not stayed. And there have been multiple waves, this latest one the biggest. Many have returned, too.

We are excited to announce that @knowtheory.net has joined the IFTAS Advisory Board! Ted is a distinguished leader in open-source technology and digital public interest work.

…heblaw’r ffaith nad oes modd rhannu fideos ar fan hyn wrth gwrs : Dyma nhw ar y tŵt : toot.wales/@Dailingual/...

I've added a custom Bluesky feed of #Cymru / #Wales conversations / sgyrsiau that you can follow as a custom feed: bsky.app/profile/did:... I'll monitor update the algorithm as needed, but please lmk if you see anything you want changed.

I've added a custom Bluesky feed of #Cymru / #Wales conversations / sgyrsiau that you can follow as a custom feed: bsky.app/profile/did:... I'll monitor update the algorithm as needed, but please lmk if you see anything you want changed.

It's lovely to see so many Cymry joining up looking for a better social experience. To take full advantage of your newfound freedom, follow @ap.brid.gy to open your account up to the entire Fediverse, and reach millions of people beyond Bluesky.

I don't post too much from this account, but you can follow my main account using @jaz.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy (You may need to follow @ap.brid.gy first for that to work)

#Defaidodon is trending! Let's keep our feeds woolly and gentle today. #defaidodonday #lambspam

Dal i ffeindio fy ffordd o gwmpas bsky ond, i fod yn onest, well gen i Tŵt Cymru ar Mastodon. Still finding my way around bsky but, to be honest, I prefer Toot Wales on Mastodon.

Shwmae! If you follow @ap.brid.gy, your posts will be shared across the wider Fediverse, which includes over 15 million additional members. This is a brilliant way to connect with more like-minded folks beyond Bluesky while staying true to the decentralised and independent spirit of these platforms.

Bridgy Fed fans, big news: accounts bridged into Bluesky can now use custom domain handles! Also, if you deactivate bridging, you can now undo it and bring back your bridged Bluesky account. And much more! snarfed.org/2024-10-29_5...

We are kicking off an exciting collaborative with the Bonfire Networks developer team -a governance-first community platform using ActivityPub. The Bonfire developer team are interested in reviewing proposals from the moderator community for rapid iteration of evidence-based, prosocial tooling […]

Just published a Nature comment highlighting a few of the rumors our UW team expects to see going into the Nov 5 election — from rumors that falsely frame election errors as impactful and intentional to rumors about "non citizen voters" and "suspicious behaviors". www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Blacksky FAQs Oct 2024: 1. How did it start? (in my own words) 2. Adding / removing yourself from the feed 3. How is the feed protected from bad actors? (this is evolving) 4. What is being built? (also evolving) 5. How can I support? Donate, write code, like + share 6. How's it funded? a few places

The official Blacksky account @blacksky.app is now a moderation service. It will be limited in scope for now. The intention is to provide a better, structured place for reporting antiblack posts and harassment campaigns which happens by DMs and tags today.

We had a great time at the latest @fediforum.bsky.social where @jaz.co.uk talked all things IFTAS, and @thisismissem.bsky.social demoed the CCS. Watch that replay right here: peertube.tv/w/vAumUo44mh... 🧵1/3.

105 donations for a total of $5,011 in 2 days. Humbled and grateful for every single one of those donations. The bsky team also partnered with @iftas.org to secure us some additional security protections. ❤️‍🔥 Thank you to everyone who shared and/or contributed. Feeling loved and protected today ✨

After a couple of sleepless nights babysitting the public launch, I'm incredibly heartened to see the interest and positive feedback we are getting on our volunteer moderator support site IFTAS Connect. A reminder that the library and news features are open to all, no sign-up required. Check it out!

We get a lot of questions about the EU Digital Services Act and its potential impact on federated services, so we partnered with DSA experts Tremau to break down when it applies, when it doesn't, and practical guidance for providers who want to meet the requirements. about.iftas.org/2024/04/09/d...

New Episode! 📣 We sit down with Jaz Michael-King from IFTAS to talk about the challenges of building out Trust & Safety for decentralized social spaces. #Decentered

New paper from me and @samlai.bsky.social out today in the Journal of Online Trust and Safety, looking at the moderation capabilities of federated and decentralized social media, and what needs to happen to make these platforms resilient to online harms. doi.org/10.54501/jot...

Bluesky is built to give users control over their social spaces online. Today, we’re open sourcing Ozone, a tool that lets users collaboratively inspect and label content on the network. Later this week, we’re opening up the ability for users to run their own independent moderation services.

Today, we’re excited to announce Bluesky’s Head of Trust and Safety. Aaron Rodericks, who has over a decade of experience in defending platforms at global scale, is leading our moderation team in cultivating a healthy space for public conversation on Bluesky. Learn more: