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Kuba Suder • @mackuba.eu on 🦋We've got a first "normal" independent <a href="https://martianbase.net/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> community PDS with >100 users, from Rudy Fraser's Blacksky :) Rudy has officially launched the PDS this weekend and has been helping people from his community migrate there from Bluesky PBC hosted servers whole day.(There's also a new third party migration tool that was launched this week, which has been very helpful in this: <a href="https://pdsmoover.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pdsmoover.com</a> 🐮)Stats at: <a href="https://blue.mackuba.eu/directory/pdses" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blue.mackuba.eu/directory/pdses</a><a href="https://martianbase.net/tags/atproto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#atproto</a> <a href="https://martianbase.net/tags/ATProtocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ATProtocol</a>

jackit’s really cool seeing people move to the blacksky PDS, shows that average users can do it when provided easy tools. incentives are there <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23atproto" target="_blank">#atproto</a>

jackShould look at this to track my PDS… <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/atproto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#atproto</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/115001457526721126" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/115001457526721126</a>

jackFollow me on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Flashes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Flashes</a> app 👇<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/atproto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#atproto</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bluesky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/decentralised" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#decentralised</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/appstore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#appstore</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://app.flashes.blue/profile/j4ck.xyz" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://app.flashes.blue/profile/j4ck.xyz</a>

jackOoh I got oauth on my bluesky post-only client (ish)! GPT-5 is insane Just need to get posting working when logged in via oauth.. Installable as a PWA at <a href="https://bsky-low-data.pages.dev/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bsky-low-data.pages.dev/</a> More changes to come later but links and hashtags work too for now (this app was made in under 1hr) <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23atproto" target="_blank">#atproto</a>

jackposting from my post-only client (aiming to be quick in low bandwidth situations) will soon host this on github pages wow, GPT-5 made this easy! working on oauth, but with an app password login it's fine! works with my 3rd party PDS <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23atproto" target="_blank">#atproto</a> (tags work too, insane!)

Battalion 👊🗡️⛓️‍💥Destroying Autocracy – August 07, 2025Welcome to this week’s “Destroying Autocracy”.It’s your source for curated news affecting democracy in the cyber arena with a focus on protecting it. That necessitates an opinionated Butlerian jihad against big tech as well as evangelizing for open-source and the Fediverse. Since big media’s journalism wing is flailing and failing in its core duty to democracy, this is also a collection of alternative reporting on the eternal battle between autocracy and democracy. We also cover the cybersecurity world. You can’t be free without safety and privacy.DA comes out on Thursday and is updated through the end of day on Friday. Then we start over. So take your time in perusing it and check back in over the weekend.FYI, my opinions will be in bold. And will often involve cursing. Because humans. Especially tech bros. And fascists. Fuck ’em. Featured Item TechDirt reports:Back in April 2023, when Substack CEO Chris Best refused to answer basic questions about whether his platform would allow racist content, I noted that his evasiveness was essentially hanging out a “Nazis Welcome” sign.By December, when the company doubled down and explicitly said they’d continue hosting and monetizing Nazi newsletters, they’d fully embraced their reputation as the Nazi bar.Last week, we got a perfect demonstration of what happens when you build your platform’s reputation around welcoming Nazis: your recommendation algorithms start treating Nazi content as more than worth tolerating, to content worth promoting.<a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/04/substacks-algorithm-accidentally-reveals-what-we-already-knew-its-the-nazi-bar-now/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Substack’s Algorithm Accidentally Reveals What We Already Knew: It’s The Nazi Bar Now</a>If you are on SuckStack you are a c^nt in addition to being a willing ally of Nazis. We start and end with good news to make the middle bearable. The response to Russia’s War Crimes, Techno Feudalism, and other douchebaggery Radio Free Europe reports:<a href="https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-photo-archive-race-to-save-visual-heritage-war/33493316.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Under The Missiles: The Women Racing To Save Ukraine’s Photographic Treasures</a>The Kyiv Independent reports:<a href="https://kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-intelligence-allegedly-obtains-classified-data-on-russias-newest-nuclear-submarine-cruiser/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Ukraine obtains classified data on Russia’s newest nuclear submarine, intelligence claims</a>The Register reports:<a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/04/china_great_firewall_quic_security_flaws/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">China’s botched Great Firewall upgrade invites attacks on its censorship infrastructure</a>Cool.<a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/06/broadcom_jericho_4/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Broadcom’s Jericho4 ASICs just opened the door to multi-datacenter AI training</a>The MIT Technology Review reports:<a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/08/05/1121092/openai-has-finally-released-open-weight-language-models/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">OpenAI has finally released open-weight language models</a>Rare good news on the AI front.404 Media reports:<a href="https://www.404media.co/congress-launches-investigation-into-flock-after-404-media-reporting/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Congress Launches Investigation into Flock After 404 Media Reporting</a>The Verge reports:<a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/717440/google-epic-open-play-store-emergency-stay" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Google has just two weeks to begin cracking open Android, it admits in emergency filing</a>TechCrunch reports:<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/05/jury-rules-meta-violated-california-privacy-laws-by-collecting-menstrual-health-data-from-flo/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Jury rules Meta violated California privacy laws by quietly collecting Flo users’ menstrual health data</a><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/citizen-lab-director-warns-cyber-industry-about-us-authoritarian-descent/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Citizen Lab director warns cyber industry about US authoritarian descent</a>The Markup reports:<a href="https://themarkup.org/artificial-intelligence/2025/08/04/california-surveillance-pricing-ban" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Should Lyft and Uber charge more if your battery is low? California may soon ban that</a>Malware Tech reports:<a href="https://malwaretech.com/2025/08/every-reason-why-i-hate-ai.html?a=1" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Every Reason Why I Hate AI and You Should Too</a>The Guardian reviews:<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/05/cant-look-away-review-a-harrowing-heartbreaking-indictment-of-social-medias-ruthlessness" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Can’t Look Away review – a harrowing, heartbreaking indictment of social media’s ruthlessness</a>Ars Technica reports:<a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/murenas-pixel-tablet-is-helping-to-wean-me-off-google/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Murena’s Pixel Tablet is helping to wean me off Google</a>Open Web Advocacy reports:<a href="https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/japan-apple-must-lift-engine-ban-by-december/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Japan: Apple Must Lift Browser Engine Ban by December</a>NGI Commons reports on:<a href="https://commons.ngi.eu/2025/08/04/decidim-and-the-spirit-of-a-digital-commons-community/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Decidim and the Spirit of a Digital Commons Community</a>Very, very cool. Of course it’s from Barcelona.The European Commission reports on:<a href="https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/priorities-2019-2024/new-push-european-democracy/protecting-democracy/european-media-freedom-act_en" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">European Media Freedom Act</a>The Center for Democracy and Technology reports:<a href="https://cdt.org/insights/cdt-europe-responds-to-the-european-commission-public-consultation-on-high-risk-ai-systems/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">CDT Europe Responds to the European Commission Public Consultation on High-Risk AI Systems</a> Neutral TechPolicy says:<a href="https://techpolicy.press/we-need-to-reimagine-digital-maps-as-public-infrastructure-heres-why" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">We Need to Reimagine Digital Maps as Public Infrastructure. Here’s Why.</a>The Guardian reports:<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/05/chat-gpt-swedish-pm-ulf-kristersson-under-fire-for-using-ai-in-role" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">‘We didn’t vote for ChatGPT’: Swedish PM under fire for using AI in role</a>Dude!Nextcloud shares:<a href="https://nextcloud.com/blog/digital-sovereignty-index-how-countries-compare-in-digital-independence/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Digital Sovereignty Index: How countries compare in digital independence</a> The Evil Empire (AKA Autocracy) Strikes Back The Register reports:<a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/08/uk_secretly_allows_facial_recognition/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">UK secretly allows facial recognition scans of passport, immigration databases</a><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/06/ai_chips_to_china_charges/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">US charges 2 Chinese nationals with illegally shipping Nvidia AI chips to China</a>The Guardian reports:<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/02/palestine-action-ban-coupled-with-online-safety-act-are-threat-to-public-debate" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Palestine Action ban coupled with Online Safety Act ‘a threat to public debate’</a>TechDirt reports:<a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/04/didnt-take-long-to-reveal-the-uks-online-safety-act-is-exactly-the-privacy-crushing-failure-everyone-warned-about/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Didn’t Take Long To Reveal The UK’s Online Safety Act Is Exactly The Privacy-Crushing Failure Everyone Warned About</a>The Electronic Frontier Foundation reports:<a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/08/blocking-access-harmful-content-will-not-protect-children-online-no-matter-how" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Blocking Access to Harmful Content Will Not Protect Children Online, No Matter How Many Times UK Politicians Say So</a>You would have thought the United Kuntdumb would have learned something from Brexit. Hopefully the rest of the world can learn something from its stupidity.Or not, Reclaim the Net reports:<a href="https://reclaimthenet.org/eu-revives-plan-to-ban-private-messaging" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">EU Revives Plan to Ban Private Messaging</a>404 Media reports:<a href="https://www.404media.co/ice-is-buying-mobile-iris-scanning-tech-for-its-deportation-arm/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">ICE Is Buying Mobile Iris Scanning Tech for Its Deportation Arm</a><a href="https://www.404media.co/a-cbp-agent-wore-meta-smart-glasses-to-an-immigration-raid-in-los-angeles/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A CBP Agent Wore Meta Smart Glasses to an Immigration Raid in Los Angeles</a> Pariah States TechCrunch reports:<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/04/north-korean-spies-posing-as-remote-workers-have-infiltrated-hundreds-of-companies-says-crowdstrike/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">North Korean spies posing as remote workers have infiltrated hundreds of companies, says CrowdStrike</a>EuroNews reports:<a href="https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/08/06/dutch-privacy-watchdog-warns-against-israeli-terms-for-aid-organisations" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Dutch privacy watchdog warns against Israeli terms for aid organisations</a>The Guardian reports:<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/06/microsoft-israeli-military-palestinian-phone-calls-cloud" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians</a>The Register reports:<a href="https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/silver-fox-apt-espionage-cybercrime" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Silver Fox APT Blurs the Line Between Espionage & Cybercrime</a>BleepingComputer reports:<a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/08/exwhite_house_cyber_and_counterterrorism/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Ex-White House cyber, counter-terrorism guru: Microsoft considers security an annoyance, not a necessity</a> Big Media The Columbia Journalism Review has:<a href="https://www.cjr.org/analysis/when-neutrality-is-a-constraint.php" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">When Neutrality Is a Constraint</a><a href="https://www.cjr.org/analysis/paramount-la-times-media-capture.php" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Is the US Media Captured?</a>Obviously.Speaking of, NiemanLab has:<a href="https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/a-chicken-for-the-new-york-times-a-star-for-bloomberg-a-new-media-capitulation-index-calls-out-dozens-of-the-largest-media-and-tech-companies/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A chicken for The New York Times, a star for Bloomberg: A new “Media Capitulation Index” ranks large media and tech companies</a><a href="https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/nonprofit-news-sites-are-built-to-generate-impact-but-these-are-also-generating-audiences/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Nonprofit news sites are built to generate impact — but these are also generating audiences</a>Poynter has:<a href="https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2025/did-craigslist-kill-newspapers-poynter-50/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Did Craigslist decimate newspapers? Legend meets reality.</a><a href="https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2025/trump-fired-bls-erika-mcentarfer-job-numbers/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Trump’s latest moves against free speech are ‘really scary stuff’</a>404 Media reports:<a href="https://www.404media.co/wikipedia-editors-adopt-speedy-deletion-policy-for-ai-slop-articles/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Wikipedia Editors Adopt ‘Speedy Deletion’ Policy for AI Slop Articles</a> Big Tech The Register reports:<a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/04/when_hyperscalers_cant_safeguard_one/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">When hyperscalers can’t safeguard one nation’s data from another, dark clouds are ahead</a>DarkReading reports:<a href="https://www.darkreading.com/remote-workforce/threat-actors-leaning-genai-tools" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Threat Actors Increasingly Leaning on GenAI Tools</a>TechCrunch reports:<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/04/google-removes-over-50-dei-groups-from-a-list-of-groups-it-helps-fund/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Google removes over 50 DEI groups from a list of groups it helps fund</a><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/04/perplexity-accused-of-scraping-websites-that-explicitly-blocked-ai-scraping/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Perplexity accused of scraping websites that explicitly blocked AI scraping</a>404 Media reports:<a href="https://www.404media.co/nearly-100-000-chatgpt-conversations-were-searchable-on-google/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Nearly 100,000 ChatGPT Conversations Were Searchable on Google</a>AP reports:<a href="https://apnews.com/article/chatgpt-study-harmful-advice-teens-c569cddf28f1f33b36c692428c2191d4" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">New study sheds light on ChatGPT’s alarming interactions with teens</a>Time reports:<a href="https://time.com/7307739/issue-with-ai-powered-pricing/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Issue With AI-Powered Pricing</a>Amnesty International reports:<a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/08/xs-design-and-policies/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">UK: X’s design and policy choices created fertile ground for inflammatory, racist narratives targeting Muslims and migrants following Southport attack</a>Rolling Stone reports:<a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/epstein-files-trump-ai-bot-network-x-1235400646/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">How the Epstein Files Blew Up a Pro-Trump AI Bot Network on X</a> Cybersecurity/Privacy DarkReading reports:<a href="https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/human-vulnerability-organizational-strength" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Turning Human Vulnerability Into Organizational Strength</a>BleepingComputer reports:<a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/attackers-exploit-link-wrapping-services-to-steal-microsoft-365-logins/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Attackers exploit link-wrapping services to steal Microsoft 365 logins</a>The Electronic Frontier Foundation reports:<a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/zero-knowledge-proofs-alone-are-not-digital-id-solution-protecting-user-privacy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Zero Knowledge Proofs Alone Are Not a Digital ID Solution to Protecting User Privacy</a>The Register reports:<a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/05/epa_dhs_gsa_get_failing_grades/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Three US agencies get failing grades for not following IT best practices</a><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/07/black_hat_noc_behind_the_scenes" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Black Hat’s network ops center brings rivals together for a common cause</a>Proton has:<a href="https://proton.me/business/europe-tech-watch" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The continent of Europe and the American flag: Europe’s tech sovereignty watch</a>Politico reports:<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/06/federal-court-filing-system-pacer-hack-00496916" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Federal court filing system hit in sweeping hack</a> Fediverse Connected Places has:<a href="https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-128/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Fediverse Report – 128</a>Ghost announces:<a href="https://ghost.org/changelog/6/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Ghost 6.0</a>John Onolan shares:<a href="https://john.onolan.org/reflections-on-the-social-web/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Reflections on the social web</a>Mastodon has:<a href="https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/08/trunk-tidbits-july-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Trunk & Tidbits, July 2025</a>IFTAS reports:<a href="https://about.iftas.org/2025/07/29/iwf-offers-fediverse-a-way-to-block-csam/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">IWF Offers Fediverse a Way to Block CSAM</a><a href="https://about.iftas.org/2025/07/30/navigating-the-uk-online-safety-act/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Navigating the UK Online Safety Act</a>Elena Rossini has:<a href="https://news.elenarossini.com/technofeudalism-disclosing-my-tech-stack/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">In this age of technofeudalism every writer who covers technology – especially resistance to Big Tech – should disclose their tech stack. Here’s mine.</a>We agree and <a href="https://symfonystation.mobileatom.net/original-articles/writing-stack-technical-newsletter-blog" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">here’s what we use</a>.Paths and Patches has:<a href="https://www.blog-pat.ch/patches-paths-the-matrix-fedicon-thoughts-part-i/?ref=patchwork-blog-newsletter" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Patches, Paths & The Matrix: FediCon thoughts Part I</a>CoSocial has:[CoSocial Reads: Recap of “Governance on Fediverse Microblogging Servers”](<a href="https://blog.cosocial.ca/blog/cosocial-reads-governance-on-fediverse-microblogging-servers/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://blog.cosocial.ca/blog/cosocial-reads-governance-on-fediverse-microblogging-servers/</a>) Slightly Federated Social Media <a href="https://connectedplaces.online/reports/bluesky-report-128/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Bluesky Report – 128</a>A New Social has:<a href="https://blog.anew.social/bridging-vs-cross-posting/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Bridging vs cross-posting</a> CTAs (aka show us some free love) <ul><li>That’s it for this week. 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Connected PlacesThis week's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/atproto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#atproto</a> news:- 38M accounts on Bluesky, with renewed discourse on a slowdown of the growth rate - The Verge's Nilay Patel talks about how SB Nation's new social feed for sports will integrate with bluesky in the future<a href="https://connectedplaces.online/reports/bluesky-report-128/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://connectedplaces.online/reports/bluesky-report-128/</a>

@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:I uploaded the fifth FediCon 2025 video:<a href="https://techhub.social/@fedicon/114983843422856184" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://techhub.social/@fedicon/114983843422856184</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FediCon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FediCon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FediCon2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FediCon2025</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ATProtocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ATProtocol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ATProto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ATProto</a>

FediConBeyond Microblogging: AT Protocol for Building Unique Social Apps (FediCon 2025)by Boris Mann <a href="https://cosocial.ca/@boris" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@boris</a> <a href="https://spectra.video/w/1FRNBf5MZ23NGFh5knt1fh" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://spectra.video/w/1FRNBf5MZ23NGFh5knt1fh</a><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/FediCon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FediCon</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/FediCon2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FediCon2025</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ATProtocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ATProtocol</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ATProto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ATProto</a>

Tom CasavantThere were rumors last year that the Verge was moving to Wordpress specifically so they could integrate directly w/ the Fediverse and AtProto. So if that's true I imagine yesterday's changes have a similar goal in mind (both are owned by Vox media)context: <a href="https://www.sbnation.com/sb-nation-news/24480968/the-new-sb-nation-is-faster-and-built-for-community" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.sbnation.com/sb-nation-news/24480968/the-new-sb-nation-is-faster-and-built-for-community</a>

Flipboard<a href="https://mastodon.social/@mmasnick" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@mmasnick</a>'s latest piece for <a href="https://web.brid.gy/r/https://techdirt.com/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@techdirt.com</a> is an absolute must-read if you're interested in democracy, technology, and the possibility of a better future. "The solution isn’t building better platforms — it’s making platforms an obsolete concept. Platforms concentrate power; protocols distribute it. Platforms extract value from users; protocols enable users to create value for themselves. Most importantly: platforms can be captured by bad actors, but protocols resist capture by design."<a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/05/take-back-our-digital-infrastructure-to-save-democracy/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/05/take-back-our-digital-infrastructure-to-save-democracy/</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Technology</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/PeopleNotPlatforms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PeopleNotPlatforms</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ActivityPub</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ATProto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ATProto</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/OpenSocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenSocial</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/OpenSocialWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenSocialWeb</a>

Kye FoxOf course my blog supports AP but it needs a lot of work before I can use its social media thing as a replacement for anything.<a href="https://kyefox.com/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@kye@kyefox.com</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ActivityPub</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ATProto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ATProto</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Ghost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ghost</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ghost6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ghost6</a>

Kye FoxI'm pretty much exclusively on Bluesky now.<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/kyefox.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/kyefox.com</a>I rarely send newsletters, but if you want to keep up, hit that subscribe button and I'll eventually get around to figuring out what I want to do with the blog:<a href="https://kyefox.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://kyefox.com/</a><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ATProto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ATProto</a>

jackGood post from <a href="https://cosocial.ca/@boris" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@boris</a> about storage on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ATProto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ATProto</a> and how it all works: How do accounts and storage for ATProto apps work? - ATProto Experiments <a href="https://atproto.leaflet.pub/3lvhxaldnuk2c" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://atproto.leaflet.pub/3lvhxaldnuk2c</a>

Boris MannAlso appreciate <a href="https://hachyderm.io/@cyberlyra" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@cyberlyra</a>’s pragmatism - using Discord because it has the tools to safely moderate a chat community with high usability. Today we have OOYE to sync Discord with Matrix <a href="https://gitdab.com/cadence/out-of-your-element/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://gitdab.com/cadence/out-of-your-element/</a>And Roomy <a href="https://roomy.space" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://roomy.space</a> has plans to sync with Discord, linked with <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/ATProto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ATProto</a> accountscc <a href="https://writing.exchange/@erlend" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@erlend</a>

Sean TilleyThere’s even an <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.wedistribute.org/tag/atproto" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ATproto</a> competitor to ForgeFed / Forgejo: <a href="https://tangled.sh/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://tangled.sh/</a>Interestingly, it has a different follow graph than what Bluesky offers.<a href="https://tangled.sh/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://tangled.sh/</a><a class="hashtag" href="https://social.wedistribute.org/tag/fedicon" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FediCon</a>

jacknow got my plc backup keys setup on my PDS - thanks <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/baileytownsend.dev" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@baileytownsend.dev</a> and <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:6hbqm2oftpotwuw7gvvrui3i" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@knotbin.com</a> for airport! don't think i've _ever_ had such a secure social media account!! (& I fully own it) cool feeling <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23atproto" target="_blank">#atproto</a>

Boris Mann<a href="https://mastodon.social/@purpleidea" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@purpleidea</a> <a href="https://j12t.social/@j12t" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@j12t</a> there are many “yes ands”Higher quality software comes from? Funding, business models, serving users that pay for things. Lots of good nuance from <a href="https://j12t.social/@j12t" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@j12t</a> in his talk about not just “social media”I have some of these themes in my talk this afternoon about all the not-microblogging apps on <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/ATProto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ATProto</a>

Boris MannQuestions to <a href="https://mastodon.social/@quillmatiq" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@quillmatiq</a> about other apps and ecosystems and ends up mentioning Sprk (open video platform, longer than what Bsky supports), Roomy (Discord chat alternative), and Germ (e2ee messaging) on the <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/ATProto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ATProto</a> side

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