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FlipboardAt SXSW's Fediverse House, it didn't matter which platform or protocol you preferred — everyone was focused on the singular goal of building a better internet. We've uploaded videos and highlights of key conversations from the event and rounded them up in one post. Here you go: <a href="https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/fediverse-house-2025-roundup/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/fediverse-house-2025-roundup/</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/SXSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SXSW</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FediverseHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediverseHouse</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ATProtocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATProtocol</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActivityPub</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Federation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Federation</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Flipboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Flipboard</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/OpenSocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSocial</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/OpenSocialWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSocialWeb</a>

BattalionDestroying Autocracy – May 01, 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.Happy May Day! Cast off your chains. Featured Item(s) Cory Doctorow writes:The point of AI isn’t to make workers more productive, it’s to make them weaker when they bargain with their bosses.Tech workers are workers, and they once held the line against enshittification, refusing to break the things they’d built for their bosses in meaningless all-nighters motivated by vocational awe. Long after tech bosses were able to buy all their competitors, capture their regulators, and expand IP law to neutralize the threat of innovative, interoperable products like alternative app stores, ad-blockers and jailbreaking kits, tech workers held the line.There’ve been half a million US tech layoff since 2023. Tech workers’ scarcity-derived power has been vaporized. Tech workers can avoid the fate of the factory, warehouse and delivery workers their bosses literally work to death — but only by unionizing.In other words, the workers in re-shored factories and tech workers need the same thing. They are class allies — and tech bosses are their class enemies. This is class war.<a href="https://doctorow.medium.com/https-pluralistic-net-2025-04-25-some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others-9acd84d46742" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The enshittification of tech jobs</a> We start and end with good news to make the middle bearable. The response to Russia’s War Crimes, TechnoFeudalism, and other douchebaggery Tech Policy reports:<a href="https://www.techpolicy.press/labor-unions-can-counterbalance-the-big-tech-oligarchy-but-only-if-they-rediscover-their-power/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Labor Unions Can Counterbalance the Big Tech Oligarchy, But Only If They Rediscover Their Power</a>Expats Czechia reports:<a href="https://www.expats.cz/czech-news/article/court-rules-that-czechia-collects-phone-data-illegally-in-landmark-decision" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Court rules that Czechia collects phone data illegally in landmark decision</a>Mashable reports:<a href="https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-x-twitter-eu-users-decline" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Elon Musk’s X lost 11 million users in the EU over the past 5 months</a>The Electronic Frontier Foundation reports:<a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/calyx-institute-case-study-grassroots-innovation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Calyx Institute: A Case Study in Grassroots Innovation</a><a href="https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-leads-prominent-security-experts-urging-trump-administration-leave-chris-krebs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">EFF Leads Prominent Security Experts in Urging Trump Administration to Leave Chris Krebs Alone</a>EuroNews reports:<a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/04/29/eu-governments-discuss-action-on-disinformation-over-climate-policy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">EU governments discuss action on disinformation over climate policy</a>Fast Company reports:<a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91324317/how-big-techs-faustian-bargain-with-trump-backfired" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How Big Tech’s Faustian bargain with Trump backfired</a>Framablog has:<a href="https://framablog.org/2025/04/29/docilites-numeriques/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Docilités numériques</a>The Verge reports:<a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/659246/apple-epic-app-store-judge-ruling-control" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A judge just blew up Apple’s control of the App Store</a>The Register reports:<a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/01/apple_epic_lies_possible_crime/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cook’d: Judge says Apple lied to court in Epic case, asks Feds to mull criminal charges</a>Double awesome. NeutralThe Register reports:<a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/27/darpa_expmath_ai/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">DARPA to ‘radically’ rev up mathematics research. And yes, with AI</a>The Journal of Online Trust and Safety has:<a href="https://tsjournal.org/index.php/jots/article/view/233" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Science and Causality in Technology Litigation</a> The Evil Empire Strikes BackTechDirt has:<a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/28/government-actually-threatens-wikipedias-editorial-freedom-self-proclaimed-free-speech-warriors-suddenly-have-other-plans/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Government Actually Threatens Wikipedia’s Editorial Freedom; Self-Proclaimed Free Speech Warriors Suddenly Have Other Plans</a><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/28/congress-moving-forward-on-unconstitutional-take-it-down-act/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Congress Moving Forward On Unconstitutional Take It Down Act</a>Ars Technica reports:<a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/04/trumps-rush-to-stop-revenge-porn-and-ai-nudes-may-break-encryption/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trump’s hasty Take It Down Act has “gaping flaws” that threaten encryption</a>The Register reports:<a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/28/musk_doge_help_companies/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">DOGE may help Elon Musk’s biz empire dodge $2.4B in liabilities – Senate probe</a>Framablog looks at:<a href="https://framablog.org/2025/04/27/letat-artificiel-la-vie-civique-automatisee/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">L’État artificiel : la vie civique automatisée</a> Pariah States BleepingComputer reports:<a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/france-ties-russian-apt28-hackers-to-12-cyberattacks-on-french-orgs/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">France ties Russian APT28 hackers to 12 cyberattacks on French orgs</a><a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/pro-russia-hacktivists-bombard-dutch-public-orgs-with-ddos-attacks/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pro-Russia hacktivists bombard Dutch public orgs with DDoS attacks</a>DarkReading has:<a href="https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/putin-cyberattacks-ukraine-rise-little-effect" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Putin’s Cyberattacks on Ukraine Rise 70%, With Little Effect</a><a href="https://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/adversaries-toying-with-us-networks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Adversaries Are Toying With US Networks & DC Is Short on Answers</a><a href="https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/billbug-cyber-espionage-campaign-southeast-asia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Billbug Expands Cyber-Espionage Campaign in Southeast Asia</a>The Register reports:<a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/29/china_us_cyber_threat/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">China now America’s number one cyber threat – US must get up to speed</a><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/29/citizen_lab_uyghur_phishing_malware/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Open source text editor poisoned with malware to target Uyghur users</a> Big MediaNPR reports:<a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/nx-s1-5381045/cpb-board-members-trump-lawsuit-npr-pbs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Corporation for Public Broadcasting sues Trump after he tries to fire board members</a>The Daily Beast reports:<a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-billionaire-leads-la-times-to-lose-50-million/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">MAGA Billionaire Leads L.A. Times to Lose $50 Million</a>Ars Technica reports:<a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/04/cbs-owner-ready-to-settle-trump-lawsuit-in-apparent-bid-to-get-merger-approved/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CBS owner Paramount reportedly intends to settle Trump’s $20 billion lawsuit</a> Big Tech Semafor reports:<a href="https://www.semafor.com/article/04/27/2025/the-group-chats-that-changed-america" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The group chats that changed America</a>The Guardian reports:<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/27/meta-faces-ghana-lawsuits-over-impact-of-extreme-content-on-moderators" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Meta faces Ghana lawsuits over impact of extreme content on moderators</a><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/apr/30/meta-slowest-to-remove-scam-content-says-city-watchdog" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Meta slowest to remove scam content, says City watchdog</a>TechCrunch reports:<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/27/report-finds-metas-celebrity-voiced-chatbots-could-discuss-sex-with-minors/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Report finds Meta’s celebrity-voiced chatbots could discuss sex with minors</a><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/28/openai-is-fixing-a-bug-that-allowed-minors-to-generate-erotic-conversations/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">OpenAI is fixing a ‘bug’ that allowed minors to generate erotic conversations</a>404 Media has:<a href="https://www.404media.co/researchers-secretly-ran-a-massive-unauthorized-ai-persuasion-experiment-on-reddit-users/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Researchers Secretly Ran a Massive, Unauthorized AI Persuasion Experiment on Reddit Users</a>Mbin or PieFed, peeps.<a href="https://www.404media.co/reddit-issuing-formal-legal-demands-against-researchers-who-conducted-secret-ai-experiment-on-users/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Reddit Issuing ‘Formal Legal Demands’ Against Researchers Who Conducted Secret AI Experiment on Users</a><a href="https://www.404media.co/this-is-palantirs-justification-for-building-ices-master-database/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">This Is Palantir’s Justification for Building ICE’s Master Database</a><a href="https://www.404media.co/instagram-ai-studio-therapy-chatbots-lie-about-being-licensed-therapists/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram’s AI Chatbots Lie About Being Licensed Therapists</a>The Markup reports:<a href="https://www.404media.co/email/870adfaa-fa00-42ab-8261-3907a9dfdc75/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kids should avoid AI companion bots—under force of law, assessment says</a>The Center for Democracy and Technology reports:<a href="https://cdt.org/insights/report-in-deep-trouble-surfacing-tech-powered-sexual-harassment-in-k-12-schools/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Report – In Deep Trouble: Surfacing Tech-Powered Sexual Harassment in K-12 Schools</a> Cybersecurity/Privacy Lawfare covers:<a href="https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/advancing-secure-by-design-through-security-research" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Advancing Secure by Design through Security Research</a>404 Media reports:<a href="https://www.404media.co/the-age-of-realtime-deepfake-fraud-is-here/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Age of Realtime Deepfake Fraud Is Here</a>The Markup reports:<a href="https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2025/04/28/how-california-sent-residents-personal-health-data-to-linkedin" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How California sent residents’ personal health data to LinkedIn</a>BleepingComputer reports:<a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-ramp-up-scans-for-leaked-git-tokens-and-secrets/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hackers ramp up scans for leaked Git tokens and secrets</a><a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-shares-massive-list-of-42-000-labhost-phishing-domains/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">FBI shares massive list of 42,000 LabHost phishing domains</a>Tech Policy Press reports:<a href="https://techpolicy.press/regulating-tracking-of-online-search-queries-and-histories-the-advent-of-the-reverse-keyword-search-warrant" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Reverse Keyword Search Warrants and the Threat to Online Privacy</a>The Jacobin reports:<a href="https://jacobin.com/2025/04/big-tech-consumer-protection-data/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Big Tech Wants Free Rein to Sell Your Data</a> Fediverse The Fediverse Report has:<a href="https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-114/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fediverse Report – #114</a>Fosstodon has more on its drama:<a href="https://hub.fosstodon.org/update-from-gina" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">An Intro/Update From Gina</a>ActivityPub for WordPress announces:<a href="https://activitypub.blog/2025/04/28/v5-8-0-if-its-on-the-fediverse-you-can-embed-it/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">V5.8.0 – If it’s on the Fediverse, you can embed it.</a>ActivityPods shares:<a href="https://activitypods.org/key-learnings-from-building-social-apps" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Key learnings from building social apps with ActivityPods</a>Forgejo has:<a href="https://forgejo.org/2025-04-monthly-update/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Forgejo monthly update – April 2025</a>The Social Web Foundation has:<a href="https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/05/01/steps-forward-in-long-form-text/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Steps Forward in Long-form Text</a>Mastodon is:<a href="https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/05/evolving-the-team/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Evolving the Team</a>Matthew Tift has:<a href="https://matthewtift.com/blog/finding-ethical-path-through-social-media-why-i-choose-mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Finding an Ethical Path Through Social Media: Why I Choose Mastodon</a>PieFed has:<a href="https://piefed.social/post/709384" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">PieFed development update Apr 2025 – S3, OAuth, Federation retry queue, Stripe</a>NodeBB has:<a href="https://community.nodebb.org/topic/18788/nodebb-v4.3.0-remote-categories-are-a-go" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NodeBB v4.3.0 — Remote Categories are a go!</a> Other Slightly Federated Social Media WinBuzzer reports:<a href="https://winbuzzer.com/2025/04/26/blueskys-decentralized-network-faces-major-outage-caused-by-centralized-servers-xcxwbn/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bluesky’s Decentralized Network Faces Major Outage Caused by Centralized Servers</a>The Internet Review asks:<a href="https://theinternet.review/2025/04/27/wheres-bluesky-in-10-years/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Where Does Bluesky Go from Here? What is the Bluesky of 2036?</a> CTAs (aka show us some free love) <ul><li>That’s it for this week. Please share this edition of Destroying Autocracy.</li><li><a href="https://friendica.me/profile/friendofsymfony/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Follow me on the Fediverse</a>. Or this site via the button in the footer. Or via <a href="https://battalion.mobileatom.net/feed/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RSS</a>.</li></ul> Keep fighting! Ringleader, Battalion Reuben Walker <a href="https://friendica.me/profile/friendofsymfony/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Follow me on the Fediverse</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://battalion.mobileatom.net/tag/114/" target="_blank">#114</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://battalion.mobileatom.net/tag/activitypub/" target="_blank">#ActivityPub</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://battalion.mobileatom.net/tag/ai/" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://battalion.mobileatom.net/tag/at-protocol/" target="_blank">#ATProtocol</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://battalion.mobileatom.net/tag/autocracy/" target="_blank">#Autocracy</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://battalion.mobileatom.net/tag/big-journalism/" target="_blank">#BigJournalism</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://battalion.mobileatom.net/tag/big-tech/" target="_blank">#BigTech</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://battalion.mobileatom.net/tag/bluesky/" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://battalion.mobileatom.net/tag/democracy/" target="_blank">#Democracy</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://battalion.mobileatom.net/tag/fascism/" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://battalion.mobileatom.net/tag/fediverse/" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://battalion.mobileatom.net/tag/mastodon/" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://battalion.mobileatom.net/tag/nodebb/" target="_blank">#NodeBB</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://battalion.mobileatom.net/tag/piefed/" target="_blank">#PieFed</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://battalion.mobileatom.net/tag/stop-china/" target="_blank">#StopChina</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://battalion.mobileatom.net/tag/stop-red-america/" target="_blank">#StopRedAmerica</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://battalion.mobileatom.net/tag/stop-russia/" target="_blank">#StopRussia</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://battalion.mobileatom.net/tag/support-ukraine/" target="_blank">#SupportUkraine</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://battalion.mobileatom.net/tag/wordpress/" target="_blank">#WordPress</a><a href="https://battalion.mobileatom.net/?p=1772" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://battalion.mobileatom.net/?p=1772</a>

Yehuda TurtleIsland.socialRequest TurtleIs.land Bluesky PDS Invite CodeTurtleIs.land PDS is not an open signup Bluesky PDS. That said, it is easy to join and many are welcome. You will need to get an invite code to signup. To request an invite code, fill out the form below.<a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/ATprotocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATprotocol</a> <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/TurtleIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TurtleIsland</a> <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/Native" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Native</a> <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Indigenous</a> <a href="https://turtleisland.blog/request-turtleis-land-bluesky-pds-invite-code/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://turtleisland.blog/request-turtleis-land-bluesky-pds-invite-code/</a>

Yehuda TurtleIsland.socialMigrating to/from the TurtleIs.land PDS is not currently an optionPart of the great future promise of the Bluesky AT protocol is true and complete account portability including content. Accent on the word future. As you can see from Bluesky:<a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/ATprotocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATprotocol</a> <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/TurtleIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TurtleIsland</a> <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/Native" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Native</a> <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Indigenous</a> <a href="https://turtleisland.blog/migrating-to-from-turtleis-land/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://turtleisland.blog/migrating-to-from-turtleis-land/</a>

Khürt WilliamsClaiming My Identity on Bluesky Tired of handing your identity to platforms? I was too. Here’s why owning your identity matters, and how a simple DNS record makes it possible. #OwnYourIdentity #IndieWeb #BlueSky #DNS #DID <a href="https://islandinthenet.com/claiming-my-identity-on-bluesky/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://islandinthenet.com/claiming-my-identity-on-bluesky/</a>

SurfIf you use Bluesky, you may be interested in today’s news that now you can publish Surf feeds to Bluesky. 🦋We’d love for you to test with us if you want! Here's more details:<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/surf.social/post/3lnnpyqge5c2p" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/surf.social/post/3lnnpyqge5c2p</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bluesky</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ATProtocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATProtocol</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/customfeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#customfeeds</a>

Asbjørn UlsbergCase in point.<a href="https://infosec.exchange/@mttaggart/114377022074485833" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://infosec.exchange/@mttaggart/114377022074485833</a><a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/Decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Decentralization</a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/Centralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Centralization</a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActivityPub</a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/ATProto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATProto</a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/ATProtocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATProtocol</a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/Federation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Federation</a>

FlipboardIn this episode of the DotSocial podcast, recorded at the <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FediverseHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediverseHouse</a> at SXSW, Bluesky CTO <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/pfrazee.com" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@pfrazee.com</a> strapped on his butterfly wings to explain to <a href="https://flipboard.social/@mike" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mike</a> how the company is rethinking the internet’s architecture to create a more flexible, user-centric web. <a href="https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/dot-social-paul-frazee-bluesky/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/dot-social-paul-frazee-bluesky/</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/DotSocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DotSocial</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Podcast</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ATProtocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATProtocol</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/OpenSocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSocial</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/OpenSocialWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSocialWeb</a>

Liam :partyparrot:<a href="https://mas.to/@osma" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@osma</a> This just proves <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ATProtocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATProtocol</a> isn't federated and it's all marketing scam. <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bsky.app</a> has been nothing but false promises, wasn't it suppose to federate to <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActivityPub</a> natively? Welp, that never happened.I'm disabling the <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/bridgy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bridgy</a> until there are other AT Protocol instances that aren't corporation involved.

Ben WerdmullerIf you're at <a href="https://werd.social/tags/IJF25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IJF25</a> next week, I'd love to say hi!Particularly excited to chat about:- Building a high-functioning technology culture - <a href="https://werd.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opensource</a> for newsrooms - Maintaining source anonymity - The <a href="https://werd.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> / <a href="https://werd.social/tags/atprotocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#atprotocol</a> - Collab with open source projectsBut also, I'd love to hang out!

Brian Greenberg :verified:🌐 Beyond Bluesky: The Rise of Decentralized Social AppsThe AT Protocol (ATProto), the open foundation behind Bluesky, is becoming a launchpad for next-gen social apps.Some standout innovations: ・Flashes: A photo/video-sharing platform reminiscent of classic Instagram ・Spark: A video-first app with livestreaming on the way ・Streamplace: Livestreaming built with cryptographic creator protections ・Graze: Build, customize, and monetize your own social feedsThis signals a shift toward user-owned, open social ecosystems—a strong contrast to walled-garden platforms. Developers, creators, and users alike are embracing interoperability, privacy, and creative freedom.👉 <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/30/beyond-bluesky-these-are-the-apps-building-social-experiences-on-the-at-protocol/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/30/beyond-bluesky-these-are-the-apps-building-social-experiences-on-the-at-protocol/</a><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DecentralizedWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DecentralizedWeb</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ATProtocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATProtocol</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Web3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Web3</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SocialMediaInnovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialMediaInnovation</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a>

CynicalElysianSo, the long-standing <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a> / <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a> narrative that <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> completely controls <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ATProtocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATProtocol</a> dies now, right?Right? <a href="https://mastodon.online/@cynicalelysian/114252669853872753" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.online/@cynicalelysian/114252669853872753</a>

@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:One of a number of take-aways from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ATmosphereConf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATmosphereConf</a> —The Bluesky team had a whole session (IndieSky) set up so that others could set up their own parallel Bluesky infrastructure.The Bluesky team even wanted to make it less expensive for people to do it.BUT — most the people in the room didn't seem interested in that per se.Most the people in the room wanted their own ATProto infrastructure for their own applications / platforms built on ATProto. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ATProto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATProto</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ATProtocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATProtocol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bsky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bsky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeSo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DeSo</a>

@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:This was also shared with me today, too, for the API (NSID) end-points for a Bluesky PDS. <a href="https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1046#issuecomment-2174591566" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1046#issuecomment-2174591566</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ATProto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATProto</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ATProtocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATProtocol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bsky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bsky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlueskyPDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlueskyPDS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PDS</a>

@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:I was looking into how a Bluesky PDS works from a programming point-of-view.I came across this document the first time I looked around. (And then someone shared it with me again.)<a href="https://github.com/bluesky-social/atproto/discussions/2350" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/bluesky-social/atproto/discussions/2350</a>It gives you an overview, but not a list of API (NSID) end-points to implement.The only resource I could find for that is this:<a href="https://github.com/blacksky-algorithms/rsky/tree/main/rsky-pds%2Fsrc%2Fapis" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/blacksky-algorithms/rsky/tree/main/rsky-pds%2Fsrc%2Fapis</a>(You can infer it from the directory names and file names.)<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ATProto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATProto</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ATProtocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATProtocol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bsky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bsky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlueskyPDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlueskyPDS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PDS</a>

@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:One of a number of take-aways from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ATmosphereConf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATmosphereConf</a> —I felt like Paul Frazee (from Bluesky Org) was encouraging people deploy their own relays.And, to think of the Bluesky Firehose Relay of everything — as a temporary thing to use, when first developing your app or platform. And then later, to deploy your own relay.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ATProto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATProto</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ATProtocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATProtocol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bsky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bsky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeSo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DeSo</a>

@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:One of a number of take-aways from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ATmosphereConf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATmosphereConf</a> —Although there is only one Bluesky Firehose Relay of everything —There are definitely other relays on the Bluesky ATmosphere.I talked to more than one person who has their own relay on the Bluesky ATmosphere....Although none of these alt-relays seemed to be meant to be broadly used by others. But, instead meant to be used for the platform they created using ATProto.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ATProto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATProto</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ATProtocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATProtocol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bsky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bsky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeSo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DeSo</a>

@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:One of a number of take-aways from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ATmosphereConf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATmosphereConf</a> —Bluesky might deal with their relay-problem by introducing an architecture that looks a lot like the Fediverse.Rather than applications getting everything from the Firehose Relay — applications would get data directly from the PDSes.Although, it wasn't quite clear when whether this would be 'pull' or 'push'.But still, it is looking a lot more like the Fediverse's architecture at that point.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ATProto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATProto</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ATProtocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATProtocol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bsky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bsky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeSo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DeSo</a>

@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:dy62mdx64e6i32pcuzfkekmk/post/3ll2zf7thf22v" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:dy62mdx64e6i32pcuzfkekmk/post/3ll2zf7thf22v</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ATProto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATProto</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ATProtocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATProtocol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Censorship</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bsky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bsky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeSo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DeSo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Moderation</a>

洪民憙 (Hong Minhee)Bluesky는 X의 훌륭한 대안일 수 있지만, 연합우주의 대안은 아닙니다 <a href="https://hackers.pub/@hongminhee/2025/bluesky-a-good-alternative-to-x-not-to-the-fediverse" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hackers.pub/@hongminhee/2025/bluesky-a-good-alternative-to-x-not-to-the-fediverse</a>

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