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https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/01/mark-cuban-backs-skylight-a-tiktok-alternative-built-on-blueskys-underlying-technology/
#Startups #Apps #Social #social #networks #TikTok #skylight #atproto
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https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/01/mark-cuban-backs-skylight-a-tiktok-alternative-built-on-blueskys-underlying-technology/
#Apps #Social #Startups #atproto #skylight #social #networks #TikTok
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A great write up by @rudyfraser.com suggesting community accounts as a core #ATProto component, powering moderation, verification, and badges
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:w4xbfzo7kqfes5zb7r6qv3rw/post/3llqxiar5tc2w
Thinking about internet protocols like #activitypub or #atproto as just "social media", namely platforms for sharing cat images, influencers and followers, shitposting and memes, trolls and flamewars etc. is missing the point entirely.
These are merely emergent behaviors when people interact with primitive forms of "digital society".
In truth these are "societal media", they increasingly capture a good fraction of human reality. The masters of #surveillancecapitalism know this all too well.
After 4 hours of testing and "programming", i was finally able to make a Bluesky post thru the terminal, with a clickable link and a discoverable hashtag.
https://bsky.app/profile/reallylazybot.bsky.social/post/3llmokccvyc2a
I spent 99% of that 4 hours trying with Typescript. 1% with Python.
It's clear that I am not and will never be a programmer lol
Beyond Bluesky: These are the apps building social experiences on the AT Protocol. #ATproto
Posted into THE FEDIVERSE VS. CORPORATE SOCIAL MEDIA @the-fediverse-vs-corporate-social-media-mobileatom
I think that Bluesky and the Fediverse look at things very differently.
When the Fediverse looks at decentralization, they think of servers and platforms that could be run by individuals or small communities. Decentralized to the level of the individual. And the fediverse community seems to be adverse to large instances, as seen by many complaints that certain Mastodon instances are becoming too large.
But Bluesky is looking at the organization level. In other words, could another large organization create another competing Twitter on the AT Protocol? Or could some organization create a Facebook or TikTok equivalent on the AT Protocol? Basically the concept of having the equivalents of Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and TikTok all being able to talk to one another, all run by different organizations, not individuals.
Basically, how the AT Protocol becomes decentralized is when some organization creates a TikTok equivalent that uses AT Protocol, as an example, and they create their own AT Protocol stack to support it. One billionaire recently offered money to anyone who would build one.
So we are talking about different levels of decentralization here: the organizational level or the individual level.
I don't think these camps will ever agree on what decentralization means since they look at things very differently. Luckily these protocols can be bridged, and some platforms are multi-protocol, which would allow people to choose the level of decentralization they want.
#fediverse #bluesky #activitypub #atproto #atprotocol
not sure what it means by “Record not validated” (especially as I can view the video in the app), but cool that my first video on Spark is on a separate lexicon!
They did it right (imo) in that they have their own lexicon, but also use Bluesky’s just to show content!
The ATProTO meetup on April 14th conflicts with Tech Pizza Monday, so we will try to hijack it. Just kidding! Or are we? Either way, the details are in the Luma link. #ATProtocol #Toronto #ATProTO https://lu.ma/7u2zjfeu
Destroying Autocracy – 27 March 2025
Welcome 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
The Register reports:
EU OS is a proposal for an immutable KDE-based Linux distribution with a Windows-like desktop, designed for use in European public-sector organizations.
Rather than a new distro, it’s a website that documents planning such a thing, what functions the OS might need, how to deploy and manage it, and how to handle users.
EU OS drafts a locked-down Linux blueprint for Eurocrats
This needs to be implemented quickly and then exported to non-EU, non-fascist states as well.
We start and end with good news to make the middle bearable.
The response to Russia’s War Crimes and other douchebaggery
The Kyiv Independent reports:
Italy suspends Starlink purchase negotiations with SpaceX amid Musk controversy
Voice of America journalists sue Trump administration following president’s order to gut free press
The Register reports:
OTF, which backs Tor, Let’s Encrypt and more, sues to save funding from Trump cuts
US defense contractor cops to sloppy security, settles after infosec lead blows whistle
Wired reports:
How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To
Trump’s Aggression Sours Europe on US Cloud Giants
MIT Technology Review reports on:
Why the world is looking to ditch US AI models
NPR reports:
As the Trump administration purges web pages, this group is rushing to save them
California announces:
Attorney General Bonta Urgently Issues Consumer Alert for 23andMe Customers
404 Media reports:
Mozilla Foundation Calls on Tech Industry to Block ICE Contractor
The Guardian reports:
A French university is offering ‘scientific asylum’ for US talent. The brain drain has started
The Huffington Post reports:
Pete Hegseth Sued Over Signal Text Debacle
The Kyiv Post reports:
First Surveillance Satellite of Planned Czechia-Ukrainian Constellation in Orbit
Neutral
Tech Policy has:
Scientists Respond to FTC Inquiry into Tech Censorship
The Evil Empire Strikes Back
The Verge asks:
Is it safe to travel with your phone right now?
It’s not safe to travel to the U.S. period. Or even within it by air.
DarkReading reports:
US Weakens Disinformation Defenses, as Russia & China Ramp Up
Heisse reports:
US-Behörde stoppt Gelder für Let’s Encrypt und Tor ‒ Open Tech Fund wehrt sich
Tech Policy reports on:
AI Surveillance on the Rise in US, but Tactics of Repression Not New
How the White House is Gaslighting the World About Europe’s Digital Laws
On a related note to The Guardian article above, Not a Tech Bro has:
Pariah States
BleepingComputer reports:
Cyberattack takes down Ukrainian state railway’s online services
DarkReading reports:
Meet the Low-Key Access Broker Supercharging Russian State Cybercrime
FCC Investigates China-Backed Tech Suppliers for Evading US Operations Ban
Big Media
America2 reports:
The Substack Dilemma: How Creators Are Inadvertently Fueling America’s Failure
Nothing personal but if you are on Substack, you’re a fascist or uninformed or an amoral c^nt.
Big Tech
Politico reports:
Musk’s X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest
How surprising. Two set of c^nts work together.
MIT Technology Review reports:
Why handing over total control to AI agents would be a huge mistake
Tech Policy asks:
Will Ireland be Big Tech’s Lapdog Yet Again?
Cybersecurity/Privacy
The Register reports:
As nation-state hacking becomes ‘more in your face,’ are supply chains secure?
BleepingComputer reports:
New VanHelsing ransomware targets Windows, ARM, ESXi systems
TechCrunch reports:
How to tell if your online accounts have been hacked
404 Media reports:
When Your Threat Model Is Being a Moron
You Need to Use Signal’s Nickname Feature
The Verge reports:
Vivaldi bundles Proton VPN into its web browser
Fediverse
The Fediverse Report has:
Arxiv has a research paper:
Letterbook has a:
Fedihost has some how to videos:
Creating A GoToSocial Instance on FediHost
Configuring A PeerTube Instance
Reset Digital for Good has:
Dezentrale YouTube-Alternative PeerTube: Nachhaltiger dank Peer-to-Peer?
Other Slightly Federated Social Media
TechCrunch reports:
Hmm. Are they really?
CTAs (aka show us some free love)
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Keep fighting!
Ringleader, Battalion
Reuben Walker
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#atproto devs! Over last weekend there was a lot of questions about best practices with Lexicon
There's plenty more documentation to be written, but I thought I'd share some initial guidance to help clarify how I think about it
Guidance on Authoring Lexicons
ATmosphere Report – #109. #ATproto
https://fediversereport.com/atmosphere-report-109/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into THE FEDIVERSE VS. CORPORATE SOCIAL MEDIA @the-fediverse-vs-corporate-social-media-mobileatom
https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/25/a-world-without-caesars-how-the-atproto-community-is-rebuilding-the-web-to-return-power-to-the-people/
#Social #Startups #social #media #developers #social #networking #Bluesky #atproto
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https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/25/a-world-without-caesars-how-the-atproto-community-is-rebuilding-the-web-to-return-power-to-the-people/
#Social #Startups #social #media #developers #atproto #Bluesky #social #networking
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Das ist doch alles Blödsinn bis Betrug. Sie tun so, als würden sie nicht den einzigen Big Graph Service des Netzwerks betreiben (und andere wird es wahrscheinlich nie geben, weil zu kostenprohibitiv).
»But although #Bluesky is the largest app built on #ATProto at this time, the social network itself was not the ATmosphere Conference’s focus. Here, Bluesky was just another developer«
https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/25/a-world-without-caesars-how-the-atproto-community-is-rebuilding-the-web-to-return-power-to-the-people/
#Social #Startups #atproto #Bluesky #developers #social #media #social #networking
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Rashid Aziz @raz.lol presents his work on Basic @basic.tech - Protocol Composition: extending #atproto for private data
This is an example of how we can start experimenting with private data today, and learn from it as we see what the approach for private data will be in-protocol.
#ATmosphereConf
Protocol composition: extendin...
I was blown away by @blaine's talk - Network Punk: Welcome to the Jungle