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Tangled @tangled.org · 01/05/2026
Combat LLM spam by building a web of trust. Vouching is live on Tangled! 🎭 blog.tangled.org/vouching/
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combat LLM spam by building a web of trust
vouching on tangled!
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Alex @agjoyner.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
For my first blog post, I've written some thoughts on open-source, StratosFund, and financial sustainability paths for Atproto. I hope it gets some interesting conversations started. #offprint the-better-future.offprint.app/a/3m…
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Ideas on a Financially Sustainable Atproto | Alex | Offprint
Explore a new funding model for Atproto that moves beyond grants and VC. Discover how StratosFund enables sustainable, community-driven open-source development.
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Alex @agjoyner.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Shoutout to @timtinkers.online, @natalie.sh, @iame.li, and @almostzoey.bsky.social for making my first stream so great today! Thanks for watching me struggle through OBS studio 😂 Today was setup. Will plan another recorded stream to talk atproto economic sustainability ideas soon!
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Nate Spilman @natespilman.at · 28/04/2026
This pattern of people building cool things and then launching them/demoing them on @stream.place is lit and should continue
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Alex @agjoyner.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
🔴 LIVE stream.place/agjoyner.bsky.social First Stream! Hang out and talk AtProto while I learn out how Streamplace works
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@agjoyner.bsky.social is 🔴LIVE on stream.place!
First Stream! Hang out and talk AtProto while I learn out how Streamplace works
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Alex @agjoyner.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Would you be interested? I'm considering doing a live stream on @stream.place place to discuss sustainable business model paths for projects on AtProto. I have some ideas, and I'm also very curious to hear what other people are thinking
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zeu @zeu.dev · 27/04/2026
GitHub got you down? Maybe it's time to change things up with tangled.org 🐏
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tangled · tightly-knit social coding
The next-generation social coding platform.
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Alex @agjoyner.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
What's a good checklist resource for all the latest things that should be done security wise before open-sourcing a repo?
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StratosFund @stratosfund.at · 27/04/2026
Hey Open Source #Atmosphere Developers! We're looking for people to give feedback and test out our new feature funding process. All entries must be: - Open source or willing to convert - Have an active user base - Open to a 30 minute video call DM or comment below if interested!
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New_ Public @newpublic.org · 22/04/2026
For anyone building new apps and tools on ATproto that are … 🌐 on the Open Web 🌱 past the prototype stage ✨ reimagining the social internet New_ Public, @publicspaces.net and @waag.org are investing up to €10,000 in alternatives to Big Tech Learn more, share, or apply by May 1st newpublic.org/OSA
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Open Social Awards | New_ Public
The awards aim to recognize and celebrate the breakthrough products of developers building on open protocols such as ATProtocol and ActivityPub.
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StratosFund @stratosfund.at · 20/04/2026
Introducing StratosFund.at! A new funding model to help open source projects in the #Atmosphere get PAID to bring your most requested features to life. 🤑💸💰 Let your favorite apps know what features you want most and how much you would pay if they build them. 📣 Join today! 1/2
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StratosFund - Fund open source projects in the Atmosphere
A unique funding model for open source projects in the Atmosphere. Help your favoirite projects bring your most requested features to life.
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Alex @agjoyner.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Random thought: How many relays would need to be running before the PDS's would start to be overwhelmed with socket connections?
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Rude1 Haunted Badness. ⁂ @rude1.blacksky.team · 16/04/2026
Now, imagine if Bluesky went down and never came back up again. But you log into Blacksky like nothing happened. You 🫵🏾 are used to your friendships and connections being lost because of a corporation’s actions. The collective AT Protocol project is to demonstrate otherwise. Tell a friend.
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Wes Bos @wesbos.com · 07/04/2026
HTML in Canvas API is NUTS
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Alex @agjoyner.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Everyone is debating over Attie and how Blue Sky didn’t talk about how it would hurt Graze in the announcement. Ok I get that, but what’s wild to me is how few of people are talking about @spacecowboy17.bsky.social and the for you feed
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Alex @agjoyner.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
At #AtmosphereConf last week, this was a big unanswered question: “How can AtProto apps make money sustainably that retains the values of this great community?!? No VC, Grants, or Loans!” I definitely have a conversation starter, and maybe a solution. Stay tuned 👀📺
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Nick Gerakines @ngerakines.me · 29/03/2026
Permissioned data is here, today, serving communities, creating space and agency. It just wasn’t done by the people you first think about. @blackskyweb.xyz and @transrights.northsky.social build against real, current need. #AtmosphereConf Great talk @kandake.africa
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Emelia @thisismissem.social · 29/03/2026
So what @sebastian.eurosky.social couldn't show you all in the demo was the redesign I've just done on the @eurosky.social portal with all the apps listed:
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dietrich @burrito.space · 28/03/2026
🚨 the ecosystem is delicate #atmosphereconf there's a LOT of enthusiasm + talent, but: - no magical investor monies - grant options are THIN - many first time founders - many don't want investment - few other options - scary macro env it's a collective challenge we can just pay for things?
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Alex @agjoyner.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
So excited to be in Vancouver for #AtmosphereConf! Looking forward to meeting all the great giants who’s shoulders I stand on 🤩🤩🤩 @bmann.ca @ngerakines.me @baileytownsend.dev @knowtheory.net @kandake.africa @danabra.mov @rude1.blacksky.team @tessa.germnetwork.com @flo-bit.dev and so many more!!!
Selfie down by the coast of Vancouver
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 14/03/2026
Incredible. Though, of course, due to current setup, any records are public on atproto, and feels like @aetheros.computer should be more upfront in alerting people about that so people don't store private info this way. But this with permissioned data could be really interesting.
Showing me creating a "test note" within the Textpad app within AetherOS saying "the inevitable test note."Showing that same note on PDSIs, revealing that the data is public.
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Erlend Sogge Heggen @erlend.sh · 05/03/2026
Building in the atmosphere means you don't have to go it alone. We know organizers, and the groups-of-coordination they facilitate, require digital infrastructure for events planning. Ergo @roomy.space needs Events. @tompscanlan.bsky.social agreed and magicked @openmeet.net straight into Roomy.
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Roomy Events, by OpenMeet
While Roomy is now quitely operational with a growing handful of pilot spaces, before we make a grander reveal about that particular milestone we have another exciting Report from the Atmosphere to sh...
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Brett Roberts @brettroberts.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
‘Making’ chess pieces from Lego. Wow ! Source / Creator: Greg Saniatan aka slopsmcgee, in collaboration with LEGO
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JP @byjp.me · 23/02/2026
I want people to be comfortable paying for an atproto account (ie. space on a PDS) It’s the bedrock of everything we’re building; if it’s not funded it’ll get squeezed in ways that are bad for users (hi Gmail) We should normalise having (very cheap) paid-tier PDS accounts on the services we build
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Alex @agjoyner.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
I would love if the if the home page would be a "Welcome to the Atmosphere" type of explainer page that could appeal to non-tech people. If your non-techy, there would be simple "One account to have open access to all these apps" messaging, and a "for developers" that links to this site
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Roscoe Rubin-Rottenberg @knotbin.com · 17/02/2026
@alex.bsky.team and @jimray.bsky.team are my heroes. the new atproto.com is absolutely amazing and the best part is how filled to the brim it is with real code examples and documentation. If I had this when I was starting out in atproto, i would have saved so much frustration and confusion.
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Emelia @thisismissem.social · 13/02/2026
New AT Protocol website coming! It looks fancy! Highlights building apps, bots/agents, and feeds. Highlights developer features: json, strongly typed, hyperlinked, and more! Has a live firehose! Then there's lots of documentation and tutorials. "We can just build things"
Screenshot of the early preview of the new AT Protocol website, "building the social web" with a rotating 3d globe.
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Mark @uppy-hacker.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Emerging from being "down in the technical weeds" of #atproto is a little mashup of @semble.so & WayFinder (www.wayfinders.network) Semble team released "open collections" this week - here we explore the "private & permissioned data" collection, created by @bmann.ca & now with 3 other contributors
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John Kerrison @johnkerrison.me · 06/02/2026
I'm looking around @semble.so and I love it. It'll be powerful at scale and so good for finding fresh research. I'm done with the 'town square' and want to hang in the town library. #NotAnAd Where's the tip jar? www.loom.com/share/8bf8ab...
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What is Semble? (in less than 5 minutes)
In this video, I introduce Semble, a social tool designed for organizing, curating, and sharing meaningful web content. With Semble, you can save links as cards, add notes, and organize them into coll...
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bubbalicious @jortscity.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
YOOOO THIS IS HUGE
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Ronen Tamari @ronentk.me · 05/02/2026
@semble.so search is getting really good! The cool part is that it will just get better as the community continues to curate content Thoughtful curation + user owned data + real social networks >> SEO slop I just saved this piece and found great stuff thru "Similar Cards" semble.so/url?id=https...
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Radical Interoperability is a Political Agenda (dorian.substack.com) — Semble
Semble page for Radical Interoperability is a Political Agenda (dorian.substack.com)
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Semble @semble.so · 04/02/2026
@margin.at interop just dropped in Semble 🤝 Your Margin bookmarks now show up directly on Semble ✅ The Atmosphere has no walled gardens 🌻 Happy cross-pollination 🐝 More details on how it works below 👇
a banner image including both the Margin and Semble logo, with a bee flying from the Margin logo to the Semble logo
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Philippe Serhal @philippeserhal.com · 04/02/2026
So uh, we wanted to test some things, so we found the longest NPM package name. This is it. Th...anks, random person 14 years ago. @npmx.dev salutes you.
Screenshot of the npmx app showing an npm package named ifyouwanttogetthesumoftwonumberswherethosetwonumbersarechosenbyfindingthelargestoftwooutofthreenumbersandsquaringthemwhichismultiplyingthembyitselfthenyoushouldinputthreenumbersintothisfunctionanditwilldothatforyou.
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Drew Kirkman @drewkirkman.com · 03/02/2026
This is massive. The technology underlying Bluesky and other useful applications is on its way to becoming an Internet standard like HTTP or email.
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Alex @agjoyner.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
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Nighthaven⛺︎ @moja.blue · 03/02/2026
ATProto is now in IETF standardization process. BOF stage passed at IETF 124 Dublin. Working group formation is next. datatracker.ietf.org/wg/atp/about/
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Eli Mallon @iame.li · 01/02/2026
My FOSDEM talk is live! Decentralized Public Broadcast with Streamplace: video.fosdem.org/2026/k4601/P...
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Sri @sri.xyz · 26/01/2026
I'm finally joining the firehose club.
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Relay good news
Introducing firehose.network - public infrastructure and tools for ATProto relays.
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 26/01/2026
For people working on the geography of social media, this map is just awesome! arewedecentralizedyet.online/map/ Via @lille.atproto.fr @flefgraph.bsky.social
Map Social Network User Data Storage
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cookie @cookie.ebil.club · 26/01/2026
guys 😭😭 youtu.be/ZdM-iNpv3nU
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I built Git for Minecraft for a hackathon and won
YouTube video by MathRayyan
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Eli Mallon @iame.li · 26/01/2026
🔴 LIVE stream.place/iame.li virtual atproto hang
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@iame.li is 🔴LIVE on stream.place!
virtual atproto hang
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Ronen Tamari @ronentk.me · 25/01/2026
Deeply grateful for the community here, a glimmer of hope in such dark times
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Alex @agjoyner.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
I just gave a quick demo of @viewsift.com to a friend, and part of the demo was also giving a demo of @semble.so so he could see how account (and soon data) are shared across platforms.... Man I love working with #AtProto
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Cosmik Network @cosmik.network · 13/01/2026
Media types coming to @semble.so soon 👀
Semble feed interface mockup showing a 'Filter by type' dropdown menu with content type options: Article, Book, Research, Audio, Video, Social, Event, and Software, displayed as green buttons.
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Eli Mallon @iame.li · 08/12/2025
atproto is cool because I should be panicking that somebody is going to beat Streamplace to establishing a half-decent VOD lexicon/service. gotta be first to market at all costs, right? but i like… want it to happen? breaking monopolies is hard, we need everyone’s help. welcome to the revolution
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Alex @agjoyner.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Quick shout out to @katharinehayhoe.com to just say thank you! You don't know it, but your content & consistency has been very inspirational in building @viewsift.com over the past 6 months! In wild and wacky times like this, it's also helped to keep me informed and motivated. Thank you!
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 13/01/2026
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Signal creator Moxie Marlinspike wants to do for AI what he did for messaging
Introducing Confer, an end-to-end AI assistant that just works.
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Cameron @cameron.stream · 12/01/2026
Welcome to all the new folks on Bluesky! It's nice here. You can create custom feeds that can be topical, algorithmic, etc. This is the one you should use: bsky.app/profile/did:... Please share this for reach
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