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civil💚 🫂 🍄 💭 ⌐◨-◨ @civilmonkey.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
live now: Transformative Impact Summit Livestream & in person in NYC luma.com/transformati... The first ticket option is free access to the livestream Learn more including the full program with all names and links for all speakers on transformative.global
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Transformative Impact Summit 2026 · Luma
Transformative Impact Summit returns to NYC Climate Week! Impact is too siloed. People, organizations, and events tend to focus on one area of impact - clean…
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Richard Barnes @ipv.sx · 02/07/2026
OK, I wrote up a whole blog post with some more detailed thoughts on this. Curious if anything here resonates with other folks. Thanks to @iame.li, @dholms.at, and @bnewbold.net for helpful pointers and discussions! pckt.blog/b/bits-of-en...
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All data should be permissioned data - Bits of Entropy
My post with vague complaints about the proposal that made for permissioned data got a bit of attention. Daniel was kind enough to take the time to chat with me...
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Words & Money @wordsandmoney.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
A beautiful piece by Sam Sussman about how libraries connect us, even across time and space. Check it out at the link below and check out his book BOY FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY, out next week. www.wordsandmoney.com/my-mother-li...
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My Mother, Libraries, and Me: A Love Story
Debut author Sam Sussman reflects on his deep love of libraries.
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Nick Garcia @nickgarcia.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Challenging article from Tom Wheeler! His formulation of the problem posits that our existing playbook from electricity or broadband might not apply to AI, but there are good solutions to explore like public compute, nondiscrimination rules for AI infrastructure, and better and safer open models.
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Nick Garcia @nickgarcia.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
It has been a month since a rogue frontier AI hacked HuggingFace, and little has changed in policy or public discourse. Some thoughts on AI safety, the need for distributed power, and how federal legislation like the FRONTIER Act is urgently needed. publicknowledge.org/it-is-time-t...
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It is Time To Tame the AI Frontier
Public Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. We work to shape policy.
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Case @case.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
One of the best talks I've ever seen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-6-... If you want to get to some cool parts, you can skip into 15 min or so.
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AI made me doubt everything about programming by Felienne Hermans - DDD Europe 2026
YouTube video by Domain-Driven Design Europe
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Case @case.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A long talk
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civil💚 🫂 🍄 💭 ⌐◨-◨ @civilmonkey.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
many ways of energy flow
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civil💚 🫂 🍄 💭 ⌐◨-◨ @civilmonkey.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"What capacity does a rural place need today to shape its future in a sustainable way?" Silvia Brandi presenting farmlab.at and the international FabLab Network in her keynote during the valleyofthecommons.com at the @commonshubat.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGMZ...
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Silvia Brandi -International FabLab Network
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civil💚 🫂 🍄 💭 ⌐◨-◨ @civilmonkey.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
today's keynote 'Cosmolocal Production' by @mbauwens-p2p.bsky.social is streaming decentralized thanks to streamoverswarm.eth.limo hear about commons-based cybernetics, bioregions as new nodes of societal coordination, barefoot doctors & technologists streamoverswarm.eth.limo#/watch/video...
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Streaming Platform
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civil💚 🫂 🍄 💭 ⌐◨-◨ @civilmonkey.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
today we're gonna talk about hubs like the @commonshubat.bsky.social , Akasha Hub Barcelona, Liminal Village in italy, Commons Hub Brussels and Traditional Dream Factory in Portugal join us for the keynote ‚monasteries of the 21st century' by Lorenzo Patuzzo www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7QM...
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Lorenzo Patuzzo - Monasteries of the 21st Century (Valley of the Commons)
YouTube video by Commons Hub
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civil💚 🫂 🍄 💭 ⌐◨-◨ @civilmonkey.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
join us online for the keynote by @kilianjoerg.bsky.social: “Reclaiming the commons“ speaking on nature & ecological collapse, radical commoning and our love for machines producing a certain lifestyle www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sFr...
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Kilian Jörg - Reclaiming the Commons (Valley of the Commons)
YouTube video by Commons Hub
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civil💚 🫂 🍄 💭 ⌐◨-◨ @civilmonkey.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
the second week of Valley of the Commons is starting at the @commonshubat.bsky.social with the keynote by Roberto Valenti from liminalvillage.com speaking on building a regenerative commons with a social, legal and technological stack centered in community building www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH17...
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Liminal Village – Open Source Innovation Eco-Tech Hub
Liminal Village - Open Source Innovation Eco-Tech Hub. A co-living and co-creation space in the heart of Italy.
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civil💚 🫂 🍄 💭 ⌐◨-◨ @civilmonkey.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
the cosmolocal initiative is launching by the p2pfoundation with @mbauwens.bsky.social , @jeffemmett.bsky.social , Bryan and more www.youtube.com/live/9RID8x9... join us tune into the livestream from valleyofthecommons.com at the @commonshubat.bsky.social
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Michel Bauwens: Cosmo-Localism (Valley of the Commons)
YouTube video by Commons Hub
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civil💚 🫂 🍄 💭 ⌐◨-◨ @civilmonkey.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
“nature is more redundant than efficient” @jeffemmett.bsky.social
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civil💚 🫂 🍄 💭 ⌐◨-◨ @civilmonkey.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
fantastic keynote by @case.bsky.social on calm tech live now from the @commonshubat.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/K_TlFG_...
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VotC | Amber Case - Calm Technology
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civil💚 🫂 🍄 💭 ⌐◨-◨ @civilmonkey.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
'capitalism as a system has expansion in its DNA' keynote by Adam Arvidsson is live now on Industrious Modernity, exploring the relationship between capitalism and commons-based peer production. streamoverswarm.eth.limo#/watch/video...
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civil💚 🫂 🍄 💭 ⌐◨-◨ @civilmonkey.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
“tech is not the issue” @mbauwens.bsky.social in the opening keynote of Valley of the Commons at the @commonshubat.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=J97g...
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Valley of the Commons | Day 2
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Commons Hub @commonshubat.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Kilian Jörg 's work revolves around the cultural narratives we build to metabolize ecological catastrophe, and the radical strategies for living otherwise. They've published several books on these themes and currently teach at arts universities across Europe.
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civil💚 🫂 🍄 💭 ⌐◨-◨ @civilmonkey.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
civil monkey ecosystem weaving
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Commons Hub @commonshubat.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
How do we think productively about escaping an ecocidal, capitalist system — and what grows in its place?
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civil💚 🫂 🍄 💭 ⌐◨-◨ @civilmonkey.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
the smell of pines in the morning
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Commons Hub @commonshubat.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
We're thrilled to share that Kilian Jörg, an artist, philosopher, and fav anarchist, will be joining us at Valley of the Commons during the second week (Cosmo-Local Production, 31st Aug-6th Sep 2026).
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Florian Glatz @heckerhut.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
absolutely fascinating that satoshi had reached out to @mbauwens-p2p.bsky.social back in 2009 blog.uncommons.cc/cryptoflight...
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Crypto Flight Vol.10 | Reflecting on Technology and the Commons in Times of Historical Transition: Interview with Michel Bauwens
“Why did he refuse the Bitcoin offered by Satoshi Nakamoto?” "Crypto Flight" is a series of interviews by Uncommons, focusing on pioneers active in the Ethereum and crypto world. It documents the rea...
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Boris @bmann.ca · 11/08/2026
If you are nearby to Tokyo, this may also be a good place to find atproto connections. Tagging @moja.blue to help spread the word.
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Meri @meri.garden · 10/08/2026
I got into tech six years ago because I figured I could have an outsized impact on making a less harmful, more empowering world for workers and marginalised people. Only this year, I started connecting IRL with people who think this way. Here I tried to write about the ways that's transformed me.
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DWeb, Culture and Resistance
What connects us is mostly underground
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civil💚 🫂 🍄 💭 ⌐◨-◨ @civilmonkey.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
learning is always an option
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Dr Manu Saunders FRES @manusaunders.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
With huge community level implications: workloads increase as journal editors, grant assessors, job panels, lecturers, and research student supervisors have to spend more time assessing human integrity than scientific content. Expectations increase for all as LLM-generated careers are normalised...
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serkan @serkankasapoglu.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Meta's ongoing censorship against queer and women's rights organizations is technofeudalism at its best (or, worst). Read here: www.waag.org/en/article/w...
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Waag | Whose land is the feed? How techno-feudalism explains Meta's censorship on queer and pro-choice
The platforms—Amazon, Google, Apple, Meta—are no longer ordinary firms competing in a market; they are fiefs. The way out is not a kinder lord; it is to stop being a tenant.
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Toni Schneider @toni.bsky.team · 28/07/2026
Two great posts about atproto today, very different from each other.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Here are some of the songs I've been listening to this summer. It starts with a song Michelle and I love by Glen Hansard, a great musician who passed tragically this week. Our hearts go out to his family.
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Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew.co.uk · 30/07/2026
Recommending an episode of Syntax.fm with Dan Abramov if you want to better understand atproto.
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Understanding AT Protocol
I've been playing around with AT Protocol. The posts on this site are now published to standard.site, and I've written a (very basic) WordPress plugin to display posts from my PDS on the Now page of this site. As a developer, I've spent a good chunk of my working life building apps that stored things...
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Boris @bmann.ca · 28/07/2026
Thanks @there-hugo.dev for doing the work of making a process for designing a @lexicon.community logo! We're looking forward to going through this process together!
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anna 🍂🍁🍎 @anna.germnetwork.com · 28/07/2026
I'm convinced that there is a huge Atmosphere-sized hole in the personal website market, and here's why that matters👇
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Why websites?
Personal websites as an atproto onboarding strategy
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Evelyn @kandake.africa · 28/07/2026
After AtmosphereConf I was hit with the realization that I couldn't continue working in corporate tech where I had could not see the impact of my or the companies work on communities. I've started a new venture, Eskahlay, rooted in my nubian culture to build sustainable community technology.
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civil💚 🫂 🍄 💭 ⌐◨-◨ @civilmonkey.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
the broken mirror is our friend
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Ian G. Williams @igraywill.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
New paper: "Opportunities, challenges, and conspicuous absences: An integrative review of the social work literature on artificial intelligence." For a special issue of critical perspectives on technology and social work. Check it out: anzswjournal.nz/anzsw/articl... #SocialWork #SWTech #CriticalAI
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Amelia Winger-Bearskin @ameliawb.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I am so honored to have been a part of this AI cohort at the Bellagio in Italy, innovating key pilot projects to connect AI to help with the movement to end homelessness. Some of the smartest people I’ve ever met. www.homelessnessimpact.org/news/artific...
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Artificial intelligence and its role in ending homelessness
Artificial intelligence can be harnessed to better prevent homelessness and design data-driven housing systems. Ligia Teixeira reports on a conference to discuss its potential
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kat excellence ✨ @katexcellence.io · 13/07/2026
thread of book / vid recs i got from people at #dwebcamp (in the chronological order in which i received them)
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Scrappy @scrappyaf.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Unofficial Welcome Wagon… We don’t have an algorithm here. Look into the #feeds menu on your profile page, and check starter packs to find interests. You can follow individuals in a pack. You can turn off DMs for safety. Always vet who u follow. blueskydirectory.com
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The Ultimate Directory of tools and applications for Bluesky
A curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform.
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MO @okrasauce.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Please support Learn Body Lit’s scholarship & practice. 💜 Nicole teaches women how to regulate their cycle, track fertility, and increase their body literacy. She also teaches about the effects of birth control and teaches alternative, natural birth control methods based on body literacy.
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Learn Body Literacy @learnbodylit.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Your period shouldn’t hurt ❤️❤️❤️
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Aside from the Big Bang, what is the most important thing that has ever happened?
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Centre for Science and Environment @cseindia.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
📢 Carbon Politics Ep. 4 is OUT NOW! From the soul of Rio ’92 to today’s fractured geopolitics—Sunita Narain & Anumita Roychowdhury unpack the history, the power shifts and the path ahead for the Global South. Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/OnGBwQ_UU20
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Damilola Ogunbiyi @damilolasdg7.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
The financing gap to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals now stands at over $4 trillion annually according to a new report. It shows that the global financial system as a whole is struggling to adapt to meet the evolving needs of today’s economies. desapublications.un.org/publications...
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Financing for Sustainable Development Report 2026
The Financing for Sustainable Development Report 2026: Implementing the Sevilla Commitment finds that development progress is imperiled by global fragmentation and a financing squeeze facing developin...
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Sustainable Energy for All @seforallorg.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Why does #cleanenergy investment still bypass the regions that need it most? At GenZero Climate Summit 2026, @damilolasdg7.bsky.social argued the #GlobalSouth can't be left on the margins of the #energytransition. Closing the financing gap is where the opportunity lies.
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Juliet Shen @julietshen.online · 22/07/2026
We're VERY excited to release the latest Osprey - the first release since our 1.0 in March. Huge thanks to all the contributors, especially to @discord.com who upstreamed a number of new features to the open source project!!!
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Centre for Science and Environment @cseindia.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
India must balance wildlife protection with farmers’ livelihoods: Sunita Narain Watch full video: youtu.be/zE5KvTvrXmQ
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Izabella Kaminska @izakaminska.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
New story from me about the curious role an unexpected 82.8% drop 😯 in hospital fees in April 2025 played in nudging Bulgaria’s average inflation rate to the magic level needed to qualify for eurozone entry by Jan. 2026. www.politico.eu/article/bulg...
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Has Bulgaria gamed its inflation numbers to qualify for the euro?
An 82.8 percent plunge in state-set hospital fees helped Sofia make the grade to join the single currency.
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Tompkins Conservation @tompkinsconserve.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
FIRST WILD JAGUAR CUB DISCOVERED IN THE ARGENTINE CHACO🐆🧵 Local wildlife guides Pablo Luna and Darío Soraire were boating on the Bermejo river when they saw Nalá, the second female jaguar released in El Impenetrable National Park by Rewilding Argentina, and her 5-month-old cub!
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