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Fortransky. Yes, that Fortran INTERCALsky | Malbolgesky | Adatalksky Modular computers. Mesh apps. Local-first. Zero cloud Internet should be decentralized, community-owned, & resilient. DTTP is our attempt to make that real formerlab.eu 🇸🇪 🇱🇺

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scottsgear.com @scottsgear.com · 14/09/2026
Welcome. I'm Scott from Scottsgear. I collect gadgets from the 80s, 90s and early 2000s. Nokia, Ericsson, Palm, Psion, and more. Currently over 1100 gadgets in the collection, adding new devices every week.
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Former Lab @formerlab.eu · 02/06/2026
pgsky 0.2.0 — the Bluesky client that lives inside PostgreSQL — is now public OAuth, DPoP, timeline, posts, replies, threads, all as SQL procedures and views. Plus a Rust TUI styled like a database admin tool It's early, but we got this :)
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GitHub - FormerLab/pgsky: An AT Protocol / Bluesky client implemented as a PostgreSQL extension. The database is the application
An AT Protocol / Bluesky client implemented as a PostgreSQL extension. The database is the application - FormerLab/pgsky
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Former Lab @formerlab.eu · 11/09/2026
Are we building an ATProto client right at the heart of LibreOffice Calc? Yes, we are Stay tuned
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Former Lab @formerlab.eu · 11/09/2026
We might migrate to Steady in the near future, but until then, we’re sticking with Patreon and Ko-fi ko-fi.com/formerlab In the meantime, we’ve launched an updated website and have some news to share
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The new Former Lab website is live | Former Lab
We’ve launched an updated website for Former Lab: formerlab.eu The new site brings more of the project together in one place — the hardware,
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sjvn @sjvn.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
My first search engine.
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The European Commission has joined W Social, a closed-source European platform, weeks after publishing its Open Source Strategy. Megan Kirkwood asks whether the move contradicts the Commission's own goals.
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Europe's W Social Bet Tests its Vision of Digital Sovereignty
The European Commission has joined W Social, a closed-source platform. Megan Kirkwood asks what that reveals about Europe's digital sovereignty agenda.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 15/07/2026
Free newsletter: The OpenAI Bubble, my comprehensive, 15k word thesis about why the AI Bubble and the AI Trade were inflated by OpenAI and can't exist without OpenAI, who will be the victims of the bubble bursting, and how we can stop it from happening again. www.wheresyoured.at/the-openai-bubble/
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The OpenAI Bubble
Thanks for reading this week’s free Where’s Your Ed At newsletter. As I said last week, I’m taking the rest of this week off, so there won’t be a premium on Friday. That said, if you aren’t already a ...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 15/07/2026
Corporate giving makes up a small but growing portion of EFF’s revenue. Alongside our 32,000 individual donors, these organizations are critical to keeping up the fight. We’re grateful for the companies and their internal advocates who donate to EFF. 🧵 (1/8) www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Digital Rights Are Everyone’s Business, and Yours Can Join the Fight!
Companies large and small are doubling down on digital rights, and we’re excited to see more and more of them join EFF. We’re first and always an organization who fights for users, so you might be
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Eurosky Social @eurosky.social · 23/06/2026
Move to Eurosky today - hosted in Europe, governed by European law, open to everyone Use Bluesky as normal: your data & your connections all stay the same. Our commitment: we will never sell your content, your data, or profile you for advertising. move.eurosky.tech
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EU-HAUL - Start Account Migration
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Eurosky Social @eurosky.social · 18/06/2026
20,000 strong today. Thank you so much everyone for the confidence and support. There’s still so much to do. Our commitment is to build the best open social experiences for Europe and beyond. Always for people first.
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Robin Berjon @robin.berjon.com · 17/06/2026
It looks like W Identity, the part of @wsocial.eu that checks your papers before you go in, has a very basic XSS on its admin backend, found hours after launch. This seems almost too predictable... Cyberfriends, any thoughts on how bad? 23.social/@kantorkel/1...
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kantorkel (@kantorkel@23.social)
#widentity ist ein digital identity provider, der ein geschäftliches Interesse an einem Internet hat, das möglichst wenig anonym ist. Nebenbei basteln sie an #wsocial, um Identitäten einzusammeln htt...
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Elena Rossini ⁂ @elenarossini.com · 17/06/2026
SCOOP: In early June the European Commission unveiled its Tech Sovereignty Plan, which emphasized their commitment to #OpenSource. Just recently, they migrated their main ATproto accounts to #WSocial, a for-profit network that has quietly gone closed-source. blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-pub...
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W Social, Public Institutions and the Theater of European Digital Sovereignty
European public institutions are betting big on digital sovereignty and open source software. And yet they recently moved their Bluesky accounts to W Social, a private, for profit network owned by Swe...
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Eurosky Sebastian @sebastian.eurosky.social · 17/06/2026
Interesting approach by the @ec.europa.eu to just ignore their own scientific service (JRC), which only 8w ago explicitly recommended to support @eurosky.social in this paper: publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repos…
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Eurosky Social @eurosky.social · 13/06/2026
Some social networks treat users like products. At mu users are people. “We will never sell Your Content or any other personal data we hold about you. We will never profile you for advertising purposes.” That’s our pledge for mu.social, it’s in our terms and privacy policy and it won’t change.
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Eurosky Sebastian @sebastian.eurosky.social · 13/06/2026
19k 🚀
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Internet Archive Europe @internetarchive.eu · 12/06/2026
Where your data lives matters. We've moved our Bluesky account to a European Personal Data Server hosted by Eurosky. Same profile, same content, different infrastructure. A small step towards a more decentralized, resilient, and publicly accountable web. www.internetarchive.eu/2026/06/12/b...
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Blue Sky Thinking, European Infrastructure: Internet Archive Europe Has Moved to Eurosky - Internet Archive Europe
We've moved our Bluesky presence. Our account looks the same. Our data now lives somewhere different, on European infrastructure, under European law. Here's why we made that choice. What changed and w...
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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
RIP David Hockney
A Bigger Splash - 1967 David Hockney painting of an modernist LA pool with no diver visible but a huge splash in the water as if one dived into it
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Nyco 🙌💀 @nyco.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
How it feels to post about your game #indiegamedev
diablo 2 style dungeon entrance with text saying "You are now entering Marketing"
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Former Lab @formerlab.eu · 12/06/2026
microkerneL4sky is on #seL4 #atproto
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Eurosky Social @eurosky.social · 11/06/2026
Mu is a mythical lost continent. There is an entire civilisation buried under legacy social media. Today, the lost continent rises anew! Have something you want to build into Mu? Reach out! And go try it: mu.social!
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Eurosky Social @eurosky.social · 11/06/2026
We're delighted to launch with multiple trusted verifiers: @france-atmosphe.re @npmx.dev and @medsky.network. Trusted organizations, businesses and professional networks can become verifiers and verify their people and accounts - reach out at verification@mu.social
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Eurosky Social @eurosky.social · 11/06/2026
2. A dedicated news tab! Pick the regions and topics you're interested in and get a customised feed of trusted news sources. Social media is media but news is suffering. This is a first step towards fixing that.
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Eurosky Social @eurosky.social · 11/06/2026
We launch with three novel features, and many more in the work. 1. Edit your posts! You have a five minute window to edit after sending (and the likes count gets reset). Perfect to fix those typos that mysteriously appear when you hit "Post".
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Eurosky Social @eurosky.social · 11/06/2026
Muve to the beat. Muve the conversation. Muve mountains. Today @eurosky.social announces mu.social, a new microblogging app to experiment with the future of social! 🪩💖
Purple banner with the 'mu' logo in the middle in white with a black drop shadow
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Sherif EA @sherif.mu.social · 09/06/2026
Everything we're able to do at @eurosky.social is by working with some of the most talented people in the Atmosphere 💙💙 @thisismissem.social @pds.dad @flo-bit.dev @renderg.host @bad-example.com @brookie.blog
Eurosky website 'Contributors' section showing headshots of six people, Emelia Smith, Bailey Townsend, Florian Killius, Barry Prendergast, fig, and Brooke Higgins, with links to their profiles.
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Blue Tapes @bluetapes.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Art of the day Hasui Kawase (Japanese, 1883–1957)
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Eurosky Social @eurosky.social · 10/06/2026
10.06.2026 – release 2 of 3 Today we’re switching on a high-reliability relay: relay1.eurosky.network The firehose of the Atmosphere, running on European infrastructure.
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Eurosky Sebastian @sebastian.eurosky.social · 09/06/2026
@eurosky.social got mentioned in this @wired.com article
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All the Ways Europe Is Ditching American Technology
A WIRED timeline shows how dozens of governments, companies, and other organizations across Europe are moving, or planning to shift, away from US Big Tech.
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PAUL CONWAY @doomcube.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Defragging was cool.
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Defragmenting Drive C Process
ALT: Defragmenting Drive C Process
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Eurosky Social @eurosky.social · 09/06/2026
09.06.2026 - release 1 of 3 Sovereign social infrastructure, one layer at a time. We’re now mirroring the did:plc directory - where identities live - on European infrastructure: plc.eurosky.network Decentralisation means not depending on a single directory.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 08/06/2026
Funny to see Tim Cook mention how so many more apps are being added to the App Store after seeing this report
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PoLiTiPeT @politipet.fr · 07/06/2026
18k #Eurosky users | eurosky.social/stats @eurosky.social
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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
From sunrise to sunset on Arrakis. Colourful cycling used to great effect, and some lovely Adlib Gold music from Stéphane Picq strikes the mood. One of my favourite games to this day. 💜 📺: Dune, Cryo Interactive, 1992 (DOS PC version)
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Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
ok water calm down
A diagram of two hydrogen and one oxygen molecule that looks like a but in revealing black bottoms
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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
“If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.” Loren Eiseley Art by Kevin Kia
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DavidB @david.eurosky.social · 06/06/2026
Not sure if W Social is something you want to advertise much, the red flags are all over the place: blog.elenarossini.com/the-untold-s...
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The Untold Story About W Social: Unconventional Beginnings, Strategic Pitches and Conflicting Signals
A deep dive into the origin story of W Social, an analysis of the strategic arguments they have been using to appeal to government officials, media companies and advertisers... and the discussion of c...
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Eurosky Sebastian @sebastian.eurosky.social · 07/06/2026
It would be great to get some transparency in here. @janlindblad.bsky.social: 1. will users be able to use the w social app with any #atproto account? 2. will users be able to verify themselves (to be able to post) with any atproto account or do you require users to move their accounts to your pds?
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UltraInfinite @ultrainfinite.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Angel doodles
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Why Marine Protected Areas Need More Than Fisheries Data
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Why Marine Protected Areas Need More Than Fisheries Data
Angelo Villagomez Saipan Mariana Trench Guam Ocean Conservation Culture Chamorro Indigenous
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AWAMU @awamu.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Fourteen years ago, Sharifah joined an Awamu-supported urban farming course. Today, she's helping other girls create opportunities of their own. Through the Garden of Eden, young women in Bwaise are growing food, income and resilience. Learn more: awamu.co.uk/garden
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Stadt Dortmund @stadtdortmund.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
🌱 Wie wollen wir morgen leben? In #Dortmund starten jetzt 35 spannende Projekte zur Internationalen Gartenausstellung (IGA) 2027. Von Urban Farming über Upcycling bis hin zu nachhaltiger Mobilität & Bürgergärten – überall in der Stadt sprießen Ideen für die Zukunft. ⤵️ www.dortmund.de/newsroom/nac...
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Eurosky Sebastian @sebastian.eurosky.social · 05/06/2026
This is massive for the future of un-enshittified Social Media in Europe. Atmosphere ❤️ Fediverse ❤️ Matrix
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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
I've been asked a few times now why I don't interact with certain tech, games, or nostalgia accounts that fall in my own wheelhouse. It's a simple answer, and goes back to the news post about Muskrat: they're still shovelling money to him for blue ticks. Actively helping to make the future worse.
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Just saying…. #BookSky
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zeu @zeu.dev · 04/06/2026
CODETV ATPROTO FULL EPISODE IS OUT! Once again thank you to @jason.energy and @codetv.dev team for the invite, @bsky.app and @jimray.bsky.team for making it happen, and ofc @pds.dad, @bryn.codes, @brittanyellich.com, @dame.is, and @awarm.space for the shenanigans we made together! ATPROTO FTW ☁️✨🙌
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Rebuild your website (again) with ATproto · Web Dev Challenge S3.E4
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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
"Grandpa, what did it feel like living through the 2020s?"
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Jim Ray @jimray.bsky.team · 04/06/2026
Twenty minutes! The @atproto.com world premier on @codetv.dev featuring @pds.dad @zeu.dev @brittanyellich.com @dame.is @bryn.codes @awarm.space and maybe even another familiar face. Who will be the first to declare they "didn't come here to make friends" ?? www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-Xy...
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Rebuild your website (again) with ATproto · Web Dev Challenge S3.E4
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 04/06/2026
Governments must not adopt emerging and powerful AI technologies without also adopting strong and clear safeguards to protect Constitutional rights, EFF’s @mguariglia.bsky.social testified today to a House Homeland Security subcommittee.
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EFF Testifies to Congress on Protecting Americans’ Rights from Government AI
Governments must not adopt emerging and powerful AI technologies without also adopting strong and clear safeguards to protect Constitutional rights, EFF Senior Policy Analyst Dr. Matthew Guariglia tes...
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Former Lab @formerlab.eu · 04/06/2026
FORTRAT-F90 ( #atproto lexicon browser in pure Fortran) Superplansky ck37-core Adatalksky Forthsky Assemblersky Intercalsky Malbolgesky (👹) Fortransky pgsky (entire client lives inside PostgreSQL- OAuth, DPoP, XRPC calls, all of it) Esogo We got our weird stuff over at Codeberg in Europe too
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ATProto Science @atproto.science · 04/06/2026
Very excited to share our (long overdue) writeup from ATScience 2026 in Vancouver! Tagging our long list of credits/mentions in the thread - huge thanks to everyone who made this happen!
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Shareouts from ATScience 2026 in Vancouver
Since when do science conferences have such wild energy?
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