A German court has explicitly named Mastodon and Bluesky as positive examples of social networks that could retain hosting protection. It gets Bluesky’s feeds wrong, but its reasoning about user contr...

Fediverse software updates, summer 2026 edition

El Niño will drive severe drought from Indonesia to the Southern Africa and northern South America, with wetter winters from the US Gulf Coast to Southern South America.

The third edition of the global gathering for the Atmosphere Community is taking place in Amsterdam, April 29th - May 2nd. This includes side-events and main conference days. Please RSVP with your i...

Black culture is in a lot of ways synonymous with how internet culture exists writ large. From what is now described as “Gen-Z slang” (or as Black people have always known it, AAVE) to our methods of ...

During DDW 2026, Waag is organising a very social party – both online and offline. We’re launching oso.social, a platform that gives everyone access to open social media. Everyone’s welcome; you don’t need to buy a ticket, just create an account on the open social web. The time has come to leave big tech’s social media behind. The time has come to leave big tech’s social media behind. We’ve had enough of toxic content, addictive algorithms, AI slop, and fake news. Online connection should serve us—not the profits of shareholders. That is why Waag is working toward a societal breakthrough: for Dutch society, in close collaboration with Europe, to embrace the open social web. Together with various sectors, we are building open social platforms where we, as a society, set the rules ourselves. At the Open Socials Social Club, we’ll be networking to our hearts’ content, casting our lines far and wide, bringing people together and making connections. With performances by Striptopia, Zobayda, Pelanoir, Gioray, Alles Exploding and more! Dutch Design Week Dutch Design Week (DDW) is annual event showcasing the best of Dutch design. DDW organises and facilitates exhibitions, lectures, award ceremonies, networking events, debates and festivities spread across a hundred locations throughout the city of Eindhoven. Dutch Design Week 2026 will take place from 187 to 25 October.

The French government LaSuite apps connected with Login with Atmosphere OIDC

A collaboration with Princeton explores how Governance Cards can help communities explain how they organise, make decisions, and care for their shared spaces.

ALT: Party Time Dolphin

With AI watermarking inference providers mark their output as AI generated. But for the system to become useful, lots of independent providers need to collaborate together in a decentralised system wi...