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Co-Founder @newsmast Discovering things, paths, people, ideas. Sharing knowledge, curating content, engaging communities and rebuilding the digital public space […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ backend.newsmast.org/@michael, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Berlin FediDay @berlinfediday.berlin.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026
Events like FediDay depend on hands-on as well as financial support. We dearly thank our sponsors @nextcloud, @nextcloud, @Mastodon as well as our streaming partner @fairkom! Thank you to @fsfe, @freifunk_berlin and @cbase! And last but not least we thank all […] [Original post on berlin.social]
Logos of our sponsors: Newsmast Foundation, Nextcloud, Mastodon GmbH and Fairkom. Colourful Fediverse logo. Headline: Berlinfedi.day, Conference for Alternative Social Media, 11.-13. September 2026.
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Berlin FediDay @berlinfediday.berlin.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026
'Safety as Public Infrastructure? The Future of Moderation in the Open Social Web' Talk by Saskia Welch, Aditya Singh and Sebastian Vogelsang More info: ctalx.c-base.org/fediday-2026/talk/… Click your tickets here: berlinfedi.day ⁂ […] [Original post on berlin.social]
Announcement post for 'Safety as Public Infrastructure? The Future of Moderation in the Open Social Web. Yellow on black text. Pictures of the three speakers, Saskia Welch, Aditya Singh and Sebastian Vogelsang, FediDay 2026, Colourful Fedi Symbol.
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Media Revolution @mediarevolution.mo-me.social · 29/08/2026
Real change starts with reclaiming the narrative! ✍️🗣️ On Tuesday, 8th September at 19:00, leaders from the frontline of media ethics unite to discuss how we turn petitions and campaigns into permanent people power. With fair media scrutiny needed now more […] [Original post on mo-me.social]
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Michael Foster @michael.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026
#COSCUP here we go! Cc @newsmast
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Michael Foster @michael.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026
#COSCUP Social Web track kicking off with insightful and stimulating presentations from Roro Park and @jihyeok - plus an impromptu session from @jaz as a bonus!
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Anuj Ahooja @quillmatiq.com · 03/08/2026
"In my mind, both can be wildly successful, it's not one or the other. atproto doesn't need to eat ActivityPub to be successful, or vice versa." - @toni.bsky.team LFG 👏🏼
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Erin Kissane @kissane.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 12/07/2026
Good morning from Kelpland. Perhaps you’d like to look at some beautiful seaweed and/or think about knowledge. www.wrecka.ge/holdfast-0-situating
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Michael Foster @michael.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/07/2026
Dub in the forest at #DWebCamp - with the ultimate sound system from Berlin. @samvie thank you for so many introductions - and to everyone at C-base for bringing their cool stuff to camp 🏕️
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Michael Foster @michael.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/07/2026
Blues Brothers at #DWebCamp ! Thank you @tommi for inviting me - it’s been so much fun! What a vibe - and so many fascinating, change-making people 💚
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Michael Foster @michael.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026
Here's what's going in my bag (and what's not) as I pack for "Black Holes & Day-Glo Symphonies" at #DWebCamp on Thursday: 🎨 Six cans of Day-Glo paint. Not allowed on the plane 😬 so a fresh order of graffiti paint is shipping to Alte Holle. 📋 Three […] [Original post on backend.newsmast.org]
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Michael Foster @michael.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2026
RE: chaos.social/@samvie/11680736219184… Looking forward to spending time in the forest!
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DWeb @dweb.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2026
@matthew, @matrix co-founder and @element CEO/CTO, is coming to DWeb Camp to present “Peer-to-Peer Matrix: A New Hope” talx.dod.ngo/dwebcamp-2026/talk/NYH… We’ll have many more Matrix-related activities and talks! 🤩 💡 Check them out here ➡️ […] [Original post on social.coop]
A graphic with Matthew’s profile picture, photo/pattern of forest trees, and the title of his talk.
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Bonfire @bonfire.bonfire.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 20/06/2026
🔥 The Bonfire Social 1.0.5 release candidate is out! This one brings archipelago mode (opt-in, allow-list federation for tightly-knit communities and networks), a more lightweight search backend (see changelog for migration steps), broadcasting announcements, another embeddable widget […]
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jaz :twt: :wales_flag: ⁂ @jaz.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 18/06/2026
I've been slow to adopt the Fediverse logo ⁂ as I didn't want to add to any unnecessary protocol/platform flame war nonsense, but now that the legendary @rude1.blacksky.team is touting it I'm hereby all in. Will I get it tattooed somewhere on my body a la @tommi ? ⁂ Maybe...
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Tim Chambers @tchambers.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/06/2026
I co-wrote this with @WillRobinson highlighting the recent Scottish election as a sign of what is coming our way: “The next generation of election disinformation may not come from a social media post at all. It may come from the answer.” substack.com/home/post/p-202048579
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A Scottish Post: The New Election Threat: Disinformation Inside the Answer
For years we have worried about election disinformation spreading through social media, but now it's coming through search.
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Megan Kirkwood @megafreda.eurosky.social · 13/06/2026
👏🏻👏🏻 “The deepest function of sovereignty is that a government defends its own continued existence and its exclusive right to authorise force. What we watched instead was governments declining to do so, in public, with the world's richest man openly calling for their imprisonment.”
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Tim Fullerton - Host of the Find Out Podcast @timfullerton.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Wow - we are less than 100 users away from 10,000 on Find Out Social. Can you help us break 10k? Reply in the comments and I’ll send you the info to join us!
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Michael Foster @michael.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/06/2026
Overnight the @newsmast backed Find Out Social added 3,000 users in a few hours, onboarding one user every second at times. All driven by a Mr Global Facebook post. Let’s go! www.facebook.com/share/r/17TaRGWXVP…
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Ben Werdmuller @ben.werd.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/06/2026
RE: backend.newsmast.org/@newsmast/1166… I first met the folks at Newsmast last year at the International Journalism Festival. The work they’ve done between then and now to build social spaces that provide real value to newsrooms, movements, and communities is astonishing […]
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DWeb @dweb.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 08/06/2026
🌅 30 sunrises left until DWeb Camp: Root Systems. 🏕️ From the 8th to the 12th of July, join us at Alte Hölle to explore the latest in the decentralisation ecosystem, and to shape its future. 🎟️ Tickets still available → dwebcamp.org ← #DWeb #DWebCamp […] [Original post on social.coop]
A sunrise at DWeb Camp, with an overlay graphic.
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Michael Foster @michael.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/06/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@chrisstoecker/1167… A great piece! Includes support for the European Social Stack initiative and the call for “shared infrastructure and shared protocols” european.social
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Saskia @saskia.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/06/2026
So, last night was fun. I never imagined that I would ever get the joy of playing Mario Kart (among other party games) with legends of the Social Web like @tommi @ben and @john but here we are 🏎️ Thanks to everyone who came along to our (really, it was […] [Original post on backend.newsmast.org]
Tommi, a young white man, reacts with an expression of surprise whilst holding a Wii controlled. Beside him, Saskia, a young white woman, is holding a green steering wheel Wii controller and shouting. A collection of people on stage at the Open Social Awards. The winners are holding small glass trophies. Beer pong is being played on a long table. A yellow ping pong ball is midair with Saskia, a young white woman dressed in all black, and Robin, a middle-aged white man in a hot pink suit, watching it. A screen can be seen with Mario Kart being played. One player is in first position, the other in twelth. The players are Saskia, a young white woman dressed in black, and Ben, a middle-aged white man with black hair and wearing a check shirt. The photo is taken from behind them so their expressions can't be seen. In the foreground, a white man can be seen wearing a Eurosky t-shirt, reading 'Eurosky - One identity. Infinite connections.'
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Eurosky Social @eurosky.social · 05/06/2026
Huge congratulations to the winners of the first ever Open Social Awards @newsmastfoundation.org @blackskyweb.xyz and @sill.social
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Alexis Bushnell @alexisbushnell.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 05/06/2026
Wait, I know those folks on stage!!! Huge applause and congrats to @newsmast , well deserved winners. They're doing great stuff and I for one love the great app they put together for our community here on Twt! #PubConf2026
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FediForum @fediforum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/06/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@Mastodon/116697945… FediForum is one of the supporters of the European Social Stack declaration that was published today. in the cooperative spirit of FediForum, we are glad that so many -- often competing -- organizations are coming together to the common […]
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Anuj Ahooja @quillmatiq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/06/2026
Huge huge huge congrats to @michael & the @newsmast team for winning the Open Social Awards! And to the excellence award winners: @tylrfishr for sill.social & @rude1.blacksky.team & team for @blackskyweb.xyz! Couldn't imagine folks who deserve this more 👏
A group of roughly fifteen conference speakers and organizers posing together on stage for a photo, with an audience member's silhouette visible in the foreground. Several people are wearing red lanyards with name badges.
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Connected Places @fediversereport.com · 03/06/2026
Fediverse news for May 2026 everything in fediverse needs that stood out to me from the last month, such as Lemmy gearing up for a 1.0 release, WordPress becoming a full open social web platform, and how a Russian botnet is active on the fediverse as well as a first look at the @EUCommission […]
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Tim Chambers @tchambers.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/06/2026
Fully endorse this article from Newsmast. They are doing crucial work in this space and everyone that cares about the open social web should learn from their efforts. Expecially like this: "The web began with connections. Then it outsourced search to Google, and social to Meta, X and TikTok. We […]
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Michael Foster @michael.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/06/2026
Here's the call to action @newsmast is taking to @publicspaces: Make connected community spaces our mission for the year ahead. Community building is hard. Connected community building is harder. But it's worth it. For technologists: add this alongside your building. For policy people: let's […]
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FediVariety @fedivariety.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/05/2026
‘No Regulation Alone will Safeguard Democratic Debate —It all depends on A Collective, Collaborative & Coordinated Effort!’ Thank you, #EuroDIG for the chance to present a 2 minute pitch on the topic 'Platforms’ Accountability to Strengthen the Digital Public Sphere’! #Fediverse #Eumans […]
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Tim Chambers @tchambers.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/05/2026
RE: mastodon.iftas.org/@iftas/116652198… Cannot tell you what a difference this group makes to the open social web. This is "load bearing" for he fediverse, and deserves and will wisely use whatever donations you can send on...
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IFTAS @iftas.mastodon.iftas.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/05/2026
If you value this work and want to see our safety resources stay online, independent, and active, please consider joining our Power of One campaign. We are looking for 500 supporters to contribute just 1 (£, €, $) a month. Small change, big difference […] [Original post on mastodon.iftas.org]
Campaign graphic "Power of One" to recruit 500 donors. Background: cartoon avatars. Center: dark circle with a white "1" reading "Power of One". Subtitle: "Can we find 500 people to donate just 1 a month?" Yellow tags show currency.
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Saskia @saskia.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/05/2026
Ever thought about how we make this place sound cool to other people? Spoiler: It's not 'Fedi'-anything. forbetter.ghost.io/the-normal-respo… #SocialWeb #Blog #Fediverse #Mastodon #Tech
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The 'normal' response to the Social Web
How (mostly) 'normal' people respond to the ideas of the Social Web Marketing the Social Web is a headache. Only heightened by the clashing of heads as everyone offers an opinion. Picture those dinosaurs that have their skull on the outside. That's us. No wonder it's a headache. But even
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Stefan @stefan.gardenstate.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/05/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@fediforum/11655724… This was a fun demo to give on a tool for mastodon admins I've been working on for a while. We're now working to make it really world class and you can sign up to the wait list to learn more here: fediponics.com
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Michael Foster @michael.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/05/2026
#SilentSunday #Photography
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FediForum @fediforum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/05/2026
The #Fediverse now has its own link-in-bio, with new project FediProfile. Share links, collect badges, and own your online presence – no corporation in the middle. Maho Pacheco demo'd it last week at #FediForum. spectra.video/w/hBLR8YT3NrX1yEdjezT… /cc @mapache, @maho.dev
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FediForum Demo: FediProfile
The decentralized link-in-bio that connects to the Fediverse. Share links, collect badges, and own your online presence -- no corporation in the middle. Speed demo by Maho Pacheco (@mapache@hachyde...
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Robin Berjon @robin.berjon.com · 08/05/2026
Every other week I hear from yet another European clone of some big tech social media, except with "European values" (which are conveniently never detailed). We need something different, because we can do so much better. That's why we're building Eurosky.
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Mastodon @mastodon.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/05/2026
RE: eupolicy.social/@hpod16/11653834471… We love to see it <3
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Michael Foster @michael.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/05/2026
#FensterFreitag #Photography
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Co-op Cloud @coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 16/04/2026
Thursday = Kite-flying day! 🪁 Come hang out with Co-operative Cloud folks online: ask questions, get help with issues, kick off freewheeling discussions about anything Coop-Cloud-related. Coming up in ~3 hours at 19 UTC (continuing with alternating 12 UTC slot next week!) Same 🦇 place […]
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Michael Foster @michael.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/05/2026
Check this out! Find Out Social on TikTok #Fediverse www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8pYnJ1m
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Bonfire @bonfire.bonfire.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 06/05/2026
You can read more about our work on groups in this previous blog post: bonfirenetworks.org/posts/wh... And if you're an #ActivityPub developer who's interested, please join the W3C task force discussions: github.com/swicg/groups/issues
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Why Community Matters: Groups as the Next Step for the Fediverse
Federated groups in Bonfire will be spaces where communities gather to organise, care, and coordinate across the fediverse. They'll live next to your personal feed, but each group having a specific purpose: a study circle, a lab team, an activist collective, a local mutual aid crew, a project team. Inside you’ll find posts, conversations, calendars, shared resources, and more. Crucially, groups will be portable and interoperable.
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Evan Prodromou 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇷🇵🇸 @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 06/05/2026
So, I am on a medium-small instance. I don't see everything that happens on the Fediverse. In particular, I don't see every conversation about tags.pub . If you see a conversation or questions about #tagspub and you don't think the author would mind, please feel free to tag me in. I'm […]
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Connected Places @fediversereport.com · 06/05/2026
A writeup of two conferences about the fediverse this week, with @fediforum and the German 2MR.social conference from this week, and how they are both dealing with bridging work to both EU politics as well as atproto and the atmosphere […]
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Anuj Ahooja @quillmatiq.com · 06/05/2026
Turns out, bridging is as important as we've been saying it is! When the competition has an infinite money spigot, the path forward is solidarity and leaning into the openness of the tools available. I'm glad to see that folks are finally realizing it. Now, say it with me: people, not platforms.
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Michael Foster @michael.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/05/2026
Thanks so much to @TechSoup and @vandergiessen.ca for inviting me to present a live webinar yesterday about our work at @newsmast We had a full house and lots of engagement! It was a pleasure watching the lightbulbs going off in people’s heads. We can make change, creating new digital homes […]
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Bonfire @bonfire.bonfire.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 06/05/2026
Our @fediforum@mastodon.social demo is up! 🔥 We showed off Bonfire Mosaic and our ongoing work on federated groups and new publisher tools we’ve been co-designing with jacobin.de, including federated discussion threads that can be embedded on their existing website. Built on our modular […]
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Anuj Ahooja @quillmatiq.com · 05/05/2026
Infrastructure isn't cheap, especially when you have nearly 150K accounts, most of which are *very* active. Please consider donating! We have tiers starting at less than $1/mo if you subscribe annually. We have a lot more coming, and Bridgy Fed and Bounce will be the foundation for all of it.
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Anuj Ahooja @quillmatiq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/05/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@anewsocial/1165230… Infrastructure isn't cheap, especially when you have nearly 150K accounts, most of which are *very* active. Please consider donating! We have tiers starting at less than $1/mo if you subscribe annually. We have a lot more coming, and […]
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