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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 14/10/2026
Its so funny. I'm thinking about the silly arguments between @anna.wsocial.eu and @robin.berjon.com organisations. Then I looked at their web mastheads. eurosky.tech vs. wsocial.news technical boffins vs. news aggregators Yep. And never the twain shalt meet. 🤣
eurosky.tech
Eurosky – mu is here. The first of a thousand social apps.
Eurosky is a European initiative to build and operate sovereign social web infrastructure
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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026
Our friends a wsocial are getting feel for the nasty modern world of media. live.wsocial.eu/wedonthaveti... Seems not much has changed since last century
live.wsocial.eu
We Don't Have Time on W play
'It's Not Paranoia, It's a Pattern'. Anna Zeiter, Ingmar Rentzhog, Paul Radu & Nick Nuttall.
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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026
Notes explain the change from/difference between institutional-centric & the human/citizen-centric network (re)design. Canonical vs. Semantic atprotocol is one example of Canonical. www.bmc.com/blogs/canoni...
bmc.com
What Is a Canonical Data Model? CDMs Explained
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Blaine @blaine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
No-one gave Bluesky $100m to build a Twitter clone, not even a better Twitter. For investors, it's always been a network/ecosystem play, and I worry that optimizing for Bluesky-centric engagement metrics rather than PDS-centric ones risks souring the good-will of the wider community.
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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 27/09/2026
OK Now. It's funny. After all the talk about geek stuff. Paul is so good at thinking things through. www.pfrazee.com/leaflets/3m5... "Bluesky is still too large of a player. We need to finish moving PLC into an independent org" atproto.com/blog/plc-dir... UNtil then ...............................
pfrazee.com
The politics of purely client-side apps
There's a surprisingly nuanced discussion in development about the political economy of clients and servers in the Atmosphere
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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026
OK. While I'm venting, and watching Donnie's lecture to the UN. I bet few in this generation have heard of the peter principle. Its a lot more prelevant in the public service than private enterprise. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_p...
en.wikipedia.org
Peter principle - Wikipedia
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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026
I'm finally getting down to understanding why eurosky, and wsocial, guys are fighting. Its all @gui.do @emily.space and @sherif.eurosky.social fault. 😘 They just don't want eurosky (or any PDS operator) to be ID verifiers. This is the doc. tangled.org/sherif.euros...
tangled.org
statement.md at main · sherif.eurosky.social/atmosphere-verification
A project for democratic, ID-free verification for everyone on the AT Protocol
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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 19/09/2026
Its the most frustrating thing, watching the EC legislate for the elements (e.g. ID, platforms, etc) of an open & online civic/social space, and setting the strategy, agenda & priorities. digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/...
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
The International Digital Strategy for the European Union
The International Digital Strategy for the European Union sets out the EU's vision for strengthening its international digital cooperation.
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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 13/09/2026
My second-pass outline for the EC's call for safer social platforms — built on ATProto, drawing on @sherif.eurosky.social , @anna.wsocial.eu , and @gui.do 's sifa.id. Feedback welcome 👇 leaflet.pub/01a084a3-8238-7aaa-9415-7bbebd04a66d Thanks @erlend.sh @mathewlowry.eurosky.social
sifa.id
Sifa · Portable professional identity on the open web
Replace your LinkedIn URL with a portable profile that gathers the work you already publish across the open web. EU-hosted. Free. No lock-in.
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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 12/09/2026
@sebastian.eurosky.social @anna.wsocial.eu @ingmar.wsocial.eu @robin.berjon.com @gui.do
leaflet.pub
My Lifelong Learning Account
First Response to EC tender for open social networks
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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 11/09/2026
An overview of my approach to what the EC is asking for
leaflet.pub
My Lifelong Learning Account
First Response to EC tender for open social networks
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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 11/09/2026
leaflet.pub
My Lifelong Learning Account
First Response to EC tender for open social networks
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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 10/09/2026
Ingmar, I'm having a hard time trying to respond to you here. Arghh! Look, rather than going on, could you ask the wsocial team to look at this potential project. digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/new-... wsocial need to meet the modal/eurosky guys. www.modalfoundation.org
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
New call for proposals to shape safer and more inclusive social media platforms
The European Commission has published a call for proposals to create and test safer and more inclusive features for new social media platforms for young audiences.
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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 09/09/2026
Is anyone considering going for this project. digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/new-...
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
New call for proposals to shape safer and more inclusive social media platforms
The European Commission has published a call for proposals to create and test safer and more inclusive features for new social media platforms for young audiences.
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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 07/09/2026
Seems (one of the units of) the EC is trying for the umpteenth time to build "an online knowledge hub." ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
ec.europa.eu
Online Knowledge Hub on Civic Space – Initial Needs Assessment
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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 04/09/2026
I cannot believe, when you see all the hard words about wsocial (baad), Venture Capital (baad) and "how do we tell normies what atproto is about", that this interview with Toni Schneider isn't dropped on every conversation. www.theverge.com/podcast/9743...
theverge.com
Bluesky’s new CEO wants to grow it all
Bluesky is many different things in a trenchcoat.
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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 26/08/2026
I feel sorry for the passion-ates at wsocial. So many good intentions f***ed because they haven't thought a strategy through. Igmar gets frustrated because their "appview" has to have an "app", which must be delivered via big techs' shops. www.youtube.com/live/jHVwjBL...
youtube.com
W Social – Public Beta Launch
YouTube video by Brussels Press Club TV
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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 25/08/2026
Two notes for when presenting a proposal that bridges between similar (online and F2F) conferences and their related community hubs. civictech.guide www.linkedin.com/pulse/eu-con...
civictech.guide
Civic Tech Field Guide — find and be found
The world's largest curated directory of projects, tools, and organizations using technology for democracy and the common good.
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AT Protocol Developers @atproto.com · 20/08/2026
The most significant extension to the protocol since launch—atproto spaces—is now officially alpha software you can start testing with. Here's more about the goals and how to start testing. atproto.com/blog/atproto...
atproto.com
The Atproto Spaces Alpha is Live
Atproto Spaces, formerly known as “the permissioned data protocol,” is a new extension to atproto that enables non-public data. The alpha is now officially open. Here’s how to develop with it and what to expect as we work towards the full release.
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🇪🇺 Wojciech @wojciech.wsocial.eu · 20/08/2026
This is great polish page about disinformation (You can read translate it) about Russia's new project named: SOCIAL DESIGN AGENCY This is very similar to IRA project but backed up by AI and fake www sites demagog.org.pl/analizy_i_ra...
demagog.org.pl
Agencja Projektowania Społecznego. Tak Rosja atakuje zachodnie społeczeństwa
W tej analizie opisujemy działania agencji propagandowej powiązanej z Kremlem, której strategię poznaliśmy dzięki wykradzionym danym.
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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 15/08/2026
I don't think this has to be a show stopper. But it does illustrate why the trust one has in their PDS host/operator is more important than their governance. kevinak.se/blog/who-act...
kevinak.se
Who Actually Owns Your ATProto Identity? Hint: It's Probably Not You
ATProto gives your PDS operator full control of your signing and rotation keys, letting them impersonate you across every app in the ecosystem or kill
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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 14/08/2026
Its funny, as I look back over 5 decades of watching the public, and private, media NETWORKS change. One noticed the "customer" wanted to talk. The other just kept broadcasting to the "citizenry". After 25 years we are finally co-designing a new form of public media. vimeo.com/showcase/eur...
vimeo.com
Eurosky: sovereign European technology
Eurosky is building European infrastructure for the open social web - the foundation that lets startups create safer, fairer social web products and services that users actually control, enabling Euro...
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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 23/07/2026
So, while Robin is talking about "if we don't have the right mental models we make the wrong decisions" vimeo.com/showcase/eur... our friends in the EC's mental model usually excludes "the citizen". interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/i...
vimeo.com
Eurosky: sovereign European technology
Eurosky is building European infrastructure for the open social web - the foundation that lets startups create safer, fairer social web products and services that users actually control, enabling Euro...
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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 23/07/2026
So, while Robin is talking about "if we don't have the right mental models we make the wrong decisions" vimeo.com/showcase/eur... our friends in the EC's mental model usually excludes "the citizen". interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/i...
vimeo.com
Eurosky: sovereign European technology
Eurosky is building European infrastructure for the open social web - the foundation that lets startups create safer, fairer social web products and services that users actually control, enabling Euro...
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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 30/07/2026
FOSS smashed one Microsoft monopoly. After 20 years of failure, it's time to smash another www.theregister.com/columnists/2...
theregister.com
FOSS smashed one Microsoft monopoly. After 20 years of failure, it's time to smash another
Word up
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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 30/07/2026
FOSS smashed one Microsoft monopoly. After 20 years of failure, it's time to smash another www.theregister.com/columnists/2...
theregister.com
FOSS smashed one Microsoft monopoly. After 20 years of failure, it's time to smash another
Word up
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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 06/08/2026
To be clear. "while some discussion of economic incentives is ,,,, important, for consensus .. to endure and thrive, this shift creates an environment where the benefits of decentralization and consensus are recognized as extending far beyond purely financial applications dsnp.org/dsnp_whitepa...
dsnp.org
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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 06/08/2026
AT this time. We're Watching,,,,,, "... a shift away from a seemingly single-minded focus on cryptocurrency and financialization toward a more nuanced idea of a world of decentralized identity and decentralized applications" dsnp.org/dsnp_whitepa...
dsnp.org
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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 04/08/2026
simonfj.eurosky.social Its the main question,, for me. Who DOES own your identity (on every protocol: http/at/ ? And that's through the perspective of the guys who run the public R&E networks. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationa... not just the DNSP ones. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distrib...
en.wikipedia.org
Distributed Social Networking Protocol - Wikipedia
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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 03/08/2026
ATProto is a post-app protocol trapped in a world of apps semble.so/url?id=https...
semble.so
bsky.app — Semble
Semble page for bsky.app
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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 02/08/2026
Europe wants out from under US tech – but first it has to find the exits "As long as public institutions operate Entra ID as their identity provider, external authentication chains pass through Microsoft infrastructure by default". www.theregister.com/public-secto...
theregister.com
Europe wants out from under US tech – but first it has to find the exits
Report maps the weak points in cloud, identity, and public sector procurement
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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 23/07/2026
Getting Orientated now. So portal.eurosky.tech/dashboard is my (ATproto) ID. And bsky.app/profile/simo... is (one of my) account(s) on an atproto "app". Boy! the language gets complicated when you have to dump a few old world (paradigms) ways of thinking.
portal.eurosky.tech
Eurosky Portal
Your Portal to the Atmosphere
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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 20/07/2026
I wish I worked for public media. That way I could just keep on pumping out the BS and ignore the "social" media (ingrates!). BTW. Where DID that audience go? www.ebu.ch/cms/live/liv...
ebu.ch
Future Audiences and Platforms Group
The Future Audiences and Platforms Group brings together EBU Members wishing to explore the role of public service media (PSM) in understanding and adapting to the needs of future audiences and emergi...
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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 17/07/2026
I'm sooo annoyed! Watching the echo chambers of "interoperability" , at one conference, tnc26.geant.org/programme/#T... and "social media" vimeo.com/showcase/eur... at another. And never the twain shall meet.
vimeo.com
Eurosky: sovereign European technology
Eurosky is building European infrastructure for the open social web - the foundation that lets startups create safer, fairer social web products and services that users actually control, enabling Euro...
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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 17/07/2026
Gawd I'm an old fart. Its been too long watching the convergence between broadcast, and interactive, mediums. At what point did some dickhead start calling it "social"? At what point did software developers think it mattered?
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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 17/07/2026
Gawd!. I'm learning how this atmosphere might work one day. In the meantime, a lovely note by Brittany about groups. tropopause.pckt.blog/on-atproto-a... Interesting watching history being birthed.
tropopause.pckt.blog
On Atproto and Atmospheric Groups
I'm starting A Fresh Blog(tm), this time on Pckt. I wanted a dedicated space to post about development, atproto, and community thoughts, and a new space felt like the right place for it. Plus I wanted to get in on standard.site summer while it's still ongoing. Before I get into any of that, though, an introduction. As of a little over a month ago, I work at Bluesky! Before that I was a staff engineer at GitHub, and a long time before that I have a background in public health, which colors a lot ...
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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 06/07/2026
Brilliant. Many thanks
whtwnd.com
Introduction to atproto 1: What is PDS? What Features Does It Have? | WhiteWind | WhiteWind blog
Last updated on 2024-04-05 Hello, I'm K-NKSM, a developer at WhiteWind who created this blog system! Recently, the microblogging site Bluesky has been getting a lot of attention. It's well-known that Bluesky uses the Authenticated Transfer Protocol (AT Protocol, atproto) behind the scenes. However,...
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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 03/07/2026
Always my first question. blog.okfn.org/2025/12/08/n...
blog.okfn.org
New Field Guide: ‘The Tech We Want | Who Decides? A Quick Guide to Governance’ - Open Knowledge Blog
We at OKFN are questioning our own practices and learning how to do things anew. This new publication compiles some of these processes and invites you to put your community first.
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Waag Futurelab @waag.org · 29/06/2026
European digital ID wallets advance big tech monopoly, not European sovereignty. "[Citizens] are forced to use Google software, if they want to use the wallet," says Danny Lämmerhirt, Senior researcher at Waag Futurelab. Read more and learn what you can do: waag.org/en/article/e...
Two phone interfaces, one with iOS and the other one with Android (©VPRO).
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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 27/06/2026
The converging space between "Online" identity and "Digital" Identity. tnc26.geant.org/programme/#T... The question is "Who verifies the Verifiers?"
tnc26.geant.org
Check out the Programme of TNC26
The programme of TNC26 offers a rich mix of plenaries, parallel sessions, lightning talks, BoFs, community-led meetups, side meetings and social events.
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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 26/06/2026
Let's be clear about the difference between a person's "online" identity, and their "digital" identity. idura.eu/blog/online-...
idura.eu
Online Identity vs. Digital Identity: What’s the Difference?
“Online identity” and “digital identity” are often used interchangeably, but they refer to different things. Find out what they mean and how they differ.
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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 25/06/2026
The basis of the change in media, from Broadcast to Interactive, and the real driver = democracy (Good onya Catherine and Robert) conference.publicspaces.net/en/session/s...
conference.publicspaces.net
Social media, Journalism & Democracy - PublicSpaces Conference
Panel - Can journalism use the Open Social Web to strengthen democracy?
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simonfj.eurosky.social @simonfj.eurosky.social · 17/03/2026
discourse.atprotocol.community/t/eurosky-li...
discourse.atprotocol.community
EuroSky Live Nov 19th in Berlin
Hey Sebastian, Can you give me some advice here as I don’t want to be disruptive. I’ve been going through the conference sessions, (many thanks) as i do with many (Digital Sovereignty-related) confe...
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