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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 19/08/2026

i don’t want “accelerated”, “increased-speed” or “fast-paced” research. in fact, am not interested in any shortcuts to mindful, intentional, and slow science

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Plenty to reflect about re: the Arday affair, but I'm going to repeat this one thing. The playbook the right used here is effective even though it's not especially sophisticated, as it relies on the audience to do the dirty work. I've been calling it "Trojan horse propaganda", let's go with that. 1/

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Aymar (AJ) @thehost.theinvite.us · 12/08/2026

So proud of @rude1.blacksky.team !! @blackskyweb.xyz is innovating social media in big ways and this recognition is more proof that decentralized social media is the future!

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Rude1 Haunted Badness. ⁂ @rude1.blacksky.team · 12/08/2026

Very excited to announce that I am a @mozilla.org Fellow working on @blackskyweb.xyz to create community spaces on the open social web (e.g. @atproto.com) Personally proud to represent the ATmosphere as a part of this cohort and on a global platform.

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Rudy Fraser

Rudy is a Mozilla Fellow who builds open-source tools that give communities more control over social media.

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Blacksky Algorithms @blackskyweb.xyz · 23/07/2026

Check out the interview with our very own @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team and @thehost.theinvite.us about Blacksky, Blackness, and the importance of having your own safer space online as Black people from The Invite's @stream.place on Juneteenth! youtu.be/4hrPb4egyis?...

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Aymar (AJ) @thehost.theinvite.us · 29/06/2026

The politics of your bedroom! by Jade T. Perry

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TDr. Linda Maepa (born at 325ppm) @lmaepa.blacksky.app · 19/06/2026

If you missed the Blacksky premiere, run🏃🏾‍♀️‍➡️ and get notified when it premieres on YT on the 4th. It was incredible. I’ll be watching again.

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The Invite: FREEDOM

The Invite is a Black-led documentary film series, inviting artists...

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Rude1 Haunted Badness. ⁂ @rude1.blacksky.team · 19/06/2026

"Everyone keeps telling me Threads is the new Black Twitter ... If we cannot build our own platforms, if we continue to farm the digital plantations of Meta -- do we actually want to be free?" - @thehost.theinvite.us via @stream.place stream.place/thehost.thei...

Dr. Kay interview with The Invite on Stream

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JD (by way of Blacksky) @jdot.blacksky.team · 19/06/2026

Y’all have GOT to see this! Pull up!

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dapurplesharpie @sharpiepls.com · 19/06/2026

Entry 35 - Celebrate #Juneteenth on the Open Social Web by watching @theinvite.theinvite.us by @thehost.theinvite.us on @stream.place #SharpieVLOG

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Aymar (AJ) @thehost.theinvite.us · 18/06/2026

Stoked to premiere The Invite: Freedom **exclusively** on the Blacksky feed right here on Bluesky! For Juneteenth 12pm CT we spoke to the dopest Black artists we knew about Freedom in all the ways. Then we talk to @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team about @blackskyweb.xyz building community spaces!

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Blacksky Algorithms @blackskyweb.xyz · 18/06/2026

Join @theinvite.theinvite.us for The Invite documentary — starring Jamila Woods, Shea Coulee, and more --Juneteenth LIVE on @stream.place at 10 am PT / 12 pm CT / 1 pm ET. Followed by a conversation with @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team about Blacksky, moderation, and all things self-determination.

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Kay Coghill, PhD. @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team · 18/06/2026

Very excited for this documentary to stream and for you all to support @theinvite.theinvite.us and @thehost.theinvite.us ! Our conversation after is quite juicy!

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Aymar (AJ) @thehost.theinvite.us · 06/06/2026

Thrilled to welcome @weareotv.theinvite.us to #thecookout as the first organization to join!! 🎉✊🏾👏🏾

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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Had the chance to see Safiya Noble (!) perform a stand-up comedy routine last night and can confirm that ridicule as praxis makes for a joyful means of both analyzing and mocking tech bros and their brilliant ideas.

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

AI companies are writing their own constitutions. Meanwhile, a shared vocabulary for contesting algorithmic power has been traveling across red and blue states, from legislatures to civil society. New from me in @science.org: "A Civic Grammar for AI Rights" www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧵

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A civic grammar for AI rights

Earlier this year, the artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic, developer of the large language model Claude, published a document it calls “Claude’s Constitution,” described by the company as ...

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Lady Levain @breadbae.blacksky.app · 19/05/2026

Oh this is a game changer.

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Aymar (AJ) @thehost.theinvite.us · 14/05/2026

Dr. Jabari applies my book to the history of hip hop and gives me CHILLS. His work has been at the forefront of seeing how corporate platforms have algorithmically amplified already extractive dynamics in overly commercialized hip hop. We need new infrastructure (& @blackskyweb.xyz is it imo!)

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From the Cookout to the Feed

What reparative media can teach us about Silicon Valley, clout, and the crisis of Black self-representation.

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Brandon Butler @bb.usefairuse.com · 30/04/2026

Huge and very good news for doc filmmakers on fair use today! The 10th Circuit has reversed itself in the Whyte Monkee case, ruling that fair use DOES protect the inclusion of 3rd-party footage in the breakout hit *Tiger King*. Big 🧵, unpacking it all:

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Heated Rivalry News @hrnews.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

The award profile for Heated Rivalry is up! “For showing how we can overcome our worst fears and ‘go to the cottage,’ Heated Rivalry has earned a Peabody.” 🔗: peabodyawards.com/award-profil...

Heated Rivalry

In a world where men wage wars and rage online, how can men love? Heated Rivalry poses this question via two professional hockey players who must learn to see through their fears, nationalities, and cultural differences and into each other's hearts.

Adapting Rachel Reid's novel, writer-director Jacob Tierney elevates television romance by artfully balancing big themes with complex-and steamy-sexuality. The Canadian drama series stormed HBO Max and our cultural landscape with performances that catapulted its lead actors into stardom: the interior, autistic Shane played by Hudson Williams and the fiery, tortured Ilya played by Connor Storie, who delivers consummate Russian he learned in weeks. In the pressure cooker of the closet, their affair transforms from simmering lust into overflowing love, the force of which they fear might destroy their families, friendships, and careers. But the bravery of another player, Francois Arnaud's Scott Hunter, stirs their courage-and ours. Heated Rivalry inspired legions of fans yearning to see authentic connection and nontoxic masculinity on television. Their fandom inspired gay athletes to come out, boosted hockey sales, and dispelled Hollywood's limiting beliefs about the value of diverse stories. For showing how we can overcome our worst fears and "go to the cottage," Heated Rivalry has earned a Peabody.

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Blacksky Algorithms @blackskyweb.xyz · 11/03/2026

Based on the People's Assembly feedback we are sharing 3 proposals for Blacksky-Only Posts. The blog contains 3 possible options and a link to vote on what you feel is best! Let's make this decision together and get Blacksky-Only posts launched! blackskyweb.xyz/moderation-o...

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Moderation on Blacksky-Only Posts: A Community Proposal

Our team has explored several ways to make permissioned posts possible. Now we’re bringing the decision back to the community. Below are three approaches to moderation: a machine-learning system that ...

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Rude1 Haunted Badness. ⁂ @rude1.blacksky.team · 30/01/2026

> Blacksky didn’t begin with a pitch deck or a promise of disruption. It began with something much older and more enduring – a principle of mutual aid. Mandatory reading for anyone that wants to work with or for @blackskyweb.xyz in the future.

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Get Free @getfree-mvmt.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

BREAKING: This morning, our activists dropped a banner in NYC's American Museum of Natural History to ring the alarm over the MAGA regime’s whitewashing of our history & attacks on hard-won freedoms & rights. If you're too hot for a fascist future, join us: www.getfreetogether.org/toohotforafa...

Activists from Get Free holding a pride flag, a Juneteenth flag, and a banner with "History is under attack - fight back" written on it

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

"Aymar Jèan Escoffery is one of the most important thinkers and creators of our time. [Reparative Media] is the roadmap we need to repair from the deep divisions the internet has created among us." — @safiyanoble.bsky.social Available #OpenAccess: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255326...

Hands holding a copy of "Reparative Media: Cultivating Stories and Platforms to Heal Our Culture" by Aymar Jèan Escoffery on a plain background. The cover features purple, blue, and pink illustrations of people holding tools for filming media.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 08/01/2026

Bluesky community! This is my official NYC mayor account. I’ll be posting updates on what’s happening at City Hall and how we’re delivering for New Yorkers. It’s great to be here.

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Josh Braun @joshbraun.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

The newest book from @ajescoffery.blacksky.app, Reparative Media: Cultivating Stories and Platforms to Heal Our Culture, is out! It reimagines how movies, TV, and a broader array of media can be made and distributed in inclusive and non-extractive ways. #openAccess mitpress.mit.edu/978026255326...

The cover of Reparative Media. It features a painting, in red, blue, and black, of a diverse cast of performing artists and filmmakers. They appear to be on a set and are variously operating and performing for filmmaking equipment.

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Aymar (AJ) @thehost.theinvite.us · 04/12/2025

Hats off to Barathunde Thurston for starting this conversation about the REAL story of the founding of democracy. Colonizers got the idea of democracy from Indigenous confederates but took out the feminism and true equality. atmos.earth/political-la...

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250 Years Since Its Founding, America Needs a Declaration of Interdependence | Atmos

It’s time to expand the founding story of the US to reflect the forms of democracy that many of this land’s original inhabitants practiced.

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Aymar (AJ) @thehost.theinvite.us · 04/12/2025

Excited to release my project from my year as a visiting scholar at BKC Harvard! This report and the accompanying podcast asks: how can communities come together on social media platforms, and what barriers stand in the way of solidarity? www.madelab.org/programs/soc...

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Social Media & Tech Solidarity Workshop at Harvard University — Media and Data Equity (MADE) Lab

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New_ Public @newpublic.org · 04/12/2025

Check out a new report on “Social Media & Tech Solidarity” from @ajescoffery.blacksky.app & The Media and Data Equity (MADE) Lab. With wisdom from our own @deeptidoshi.bsky.social & Jeremy Knight! “Community leaders are critical infrastructure for guiding and shaping norms, but they need support.”

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Social Media & Tech Solidarity Workshop at Harvard University — Media and Data Equity (MADE) Lab

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

why not opt-in? just ask permission first if this is truly a positive feature then surely copyright holders will be happy to participate and have their work included if asked just ask permission first

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Aymar (AJ) @thehost.theinvite.us · 15/09/2025

As a former Washington Post reporter I’m ashamed of this news. There is nothing false or inflammatory in anything Karen Attiah wrote. Canceling my subscription. I’m appalled by our democratic organizations’ inability to protect free speech for all in the face of rising fascism.

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Josh Braun @joshbraun.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Speaking of which, the latest entry in MIT's Distribution Matters series (which I co-edit with Ramon Lobato) is "Reparative Media" by the ever-amazing @ajescoffery.bsky.social. It now has a gorgeous cover and a pre-order page (hint). So proud to have had the opportunity to work with Aymar. #commsky

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Reparative Media

Can producing stories and developing platforms to support people who have been harmed by multiple, intersecting systems heal those systems? In Reparative Med...

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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 07/08/2025

Remember how I keep saying you have no business on Substack? You have no business on Substack. www.thehandbasket.co/p/substack-e...

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Substack’s extremist ecosystem is flourishing

The app's recent swastika push alert was just the tip of the iceberg.

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Real Shea_Butter @sheabuttersoul.blacksky.app · 06/08/2025

We deserve our own.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

I understand the allure of wanting to be a "carry guns and wear leather jackets" Black Panther but there's a case to be made that the most dangerous ones were the "feed kids breakfast and teach them about settler colonialism" Black Panthers

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Communication, Culture & Critique @ccc-journal.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

As part of this month's forum on Media & Fascism, @ajescoffery.bsky.social explores how experimental, community-based media practices can help us revitalize and reconstruct democracy. Check it out! doi.org/10.1093/ccc/...

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Media reconstruction and reparative media

Abstract. Drawing from the work of scholar-activist W.E.B. Du Bois and insights from co-creating a community-based media platform, this article demonstrate

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 09/06/2025

I ran an experiment, simultaneously posting articles on Bluesky and X, and then testing to see how many people actually clicked and read them. The numbers on Bluesky are higher, both because the X algorithm downranks journalism, and because Bluesky attracts readers, not just shitposters.

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