So you made it through the first fiery sermon in this series. Trust me—I didn’t enjoy preaching it any more than you enjoyed reading it. But every word came from a place of love—for the Fediverse, and for what it still could become. But fear not, dear reader: as the preacher once said, salvation is … read more

Decentralized platforms like Fediverse and Bluesky will be interesting to watch re: breaking news & disinformation. X/Twitter’s already the worst tonight, its former strength in breaking news now its worse than useless.

Summer officially starts today at 10:42 pm. www.space.com/stargazin…

#Surffeeds have now fully taken over the UX role that both Mastodon and BlueSky lists used to play – in my usage of either platform. And cool that it is now one Surf Feed that can help me engage on both platforms. Open Social Web FTW! surfsocial.org

So, confession time: I was recently helping a new client get set up on the Fediverse—guiding them through their first steps into our glorious decentralized galaxy. And seeing it all again through fresh eyes? Reader, it was brutal. So much of what should be table stakes for any social media UX in the … read more

All the elements that makes the major platforms harmful to humans in general all make it equally or more hostile to online organizing, too. Convinced the open social web is future of organizing. nymag.com/intellige…

Bookmarks for mobile and desktop web browsers should be totally reinvented & made fully (securely and with permission per bookmark) enabled to be federated to the Open Social Web. And the browser that should do it first is #Vivaldi.

Fully agree: switched to #Vivaldi after losing faith in #Firefox management and zero regrets. Only a better experience. www.makeuseof.com/why-switc…

Made me laugh. (But I’m easy)

“We got the first polling data on how people feel about the LA situation… Despite apparent wisdom that it’d help Trump, voters don’t initially approve…”

www.gelliottmorris.com/p/why-the… 

#Ghost launch coming: “What if nobody owned this?” …The fediverse represents an alternative path… Will it work?… Up to all of us… Networks succeed when people use them. Difficult to start & nearly impossible to stop once it has momentum." activitypub.ghost.org/ramping-u…

“[We chat w/ Robin Berjon abt a piece he co-authored w/ Maria Farrell ‘We Need To Rewild The Internet' abt how the Net has become unhealthy & extractive & how we can revitalize it using lessons…by ecologists.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

Be safe tonight LA friends. Stay peaceful and don’t take the bait. #iceprotests #losangeles

States rights touting Republicans are awfully quiet right now. #losangeles

This exchange from the rebooted Battlestar Galactica is even more relevant now than ever. #losangeles #iceprotests youtu.be/HnZ53lPPs…

“We’re very clearly entering a moment of grave danger. My main thought about this is to remember – as we’ve said in other contexts – that the fight to preserve the American republic remains fundamentally one over public opinion….” talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/br…

Hmmm. I am wishing well to my LA friends tonight. Stay safe. Do not let them bait you. #LosAngeles #Trump #IceProtests

#OpenSocialWeb FTW! #fediforum #ATmosphere

More solid press coverage of the great new apps showcased at #fediforum yesterday 👉 www.theverge.com/news/6808…

This is a great summary of #Fediforum Day One, and I’m looking forward to Day Two. www.luisquintanilla.me/posts/fed…

#Wedistribute has #FediForum live coverage here: wedistribute.org/2025/06/f…

I’m having ot pop in and out of the #Fediforum due to work but want to udpate my #Surfapp and Bluesky feeds for Open Social Web apps as new ones appear at the show. wedistribute.org/2025/06/f… Anyone there who can help me put the social handles of new ones in comments.

Here is a good elevator pitch for the #Surfapo from #flipboard …I use it everyday for more than half of my social engagements and reading … youtube.com/shorts/x9…

#Fediforum is coming! Follow breaking news on this feed on #Surfapp: surf.social/feed/surf… or this feed on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/d… #OpenSocialWeb

Just saw my first TV ad for something (in this case furniture) that ended with a pitch that it had “tariff-busting pricing.” So yeah, I guess that is a salient sales pitch now.