Bluesky’s new CEO wants a big tent, not a bubble
Bluesky is many different things in a trenchcoat.
Bluesky’s new CEO wants a big tent, not a bubble
Bluesky is many different things in a trenchcoat.
Luke Kanies | Building on ATProto
Bluesky’s Atmosphere Protocol has the chance to become the base for a whole generation of applications. But it’s developing in surprising and disappointing ways.
Federation Has a European Legal Problem
What the Russmedia ruling means for ActivityPub and atproto.
Bluesky COO Rose Wang On Building a Better Social Network
Proof of Work - The Marshmallow Test got a response. Now the real test begins.
After my critique of Bluesky's 2026 Report resonated across the Atmosphere, the company's new interim CEO reached out. We talked about what went wrong, what collaboration should look like, and why private data is the next test of whether the words match the work.
The Marshmallow Test - Bluesky signals it's willing to eat its young
At AtmosphereConf, Bluesky celebrated its community, then signaled it's willing to eat them alive. No context. No acknowledgment. I was in the room.
The Marshmallow Test - Bluesky signals it's willing to eat its young
At AtmosphereConf, Bluesky celebrated its community, then signaled it's willing to eat them alive. No context. No acknowledgment. I was in the room.
Why Knight Foundation Invested in Bluesky - Knight Foundation
John Sands explains our bet on a social web that protects speech, creates opportunity for publishers and creators, and enables research on the information ecosystem.
Infrastructure for Interdependence: Building technology in service of collective power - The Algo Rhythm by Blacksky
[This document serves as a memo for investors]
I just can't shake this feeling... - We Can Just Do Things
Why is all of this free? What's the plan here? Cui Bono?
lowkey if the only incentive to do anything with atproto is for the fun of it, that does not bode well... not saying that there should be monetary incentives, but there's gotta be something more so it doesn't become "this is no longer fun because it got too big" and then the platform dies
posts inspector
we are rapidly approaching cult status. hunker down people we can get there
If Bain Capital Crypto et al invest $100M at roughly a ~$700M–$1B valuation, they likely own somewhere in the range of 10–15% of the company post-money. For a 10x return on their cheque, a $7B–$10B exit is expected. That’s exciting and scary.
Johannes Ernst
$100 million for Bluesky? A year ago? What the …
They’re gonna try to ban Bluesky
Matt Novak
Fox News compares Bluesky to energy weapons: "China and Russia classify—in the same grouping as pulsing and sonar type weapons that sort of impede the brain—these types of digital platforms and algorithms because they attribute it to a judgment impairment. A softening of your literal brain tissue."
One of the more nagging questions atm relates to path-dependency: Given #atproto / Bluesky largely emerged from (the ruins of) the other place, are we falling for Russell Ackoff's "trying to do the wrong thing righter" trap? 🤔
Really feels like the open Internet is falling apart, with bsky as a rare bright spot.
Ashton Pittman
The New York Times is now blocking The Wayback Machine from accessing its articles. That means you'll no longer be able to view archived versions of NYT stories published in 2026 and beyond on archive.org. (All those posts you see tracking changes to NYT headlines and ledes? They relied on WBM).
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