bryan newbold
@bnewbold.social.coop.ap.brid.gy
dweb, cycling, free software, snow, wiki, hardware, big cities, symbolic systems. I love speculating about found objects.
Working at https://blueskyweb.xyz/ on […]
[bridged from https://social.coop/@bnewbold on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Working at https://blueskyweb.xyz/ on […]
[bridged from https://social.coop/@bnewbold on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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Bluesky runs on open protocols with open source code. Today we’re taking an additional step and making a patent non-aggression pledge to ensure that everyone can build confidently on our work.
Learn more and read the pledge in our blog post: bsky.social/about/blog/1...
Learn more and read the pledge in our blog post: bsky.social/about/blog/1...
Bluesky's Patent Non-Aggression Pledge - Bluesky
Bluesky develops open protocols. We're taking a short and simple patent non-aggression pledge to ensure that everybody feels confident building on them.
bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Bluesky runs on open protocols with open source code. Today we’re taking an additional step and making a patent non-aggression pledge to ensure that everyone can build confidently on our work.
Learn more and read the pledge in our blog post: bsky.social/about/blog/1...
Learn more and read the pledge in our blog post: bsky.social/about/blog/1...
Reposted by bryan newbold
@bnewbold and Dan Holmgren wrote a really nice document for the IETF describing how Bluesky / ATProto works at an architecture level. If you are curious, recommended!
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-newbold-at-architecture/
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-newbold-at-architecture/
September 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
@bnewbold and Dan Holmgren wrote a really nice document for the IETF describing how Bluesky / ATProto works at an architecture level. If you are curious, recommended!
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-newbold-at-architecture/
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-newbold-at-architecture/
I love my stem cap
January 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I love my stem cap
wrote up a reply to @cwebber's "How decentralized is Bluesky really" blog post:
https://whtwnd.com/bnewbold.net/3lbvbtqrg5t2t
https://whtwnd.com/bnewbold.net/3lbvbtqrg5t2t
November 27, 2024 at 12:38 AM
wrote up a reply to @cwebber's "How decentralized is Bluesky really" blog post:
https://whtwnd.com/bnewbold.net/3lbvbtqrg5t2t
https://whtwnd.com/bnewbold.net/3lbvbtqrg5t2t
also some july hiking.
cascades winter snow is coming on hard!
cascades winter snow is coming on hard!
November 26, 2024 at 11:31 PM
also some july hiking.
cascades winter snow is coming on hard!
cascades winter snow is coming on hard!
I forgot to larch-post over here, didn't I
November 26, 2024 at 11:31 PM
I forgot to larch-post over here, didn't I
good job everybody
November 25, 2024 at 7:59 PM
good job everybody
Bluesky had some infrastructure problems last week which impacted @bsky.brid.gy (along with Bluesky's own PDS instances), but it should be functioning smoothly for new content now.
Here is a post showing atmosphere-to-fediverse […]
Here is a post showing atmosphere-to-fediverse […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
November 25, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Bluesky had some infrastructure problems last week which impacted @bsky.brid.gy (along with Bluesky's own PDS instances), but it should be functioning smoothly for new content now.
Here is a post showing atmosphere-to-fediverse […]
Here is a post showing atmosphere-to-fediverse […]
Reposted by bryan newbold
Late time of year for such a nice flower
November 24, 2024 at 1:45 AM
Late time of year for such a nice flower
can somebody remind me what the Threads ActivityPub milestone is that will roll out in December?
bi-directional posting?
bi-directional posting?
November 15, 2024 at 11:41 AM
can somebody remind me what the Threads ActivityPub milestone is that will roll out in December?
bi-directional posting?
bi-directional posting?
after the 2016 Trump election, there was a big movement to preserve government data and websites (EDGI: https://envirodatagov.org/).
I wasn't around for that, but I think there was a missed connection between web archive world and volunteer/movement world.
if similar efforts spring up in […]
I wasn't around for that, but I think there was a missed connection between web archive world and volunteer/movement world.
if similar efforts spring up in […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
November 7, 2024 at 7:47 PM
after the 2016 Trump election, there was a big movement to preserve government data and websites (EDGI: https://envirodatagov.org/).
I wasn't around for that, but I think there was a missed connection between web archive world and volunteer/movement world.
if similar efforts spring up in […]
I wasn't around for that, but I think there was a missed connection between web archive world and volunteer/movement world.
if similar efforts spring up in […]
Reposted by bryan newbold
before I worked at Bluesky, I worked with scholarly metadata and infrastructure.
that field has had it's chain jerked around a lot w/r/t funding and sustainability of infra: maintenance, enclosure, M&A / consolidation, enshittification, grants, collective action, etc.
not dissimilar to web!
that field has had it's chain jerked around a lot w/r/t funding and sustainability of infra: maintenance, enclosure, M&A / consolidation, enshittification, grants, collective action, etc.
not dissimilar to web!
November 7, 2024 at 6:27 PM
before I worked at Bluesky, I worked with scholarly metadata and infrastructure.
that field has had it's chain jerked around a lot w/r/t funding and sustainability of infra: maintenance, enclosure, M&A / consolidation, enshittification, grants, collective action, etc.
not dissimilar to web!
that field has had it's chain jerked around a lot w/r/t funding and sustainability of infra: maintenance, enclosure, M&A / consolidation, enshittification, grants, collective action, etc.
not dissimilar to web!
I think what many folks really want from "federation" is a situation where no one party has more than 40% (or 10%, or whatever) of the network.
That is a powerful and special property! Fediverse has it today, and most networks don't.
It is different from adversarial interop though. There are […]
That is a powerful and special property! Fediverse has it today, and most networks don't.
It is different from adversarial interop though. There are […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
November 2, 2024 at 9:08 PM
I think what many folks really want from "federation" is a situation where no one party has more than 40% (or 10%, or whatever) of the network.
That is a powerful and special property! Fediverse has it today, and most networks don't.
It is different from adversarial interop though. There are […]
That is a powerful and special property! Fediverse has it today, and most networks don't.
It is different from adversarial interop though. There are […]
bluesky got more funding, and is working on several sustainable revenue models: subscriptions, domain registration, and payments.
work continues on atproto: tooling for independent Lexicon development; more docs/specs and testing for interop; more complete and documented SDKs […]
work continues on atproto: tooling for independent Lexicon development; more docs/specs and testing for interop; more complete and documented SDKs […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
October 24, 2024 at 4:40 PM
bluesky got more funding, and is working on several sustainable revenue models: subscriptions, domain registration, and payments.
work continues on atproto: tooling for independent Lexicon development; more docs/specs and testing for interop; more complete and documented SDKs […]
work continues on atproto: tooling for independent Lexicon development; more docs/specs and testing for interop; more complete and documented SDKs […]
anybody know more about this work? can't find any social contacts etc from the website.
https://arcanican.is/excerpts/did-method-fedi/
https://arcanican.is/primer/ap-decentralization.php
very atproto and did:plc brained!
https://arcanican.is/excerpts/did-method-fedi/
https://arcanican.is/primer/ap-decentralization.php
very atproto and did:plc brained!
October 9, 2024 at 10:01 PM
anybody know more about this work? can't find any social contacts etc from the website.
https://arcanican.is/excerpts/did-method-fedi/
https://arcanican.is/primer/ap-decentralization.php
very atproto and did:plc brained!
https://arcanican.is/excerpts/did-method-fedi/
https://arcanican.is/primer/ap-decentralization.php
very atproto and did:plc brained!
wrote up a proposal for exposing "moderation history" back to individual accounts as part of Ozone, an atproto moderation system.
I think that the Mastodon reporting system already has similar functionality, but not sure about other ActivityPub project. Curious for feedback! […]
I think that the Mastodon reporting system already has similar functionality, but not sure about other ActivityPub project. Curious for feedback! […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
October 2, 2024 at 5:40 PM
wrote up a proposal for exposing "moderation history" back to individual accounts as part of Ozone, an atproto moderation system.
I think that the Mastodon reporting system already has similar functionality, but not sure about other ActivityPub project. Curious for feedback! […]
I think that the Mastodon reporting system already has similar functionality, but not sure about other ActivityPub project. Curious for feedback! […]
We got a blog post out summarizing our launch of OAuth for AT Protocol, and what work remains. This has been a huge project, led by Matthieu, with input from a bunch of standards folks and devs.
This tries to solve the same basic challenge that ActivityPub has, and builds on work by […]
This tries to solve the same basic challenge that ActivityPub has, and builds on work by […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
September 25, 2024 at 10:20 PM
We got a blog post out summarizing our launch of OAuth for AT Protocol, and what work remains. This has been a huge project, led by Matthieu, with input from a bunch of standards folks and devs.
This tries to solve the same basic challenge that ActivityPub has, and builds on work by […]
This tries to solve the same basic challenge that ActivityPub has, and builds on work by […]
doing a W3C #tpac2024 session soon on Responsible DNS Integerations! hear what my co-workers and I are working on at IETF around identity on the social web
https://www.w3.org/events/meetings/4063788d-6e26-4d19-8898-d7ceb448fca9/
https://www.w3.org/events/meetings/4063788d-6e26-4d19-8898-d7ceb448fca9/
September 25, 2024 at 5:44 PM
doing a W3C #tpac2024 session soon on Responsible DNS Integerations! hear what my co-workers and I are working on at IETF around identity on the social web
https://www.w3.org/events/meetings/4063788d-6e26-4d19-8898-d7ceb448fca9/
https://www.w3.org/events/meetings/4063788d-6e26-4d19-8898-d7ceb448fca9/
@mallory congrats on SWF launch! a whole lot of diplomacy and navigation ahead, but can think of few people more credible and able to pull it all off than you.
September 25, 2024 at 3:49 AM
@mallory congrats on SWF launch! a whole lot of diplomacy and navigation ahead, but can think of few people more credible and able to pull it all off than you.
I was at #fediforum only briefly as a #fediforumattendee, but happy to stay in touch and follow-up with folks!
September 14, 2024 at 7:19 PM
I was at #fediforum only briefly as a #fediforumattendee, but happy to stay in touch and follow-up with folks!
really excited about this tutorial we put out last week describing how to build a minimal non-bsky app on atproto: "Statusphere"
https://atproto.com/guides/applications
https://github.com/bluesky-social/statusphere-example-app
there are a lot of questions (and options!) about how cross-app […]
https://atproto.com/guides/applications
https://github.com/bluesky-social/statusphere-example-app
there are a lot of questions (and options!) about how cross-app […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
September 11, 2024 at 12:54 AM
really excited about this tutorial we put out last week describing how to build a minimal non-bsky app on atproto: "Statusphere"
https://atproto.com/guides/applications
https://github.com/bluesky-social/statusphere-example-app
there are a lot of questions (and options!) about how cross-app […]
https://atproto.com/guides/applications
https://github.com/bluesky-social/statusphere-example-app
there are a lot of questions (and options!) about how cross-app […]
is adversarial interoperability a goal for the ActivityPub/Mastodon ecosystem?
how does it interact with opt-in culture/expectations?
how does it interact with opt-in culture/expectations?
August 20, 2024 at 8:29 PM
is adversarial interoperability a goal for the ActivityPub/Mastodon ecosystem?
how does it interact with opt-in culture/expectations?
how does it interact with opt-in culture/expectations?
bit of personal blogging about atproto, and progress we are making on early goals+values for the protocol.
https://bnewbold.net/2024/atproto_progress/
https://bnewbold.net/2024/atproto_progress/
August 12, 2024 at 7:02 PM
bit of personal blogging about atproto, and progress we are making on early goals+values for the protocol.
https://bnewbold.net/2024/atproto_progress/
https://bnewbold.net/2024/atproto_progress/
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pretty beautiful weekend in the north cascades!
June 10, 2024 at 7:51 PM
pretty beautiful weekend in the north cascades!