Mathew Lowry
@mathewlowry.bsky.social
Australian in Brussels. Info architect, innovation, KM & content strategist.
Stuff I Like, Think & Do: https://myhub.ai/@mathewlowry/
Stuff I Like, Think & Do: https://myhub.ai/@mathewlowry/
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Politics meets protocols in Berlin
What happens when you put politicians, media businesses and protocol engineers in the same room to discuss European sovereignty?
mathewlowry.medium.com
Huge shoutout to the @eurosky.social team for last week's #EuroskyLive in Berlin. Here's my "one week later" first take: mathewlowry.medium.com/politics-mee...
I learnt today that packets of cocaine are buoyant and can serve as flotation devices.
Who knew?
Who knew?
December 5, 2025 at 7:23 AM
I learnt today that packets of cocaine are buoyant and can serve as flotation devices.
Who knew?
Who knew?
If any of these guys want to stay out of prison, they clearly cannot afford to lose the next election. Or any election.
"Free & fair" is about as likely as me growing wings.
"Free & fair" is about as likely as me growing wings.
there is no more shared reality. www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
December 5, 2025 at 7:13 AM
If any of these guys want to stay out of prison, they clearly cannot afford to lose the next election. Or any election.
"Free & fair" is about as likely as me growing wings.
"Free & fair" is about as likely as me growing wings.
One of those headlines which you'd never have predicted but which then seem inevitable in retrospect.
Btw America, what is "cold in the streets and hot in the sheets" about?
Btw America, what is "cold in the streets and hot in the sheets" about?
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:39 AM
One of those headlines which you'd never have predicted but which then seem inevitable in retrospect.
Btw America, what is "cold in the streets and hot in the sheets" about?
Btw America, what is "cold in the streets and hot in the sheets" about?
From the same studio that brought you "Birds aren't real", and with featuring the classic hit "It's Your Party and we'll cry if we want to"...
sorry everyone, Your Party was a skit I organized on leftist factionalism that got out of hand. I honestly thought the name was a big enough clue.
November 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
From the same studio that brought you "Birds aren't real", and with featuring the classic hit "It's Your Party and we'll cry if we want to"...
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It would be great to see Bluesky PBC formalize a strategy for deliberately reducing their influence over #atproto
btw, I’m a big fan of EF’s "subtraction" strategy — so anything EF does, I just see as temporary, until it separates out.
ethereum.foundation/philosophy
ethereum.foundation/philosophy
November 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
It would be great to see Bluesky PBC formalize a strategy for deliberately reducing their influence over #atproto
Turn your website into a community, with "No database on your end. No user accounts to manage. Just two web components and a few lines of configuration."
So what? /1
So what? /1
November 29, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Turn your website into a community, with "No database on your end. No user accounts to manage. Just two web components and a few lines of configuration."
So what? /1
So what? /1
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
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Time to de-enshittify research publishing
I see a huge opportunity for how the AT Protocol could reshape academic publishing. Imagine researchers publishing continuously and atomically — before, during, and after research projects — in public connected continuous streams of discovery and insight.
Some notes on how we can make Leaflet more useful for scientists and academic communities — touching on things like annotation, standalone doc publishing, new block types, post reactions, references & backlinks…
Second in a series, and intended as a living doc — we'd love to hear your thoughts!
Second in a series, and intended as a living doc — we'd love to hear your thoughts!
October 31, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Time to de-enshittify research publishing
This paper went through "TWO rounds of review from two independent peer reviewers" before publication.
Scientific publishers must get their act together. Springer are retracting it, but for now there's no mention of that on the paper itself.
A good @atproto.science ecosystem would really help.
Scientific publishers must get their act together. Springer are retracting it, but for now there's no mention of that on the paper itself.
A good @atproto.science ecosystem would really help.
On the Factor Fexcectorn and autism bicycle AI slop study: I got an answer from Springer Nature this morning that this scientific paper will be retracted! 🧪
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
Riding the Autism Bicycle to Retraction Town
Does anyone *really* know their Factor Fexcectorn?
nobreakthroughs.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:59 AM
This paper went through "TWO rounds of review from two independent peer reviewers" before publication.
Scientific publishers must get their act together. Springer are retracting it, but for now there's no mention of that on the paper itself.
A good @atproto.science ecosystem would really help.
Scientific publishers must get their act together. Springer are retracting it, but for now there's no mention of that on the paper itself.
A good @atproto.science ecosystem would really help.
My most-used emoji in 2025: 🤣 (31×). That's something I guess.
PS anisota.net/harvest is absolutely brilliant. Can we harvest custom feeds next year?
PS anisota.net/harvest is absolutely brilliant. Can we harvest custom feeds next year?
Anisota's Annual Bluesky Harvest 2025
A recap of your year on Bluesky. Discover patterns, connections, and insights from your journey in the ATmosphere.
anisota.net
November 28, 2025 at 6:01 AM
My most-used emoji in 2025: 🤣 (31×). That's something I guess.
PS anisota.net/harvest is absolutely brilliant. Can we harvest custom feeds next year?
PS anisota.net/harvest is absolutely brilliant. Can we harvest custom feeds next year?
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I write about some interesting developments in the ATmosphere (and the broader universe of decentralised and federated social media). Very intrigued by #Eurosky, especially the idea of shared moderation infrastructure. I will be following (and hopefully writing about!) this with a lot of interest.
🇪🇺 Eurosky is building EU-hosted social media infrastructure on ATProtocol. Priorities: Commons for Content Moderation (CoCoMo), decentralized architecture, and reducing Big Tech dependency.
Public funding + civil society collaboration = digital sovereignty. openfuture.eu/blog/eurosky...
Public funding + civil society collaboration = digital sovereignty. openfuture.eu/blog/eurosky...
Eurosky dawns: Building Infrastructure for Sovereign Social Media – Open Future
The Eurosky initiative is building European social media infrastructure on the ATProtocol, representing a new step in Europe's digital sovereignty agenda as policymakers seek alternatives to Big Tech ...
openfuture.eu
November 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I write about some interesting developments in the ATmosphere (and the broader universe of decentralised and federated social media). Very intrigued by #Eurosky, especially the idea of shared moderation infrastructure. I will be following (and hopefully writing about!) this with a lot of interest.
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🧑🚀 Lanyards BETA is now live! Lanyard is free #LinkInBio app built especially for Researchers using #ATproto 🪿
Sign up now → www.lanyards.app
#ATscience 🧪 #ATmosphere 🌀 #AcademicSky
Sign up now → www.lanyards.app
#ATscience 🧪 #ATmosphere 🌀 #AcademicSky
Lanyards - Researcher Profiles on AT Protocol
A dedicated profile for researchers, built on the AT Protocol. An alternative to ORCID.
lanyards.app
November 27, 2025 at 2:24 AM
🧑🚀 Lanyards BETA is now live! Lanyard is free #LinkInBio app built especially for Researchers using #ATproto 🪿
Sign up now → www.lanyards.app
#ATscience 🧪 #ATmosphere 🌀 #AcademicSky
Sign up now → www.lanyards.app
#ATscience 🧪 #ATmosphere 🌀 #AcademicSky
Feeling seen.
Way, way too seen.
Way, way too seen.
November 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Feeling seen.
Way, way too seen.
Way, way too seen.
The real insights about reinforcing European #digitalsovereignty came out the day after the Summit.
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The real insights about reinforcing European #digitalsovereignty came out the day after the Summit.
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this weeks ATmosphere/bluesky news, with how Eurosky helped show that the atproto ecosystem is bigger than just Bluesky, Bluesky doing dev grants, and how Gander is thinking about creating cultural sovereignty with their platform
ATmosphere Report - #144
Bluesky grants, on Eurosky conference, and how Gander is thinking about cultural sovereignty
leaflet.connectedplaces.online
November 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
this weeks ATmosphere/bluesky news, with how Eurosky helped show that the atproto ecosystem is bigger than just Bluesky, Bluesky doing dev grants, and how Gander is thinking about creating cultural sovereignty with their platform
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There are many, many apps, startups and communities being built on the AT Protocol. We featured a tiny handful at #EuroskyLive last week. 🧵
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
There are many, many apps, startups and communities being built on the AT Protocol. We featured a tiny handful at #EuroskyLive last week. 🧵
Huge shoutout to the @eurosky.social team for last week's #EuroskyLive in Berlin. Here's my "one week later" first take: mathewlowry.medium.com/politics-mee...
Politics meets protocols in Berlin
What happens when you put politicians, media businesses and protocol engineers in the same room to discuss European sovereignty?
mathewlowry.medium.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Huge shoutout to the @eurosky.social team for last week's #EuroskyLive in Berlin. Here's my "one week later" first take: mathewlowry.medium.com/politics-mee...
Great decision. If your organisation's struggling with this, there's a framework to help you make a clear eyed analysis if the costs and benefits of leaving (or staying) on X below the OP
A small but significant step: Dutch national broadcaster NOS is leaving X.
“The volume of hateful comments and disinformation on X is enormous and flows freely. This also applies under our own posts, meaning we unintentionally contribute to their spread”
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
“The volume of hateful comments and disinformation on X is enormous and flows freely. This also applies under our own posts, meaning we unintentionally contribute to their spread”
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
NOS plaatst vanaf vandaag geen nieuwsberichten meer op X - Over NOS
De NOS en Nieuwsuur (NOS/NTR) zijn gestopt met posten op X. Het platform past niet meer bij onze visie op...
over.nos.nl
November 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Great decision. If your organisation's struggling with this, there's a framework to help you make a clear eyed analysis if the costs and benefits of leaving (or staying) on X below the OP
This is horrifying, and coming in the heels of the latest Facebook revelations.
So glad I kept smartphones away from my kids.
So glad we can build better social media, where testing users badly means losing them. #wecanjustbuildit
So glad I kept smartphones away from my kids.
So glad we can build better social media, where testing users badly means losing them. #wecanjustbuildit
I wrote about our interview with Roblox's CEO and how platforms got too big to feel shame www.platformer.news/roblox-ceo-i...
November 25, 2025 at 10:03 AM
This is horrifying, and coming in the heels of the latest Facebook revelations.
So glad I kept smartphones away from my kids.
So glad we can build better social media, where testing users badly means losing them. #wecanjustbuildit
So glad I kept smartphones away from my kids.
So glad we can build better social media, where testing users badly means losing them. #wecanjustbuildit
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Great guide to interesting feeds by @hilarybaumann.com:
Bluesky recommended Feeds & Labelers 2025-11-2 | HILARY BAUMANN
Feeds I recommend for almost everyone: If you are only following the default feeds, I recommend checking out at least 2-3 more. Feeds based on the people / accounts you already follow: These will help...
www.hilarybaumann.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Great guide to interesting feeds by @hilarybaumann.com:
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With this new update all your bookmarks saved with Sill will be visible in Kipclip and vice vera! The magic of atproto 🦄
Sill's bookmarks have a new update! By using the community lexicon for bookmarks, you can publish Sill bookmarks to your PDS and interoperate with other bookmarking apps across the ATmosphere!
Some new Sill features
Launching tagged bookmarks, more link metadata, and a rearchitecture
blog.euphonos.studio
November 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
With this new update all your bookmarks saved with Sill will be visible in Kipclip and vice vera! The magic of atproto 🦄
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The video of the #EuroskyLive morning sessions is up! You'll find time to jump to specific sessions in the description.
Featuring, among others @robin.berjon.com @seabass.bsky.social @gaurivangulik.bsky.social @alexandrageese.bsky.social @geurkink.bsky.social
vimeo.com/1140026673?s...
Featuring, among others @robin.berjon.com @seabass.bsky.social @gaurivangulik.bsky.social @alexandrageese.bsky.social @geurkink.bsky.social
vimeo.com/1140026673?s...
Eurosky Live: Berlin 2025 - morning sessions
Eurosky Live: Berlin 2025 brought together policymakers, media leaders, investors, and founders to explore how open infrastructure can enable European innovation.…
vimeo.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The video of the #EuroskyLive morning sessions is up! You'll find time to jump to specific sessions in the description.
Featuring, among others @robin.berjon.com @seabass.bsky.social @gaurivangulik.bsky.social @alexandrageese.bsky.social @geurkink.bsky.social
vimeo.com/1140026673?s...
Featuring, among others @robin.berjon.com @seabass.bsky.social @gaurivangulik.bsky.social @alexandrageese.bsky.social @geurkink.bsky.social
vimeo.com/1140026673?s...
It's Monday morning, and so time for Americans to summon the Benny Hill theme to play relentlessly on loop in European heads throughout the day.
keep pushin'
November 24, 2025 at 7:10 AM
It's Monday morning, and so time for Americans to summon the Benny Hill theme to play relentlessly on loop in European heads throughout the day.
I feel seen
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 24, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I feel seen
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Mark Zuckerberg is profoundly evil. This has been incredibly obvious for a very long time
November 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Mark Zuckerberg is profoundly evil. This has been incredibly obvious for a very long time