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Sebastian

@seabass.bsky.social

21K followers 1.7K following 12K posts

Co-Lead @eurosky.social | Creator of the 3rd party Bluesky apps Flashes @flashes.blue, Skeets @skeetsapp.com & Bluescreen @bluescreen.blue

I'm on Germ DM 🔑
https://ger.mx/A6I-vUhA1CVOq_3Pk0H1AO0welSp_i-si5R93_WNOoc-#did:plc:ituoear7k6qx3smjfoxhufm4

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Sebastian @seabass.bsky.social · Oct 10

To anyone migrating over from Threads and looking for a native iOS / iPadOS / macOS app:

Skeets App @skeetsapp.com · Jan 18

@skeetsapp.com is a 3rd-party iOS / iPad client for Bluesky

Features:

- Muted words
- Bookmarks
- Drafts
- Text extraction from images for ALT-Text
- Rich Push Notifications
- Filters for Push Notifications
- Trends
- In-App Translations
- VoiceOver-friendly
- ...

apps.apple.com/de/app/skeet...

a mockup screenshot of the app Skeets running on both an iPad in landscape mode and an iphone

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özge inan

@oezgeinan.bsky.social

"obviously, doctor, you've never been a 13-year-old girl."

social media verbot für alle unter 14? warum ich das für den ganz falschen weg halte und welcher tatsächlich sinnvolle SPD-vorschlag gerade in den hintergrund gerät:

(S+) Meinung: Social-Media-Verbot für unter 14-Jährige? Ruhe! Hier unterhalten sich die Großen - Kommentar

SPD und CDU wollen Kinder von den sozialen Medien ausschließen. Man fragt sich, ob die Politiker selbst je jung gewesen sind. Es gibt einen besseren Vorschlag, um den digitalen Raum sicherer zu machen...

www.spiegel.de

February 16, 2026 at 2:37 PM

Sebastian

@seabass.bsky.social

Was wir jetzt für Europa brauchen ist eine eigene, souveräne KI-Blase.

February 17, 2026 at 9:23 PM

Sebastian

@seabass.bsky.social

Damit ist die Sache für mich vom Tisch

»Mein Mann stand Epstein nicht
nahe - Hillary Clinton

February 17, 2026 at 6:57 PM

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AT Protocol Developers

@atproto.com

We've been hard at work on a new website with new guides, better docs, more translations, even our very own blog. We think it looks pretty sharp, too. It's now easier than ever to just build things with AT Protocol.

atproto.com

February 17, 2026 at 4:24 PM

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Robin Berjon

@robin.berjon.com

Hey European ATProto companies, add yourselves to www.rebuild.net/directory/ so that we can make a strong case for AT as a shared foundation! Cc @flashes.blue @tangled.org

Social Platform Directory

We are mapping all the social platforms in Europe. This directory is growing every day based on input from people all around Europe. It is a collective piece of work. The platforms mapped are here bec...

www.rebuild.net

February 17, 2026 at 5:29 PM

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alxgrk

@alxgrk.de

@eurosky.social ist da, die Migration lief problemlos. Ich freu mich 🇪🇺
Ganz im Sinne von #DIDit, auch wenn Eurosky dort (noch) nicht als Alternative genannt wird 😉

February 17, 2026 at 9:27 AM

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Torben Klausa

@torbatschow.de

Algorithmische Bluesky-Feeds wie "Quiet Posters" (Inhalte von stillen Accounts) sind gute Gegenbeispiele. Die Vorstellung, algorithmische Kuratierung sei nur mit Aufreger-Mechanik möglich, ist 1 der erfolgreichsten Mythen der großen Plattformen. (Dank an @trustedsystem.bsky.social für den Hinweis.)

Torben Klausa @torbatschow.de · 1d

Wer Social Media ohne kuratierten Feed will, müsste auch wollen, dass auf die Titelseite einer Zeitung nicht die wichtigste Meldung kommt, sondern jene, die als erstes in der Redaktion eingeht.

Es hat einen Grund, dass Leute Zeitung und nicht den @dpa.com -Ticker lesen. (No offense, dpa.)

February 16, 2026 at 9:54 PM

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Popfeed

@popfeed.social

📚🎥👾🎵📺
Popfeed has officially launched!
The home of pop culture in the 'Atmosphere'. Sign-in with the one account (Bluesky, Blacksky, Spark etc.)
Films, Books, Shows, Games and Music reviews - all yours, all in one place.

Download now.

February 17, 2026 at 12:36 AM

Sebastian

@seabass.bsky.social

The European DSA actually FREEING speech

https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/two-years-digital-services-act-allows-50-million-content-moderation-decisions-platforms-be-reversed

PRESS RELEASE | Publication 17 February 2026
Two years of Digital Services Act allows 50
million content moderation decisions by
platforms to be reversed
In just two years, online platforms have reversed almost 50 million decisions affecting users' content
or accounts, helping users exercise their Digital Services Act (DSA) rights online in the EU.
With the DSA, users in the EU are more empowered online, online platforms face greater
accountability, and the online environment is more transparent.
This instrument, the first of its kind in the world, gave users the right to challenge platforms' content
moderation decisions that affect, suspend, delete or 'shadow ban' their content or accounts. Since
its application, 30% of 165 million content moderation decisions that users appealed through the
platforms' internal mechanisms have been reversed.
Notably, in the first half of 2025, 99% of content moderation decisions were taken by platforms to
enforce their own terms and conditions, rather than to remove content reported as illegal under EU
or national law.
In the first half of 2025, out-of-court settlement bodies reviewed over 1,800 disputes related to
content on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok in the EU, overturning the platforms' decisions in 52%
of the closed cases - restoring content and accounts, in a faster and cheaper way than going to
court.
The DSA has also driven concrete changes in user safety and wellbeing. Targeted advertisements to
minors on online platforms are prohibited since 2024 in the EU, thanks to this legislation. The DSA
also obliges online marketplaces to counter the spread of illegal goods, improve the traceability of
traders, and quickly inform customers who purchased any illegal product on their marketplace,
offering options for redress.
An additional merit of this legislation is that researchers and civil society have unprecedented
access to information on platforms' processes and content moderation practices in the EU.
Furthermore, they can hold platforms accountable for their decisions.
Find more information about the impact of the Digital Services Act on digital platforms.
DIGITAL
SERVICES
ACT
Related topics
Online platforms and e-commerce
DSA - Digital Services Act

February 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM

Sebastian

@seabass.bsky.social

Blast from the past!!! Look how young I still was in this!

AT Protocol Community @atprotocol.dev · 1d

As part of preparing for #ATmosphereConf in Vancouver March 2026, we're republishing the videos from AHOY! European Social Web Day in Hamburg in 2025.

Here's @seabass.bsky.social with a talk called Leaving the Walled Gardens.

AHOY! 2025 - Sebastian Vogelsang: Leaving the Walled Gardens

AHOY! European Social Web Day Hamburg 2025

atprotocommunity.leaflet.pub

February 17, 2026 at 6:31 AM

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Torben Klausa

@torbatschow.de

February 16, 2026 at 2:59 PM

Sebastian

@seabass.bsky.social

Könnt ihr evtl. die wissenschaftlichen Studien verlinken, auf deren Basis ihr diese Entscheidung getroffen habt?

SPD @spd.de · 1d

Da ist es > www.spdfraktion.de/themen/socia...

Social Media sicherer machen | SPD-Bundestagsfraktion

www.spdfraktion.de

February 16, 2026 at 2:30 PM

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Mario Zechner

@mariozechner.at

neues hobby: dem biggest VC firm on earth MBA sagen, dass eine welt, in der leute wie er wollen, dass rentahuman.ai eine norm statt eines kunstprojekts ist, nicht die welt meines 4 jährigen sein wird.

RentAHuman.ai - AI Agents Hire Humans for Physical Tasks

The marketplace where AI agents rent humans. MCP integration, REST API, flexible payments. Book humans for real-world tasks your AI can't do.

rentahuman.ai

February 11, 2026 at 10:49 PM

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Florian Tomaszewski

@platzwart.bsky.social

Pluribus ist eine Serie über eine Frau in Köln, die Karneval nicht mag

February 15, 2026 at 7:03 PM

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John Mc 𓅛 🍻

@johnmcnwoods.eurosky.social

I'm writing this on @blackskyweb.xyz using my PDS which is on @eurosky.social and not using Bluesky at all! How good is the atproto ATmosphere, how good is the Open Social Web! #ATmosphere #atproto

February 13, 2026 at 6:12 PM

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Nicolas Henin 🇪🇺💙💛

@nicolashenin.net

I just completed my migration to @eurosky.social !
All my data on Bluesky is now hosted in the EU 🇪🇺
There's no visible change for you or for me.
Portability is a magic of the ATmosphere!
May it become a norm of social media.

a bunch of colorful fireworks are displayed in the night sky

Alt: a bunch of colorful fireworks are displayed in the night sky

media.tenor.com

February 14, 2026 at 10:09 PM

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Conspirador Norteño

@conspirator0.bsky.social

Over the last three months, 27 Bluesky accounts belonging to tech reporters and news outlets experienced a rapid uptick in follows from newly-created accounts. While it is not unusual for new Bluesky users to follow journalists and media outlets, this sudden large increase is anomalous.

collage of follow order by creation date plots for 27 Bluesky accounts associated with tech reporters and media

February 14, 2026 at 6:54 PM

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Maike

@maike.eurosky.social

Hi. I'm new here. My first steps have been

1. create a @eurosky.social PDS

2. install and configure the @skeetsapp.com

3. read and not understand how @germnetwork.com integrates with ATproto

#firstpost

Integrating Germ with AT Protocol — Germ Network

End-to-end encrypted Germ DM is now a Bluesky messenger. In this technical post, we introduce the architecture of Germ’s integration with AT Protocol. From the beginning, Germ has been building for an...

www.germnetwork.com

February 14, 2026 at 7:04 AM

Sebastian

@seabass.bsky.social

mfs complained about objc and the come up with this 😂

zeu @zeu.dev · 4d

reading rust fr for the first time

wtf even is this

February 14, 2026 at 9:18 AM

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Berlin ATProto Meetups

@atproto.berlin

Join us for an informal AT Protocol meetup February 24, 2026 in Berlin! We'll share project updates, demos, and lessons learned building on ATProto.

Please RSVP: smokesignal.events/did:plc:oals...

Location:
Bitcrowd offices
Köpenickerstr 126
10179 Berlin

ATProto Berlin Meetup

Join us for an informal AT Protocol meetup in Berlin bringing together builders, researchers, and community members working on decentralized social infrastructure. We’ll share project updates, demos, ...

smokesignal.events

February 12, 2026 at 5:19 PM

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Mathew Lowry

@mathewlowry.eurosky.social

So cool to be in those @eurosky.social figures. I even screenrecorded my migration to help other noobs like me, but I won't post it as
a) it's embarrassing
b) the process is only going to get easier

Gr8 job @sherif.eurosky.social, @seabass.bsky.social, @baileytownsend.dev & @eriko.eurosky.social