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Ronen Tamari @ronentk.me · 1d

Very excited to participate in the Ownership Economy Summit today in NYC!

Learning the ropes for how to create new data economies and community stewarded protocols + platforms for researchers @cosmik.network

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AT Protocol Community @atprotocol.dev · 2d

If you’re interested in ATProto for science communications, join the forum & introduce yourself.

Ronen Tamari @ronentk.me · 2d

ATProto has huge potential for supporting new ways of doing science, but to get there we need discussion & coordination spaces - we opened a new Discourse space for ATProto x Science at discourse.atprotocol.community/c/atproto-sc... 🧪
(w/ @bmann.ca @tgoerke.bsky.social )
Please join! 😄

ATProto Science

ATProto Science is about using ATProto for science applications, such as publishing, curation, data sharing or social discourse around research.

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Ronen Tamari @ronentk.me · 2d

ATProto has huge potential for supporting new ways of doing science, but to get there we need discussion & coordination spaces - we opened a new Discourse space for ATProto x Science at discourse.atprotocol.community/c/atproto-sc... 🧪
(w/ @bmann.ca @tgoerke.bsky.social )
Please join! 😄

ATProto Science

ATProto Science is about using ATProto for science applications, such as publishing, curation, data sharing or social discourse around research.

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Cosmik Network @cosmik.network · 7d

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Boris @bmann.ca · 12d

I have a whole folder of ATProto apps on iOS (plus a select few directly on my Home Screen).

Today we call them “ATproto” apps.

In the future … they’re just a better way to build a wide range of apps, where users own their data, login in anywhere, and choose different interfaces.

Screenshot of a portion of an iOS Home Screen.

The icons for Bluesky, Ouranos, Leaflet, and Semble are shown, plus a folder labeled ATProto that has PinkSky, Popfeed, Spark, Flashes, Skylight, Anisota, Bookhive, Germ, and Anchor in it.

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Ronen Tamari @ronentk.me · 13d

4/ At @cosmik.network We’re inspired by Are.na, hypertext and more intentional meaning-making processes as well, we’re designing semble.so around them! As we wrote in our recent blog post - tools like Are.na are fundamentally different ways of eliciting knowledge that feeds do not support.

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Ronen Tamari @ronentk.me · 13d

1/ Exciting paper by @sh1m.bsky.social & Sophia Liu 🔥
“hypertext systems emphasize provenance, associative thinking, and user-driven meaning-making, while algorithmic systems tend to obscure process and flatten participation” arxiv.org/abs/2507.235...

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Ronen Tamari @ronentk.me · 23d

Had a great time today IRL brainstorming with @nickmvincent.bsky.social around collective bargaining x researcher-owned data x semble.so
@cosmik.network @pouriade.com @wesleyfinck.org

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Ronen Tamari @ronentk.me · 26d

Jazzed for some IRL co-working time with the @cosmik.network Vancouver crew (@wesleyfinck.org @pouriade.com) and @bmann.ca at @z-space.ca ! ✨

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Chad @chadtmiller.com · 29d

Met up with @bmann.ca and met some of the folks behind @cosmik.network @wesleyfinck.org and @pouriade.com today in Vancouver. Love hearing about all the new things going on in the #atproto community. Also @z-space.ca is pretty sweet. Thanks for having me! Hopefully see y’all again soon!

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Cosmik Network @cosmik.network · Sep 4

Micropublishing -> Mycopublishing 🍄

Ronen Tamari @ronentk.me · Sep 4

Microdosing knowledge with micropublications🍄 Micropublications are a powerful concept but with poor branding. They are still pretty niche, and even for those who know about them, they don’t have a great rep - they’re seen as preliminary results that aren’t as polished or exciting as full papers. >

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New_ Public @newpublic.org · Aug 29

@cosmik.network is building a new network for scientific research on top of AT Protocol — leveraging both the growing science community on Bluesky and its open source, decentralized infrastructure.

Semble is worth keeping an eye on! 👀

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Ronen Tamari @ronentk.me · Aug 15

1/ 📢 @cosmik.network has been awarded $1M in grant funding by Open Philanthropy and @asterainstitute.bsky.social These generous grants will support our development of Semble - a social "micro-knowledge" network for researchers on Bluesky/ATProto. Think Are.na + Goodreads for research!

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Cosmik Network @cosmik.network · Aug 26

Answer (b) of course! "commitment to build a system of our own" 💪

Ronen Tamari @ronentk.me · Aug 26

"For academics trapped in the moribund ecosystem of scholarly publishing and its various “transformative” models, which will come first—the collapse and ruin of decrepit budget models, or a collective refusal and commitment to build a system of our own?" katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

Scholarly Publishing Won’t Be Saved by Incremental Change

We’re stuck in a moribund scholarly publishing ecosystem. Acts of refusal by academic researchers and faculty may be our only way out.

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Devin Gaffney @devingaffney.com · Aug 23

Extremely life affirming week at #ATProto_NYC. Some quick, scattered thoughts about where all this is heading. tl;dr: we are going to fix the internet, we're going to outcompete the freaks that we're up against, and we're going to do it together. 🧵

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Ronen Tamari @ronentk.me · Aug 23

On the way back from #ATProto_NYC - what a friendly, fun, collaborative and inspiring community! Super excited to be building @cosmik.network in the ATmosphere. We win by out co-operating the competition 🤝

Props to @bmann.ca @knowtheory.net @chadkoh.com & everyone else who made this happen 👑

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Laurens @laurenshof.online · Aug 21

bluesky and atproto news of the last 2 weeks:

- A new ToS and community guidelines for bsky
- @anisota.net pushes boundaries of what a bsky client can be
- @cosmik.network gets 1M funding to build a knowledge network for researchers on atproto

connectedplaces.online/reports/atmo...

ATmosphere Report – #130

New ToS and Community Guidelines for Bluesky. Anisota is a new Bluesky client with a lot of new ideas, and a 1M grant announced to build a knowledge network for researchers on ATProto.

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Boris @bmann.ca · Aug 15

Congrats to the @cosmik.network team for landing a grant showing conviction in science communications and sense making on #ATProto

It’s been exciting watching the team explore and with this funding they can build out a great network and grow the ATmosphere with all of us.

Ronen Tamari @ronentk.me · Aug 15

1/ 📢 @cosmik.network has been awarded $1M in grant funding by Open Philanthropy and @asterainstitute.bsky.social These generous grants will support our development of Semble - a social "micro-knowledge" network for researchers on Bluesky/ATProto. Think Are.na + Goodreads for research!

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AT Protocol Community @atprotocol.dev · Aug 15

Great news for science communications on #ATProto: the @cosmik.network is announcing their $1M grant to build out tools for researchers of all kinds.

Ronen Tamari @ronentk.me · Aug 15

1/ 📢 @cosmik.network has been awarded $1M in grant funding by Open Philanthropy and @asterainstitute.bsky.social These generous grants will support our development of Semble - a social "micro-knowledge" network for researchers on Bluesky/ATProto. Think Are.na + Goodreads for research!

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Ronen Tamari @ronentk.me · Aug 15

1/ 📢 @cosmik.network has been awarded $1M in grant funding by Open Philanthropy and @asterainstitute.bsky.social These generous grants will support our development of Semble - a social "micro-knowledge" network for researchers on Bluesky/ATProto. Think Are.na + Goodreads for research!

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Shahan Ali Memon @shahanmemon.bsky.social · Aug 13

An important piece on #AI generated #preprints and why it's important to consider their impact on scientific ecosystem.

Some other important considerations related to this that are not covered in the article 👇

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#AI4Science #AI4Research #ScAISci #SciSci

Nature @nature.com · Aug 12

Preprint servers are seeing a rise in submissions seemingly produced by paper mills or with help from AI tools

go.nature.com/47sqZxw

AI content is tainting preprints: how moderators are fighting back

Preprint servers are seeing a rise in submissions seemingly produced by paper mills or with help from AI tools.

go.nature.com

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Cosmik Network @cosmik.network · Aug 13

"Funders, this is the time to flip the script on what science we support. We must move from primarily funding individuals to funding coordinated efforts that “lift all boats” in agent-led discovery systems." 🎯

seemay.substack.com/p/from-syste...

From systems operators to systems architects

Going up a level from data generation to think about the data systems we design and embed

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Ronen Tamari @ronentk.me · Aug 12

ATmosphere → Noosphere
Bluesky → Noosky

These are communities waiting to be created...

Spaces to plot how tools-for-thought connect into a global noosphere using ATProto 🤓

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Ronen Tamari @ronentk.me · Aug 8

How 'bout we do this for science too? 🧪

Anuj Ahooja @quillmatiq.com · Aug 8

@rudyfraser.com is doing the damn thing right now.

I hope people, especially builders, are watching and drawing inspiration. This is how you seize the means of our social media.

Northsky Social Cooperative @transrights.northsky.social · Aug 8

CONGRATULATIONS to @rudyfraser.com for migrating users to the Blacksky PDS!

This is a momentous step forward for decentralization and data sovereignty for users of Bluesky/ATProto services.

We'll be following suit in the near future and hope to learn from Blacksky's experience and leadership!

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Cosmik Network @cosmik.network · Aug 4

Imagine trying to land a plane in the fog without a heads-up display. Pilots used to do it but “flying blind” meant frequent disasters. Today, we're browsing the web in that same fog. >

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Cosmik Network @cosmik.network · Aug 4

Quoted blog post - sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2025/...

How to Read an "AI" Press Release — Sonja Drimmer

Every so often someone like Mark Zuckerberg or Sam Altman will dribble out some unadorned text, announcing with stentorian certitude the advent of a new world that their latest product will avail.…

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