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Surf @surf.social · 1h

Start building your own Surf feeds on anything from news and tech to sports and recipes — sign up for the waitlist here, using the referral code FediForum.

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Surf Waitlist Sign Up

Join the beta — it's a new browser for the social web.

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Surf @surf.social · 1h

Fall #FediForum has wrapped, but if you want to catch up on everything that happened, follow @timothychambers.net's feed, created with Surf and published to @bsky.app, here:

bsky.app/profile/timo...

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Surf @surf.social · 4h

Thanks @quillmatiq.com! @csolisr.azkware.net, if you'd like to try Surf, please add yourself to the waitlist here and we'll get you right in!

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Surf @surf.social · 5h

Amazing! Congrats, team @anew.social!

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A New Social @anew.social · 8h

Today, we announced our next Bounce Beta that lets you migrate your Mastodon profile into any existing ATProto account, whether you're on Bluesky or any other PDS provider!

We'll be going live with Bounce Beta 2 on October 20th.

Read more here:

Bounce from Mastodon to Bluesky

With our next Bounce Beta, you will be able to Bounce your Mastodon account to Bluesky!

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Surf @surf.social · 6h

Coming soon on #Mastodon — and yes, you will be able to use their Starter Packs for your #SurfFeeds!

Flipboard @flipboard.com · 6h

Starter Packs are taking off! 🚀

Another great tool to curate your experience on the social web and discover new profiles to follow.

FediForum @fediforum.org · 1d

FediForum got a mention today in a piece on Mastodon Starter Packs in The Verge. Mastodon starter packs are coming, and were discussed at #FediForum today.

www.theverge.com/news/794988/...

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Surf @surf.social · 1d

Congrats to @altstore.io, who have joined the #OpenSocialWeb!

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Mike McCue @mmccue.bsky.social · 1d

The AltStore is federating to Bluesky and the rest of the social web. Now developers and users can connect with each other on an open platform while drastically improving app discovery. I believe so much in this mission that I joined their board to help.

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Evolving AltStore PAL

In April of last year, we launched AltStore PAL in the European Union as one of the first official alternative app marketplaces on iOS thanks to the Digital Markets Act. We launched with just 2 apps —...

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Boris @bmann.ca · 1d

If you're in the #Vancouver area and want to get involved with an ATProto conference in March 2026 as a volunteer, local guide, creator, or other role, come join us at @z-space.ca tomorrow Wed Oct 8th luma.com/047gworz

ATProto in Vancouver Locals Experience · Luma

We're organizing the ATProtocol Community Conference - aka ATmosphereConf - in Vancouver, planning for late March 2026. We're looking to gather a local crew of…

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Surf @surf.social · 2d

🙌🏻 🙌🏻 🙌🏻

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 2d

we hit 2 billion posts today! 🥳

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Tim Chambers @timothychambers.net · 2d

As #Fediforum is tomorrow, and covers both #ATProto, #ActivtyPub and other open social web dev tech, good to remined all that I have the BlueSky feed for this live and updated: bsky.app/profile/did:... cc: @surf.social #surffeeds

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Surf @surf.social · 4d

That's definitely on our list — will let the product team know we've had another request!

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Surf @surf.social · 5d

@boltsmag.org's @flipboard.com Magazines are federated, which means you can add them to any Surf feeds you're making about topics like U.S. news, politics, voting rights and criminal justice.

Flipboard @flipboard.com · 5d

The fall will see 180 key elections across 32 states, from headliners like the NYC mayoral race to school board and utility commission elections. @boltsmag.org has everything you need to know.

flip.it/h4L_fS

Follow them on Flipboard here: flipboard.com/@boltsmag

Your Cheat Sheet to the 2025 General Elections - Bolts

Four contests have come to largely define the 2025 elections: the elections to lead New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City, plus California’s redistricting measure. But there’s so much else... Read M...

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Matt Gibson @mattgibson.bsky.social · 5d

Fantasy Football news and updates from the best on Bluesky. Built on @surf.social

The Fantasy Football Cheat Sheet
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Surf @surf.social · 5d

Hi! The best way to do that would be to create your own custom feed with all the news feeds you're interested in as sources. Here's a quick guide!

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Marci McCue @marcimccue.bsky.social · 14d

Local news is a popular category on Surf.

Here's a great example of a local Surf feed published to Bluesky. Like it to give @oregonian.com some love. And if you are a local, pin it to your Bluesky app.
Pretty cool!

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Flipboard @flipboard.com · 6d

Women are leaving the workforce. Here's a look at why from @axios.com.

Explore News Takes, a @surf.social custom feed created by Flipboard's editors featuring posts from 100+ journalists and outlets.

Pin News Takes for quick access to the day's #news on @bsky.app 👉 bsky.app/profile/flip...

Axios @axios.com · 6d

After a few years of progress, working women are moving backward.

Why mothers are leaving the workforce

The exodus translates to less income and financial stability for households.

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Surf @surf.social · 7d

@wikipedia.org is the world's ninth most visited website (guess how we know that!) but it's our No. 1. Here's a Surf feed by @timothychambers.net featuring cool pages, updates from @wikimediafoundation.org and more. It's published to @bsky.app so you can follow it here.

bsky.app/profile/timo...

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Molly White @molly.wiki · Sep 5

This long read in The Verge does a remarkable job of describing how Wikipedia's editing community works, the project's strengths and weaknesses, and the threats it faces.

www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

Wikipedia is under attack — and how it can survive

The site’s volunteers face threats from Trump, billionaires, and AI.

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 7d

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...

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.

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Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 7d

Our new, rebranded website is live. 🚀

🤓: and, look at that -- it's federated blackskyweb.xyz/.well-known/...

Build Community Online with Decentralized Tools | Blacksky

Decentralized tools to build community online. The intercommunal net where communities govern, pool funds and stay safe on their own terms.

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Flipboard @flipboard.com · 8d

Flipboard's @surf.social app makes it easy to build custom feeds and share them on @bsky.app.

Check out "War Ravaged Portland" by @kimberlykg.com to see reactions to Trump’s announcement to deploy military troops in Portland.

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#Portland #Trump

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Flipboard @flipboard.com · 9d

Catch up on this @propublica.org story shared by @maddow.msnbc.com in News Takes, a @surf.social custom feed created by Flipboard’s editors featuring posts from 100+ journalists and outlets.

📌 Pin News Takes to your home to follow the day’s #news on @bsky.app : bsky.app/profile/flip...

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 9d

"Along with fast-tracking the money, Noem flew there herself on a government plane to tour the pier personally. She then stayed for the weekend and got dinner with the donor, a local cardiologist, at the French restaurant Bleu Provence..."

www.propublica.org/article/kris...

Kristi Noem Fast-Tracked Millions in Disaster Aid to Florida Tourist Attraction After Campaign Donor Intervened

The DHS chief has been widely criticized for slowing down FEMA’s response after natural disasters. Texts and emails obtained by ProPublica point to an effective way to get help faster: have one of Noe...

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dan @danabra.mov · 12d

i wrote about atproto and why it matters

Open Social — overreacted

The protocol is the API.

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