Torsten Goerke
@tgoerke.bsky.social
🦋 pretend it's a moth
@hello.cubes.blue
@atproto.science 🧪
@atproto.berlin 🧔
@hello.cubes.blue
@atproto.science 🧪
@atproto.berlin 🧔
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Building Better Social panel at #MozFest with @tessa.germnetwork.com, Mari Zumbro from Filament, and Jad Esber from Koodos.
November 9, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Building Better Social panel at #MozFest with @tessa.germnetwork.com, Mari Zumbro from Filament, and Jad Esber from Koodos.
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“Boundaries are how you make space for the things that you care about”
@tessa.germnetwork.com #MozFest
@tessa.germnetwork.com #MozFest
November 9, 2025 at 8:41 AM
“Boundaries are how you make space for the things that you care about”
@tessa.germnetwork.com #MozFest
@tessa.germnetwork.com #MozFest
👋
Check out "Berlin ATProto Meetup" smokesignal.events/did:plc:oals...
Berlin ATProto Meetup
We invite you to our inaugural Berlin ATProto community day / Nov 18th - the day before Eurosky in Berlin.
Time: 10am - 4pm CET
Venue: is now confirmed to be EDGE Grand Central, Invalidenstraße 65, ...
smokesignal.events
November 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Exciting proposal on privacy preserving tech for ATProto. Congrats for a successful submission.
Super proud to be part of the EU Horizon proposal Social-PETs. It aims to bring privacy-enhancing tech (PETs) like homomorphic encryption and secure multiparty computation to open social networks such as #ATProto, making powerful recommender systems possible without centralised data.
Project Proposal - Social-PETs.EU | Notion
🇪🇺 EU Horizon Call: Privacy Enhancing Technologies
social-pets.notion.site
November 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Exciting proposal on privacy preserving tech for ATProto. Congrats for a successful submission.
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Our agenda for Eurosky Live is now... live! We're very excited about it. Check it out here www.eurosky.social/eurosky-live
We have a few spaces left, sign up here luma.com/knk1342n
If you can't be there in person you can join the live stream, sign up here smokesignal.events/did:plc:ooen...
We have a few spaces left, sign up here luma.com/knk1342n
If you can't be there in person you can join the live stream, sign up here smokesignal.events/did:plc:ooen...
Eurosky Live - 19 November, Berlin — eurosky
Our first Eurosky Live conference will take place in Berlin on 19 November 2025. The conference will explore the open social web and how Eurosky’s digital building blocks could power 'Trusted European...
www.eurosky.social
November 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Our agenda for Eurosky Live is now... live! We're very excited about it. Check it out here www.eurosky.social/eurosky-live
We have a few spaces left, sign up here luma.com/knk1342n
If you can't be there in person you can join the live stream, sign up here smokesignal.events/did:plc:ooen...
We have a few spaces left, sign up here luma.com/knk1342n
If you can't be there in person you can join the live stream, sign up here smokesignal.events/did:plc:ooen...
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Give us feedback on what you want to see in Vancouver in March!
Please share this far and wide: this is not just a tech conference, it's building the communities and shared spaces that we want together.
#WeCanJustDoThings
Please share this far and wide: this is not just a tech conference, it's building the communities and shared spaces that we want together.
#WeCanJustDoThings
For #ATmosphereConf in Vancouver in March 2026, we're looking for feedback on what you want to see.
Please fill out the call for interest form, including suggesting topics and features.
Please fill out the call for interest form, including suggesting topics and features.
Call for Interest: What would you like to see, do, & learn in Vancouver
ATProto global community conference, March 26th - 29th, 2026, Vancouver, Canada
news.atmosphereconf.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Give us feedback on what you want to see in Vancouver in March!
Please share this far and wide: this is not just a tech conference, it's building the communities and shared spaces that we want together.
#WeCanJustDoThings
Please share this far and wide: this is not just a tech conference, it's building the communities and shared spaces that we want together.
#WeCanJustDoThings
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@dholms.xyz on the importance of the #science communities on bluesky! 🧪
#sciencesky @atproto.science
#sciencesky @atproto.science
November 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
@dholms.xyz on the importance of the #science communities on bluesky! 🧪
#sciencesky @atproto.science
#sciencesky @atproto.science
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"Ultimately, the collective strategy of AI companies threatens to deskill precisely those people who are essential for society to function. What value, after all, is there in automating art, thinking, or reading – especially in educational and academic settings? None."
“the techno-fascist assault on universities increasingly comes from within. (…) Far from offering genuine solutions, these technologies exacerbate social injustices and corrode the ecosystem of human knowledge.”
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
Open access link: archive.ph/ZHGCm
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
Open access link: archive.ph/ZHGCm
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
www.project-syndicate.org
November 4, 2025 at 1:08 AM
"Ultimately, the collective strategy of AI companies threatens to deskill precisely those people who are essential for society to function. What value, after all, is there in automating art, thinking, or reading – especially in educational and academic settings? None."
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Help shape Europe’s Digital Commons — Open position for EDIC Director (F/M/X)
Last week, the European Commission announced the creation of the EDIC Digital Commons, a new initiative to support open, interoperable digital commons and strengthen digital sovereignty for 450 million Europeans. 1/3
Last week, the European Commission announced the creation of the EDIC Digital Commons, a new initiative to support open, interoperable digital commons and strengthen digital sovereignty for 450 million Europeans. 1/3
November 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Help shape Europe’s Digital Commons — Open position for EDIC Director (F/M/X)
Last week, the European Commission announced the creation of the EDIC Digital Commons, a new initiative to support open, interoperable digital commons and strengthen digital sovereignty for 450 million Europeans. 1/3
Last week, the European Commission announced the creation of the EDIC Digital Commons, a new initiative to support open, interoperable digital commons and strengthen digital sovereignty for 450 million Europeans. 1/3
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#CfP: Submit your abstract for a special issue on “Celebrating 60 Years of ELIZA? Critical Pasts and Futures of AI”, which seeks interdisciplinary contributions on the cultural, ethical & social legacies of Joseph Weizenbaum’s chatbot.
📅 Submission deadline: 17 Nov 2025
More: buff.ly/A8ejM8C
📅 Submission deadline: 17 Nov 2025
More: buff.ly/A8ejM8C
November 4, 2025 at 9:30 AM
#CfP: Submit your abstract for a special issue on “Celebrating 60 Years of ELIZA? Critical Pasts and Futures of AI”, which seeks interdisciplinary contributions on the cultural, ethical & social legacies of Joseph Weizenbaum’s chatbot.
📅 Submission deadline: 17 Nov 2025
More: buff.ly/A8ejM8C
📅 Submission deadline: 17 Nov 2025
More: buff.ly/A8ejM8C
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We're making the plc.directory more transparent and accessible! Its happening! 💪
There are already 5 public instances of plcbundle running, providing a complete and *verifiable* copy of the directory to anyone.
plcbundle-watch.pages.dev
There are already 5 public instances of plcbundle running, providing a complete and *verifiable* copy of the directory to anyone.
plcbundle-watch.pages.dev
November 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
We're making the plc.directory more transparent and accessible! Its happening! 💪
There are already 5 public instances of plcbundle running, providing a complete and *verifiable* copy of the directory to anyone.
plcbundle-watch.pages.dev
There are already 5 public instances of plcbundle running, providing a complete and *verifiable* copy of the directory to anyone.
plcbundle-watch.pages.dev
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Reposted by Torsten Goerke
Using @ngerakines.me atwork atwork.place to create "endorsements" that other folks were at #IETF124
Experimenting with different types of "attestation" proofs.
Experimenting with different types of "attestation" proofs.
November 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Using @ngerakines.me atwork atwork.place to create "endorsements" that other folks were at #IETF124
Experimenting with different types of "attestation" proofs.
Experimenting with different types of "attestation" proofs.
Reposted by Torsten Goerke
naviarhaiku617:
an autumn nightfall
the skeleton of a huge fish
drawn back by the sea.
www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku6...
an autumn nightfall
the skeleton of a huge fish
drawn back by the sea.
www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku6...
naviarhaiku617 – an autumn nightfall – NAVIAR RECORDS
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www.naviarrecords.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:25 AM
naviarhaiku617:
an autumn nightfall
the skeleton of a huge fish
drawn back by the sea.
www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku6...
an autumn nightfall
the skeleton of a huge fish
drawn back by the sea.
www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku6...
Submission for this weeks @naviarrecords.bsky.social naviarhaiku617 – an autumn nightfall
an autumn nightfall
the skeleton of a huge fish
drawn back by the sea.
by: Saitō Sanki
soundcloud.com/torstengoerk...
an autumn nightfall
the skeleton of a huge fish
drawn back by the sea.
by: Saitō Sanki
soundcloud.com/torstengoerk...
Catfish (naviarhaiku617)
naviarhaiku617 – an autumn nightfall
October 29, 2025
an autumn nightfall
the skeleton of a huge fish
drawn back by the sea.
by: Saitō Sanki
Saitō Sanki (1900 – 1962) was a dentist who discovered h
soundcloud.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Submission for this weeks @naviarrecords.bsky.social naviarhaiku617 – an autumn nightfall
an autumn nightfall
the skeleton of a huge fish
drawn back by the sea.
by: Saitō Sanki
soundcloud.com/torstengoerk...
an autumn nightfall
the skeleton of a huge fish
drawn back by the sea.
by: Saitō Sanki
soundcloud.com/torstengoerk...
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#AcademicPublishing is breaking: platform lock-in, proprietary formats, opaque systems and processes. I made draft #Scholarly #Lexicons to show how #ATproto infrastructure can fix this, with portable identities, immutable provenance, and open standards that can serve the *entire* research community.
Announcing "AT Scholarly Lexicons": A blueprint for decentralised scholarly communication using the AT Protocol
marginalia.leaflet.pub
November 2, 2025 at 11:28 AM
#AcademicPublishing is breaking: platform lock-in, proprietary formats, opaque systems and processes. I made draft #Scholarly #Lexicons to show how #ATproto infrastructure can fix this, with portable identities, immutable provenance, and open standards that can serve the *entire* research community.
Today I am working on some parts of the piece "First Circle" by Pat Metheny presented as a workshop in acoustic player magazine in March this year by Peter Autschbach. Enjoy your weekend. Here's a live version of the original 🤗
youtu.be/-cW_ODafp28?...
youtu.be/-cW_ODafp28?...
First Circle (Live)
YouTube video by Pat Metheny - Topic
youtu.be
November 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Today I am working on some parts of the piece "First Circle" by Pat Metheny presented as a workshop in acoustic player magazine in March this year by Peter Autschbach. Enjoy your weekend. Here's a live version of the original 🤗
youtu.be/-cW_ODafp28?...
youtu.be/-cW_ODafp28?...
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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!
Towards Leaflet for Scientists
Lab Notes 011: ideas for now we might make Leaflet better for scientists, researchers, and academic communities
lab.leaflet.pub
October 31, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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.
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🚨NEW PAPER ALERT 🚨 @tamigraph.bsky.social @briana-v.bsky.social and I discuss wellness chatbots, their labor implications, & "private vibes" vs "privacy". We call for critical human-AI communication scholarship that takes into account context & political economy: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A chatbot for the soul: mental health care, privacy, and intimacy in AI-based conversational agents - Communication and Change
Artificial intelligence-based conversational agents—chatbots—are increasingly integrated into telehealth platforms, employee wellness programs, and mobile applications to address structural gaps in me...
link.springer.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
🚨NEW PAPER ALERT 🚨 @tamigraph.bsky.social @briana-v.bsky.social and I discuss wellness chatbots, their labor implications, & "private vibes" vs "privacy". We call for critical human-AI communication scholarship that takes into account context & political economy: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Any simple ATProto voting/poll apps?
October 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Any simple ATProto voting/poll apps?
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“Relying on chatbots isn’t fringe — it’s the predictable result of care made scarce, stigmatized, and costly. Recognizing that doesn’t mean uncritically embracing chatbot care, but it’s past time to name what’s happening: Privately owned chatbots are functioning as public health resources.”
‘AI psychosis’ discussions ignore a bigger problem with chatbots
Don’t frame chatbot failures as human “insanity.”
www.statnews.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
“Relying on chatbots isn’t fringe — it’s the predictable result of care made scarce, stigmatized, and costly. Recognizing that doesn’t mean uncritically embracing chatbot care, but it’s past time to name what’s happening: Privately owned chatbots are functioning as public health resources.”
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Run independent @atproto.com networks, for testing and beyond, in docker compose or kubernetes, public or private
Pushed significant updates today #atdev #atprotodev
github.com/blebbit/test...
Pushed significant updates today #atdev #atprotodev
github.com/blebbit/test...
GitHub - blebbit/testnet: Run independent ATProtocol networks
Run independent ATProtocol networks. Contribute to blebbit/testnet development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Run independent @atproto.com networks, for testing and beyond, in docker compose or kubernetes, public or private
Pushed significant updates today #atdev #atprotodev
github.com/blebbit/test...
Pushed significant updates today #atdev #atprotodev
github.com/blebbit/test...
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ROOST.tools has been building against the DIRE framework for online trust and safety: Detection, Investigation, Review and Enforcement. ROOST's Coop and Osprey tools address I, R, and E, but Detection is best addressed by classification models.
Enter gpt-oss-safeguard from OpenAI
Enter gpt-oss-safeguard from OpenAI
Excited to announce here at the @parispeaceforum.bsky.social that, after months of joint technical work together, OpenAI will open source through ROOST one of its main internal models that handles detection and moderation. This will allow anyone or any company to use, test, and study the model.
October 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
ROOST.tools has been building against the DIRE framework for online trust and safety: Detection, Investigation, Review and Enforcement. ROOST's Coop and Osprey tools address I, R, and E, but Detection is best addressed by classification models.
Enter gpt-oss-safeguard from OpenAI
Enter gpt-oss-safeguard from OpenAI
Reposted by Torsten Goerke
Excited to announce here at the @parispeaceforum.bsky.social that, after months of joint technical work together, OpenAI will open source through ROOST one of its main internal models that handles detection and moderation. This will allow anyone or any company to use, test, and study the model.
October 29, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Excited to announce here at the @parispeaceforum.bsky.social that, after months of joint technical work together, OpenAI will open source through ROOST one of its main internal models that handles detection and moderation. This will allow anyone or any company to use, test, and study the model.
Reposted by Torsten Goerke
"Can't miss the boat"
"Embrace it or be left behind"
"You'll be replaced by someone using AI"
These are all marketing slogans that prey on FOMO rather than value propositions. Anyone making decisions based on this kind of shaky logic is just another layer in the pyramid scheme.
"Embrace it or be left behind"
"You'll be replaced by someone using AI"
These are all marketing slogans that prey on FOMO rather than value propositions. Anyone making decisions based on this kind of shaky logic is just another layer in the pyramid scheme.
“When someone says we can’t miss the boat, I ask: where is the boat going? What exactly will this technology improve? That’s rarely discussed. Since when did we become Big Tech's free PR department?”
— says Nicky DRIES, Future of Work Lab at the Catholic University of Leuven
— says Nicky DRIES, Future of Work Lab at the Catholic University of Leuven
October 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
"Can't miss the boat"
"Embrace it or be left behind"
"You'll be replaced by someone using AI"
These are all marketing slogans that prey on FOMO rather than value propositions. Anyone making decisions based on this kind of shaky logic is just another layer in the pyramid scheme.
"Embrace it or be left behind"
"You'll be replaced by someone using AI"
These are all marketing slogans that prey on FOMO rather than value propositions. Anyone making decisions based on this kind of shaky logic is just another layer in the pyramid scheme.