Protocols for Publishers

"This blog is about celebrating that friendship" with open source developers. That was our first post in Feb 2008. Today, all 1,557 posts (2008–2026) live in the Atmosphere as verified @standard.site records: https://opensource.googleblog.com/2008/02/welcome-to-google-open-source-blog.html

Legend has it that there's going to be a robust tech-in-journalism track at Atmosphere 27. A community of hundreds of the most cutting-edge builders and thinkers on the internet will be there. You should probably apply to speak and share your work. Yes, you. atmosphereconf.org/speak

Very interested in what are ways to cross-pollinate between physical and digital spaces and how we can help enable that. Also makes me even more excited to see @roundabout.town in action because it seems like a great example of this.

Its one of those things which in hindsight makes perfect sense but isn't immediately obvious to everyone (at least not a bunch of protocol-minded software developers 🙃). I've long believed in the importance of local community but had not connected it to building trust online in this way before.

Thinking about @protocolsforpublishers.com Toronto last week. For me, the most interesting insight came when discussing trust: thegreenline.to building trust with their readers by hosting in-person events, meeting and interacting with people IRL.

🥐🥮🎂🍰🧁🍩 Delicious episode with @mk.gg 😜

you can't be serious. This reads Meta/Facebook/Insta is looking to grant itself the rights to scrape websites across the open web - and train Meta's AI - if a company after Oct 30, 2026 uses Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp or other Meta services. So every biz. Read that again. Outrageous. 1/5

It’s here! Applications for the 2027-28 JSK Journalism Fellowships are open. If you've been thinking about what journalism gets wrong or an idea that would make it better, now’s your chance to go after it. Apply for the next JSK cohort by Dec. 2. buff.ly/MGWiTwd

Our friends at @graze.social are looking for reporters and newsrooms to participate in this collective journalism project to amplify the real stories of the midterms. Take a look at midterms.graze.social#join and see how you can play a part. #Midterms #Journalism

“I feel like it kinda will all be okay…?” Couldn’t ask for a more ringing endorsement of a PfP Stakeholder Forum! 😅 Thank you to all our participants in Toronto! Look forward to writing the exec report and distilling action items for making a better ecosystem together. 💗

Today’s @protocolsforpublishers.com follows Chatham House rules but Christine Lemmer-Webber’s presentation requires a shoutout esp for calling AI ‘mansplaining as a service’

At #PfP✨Toronto @dustyweb.bsky.social talks about why technology is political

Sticker table at #PfP✨Toronto

Sticker table at #PfP✨Toronto

Now my fab colleagues @makeworld.space and @literaryarsonist.press are up talking about media provenance, with the help of a possibly fake Prada bag(!) @hypha.coop #pfp

As annoying as Meta’s reaction to Bill C-18 has been (see slide below if you’re not in Canada) I hope the silver lining has been that hyperlocal orgs like @thegreenlineto.bsky.social have built more innovative information ecosystems outside Big Tech silos #pfp

Seher Shafiq and @jakehirschallen.bsky.social kicking off the Toronto edition of @protocolsforpublishers.com talking about alternative tech futures.

Hearing about this very cool format from @thegreenlineto.bsky.social at @protocolsforpublishers.com !

@thegreenlineto.bsky.social’s Anita Li talks about hyperlocal journalism. Their action journey model is super interesting for connecting editorial to change in #Toronto

Tonight's the NIGHT! 😎 🥳 PfP✨Showcase! 👯‍♂️ (And tomorrow's the morrow I suppose… PfP✨ Stakeholder Forum! 🗣️)

Reddit announced they are winding down RSS feeds: "Because RSS is now a common surface for large-scale scraping and automated abuse, we’ll stop supporting RSS feeds on November 13, 2026 while preserving moderation workflows that depend on it through supported alternatives." Just another silo.

this is a test (and a preview of our @protocolsforpublishers.com talk!)

Next week is a busy one at Hypha. First up, my colleagues @makeworld.space and @literaryarsonist.press are presenting at the #pfp showcase on Monday evening: protocolsforpublishers.com/toronto-2026/

#PfP✨Toronto

Read this thread about monetization methods on open social

EmDash 1.0 is here! A modern, secure CMS, built on Astro as the spiritual successor to WordPress. Plugins run in secure sandboxes, and the distributed plugin registry is powered by Atproto!

New post on the @cosmik.network blog! A creative new use of @semble.so by @paperpilot.dev inspired a sequel to "Sensors, not Bookmarks" from the writer's perspective - the Connections you make on Semble can help your writing find its natural audience

Excited to be joining the Protocols for Publishers crew again in Toronto. Let me know if you'll be there!

We'll be facilitating these discussions, come join us!

I'm back at #ElevateFestival this week, Canada’s largest tech and innovation festival! Excited to be repping @mozilla.org where I'll be moderating a fireside chat on the AI stage tomorrow titled Open Models, Open Future: The Next Era of AI Innovation. #ElevateFest2025 #cdntech

NEWS! Anil Dash will be keynote speaker at the next FediForum Oct 6-7! Anil is a technologist, writer and activist advocating for ethical, inclusive tech. He'll talk about lessons learned working on open standards, community and what's to come. More details & registration:

V1 of our State of Open Source AI report predicted that whoever won tokens would win requests too. V1.1 maps how people are using, and even improving open models. The model layer is commoditizing as the fight moved to state. Whoever controls that owns the customer. https://stateofopensource.ai/

Woo! Starting to fill up! If you are registering for the Showcase don't forget to apply to the Stakeholder Forum.

#PfP✨Toronto Speaker lineup has been finalized! Come join us on October 5th and 6th protocolsforpublishers.com/pfp-toronto-...

@jacksonglidden.bsky.social did a great feature of yours truly for Mercury about my work with @graze.social - check it out!

Black Threads is now an official community. But, Meta *allowed* them to have it. Meta *owns* the community. @rude1.blacksky.team + @blackskyweb.xyz built w/o permission from @bsky.app. It's owned by the community, not a multi-trillion dollar corp run by a billionaire CEO who can't be fired. 1/

Come see us present our latest work!