@loves.brussels
An atproto Personal Data Server located in Brussels, Belgium. ATProto ? https://atproto.brussels Apps: https://atproto.brussels/atproto-apps Find your PDS: https://atproto.brussels/other-pds π§πͺπͺπΊ Π‘Π»Π°Π²Π° Π£ΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠ½Ρ, non peut-Γͺtre!
Did you notice ? That's The Spirit! has been completely redesigned and modernized... Find inspiration and motivation among our carefully curated selection of quotes π
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This morning weβre over 3,000 strong. Invite codes are now arriving within 24 hours of registration. How many will we be by the end of the day?
Is there an online demo somewhere I could link to in atproto.brussels/atproto-apps
I care very much about ALT text on media: it's about accessibility for (blind or low vision) humans using screen readers... but am pretty bad at it.
You know who's good at describing an image? Gemini-2.5-flash
try it out π
Screenshot of Scrapboard showing a search for "edwardian buildings" with many edwardian buildings showing in the search results
Are you looking for a Pinterest alternative? Are you a fan of Bluesky? Then check us out. We've integrated Bluesky search with a way to save images in boards that live on your Bluesky account. Just login and start saving images!
π scrapboard.org
Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.
Emails to everyone registered up to 3 Feb getting sent today :)
Dope!
welcome @wavemsg.app to the atproto apps collection ! atproto.brussels/atproto-apps. π
Only about half of the folks we sent emails to saying their accounts were nearly ready went through the following step, so itβs possible many of our emails ended in spam - do have a look in your spam folder!
The subject is βYour Eurosky.social account is nearly ready!β
Can yall share your stories for your *very* first introduction to what the internet was? I'd love to hear how you wrestled with the idea of going to intangible spaces. replies or quotes would be great, I'll add mine later.
Loosely related question I have about lexicons being tied to a domain. Domains are not free. So, say your lexicon becomes the industry standard and thousands use it across many apps. It seems fragile to me that the domain belongs to an individual and not a public entity. Is there a solution to that?
I want to do markdown right on ATProto. First run at a lexicon: putting it up for comment. What do people think? markpub.at
Some changes here: our website is now atproto.brussels to reflect better its atproto onboarding content.
(The PDS remains loves.brussels)
Introducing Ecosystem Action Research: a pilot program to address shared challenges in the AT Protocol ecosystem with a cooperative approach to strategic innovation.
By the community, for the community.
Sign up to participate here:
Screenshot of the PDS list at https://who.loves.brussels/other-pds Each pds has a URL, the number of accounts it hosts, and an indicator about registration: open, closed, or invitation-only.
Considering to change your atproto account's PDS? Here is a daily updated list of PDSs around the world, listing their number of accounts and their registration state. Find one that is open and geographically close to yours!
who.loves.brussels/other-pds
If you're interested in the future of the AT Protocol ecosystem and want to help shape it, please sign up to participate in the Ecosystem Action pilot program!
ecosystemaction.leaflet.pub/3mf324gisgc2e
Here is a tutorial explaining how you can setup your own AT protocol Personal Data Server (PDS) on a Synology NAS. π₯Έ
(That's where @loves.brussels is based )
So: Brussels finally has a government, after 613 days deadlock.
Next time, they could use www.agoracitizen.network
PDS by world zones USA: 1054 EU: 912 Unknown: 620 Canada: 112 Japan: 73 Oceania: 48 SEA: 27 LATAM: 18 Russia: 13 China: 7 Africa: 4
Trying to grasp the distribution of PDSes around the world. I experiment with reverse-ip geolocation (using maxMind), and I get this.
Do you know of a better way to solve that?
Do PDSes advertise their geolocation/ hosting country ?
who.loves.brussels/other-pds
given the plugin provides visual settings, perhaps a live preview ?
Good question: Some pds are totally open @selfhosted.social , some are upon invitation, some are closed, some have a waiting list @eurosky.social You'd have to explore!
US Rep. Stansbury: βThe United States government is engaged in an active cover-up of the largest [rape] trafficking [case] and influence peddling [case] in the history of the United States, and Donald Trump is right at the center of it.β #OpDeathEaters #EpsteinCoverup #EpsteinFiles
Note: right now, I assume your data is on a PDS provided by bluesky when you registered, so you'd have to move first, using a tool like PDSmoover, before disconnecting from bluesky.
It means that if one day you don't like bluesky anymore, you can just connect to another service (say @transrights.northsky.social , @graysky.app , @rude1.blacksky.team ...) and that's about it: your data hasn't moved, their environment have.
PDS = Personal Data Server
Basically, everything you do using bluesky and other atproto-enabled apps (like posting, commenting, likes, uploaded files) lands on your PDS, and is accessed (via the at protocol) by other apps you give it authorization to.
Here is a compiled list of PDSs around the world. Choose one that is near you, or in a country which supports your values.
Think of it as choosing web hosting but not for your website, for the data you create interacting on atproto.
613 days. That's how long Brussels has been without proper governance. Monitor and understand why here governance.brussels/en
Today, @bsky.app + @atprotocol.dev devs can plug into XMTP to give users what they've been asking for: quantum-encrypted, secure group chats that scale to millions.
With our XMTPID identity model, it's finally here.
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