Tyler Fisher

Tyler Fisher

@tylerjfisher.com

Founder, @euphonos.studio. Stop doomscrolling with @sill.social. Watch good NBA games with heatcheck.site. Used to work for a bunch of news orgs. Lapsed Philadelphian in 🇳🇱.

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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

So excited about the news and events sections of oso.social. Check it out!

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pourya.oso.social@pourya.oso.social

Last Friday was the soft launch of oso.social. Log in with your existing handle, or request an invite code to create one. Over the past few months, we've worked closely with the @eurosky.social team, @40verse.social, Robin van de Griend and @tylerjfisher.com to make this possible.

Working on a labeler and it looks like the bsky appview dropped its connection like 2.5 hours ago and hasn't resubscribed. Do I have any way to prompt it to reconnect?

the ringer: a podcasting company owned by spotify that publishes its video exclusively to netflix and has a website but puts its most premium writing on substack. i'm sure the partnership deals are nice but it's so shortsighted!

OMG! @aschweig.bsky.social this is incredible news!

Newsmast Foundation@newsmastfoundation.org

We're excited to welcome @aschweig.bsky.social to the team in a fractional role as our Head of US Partnerships 🎉 We're looking forward to seeing what he can do to bring news publishers across the pond to online spaces dedicated to them and their audience 🗞️

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Local news needs quick, flexible support to survive, and that's what the Immediate Needs Fund delivers. 🙌 Tiny News Collective just gave 22 newsrooms $5,000 each to cover urgent needs, from paying freelancers to intern mentorship. www.tinynewsco.org/tiny-news-gi...

tinynewsco.orgTiny News gives third round of Immediate Needs grants to 22 member newsroomsThese $5,000 grants will help members secure essential equipment, support an internship program, survey their audiences and more.

I’ve been helping build the new 40verse app. We’re thinking about culture and live events on the Atmosphere. How might we build social experiences around events that benefit audiences and organizers alike? Come check it out next week!

Sander van der Waal@sander.oso.social

I'm presenting "40verse pre-launch". Hope to see you there!

atmo.rsvp40verse pre-launchOn Monday 7 September, we will present the first version of 40verse at Garage Noord: an autonomous cultural agenda built on a open social network for the city. After years of technical pioneering, open social networks are beginning to emerge as a serious alternative to the platforms we currently depend on. In Amsterdam in particular, a broad movement is taking shape in which technology, culture and municipal policy are coming together to develop practical alternatives. Together with Waag Futurelab and the City of Amsterdam’s Innovation Department, we would like to show you what this makes possible. We would be delighted to have you there, not only as a guest, but also as someone who, from your own position, can play a part in what comes next. We are honoured that Deputy Mayor Van der Horst, responsible for Digital Affairs, will attend and open the programme. The evening will also bring together a broad group of people from across Amsterdam: large and small cultural organisations, ticketing partners, funds, knowledge institutions, policymakers and those who have supported 40verse from the very beginning. Programme 5:00 PM – Doors open 5:30 PM – Introduction by Deputy Mayor Van der Horst, subject to confirmation 5:45 PM – 40verse presentation ✨ 6:30 PM – The future of open social media and the Culture Coalition 7:00 PM – Drinks, demonstration and Q&A After the presentations, you will be able to create your own account, try out 40verse and continue the conversation over drinks. Practical information Date: Monday 7 September 2026 Time: 5:00–8:00 PM Location: Garage Noord Address: Gedempt Hamerkanaal 40, Amsterdam Background Amsterdam’s cultural sector has become increasingly dependent on a small number of commercial platforms to reach its audiences. As a result, our visibility, audience data and digital relationships now largely lie beyond our own control. During the pre-launch, we will demonstrate how cultural events can be exchanged between different organisations and systems through open social networks. We will also present the progress of the Culture Coalition, a growing partnership working towards a future-proof digital infrastructure for the cultural sector. This evening marks the completion of an important phase in the development of 40verse, but above all, the beginning of something bigger.

Paul's post sings the praises of the public atproto we as early adopters have come to love. Daniel's post demonstrates that spaces cut that access off as a fundamental tenet. I think it's great that we have both! I am curious if the public atproto dies off pretty quickly though.

I've been working diligently on my fantasy sports on atproto prototype, and as soon as the spaces alpha launched, everything really fell into place. Instead of working around the fundamental tension of a fully public network, I could easily match user expectations of a fantasy league.

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Community independence in action. Shout out to @rude1.blacksky.team and the rest of the @blackskyweb.xyz team for just being phenomenal people to work with.

Northsky Social Cooperative@transrights.northsky.social

Until our AppView is setup, we’ll be using the @blackskyweb.xyz AppView for Northsky users logging into it. This means that by using the Northsky Social App with our moderation you will be participating in community run infrastructure by Northsky and Blacksky.

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Our members and volunteers have been hard at work building out our services/infra and we’re happy to announce that the Northsky Social App is live! We’ve spruced it up with some features you’re going to enjoy. This is one more step in our plan to provide a community platform fully operated by us.

northsky.appNorthskySocial media as it should be. Find your community among millions of users, unleash your creativity, and have some fun again.

excited to tell youngins how i did backfill by hand and it took weeks, uphill both ways

Today we’re launching Bluesky Protocol Services, a new brand and website for the infrastructure Bluesky operates. And Jetstream v2, the best way for developers to use atproto at scale, now with network replay. atproto.com/blog/introdu...

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Today we’re launching Bluesky Protocol Services, a new brand and website for the infrastructure Bluesky operates. And Jetstream v2, the best way for developers to use atproto at scale, now with network replay. atproto.com/blog/introdu...

atproto.comIntroducing Bluesky Protocol ServicesA new home for the infrastructure Bluesky runs on the open network — including Jetstream v2 with network replay, a new Jetstream SDK, and a lex-based TypeScript SDK

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Very excited to announce that I am a @mozilla.org Fellow working on @blackskyweb.xyz to create community spaces on the open social web (e.g. @atproto.com) Personally proud to represent the ATmosphere as a part of this cohort and on a global platform.

mozillafoundation.orgRudy FraserRudy is a Mozilla Fellow who builds open-source tools that give communities more control over social media.
Mozilla @mozilla.org

A good tech future won't be built by billionaires. Meet our 2026-2027 Mozilla Fellows 🥳 10 global builders making the alternatives. More on their projects coming 🔜 #MozillaFellows mzl.la/4g6d4jh

i love the bike-first infrastructure of the netherlands. it's probably my favorite thing about living here. but admittedly, since i moved into a new apartment more centrally located a couple months ago, i almost never cycle. walk > public transit > bike >>>>>>>> drive, for me.

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Really ❤️ this Sill+ extended time range. Well worth the subscription. This is how news consumption should be. Publishers: Learn!

Tyler Fisher@tylerjfisher.com

Launching a new filter UI today that enables two new Sill+ features: extended time ranges (up to 30 days of aggregation), and saved filter sets. Check it out!

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🧵 Blacksky is looking to buy a server for $30k USD. We'd like the following specs or better: - 384 GB RAM - 80 TB NVMe; ZFS RAIDZ2 in 2 vdevs - 1 Gbps + 10 Gpbs burstable - at least 84 threads for the CPU(s) - Ideally somewhere in the eastern half of North America but open to North America and EU

Doing some investigation into news data on atproto via @sill.social's appview. The most popular news orgs that don't have an account tied to their domain are: ABC, BBC, CBC. Broadcasting companies hate atproto, you heard it here first.

It's all happening!

Leaflet@leaflet.pub

Next big thing for Leaflet: helping creators monetize! 💸 First step = paid memberships for your publications Next, exploring other things like one-off payments — tell us what you need! Almost ready & we'd love to find some early partners, please fill out the linked form if you're interested!

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Next big thing for Leaflet: helping creators monetize! 💸 First step = paid memberships for your publications Next, exploring other things like one-off payments — tell us what you need! Almost ready & we'd love to find some early partners, please fill out the linked form if you're interested!

lab.leaflet.pubPiloting paid memberships for the open social web!Lab Notes 035: building monetization features for Leaflet creators, starting with paid memberships — tell us if you'd like to be the first to try, and what else you need!