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Sebastian

@seabass.bsky.social

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Creator of the 3rd party Bluesky iOS / iPadOS / macOS app "Skeets for Bluesky" @skeetsapp.com Twitter/Threads/Mastodon: @seboslaw I'm on Germ DM 🔑 https://ger.mx/A6I-vUhA1CVOq_3Pk0H1AO0welSp_i-si5R93_WNOoc-#did:plc:ituoear7k6qx3smjfoxhufm4

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Sebastian @seabass.bsky.social · Oct 10

To anyone migrating over from Threads and looking for a native iOS / iPadOS / macOS app:

Skeets App 📱 @skeetsapp.com · Jan 18

@skeetsapp.com is a 3rd-party iOS / iPad client for Bluesky

Features:

- Muted words
- Bookmarks
- Drafts
- Text extraction from images for ALT-Text
- Rich Push Notifications
- Filters for Push Notifications
- Trends
- In-App Translations
- VoiceOver-friendly
- ...

apps.apple.com/de/app/skeet...

a mockup screenshot of the app Skeets running on both an iPad in landscape mode and an iphone

Sebastian @seabass.bsky.social · 2h

Yes! The whole day is avail here: https://www.youtube.com/live/KlO8ta86BMI?si=l-mz0JXlF6nW9YBu

The Future of Democracy: Speech, Thought, Sovereignty, and Power in the Age of Platforms and AI

YouTube video by Open Markets Institute

www.youtube.com

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Open Markets Institute @openmarkets.bsky.social · 8h

What is the role of independent digital infrastructure in European democracy? Join the discussion: Zuzanna Warso @openfuture.bsky.social, @cristinacaffarra.bsky.social, @butlerb.art at @proton.me, Sebastian Vogelsang at @flashes.blue, moderated by @robin.berjon.com
www.youtube.com/live/KlO8ta8...

The Future of Democracy: Speech, Thought, Sovereignty, and Power in the Age of Platforms and AI

YouTube video by Open Markets Institute

www.youtube.com

Sebastian @seabass.bsky.social · 4h

Wann hasenheide und ich komme hin!!!

Sebastian @seabass.bsky.social · 4h

Sebastian @seabass.bsky.social · 6h

Oh and @erikbugge.bsky.social is also here!

Sebastian @seabass.bsky.social · 6h

🤐

Sebastian @seabass.bsky.social · 6h

@booker.senate.gov also made an appearance. So did @raskin.house.gov and @alexandrageese.bsky.social !

Sebastian @seabass.bsky.social · 6h

Sebastian @seabass.bsky.social · 6h

Also in the pic: @robin.berjon.com

Sebastian @seabass.bsky.social · 6h

Representing both @flashes.blue and @eurosky.social in Brussels 🥳

A photograph of a panel discussion in a conference room. The panel consists of five people seated on stage in front of a large screen. The screen displays the title "PANEL DISCUSSION" and the topic "The role of independent digital infrastructure in strengthening European democracy." Below the title, there are photos and names of the panelists: Zuzanna Warso, Bart Butler, Cristina Cafarra, Sebastian Vogelsang, and Robin Berjon. A network diagram with interconnected circles in red, blue, and green is also visible on the screen.

The panelists are engaged in conversation. The person on the far left is holding a microphone and appears to be speaking. The others are listening attentively. The room is well-lit with overhead lights, and the audience is seated in rows facing the stage. The ceiling has ornate molding, adding a formal touch to the setting. The overall mood is professional and focused on discussion.

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Eurosky Social @eurosky.social · 2d

We’re delighted to welcome Catherine Tait as a speaker at #EuroskyLive. With decades of leadership across public media and digital innovation, Catherine brings a unique perspective on how decentralised ecosystems can strengthen democracy and public space online.

#DigitalSovereignty #EuropeanTech

Sebastian @seabass.bsky.social · 3d

Almost there…seems like proxying getPreferences is an issue.

Sebastian @seabass.bsky.social · 5d

epic!!!

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Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 5d

Cooking up an app-view 🧑🏾‍🍳

ASCII art at the Blacksky App View homepage

2421 evts/sec throughput

123 MiB/s inbound bandwidth

Sebastian @seabass.bsky.social · 5d

Sebastian @seabass.bsky.social · 5d

Nice!

bsky.check @bskycheck.com · 5d

@ec.europa.eu is the 16th trusted verifier on #bluesky

It just verified its first 5 users with blue check.

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Eurosky Social @eurosky.social · 5d

We're delighted to announce @alexandrageese.bsky.social, Member of the European Parliament for the Greens/EFA Group, as a speaker for Eurosky Live in Berlin this November.

#EuroskyLive #DigitalSovereignty #EuropeanTech

www.eurosky.social/eurosky-live

Banner announcing Alexandra Geese as a speaker for the Eurosky Live conference. Alexandra Geese is Member of the European Parliament for the Greens/EFA Group. Eurosky Live takes place in Berlin on 19 Noember. Further details available at eurosky.social/eurosky-live

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Eurosky Social @eurosky.social · 6d

We're very excited to that announce Heike Raab, Representative of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate to the Federal Government and for Europe and the Media, will be speaking at #EuroskyLive in Berlin this November.

#EuroskyLive #DigitalSovereignty #EuropeanTech

Sebastian @seabass.bsky.social · 6d

Plus, gestern wurde ins Spiel gebracht, Antifa als Foreign Terrorist Organization zu deklarieren. Dadurch hätte die Regierung wesentlich mehr Möglichkeiten, gegen Antifa-Mitglieder vorzugehen.

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Sebastian @seabass.bsky.social · 6d

I’m taking one for the team and will try this in the next @skeetsapp.com release. Hold on tight.

Sebastian @seabass.bsky.social · 6d

I’m taking one for the team and will try this in the next @skeetsapp.com release. Hold on tight.

Sebastian @seabass.bsky.social · 7d

In the old place this problem was usually solved by means of private lists

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hailey @hailey.at · 7d

an interesting note re: scaling image moderation. in the past 24 hours:

at least 500 thousand images in posts (not considering # of images, just if an image was in the post)
86 thousand avatars
500 thousand url thumbnails
58 thousand videos.

that's a lot to moderate!

Sebastian @seabass.bsky.social · 7d

So viel zum Thema Altersverifikation

arturo182 @arturo182.bsky.social · 7d

Is this good?

A tweet from @vx-underground from 2 hours ago

"Chat, we are cooked

Discord is being extorted by the people who compromised their Zendesk instance

They've got 1.5TB of age verification related photos. 2,185,151 photos

tl;dr 2.1m Discord users drivers license and/or passport might be leaked. Unknown number of e-mails"

Sebastian @seabass.bsky.social · 8d

To anyone not wanting this here is an alternative: https://bsky.app/profile/seabass.bsky.social/post/3m2mx4okmwmg2

Sebastian @seabass.bsky.social · 8d

To anyone not wanting their pics being scanned and revieweded by a clanker we have an offer to users of @skeetsapp.com and @flashes.blue: You can send us your photos via mail and for $12.99/photo we will review it with a set of human eyes, digitalize it and upload it to your account. No AI involved.