Mathew Lowry
@mathewlowry.bsky.social
Australian in Brussels. Info architect, innovation, KM & content strategist.
Stuff I Like, Think & Do: https://myhub.ai/@mathewlowry/
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Building resilient social media
Next week I’ll be in Berlin, speaking at a Franco-German “Summit on European Digital Sovereignty” satellite event to help launch…
mathewlowry.medium.com
Next week I’ll be in Berlin for a European Digital Sovereignty Summit satellite event to help launch @eurosky.social.
So it's time to ask: what does #sovereignty look like in the #socialmedia space?
mathewlowry.medium.com/building-res...
So it's time to ask: what does #sovereignty look like in the #socialmedia space?
mathewlowry.medium.com/building-res...
This post appears in neither of the feeds set up, so testing again... #euroskylive
November 18, 2025 at 8:29 AM
This post appears in neither of the feeds set up, so testing again... #euroskylive
Reading an ode to #decentralisation as I travel to Berlin to talk about #sovereignty at #euroskylive2025
Big Tech "may have more power, but courage doesn’t scale with power. So now they act protective of their power, which means kowtowing to anyone who might try to take it away..."
#euroskylive
Big Tech "may have more power, but courage doesn’t scale with power. So now they act protective of their power, which means kowtowing to anyone who might try to take it away..."
#euroskylive
Courage Doesn’t Scale
It has been frustrating, to say the least, to watch many of the big Silicon Valley tech firms bow down to Trump and do his bidding, especially when it directly contradicts things they’ve said and done in the past. I’ve tried to explain to tech company execs why this doesn’t…
It has been frustrating, to say the least, to watch many of the big Silicon Valley tech firms bow down to Trump and do his bidding, especially when it directly contradicts things they’ve said and done in the past. I’ve tried to explain to tech company execs why this doesn’t…
Courage Doesn’t Scale
It has been frustrating, to say the least, to watch many of the big Silicon Valley tech firms bow down to Trump and do his bidding, especially when it directly contradicts things they’ve said and done in the past. I’ve tried to explain to tech company execs why this doesn’t end well for them, but it seems it’s a lesson they’re going to have to learn from… what’s that they say…?
www.techdirt.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Reading an ode to #decentralisation as I travel to Berlin to talk about #sovereignty at #euroskylive2025
Big Tech "may have more power, but courage doesn’t scale with power. So now they act protective of their power, which means kowtowing to anyone who might try to take it away..."
#euroskylive
Big Tech "may have more power, but courage doesn’t scale with power. So now they act protective of their power, which means kowtowing to anyone who might try to take it away..."
#euroskylive
PSA: Please remember today's mute words, everyone.
my beloved girlfriend has an inexplicable attraction to grotesque, almost supernaturally weird old men. guys who look like the adults from a roald dahl story. fellas who act like they were perhaps recently animals turned human through some unnatural bargain with the fey. not me though
November 18, 2025 at 6:16 AM
PSA: Please remember today's mute words, everyone.
Watching the launch conference here: lnkd.in/e7hkDAsR
Tomorrow, EU leaders meet for the Summit on European Digital Sovereignty.
This new brief by experts from the newly formed European Network for Technological Resilience & Sovereignty presents a roadmap for tech resilience though knowledge, investment, & productivity.
👉 bst-europe.eu/competitiven...
This new brief by experts from the newly formed European Network for Technological Resilience & Sovereignty presents a roadmap for tech resilience though knowledge, investment, & productivity.
👉 bst-europe.eu/competitiven...
From Reaction to Proactive Strategy: A Playbook for a Phased Approach towards European Technological Agency
Europe stands at a critical junction in the global digital and technological landscape, where its capacity to act decisively depends fundamentally on knowledge, investment, productivity and ecosystem ...
bst-europe.eu
November 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Watching the launch conference here: lnkd.in/e7hkDAsR
There seems to be a problem with this feed, so I'm roadtesting another one. #euroskylive
If you want to post about the @eurosky.social event feel free to use the hashtag #EuroskyLive
That way you’ll show up in this feed: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ooensn4mr5mhznzypvxelfa3/feed/Eurosky-Live
That way you’ll show up in this feed: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ooensn4mr5mhznzypvxelfa3/feed/Eurosky-Live
November 17, 2025 at 8:27 AM
There seems to be a problem with this feed, so I'm roadtesting another one. #euroskylive
Testing, this is a drill.
#euroskylive
#euroskylive
November 17, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Testing, this is a drill.
#euroskylive
#euroskylive
Just saw the worst ad ive ever seen
November 16, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Just saw the worst ad ive ever seen
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The EC seeks nominations for the ERC Identification Committee: 6 distinguished scientists who advise on Scientific Council membership. Academic institutions across Europe can nominate exceptional researchers via EU Survey. Deadline: November 30, 2025.
scadv.eu/aAaJck9
scadv.eu/aAaJck9
November 15, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The EC seeks nominations for the ERC Identification Committee: 6 distinguished scientists who advise on Scientific Council membership. Academic institutions across Europe can nominate exceptional researchers via EU Survey. Deadline: November 30, 2025.
scadv.eu/aAaJck9
scadv.eu/aAaJck9
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Very excited to be supporting @eurosky.social live event in Berlin next week. Open social tech futures in Europe, and how to do it, with a great crew of thinkers, creatives and technologists.
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 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Very excited to be supporting @eurosky.social live event in Berlin next week. Open social tech futures in Europe, and how to do it, with a great crew of thinkers, creatives and technologists.
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florence pew: thread
November 15, 2025 at 2:25 AM
florence pew: thread
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This BBC kids tv advert from 1998 is still very impressive and very lovely
November 13, 2025 at 9:56 AM
This BBC kids tv advert from 1998 is still very impressive and very lovely
The "Lame Duck-a-Lago presidency" absolutely had to become a thing. The calls for proposals for the best hashtag and best meme are not open. Deadline: impeachment.
Autocracy has one flaw: it’s brittle. Those who cling to it are usually the last to know their time is up. Welcome to the Lame Duck-a-Lago presidency.
Epstein files sinkhole widening under Trump, polls suggest the issue is a bigger problem than Trump wants to admit. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Epstein files sinkhole widening under Trump, polls suggest the issue is a bigger problem than Trump wants to admit. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | The Epstein divisions among Republicans are hastening Trump's lame-duck status
These polls suggest the issue is a bigger problem than the president wants to admit.
www.msnbc.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The "Lame Duck-a-Lago presidency" absolutely had to become a thing. The calls for proposals for the best hashtag and best meme are not open. Deadline: impeachment.
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Great post by by Mathew attempting to define Digital Sovereignty and then showcase how ATProto is well on its way to delivering resilient social media:
“huge diversity with protocol-guaranteed interoperability”
“huge diversity with protocol-guaranteed interoperability”
Next week I’ll be in Berlin for a European Digital Sovereignty Summit satellite event to help launch @eurosky.social.
So it's time to ask: what does #sovereignty look like in the #socialmedia space?
mathewlowry.medium.com/building-res...
So it's time to ask: what does #sovereignty look like in the #socialmedia space?
mathewlowry.medium.com/building-res...
Building resilient social media
Next week I’ll be in Berlin, speaking at a Franco-German “Summit on European Digital Sovereignty” satellite event to help launch…
mathewlowry.medium.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Great post by by Mathew attempting to define Digital Sovereignty and then showcase how ATProto is well on its way to delivering resilient social media:
“huge diversity with protocol-guaranteed interoperability”
“huge diversity with protocol-guaranteed interoperability”
I'm learning so much, and getting so much, from this podcast. Highly recommended.
Rabble is investing grant funds to support developers and conferences that connect Bluesky, Mastodon, Nostr, and open protocol projects.
Mallory Knodel, Social Web Foundation executive director, says this coordination (& focus on community) is what leads to better tech.
Ep w/ @rabble.nz out now.
Mallory Knodel, Social Web Foundation executive director, says this coordination (& focus on community) is what leads to better tech.
Ep w/ @rabble.nz out now.
November 15, 2025 at 8:06 AM
I'm learning so much, and getting so much, from this podcast. Highly recommended.
A journalist gets blocked by Bluesky, but her Bluesky posts can still be seen via @blackskyweb.xyz?
Understand this, and understand how Blacksky's showing Europe what resilient social media looks like: mathewlowry.medium.com/the-blacksky...
(Yep, still hoping to show on the #euroskylive feed...
Understand this, and understand how Blacksky's showing Europe what resilient social media looks like: mathewlowry.medium.com/the-blacksky...
(Yep, still hoping to show on the #euroskylive feed...
The Blacksky path towards resilient social media
A journalist gets blocked by Bluesky, but her Bluesky posts can still be seen via Blacksky. This apparent contradiction goes to the heart…
mathewlowry.medium.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
A journalist gets blocked by Bluesky, but her Bluesky posts can still be seen via @blackskyweb.xyz?
Understand this, and understand how Blacksky's showing Europe what resilient social media looks like: mathewlowry.medium.com/the-blacksky...
(Yep, still hoping to show on the #euroskylive feed...
Understand this, and understand how Blacksky's showing Europe what resilient social media looks like: mathewlowry.medium.com/the-blacksky...
(Yep, still hoping to show on the #euroskylive feed...
testing the #EuroskyLive feed again... (bsky.app/profile/did:...)
Next week I’ll be in Berlin for a European Digital Sovereignty Summit satellite event to help launch @eurosky.social.
So it's time to ask: what does #sovereignty look like in the #socialmedia space?
mathewlowry.medium.com/building-res...
So it's time to ask: what does #sovereignty look like in the #socialmedia space?
mathewlowry.medium.com/building-res...
Building resilient social media
Next week I’ll be in Berlin, speaking at a Franco-German “Summit on European Digital Sovereignty” satellite event to help launch…
mathewlowry.medium.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
testing the #EuroskyLive feed again... (bsky.app/profile/did:...)
Testing the #eurosky2025 custom feed
November 14, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Testing the #eurosky2025 custom feed
I stopped doing my "morning update from America" first post of the day a few weeks ago. Some Americans understandably mistook an Australian's sadness for a European, gloating.
This is sad, OK? Any humour is of a gallows variety.
This is sad, OK? Any humour is of a gallows variety.
November 13, 2025 at 7:20 AM
I stopped doing my "morning update from America" first post of the day a few weeks ago. Some Americans understandably mistook an Australian's sadness for a European, gloating.
This is sad, OK? Any humour is of a gallows variety.
This is sad, OK? Any humour is of a gallows variety.
Next week I’ll be in Berlin for a European Digital Sovereignty Summit satellite event to help launch @eurosky.social.
So it's time to ask: what does #sovereignty look like in the #socialmedia space?
mathewlowry.medium.com/building-res...
So it's time to ask: what does #sovereignty look like in the #socialmedia space?
mathewlowry.medium.com/building-res...
Building resilient social media
Next week I’ll be in Berlin, speaking at a Franco-German “Summit on European Digital Sovereignty” satellite event to help launch…
mathewlowry.medium.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Next week I’ll be in Berlin for a European Digital Sovereignty Summit satellite event to help launch @eurosky.social.
So it's time to ask: what does #sovereignty look like in the #socialmedia space?
mathewlowry.medium.com/building-res...
So it's time to ask: what does #sovereignty look like in the #socialmedia space?
mathewlowry.medium.com/building-res...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Reposted by Mathew Lowry
The @ec.europa.eu's strategy for DMA success:
1. Tech monopolies must comply.
2. Industry must build alternatives.
3. Users must switch.
So, no plan for the Commission to actually do anything?
1. Tech monopolies must comply.
2. Industry must build alternatives.
3. Users must switch.
So, no plan for the Commission to actually do anything?
November 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The @ec.europa.eu's strategy for DMA success:
1. Tech monopolies must comply.
2. Industry must build alternatives.
3. Users must switch.
So, no plan for the Commission to actually do anything?
1. Tech monopolies must comply.
2. Industry must build alternatives.
3. Users must switch.
So, no plan for the Commission to actually do anything?
Europeans, please take note: that whole American "privatise profits, socialise costs" strategy doesn't work out great in the long run.
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Europeans, please take note: that whole American "privatise profits, socialise costs" strategy doesn't work out great in the long run.
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I made a “how do you do, fellow kids?” joke to someone in their mid 20s who, it turns out, was too young to have heard of that meme.
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I made a “how do you do, fellow kids?” joke to someone in their mid 20s who, it turns out, was too young to have heard of that meme.
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
"Is that why you post there?" is the correct response.
Ben Shapiro tells Megyn Kelly that to avoid vile extremists like Nick Fuentes “the first thing people need to do is turn off X, which is poisoning brains and making people think not true things.” Yet, Shapiro continues to post there, often multiple times a day. youtu.be/tprng5mObQg?...
Ben Shapiro Responds to Tucker Carlson, Plus Sydney Sweeney and Newsom, with Knowles and Klavan
YouTube video by Megyn Kelly
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 7:34 AM
"Is that why you post there?" is the correct response.
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...