My kids tell me that i need to do video essays and not just interviews for my revolution.social podcast to take off... what do people think? Should i take a try? They also say that I work on 'boring social media apps' but that's them just being teenagers i think.

Latest episode of revolution.social is out. I sat down with author, technologist, and activist @Cory Doctorow. We talked about open social protocols, critiques of Bluesky, the role of science fiction in social change, and the future we’re trying to build. On Fountian:

Fountain: Podcasts & Music

Revolution.Social • Cory Doctorow on Escaping Big Tech, Privacy Battles & “Enshittification” • Listen on Fountain

Sci-fi isn’t about hypothetical technologies, but rather about challenging the social impact of that tech, says author and activist Cory Doctorow...

On YouTube: If you can, the viewer numbers on YouTube help me build an audience. I also need more reviews and ratings on Apple Podcasts

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Is this what they mean by a keyboard warrior? This is from the protests in Nepal against corruption and the ban of social media in the country.

It’s Father’s Day here in Aotearoa New Zealand and I’m spending it building the biggest Lego set I’ve ever seen with my daughter. 10,000 pieces.

Apparently the Wellington airport cart advertising is not frequently updated. This one announced Singapore airlines service to Wellington is coming 9 years ago.

I took my inflatable cat suit to #burningman and lots of people wanted to give me hugs.

What are other nostr app developers and relay operators doing with regard to the UK Online Services Act? Apparently there is no legal exception for open source or apps that are not connecting to servers you control or apps that are entirely encrypted and peer to peer. Basically they want us to KYC anyone they think might be based in the UK, and implement content filters. There seems to be no way to be in compliance in Nostr without limiting all connections to a single gateway relay the way Primal does, and with geo location, including blocking tor and vpn connections, and content analysis of all text and media. Basically insanity which is completely counter to the entire Nostr project. I knew there was some of OSA coming but I hadn’t paid attention to it. None of us want to KYC our users or build a content filtering system. I mean how do we know if a post is about a knife? Yes we can’t have content about knives! Or how do we determine who considers content hateful? https://www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/resources/documents/online-safety/information-for-industry/illegal-harms/illegal-content-codes-of-practice-for-user-to-user-services.pdf?v=391681 What are Nostr devs based in the UK doing? Users? Relay operators?

Don’t ask gpt-5 to make your graphs.

Bluesky's ATprotocol has implemented OAuth to enable new apps to use your identity via their hosted PDS identity server. Basically this is what you'd need to do in order to just get started building a Bluesky app... It's not easy and developer friendly the way Nostr is.... it's so complicated there are sold out 'masterclass' paid courses to just be able to login and sign events!

Tito

ATProtocol OAuth Masterclass Fall 2025

Master the complete OAuth implementation for ATProtocol in this comprehensive workshop designed for developers building on the decentralized social...

In the latest episode of revolution.social I talk to the co-founder and ceo of Substack, Chris Best. He is trying to navigate building an open advertising free platform, lock-in, and debates over what content they should or shouldn’t allow on their platform.

Is this where they keep the tiktoks?

Nostr is a commons, it's something we all use, some of whom make money using Nostr, but none of us own it. We govern it through formal and informal means, but without the thing itself being owned by an individual, company, or government. I sad down with David Bollier, researcher and author of many books about the commons to talk about social media protocols as a digital commons. And how a commons based open markets is the future of social media.

Frontiers of Commoning, with David Bollier

Rabble Evan Henshaw-Plath: How Network Protocols Enable Digital Commons & Open Marrkets | Frontiers of Commoning, with David Bollier

Evan Henshaw-Plath, better known as Rabble, is a pioneering programmer for social media platforms and decentralized technologies. Here, Rabble expl...

The Importance of Network Protocols for Commoning & Open Markets | David Bollier

And on fountain, which seems to be a little late in syncing the podcast: https://fountain.fm/show/ninjSpTel8YuRHtDAcEv

Revolution.social

We need to campaign against this age verification and expansion of KYC to all internet services in order to “protect minors”. View quoted note →

To everyone on the Pacific coast stay safe. Remember, the Pacific Ocean is really big soir takes a long time for a #tsunami to cross it. For New Zealand it will arrive between 1am and 4am. That’s 8 hours from now. There are traffic jams in Hawaii but folks should look for when it will arrive and plan appropriately. It’s not for a couple of hours.

I sat down to interview Kara Swisher on my revolution.social podcast where she is scathing in her critique of social media and the executives who founded and run the platforms.

I love how diverse the podcast ecosystem is... look at all these apps! https://episodes.fm/1824528874 I think this is something to aspire to for Nostr. We can have diverse open permisionless social media that's also easy to use and gets widespread adoption! https://episodes.fm/1824528874

The revolution.social podcasts first episode is live and there’s an in depth article about what we’re doing with and other stuff.

revolution.social - A Podcast About the Social Media Revolution

Join us as we explore the social media revolution and how we can build an open world for all.

TechCrunch

Jack Dorsey pumps $10M into a nonprofit focused on open source social media | TechCrunch

Dorsey's initial investment has gotten the new nonprofit "andOtherStuff" up and running, and he worked on some of its initial iOS apps.

My podcast, revolution.social is launching this weekend. The trailer is on YouTube: Apple Podcast App:

Apple Podcasts

Revolution.Social

Technology Podcast · Updated Weekly · A podcast about the future of social media and reclaiming our digital communities. Revolution.Social is hos...

Spotify:

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Revolution.Social

Podcast · Rabble a.k.a. Evan Henshaw-Plath · A podcast about the future of social media and reclaiming our digital communities. Revolution.Social...

Fountain and others coming soon. It helps so so much if you subscribe and rate it!

I've posted the trailer:

revolution.social - A Podcast About the Social Media Revolution

Join us as we explore the social media revolution and how we can build an open world for all.