An A4 size page with a black and white image of a forest stretched across a hillside. Over the image, text reads: Building Trust in the Open. How Open Social Can Help Journalism Rebuild Community and Trust. Ben Werdmuller. For the Newsmast Foundation, ONA26.

Today is the first day of #ONA26 and we have something exciting to share...

Building Trust in the Open, written by @werd.io for the Newsmast Foundation. An in depth look into how open social protocols can help journalism rebuild community and trust.

Check it out below...

#Journalism

An image of Chicago river with a skyline filled by skyscrapers. Over the image is a black and white photograph of a smiling man wearing glasses. The text on the image reads: ONA26 Chicago March 30-April 1. Michael Foster. Co-founder and director Newsmast Foundation.

An image of Chicago river with a skyline filled by skyscrapers. Over the image is a black and white photograph of a man wearing glasses and a flat cap. He is talking animatedly. On his t-shirt Tŵt branding can be seen. The text on the image reads: ONA26 Chicago March 30-April 1. Jaz-Michael King. Commercial Advisor. Newsmast Foundation.

Next week, we'll be at the Online News Association's annual conference 🗞️

@michael.eurosky.social will be joined by @jaz.co.uk as they look to introduce news audiences in the US to the power of the Social Web through their own custom news + social apps.

#ONA26 #Journalism

Long-Form Comes To Bridgy Fed Up until now, Bridgy Fed has only supported the bridging of microblogging content. Even when we bridged articles from the web or from Article types in ActivityPub, ATProtocol-based microblogs would on...

Today, Bridgy Fed begins expanding beyond microblogging, starting with long-form.

If your Atmosphere (Bluesky, Blacksky, Eurosky, Northsky, etc.) account is bridged, all of your @standard.site publications and documents will bridge over to the Fediverse and the web 📜↔️📃

1/4 🧵

There Are a Million Fediverses, and They’re All Regulated We’re at a bit of a strange moment in the history of the Internet. Long-standing assumptions about platform freedoms and responsibilities are being tested by a wave of regulation from countri…

We're in a new era where platforms of all shapes and sizes are finding themselves subject to a growing set of extranational regulation.

My latest blog looks at the end of self-regulation and what it means for the open web: jaz.co.uk/2026/03/13/t...

Wales and Italy rugby players

:WalesRugby: :ItalianRugby: Match thread #WALvITA #M6N #6Nations #Rugby

What a year #Italy is having. Beat Scotland week one. Came close with Ireland. BEAT ENGLAND!

I love to see Italy win, I really do, and while #Wales have been showing signs of what's to come […]

[Original post on toot.wales]

Scotland appear to be trying to keep a very quick pace and disarm Ireland by keeping the tempo high, but it's costing them some accuracy, kicks a little too high, too far, not quite finding touch, but over the 80 I suppose it might turn into turnovers and penalties they can get a return on […]

This first half is typical Scotland

Best chance at a title for 20 years and it's errors all over the pitch and no drive/desire

#6Nations #Rugby #IREVSCO

Rugby players during a game, just moments after a lineout. Blue have won the ball, and thrown it backwards.

Half time at the Aviva, and it's:

Ireland 19 - Scotland 7

#SixNations #IREvSCO #Rugby #SuperSaturday #IrishRugby

Aaargh Scotland. You could still come back! #rugby

It's #SuperSaturday chaps. Three great tests of #rugby ahead.

You'd have to fancy IRE chances at home to SCO, but w. the tournament up for grabs could be a close game.

WAL have been physical in last few games & will want a win against ITA.

Can ENG lose 4 in a row, & FRA take home the trophy?
#M6N

Want to join the #Rugby conversation on the entire social web? Follow @ap.brid.gy and connect with fans on Mastodon and beyond. See you on the pitch! 🏉

Scotland and Ireland rugby players

Match thread #IREvSCO #M6N #6Nations #Rugby

#Scotland can win the Six Nations. I repeat, Scotland can win the Six Nations.

They'll need to repeat their outing against France and seriously thump #Ireland and England will need to beat France, but it's doable […]

[Original post on toot.wales]

And they do. Pinpoint kick to Roebuck from Smith, caught, sidestepped, over and down. Converted leaves us 10-12 at the half, could have been 10-5 but here we are, still a very respectable score and nothing to be taken for granted yet.

#ITAvENG #6Nations #Rugby

To those of you on Bluesky following our #Rugby commentary on the Social Web, you can see us but we can't see you. Follow @ap.brid.gy to join the conversation!

#M6N #6Nations #ITAvENG

Tŵt Cymru | Toot Wales App - App Store Download Tŵt Cymru | Toot Wales by Toot Wales, Inc on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips and more games like Tŵt Cymru | Toot Wales.

As some of the more eagle-eyed among yu have noticed, the iOS version of the #TootWales app just went live:

apps.apple.com/gb/app/t%C5%B5t-cymru-to...

If you downloaded via TestFlight, feel free to delete both apps (TestFlight and Toot) and reinstall from the link above.

Tŵt Cymru | Toot Wales The Social Web hub for Wales and the Welsh, at home and abroad. Clonc a chymuned, ymuna heddiw! It's #BetterSocial, simple as.

Ready to help someone move house?

New members can create an account directly on toot.wales via the app.

If they want a different handle/domain, send them here: croeso.toot.wales/en/server-di...

The goal isn't to lock people in, it’s to give them an all-access pass to the new Social Web.

(minor delay with iOS, stay tuned)

We've built a Social Web app. It runs on Mastodon but it talks to the entire open web - Bluesky, Pixlfed, PeerTube, WordPress, and beyond.

We’re connecting #Wales to the world, from Cardiff to Calgary to Calcutta. It’s a local identity with global reach.

Toot Wales - Apps on Google Play The digital cwtch for Wales and the world. It's #BetterSocial, simple as.

#Cardiff - what a night!

We wrapped an incredible launch event and the #TootWales Android app is officially live!

We built this for friends and family who want a welcoming front door for anyone who wants an easy option to poke their head in and see what's what.

play.google.com/store/apps/d...

Android users, you can go to the Google Play Store and download the Toot Wales app right now 🥳🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Twt Twt!

#TootWales

So many of you have already installed our new app and @jaz and our moderator team are providing support to help with any issues.

Two men and three women all wearing team toot t-shirts standing or sitting in front of a screen showing the Toot Wales FediWall. They are all smiling broadly. One has a rabbit hand puppet on her hand.

Thank you everyone for making our app launch a huge success, from (almost) all of Team Toot!

@seddon @alexisbushnell @TCMuffin @lexicaleigh @jaz

#TootWales

Who will we be seeing at the #TootWales party tonight?

We'll be there along with @Uselessgeneration from Cowbridge repair cafe.

#RepaieCafe #Wales

Those of you travelling by train to #Cardiff for #TootWales today, please be aware it is mandatory to say/whisper/scream "Tŵt Tŵt" as you leave the station.

Thank you in advance for your compliance.

Off to Cardiff for a #TootWales thing! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

screenshots of the new toot wales mobile app

Heading to the #TwtCymru event or only able to join us in spirit? If you see something that evokes "toot", "tŵt", "dwti" or anything Welsh, send something to today's FediWall with the hashtag #TootWales

And follow along with this self-updating wall of toots […]

[Original post on toot.wales]

Radio Wales Breakfast - With Oliver Hides and Megan Davies - BBC Sounds Everything you need to know as you wake up.

I just listened back to my BBC interview on air this morning, other than completely failing to say the words "toot dot wales" I think it went well, I'm at the 1 hour 43 minute mark in this replay:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002rp5m

👍

Cheers mate! Someone told me you replied here, but I didn't see it as your account is not "bridged" - you can see me but I can't see you. Luckily I have this account too :o) I will definitely check City Arms, looks like a winner.

If you'd like to bridge your account, simply follow @ap.brid.gy

Welsh social network Tŵt launches new app The Welsh social network Tŵt is set to launch a new mobile app.

It's nice to be in the Barry & District News, but until we're covered by the Llantwit Major Gem, we haven't truly made it...

www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/news/25882039.welsh-soci...

I'm adding a dedicated page to the Web site for the forthcoming Toot Wales mobile app to track known issues, describe the roadmap, explain some of the design decisions.

#WorkInProgress

croeso.toot.wales/en/help/toot-wales-mobil...