handle changed from loves.brussels to atproto.brussels to make it less schizophrenic maintaining this account 😛
Posts by atproto.brussels 🇧🇪
Yesterday Bluesky went down. @eurosky.social servers worked but we couldn't communicate as we don't have an app.
Our next step is to build everything we need to operate without Bluesky. We're raising €100,000 to build a European app backend supporting 100k+ users.
Let's do this
fund.eurosky.tech
Screenshot of Eurosky fundraising page showing amount raised: €5,226 out of a €100,000 target and number of supporters (282).
We’re fundraising to build everything we need to operate without Bluesky. Our €100,000 target will accelerate our goal of building a European app backend (Appview) and a microblogging app.
Since last night over 282 of you contributed more than €5,000.
Let's do this!
fund.eurosky.tech
👋 Welcome @atmo.garden @exosphere.site @airglow.run and @at.fund to our curated tribe of atproto apps!
They’ve imposed their twisted alternate reality on a large part of the public imagination (e.g. that migration is an existential threat to be feared instead of a human reality to be managed) and have managed to push out the true threats like the climate crisis, economic injustice, rising fascism…
tried login in but got a 500 (using @pixeline.be which is on eurosky). Will try again in a few days!
Let me guess: wordpress plugin contribution ?
sure! too bad they don't share the same lexicons as @recipe.exchange
Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.
An important message to my dear Prime Minister of Belgium Bart The Traitor @deweverbart.bsky.social
welcome @linkna.me ! 👋
👋 Welcome @freeqat.bsky.social, @scrapboard.org and @aetheros.computer to our curated ATProto apps catalog
"We need thousands of spaces for every scale."
Following up from the #Rebuild event last week, the group has published an open letter about European social media.
Thousands of spaces for every scale is exactly what @eurosky.social and the Atmosphere are about!
letter.rebuild.net
Did you notice ? That's The Spirit! has been completely redesigned and modernized... Find inspiration and motivation among our carefully curated selection of quotes 🌞
thatsthespir.it
This morning we’re over 3,000 strong. Invite codes are now arriving within 24 hours of registration. How many will we be by the end of the day?
I care very much about ALT text on media: it's about accessibility for (blind or low vision) humans using screen readers... but am pretty bad at it.
You know who's good at describing an image? Gemini-2.5-flash
try it out 👇
Screenshot of Scrapboard showing a search for "edwardian buildings" with many edwardian buildings showing in the search results
Are you looking for a Pinterest alternative? Are you a fan of Bluesky? Then check us out. We've integrated Bluesky search with a way to save images in boards that live on your Bluesky account. Just login and start saving images!
👉 scrapboard.org
Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.
Emails to everyone registered up to 3 Feb getting sent today :)
Dope!
Only about half of the folks we sent emails to saying their accounts were nearly ready went through the following step, so it’s possible many of our emails ended in spam - do have a look in your spam folder!
The subject is “Your Eurosky.social account is nearly ready!”
Can yall share your stories for your *very* first introduction to what the internet was? I'd love to hear how you wrestled with the idea of going to intangible spaces. replies or quotes would be great, I'll add mine later.