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Freddie Johnson

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Ambassador for the non-profit Newsmast Foundation, towards a social media that works.

For more --> @newsmast.bsky.social & www.newsmastfoundation.org/

Chat to me about the social web, dogs, comics, history & politics.


Freddie Johnson's avatar Freddie Johnson @freddiejohnson.bsky.social
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A local!

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Introducing Patchwork. An innovative space between servers and apps: making space for making spaces. Our contribution to finishing building the #Fediverse.

Patches open up the space. Hubs populate it. Channels deliver content. And Hooks give any app access.

www.blog-pat.ch/we-need-to-f...

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Freddie Johnson's avatar Freddie Johnson @freddiejohnson.bsky.social
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Inspired by recent conversations with Fedi folks, I thought I'd work something up 🖋️ How do we define the Fediverse? And if it is possible to establish even half an answer, where does that take us? If not towards organisation what is the Fediverse's future really? Hope to get it up somewhere soon.

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Freddie Johnson's avatar Freddie Johnson @freddiejohnson.bsky.social
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Cool! Will it be livestreamed? Please can you give @ap.brid.gy a follow so the astro community on Mastodon & the wider social web can connect?

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Freddie Johnson's avatar Freddie Johnson @freddiejohnson.bsky.social
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Classic 🙄 Any chance you could give @ap.brid.gy a follow so you can network with climate activists on Mastodon & the wider social web? Thanks!

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Freddie Johnson's avatar Freddie Johnson @freddiejohnson.bsky.social
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I wish Starmer had shut this down sooner, typically dirty behaviour from the usual suspects. I really like your reporting @adambienkov.bsky.social, just wondering if you could give @ap.brid.gy a follow so it can be shared on Mastodon & the wider social web? Thanks!

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Freddie Johnson's avatar Freddie Johnson @freddiejohnson.bsky.social
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Wait until you see what we've got coming tomorrow 😏 Thanks for the S/O!

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Freddie Johnson's avatar Freddie Johnson @freddiejohnson.bsky.social
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The social web is an internet rewilding project - with all the excitement & clutter that goes along with it. I'm looking forward to the upcoming FediDevs Network meet to catch up on all the cool projects coming together to heal our digital commons.

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Freddie Johnson's avatar Freddie Johnson @freddiejohnson.bsky.social
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Meanwhile the end user market is a hyper competitive churn, often poorly secured, creating inroads for bad actors. Standardisation without monopolisation would help clear up the mess!

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Freddie Johnson's avatar Freddie Johnson @freddiejohnson.bsky.social
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Core infrastructure is monopolised by big tech but people put a premium on ease of use - they don't want to think about what search engine their browser uses 🔍

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Freddie Johnson's avatar Freddie Johnson @freddiejohnson.bsky.social
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That's cool - I don't know much about the Chinese space programme so thanks for this! Any chance you could follow @ap.brid.gy so your posts can be shared with the astro community on Mastodon & the social web? Thanks!

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Freddie Johnson's avatar Freddie Johnson @freddiejohnson.bsky.social
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Wow, this is absolutely stunning. Any chance you can follow @ap.brid.gy so I can share these with the astro community over there? Thanks!

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Freddie Johnson's avatar Freddie Johnson @freddiejohnson.bsky.social
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Yes I appreciate its quite a lot 😅 So, once you've followed @ap.brid.gy, everything you post on Bluesky will also be posted on Mastodon so no need to do anything else, but if you want to be sure your posts about space reach a bigger audience there then #space & #astrodon will help.

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Freddie Johnson's avatar Freddie Johnson @freddiejohnson.bsky.social
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...but as you contribute, people will be encouraged to bridge so they can interact with you. Its a pretty new idea (people interacting between platforms) so its taking a bit of time for people to fully adopt the idea. Thanks for being an early adopter!

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Freddie Johnson's avatar Freddie Johnson @freddiejohnson.bsky.social
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Now your account is bridged, we can add you to the Space community and boost your Bluesky account from our main account. You could also use # like #space or #astrodon so your posts will get picked up by people using those #. You won't be able to see their posts unless they're also bridged...

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Freddie Johnson's avatar Freddie Johnson @freddiejohnson.bsky.social
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Hi Carolyn, so there are a couple, including astrodon but there are others including the Newsmast Space community which we run. Tbh, its tricky to move over completely without setting up a new account on Mastodon itself (we're working on it!)

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Freddie Johnson's avatar Freddie Johnson @freddiejohnson.bsky.social
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This is a great short hand for how swathes of people engage with politics by mixing it in with relentless chat. Btw, if you haven't already, you can reach a bunch of us election watchers on Mastodon & the social web by following @ap.brid.gy

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Freddie Johnson's avatar Freddie Johnson @freddiejohnson.bsky.social
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Sounds interesting! There's a lively community of philosophers on Mastodon & the wider social web, it'd be great to share with them too. Can you follow @ap.brid.gy to do this please?

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Freddie Johnson's avatar Freddie Johnson @freddiejohnson.bsky.social
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Feels like that this side of the Atlantic too! Any chance you could follow @ap.brid.gy so I can share with disaffected youth on Mastodon & the social web please?

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Freddie Johnson's avatar Freddie Johnson @freddiejohnson.bsky.social
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Any chance you can follow @ap.brid.gy so we can share this with Academic and Philosophy communities on Mastodon & the social web?

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Freddie Johnson's avatar Freddie Johnson @freddiejohnson.bsky.social
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Good read - hard to keep track of all the cases Trump is going through at the moment. Please can you give @ap.brid.gy a follow, it'd be great to share your posts with folks on Mastodon & the Fediverse - there's a big audience for US current affairs over there.

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Freddie Johnson's avatar Freddie Johnson @freddiejohnson.bsky.social
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Big fan of The Conversation, and thoughtful takes on AI. There is a big crowd on Mastodon & the social web who would really benefit from your work. Please can you give @ap.brid.gy a follow and you'll be able to reach them there too!

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Freddie Johnson's avatar Freddie Johnson @freddiejohnson.bsky.social
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Hi! Any chance you could give @ap.brid.gy a follow please? There's a super active astronomy community on Mastodon and the social web that would be really interested to see your posts!

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Freddie Johnson's avatar Freddie Johnson @freddiejohnson.bsky.social
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No worries - it sometimes takes a minute to catch up with itself but I've found your bsky account there now so looks like it was just a hiccup!

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Freddie Johnson's avatar Freddie Johnson @freddiejohnson.bsky.social
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Thanks for the tip! He's super active here so it'd be great to make it sharable on Fedi as well though!

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Freddie Johnson's avatar Freddie Johnson @freddiejohnson.bsky.social
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Not only is Rish bad at politics. Not only is his team bad at politics. They have a reputation for being bad at politics. Now every hack, pol nerd and journo with social media is queuing up to dunk on every tiny detail, aided and abetted by a gleeful press 🍿 🍿 🍿

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Freddie Johnson's avatar Freddie Johnson @freddiejohnson.bsky.social
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Grim topic. My wife is a cyber sec expert, I'm sure she'll appreciate this. Any chance you can follow @ap.brid.gy so I can share it with folks on Mastodon & the wider social web as well?

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Freddie Johnson's avatar Freddie Johnson @freddiejohnson.bsky.social
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That sounds like an interesting watch, thanks! Any chance you could follow @ap.brid.gy so I can share it with political science nerds on Mastodon & the social web?

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Freddie Johnson's avatar Freddie Johnson @freddiejohnson.bsky.social
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Hi Chris, I really enjoy your coverage of GOP shenanigans on the Supreme Court, it'd be great to share your reporting with people on Mastodon & the social web especially as the election year continues to build. Any chance you could follow @ap.brid.gy to make thi happen please?

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The Bridge to the Fediverse is here & there's a whole amazing community of photographers who would love to see your work 📷

Just follow @ap.brid.gy and you're done - it's that easy.

We run a #Photography Community there and will happily share your work!

Repost this so more people can get onboard 🧡

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Freddie Johnson's avatar Freddie Johnson @freddiejohnson.bsky.social
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🥳 Thank god, some good climate news! It'd be great to share your chart with climate activists on Mastodon & the social web. Any chance you could follow @ap.brid.gy so I can repost it over there?

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Freddie Johnson's avatar Freddie Johnson @freddiejohnson.bsky.social
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Looked pretty funny to be fair. Any chance you could follow @ap.brid.gy btw? There's a thriving community of amateur astronomers on Mastodon & the social web who would love to see your posts!

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Freddie Johnson's avatar Freddie Johnson @freddiejohnson.bsky.social
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Getting flashbacks to my MA dissertation on the political economy of finance & climate change. It'd be great to share this with other climate activists on Mastodon & the social web. All you need to do to reach us over there is follow @ap.brid.gy!

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Freddie Johnson's avatar Freddie Johnson @freddiejohnson.bsky.social
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Ah cool, that'll sort it 🙄 Wish we had serious solutions for serious times. Any chance you could follow @ap.brid.gy and share your posts with Mastodon & the wider social web? There are loads of other climate activists who I'd like to share this with.

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Great news for Bluesky & the Fediverse!

Thanks to our friend @snarfed.org, you can now join the wider social web by following @ap.brid.gy, opening up the bridge to the Fediverse.

We’d love to see you there and a lot of other people will too.

Any questions, feel free to get in touch! #Bsky

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Freddie Johnson's avatar Freddie Johnson @freddiejohnson.bsky.social
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Stunning! Thanks for sharing this. There is a really active community of space enthusiasts on Mastodon who would love this. If you follow @ap.brid.gy then you can share it with them as well! Thanks!

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A typically chaotic day in British politics. With a #GeneralElection set for July 4th we're ready for fresh energy 🥂

We exist to promote Fedi & the social web so we'll be paying close attention to digital policy moves and how we can raise awareness of the social web, whatever the result. #Politics

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Freddie Johnson's avatar Freddie Johnson @freddiejohnson.bsky.social
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Looks super interesting. I'm a bit behind on German politics so this will be great to catch up. Btw, there are plenty of European politics nerds on Mastodon & the social web. If you follow @ap.brid.gy you'll be able to reach us there too!

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The social web brings together experts across the world who believe in decentralised and democratic social media. 

Safer, friendlier, and you’re in control. What’s not to love?

We’re excited that Bluesky is a part of it. #SocialMedia #Democracy #OnlineSafety

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Just sent to me. Don’t know origin.

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Freddie Johnson's avatar Freddie Johnson @freddiejohnson.bsky.social
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It's weird this misconception is so widespread this far into his term. A triumph for vibes based politics.

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Freddie Johnson's avatar Freddie Johnson @freddiejohnson.bsky.social
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Here in the UK it took us 10 years to build a stair case. I miss states that do things. Btw, can you give @ap.brid.gy a follow please? It’d be great to share your posts with other climate activists on Mastodon & the social web. If you like this post, we’ll give you a boost & recommend you!

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Freddie Johnson's avatar Freddie Johnson @freddiejohnson.bsky.social
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Hi! Could you give @ap.brid.gy a follow please? It’d be great to share your posts with folk on Mastodon & the social web. If you like this post, we’ll give you a boost & recommend you!

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