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[v1.9.0] Combined front page, banners, DM setting, ActivityPub documentation
Crossposted from [https://gehirneimer.de/m/updates@kbin.melroy.org/t/848231](https://gehirneimer.de/m/updates@kbin.melroy.org/t/848231)...
This Week in Matrix 2025-12-12
🔗Dept of Spec 📜
Andrew Morgan (anoa) {he/him} says
Here's your weekly spec update! The heart of Matrix is the specification - and this is modified by Matrix Spec Change (MSC) proposals. Learn more about how the process works at https://spec.matrix.org/proposals.
đź”—MSC Status
New MSCs:
MSC4388: S
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The world needs social sovereignty
Elon Musk’s X platform has blocked the European Commission from making advertisements, presumably in response to the €120 million fine for its misleading verification system and overall lack of transparency. We’re grateful to Elon Musk for proving once again why the world needs to log off corporate-
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Trunk & Tidbits, November 2025
Hello, friends! Last month was momentous and exciting: we announced a new organisation structure; Eugen changed roles; and, we also announced a new path for donors to support us in Europe, thanks to fiscal sponsorship from WE AID.
Alongside these changes, we’ve also started a series of social posts
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PeerTube v8Â : manage your videos with your team!
Lemmy Release v0.19.14
What is Lemmy?
Lemmy is a self-hosted social link aggregation and discussion platform. It is completely free and open, and not controlled by any company. This means that there is no advertising, tracking, or secret algorithms. Content is organized into communities, so it is ea
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This Week in Matrix 2025-12-05
đź”—Matrix Live S11E17 Element X Android gets a boost
Today's Matrix Live:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=3Axa0Kw3XPI
🔗Dept of Status of Matrix 🌡️
đź”—Website & Content WG Report (website)
It's been a while since the last status update from the Website & Content WG if we disregard the rece
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Find us at FOSDEM
You might have seen our earlier post about the Decentralised Communication Devroom we are coordinating. This is one of the exciting ways to come talk to us, but it's not the only one!
This year we're organising a hackathon before FOSDEM, we'll have a booth during FOSDEM itself, and we're coordinatin
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This Week in Matrix 2025-11-28
🔗Matrix Live S11E16 – Connectivity Tester
Today's Matrix Live:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=tLcBSB-6Sg4
🔗Dept of Status of Matrix 🌡️
đź”—Retiring the Slack Bridge hosted on the matrix.org Homeserver
Thib (m.org) says
In an effort to focus its resources where it can best serve the eco
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Retiring the Slack Bridge on matrix.org
Bridges are one of the reasons Matrix is called Matrix: let’s matrix all the networks together! They are key to onboard new users into the network. However, maintaining and operating bridges, in particular to closed, proprietary platforms, is expensive: they need to be kept up to date with any chang
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Mastodon Joins Forces with WE AID
We are happy to announce fiscal sponsorship via WE AID, a German nonprofit organisation that supports charitable projects within an established legal framework. This move is part of Mastodon’s transformation.
This partnership offers donors tax-deductible contributions in Germany and ensures verified
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GoToSocial server for LGBTQIA+ people on the Fediverse. Server is hosted in Canada. This server has a post size of up to 5000 characters. Website: social.dykes.ca ⧉ Server type: GoToSocialLanguage: EnglishFounded: October 2025
The Future is Ours to Build - Together
Earlier this year, we announced that Mastodon would be transitioning its legal and operational structures to better reflect our mission.
Today, we’re marking another momentous step in this ongoing process as our Founder and now former CEO Eugen Rochko begins his transition into a new role with Masto
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My next chapter with Mastodon
After nearly 10 years, I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodon and transferring my ownership of the trademark and other assets to the Mastodon non-profit. Over the course of my time at Mastodon, I have centered myself less and less in our outward communications, and to some degree, this is the cul
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[v1.9.0-rc1] Mbin v1.9.0 Release Candidate 1
This is our v1.9.0 Release Candidate 1 (also known as a **pre-release**) of Mbin. This release includes security patches of upstream dependencies, documentation improvements, new features, bug fixes, design improvements, Docker improvements and so much more......
Boriken.social es una instancia de Mastodon para la comunidad boricua en el archipiélago y en la diáspora. El propósito principal de Borikén Social es facilitar la migración de más usuarios hispanoparlantes al fediverso. Queremos proveer un espacio ajeno de lo … Continue reading →
Mastodon Hometown server based in the Niagara region in Ontario, Canada. This server has a post size of up to 1500 characters. Website: niagara.social ⧉ Server type: Hometown MastodonLanguage: EnglishFounded: June 2023
The Gamers’ Tavern Blog Server
Write Freely server for gamers to set up their own blogs on the Fediverse. Run by The Gamers’ Tavern, providing gamers a cozy and safe home to play together. The same people also run a Mastodon server, a PeerTube server, … Continue reading →
Photo Mode Gamers’ Tavern
Glitch Pixelfed server for gamers to post photos and images. Run by The Gamers’ Tavern, providing gamers a cozy and safe home to play together. The same people also run a Mastodon server, a PeerTube server, a Write Freely server … Continue reading →
Lemmy Release v0.19.13
What is Lemmy?
Lemmy is a self-hosted social link aggregation and discussion platform. It is completely free and open, and not controlled by any company. This means that there is no advertising, tracking, or secret algorithms. Content is organized into communities, so it is ea
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PeerTube v7.3 is out!
[v1.8.4] Security Release, API improvements
This is mainly a security release with some additional changes to the API and improvements to the dead instance handling. Details about the security fix will be provided once all instances are updated to a patched release. The only affected release is v1.8.3...
Maintaining activitypub.rocks going forward
Hi all, this is Johannes Ernst, in my role as the lead
of the website task force of the
Social Web Community Group
in the W3C.As Christine just announced in another post, she is stepping down as the maintainer of
this site. Maintenance of activitypub.rocks is passing to SWICG.We are
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Handing off activitypub.rocks to the ActivityPub community
Hello everyone, Christine Lemmer-Webber here. I'm here to hand off
this humble website, built and maintained by myself but, to be honest,
not updated or stewarded nearly as well as I could have, to the
broader ActivityPub community and the
W3C Social Web Community Group
in particular. Which is why I
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submitted by ooli3 to politicalmemes188 points | 20 comments
submitted by Sweetpeaches69 to lemmyshitpost171 points | 34 comments
White House Backs Off 'Hostile Takeover' of D.C. Police
submitted by Stamau123 to news179 points | 31 commentshttps://time.com/7310140/dc-national-guard-federal-police/he White House has backed off plans for a full takeover of the D.C. police force and will allow for the city’s police chief to remain in charge after a judge indicated they would block the
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[v1.8.3] Federation improvements, lots of progress
With this release we fixed a lot of user concerns and federation issues. We also got rid of a big blocker in improving our federation features which can and will be actively worked on in the near future....
The application crowdfunding was a success!
App crowdfunding — Let's go live!
Flutter application development: feedback (2/2)
[v1.8.2] Docker rework, bug fixes
This release is a bit earlier than usual. The reason for it is our major rewrite of the docker setup. Other than that we have a few bug fixes and translation updates....
Pixelfed Launches Kickstarter: Building Ethical Social Networks for Everyone
We're thrilled to announce the launch of our Kickstarter campaign to support the future development of Pixelfed, Loops, and our broader vision for ethical social network...
Introducing Curated Onboarding: A Personal Touch to Community Building
Pixelfed is redefining community engagement with its latest feature: Curated Onboarding. This new feature is not just a way to sign up; it's a way to weave into the community's fabric by sharing your story and intentions on the platform...
Autospam and Naive Bayes: The Grandfather of Spam Filters Still Making Waves
In the ever-evolving landscape of digital communication, where spam seems to adapt and find new ways to infiltrate our inboxes and social media feeds, it's fascinating to discover...
Introducing Sign-in with Mastodon: Streamlining Sign-up and Login on Pixelfed
This integration offers a convenient and efficient way for users to connect their Mastodon accounts, simplifying the sign-up process, and enhancing the login experience on Pixelfed....
Introducing Import from Instagram
Bring your photos and videos from Instagram to Pixelfed, with captions and upload dates preserved.
Some (long overdue) site updates
Hello, hello... it's been about a year since
SocialHub launched.
This has been a successful community-run resource for discussing
ActivityPub development and its future.Since that time, a number of updates have been requested and suggested
of this site.
After significant del
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Let us meet on SocialHub!
In case you missed the latest and hottest in the ActivityPub
community, for a few months we have revived the
SocialHub
where developers, implementors, and anyone interested in the present
and future of the W3C Recommendation gather, discuss issues, and
collaborate with a kin
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ActivityPub reaches W3C Recommendation status! Everybody party!
Ooops... this post was written months ago, but accidentally wasn't
pushed publicly till now!
So... a delayed celebration to all!We're proud to announce that after a three year journey,
ActivityPub
is
now a W3C Recommendation!
Thank you and congratulations to the
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