smallcircles (@smallcircles@social.coop)
Check out the new @bonfire Social release candidate. What a wonderful well-designed experience, and superb release notes!
https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bonfire-social-1-0rc3/
🎉 Congratulations to the #Bonfire team @ivanminutillo and @mayel for making it this far, through all that tireless hard work. And also to @nlnet and @ngi for supporting this important project. Future of social networking in the making.
To #ActivityPub developers, have a look at those great #fediverse #Interoperability docs:
https://docs.bonfirenetworks.org/federation-interoperability.html
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Edent (@Edent@mastodon.social)
Are there any ActivityPub / Mastodon sites running on TOR?
If so, are they accessible from the wider fediverse?
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nibushibu (@nibushibu@social.vivaldi.net)
Web 標準になるなら、すでに標準として存在する #ActivityPub 
を改善するとか、統合されてほしいなあと個人的には思うけど…まあ文化的に色々違うところもありそうだし、そんな都合のいい未来はこないかな…
Bluesky、“インターネット標準”目指し特許の不行使を約束 - Impress Watch
https://www.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/2052030.html
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objects (@objects@epiktistes.com)
Release v2.4.16 of Ktistec... because I forgot to include some critical code in v2.4.15... namely, the menu.
Changed
- Reorganize the admin menu.
If you're not planning on adding additional users, you don't need to update!
#ktistec #fediverse #activitypub #crystallang
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box464 (@box464@mastodon.social)
This is amazing news! Fedify has received a substantial grant for further development, including portability for fediverse objects and enhanced dev kits for ActivityPub. 🎉🎉🎉
https://hollo.social/@fedify/0199a579-adb3-7bf5-a8ea-970c8fa91f09
#ActivityPub #Fediverse #Fedify
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Rusty (@Rusty@cubhub.social)
Content warning:Decentralization/Bluesky/Fedi Rambling
The problem isn't ActivityPub (the underlying tech that drives Fedi/Mastodon) vs ATProto (the underlying tech that drives Bluesky), the problem is convincing people why they should care about decentralization in the first place, and why some of its trade-offs are actually worth it. 
ATProto will never be decentralized. It's not designed to be. 
It's built to make sure everyone's data is completely public so then it can be aggregated by centralized networks built from your data. While it can take in data from decentralized sources, the network itself (the interactions, the likes, the replies, the reposts) are all centralized to one network. It's why Bluesky feels so centralized despite claims to the contrary, because it is centralized. It's also why Bluesky will never have privacy controls, because it relies on everyone's data being completely public.
ActivityPub is properly decentralized, which is great if you want proper freedom from big tech firms, but a problem when the experience feels a bit disjointed. Fedi is awkward to join and to navigate, it's difficult to explain how it works, and, frankly, some of the servers in the network are run by shitty people who shouldn't be in charge of a server, but you don't know that until you join. 
That sucks.
The problem is that those headaches are worth it. We are immune from arbitrary ToS decisions, we can't be bought or sold to private equity, Trump can't come in and strong-arm us into giving a voice to Nazis, etc. Our communities are moderated by members of our community, we'll never have an employee who doesn't understand our subculture randomly decide to delete your posts, and we certainly won't have AI misidentify your post and randomly ban your account. We have really strong privacy controls because the network is built on them and not built on needing to suck up everyone's personal data.
Aspects of decentralizaton sucks, sure, and you're right to feel that they suck. There are plenty of smart people working on solving some of those problems, but in the meantime, isn't it worth having a bit of a learning curve in order to have proper freedom for your place on the internet?
#Bluesky #Bsky #Fedi #Fediverse #Mastodon #ATProto #ActivityPub #FOSS #Decentralization
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2025 (@2025@blog.mbirth.uk)
FediVerse Replacements
Here are some FediVerse-compatible alternatives to the current big player monoliths: MonolithFederatedBloggerPlume, WordPress with ActivityPub plugin, WriteFreelyDiscourse, phpBB, Vanilla, etc.NodeBBeBay, Gumtree, Kijiji, etc.flohmarktFacebookFriendica (with optional Bookface theme), HubzillaInstagramPixelfedRedditLemmy, PieFed, MbinSnapchatPixelfedTikTokLoopsTrakt.tvNeoDBTumblrMisskey, wafrn𝕏 (Twitter)Mastodon, GotoSocial, Pleroma, MisskeyYouTubePeertubehttps://blog.mbirth.uk/2025/10/02/fediverse-replacements.html
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destroying-autocracy-october-02-2025 (@destroying-autocracy-october-02-2025@battalion.mobileatom.net)
Destroying Autocracy – October 02, 2025
Welcome to this week’s “Destroying Autocracy”.
It’s your source for curated news affecting democracy in the cyber arena with a focus on protecting it. That necessitates an opinionated Butlerian jihad against big tech as well as evangelizing for open-source and the Fediverse. Since big media’s journalism wing is flailing and failing in its core duty to democracy, this is also a collection of alternative reporting on the eternal battle between autocracy and democracy. We also cover the cybersecurity world. You can’t be free without safety and privacy.
DA comes out on Thursday and is updated through the end of day on Friday. Then we start over. So take your time in perusing it and check back in over the weekend.
FYI, my opinions will be in bold. And will often involve cursing. Because humans. Especially tech bros. And fascists. Fuck ’em.
The Programmer’s Fulcrum is the future (and smaller) home for a fusion of Symfony Station and Battalion. Its tagline is Devs Defending Democracy, Developing the OMN.
You can sign up now and for 2025 get an email with links to and featured articles for each week’s Symfony Station Communiqué and Battalion “Destroying Autocracy” post along with their featured articles. And you’ll be set with TPF after the fusing.
Featured Item
Cory Doctorow writes:
(I just gave) my first-ever speech about AI and I wasn’t sure how it would go over, but thankfully, it went great and sparked a lively Q&A. One of those questions came from a young man who said something like “So, you’re saying a third of the stock market is tied up in seven AI companies that have no way to become profitable and that this is a bubble that’s going to burst and take the whole economy with it?”
I said, “Yes, that’s right.”
He said, “OK, but what can we do about that?”
The real (economic) AI apocalypse is nigh
Just adjusted my investments as these c^nts are going to drag down everyone else with them.
We start and end with good news to make the middle bearable.
The response to Russia’s War Crimes, Techno Feudalism, and other douchebaggery
The Guardian has a guest editorial:
Why I gave the world wide web away for free
LibreOffice celebrates:
LibreOffice turns 15: a celebration of freedom, collaboration and open technologies and standards
It’s FOSS News has:
Austria’s Armed Forces Gets Rid of Microsoft Office (Mostly) for LibreOffice
Framablog has:
Fin de Windows 10 : faisons le point
TechCrunch reports:
DJI loses lawsuit over classification as Chinese military company
California Governor Newsom signs landmark AI safety bill SB 53
BleepingComputer reports:
EU probes SAP over anti-competitive ERP support practices
Tangle says:
It’s time to embrace the tech backlash.
TechDirt reports:
Disney’s Stupid, Pointless Ban Of Jimmy Kimmel Lost Them 1.7 Million Streaming Subscribers
NPR reports:
Hundreds of celebrities relaunch a McCarthy-era committee to defend free speech
The Daily Northwestern reports:
Flock contract termination talks persist after cameras reinstalled, city orders cease-and-desist
404 Media reports:
404 Media and Freedom of the Press Foundation Sue DHS
The Register reports:
EU funds are flowing into spyware companies, and politicians are demanding answers
DIY Conspiracy has:
The Counterforce: Building a DIY Punk Infrastructure Against Corporate Platforms
The Evil Empire (AKA Autocracy) Strikes Back
404 Media reports:
ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day
The Electronic Frontier Foundation reports:
EFF, ACLU to SFPD: Stop Illegally Sharing Data With ICE and Anti-Abortion States
Mexican Allies Raise Alarms About New Mass Surveillance Laws, Call for International Support
TechPolicy reports:
This tracks for the Supreme C^nts.
The Guardian reports:
Starmer to unveil digital ID cards in plan set to ignite civil liberties row
TechCrunch reports:
UK government tries again to access encrypted Apple customer data: Report
The United Kuntdum is at it again.
The Association for Progressive Communications shares:
Pariah States
The Register reports:
Fake North Korean IT workers sneaking into healthcare, finance, and AI
Most HR types I have run into are stupid, but this is approaching ridiculous.
Hunt for RedNovember: Beijing hacked critical orgs in year-long snooping campaign
DarkReading reports:
New China APT Strikes With Precision and Persistence
BleepingComputer reports:
Dutch teens arrested for trying to spy on Europol for Russia
The Kyiv Independent reports:
Moldova casts blame on Russia for attempts to disrupt pivotal parliamentary elections
Big Media
Columbia Journalism Review reports:
The Pentagon Press Gears Up for a Fight
The Electronic Frontier Foundation reports:
Wave of Phony News Quotes Affects Everyone—Including EFF
NiemanLab reports:
Scammers are using video deepfakes of journalists to peddle products online
Kagi announces:
Big Tech
Open Media Network says:
The #AI bubble might be nastier than the Dot.com crash
The Guardian reports:
Leading UK tech investor warns of ‘disconcerting’ signs of AI stock bubble
Again, see the featured article.
DarkReading reports:
‘Trifecta’ of Google Gemini Flaws Turn AI Into Attack Vehicle
F-Droid needs our help:
F-Droid and Google’s Developer Registration Decree
Fuck Google.
Cybersecurity/Privacy
The Register reports:
Feds cut funding to program that shared cyber threat info with local governments
Tile trackers are a stalker’s dream, say Georgia Tech researchers
BleepingComputer reports:
Sendit sued by the FTC for illegal collection of children data
Ben Werdmuller says:
Your private data isn’t as private as you think
Fediverse
IFTAS announces:
The Social Web Foundation previews:
Cooperative Social Networks Berlin Fediday
The Applied Social Media Lab has:
Introducing the ASML ActivityPub Fuzzer: Improving Testing in the Fediverse
Great, great stuff.
Newsmast announces:
Building apps for social spaces
This is exactly the type of content The Programmer’s Fulcrum will cover. And we need more Fediverse businesses like this.
Mastodon has:
Bringing Quote Posts to Mastodon
Activity Pub for WordPress announces:
7.5.0 — Follow the Feed, Quote the Lead
Other Slightly Federated Social Media
TechCrunch reports:
Bluesky rolls out age verification for users in Ohio
The Social Web Foundation says:
The BlueSky Patent Non-Aggression Pledge is Good for The Social Web
CTAs (aka show us some free love)
- That’s it for this week. Please share this edition of Destroying Autocracy.
- Follow me on the Fediverse. Or this site via the button in the footer. Or via RSS. Or even our future home in 2026, if you want a head start.
Keep fighting!
Ringleader, Battalion
Reuben Walker
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#ActivityPub #AI #ATProto #Autocracy #BigJournalism #BigTech #Bluesky #Democracy #Fascism #Fediverse #IFTAS #Mastodon #Newsmast #StopChina #StopIsrael #StopRedAmerica #StopRussia #SupportUkraine #TechnoAnarchism #TechnoFeudalism #WordPress
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vga256 (@vga256@dialup.cafe)
in case anyone is curious about the underlying cause of it being impossible to migrate a mastodon server from one domain to another, this limitation is due to the activitypub protocol itself, which (simplifying for brevity) uses the equivalent of absolute/hardcoded URLs for posts
@silverpill wrote this fediverse enhancement proposal that would allow for relative domain names. given that it was written a year ago, and with the molasses-like development the protocol has, i sadly suspect it's unlikely to be integrated any time soon.
more here:
https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/src/branch/main/fep/e3e9/fep-e3e9.md
#mastoAdmin #fediverse #activityPub
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vga256 (@vga256@dialup.cafe)
in case anyone is curious about the underlying cause of it being impossible to migrate a mastodon server from one domain to another, this limitation is due to the activitypub protocol itself, which (simplifying for brevity) uses the equivalent of absolute/hardcoded URLs for posts
@silverpill wrote this fediverse enhancement proposal that would allow for relative domain names. given that it was written a year ago, and with the molasses-like development the protocol has, i sadly suspect it's unlikely to be integrated any time soon.
more here:
https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/src/branch/main/fep/e3e9/fep-e3e9.md
#mastoAdmin #fediverse #activityPub
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post (@post@activitypub.space)
@evan@cosocial.ca question for you — is there any guidance in the spec about whether id and url for a given AP object needs to be same-origin?
@js@podcastindex.social and I were recently discussing this in a related context (Link headers specifically, for HTTP discovery) and I wasn't entirely sure whether this was a valid use-case.
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display (@display@libranet.de)
I requested a public figure turn on #threads #activityPub #Fediverse bridging by finding a contact email address on their webpage and including this message.
Greetings,I'm writing to request that you turn on the fediverse bridge on your Threads account. This will allow me, and others on the 'verse, to follow your posts and updates without having to agree to Meta's EULA and give them access to personal data nor use freedom denying closed source non-free software that I don't want to.
They have instructions for how to do so here: https://help.instagram.com/760878905943039
Feel free to copy/paste if it makes it easier for you to do similarly. Let me know if you get any positive responses and any improvements to this general message that are made. Maybe we can create something that makes it even easier for others to do similarly.
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