jrollans.com is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.

This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.

Site description
These are the voyag... uh, things I post about.
Admin email
jrollans@gmail.com
Admin account
@jrollans@jrollans.com

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[?]Week in Fediverse :fediverse_light: » 🌐
@weekinfediverse@mitra.social

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[?]⚓💾 Tueddelmors 💾⚓ » 🌐
@reeeen@norden.social

Kleine Bestandsaufnahme: Von Mastodon aus mit Pixelfed-Leuten quatschen, Lemmy-Diskussionen liken, PeerTube-Videos boosten, alles ein Konto, alles ein Netzwerk, kein Algorithmus fragt mich vorher um Erlaubnis. Wenn das mal keine Zauberei ist?! Bei Twitter hätte ich dafür sieben Apps gebraucht und trotzdem nur Werbung bekommen.

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    [?]HiMY SYeD - littleFedi » 🌐
    @himysyed@littleone.littlefedi.social

    What will littleFedi's official-ish Plushie end up being ?

    Whatever it is,

    I want one.

    Or two.

    Or a few.

    | #littleFedi #ActivityPub #Plushies #Plushie #Stuffies #Stuffie #Stuffy

      [?]julian » 🌐
      @julian@community.nodebb.org

      NodeBB v4.16.0 — AP improvements, moderation updates, security updates, and more!

      Welcome back to another minor release of NodeBB, at a blistering pace after the last release about three weeks ago! :rocket: Here's what changed since v4.15.0, and what you can expect to see in v4.16.0. [...] [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

      Welcome back to another minor release of NodeBB, at a blistering pace after the last release about three weeks ago! :rocket:

      Here's what changed since v4.15.0, and what you can expect to see in v4.16.0. [...]

      ActivityPub Functionality

      As always, we spent quite a bit of time here improving NodeBB's AP support.

      • We now support sending and receiving of RFC9421 HTTP Signatures. Most of the fediverse is still on the outdated cavage-12 draft standard, so moving to the RFC is a step in the right direction
      • Split-domain webfinger handles now supported (from remote users)
      • Admins can now easily follow a hashtag globally. This means the instance itself will follow the hashtag (either via configurable relay.fedi.buzz or tags.pub), and automatically categorize content into NodeBB
      • Content Warnings from remote posts are now honoured, and hidden behind a <details> tag
      • Custom emoji handling improvements — custom emoji in usernames and topic title are now rendered faithfully!
      • Local admins can "bump" topics, and this shows up as an Announce, which is like a Mastodon-style boost
      • Chat messages can now be reported and forwarded to the remote instance
      • Activity sending logic was given a major overhaul so the site is more performance (aka less likely to keel over when someone moderately popular posts something)

      Moderation updates

      • Chat messages can now be flagged
      • Category privilege copying is now available via the v3 API
      • Admins can hide topic event types
      • Full name can be used in ACP user search
      • Post edit privilege can now be granted to groups
      • One-click instance-wide ability to disable notification emails

      Other

      [?]🏳️‍⚧️ Christin Löhner 🏳️‍🌈 » 🌐
      @christin@lsbt.me

      Kurzer Hinweis an andere Mastodon-Admins: Diese Registrierungs-Spam-Welle ist noch nicht überstanden.

      Bei lsbt.me kamen zunächst massenhaft API-Registrierungen mit Python/aiohttp rein. Auffällig waren Nutzernamen nach dem Muster bp plus 16 Hex-Zeichen und als Antragstext immer Automated protocol deliverability probe. Eine enge Sperre auf diesen User-Agent hat die erste Welle gestoppt.

      Heute kamen trotzdem fünf neue Registrierungen mit denselben Nutzernamen und demselben Antragstext. Der Bot gab sich diesmal einfach als Chrome 126 aus. Genau deshalb taugt ein User-Agent nur als kurzfristiger Filter. Er ist ein frei wählbarer Header.

      Die Requests laufen über POST /api/v1/accounts. Dieser Endpoint erlaubt Client-Apps, einen neuen lokalen Account direkt in der App anzulegen. Für OAuth-Verbindungen bestehender Accounts braucht ihn keine App. Auch nutzt ihn nicht. Sie registriert sich über /api/v1/apps, holt die Zustimmung über /oauth/authorize und arbeitet danach mit einem User-Token. Die normale Registrierung über die Mastodon-Webseite läuft ebenfalls getrennt über POST /auth.

      Ich habe die API-Kontoerstellung auf lsbt.me deshalb komplett abgeschaltet. Webregistrierung, OAuth und bestehende Clients laufen unverändert weiter. Wer einen neuen Account möchte, registriert sich einmal ganz normal wie bisher im Web und kann danach jeden Client nutzen.

      Falls ihr diesen optionalen Native-Sign-up-Weg ebenfalls nicht anbieten wollt, könnt ihr in eurem Nginx-Serverblock vor dem allgemeinen location /-Block Folgendes ergänzen. Das Beispiel setzt den in vielen Mastodon-Nginx-Configs vorhandenen @proxy voraus:

      location = /api/v1/accounts {
      limit_except GET {
      deny all;
      }

      try_files $uri @proxy;
      }

      Damit erhält nur POST /api/v1/accounts ein 403. Der lesende GET-Endpoint bleibt erreichbar. Danach wie immer nginx -t und erst bei erfolgreichem Test reloaden.

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        [?]🏳️‍⚧️ Christin Löhner 🏳️‍🌈 » 🌐
        @christin@lsbt.me

        Quick heads-up for other Mastodon admins: this registration spam wave isn't over yet.

        On lsbt.me, we first saw a flood of API registrations using Python/aiohttp. The telltale signs were usernames following the pattern bp plus 16 hex characters, and the sign-up reason was always "Automated protocol deliverability probe". A narrow block on that user agent stopped the first wave.

        Today, however, five new registrations came in with the same usernames and the same sign-up reason. This time the bot simply identified itself as Chrome 126. That's exactly why a user agent is only useful as a short-term filter. It's a header the client can set to anything.

        The requests go to POST /api/v1/accounts. This endpoint lets client apps create a new local account directly in the app. No app needs it for OAuth connections to existing accounts. doesn't use it either. It registers itself via /api/v1/apps, obtains consent via /oauth/authorize, and then works with a user token. Regular sign-up through the Mastodon website is also handled separately via POST /auth.

        So I've completely disabled API account creation on lsbt.me. Web sign-up, OAuth, and existing clients keep working as before. Anyone who wants a new account just signs up once on the web as usual and can then use any client.

        If you'd also rather not offer this optional native sign-up path, you can add the following to your Nginx server block, before the general location / block. The example assumes the @proxy location that many Mastodon Nginx configs already include:

        location = /api/v1/accounts {
        limit_except GET {
        deny all;
        }

        try_files $uri @proxy;
        }

        This returns a 403 only for POST /api/v1/accounts. The read-only GET endpoint remains reachable. As always, run nginx -t afterwards and only reload once the test passes.

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          [?]Will Lachance's Log » 🤖 🌐
          @wrlach@wrla.ch

          A couple quick notes on ActivityPub

          A few weeks ago, I made this site publish to ActivityPub (really mostly thinking about Mastodon, although as an open standard other software can consume it). Just wanted to write down a few notes on the experience for posterity. …

          Read the full post

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          [?]Fedizen ⁂ Fediverse News » 🌐
          @fedizen@mastodon.social

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          [?]tom s » 🌐
          @tom_s@chambr.es

          Threads mit Lücken – wie geht das Fediverse damit um?

          Als Admin von beschäftigt mich schon länger eine Frage:

          Warum zeigen viele entfernte beim normalen Lesen nur zwei, drei Antworten und der Rest taucht erst auf, wenn ich (in friendica als Nutzer) „Vollständiger Thread“ anklicke, oft erst Tage später?

          Die Ursache ist mir bekannt: liefert nur adressiert aus, was nie zugestellt wird, kann mein Knoten schlicht nicht anzeigen.

          Wie aber gehen andere Admins damit um? Ist das für euch eine akzeptierte Grenze des , oder justiert ihr aktiv an fetch_replies und max_fetchreplies_depth?

          Mich würde interessieren, ob die Thread-Lücken bei , , und Co. genauso auftreten oder ob ich das primär in der Friendica-Welt zu spüren bekomme. Bei Mastodon sollte es IMHO jedenfalls genauso sein.

          Wer von euch überlässt das Nachziehen der Replies-Collection komplett dem eigenen Server, wer greift manuell ein, oder hat einen pragmatischen Weg dazwischen gefunden?

          Eigentlich sollte man erwarten, dass die ausliefernden Server ihre Replies-Collection halbwegs zuverlässig pflegen, statt dass jeder Betreiber auf eigene Faust nachhelfen muss.

          Über konkrete Erfahrungen und Einstellungen würde ich mich freuen.

            [?]dimidodiano » 🌐
            @modiano@sueden.social

            Ok, people of , can anyone explain to me why it is not possible to somehow connect and . It seems a bit ridiculous to me that we have to that seem to work against each other.
            Links to posts or blogs that explain the problem a bit further would also be super helpful. Please share! Thank you!

              [?]wakest ⁂ [they/them] » 🌐
              @liaizon@social.wake.st

              Just finished listening to this interview with Eli Mallen (@iameli) of stream.place (from last year) talk about taking on Twitch in the open social web. He talked about his history in other protocol spaces like SSB and Ethereum and why he chose to work with and not
              devtools.fm/episode/140

                [?]Daniel Supernault » 🌐
                @dansup@mastodon.social

                Laravel + PHP gains a batteries included package for ActivityPub support, with both draft-cavage and RFC 9421 HTTP Sig support and the ability to extend every aspect, with before() and after() hooks for easy custom processing.

                It's quite amazing.

                I'll be tagging a new release this week.

                laravel-activitypub

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                  [?]FediBoard » 🌐
                  @fediboard@flipboard.social

                  The social web is evolving: into open, decentralized spaces no single organization controls. The Social Web Foundation is building a global town square that works for everyone: E2E encryption, GDPR-ready privacy, a healthier fediverse.

                  socialwebfoundation.org/

                    [?]Daniel Supernault » 🌐
                    @dansup@mastodon.social

                    laravel-activitypub, a batteries included ActivityPub package for laravel.

                    Soon will power @pixelfed and @joinloops

                    Shoutout to @FediverseSymbol

                    github.com/dansup/laravel-acti

                    laravel activitypub readme header image

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                      [?]Daniel Supernault » 🌐
                      @dansup@mastodon.social

                      Okay, laravel-activitypub is near ready to ship!

                      I'll be testing it with shutter, a single user activitypub server for image sharing.

                      laravel-activitypub test suite, all tests passing now 😮‍💨

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                      screenshot of shutter.social

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                        [?]Daniel Supernault » 🌐
                        @dansup@mastodon.social

                        Making real progress on laravel-activitypub, a batteries included ActivityPub package for laravel.

                        This will replace federation logic in @pixelfed and @joinloops and make it really easy to implement AP in your own laravel apps!

                        Laravel ActivityPub

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                          [?]Oliver ⚡ » 🌐
                          @oliver@microhive.me

                          I've just updated my instance to stable version 2.95 👍 🎉
                          You don't know Snac? But you should: https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2
                          A simple, minimalistic and well documented instance server written in C, no database needed, totally JavaScript-free, no cookies either, not much bullshit.
                          Loads of bug fixes and stuff I don’t understand, but which are surely important and useful.
                          Huge thanks to @grunfink@comam.es and all contributers!! 🎉


                            [?]Rolle Laukkarinen » 🌐
                            @rolle@mementomori.social

                            LOLA is a proposal for live online account portability between two ActivityPub servers at the request of a user. The goal is to allow the user to pursue the following workflow:

                            - Request a destination server to copy an ActivityPub account from a source server
                            - Authorize the destination server to the source server
                            - See the content in its new location after the destination server completes copying it over
                            - Optionally, at a later time, ask the source server to send notifications to followers that the account is moving
                            - Optionally, at a later time, redirect the content at the source server to the destination server

                            swicg.github.io/activitypub-da

                              [?]AndiS 🌞🍷🇪🇺 » 🌐
                              @andi@snac.sonnenmulde.at

                              That is just what I thought about an hour ago when I logged into my test account.

                              I do host my own single user server and want to keep it that way. I do have more than one account, but since I am by myself - my local timeline is useless. If I only could have geographically close messages in there!

                              This feature belongs into and not in one implementation of it!

                              Also pinging @grunfink@comam.es - maybe you're insterested

                                [?]Terence Eden’s Blog » 🌐
                                @blog@shkspr.mobi

                                ActivityPub - Is it worth defending against replay attacks and message/signature time skew?

                                shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/activ

                                Here's a problem that I've found with ActivityBot - my little ActivityPub server. Sometimes it receives messages which were originally sent months ago. Why does that happen and is it risky to accept and process them?

                                My tl;dr is that it probably isn't worth worrying about. But I'd love someone to tell me why I'm wrong.

                                Here's my thinking:

                                Causes

                                All ActivityPub messages should have a "published" timestamp in their body. Some will have an "updated" timestamp. That tells you, unsurprisingly, when the message is alleged to have been originally published or updated. That time might be very different to the time you receive the message.

                                There are, I think, three different reasons why a server might receive a message which has an out-of-date timestamp.

                                The first is that sometimes servers are just slow. Processing thousands of messages at the same time means that some of those messages take a while to send. ActivityPub is one big chain-mail so it can take several minutes for a message to be sent to all your followers.

                                Similarly, your server might be slow. If it doesn't acknowledge receipt of a message, the original server will try sending it again. Sometimes that can take a while.

                                Finally, some servers take a relaxed view of standards. They send an update to an old message but keep the original publication date. Ideally, they'd use an "updated" timestamp but quite often they don't.

                                For the purposes of checking the legitimacy of the message, you do not need to check when a message says it was published or updated. You might want to check it isn't an obviously bogus date like far in the future or impossibly far in the past - but that's up to you.

                                It is normal that your server receives messages which appear to have been published at a totally different time from now.

                                Is that a problem?

                                Probably not.

                                As described above, there are various reasons why a message may be delayed in transit - or may appear to come from the distant past.

                                What we can check is when the message was cryptographically signed by the sending server. This is independent of its published or updated timestamp.

                                HTTP requests to your server will have a date header which looks like Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:54:21 GMT - this is in the slightly peculiar and Anglocentric RFC 5322 format.

                                New style RFC 9421 headers will also have a signature-input header which will contain something like created=1788278061. That uses the slightly obscure UNIX / POSIX time which counts seconds since the "Epoch" of 1st January 1970.

                                If you convert the UNIX time to something more modern, you should get an identical value to the date header.

                                But that isn't always the case. For example, the RFC 9421 standard gives this example:

                                 Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 02:07:55 GMT
                                "@signature-params": ("@method" "@authority" "@path" \
                                  "content-digest" "content-length" "content-type")\
                                  ;created=1618884473;keyid="test-key-rsa-pss"
                                

                                Converting 1618884473 to normal time gives Tue, 20 Apr 2021 02:07:53 - a two second difference.

                                If the date and created values differ significantly - that may indicate that the message is untrustworthy. Or that there was a delay between the signing and the sending.

                                The spec says:

                                The Date header field value represents the timestamp of the HTTP message. However, the creation time of the signature itself is encoded in the created signature parameter. These two values can be different, depending on how the signature and the HTTP message are created and serialized. Applications processing signatures for valid time windows should use the created signature parameter for such calculations. An application could also put limits on how much skew there is between the Date field and the created signature parameter, in order to limit the application of a generated signature to different HTTP messages.

                                7.2.4. Choosing Signature Parameters and Derived Components over HTTP Fields

                                But, of course, it doesn't tell you how much skew is problematic. It's up to you how much skew you're prepared to accept.

                                So that's the difference between the sent time and the signed time. The next time to check is your own. As we've discussed, sometimes servers are slow sending things out. Would you accept a request that was signed five minutes ago? Five days ago? Five months ago? What amount of difference is dangerous?

                                Here's what various services and sages have to say:

                                Mastodon

                                The request contains a Date header. Compare it with current date and time within a reasonable time window to prevent replay attacks.

                                How to make friends and verify requests

                                What is "reasonable"? The source code suggests one hour.

                                Grishka

                                Time in the Date header must differ from the recipient server’s clock by no more than 30 seconds

                                A bare-minimum ActivityPub server from scratch

                                Evan Prodromou

                                static #maxDateDiff = 5 * 60 * 1000 // 5 minutes

                                activitypub-bot

                                SWICG

                                The standards don't give a concrete time window to use for this comparison. In practice, an hour plus a few minutes buffer in either direction may be a good value, to account for both clock skew and differences in time zone/daylight savings time configuration across systems.

                                How To Verify a Signature

                                Others

                                Without naming names, it looks like a bunch of popular servers don't check whether there's a significant difference between the date the request was signed and the date it was received.

                                Summary

                                Various documents and implementations recommend anything between 30 seconds to "a bit more than 60 minutes". Or they just ignore any date difference.

                                What's the right answer? What happens if the signed date is significantly different from the current date?

                                What are we trying to protect against?

                                Replay Attacks. Suppose someone is listening to the communications between the sending server and your server. They copy the message that is sent to you. Later they send it again!

                                At this point, you might be thinking "so what?" and… I'm inclined to agree with you!

                                What's the worst that could happen if you received the same message multiple times? Two things that I can think of.

                                Firstly, it might not be the same message. It is possible to send a new message but with old headers. An attacker could make someone post "I hate Taylor Swift" against their will and watch as legions of fans disembowel the victim.

                                Except, I don't think this is likely. The signature in the header contains a hash of the message being sent. If you are properly validating the signature, a changed message will have a different hash from the one in the original message. You don't need to check timestamps, you just need to check if the hashes match.

                                Secondly, idempotence. That's a fancy word for "pressing the button multiple times should only result in one action".

                                What happens if a user appears to send you multiple "like" messages for a single post? You only record one like.

                                What if they send multiple messages with the same content? Well, each will have a unique ID in the message - so you only post it once.

                                What if they send multiple anythings? I can't think of any ActivityPub action which would not be idempotent.

                                About the worst thing I can think of is this:

                                • Alice sends a message to you saying "I want to follow Bob".
                                • Mallory intercepts this message.
                                • You record Alice is now following Bob.
                                • Alice sends a message to you saying "I want to unfollow Bob".
                                • You record the severed relationship.
                                • Mallory replays the original follow message.
                                • You record Alice is now following Bob.

                                It's also possible the following could happen:

                                • Alice posts a message saying "I love The Beatles".
                                • You record Alice's message and display it on the timeline.
                                • Alice updates her post to say "I love the Rolling Stones".
                                • Mallory intercepts this message.
                                • You record Alice's updated message and display the new version on the timeline.
                                • Alice updates her post yet again to say "I love the Spice Girls".
                                • You record Alice's updated message and display the new version on the timeline.
                                • Mallory replays the original update message.
                                • You now display that Alice loves the Stones rather than Spice Girls.

                                Perhaps the same can happen with like/unlike, block/unblock, boost/unboost.

                                But none of that is significantly prevented by checking the date.

                                Ultimately, it is up to your sever to check the unique ID of each message and refuse to action any repeated messages. You may not want to trust the unique ID which is sent with the message. If that's the case, you can calculate your own - perhaps using a hash of the contents, the signature, or some other process which will generate an ID based on the message.

                                Putting it all together

                                Here's what you need to do to prevent replay attacks:

                                1. Independently calculate the hash of the message received.
                                2. Validate that your calculated hash matches the hash sent in the message's HTTP headers.
                                  • If not, this is a potential replay attack and the message must be ignored.
                                3. Verify that the signature received in the message's HTTP headers includes the message hash and is cryptographically valid.
                                  • If not, the signature is invalid and the message must be ignored.
                                4. Has the received message's unique ID already been processed?
                                  • If so, refuse to process it again.

                                I don't see what checking the timestamp of the HTTP signature has to do with anything. Someone who has access to the original messages and their headers could send them milliseconds after the original delivery.

                                I think it is probably pragmatic to give messages 60ish minutes grace before dropping them. Delays happen, but anything more significant than an hour might indicate a attack. But, equally, might just mean that the Internet is having a slow day.

                                If you are correctly checking signatures and hashes, I don't think you need to worry about skew between signature date and delivery date.

                                No! You're wrong and I can prove it!

                                Please tell me where I have erred! Stick a comment in the box or drop me an email. If I've made a massive or subtle mistake, I'd love to know what.

                                Logo for ActivityPub.

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                                  [?]Strypey [they/them, he/him] » 🌐
                                  @strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz

                                  I just added a new watchlist to the fediverse.party wiki, for CMS that have ActivityPub plugins;

                                  codeberg.org/fediverse/fedipar

                                  As always, if you see any gaps or errors, sing out!

                                    [?]Fedilab Apps » 🌐
                                    @apps@toot.fedilab.app

                                    RE: mastodon.social/@dansup/117246

                                    I swore not to speak about any more, but what is doing is great news for .
                                    Pixelfed already sends the location as a Place object with latitude and longitude, so FediHood can read it and put markers on a map.
                                    Local timelines used to mean one instance. Now they can mean people actually around you.

                                    [?]Daniel Supernault » 🌐
                                    @dansup@mastodon.social

                                    Places, a unique Pixelfed feature that allows you to add an optional location to your posts to make them discoverable by place!

                                    We are working to support custom places too!

                                    Pixelfed Places feature

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                                        [?]Holos Social » 🌐
                                        @HolosSocial@mastodon.social

                                        RE: mastodon.social/@dansup/117246

                                        I swore not to speak about any more, but what is doing is great news for .
                                        Pixelfed already sends the location as a Place object with latitude and longitude, so FediHood can read it and put markers on a map.
                                        Local timelines used to mean one instance. Now they can mean people actually around you.

                                        [?]Daniel Supernault » 🌐
                                        @dansup@mastodon.social

                                        Places, a unique Pixelfed feature that allows you to add an optional location to your posts to make them discoverable by place!

                                        We are working to support custom places too!

                                        Pixelfed Places feature

                                        Alt...Pixelfed Places feature

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                                            [?]Week in Fediverse :fediverse_light: » 🌐
                                            @weekinfediverse@mitra.social

                                            [?]Rimuru » 🌐
                                            @Tempest@burningboard.net

                                            Sharkey is generally no longer actively maintained. Much like IceShrimp, which shifted its focus from IceShrimp-js to IceShrimp.net, Sharkey is effectively in "maintenance mode only." This means it still receives critical security updates and required patches, but it generally no longer tracks upstream Misskey development.

                                            Sharkey's latest release: 2025.4.7

                                            Misskey's latest release: 2026.9.0

                                            I had to laugh when, back on January 13, 2026, they titled a release "2025.4.5 — We'll catch up, we promise." The release right before that had been 6 months earlier. In all the time since, they've only pushed out 2 security updates. They are now well over a year behind Misskey's development.

                                            If anyone has the time and skills, I hope someone builds a script to migrate Sharkey sites back to Misskey. Since Sharkey is a fork of Misskey (as was FireFish), it should be possible and is a smart precaution.

                                              [?]Terence Eden » 🌐
                                              @Edent@mastodon.social

                                              🆕 blog! “Scattered thoughts on social geolocation”

                                              I want to be able to share my location with my friends on social media. Twitter (RIP) had a way to attach an optional location to a post. Facebook still lets me check in to venues. But neither ActivityPub (Mastodon) nor AT Protocol (BlueSky) allow me …

                                              👀 Read more: shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/07/scatt

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                                                [?]FediForum » 🌐
                                                @fediforum@mastodon.social

                                                The EFF is promoting the Fediverse in an online event next week!

                                                We've put it on our community calendar: fediforum.org/events

                                                  [?]FediForum » 🌐
                                                  @fediforum@mastodon.social

                                                  FediForum Fall 2026 starts in four weeks, exactly.

                                                  Registrations and proposed topics are coming. Check some of what has been proposed so far on fediforum.org/2026-10/

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                                                    [?]wakest ⁂ [they/them] » 🌐
                                                    @liaizon@social.wake.st

                                                    Right after @berlinfediday is over, I am hosting another edition of
                                                    Berlin Federated Network Exploration Circle /
                                                    Sept 13th at 7pm at @offline

                                                    @pukkamustard will talk about their work on ERIS and give us the backstory on their initiation of the fediverse's FEP process.

                                                    @f will discuss his work on @sutty, a platform aimed at giving organizations and collectives the means to publish and host more secure websites. He will also talk about how they recently added federation.

                                                    Berlin Federated Network Exploration Circle
a cosy meeting of humans who want to discuss this strange networked world together


September 13th, 2026 (7pm) at Offline
✸ pukkamustard will talk about their work on ERIS and give us the backstory on their initiation of the fediverse's FEP process.

❋ f will discuss his work on Sutty, a platform aimed at giving organizations and collectives the means to publish and host more secure websites. He will also talk about how they recently added ActivityPub federation.

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                                                    Alt...Berlin Federated Network Exploration Circle a cosy meeting of humans who want to discuss this strange networked world together September 13th, 2026 (7pm) at Offline ✸ pukkamustard will talk about their work on ERIS and give us the backstory on their initiation of the fediverse's FEP process. ❋ f will discuss his work on Sutty, a platform aimed at giving organizations and collectives the means to publish and host more secure websites. He will also talk about how they recently added ActivityPub federation. ⁂

                                                      [?]Maddy [she/her] » 🌐
                                                      @maddyunderstars@aus.social

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                                                      do australian fedi conferences exist? I've seen a few but they're always at like, 1am aest

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                                                        [?]Week in Fediverse :fediverse_light: » 🌐
                                                        @weekinfediverse@mitra.social

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                                                        [?]Terence Eden » 🌐
                                                        @Edent@mastodon.social

                                                        🆕 blog! “A reasonably practical guide to validating RFC 9421 HTTP Signatures for ActivityPub in PHP”

                                                        If you're reading this, you've probably been hitting your head against a brick wall trying to parse and decipher the new HTTP Signatures sent by Mastodon and other Fediverse servers.

                                                        This is a…

                                                        👀 Read more: shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/a-rea

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                                                          [?]Fedizen ⁂ Fediverse News » 🌐
                                                          @fedizen@mastodon.social

                                                          has entered with support, allowing users to connect with creators across the . This means users can follow and interact with creators on platforms like and , and vice versa. Loops has implemented several technical features to ensure smooth federation, including a shared inbox, HTTP signatures, and smart content representation. blog.joinloops.org/loops-joins

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                                                            [?]The Real Grunfink » 🌐
                                                            @grunfink@comam.es

                                                            I'm glad to announce the release of version 2.78 of , the simple, minimalistic instance server written in C. It includes the following changes:

                                                            Hashtag following also allow URLs to RSS feeds of ActivityPub objects (like e.g. https://mastodon.social/tags/ThankYouTuesday).

                                                            Users can now configure a webhook to receive an HTTP POST for every notification. This can be useful for implementing bots that react to activities, like autorepliers, chatbots or interactive textual games (see snac(1) for more information).

                                                            The number of pending follow confirmations is shown next to the "people" link.

                                                            Faster performance metrics (contributed by dandelions).

                                                            Improved lowercasing in hashtags (contributed by postscriptum).

                                                            A search-by-url tweak for implementations that return 200 for invalid webfinger queries (e.g. piefed).

                                                            Mastodon API: added follow confirmation endpoints, fixed collisions in attachment file names.

                                                            Fixed potential crashes in attachment uploads.

                                                            https://comam.es/what-is-snac

                                                            If you find useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.


                                                              [?]Chris Trottier » 🌐
                                                              @atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org

                                                              #Elgg is getting an #ActivityPub plugin!

                                                              Now if you’re not familiar with Elgg, it’s one of the first ever open source social media platforms. It launched all the way back in 2004 and was founded by @ben and Dave Tosh.

                                                              I remember installing Elgg 15 years ago, playing around with it for a bit, and not doing much with it because there wasn’t anyone I knew who used it. So ActivityPub will definitely extend its network effect.

                                                              https://github.com/RiverVanRain/activitypub/wiki/Welcome#groups

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                                                                [?]The Real Grunfink » 🌐
                                                                @grunfink@comam.es

                                                                I'm glad to announce the release of version 2.70 of , the simple, minimalistic instance server written in C. It includes the following changes:

                                                                Notifications are now shown in a more compact way (i.e. all reactions are shown just above your post, instead of repeating the post ad nauseam for every reaction).

                                                                New command-line option unmute to, well, no-longer-mute an actor.

                                                                The private timeline now includes an approximate mark between new posts and "already seen" ones.

                                                                Fixed a spurious 404 error in the instance root URL for some configurations.

                                                                https://comam.es/what-is-snac

                                                                If you find useful, please consider contributing via LiberaPay: https://liberapay.com/grunfink/

                                                                This release has been inspired by the song The Answers to the Questions by and .