Updates from the admin of Astrodon, a Mastodon instance for space enthusiasts, covering infrastructure changes, downtime notices and community funding. Readers get a transparent look at running a mid-sized Fediverse community, including costs and technical setup.
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Updates from the non-profit behind Bridgy Fed and Bounce, which bridge the web, the Fediverse (ActivityPub) and the Atmosphere (AT Protocol). Issues cover product launches, protocol roadmap decisions and technical write-ups such as cost optimization.
Essays and investigations from a filmmaker and photographer on the open social web, covering the fediverse, ATproto platforms and online privacy. Includes original reporting on W Social and step-by-step self-hosting tutorials.
A personal tech blog with practical self-hosting write-ups covering Home Assistant automations, Ghost ActivityPub setup and a Matrix TURN server guide. Readers get concrete configuration snippets and troubleshooting steps drawn from the author's own home and server setups.
A personal blog covering the Fediverse, digital privacy and self-hosting, with opinionated essays on topics like Meta's Threads integration, the Digital Euro and local AI agents. Readers get a pro-federation, privacy-focused perspective with some supporting data and sources.
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