ReadSourcesas of 2026-10-31
- Policing Halloween costumes won’t eliminate hate on campus
Halloween costume warnings may be well-intentioned, but they chill student expression without eliminating hate or making campuses more welcoming.
- This Week in Matrix 2026-10-30
🔗 Matrix Live - The Matrix State of the Union Today's Matrix Live: https://youtube.com/watch?v=U5LRRNgvTZE 🔗 Dept of Events and Talks 🗣️ Andy P says We've wrapped up The Matrix Conference for this year! We've dedicated this week's Matrix Live slot to bring you The Matrix Stat…
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- The Matrix Conference 2026: Our biggest edition yet
More than 340 attendees, exciting next-generation features ready to ship, Matrix powering more and more government communications, practical updates from the community, and the occasional shark: dispatches from Malmö 2026! "Matrix has gone from being an interesting experiment to…
- Introducing the moderation inbox
Starting today, the moderation inbox is available in beta in the Bluesky app.
- FIRE calls on 20 Washington cities to end censorship of social media comments
FIRE urged 20 Washington cities — from Seattle to Spokane Valley — to eliminate unconstitutional restrictions that regulate citizens’ comments on the cities’ social media pages.
- So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast
So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast takes an uncensored look at the world of free expression through the law, philosophy, and stories that define your right to free speech. Hosted by FIRE's Nico Perrino. New episodes post every other week.
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- Open Social Groups — the Vision
Showcasing the full vision for Open Social Groups, from the Spaces blog series
- FOSDEM 2027 – Social Web Devroom – Call For Participation
The Social Web Foundation is pleased to announce the Social Web Devroom at FOSDEM 2027, and invite participants to submit proposals for talks for the event. FOSDEM is an exciting free and open source software event in Brussels, Belgium that brings together thousands of enthusias…
- Labour backlash over Conversion Practices Bill as former health minister raises 'serious concerns' about risk of parents being prosecuted
A former Labour health minister has warned that the Government's draft Conversion Practices Bill could see parents prosecuted for cautious, loving conversations with gender-questioning children — a concern now echoed across party lines.
- Burnham accuses political rivals of 'unacceptable' language as Rayner prepares to appoint an 'anti-Muslim hostility' tsar
Andy Burnham branded opposition politicians' language on Islam 'unacceptable' as Angela Rayner prepares to appoint an 'anti-Muslim hostility' tsar — the latest step in a process the FSU has shown was shaped by advisers with Islamist links.
- Nostr Compass #46
This week: Mostro adds signed identity rebinding . Amethyst brings private polls to Marmot groups and encrypted settings sync across devices. swift-nostr ships a check that refuses to sign events whose public key does not match the signer’s . We close with Six Years of Nos…
- Trunk & Tidbits, September 2026
Welcome to the 30th edition of Trunks & Tidbits! Releases We made two patch releases for all supported versions since our last Trunk & Tidbits post. As of this publication, our latest supported versions are 4.7.3, 4.6.9, 4.5.19 and 4.4.26. Please note that Mastodon 4.4 will stop…
- Veteran turned away from Wetherspoon pub for wearing a poppy
A veteran was reportedly refused entry to a Gosport Wetherspoon for wearing a poppy, which a doorman called "political" — Wetherspoon denies any such policy and blames security measures linked to nearby protests.
- An Intro to Atmospheric Groups
Atmospheric Groups, part of the Spaces blog series
- プロフィールリンクのご紹介
Blueskyのプロフィール上部にリンクを目立つ形で表示できる新機能「プロフィールリンク」を導入します。ウェブサイトやニュースレター、ほかのSNSアカウントなど、見つけてほしい場所をプロフィールで紹介できるようになりました。
- Nostr Compass #45
Keep Android 1.3.2 revokes earlier bunker grants and scopes them per account. It also drops a compromised bundled CA root and makes storage fail closed. Nostr WoT extension 0.8.14 adds experimental phone signing over WiFi or Web Bluetooth, and local keys stay unused if the phone…
- 5.0: A closer look
October is here, and it’s almost time for Mastodon’s 5.0 release! We announced our plans for big changes in an early preview back in August. In this companion article, we’re hoping to shed light on some of the decisions behind this major UI overhaul. Between th…
- “share.google” Spam
Malicious automated activities are hijacking accounts and then direct mentioning 30 to 40 accounts preceded by a URL that is a Google domain followed by a share dot google (URL-shortened) link (eg google.tld/share.google?q=VALUE) IFTAS will refer to this activity as #sharegoogle…
- 2026 Social Web Annual Survey & Needs Assessment Report Now Available
DOWNLOAD (PDF) | READ ONLINE Summary This year’s report reflects responses from over 400 ActivityPub communities hosting about a third of all known ActivityPub accounts, as well as responses from ATProto operators and legacy platforms. 29% of participating communities are Mastod…
- Nostr Compass #44
Amethyst brings its Android interface to desktop and adds native Wayland support. Amber fixes permission revocation, copied-secret clearing and a settings change that could lose keys. Keep tightens automatic signing permissions, while MDK ships streaming private attachments and …
- FOSDEM 2027 Dev Room Application Is In
One thing people have asked me over the last month is whether #SWF will be organising the Social Web Devroom at #FOSDEM2027 . The answer is: fingers crossed! We submitted the application to manage the devroom ahead of the October 4 deadline. We haven’t heard back yet; the announ…
- Plushtodon pre-orders now open
While our team is working hard on finishing up the 5.0 update for Mastodon, I have something else to share with you. This year, instead of launching sales towards the end of November, leaving very little time for shipping before everything closes down for the holidays, we’…
- Introducing Fedizen, Our Bonfire Project
"What's he building in there?" echoes through my mind. In our latest experiment, we are building a new type of Fediverse experience geared towards aiding discovery. Here's how we get there. The post Introducing Fedizen, Our Bonfire Project appeared first on We Distribute .
- Fediverse News – Summer 2026
Fediverse software updates, summer 2026 edition
- The Algorithm, Apparently Chronological
A German court has explicitly named Mastodon and Bluesky as positive examples of social networks that could retain hosting protection. It gets Bluesky’s feeds wrong, but its reasoning about user control might be more useful than it realises.
- The Fediverse is Throwing a Music Festival
Believe it or not, the Fediverse has a thriving independent art community. This week, a bunch of them are coming together to perform online. The post The Fediverse is Throwing a Music Festival appeared first on We Distribute .
- Blog: A Minute from the Moderators
Welcome back to Moderator Minutes. This is the third post in our series on Community Care in Online Spaces. A note before we begin, and as with the rest of this series: these posts run a little denser than our usual Moderator Minutes, and we don’t expect anyone to absorb a…
- Blog: A Minute from the Moderators
Welcome back to Moderator Minutes. This is Part 2 of our series on Community Care in Online Spaces. In Part 1 , we explored how norms shift, how those shifts create friction, and how the ways we respond to that friction can either build or erode community. We asked you to sit wi…