9.0.0 — Growing UpActivityPub for WordPress 9.0.0 is here. Unpublishing a federated post now sends a real Delete instead of a placeholder. Be aware that this can be permanent on other servers. A new Distribution Mode k…ActivityPub for WordPress·1d ago·10 min readActivityPubBlurHashFediverseModeration
Cultural Heritage Digital Collections: Unwelcome Guests on Social Media, Homeowners on the Social WebA reflection on digital sovereignty, cultural memory, and the role of memory institutions at a decisive moment for the internetEcologia Digital·6d ago·8 min readculturalHeritagedigitalCollectionsFediverseSocialWeb
Cultural Heritage Digital Collections: Unwelcome Guests on Social Media, Homeowners on the Social WebA reflection on digital sovereignty, cultural memory, and the role of memory institutions at a decisive moment for the internetJosé Murilo·6d ago·8 min readFollowcultural heritagedigital collectionsFediverseSocial web
The web was always socialDiving into the idea of bridging different social networks and protocols like ATproto and ActivityPub to enhance the web. Looking back at my personal web journey, from Web 2.0 to now, emphasizing that…Jeremy Herve·May 31·5 min readFollowATProtoFediverseOpen WebSocial Web
The web was always socialDiving into the idea of bridging different social networks and protocols like ATproto and ActivityPub to enhance the web. Looking back at my personal web journey, from Web 2.0 to now, emphasizing that…Jeremy Herve·May 31·5 min read@davew@mastodon.socialATProtoFediverseOpenWeb
ActivityPub and account portabilityData Transfer Initiative [Unofficial]·May 26·4 min readFediversedefederatebe defederateddraft specification
Radical Speed Month, and a new ReaderDuring Automattic's Radical Speed Month, Matthias and I built Reader Everywhere: a new way to follow Bluesky, Mastodon, and the Fediverse from the WordPress.com Reader. 90-second demo below. :)Jeremy Herve·May 22·4 min read@jeremy@herve.bzh@pfefferle@mastodon.socialAutomatticBluesky
Radical Speed Month, and a new ReaderDuring Automattic's Radical Speed Month, Matthias and I built Reader Everywhere: a new way to follow Bluesky, Mastodon, and the Fediverse from the WordPress.com Reader. 90-second demo below. :)Jeremy Herve·May 22·4 min readFollowAutomatticBlueskydevelopmentFediverse
Bonfire: A Social Platform ApartThis article explores what sets Bonfire apart (for its users) from closed commercial social platforms and even its peers on open social.The Fulcrum by Reuben Walker·May 22·9 min readFollowManadeBonfireFediverseActivityPub
Your WordPress Site — From RSS Feed to Social AccountRadical Speed Month is over, and the Reader's new Social section is now live. Your Fediverse-enabled WordPress site can be used from inside it, and the plugin's ActivityPub API has its first real clie…ActivityPub for WordPress·May 22·5 min readActivityPubATmosphereAutomatticBluesky
BLAG Videos, Now on PeerTubeThe new home for BLAG videos is PeerTube, part of the ‘Fediverse’ network of open social media.BLAG Magazine: Adventures in Sign Painting·May 21·2 min reada BLAG channelPeerTubeopen and interconnected social media platformsMastodon
Why I Call It "Commercial Media"Deconstructing Commercial Media and Why Words matterPhoenix Paulina Schmid·May 20·4 min readFediverseself-hosting@gelbphoenix@social.gelbphoenix.de@gelbphoenix@gram.social
A vision of computing in the near futureHHome — Terracrypt [Unofficial]·May 18·8 min readinitial hesitationa small cadre of (perhaps somewhat masochistic) folkshad already put a desktop mode on most Android phonescould run Linux apps
Winespeak: Social MediaSocial media messes me up m'brain. The Stick·May 15·10 min readMastodonCory DoctorowFediverseShare
The Glass Floor of Digital SovereigntyWhy Bluesky’s "ATmosphere" isn't the blueprint for a truly free Fediverse.Phoenix Paulina Schmid·May 2·5 min readFediversethe ActivityPub protocolFederalism and Subsidiaritycase with Bluesky
The Architecture of Autonomy and FreedomWhy a United Europe and the Web needs to be federatedPhoenix Paulina Schmid·Apr 26·5 min reada sovereign EuropeFediverseActivityPubMastodon
Federated Apps I’m UsingA short intro about two federated software apps I'm using and learning more and more about all the time!Dana Skallman·Apr 15·2 min readFollowActivityPubFediverseNextcloudWordPress
Legal Special: The Week of March 23, 2026 Was a Humdinger For Online LifeThree seismic rulings were handed down last week that will impact the Internet as we know it for some time to come. These were two very different topics that coincidentally came to conclusions at abou…Between Two Firewalls·Mar 30·1 min readI did not stay at a Holiday Inn Express last nightDigital Millennium Copyright ActSection 230settlement agreement
Get Off Substack!The best time to leave Substack was yesterday. The second best time is right now. Here is why.David in the Liminal Web·Feb 8·10 min read**_Neo-Luddite Handbook_**The Guardian**enshittification**the lack thereof, and how fishy that seemed
Happy Birthday Fediverse!Gestern vor 15 Jahren hat Evan seinen ersten Post ins Fediverse gesendet: Fifteen years ago tomorrow I published the first post on the fediverse. https://web.archive.org/web/20080618164355/http://iden…Matthias Pfefferle·May 19·2 min readFollowActivityPubFediBlogFediverseidenti.ca
WordPress in der MatrixAutomattic, die Firma des WordPress Gründers Matt Mullenweg und Betreiber von WordPress.com, hat gerade indirekt das Matrix Protokoll mit 5 Millionen Dollar finanziert. Das Matrix Protokoll wird oft i…Matthias Pfefferle·May 24·2 min readFollowActivityPubDistributed Social Networkfederated social webFediBlog
