I was thinking about forking ActivityPub and calling it ActivityCafe.
It will natively only support 'ristretto' connections, and the only allowed emoji is 🤌.

#Humor #Fediverse #Joke

How many instances must an admin spin up
before you can call it a fediverse?

The answer, my friend, is pinging in the wind,
The answer is pinging in the wind.

#Fediverse

Today I successfully tested a migration from my 'historic' Akkoma instance to littleFedi, without changing the domain name and without breaking the federation.

The procedure involves extracting the keys, so federated instances will accept this without any issues. In their eyes, there will be no particular differences, and they will gladly digest it without breaking the federation.
I have documented the procedure and kept the tool. I'm probably going to create something similar for Mastodon, though it will be a bit more complex.

#littleFedi #Akkoma #Fediverse

It’s not Tuesday yet, but it will be soon.
And I want to thank @grunfink for creating and maintaining snac. Tomorrow I’ll talk about FediMeteo at DevConf, and it would never have come to be if it weren’t for snac and for the help the author gave me in fixing some things to optimize its use.

True Open Source, made with passion, by people who do things for the love of the things themselves.

#ThankYouTuesday #snac #FediMeteo #Fediverse

Today the rat met the bear

#OverUnder 073 with @ratfactor

He shares his thoughts about #HTML #emails, #Letterboxd, #Zettelkasten, #rats, and, #apple #pies.

His #blog is older than #Google

He also replied to @yannick's question.

And, we got a recommendation for two #books.

#bloggers #bookstodon #book #fediverse #mastodon #food #BSD #Linux

https://lazybea.rs/ovr-073

Domani e dopodomani si terrà il DevConf Italia!

Purtroppo non riuscirò a partecipare di persona ma presenterò in streaming: "FediMeteo, i BSD e il Fediverso: sotto il sole, senza nuvole, liberi e connessi"

Se potete, partecipate perché tutti gli interventi saranno davvero interessanti!

Maggiori informazioni su https://www.devconf.it

#DevConf #Conferenza #Conference #FediMeteo #BSD #Fediverso #Fediverse #OpenSource

Alt...

DevConf la prima conferenza italiana dedicata a sviluppatori/sviluppatrici creatori di software open source. Tutte le info su DevConf.it

I promised it, so here it is. This is a recording of littleFedi running on a Raspberry Pi Zero W on NetBSD.

Everything is on the SD card, the database is SQLite, and caching is enabled.

Personally, I won't comment on responsiveness or anything else; I'll just say that when I use it (both via the web interface and with apps like MastoBlaster or IceCubes), I find it hard to believe what kind of hardware it's running on.

Users' sessions (by default, a maximum of 8 users but configurable) are kept "warm" with every interaction or federated activity for 15 minutes since the last login; after that, the server enters "low power mode" and simply processes incoming data without activating the (users' timelines, etc.) cache.

We don't need to get ripped off for more powerful hardware, which comes with outrageous costs these days.

We just need to optimize and build efficient software.

Abundance led to waste.

#littleFedi #NetBSD #RunBSD #OwnYourData #Optimize #ScreenCapture #Fediverse

The littleFedi caching system is configurable and adaptable. Caching helps immensely, and for this very reason, you can choose to keep the cache "warm."

By default, if enabled (which makes a lot of sense on slow hardware), the system tracks user activity over the last n minutes (15 by default). For those minutes following the last interaction with the system, the cache will be kept warm.

Does a new post arrive in the timeline? It gets processed and cached, immediately (and partially) re-processing the timeline cache. The user will see it immediately in the timeline.

On a Raspberry Pi Zero W running NetBSD on an SD card, this means dropping the timeline generation time from about 5 seconds down to roughly 0.20 seconds.

After 15 minutes of inactivity from the user, the system will stop keeping the cache warm, reducing the CPU load to nearly zero (provided you aren't doing local processing of remote images, of course - which is also configurable). Upon the user's first visit, it will take a few extra seconds (cold cache), but from that moment on, everything will be almost instantaneous.

There's also a cache for the federation activities (a boost won't cause constant reprocessing of that post), but this isn't that different from other implementations' approach.

#littleFedi #Fediverse #OwnYourData

I don't know if I'll manage to do the screen recording today or if it will end up being tomorrow, but I'm still amazed at how it runs on the Raspberry Pi Zero W with NetBSD.

#littleFedi #NetBSD #Fediverse

Happy Sunday, #BSDCafe
Happy Sunday, #illumosCafe
Happy Sunday, #Fediverse

#SilentSunday #Photography #Photo #Pic #Summer #Italy #Fotografia

Alt...

A sunny, golden agricultural field after harvest, featuring large round hay bales scattered across the landscape. Vibrant green leaves frame the foreground, with a line of trees, utility poles, and a clear blue sky with sparse white clouds in the background.

Friends of the #BSDCafe
Friends of the #illumosCafe
Friends of the #Fediverse

Have a sweet weekend!

#Food

Alt...

Millefoglie alla Nutella

@daj @82mhz @stefano

The arbitrary limits in #Mastodon are a little infuriating.

And I really want to like Mastodon. It was my first experience on the #fediverse, and I actually like the UI/UX, for the most part.

Monday Monday...

Last night there was a blackout for over an hour. The local substation overloaded because everyone in the area had their AC running on full blast. And this week they say they're coming to finish the FTTH installation.

My wife bets that the appointment will fall through this time too.
We'll see!

Have a great week, #BSDCafe
Have a great week, #illumosCafe
Have a great week, #Fediverse

#Fediverse
I checked 4160 fediverse instances for their connectivity.

- A / AAAA record persent
- Reachabliltiy over #IPv6 if AAAA present.

107 Instances announce AAAA records but have broken inbound IPv6

1909 are #LegacyIP #IPv4only

2141 are #DualStack and have working inbound #IPv6

Way to go.

RE: https://poliversity.it/@devconf/116792507141709633

A tutti gli amici che parteciperanno alla DevConf Italia: potrete seguire le previsioni meteo di Pavia direttamente dal Fediverso e da Delta Chat, nonché da sito web o feed RSS, da FediMeteo.

Sito: https://it.fedimeteo.com/pavia
Account Fediverse: @pavia
Canale Delta Chat: https://i.delta.chat/#39D39283B059D042F8991D73E3BA5DA4B5C5143B&v=3&x=EkZVVGPtEQe7P29NGC0Cj5Dd&j=RHh2965YcHFa4mVgfzS_rjxk&s=yR1k6-A0Swj-ZBL3VR9REow4&a=qpe4x4nnk%40chatmail.bsd.cafe&n=FediMeteo+Italy&b=FediMeteo+·+Pavia

Vi ricordo inoltre che il 7 Luglio alle ore 16:25 presenterò "FediMeteo, i BSD e il Fediverso: sotto il sole, senza nuvole, liberi e connessi" - proprio su FediMeteo e sugli strumenti di comunicazione liberi e decentralizzati.

Non mancate!

#DevConf #DevConfItalia #FediMeteo #DeltaChat #snac #snac2 #Fediverso #Fediverse #OwnYourData

Dear friends of #BSDCafe and the #Fediverse,
some of you have expressed the desire to offer a bit of support to BSD Cafe.
In response, I've set up a Ko-fi page and a LiberaPay account for the project.
You can now buy a coffee for BSD Cafe at this link: https://ko-fi.com/bsdcafe or https://liberapay.com/bsdcafe

#CommunityLove

#runsnac #snac2 #fediverse #alternatives #opensource
CC: @VasiliWz@hachyderm.io

Two things you can see here... It's pretty hot! That's why I stayed home and implemented a missing feature into snac. That's what you can also see - it finally sends push notifications to devices! In this case, we can see notifications coming from #MastoBlaster App for iPhone.

What we can also see, it's still a bit faulty and not the expected content, but a first success here at least ;) I'll make some further adjustments when there's time and get in touch with @grunfink@comam.es to check if we can get this upstream. Thanks to @stefano@bsd.cafe for testing with me :)

#fediverse #mastodon #fedi #activitypub #snac2 #c #programming #clang #MastoBlaster

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snac2 sending push notifications to a user via MastoBlaster App on iPhone

Does anyone have any ideas on how to migrate mail services OFF NameCheap? Namely their Jellyfish/MS Outlook365 integration thingy cleanly?

Someone I know asked me about this and I'm unsure how to migrate mail off of NameCheap but they still want to retain the Microsoft stuff.

Migrating off of Microsoft is not really an option for them (their business requires it). Any ideas?

Please boost if possible. Thanks so much #fediverse !

#Mastodon 4.6 is here! It's been a long time in the works, but it's finally ready. In this release, we're introducing Collections—a way to share curated collections of profiles to help old and new users discover more of the #Fediverse. We're also updating the look of profiles, alongside many quality of life and accessibility improvements. Read more here:

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/06/mastodon-4.6/

After reading @rl_dane's post, I wanted to share how I manage my #bookmarks, and add some quick #notes using #neovim.

#editors #vi #vim #shell #fediverse #bsd #linux
https://lazybea.rs/ils-bookmarks-and-notes

#fediverse #socialmedia

Aggressive caching for a Mastodon reverse proxy: what to cache, what to never cache, and why content negotiation will eventually betray you

The same URL serves HTML to browsers, JSON to apps, and ActivityPub to remote instances. Here's how I cache Mastodon with nginx without betraying any of them.

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2026/06/05/aggressive_caching_for_a_mastodon_reverse_proxy/

#ITNotes #nginx #Caching #IT #SysAdmin #Mastodon #Fediverse #BSDCafe

"Aggressive caching for a Mastodon reverse proxy: what to cache, what to never cache, and why content negotiation will eventually betray you"

A 34 min read

Coming tomorrow, on IT Notes!

#ITNotes #StayTuned #Mastodon #Fediverse #nginx #IT #SysAdmin

The @EUCommission just released a statement positioning open source as central to #Europe’s #TechSovereignty.

We couldn’t agree more. #OpenSource is critical to a robust and independent society.

Here’s our full statement: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/06/europes-new-tech-strategy-puts-open-source-front-and-centre/

#Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialWeb #OpenWeb #DigitalSovereignty

Good morning, #BSDCafe
Good morning, #illumosCafe
Good morning, #Fediverse

Have a great Friday!

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?__goaway_challenge=js-refresh&__goaway_id=bcf71f11bbb5dba21cfbac5bbd8f44c5&__goaway_referer=https%3A%2F%2Finv.nadeko.net%2F&v=a4qp80yIi7g

#Music #MastoMusic #MastoRadio #FediMusic #FediRadio #JukeBox

Run your own decentralized social platform on shared hosting or a tiny VPS WITHOUT Redis, PostgreSQL, or complex infrastructure.

What it makes so special to me? It looks awesome, comes with a great admin web interface and does not require a VPS instance where it can also be operated on a cheap shared hosting systems. By the given requirements, it also easily runs on a #RaspberryPI and all kind of systems, including #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD, #Illumos and more!

This all makes it perfect to everyone and even beginners to run their own instance. With relay support (e.g., fedi-relay.gyptazy.com) it even can consume and post content over non-directly connected instances in the #fediworld!

Kudos to the author of Starling: @df@s.dfaria.eu

More information:
GitHub project: https://github.com/dfaria-eu/Starling
My blog post: https://gyptazy.com/blog/starling-simple-fediverse-server/

#fedi #fediwall #opensource #decentralized #social #socialmedia #alternatives #mastodon

Alt...

Starling as a Fediverse/ActivityPub Server

Deutsche Freunde des #Fediverse
In diesen Tagen mit unsicherem Wetter könnte es nützlich sein, Wettervorhersagen direkt in eurer Timeline zu erhalten! 🌦️

#FediMeteo (https://fedimeteo.com) ist ein Projekt, das Daten von #OpenMeteo verarbeitet und sie land- und stadtweise im Fediverse, auf der Webseite der jeweiligen Stadt und über RSS veröffentlicht.

Alle 6 Stunden aktualisiert und veröffentlicht ein freundlicher Bot die Wetterdaten.

Wie funktioniert es?
➡️ Folgt der Seite eurer Stadt im Fediverse.
➡️ Wenn ihr noch keine Vorhersagen seht, folgt ihr wahrscheinlich noch niemand.
➡️ Beginnt, ihr zu folgen, und beim nächsten Zyklus erhaltet ihr die Updates!
🔗 Im Folgenden der Link für Deutschland und die Liste der derzeit unterstützten Städte.
🌍 Dezentralisierte, Open-Source-Wettervorhersage im Fediverse! 🌱

https://de.fedimeteo.com

@aachen (Aachen - FediMeteo)
@asendorf (Asendorf - FediMeteo)
@attendorn (Attendorn - FediMeteo)
@augsburg (Augsburg - FediMeteo)
@aurich (Aurich - FediMeteo)
@bad_homburg (Bad Homburg vor der Höhe - FediMeteo)
@bad_kreuznach (Bad_kreuznach - FediMeteo)
@bayreuth (Bayreuth - FediMeteo)
@bedburg (Bedburg - FediMeteo)
@bensheim (Bensheim - FediMeteo)
@bergisch_gladbach (Bergisch Gladbach - FediMeteo)
@berlin (Berlin - FediMeteo)
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@celle (Celle - FediMeteo)
@chemnitz (Chemnitz - FediMeteo)
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@greiz (Greiz - FediMeteo)
@gutersloh (Gütersloh - FediMeteo)
@hagen (Hagen - FediMeteo)
@halle (Halle (Saale) - FediMeteo)
@hamburg (Hamburg - FediMeteo)
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@hanstedt (Hanstedt - FediMeteo)
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@kiel (Kiel - FediMeteo)
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@koln (Köln - FediMeteo)
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@leipzig (Leipzig - FediMeteo)
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#FediMeteo #Wetter #Deutschland

RE: https://s.dfaria.eu/@df/33898543700666368

This is interesting and the dev confirmed that #MastoBlaster works with #Starling

I'll create a test instance to try it.

#Fediverse