Interesting:
Docs is the result of a joint effort lead by the French 
(DINUM) and German 
governments (ZenDiS). We are always looking for new public partners (we are currently onboarding the Netherlands 
). Feel free to reach out if you are interested in using or contributing to docs.
The road to mainstream Matrix [LWN.net]
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1009932/572571cd50cc094b/
"Matrix is an open protocol for decentralised, secure communications. …"
Three weeks ago we were getting ready to go to #FOSDEM. We didn’t realise just how good the experience would be.
Now we’re energised, excited, and getting started on a whole range of ideas that came out of the event. More on that soon 
For now, enjoy this little snapshot of Brussels and our @fosdem experience.
Huge thank you to @_elena for getting a photo of the team 
@CrisColor @prahou aw, that *is* super sad.
@andypiper at #fosdem you were passing out stickers for a similar indie music fedi site, i think?
"Facing the societal challenges we do, it is time for us to work better together. To brainstorm. To plan. To do. A decentralised network of people with a centralised goal to grow the open social web."
Inspired by FOSDEM, @saskia sets her sights on how we grow.
https://forbetter.ghost.io/coming-together-to-inspire-monumental-change-on-social-media/
For those who missed my closing talk at #FOSDEM on the #SocialWebFOSDEM track (which was part of the "After Hours" event), I've recorded a standalone version. Feel free to boost for reach - and also share with civic institutions and community leaders. #FediverseForFreedom
Thank you to the digital librarian @brewsterkahle and all the employees and volunteers from @internetarchive who preserve millions of free texts, movies, software, music, websites, and more & defend this archive for humankind!
Thank you for all your contributions to many #FreeSoftware packages, and for providing an important resource for #FreeSoftware contributors to find and archive information they depend on!
Brewster, it was an honour to meet& thank you at #FOSDEM #ilovefs
We just posted a re-recording of the presentation of ActivityPods we did during #FOSDEM 2025. It focus on decentralized architecture, and mentions BlueSky and @nextgraph. It was nice meeting many people involved in the fediverse and #SolidProject !
https://peertube.virtual-assembly.org/videos/watch/a8dc6bcc-8cef-485e-bfd8-438f1bfc04d2
Events that bring together the people helping grow this space, such as #FediForum and the Social Web track at #FOSDEM, are amazing.
But we want to know if you think there should be more events dedicated to improving the Fediverse and wider network of New Social platforms? Perhaps focusing on different aspects of this social space.
If you have an idea of a event, let us know in the comments. Maybe someone will pick it up...
As promised, here is our report from FOSDEM 2025 and the hackathon we did afterwards:
https://postmarketos.org/blog/2025/02/10/fosdem-and-hackathon/
Just like last year, it was an incredibly productive time in which we were able to tackle hard problems and greatly move postmarketOS development forward.
This hackathon has been financed through your donations from OpenCollective, thank you for making this possible! 
New Blogpost "FreeCAD at FOSDEM 2025"
Last weekend was #FOSDEM where a huge cohort of the #opensource community descend on Brussels and take over the Solbosch campus of the Université Libre de Bruxelles. It's a fantastic event and, of course, FreeCAD had a stand alongside our friends and colleagues KiCad, as well a numerous FreeCAD related speakers and talks.
https://blog.freecad.org/2025/02/10/freecad-at-fosdem-2025/
#Events
Our #TrunkAndTidbits engineering update for January (also including #FOSDEM) is here - here's what we have been working on so far this year. Includes an update on the #Fediscovery project, and some cool projects from the broader developer ecosystem. https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/02/trunk-tidbits-january-2025/
My FOSDEM talk about @Luanti and education is now available at
https://video.fosdem.org/2025/ud6215/fosdem-2025-5795-free-your-games-luanti-.mp4
Last weekend, the #FOSDEM took place at the Université libre de Bruxelles, bringing together around 8,000 people from the Free Software community. For the first time, there was a specific track on the ‘Social Web’ dedicated to the #Fediverse. I also gave a short - rather atypical, because non-technical ;) - talk on ‘Fediverse Fighters - The Role of Public Institutions’ (https://pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2025/talk/review/KVUBHC8SDES8VC3SGTPFP8HYJUWHRHVH). With these key points, already mentioned many times in different contexts:
Picture: @Sascha
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blog! “Presenting ActivityBot at FOSDEM”
Because I'm an optimist, I submitted a few talks to FOSDEM in the hope one might be accepted. Because I'm lucky, I got two speaking slots. Because I'm an idiot, I decided to do both talks. On the same day. An hour apart. On opposite ends of the venue.
Fool!
My first talk was at the Social Web Birds-of-a-Feather session.…
Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/02/presenting-activitybot-at-fosdem/
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#ActivityPub #fosdem #presentation
save lives, deliver babies: one of the best talks from #fosdem
How London Ambulance Service use open data to locate patients; how your phone sends live geospatial information to their control room; how other open (and some not-open) data saves lives across London every day. suitable for all ages.
https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-4914-how-to-save-a-life/
Here is the video of our presentation at #fosdem2025 . It was so much fun to attend #FOSDEM for the first time! And to meet IRL all the people we interact with online since months and years, notably @activitypods and @Solid people. Looking forward the next edition! A big thank you to the organizers of the devroom, of the whole @fosdem and to @nlnet
@NGIZero specially for the hexstickers of @leenaars ;)
