@Profpatsch @Edent I see this is now merged, has it now been tested against how these new unicode actors will federate across to mastodon and other platforms that don't allow unicode usernames? cc @north

@liaizon @Edent @north It completely fails with mastodon unfortunately, we hope we can create some pressure for then to implement sane internationalization of usernames :)

@liaizon @Edent @north But yeah, it’s exceptionally silly to be a project with an aspiration for international communities, and then not allow people to sign up in their native e.g. Amharic or Han scripts

@liaizon @julian I'm not trying to hide that Claude Code is major player here. I'm fast prototyping

@liaizon isn't the rest (single identity, single data store) precisely what @_elena was referring to as profiling (ie the dangerous part)

@madsenandersc Your are free to sign up at dev1.fedibook.dk or dev2.fedibook.dk but do understand that it is a playground and a peek into my dev system. Planning to deploy a demo env in the following week.

@sindum @madsenandersc sent a signup request, I would love to test out how federation is working rough edges and all

@liaizon @madsenandersc Your are in - Welcome and happy testing. Great to see you

@df there are sublists for clients and libraries too

Week in Fediverse 2026-03-20

Servers

- Akkoma v2026.03
- Bonfire v1.0.2
- PeerTube v8.1.3
- Mitra v4.20.0
- NodeBB v4.10.0
- GoToSocial v0.21.2
- Funkwhale v2.0.0
- Ktistec v3.3.4
- ActivityPub for WordPress v8.0.2
- PeerTube v8.1.3
- ties v0.2.0
- Wafrn v2026.03.02
- PieFed v1.6.13
- Some updates to ActivityBot
- tags.pub: Global hashtag server

Clients

- Fedilab v3.37.1
- tinmop v0.9.9.141421356237309504
- tooi v0.23.0
- Holos v1.0.0
- Voyager v2.44.0
- Aria v1.4.6

Tools and Plugins

- mastodon-bookmark-rss: A small app to let you connect your mastodon bookmarks to your RSS reader
- smol overlays: Chat overlay and emoji wall for Owncast streamers

For developers

- activitypub-federation-rust v0.5.11

Protocol

- FEP-3ab2: ActivityPub Event Streaming API
- FEP-34ec: Notification Collection Endpoint
- FEP-db70: RemoveAll Collection Activity
- FEP-c07e: add product type to object
- FEP-c195: JSONPath Filtering for ActivityPub Collection Retrieval
- FEP-f011: Full-Text Search Query Syntax for ActivityPub
- FEP-a1d1: ActivityPub Patch
- FEP-c81b: Agent Social Attribution for ActivityPub

Articles

- Openness, transparency and reach: three reasons why public institutions should embrace the Fediverse
- The Purpose of Protocols

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Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/019ce933-238d-11fb-304d-c3557c940c30

@weekinfediverse there have been a bunch of updates to @fabio's #MadBlog this week too

@weekinfediverse also #pawfed https://codeberg.org/tom79/pawfed

@fabio yay it looks like it works now!

another tiny bug I will note: the way you are adding my mention in your reply is causing mastodon to make a link preview for it. while I don't know what you need to do technically to disable it, I know its able to be done since they only show up like this for certain server softwares

@julian @fabio oh interesting! this seems like something there should be a FEP for huh

@fabio this is getting annoying, every time you save your site you are sending a new version of all your likes so this thread gets bumped to the top of my feed

@pfefferle oh glad it was already figured out! Just thought I'd report just in case

I sat down with @snarfed.org to talk about his work around the #fediverse, the #indieweb and the #atmosphere including (fed.)brid.gy and @anewsocial

https://openchannels.fm/connecting-decentralized-social-networks-and-rethinking-interoperability/

#podcast #activitypub #atproto #bluesky

@quillmatiq you should post about this on the @anewsocial account!

@liaizon Tysm for the heads up!

RE: https://toot.fedilab.app/@apps/116245941766830884

#PawFed is not limited to reports about animals found or in distress. You can use it to offer help or ask for it.

Use #offer when you provide help, #request when you need it, #info to share useful information.

Everything works through #ActivityPub. If you delete your original post mentioning @PawFed, the related report is automatically removed from the map. No database ghost. You stay in control of your data. (1/3)

@apps look @julian isn't this sorta what you were just talking about with hashtag combining schemes