And now @cypherhippie has a lightning talk about bringing #DIDs to the fediverse

A slide of a slide of @arcalinea talking about using DIDs for ATProto

A slide of @snarfed.org agreeing with the premise of bringing DIDs to the fediverse

Core Assumptions
1) "Communities must be in control"
2) "Nobody shall be locked-in"
3) "There is NO FREE marketplace of ideas."

Next we have @django presenting some ideas about moving the ActivityPub API C2S forward

A quote from @Gargron about how C2S was seriously lacking

Oh hell yeah looks like @django used my https://iconography.fediverse.info for their slides!

After a short break we have @raffomania is presenting a new federated bookmark sharing software called 'ties'
https://github.com/raffomania/ties

The philosophy of 'ties'

Oh @raffomania wants to do full text search of an archived version of websites from 'ties'

@samvie up next with a talk about digital sovereignty!

all the orgs that signed the "open networks and democratic public spheres" alience

Fedimedia Italia presenting their association!

Who is Fedimedia Italia:

Wow Fedimedia Italia has *a lot* of instances

Oh cool and also @raccoonforfriendicaapp and #Flohra are also under their umbrella

The fediverse is not done!

@tsyesika is talking about issues with naming and fishing and has a slide up with a fake @Gargron account

They are talking about what the fediverse would look like if we were using more generic servers

@FediVariety up next about getting public agencies to use the fediverse

Taking a tiny break to get some fresh air and then ruin the freshness with a cigarette and then back to my regularly scheduled programming. @andypiper has awarded me "official love blog status" so now my duty has peerpressure!

Had a longer break then I meant to opps!

Now we have @mayel and @ivan presenting @bonfire!

"ActivityPub is a contaminatiion vector" - @Bonfire

@coopcloud getting a shoutout from #Bonfire

Wow Jacobin.de is gonna be using Bonfire and Lauti with a white-labeled mobile app by Newsmast

Just shouted out some important things to come like working with @anewsocial and @bsky.brid.gy and with @swf on encryption

Now we have @hongminhee presenting @fedify!

@fedify abstracts away complexity in building for the fediverse

I sadly had to step out so I missed @tobias's presentation about the amazing Friendica but there should be a recording of it
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/DNS7Z8-friendica_-_hidden_in_plain_sight_since_2025/

Then @cubicgarden and Samuel Margerison are presenting their Fedi Legacy project
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/VGXMXE-machine_readable_wishes/

Now @mobilizon is presenting a quick overview of their event software

@benpate is up now presenting #Emissary (https://emissary.dev)

Why do social media platforms fail

"What is plurk?" - @benpate

@benpate is now showing off Atlas Maps

Emissary along with @Bonfire and @swf are working on #MLS based e2ee messaging over #ActivityPub supported by Sovereign Tech Fund