The first release of WebIntents will be published later tonight ✨

https://webintents.net

"Door ajar" versus $100 billion valuation.

Today I learned that you can DoS a Waymo by opening its door.

"The More You Know..."

Waymo, Google's autonomous vehicle company, and DoorDash, the delivery and gig work platform, have launched a pilot program that pays Dashers, at least in one case, around $10 to travel to a parked Waymo and close its door that the previous passenger left open.
https://jwz.org/b/yk3Z

Been keeping this list of fediverse related events lately and it keeps growing!
https://hackers.pub/@wakest/2026/upcoming-fediverse-events

Russia Fully Blocks WhatsApp https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/02/13/067244/russia-fully-blocks-whatsapp?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon

Is there a "professional" Mastodon client for high end users? I'm mostly looking for a tool that helps me sort notifications. When you get a few popular posts it's very hard to track everything.

What I like about the fediverse is that there could be a completely separate tool just for notifications

I would like to suggest that folks in #Canada who appreciate the #fediverse and #activitypub learn about and thank @dansup, who invented, developed & maintained @pixelfed for YEARS even while the user base was like in the few hundreds.

Now he's behind @loops and @fedidb as well

His dedication to the open web is so criminally underrated in our country, even though he has been on the global cutting edge of the #digitalsovereignty movement we're seeing in #cdnpoli for the better part of a decade.

@ok

Hi.

@scream

Hi.

There are 2 Fediverse bots I wanted to introduce to each other — I thought it would be funny to have them talk to each other.

But, I am worried they will get stuck in an endless loop.

We've just published a blog post about our time at #FOSDEM this year, in case you missed out - there's plenty to catch up on, from the session recordings.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/02/fosdem-2026-recap/

there's two bugs found in this release candidate so far, thanks for reporting them :) rc2 today or tomorrow probably

[one of the bugs was me (tobi, writing this) trying to be a bit too clever]

@finickydesert_1

Matrix could be an alternative for some people.

But not everyone.

For example, some people would be better served by something where the posts are publicly accessible. Matrix wouldn't be ideal for that.

People use Discord and Slack for different reasons.

If you want to create an alternative — the place to start is NOT E2EE (end to end encryption).

A place to start is understanding all these different types of users and use-cases. And then deciding which of these user types you are making the software for.

Some of them need E2EE, but some do not.

RE: https://mastodon.world/@signalapp/113465595336718164

Signal video and voice calls are now supported for up to 75 participants!

Share your screen, raise your hand, react with the right emoji, and create easily shareable call links with Signal calls.

https://signal.org/blog/call-links/

Klaudia Zotzmann-Koch thinks the Open Social Web would get adopted more broadly used if universities, cities, local and federal governments and public broadcasting media etc had accounts. From her submission to the Growing the Open Social Web un-workshop March 2.

More: https://fediforum.org/2026-03-growing-open-social-web/

Larissa Baca (@babaklar) thinks we can best grow the Open Social Web by continuing to talk about how it benefits the community and how it is not run by tech giants who don’t care about people. For their submission to the Growing the Open Social Web un-workshop March 2:

https://fediforum.org/2026-03-growing-open-social-web/#papers

Elisabeth McDonnell suggests it would be good to have a more in-depth, strategic analysis of where we’re falling short from a growth and engagement perspective. From their submission to the Growing the Open Social Web un-workshop .

Join us March 2?

https://fediforum.org/2026-03-growing-open-social-web/

Jayne Samuel-Walker (@TCMuffin) thinks this post best describes they are trying to do with their efforts on the Open Social Web:

https://social.seabass.systems/@seabass/statuses/01KFHBCGX14GSSAEMYWWJMVQFS

From their submission to the Growing the Open Social Web un-workshop coming up March 2, online.

https://fediforum.org/2026-03-growing-open-social-web/

Tim Bray (@timbray) is coming to the Growing the Open Social Web un-workshop March 2 and says:

My position paper will be based on this blog piece: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/11/03/Time-to-Migrate

Norm MacLennan (@nromdotcom.cloud) put his position paper for the upcoming Growing the Open Social Web un-workshop on his blog:

https://my.badtake.space/growing-the-open-social-web/