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@wjmaggos @anders

Yes, I've always thought the future of the social web in a technical sense would be both federated and p2p i.e. 'hybrid decentralization' as I call it. It would be great if we had autonomous clients where our personal data resides, in this set up, so we are in control. This is amongst others the direction that #ActivityPods takes, combining #ActivityPub and #Solid linked data standards.

activitypods.org

ActivityPodsActivityPods - Personal data spaces powered with ActivityPubBrings together ActivityPub and Solid Pods and empowers developers to create truly decentralized applications.

Trying #Solid pods right now. Failing. Signed up at #Inrupt's #PodSpaces. Somehow can't use it to login into Liqid Chat, doesn't give me a pod URL. Tried signing up at inrupt.net instead. "Registration closed" once you sent the form... Got a pod at solidweb.org instead. "Unauthorized" when trying to log in with it. solidcommunity.net shows errors on its register page...

Finally managed to log into the PodPro app with Inrupt's PodSpaces.

I guess some apps aren't super well maintained?

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What I'd really like to see is BlueSky modifying their AT protocol to allow AT relays to treat ActivityPub servers as Personal Data Servers. Maybe by using aspects of the Solid protocol, as demonstrated by @activitypods?

activitypods.org/

No idea if this is technically viable, I'm just thinking out loud here. But just imagine unifying the efforts of AP, Solid and AT developer ...

ActivityPodsActivityPods - Personal data spaces powered with ActivityPubBrings together ActivityPub and Solid Pods and empowers developers to create truly decentralized applications.
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@stevencudahy

PATINA
To him, when she appeared each day
Just before the sun came up, and woke
Him with the gentlest of touches, a
Hint of a scent, she appeared #solid
Enough, and real. The dark panels
Behind her glittered with the patina
Of an age gone by, and her naked skin
Shimmered against this backdrop
Of history. But every morning, just as
The sun breached the horizon and the
Open window, his hands went straight
Through her when he reached out.
She never saw him.
#MastoPrompt #Poetry

Evading pursuit, the agent dashed next door. A huge kitchen! He leapt on to the full-length worktop and raced on, skilfully avoiding knives, sizzling pans and skewers.

Ignoring outraged shouts, he sprang through a heavy door and slammed it shut. Yes! Free—

The chef muttered, "Why do they always go for the cold room?"

"Want me to rescue him?" asked an assistant.

"Yeah, I guess. Takes weeks to chip them out once they're #solid."

“They say this is the very room where Alice went Through the Looking Glass!” My big sister had a glint in her eye as she gestured. “I think it’s that big mirror hanging on the wall.”

“How could she go through the looking glass? Glass is solid. It makes no sense.” I protested.

“Maybe she broke the mirror and went through.”

“No way! That would be seven years bad luck. Alice wasn’t stupid.”

“Hmmm... Let’s have a closer look.”

I followed her over and examined the mirror. There was something on the mirror’s edge, a latch of some sort. I fiddled with it. Suddenly it clicked and mirror moved slightly. I gasped.

My sister pulled the mirror, and it swung inward towards us, like a small door. We both looked at the dark passage revealed behind it.

“Well come on!” I said an climbed in.