Symfony Station Communiqué — 19 April, 2024. A look at Symfony, Drupal, PHP, Cybersecurity, and Fediverse news!
Tags: symfony, drupal, php, fediverse
Published: 2024-04-20 16:39:46

This communiqué [originally appeared on Symfony Station](https://symfonystation.mobileatom.net/Symfony-Station-Communique-19-April-2024).  
  
Welcome to this week's Symfony Station communiqué. It's your review of the essential news in the Symfony and PHP development communities focusing on protecting democracy. Because open-source equals open societies, peeps. That necessitates a mission of destroying big tech. We also cover the cybersecurity world and the Fediverse (more open-source and democracy).  
  
There's good content in all of our categories, so please take your time and enjoy the items most relevant and valuable to you. This is why we publish on Fridays. So you can savor it over your weekend.  
  
  
Or jump straight to your favorite section via our website.  
  
- [Symfony Universe](https://symfonystation.mobileatom.net/Symfony-Station-Communique-19-April-2024#symfony)  
- [PHP](https://symfonystation.mobileatom.net/Symfony-Station-Communique-19-April-2024#php)  
- [More Programming](https://symfonystation.mobileatom.net/Symfony-Station-Communique-19-April-2024#more)  
- [Fighting for Democracy](https://symfonystation.mobileatom.net/Symfony-Station-Communique-19-April-2024#other)  
- [Cybersecurity](https://symfonystation.mobileatom.net/Symfony-Station-Communique-19-April-2024#cybersecurity)  
- [Fediverse](https://symfonystation.mobileatom.net/Symfony-Station-Communique-19-April-2024#fediverse)  
  
Once again, thanks go out to Javier Eguiluz and Symfony for sharing [our communiqué](https://symfonystation.mobileatom.net/Symfony-Station-Communique-12-April-2024) in their [Week of Symfony](https://symfony.com/blog/a-week-of-symfony-902-8-14-april-2024).    
  
**My opinions will be in bold. And will often involve cursing. Because humans.**  
  
---  
  
## Symfony  
  
As always, we will start with the official news from Symfony.  
  
Highlight -> "This was a very special week for the Symfony project. Ryan Weaver, a beloved Symfony core team member and SymfonyCasts founder, asked for our love and support as he battles cancer. The Symfony and PHP communities rallied around Ryan and his family and raised more than $250,000 in donations. If you can, please keep donating money to support Ryan and his family."  
  
[A Week of Symfony #902 (8-14 April 2024)](https://symfony.com/blog/a-week-of-symfony-902-8-14-april-2024)  
  
**Yes. This times a thousand.**  

They also have:

[SymfonyOnline June 2024 - Practical insight into modulithic architecture](https://symfony.com/blog/symfonyonline-june-2024-practical-insight-into-modulithic-architecture)

[SymfonyLive Berlin 2024 This is a test: One-click Cypress.IO E2E testing in 45 seconds](https://symfony.com/blog/symfonylive-berlin-2024-this-is-a-test-one-click-cypress-io-e2e-testing-in-45-seconds)

[SymfonyOnline June 2024: How to Test an External API with 0 Mocks?](https://symfony.com/blog/symfonyonline-june-2024-how-to-test-an-external-api-with-0-mocks) 

[SymfonyLive Berlin 2024 Plants vs thieves: Web Security and Tests!?](https://symfony.com/blog/symfonylive-berlin-2024-plants-vs-thieves-web-security-and-tests)

[SymfonyOnline June 2024 - Carry out the best audit for your client](https://symfony.com/blog/symfonyonline-june-2024-carry-out-the-best-audit-for-your-client)

SensioLabs has:

[SymfonyLive Paris 2024: Two Days of Conference and Fun.](https://blog.sensiolabs.com/2024/04/16/symfonylive-paris-2024/)
  
---  
  
## Featured Item  
  
Noema Magazine writes:

"Rewilding the internet is more than a metaphor. It’s a framework and plan. It gives us fresh eyes for the wicked problem of extraction and control, and new means and allies to fix it. It recognizes that ending internet monopolies isn’t just an intellectual problem. It’s an emotional one. It answers questions like how do we keep going when the monopolies have more money and power? How do we act collectively when they suborn our community spaces, funding and networks? And how do we communicate to our allies what fixing it will look and feel like?

Rewilding is a positive vision for the networks we want to live inside, and a shared story for how we get there. It grafts a new tree onto technology’s tired old stock. And embodied in rewilding’s ecological tools is the collective wisdom of an entire discipline already tackling humanity’s toughest, systemic problems."

### [We Need To Rewild The Internet](https://www.noemamag.com/we-need-to-rewild-the-internet/)


**1000% correct and open-source and the Fediverse are the way to do it.**
  
  
---  
  
### This Week  
  
Serghei Pogor shares:  
  
[7 Mind-Blowing PHP Symfony Hacks Every Developer Should Know!](https://sergheipogor.medium.com/7-mind-blowing-php-symfony-hacks-every-developer-should-know-aca962ca28c5)  

[How Did I Set Up Docker for PHP in Just 30 Minutes?](https://sergheipogor.medium.com/how-did-i-set-up-docker-for-php-in-just-30-minutes-482da8e5002d)
  
Grace Graphics promotes:  
  
[Jidox — Symfony Material Design Template (Admin Templates Web Templates)](https://medium.com/@gracegraphics97/jidox-symfony-material-design-template-admin-templates-web-templates-8186080e84c8)  

**Follow this example and promote your Symfony products. So the community can use and share them resulting in more use.**

Nestor Brito Medina has an:  
  
[Introduction to Symfony Workflow](https://medium.com/@nestorbritomedina/introduction-to-symfony-workflow-10bc4201f52f)  

Damien Carrier examines:

[Mastering Symfony’s Kernel Events: Listeners vs. Subscribers](https://medium.com/@dams_crr/mastering-symfonys-kernel-events-listeners-vs-subscribers-54be05bbe8fa)

Andrii Popov looks at:

[Splitting the monolith with PHP and Kafka](https://medium.com/@popov256/splitting-the-monolith-with-php-and-kafka-f2a274badd9f)

**A great case study that highlights some of Symfony’s capabilities with complex applications.**

### Platforms  
  
Laravel News says:

[Basset is an alternative way to load CSS & JS assets](https://laravel-news.com/basset)

**And it's a better way. In Symfony you see this with new Symfony UX approach and the Asset Mapper component.**
  
### eCommerce  
  
Acro Commerce promotes:

[The Power of Drupal Commerce for B2B Manufacturers](https://www.acrocommerce.com/article/the-power-of-drupal-commerce-for-b2b-manufacturers)

Sitepoint demonstrates:

[7 Easy Ways to Make a Magento 2 Website Faster](https://www.sitepoint.com/make-magento-faster/)  

Dilshad Durani shares:

[Building a PHP Ticket System Using Magento](https://dev.to/dilshaddurani/building-a-php-ticket-system-using-magento-3inh)
  
### CMSs  
  
TYPO3 has:  
  
[TYPO3 CMS Transforms TH Rosenheim’s Higher Education Website](https://typo3.com/customers/case-studies/th-rosenheim)  
  
[Report From the EU Open Source Policy Summit](https://typo3.org/article/report-from-the-eu-open-source-policy-summit)  
  
[TYPO3 Rector on the Move](https://typo3.org/article/typo3-rector-on-the-move)  
  
Pixel has a:
  
[Recap of TYPO3 Surfcamp 2024](https://pixelde.su/blog/typo3-surfcamp-2024-recap/)  
  
  
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Joomla announces:  
  
[Joomla 5.1.0 and Joomla 4.4.4 are here!](https://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5907-joomla-5-1-0-and-joomla-4-4-4-are-here.html)  
  
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Drupal has:
  
[New Things Happening At DrupalCon Portland](https://www.drupal.org/association/blog/new-things-happening-at-drupalcon-portland)  

Gábor Hojtsy says:

[New Upgrade Status 4.2.0 is beautiful in Gin, improves continuous integration compatibility and more](https://www.hojtsy.hu/blog/2024-apr-18/new-upgrade-status-420-beautiful-gin-improves-continuous-integration-compatibility)  

Hash Bang Code explores:
  
[Drupal 10: Adding Extra User Account Protection](https://www.hashbangcode.com/article/drupal-10-adding-extra-user-account-protection)  
  
Mario Hernandez examines:
  
[Building a modern Drupal theme with Storybook](https://mariohernandez.io/blog/building-a-modern-drupal-theme-with-storybook/)  
  
Specbee shows us:
  
[How to integrate Auth0 Single Sign-On (SSO) in Drupal](https://www.specbee.com/blogs/how-to-integrate-auth0-single-sign-on-sso-in-drupal)  
  
Matt Glaman says:
  
[Writing tests first saves time and money later on](https://mglaman.dev/blog/writing-tests-first-saves-time-and-money-later)  

The Drop Times has:

[Mounting /Himalayas to /Enterprise Web: Gai Technologies' Ascetic Route](https://www.thedroptimes.com/37379/mounting-himalayas-enterprise-web-gai-technologies-ascetic-route)

**Now that's an interesting Drupal agency.**

[A Detailed Review of Droopler 4 with Grzegorz Bartman of Droptica](https://www.thedroptimes.com/interview/39140/detailed-review-droopler-4-with-grzegorz-bartman-droptica)

**Hmm, this is not for me. Distributions are slowly going away, Paragraphs have, and Bootstrap is shit.**

[1xINTERNET Showcases Frontend Editing Module for Drupal](https://www.thedroptimes.com/39225/1xinternet-showcases-frontend-editing-module-drupal) 

**Again, with the Paragraphs.**

Paul Johnson requests:

[Help us create a Promote Drupal Image Library](https://medium.com/@pdjohnson/help-us-create-a-promote-drupal-image-library-37c9c0253d21)

Balint Pekker shares:

[Enhancing Drupal with GitHub Actions](https://bpekker.dev/enhancing-drupal-with-github-actions/)

ImageX shows us how to:

[Drive Engagement with Image Carousels on Your Drupal Site](https://imagexmedia.com/blog/2024/04/drive-engagement-image-carousels-your-drupal-site)

Amazze has:
  
[Drupal 7 End of Life: How We Help](https://www.amazee.io/blog/post/drupal-7-end-of-life)  

Golems is:
  
[Boosting Productivity in Drupal with Composer 2](https://gole.ms/guidance/boosting-productivity-drupal-composer-2-0)

### Previous Weeks  
  
Jolicode looks at:
  
[Contributing to Symfony MakerBundle](https://jolicode.com/blog/contributing-to-symfony-makerbundle)  

Et:

[Une nouvelle édition du Symfony Live Paris 2024](https://jolicode.com/blog/une-nouvelle-edition-du-symfony-live-paris-2024)  

Chapter Three shares:

[Admin Dialogs: A Simple Innovation for Better User Experience](https://www.chapterthree.com/blog/admin-dialogs-a-simple-innovation-for-better-user-experience)
  
---  
## PHP  
  
### This Week  
  
Doğan Uçar explores:
  
[PHP 8.4: Release Date and Features, April 2024](https://doganoo.medium.com/php-8-4-release-date-and-features-april-2024-a84fad1aa33e)  

Laravel News reports:

[Property Hooks Get Closer to Becoming a Reality in PHP 8.4](https://laravel-news.com/php-property-hooks) 
  
Alex examines: 
  
[Blacklists and Whitelists: How do they work?](https://alexwebdevelop.activehosted.com/social/5737c6ec2e0716f3d8a7a5c4e0de0d9a.334)  
  
Orpheric Allagbe shows us: 
  
[How to optimize your Nginx server in terms of the number of requests/traffics processed simultaneously in your web app?](https://medium.com/@Orpheric_Codeur/how-to-optimize-your-nginx-server-in-terms-of-the-number-of-requests-trafics-processed-b3bbb0edb5a7)  
  
AlyaTek has:
  
[PHP - arrays e valores como chave](https://dev.to/alyatek/php-arrays-e-valores-como-chave-5gdi)  
  
Gilles Migliori looks at:
  
[PowerLite PDO: A Powerful PHP Database Abstraction Layer](https://dev.to/miglisoft/powerlite-pdo-a-powerful-php-database-abstraction-layer-39n7)  
  
Greenend explores the:  
  
[PuTTY vulnerability vuln-p521-bias](https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/vuln-p521-bias.html)  
  
Dariusz Gafka examines:
  
[Building Workflows in PHP with Ecotone](https://blog.devgenius.io/building-workflows-in-php-with-ecotone-545070356e1c)  
  
(Not Bob) The Builder asks:

[Can't Access Files in XAMPP "public" Folder on Linux? Fix Permissions with chmod](https://dev.to/iamthebuilder/cant-access-files-in-xampp-public-folder-on-linux-fix-permissions-with-chmod-4bgo)

Erland Muchasaj shares:

[HP: Dynamic method calling](https://medium.com/@erlandmuchasaj/php-dynamic-method-calling-3c5dfbe816a2)

Tomas Votruba helps us with updating legacy projects:

[Master the Change](https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/master-the-change)

David Eduardo Karpinski takes us:

[From Zero to Hero: Mastering LAMP Server Configuration](https://medium.com/@davidkarpinski1/from-zero-to-hero-mastering-lamp-server-configuration-a901f0440005)

Tazwarutshas looks at:

[Understanding Abstraction in Object-Oriented Programming](https://blog.devops.dev/understanding-abstraction-in-object-oriented-programming-dbc85916349b)

The New Stack explains:  
  
[Why PHP Usage Has Declined by 40% in Just Over 2 Years](https://thenewstack.io/why-php-usage-has-declined-by-40-in-just-over-2-years/)  

**I think this reasoning is accurate.**

---  
  
## More Programming  
  
Joan Westenberg looks at: 
  
[AI in 2024: a brief state of play](https://joanwestenberg.com/blog/ai-in-2024-a-brief-state-of-play)  
  
**This is a good take. AI is neither good nor evil. There are good and bad uses for it. And good and evil people programming and using it.**  

Speaking of, Citation Needed asks:

[AI isn't useless. But is it worth it?](https://www.citationneeded.news/ai-isnt-useless/)

**Nope.**
  
Oleksii Marakhin compares:
  
[PUT vs PATCH. What to use and when?](https://medium.com/@a.marakhin2077/put-vs-patch-what-to-use-and-when-4762458b82e2)  
  
Jason McDonald says:  
  
[SQL Injection Isn't Dead Yet](https://dev.to/owasp/sql-injection-isnt-dead-yet-48ic)  

Dan Cătălin Burzo shows us:

[How to think about HTML responsive images](https://danburzo.ro/responsive-images-html/)
  
David Walsh explores the:  
  
[HTML popover Attribute](https://davidwalsh.name/html-popover-attribute)  
  
Javier Cuelo shares his:  
  
[Design good practices](https://goodpractices.design/)  
  
**Great resource.**  

Go Make Things examines:

[The decline of design](https://gomakethings.com/the-decline-of-design/)

jQuery shares:

[Upgrading jQuery: Working Towards a Healthy Web](https://blog.jquery.com/2024/04/17/upgrading-jquery-working-towards-a-healthy-web/)

**Don't use jQuery.**

Jason Knight proposes an interesting project:

[Building A Better JavaScript DOM Builder : Part 1](https://deathshadow.medium.com/building-a-better-javascript-dom-builder-part-1-4bf7b3639e5b)

Kenton de Jong says:

[Sorry, I’m Not Diggin’ HTMX](https://kentondejong.medium.com/sorry-im-not-diggin-htmx-cc28df862910)
  
SmashingMag shows us:  
  
[How To Monitor And Optimize Google Core Web Vitals](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2024/04/monitor-optimize-google-core-web-vitals/)  
  
**We should follow this advice to please our users, not Google. Fuck Google.**  
  
FrontendMasters looks at:  
  
[DevTools Tips & Tricks ](https://frontendmasters.com/blog/devtools-tips-tricks/)  
  
**Good stuff and one of the few things I enjoyed from bootcamp.**  
  
---  
  
## Fighting for Democracy  
  
[Please visit our Support Ukraine page](https://symfonystation.mobileatom.net/Support-Ukraine) to learn how you can help kick Russia out of Ukraine (eventually, like ending apartheid in South Africa).  
  
### The cyber response to Russia’s War Crimes and other douchebaggery  
  
The Hacker News reports:  
  
[U.S. Treasury Sanctions Hamas Spokesperson for Cyber Influence Operations](https://thehackernews.com/2024/04/us-treasury-hamas-spokesperson-for.html)  
  
[Chinese-Linked LightSpy iOS Spyware Targets South Asian iPhone Users](https://thehackernews.com/2024/04/chinese-linked-lightspy-ios-spyware.html)  

Bleeping Computer reports:

[Moldovan charged for operating botnet used to push ransomware](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/moldovan-charged-for-operating-botnet-used-to-push-ransomware/)
  
Wired reports:  
  
[Google Workers Protest Cloud Contract With Israel's Government](https://www.wired.com/story/google-no-tech-for-apartheid-project-nimbus-israel-gaza-protest/)  
  
Euronews reports:  
  
[EU Policy. TikTok questioned over its Lite app launched in France and Spain](https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/04/17/tiktok-questioned-over-its-lite-app-launched-in-france-and-spain)  
  
Ars Technica reports:  
  
[Judge halts Texas probe into Media Matters’ reporting on X](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/judge-halts-texas-probe-into-media-matters-reporting-on-x/)  
  
**Texas's c^nt Attorney General gets bitch slapped for an obviously unconstitutional persecution of someone Space Karen doesn't like.**  
  
Reuters reports:  
  
[Broadcom questioned by EU over VMware licensing changes](https://www.reuters.com/technology/broadcom-questioned-by-eu-over-vmware-licensing-changes-2024-04-15/)  
  
Noyb reports:  
  
[EDPB Opinion: Meta cannot rely on "Pay or Okay"](https://noyb.eu/en/statement-edpb-pay-or-okay-opinion)  
  
**Good.**  
  
The Verge reports: 
  
[TikTok divest-or-ban legislation could suddenly be fast-tracked in the Senate](https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/18/24133975/tiktok-divest-ban-bill-foreign-aid-package-house-senate)  

**TikTock can thank their buddies in Iran for getting it passed.**
  
### The Evil Empire Strikes Back  
  
The Washington Post reports:

[Secret Russian foreign policy document urges action to weaken the U.S.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/17/russia-foreign-policy-us-weaken/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzEzMzI2NDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzE0NzA4Nzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MTMzMjY0MDAsImp0aSI6ImUwY2E5YTBiLWQ2NDctNDQ3ZC05YjlmLTUzNzc0NWYyZjE3OSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS93b3JsZC8yMDI0LzA0LzE3L3J1c3NpYS1mb3JlaWduLXBvbGljeS11cy13ZWFrZW4vIn0.1tni52RvPNHZbDDDfR3YzwApuH-CS6YWrnrqIWc16pQ)

Forebes reports:

[Russia’s 2024 Election Influence Campaign Has Started, Microsoft Analysis Finds](https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesfarrell/2024/04/17/russias-2024-election-influence-campaign-has-started-microsoft-analysis-finds/)

Foreign Policy reports:

[Russia Just Helped Swing a European Election](https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/17/slovakia-president-pellegrini-russia-election-interference-disinformation/)

The Register reports

[Kremlin's Sandworm blamed for cyberattacks on US, European water utilities](https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/17/russia_sandworm_cyberattacks_water/)

Radio Free Europe reports:  
  
[Under Investigation Across Europe, Pro-Kremlin Voice Of Europe Has Deep Balkan Ties](https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-voice-of-europe-czech-information-war/32904006.html)  

The Next Web reports:

[In biggest-ever election year, tech platforms are wide open for voter manipulation](https://thenextweb.com/news/tech-ad-transparency-tools-miss-dsa)  

**Of course Shitter has the worst review.**
  
United Nations report:  
  
[Gaza: UN experts deplore use of purported AI to commit ‘domicide’ in Gaza, call for reparative approach to rebuilding](https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/04/gaza-un-experts-deplore-use-purported-ai-commit-domicide-gaza-call)  

The Nation reports:

[How US Intelligence and an American Company Feed Israel’s Killing Machine in Gaza](https://www.thenation.com/article/world/nsa-palantir-israel-gaza-ai/)  

**Unsurprisingly, it's the mofos at Palantir.**

Paul Bigger looks at:

[Meta and Lavender](https://blog.paulbiggar.com/meta-and-lavender/)

**So, Meta is helping Israel target civilians via supposedly encrypted WhatsApp groups? Not surprising considering the genocide-friendly c^nts who run it.**

The New York Times opines:

[The Israeli Censorship Regime Is Growing. That Needs to Stop](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/17/opinion/gaza-journalists-censorship-israel.html?unlocked_article_code=1.lE0.efaz.ulTjsBhke8fS&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&ugrp=m)
  
Speaking of ham-fisted censorship, The Markup reports:  
  
[Schools Were Just Supposed To Block Porn. Instead They Sabotaged Homework and Censored Suicide Prevention Sites](https://themarkup.org/digital-book-banning/2024/04/13/schools-were-just-supposed-to-block-porn-instead-they-sabotaged-homework-and-censored-suicide-prevention-sites)  
  
DarkReading reports:  
  
[Cyber Operations Intensify in Middle East, With Israel the Main Target](https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/cyber-operations-intensify-in-middle-east-with-israel-the-main-target)  

[Russian APT Group Thwarted in Attack on US Automotive Manufacturer](https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/russian-apt-group-thwarted-in-attack-on-us-automotive-manufacturer)
  
Disconnect reports:  
  
[Elon Musk is using Twitter to defend Brazil’s fascists](https://disconnect.blog/elon-musk-is-already-losing-his-battle-with-brazil/)  

Bloomberg reports:

[Musk’s X Retreats, Pledging to Comply With Brazil Court Orders](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-16/musk-s-x-retreats-pledging-to-comply-with-brazil-court-orders)

**Like all bullies, he's not so tough once you punch him in the mouth.**
  
NBC New reports:  
  
[Verified pro-Nazi X accounts flourish under Elon Musk](https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/x-twitter-elon-musk-nazi-extremist-white-nationalist-accounts-rcna145020)  
  
**He's a South Afrikaner c^nt so this should surprise no one. Apples don't fall far from the tree. And they rarely roll away.**  
  
### Cybersecurity/Privacy  
  
TechCruch reports:  
  
[Government spyware is another reason to use an ad blocker](https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/13/government-spyware-use-ad-blocker/)  
  
DarkReading reports:  
  
[FBI: Smishing Campaign Lures Victims With Unpaid-Toll Notices](https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/fbi-smishing-campaign-unpaid-toll-notices)  
  
404 Media reports:  
  
[A Spy Site Is Scraping Discord and Selling Users’ Messages](https://www.404media.co/a-spy-site-is-scraping-discord-and-selling-users-messages/)  

The Register reports:

[OpenAI's GPT-4 can exploit real vulnerabilities by reading security advisories](https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/17/gpt4_can_exploit_real_vulnerabilities/)

Tripwire reports:

[37 Arrested as Police Smash LabHost International Fraud Network](https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/37-arrested-police-smash-labhost-international-fraud-network)

Lawfare Media reports: 
  
[Questioning the Conventional Wisdom on Liability and Open Source Software](https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/questioning-the-conventional-wisdom-on-liability-and-open-source-software)

---  
  
### Fediverse  
  
The Fediverse Report has:  
  
[Last Week in Fediverse – ep 64](https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-64/)  
  
IFTAS shares a:  
  
[DSA Guide for the Fediverse](https://about.iftas.org/2024/04/09/dsa-guide-for-the-fediverse/)  
  
FOSS Academic shares:  
  
[Reading the Online Harms Act with my Fediverse Admin Hat On](https://fossacademic.tech/2024/04/10/Online-Harms-Act.html)  
  
Radio Free Fedi says:  
  
[Let's triple down on durable community, comradery and support, and also a new responsive website appears](https://blog.radiofreefedi.net/lets-triple-down-on-durable-community-comradery-and-support-and-also-a-new)  
  
**Awesome. Now I can listen in the car.**  
  
Jeff Sikes shares:  
  
[Installing the FediBuzz relay](https://box464.com/posts/fediverse-relays/)  
  
FediTest announces:  
  
[Early(est) access to work in progress on FediTest and the Fediverse test suite](https://feditest.org/blog/2024-04-09-earliest-access/)  
  
NodeBB has an:  
  
[April Update on ActivityPub Development](https://community.nodebb.org/topic/17964/april-update-on-activitypub-development)  
  
We Distribute shares:  

[Emissary is Whatever You Want It To Be](https://wedistribute.org/2024/04/emissary-social-web/)
  
[PubKit Officially Launches Closed Beta](https://wedistribute.org/2024/04/pubkit-closed-beta/)  
  
Their writer proposes:  
  
[A Content-Fallback Mechanism for the Fediverse](https://deadsuperhero.com/2024/04/a-content-fallback-mechanism-for-the-fediverse/)  

The Internet Review continues its:

[FediUX Series: Pixelfed & Photography on iPad](https://theinternet.review/2024/04/17/fedi-ux-pixelfed-ipad/)

TechCrunch reports:  
  
[Open source Substack rival Ghost may join the fediverse](https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/15/open-source-substack-rival-ghost-may-join-the-fediverse/)  
   
Peertube has its:

[April 2024 PeerTube newsletter!](https://joinpeertube.org/news/newsletter-2024-04)

The Tankies at Lemmy have an update:  
  
[Lemmy Development Update 2024-04-12](https://lemmy.ml/post/14370239)  
  
Engadget reports:  
  
[Meta is testing messaging capabilities for Threads, but don’t call them DMs](https://www.engadget.com/meta-is-testing-messaging-capabilities-for-threads-but-dont-call-them-dms-213536876.html)  

We Distribute also has:

[A Beginner’s Guide to the Fediverse, for Threads Users](https://wedistribute.org/2024/04/threads-fediverse-beginners/)  
  
### Other federated social media  
  
Ryan Barrett has an:  
  
[Bridgy Fed status update](https://snarfed.org/2024-04-11_bridgy-fed-status-update-11)  
  
**Good to see that he's reversed course and going the opt-in route.**  

From Over the Horizon looks at:

[Bluesky Crash Course: Labelers](https://from-over-the-horizon.ghost.io/bluesky-crash-course-labelers/)

**Wow. People thought Mastodon was complicated.**
  
Njump explains:  
  
[Why they're  on Nostr and not ActivityPub](https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfqlx6wpl5267tmnmmjk7v9tzunjvhzav9unc2tjn6k0w82vghprszypmvwx4w8fy378v7a3ruhgt7y2wd5sgn5zamde4wzamdwep798905xqvu5g)  
  
  
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### Reuben Walker  
  
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