Symfony Station Communiqué — 09 February 2024. A look at Symfony, Drupal, PHP, Cybersec, and Fediverse News!
Tags: symfony, drupal, php, fediverse
Published: 2024-02-11 15:05:00

This communiqué [originally appeared on Symfony Station](https://symfonystation.mobileatom.net/Symfony-Station-Communique-09-February-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. We also cover the cybersecurity world and the Fediverse (more open-source).

This week is jam-packed, and there is good content in the 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.

- [Symfony](https://symfonystation.mobileatom.net/Symfony-Station-Communique-09-February-2024#symfony)
- [PHP](https://symfonystation.mobileatom.net/Symfony-Station-Communique-09-February-2024#php)
- [More Programming](https://symfonystation.mobileatom.net/Symfony-Station-Communique-09-February-2024#more)
- [Fighting for Democracy](https://symfonystation.mobileatom.net/Symfony-Station-Communique-09-February-2024#other)
- [Cybersecurity](https://symfonystation.mobileatom.net/Symfony-Station-Communique-09-February-2024#cybersecurity)
- [Fediverse](https://symfonystation.mobileatom.net/Symfony-Station-Communique-09-February-2024#fediverse)

Once again, thanks go out to Javier Eguiluz and Symfony for sharing [our communiqué](https://symfonystation.mobileatom.net/Symfony-Station-Communique-02-February-2024) in their [Week of Symfony](https://symfony.com/blog/a-week-of-symfony-891-22-28-january-2024).

**My opinions will be in bold. And will often involve cursing.**

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## Symfony

As always, we will start with the official news from Symfony.

Highlight -> "This week, Symfony [5.4.35](https://symfony.com/blog/symfony-5-4-35-released), [6.3.12](https://symfony.com/blog/symfony-6-3-12-released), [6.4.3](https://symfony.com/blog/symfony-6-4-3-released) and [7.0.3](https://symfony.com/blog/symfony-7-0-3-released) maintenance versions were released. The 6.3.12 version is the last one in that branch, so you should consider upgrading to Symfony 6.4 or higher soon. Meanwhile, the development activity was very intense and focused on adding new features to the upcoming Symfony 7.1 version, including a [new TypeInfo component](https://github.com/symfony/symfony/commit/e4cfb66810edeff8af971c9b34e0af8dfeaab216). Finally, we published a blog post about [our experience upgrading websites to AssetMapper](https://symfony.com/blog/upgrading-symfony-websites-to-assetmapper)."

[A Week of Symfony #892 (29 January - 4 February 2024)]( https://symfony.com/blog/a-week-of-symfony-892-29-january-4-february-2024)

They also have:



SymfonyCasts has:

[This week on SymfonyCasts!](https://5hy9x.r.ag.d.sendibm3.com/mk/mr/sh/1t6AVsd2XFnIGBrRERGJumwddAsNT1/kj6A0HEHghev) 


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## Featured Item

This academic paper is aimed at pointy-headed intellectuals like me, but the gist is:

This white paper outlines a long-term scientific vision for the development of digital-democracy
technology. We contend that if digital democracy is to meet the ambition of enabling a participatory renewal in our societies, then a comprehensive multi-methods research effort is required that could, over the years, support its development in a democratically principled, empirically and computationally informed way.

### [Enabling the Digital Democratic Revival: A Research Program for Digital Democracy](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2401.16863.pdf) 

**This is about 10 years late, but maybe it will accomplish something. It's certainly in line with our mission.**

---

### This Week

Mounir Mouih explores:

[Symfony in Finance: Unveiling Essential Tools](https://levelup.gitconnected.com/symfony-in-finance-unveiling-essential-tools-bf6fd76174ce)

Filip Horvat shows us:

[How to use the entity from the app (/src) scope in your independent standalone bundles for your Doctrine & Symfony projects](https://medium.com/@fico7489/how-to-use-the-entity-from-the-app-src-scope-in-your-independent-standalone-bundles-for-your-0fa8a38e0575)

[Symfony Scheduler — How it Really Works](https://medium.com/@fico7489/symfony-scheduler-how-it-really-works-ef5d95409c09)

Esens Consulting shows us how to:
  
[Déployer une application Symfony et Vue.js sur Cloud Run](https://dev.to/esensconsulting/deployer-une-application-symfony-et-vuejs-sur-cloud-run-3cc2)

Visual Studio examines:

[PHP Better Snippets](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=victordev.php-better-snippets)

**Useful if are a student and use VSCode for Symfony and PHP development.**

Rahul Chavan looks at:

[The Benefits of Avoiding Abstract Controller in Symfony](https://medium.com/@rcsofttech85/the-benefits-of-avoiding-abstract-controller-in-symfony-a9fe48f4ead8)

Roeland demonstrates:

[Google authentication with Symfony 7](https://dev.to/roeland/google-authentication-with-symfony-7-2b62)

DBToolsBundle announces:

[DbToolsBundle: a set of Symfony Console Commands to interact with your database](https://dbtoolsbundle.readthedocs.io/en/stable/)

Radhwan Ben Youssef posts:

[Maximizing Efficiency with Singleton Design Pattern in Symfony](https://medium.com/@radhwanrouihm/maximizing-efficiency-with-singleton-design-pattern-in-symfony-abb8bc9ed280)

Vasil Dakov shows us:

[How to run Laminas Diagnostics in Symfony](https://medium.com/@vasildakov/how-to-run-laminas-diagnostics-in-symfony-ad2429910b86)

DrupalizeMe has a new guide:

[Symfony for Drupal Developers](https://drupalize.me/guide/symfony-drupal-developers)

### eCommerce

Shopware shares its:

[Shopware Developer Digest January 24](https://www.shopware.com/en/news/shopware-developer-digest-january-24/)

**Here are a couple of the highlights.**

From Björn Meyer:

[Generate custom API Client for Shopware 6](https://www.brocksi.net/blog/generate-custom-api-client-for-shopware-6/)

Via Enizen Tech:

[How to Integrate Shopware 6 Admin API?](https://www.emizentech.com/blog/integrate-shopware-6-admin-api.html)

Dragan Rapić explores:

[Shopware 6 Data Abstraction Layer (DAL) Indexing Explain](https://medium.com/gitconnected/shopware-6-data-abstraction-layer-dal-indexing-explain-abb47ebed55f)

Sylius has:

[Month of Sylius: January](https://sylius.com/blog/news/month-of-sylius-january/)

Highlights include:

[The best CMS for Sylius – internal and external solutions](https://bitbag.io/pl/blog/cms-for-sylius) from BitBag.

**We recommend Sulu.**

[Create Preview Environments from your GitHub pipeline](https://medium.com/@sorindumitrescu/create-preview-environments-from-your-github-pipeline-f9bbcef17fc0) from Sorin Dumitrescu.

### Platforms

Doğan Uçar compares:
  
[Laminas Framework Series: Mezzio vs. MVC](https://medium.com/@doganoo/laminas-framework-series-mezzio-vs-mvc-b3bb605e336d)

### CMSs

Hyvor (which integrates well with Symfony) announces:

[A New Look on Hyvor Blogs](https://hyvor.com/blog/hyvor-blogs-ui-update)

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TYPO3 announces:

[TYPO3 Association Co-Founds the Open Website Alliance](https://typo3.org/project/press/press-releases/open-website-alliance/english)

[Open Source and Digital Sovereignty](https://typo3.com/blog/open-source-and-digital-sovereignty)

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As does Joomla:

[Joomla! Joins Forces in the Open Website Alliance](https://www.joomla.org/announcements/general-news/5903-joomla-joins-forces-in-the-open-website-alliance.html)

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And Drupal:

[Drupal Association Co-Founds the Open Website Alliance](https://www.drupal.org/association/blog/drupal-association-co-founds-the-open-website-alliance)

**Good to see this from these three as it ties in with the ideals championed in the featured article. And our mission here at Symfony Station.**

[DrupalCI and all patch testing will be turned off on July 1, 2024](https://www.drupal.org/about/core/blog/drupalci-and-all-patch-testing-will-be-turned-off-on-july-1-2024)

[Nominations are now open for the 2024 Aaron Winborn Award](https://www.drupal.org/community/cwg/blog/nominations-are-now-open-for-the-2024-aaron-winborn-award)

[Drupal Contribution Feedback Survey](https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XRTNNM3) 

**Contributors, thanks for your work and please take the survey. Also, we need more Drupal contributors.**

Frontkom announces:

[Drupal Gutenberg is making waves](https://blog.frontkom.com/en/drupal-gutenberg-is-making-waves)

**This is fantastique. And I am definitely going to experiment with their starterkit theme.**

Balint Pekker asks:

[To Patch or Not To Patch](https://bpekker.dev/to-patch-or-not-to-patch/)

LN WebWorks examines:

[Mastering PHP Debugging: A Guide to Xdebug in Lando & DDEV for Drupal](https://www.lnwebworks.com/Insight/php-debugging-guide-xdebug-lando-ddev-drupal)

[Must-Know Features Of Webform Module For Drupal 10](https://www.lnwebworks.com/Insight/features-webform-module-drupal-10)

DrupalEasy has:

[Why you should care about using settings.local.php](https://www.drupaleasy.com/blogs/ultimike/2024/02/why-you-should-care-about-using-settingslocalphp)

[DrupalEasy Podcast S16E4 - Kevin Quillen - Drupal 10 Development Cookbook](https://www.drupaleasy.com/podcast/2024/02/drupaleasy-podcast-s16e4-kevin-quillen-drupal-10-development-cookbook)

**Great book.**

Specbee looks at:

[Style Made Simple with Acquia Site Studio’s Style Guide Manager](https://www.specbee.com/blogs/acquia-site-studios-style-guide-manager)

Factorial explores:

[A weekend dedicated to Drupal CMS](https://www.factorial.io/en/blog/weekend-dedicated-drupal-cms)

DewanCodes examines:

[Entity field validators and constraints in Drupal](https://medium.com/@dewancodes/entity-field-validators-and-constraints-in-drupal-9d4dda6e9f85)

QED42 has a case study:

[Drupal 10 Migration Success Story: ADA’s Transformation through Multisite Architecture](https://medium.com/qed42-tech-insights/drupal-10-migration-success-story-adas-transformation-through-multisite-architecture-a6bdd97038d7)

Dan Chadwick shows us:

[How to Secure JSON:API Endpoints in Drupal with OAuth](https://medium.com/@dan.chadwick/how-to-secure-json-api-endpoints-in-drupal-with-oauth-2b95b789f5f1)

DrupalCamp Cemaes explains:  

[Social Media and DrupalCamp Cemaes](https://drupalcampcemaes.wales/blog/2024/02/social-media-and-drupalcamp-cemaes)

**This could have been in the Fediverse section as well.**

Markie (not Mark) demonstrates how to:

[Show the last author of a node in the Drupal content list](https://mark.ie/blog/show-the-last-author-of-a-node-in-the-drupal-content-list/)

Brian Perry looks at:

[Extending The Drupal API Client](https://brianperry.dev/posts/2024/extending-api-client/)

ImageX shares:
  
[Drupal Calendar Creation Unleashed: Useful Modules And A Step-by-Step Walkthrough](https://imagexmedia.com/blog/creating-calendars-drupal)

Golems demonstrates:

[Improving Page Loading Speed in Drupal with Different Caching Solutions](https://gole.ms/blog/improving-page-loading-speed-drupal-different-caching-solutions)

Perry Aryee has:

[Upgrading your site from Drupal 9 to 10](https://ramsalt.com/en/blog/upgrading-your-site-drupal-9-10)

Oliver Davies is:

[Experimenting with Architectural Testing](https://www.oliverdavies.uk/archive/2024/02/08/experimenting-with-architectural-testing)

### Previous Weeks

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## PHP

### This Week

Nemanja Milenkovic compares:

[PHP 8.2 vs PHP 8.3: The Evolution of a Server-Side Powerhouse](https://medium.com/@nemanjamilenkovic_58178/php-8-2-vs-php-8-3-the-evolution-of-a-server-side-powerhouse-c2ea04188cb7)

Alex shows us how to:

[Code faster with the "Top-Bottom" technique](https://alexwebdevelop.activehosted.com/social/4734ba6f3de83d861c3176a6273cac6d.281)

WebWash explores:

[Full-text Search in Database using PhpStorm](https://www.webwash.net/full-text-search-in-database-phpstorm/)

The Grumpy Programmer has:

[Thoughts On Mentoring](https://grumpy-learning.com/blog/2024/02/04/thoughts-on-mentoring/)

**Please give back to the communities who supported your career.**

Laravel News shows us how to:

[Make your app faster with PHP 8.3](https://laravel-news.com/make-your-app-faster-with-php-83)

Ozan Akman explains:
  
[Understanding Automated Testing](https://compiler.blog/understanding-automated-testing)

php[architect] examines:

[Getting Started With Docker](https://www.phparch.com/2024/02/getting-started-with-docker/)

Exakat looks at:
  
[Common services with PHP applications](https://www.exakat.io/en/common-services-with-php-application/)

Harish Kumar explores:

[Mastering Code Consistency: A Guide to PHP-CS-Fixer Integration with VSCode](https://dev.to/hkp22/mastering-code-consistency-a-guide-to-php-cs-fixer-integration-with-vscode-17cd)

Mkhalid examines:

[Mastering Behat Testing: A Comprehensive Guide for Implementing BDD in PHP Projects](https://webdesignguy.medium.com/mastering-behat-testing-a-comprehensive-guide-for-implementing-bdd-in-php-projects-f8a6aee68038)

Abdulbasit Rubeiyya has:
  
[Google’s IDX with PHP: First Look](https://medium.com/@noob.dev/googles-idx-with-php-first-look-c727efe611d9)

### Previous Weeks



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## More Programming

Zach Leatherman looks at:
  
[The Good, The Bad, The Web Components](https://www.zachleat.com/web/good-bad-web-components/)

Noupe shares:

[The Benefits of Progressive Web Apps and How to Build Them](https://www.noupe.com/development/the-benefits-of-progressive-web-apps-and-how-to-build-them.html)

John has:

[PR-007 - Why you don't need React](https://md.jtmn.dev/blog/💻+Programming/PR-007+-+Why+you+don't+need+React)

**Your weekly PSA of why React sucks.**

Infoworld reports:

[jQuery 4.0 trims browser support, removes APIs](https://www.infoworld.com/article/3712823/jquery-40-trims-browser-support-removes-apis.html)

**That's nice, but just use vanilla JS and web components peeps.**

Shalitha Suranga shares:
  
[HTML Attributes That Every Web Developer Should Know](https://medium.com/gitconnected/html-attributes-that-every-web-developer-should-know-8ffd4cd88288)

Go Make Things explores:

[HTML as the baseline](https://gomakethings.com/html-as-the-baseline/)

**This x 1000.**

Smashing Mag opines:

[Web Development Is Getting Too Complex, And It May Be Our Fault](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2024/02/web-development-getting-too-complex/)

**Of fucking course.**

Free Code Camp explores:

[Vim Key Bindings – Vim Keys List Reference](https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/vim-key-bindings-reference/)

Moz reports on technical SEO:

[3 Unexpected Examples of Technical SEO Issues (And How to Resolve Them)](https://moz.com/blog/resolve-technical-issues-whiteboard-friday)

Onfold examines:

[Is it time to ditch MySQL and PostgreSQL for SQLite?](https://onfold.sh/blog/is-it-time-to-ditch-mysql-and-postgresql-for-sqlite)

Venture Beat reports:
  
[Meet ‘Smaug-72B’: The new king of open-source AI](https://venturebeat.com/ai/meet-smaug-72b-the-new-king-of-open-source-ai/)

**AI is here to stay. So, we need to support the open-source versions.**

[Hugging Face launches open source AI assistant maker to rival OpenAI’s custom GPTs](https://venturebeat.com/ai/hugging-face-launches-open-source-ai-assistant-maker-to-rival-openais-custom-gpts/)

**Cool.**

Dries Buyaert says:

[Goodbye third-party cookies](https://dri.es/goodbye-third-party-cookies)

**He should also say goodbye Chrome.**

404 Media reports:

[The Guy Building an Open-Source Google Search Competitor](https://www.404media.co/email/d9f5eebf-add0-424b-99c0-cab6cd24867a/)

**[Bookmark this site, Stract](https://stract.com/).**

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## 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

Reuters reports:

[Philippines wards off cyber attacks from China-based hackers](https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/philippines-wards-off-cyber-attacks-china-based-hackers-2024-02-05/)

The Next Web reports:

[EU member states approve world-first AI law](https://thenextweb.com/news/eu-approves-ai-act)

Ars Technica reports:

[Data broker allegedly selling de-anonymized info to face FTC lawsuit after all](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/data-broker-selling-de-anonymized-info-to-face-ftc-lawsuit-after-all/)

The Verge reports:

[Meta says you better disclose your AI fakes or it might just pull them](https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/6/24062388/meta-ai-photo-watermark-facebook-instagram-threads)

**Uh. Right. See the oversite board article below.**

Microsoft has:
  
[Iran accelerates cyber ops against Israel from chaotic start](https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2024/02/06/iran-accelerates-cyber-ops-against-israel/)

Decipher reports:
  
[U.S. Cracks Down on Spyware With Visa Restriction Policy](https://apple.news/AaU8s8hfZRMCj4NFANv5MpA)

**This should apply to about 20% of Israelis and plenty of other c^nts around the world.**

### The Evil Empire Strikes Back

404 Media has an example:

[Phone Spy Tool Pitched for ‘Riot Detection’ in NYC](https://www.404media.co/patternz-phone-spy-tool-pitched-for-riot-detection-in-nyc/)

The Kyiv Post reports:
  
[Ukraine Calls on Network Providers to Review Security Measures in Light of Increased Cyberattacks](https://www.kyivpost.com/post/27626)
The Register reports:

[JetBrains urges swift patching of latest critical TeamCity flaw](https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/07/jetbrains_teamcity_critical_vuln/)

[Iran's cyber operations in Israel a potential prelude to US election interference](https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/07/irans_cyber_operations_in_israel/)

The MIVD and AIVD report:

[Ministry of Defence of the Netherlands uncovers COATHANGER, a stealthy Chinese FortiGate RAT](https://www.ncsc.nl/binaries/ncsc/documenten/publicaties/2024/februari/6/mivd-aivd-advisory-coathanger-tlp-clear/TLP-CLEAR+MIVD+AIVD+Advisory+COATHANGER.pdf)

The Guardian opines:

[Meta and Mark Zuckerberg must not be allowed to shape the next era of humanity](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/04/mark-zuckerberg-meta-facebook-ai-future-accountability)

**That's for goddamn sure.**

Deutsch Welle has the evidence:

[Facebook at 20: From hope to disillusionment](https://www.dw.com/en/facebook-at-20-from-hope-to-disillusionment/a-68154753)

Bleeping Computer piles on:
  
[Facebook ads push new Ov3r_Stealer password-stealing malware](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/facebook-ads-push-new-ov3r-stealer-password-stealing-malware/)

And TechCrunch provides reason number 25,212:

[Oversight Board calls on Meta to rewrite ‘incoherent’ rules against faked videos](https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/05/meta-facebook-oversight-board-biden-video-cheapfake/)

And 25,213:

[Meta cuts off third-party access to Facebook Groups, leaving developers and customers in disarray](https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/05/meta-cuts-off-third-party-access-to-facebook-groups-leaving-developers-and-customers-in-disarray/)
**After similar c^ntitry from Shitter and Rekkit, anyone who still bases their business on APIs from these mofos deserves what they get. Build your company on open-source software not shitty proprietary monopolies.**

Politico reports:

[The far right is scaring away Washington’s private hacker army](https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/06/far-right-washington-private-hackers-00139413?cid=apn)

Proton opines:

[Apple’s DMA compliance plan is a trap and a slap in the face for the European Commission](https://proton.me/blog/apple-dma-compliance-plan-trap)

**Apple is the least c^ntish of the big tech companies, but they are still c^nts.**

Cory Doctorow elaborates:

[Apple to EU: “Go fuck yourself”](https://medium.com/@doctorow/apple-to-eu-go-fuck-yourself-9028eac5f93f0)

Fast Company reports:

[E-books are fast becoming tools of corporate surveillance](https://www.fastcompany.com/90996547/e-books-are-fast-becoming-tools-of-corporate-surveillance "E-books are fast becoming tools of corporate surveillance")

**Sigh.**

404 Media reports that not happy with creating fake porn:

[4chan Is Editing Pictures to Clothe Women](https://www.404media.co/dignifai-4chan-is-editing-pictures-to-clothe-women/)

**It must be a legal requirement that if you are on 4chan, you have to be a USDA certified organic shithead.**

### Cybersecurity/Privacy

And:

[An Instant Fake ID Factory](https://www.404media.co/email/7ba8cca7-96d2-487d-a1e3-5cc0de98fc4e/)

Bleeping Computer reports:
  
[Hackers steal data of 2 million in SQL injection, XSS attacks](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-steal-data-of-2-million-in-sql-injection-xss-attacks/)

The Register reports:

[IT suppliers hacked off with Uncle Sam's demands in aftermath of cyberattacks](https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/08/us_tech_industry_changes/)

**Oh no, we have to be secure because we get rich off the military via U.S. taxpayers.**

Fortune reports:

[AI chatbots are making cybersecurity work much easier–but foundation models are about to revolutionize it](https://fortune.com/2024/02/07/ai-chatbots-cybersecurity-work-foundation-models-revolution-artificial-intelligence-tech/)

9 to 5 Mac reports:

[Proton launches open-source, end-to-end encrypted password manager for business](https://9to5mac.com/2024/02/08/proton-launches-encrypted-password-manager-for-business/)

**Cool.**

TechCrunch reports:

[A fake app masquerading as password manager LastPass just got pulled from the App Store](https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/08/a-fake-app-masquerading-as-password-manager-lastpass-just-got-pulled-from-the-app-store/)

**Oh no, we have to have a monopoly so we can protect people's privacy.**

PBS reports:

[Multiple threats to election systems prompt U.S. cybersecurity agency to boost cooperation with states](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/multiple-threats-to-election-systems-prompt-u-s-cybersecurity-agency-to-boost-cooperation-with-states)

---

### Fediverse

The Fediverse Report has:

[Last Week in Fediverse – ep 54](https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-54/)

[Lemmy ask you anything (again)](https://fediversereport.com/lemmy-ask-you-anything-again/)

[Bluesky opens the network](https://fediversereport.com/bluesky-opens-the-network/)
 
**It's awesome that it's been taken over by the Japanese community.**

TechCrunch has more:

[Bluesky is now open for anyone to join](https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/06/bluesky-is-now-open-for-anyone-to-join/)

**Hopefully millions of U.S. dummies will leave shitter and move here. And stay off the Fediverse.**

[How Twitter’s descent into chaos is paving the way for a new web](https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/07/how-twitters-descent-into-chaos-is-paving-the-way-for-a-new-web/)

The Verge publishes:
  
[The Fediverse, explained](https://www.theverge.com/24063290/fediverse-explained-activitypub-social-media-open-protocol)

Julian Fietkau shares an interesting ActivityPub project:

[Daily Rucks: The How and Why](https://fietkau.blog/2024/daily_rucks)

Terence Eden has another:

[A (tiny, incomplete, single user, write-only) ActivityPub server in PHP](https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/02/a-tiny-incomplete-single-user-write-only-activitypub-server-in-php/)

NodeBB gives an:

[January Update on ActivityPub Development](https://community.nodebb.org/topic/17803/january-update-on-activitypub-development)

**Cool.**

The Verge reports:

[The creators of Twitterrific are making an app to read (almost) anything on the web](https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/31/24057231/iconfactory-kickstarter-internet-reader-project-tapestry-twitterrific)

**Yeah.**

Bookmarking app Betula announces:

[Version 1.2.0](https://betula.mycorrhiza.wiki/v1.2.0.html)

Social Media Today reports:

[Meta Continues To Develop Its Fediverse Connection Options for Threads](https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/meta-continues-to-develop-its-fediverse-connection-options-for-threads/706505/)

Axios reports:

[First look: Meta won't recommend political content on Threads](https://www.axios.com/2024/02/09/meta-political-content-moderation-threads)


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## Author

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### Reuben Walker

Founder
Symfony Station