From 3ca7a9c7337c2b81d29463c096fa9edd4ff36c5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kim Brose <2803622+HarHarLinks@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 18:05:58 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Links, Formatting, Pings Signed-off-by: Kim Brose <2803622+HarHarLinks@users.noreply.github.com> --- content/blog/2025/10/2025-10-31-twim.md | 35 ++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/blog/2025/10/2025-10-31-twim.md b/content/blog/2025/10/2025-10-31-twim.md index 1d1f8ba83..f774340eb 100644 --- a/content/blog/2025/10/2025-10-31-twim.md +++ b/content/blog/2025/10/2025-10-31-twim.md @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ author = ["Thib"] category = ["This Week in Matrix"] +++ -## Matrix Live +## Matrix Live S11E14 – MSC Crafter, MAS Personal Tokens {{ youtube_player(video_id="Fy2NsTo19dQ") }} @@ -16,26 +16,26 @@ category = ["This Week in Matrix"] [Amandine](https://matrix.to/#/@Amandine:matrix.org) reports -> Robin is sadly moving on at the end of November, see . I will be covering as acting MD while we recruit someone else. A job description is incoming, but please get in touch at if you're interested. +> Robin is sadly moving on at the end of November, see [A fond farewell from Managing Director Robin Riley](@/blog/2025/10/2025-10-28-farewell-robin.md). I will be covering as acting MD while we recruit someone else. A job description is incoming, but please get in touch at if you're interested. [Amandine](https://matrix.to/#/@Amandine:matrix.org) announces > This week we're welcoming [Liberbyte](https://www.liberbyte.com/) as a Silver member of the Foundation! > Liberbyte uses Matrix as data exchange layer between organisations to provide transparent and controlled access to global data exchanges and markets. Welcome and thank you for your support! 👏 > -> Does your community or organisation use Matrix? Do you maintain an open source project that builds on Matrix? Join these organisations in [demonstrating their support](https://matrix.org/support/) and apply to [become a member](https://matrix.org/membership/) today. +> Does your community or organisation use Matrix? Do you maintain an open source project that builds on Matrix? Join these organisations in [demonstrating their support](@/support.md) and apply to [become a member](@/membership/_index.md) today. [Matthew](https://matrix.to/#/@matthew:matrix.org) reports -> Post-mortem of the Sept 2nd matrix.org homeserver outage: +> Post-mortem of the Sept 2nd matrix.org homeserver outage: [https://matrix.org/blog/2025/10/post-mortem/](@/blog/2025/10/2025-10-10-post-mortem.md) ## Dept of Social Good 🙆 [Amandine](https://matrix.to/#/@Amandine:matrix.org) announces -> 🇪🇺We are happy to announce our support for the [call to the European Commission for a €350M EU Sovereign Tech Fund](https://eu-stf.openforumeurope.org/)! +> 🇪🇺 We are happy to announce our support for the [call to the European Commission for a €350M EU Sovereign Tech Fund](https://eu-stf.openforumeurope.org/)! > > Dozens of organisations have joined [Open Forum Europe](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/openforum-europe_digitalsovereignty-opensource-eupolicy-activity-7388492503487889408-jOyO) in bringing the EU’s attention to the chronic lack of funding for the maintenance of critical open source projects which form the infrastructure of our society. As OFE excellently puts it, here is the situation: > > The challenge: Open source software forms the invisible backbone of Europe's digital infrastructure. Yet the maintenance and security of these foundational technologies remain severely underfunded. Over time, chronic under-investment in open source software maintenance can lead to increased systemic exposure to risk, leaving governments, businesses, and citizens vulnerable to security threats, supply chain disruptions, and vendor lock-in. @@ -45,13 +45,15 @@ category = ["This Week in Matrix"] > > However, whilst public funding is a good way to provide support short term, FOSS projects and foundations eventually need reliable recurring revenue from the ones using them. We ultimately want to change the way organisations buy open source full stop, if we want it to be resilient. > -> ➡️ [Read the letter here](https://eu-stf.openforumeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/EU-Sovereign-Tech-Fund-Public-Support-Letter_final.pdf) and find the report and policy primer on [OFE’s website](https://eu-stf.openforumeurope.org/) +> ➡️ [Read the letter here](https://eu-stf.openforumeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/EU-Sovereign-Tech-Fund-Public-Support-Letter_final.pdf) and find the report and policy primer on [OFE’s website](https://eu-stf.openforumeurope.org/). ## Dept of Spec 📜 +### MSC Crafter + [Half-Shot](https://matrix.to/#/@Half-Shot:half-shot.uk) says -> ### The crafty get craftier +> **The crafty get craftier** > > More progress on MSC Crafter this week. For those that don't know, this is my newest project aiming to make Matrix Spec Changes easier to work on. The latest highlights since last week are: > @@ -151,13 +153,13 @@ A total rewrite of Element iOS using the Matrix Rust SDK underneath and targetin [HarHarLinks](https://matrix.to/#/@kim:sosnowkadub.de) reports -> [@this-week-in:matrix.org](https://matrix.to/#/@this-week-in:matrix.org): A new Matrix Stammtisch has spawned in Aachen! Read more at and join the first edition on 10th November. +> A new Matrix Stammtisch has spawned in Aachen! Read more at and join the first edition on 10th November. ## Dept of Interesting Projects 🛰️ -[Ginger [she/they]](https://matrix.to/#/@ginger:gingershaped.computer) announces +### mdotp: matrix presence made easy -> ### mdotp: matrix presence made easy +[Ginger [she/they]](https://matrix.to/#/@ginger:gingershaped.computer) announces > Inspired by the [Lanyard](https://github.com/Phineas/lanyard) project, [mdotp](https://github.com/gingershaped/mdotp) is a web service that exposes your _presence_ (whether you're online or offline) through a convenient REST API, without any of the hassle required to authenticate and interact with a homeserver. Simply join [#mdotp:gingershaped.computer](https://matrix.to/#/#mdotp:gingershaped.computer) and your presence will become available at `https://mdotp.ginger.services/api/v1/user/`! [Here's the response for my account](https://mdotp.ginger.services/api/v1/user/@ginger:gingershaped.computer), for example. A WebSocket endpoint is also available if you want to track your presence in real-time -- see the [README](https://github.com/gingershaped/mdotp?tab=readme-ov-file#mdotp) for full API documentation. ## Matrix in the News 📰 @@ -199,6 +201,19 @@ Here we reveal, rank, and applaud the homeservers with the lowest ping, as measu ### [#ping:maunium.net](https://matrix.to/#/#ping:maunium.net) Join [#ping:maunium.net](https://matrix.to/#/#ping:maunium.net) to experience the fun live, and to find out how to add YOUR server to the game. +|Rank|Hostname|Median MS| +|:---:|:---:|:---:| +|1|codestorm.net|195| +|2|usbpc.xyz|199| +|3|vibb.me|202| +|4|nexy7574.co.uk|221| +|5|haise.uk|235| +|6|nerdhouse.io|255| +|7|matrix.netho.tk|290| +|8|gingershaped.computer|302| +|9|juniorjpdj.pl|345| +|10|calitabby.net|462.5| + ## That's all I know See you next week, and be sure to stop by [#twim:matrix.org](https://matrix.to/#/#twim:matrix.org) with your updates!