This post is written on https://normals.me/ and delivered to !fediverse@lemmy.world over #ActivityPub, so if you are reading it the basic plumbing works. Now let me explain what is this.

Normals is a forum with communities, threads, and questions with an accepted answer. It is a single instance, not software you can host, and the core is closed for anti-abuse reasons. The federation module will be published separately with implementation notes (FEP-67ff).

What federates today Every community is a Group actor following the Lemmy model (FEP-1b12). Follow @selfhosted@normals.me or any other community from Lemmy, PieFed, Mbin or Mastodon.

Posts and comments go both ways. Replies from your instance appear in the thread on Normals, replies from Normals go back to the origin.

Remote content is labelled with its origin, links back to it, and is never copied. Media loads from the source.

Signed fetches, so it works with instances that require authorized fetch. NodeInfo 2.1 is up.

Policies, in case they matter to you, it has no ads, and no paid reach, and of course no AI training on posts. AI crawlers blocked by default, public mod log with reasons, and no automated removals. Numbers at https://normals.me/transparency so please take a look.

If something from your instance shows up wrong here, or something from here shows up wrong on yours, reply with the URL and I'll fix it. Andy Piper mentioned NodeBB uses the same group model, if anyone runs a NodeBB instance I'd like to test against it, if possible.

I hope we all have fun. Cheers!

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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/justpost/p/1513974/former-new-york-times-and-washington-post-tech-reporter-taylor-lorenz-says-she-s-being-o

Source: Taylor Lorenz on X/Twitter.

Across the Pilbara, access to fresh food is precarious: truckloads of fruit and vegetables must travel thousands of kilometres to reach remote communities in the region. The distance drives up cost, and supply can be unreliable.

Roebourne, or Ieramugadu as it is known by its Traditional Owners, is one such community.

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Carol Patton / Little Hiker Bird

Most of the new Southwest Sydney metro is an old heavy rail line, upgraded to have automated trains running every ~4 mins at peak and ~7 mins offpeak.

As a result, at stations like Marrickville, there's century-old railway buildings with platform screen doors.

@fuckcars@lemmy.world #rail #train

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Niente "marketing", ma concretezza. Così il premier canadese Mark Carney definisce la nuova intesa con l'UE

A Montréal si supera il dibattito sul "membro associato" per concentrarsi su: 🔹 Commercio (Ceta record) 🔹 Materie prime critiche 🔹 Supporto all'Ucraina

#Geopolitica #UE #Canada #MontréalSummit #carney

https://eurofocus.adnkronos.com/fatti/la-disputa-riguardante-lo-status-di-membro-associato-ha-lasciato-il-posto-a-un-patto-strategico-senza-precedenti/

@attualita