I still store offsite backups on CD and DVD disks

IRC is actually somewhat federated, as one network can consist of multiple servers hosted by different people.

Guess I would not want to maintain a webpage so web servers are nixed

You could still use WebDAV. It’s simple and works with most file managers.

I planned to make a Mastodon client for KDE and name it “Kulupu”. But it was stalled and Tokodon appeared earlier.

jan pi toki pona li pali e ilo la ni li pona tawa mi

does traffic for boosts go via the original instance

That way. You can’t trust a third-party instance to proxy content, every server has to get its own copy.

It’s always IP + DNS + Deep Packet Inspection. To access blocked websites, you have to use some sort of proxying.

Correct

Instances hosted in Russia can’t federate with lgbtqia.space anymore.

don’t give them ideas

Addy and Firefox Relay