Catodon 26.11.0-rc.1 is out! First release candidate for 26.11.0 "Nyan Cat". Events. Federated events (FEP-8a8e) with invitations, RSVPs, calendar export and their own page, plus an Events tab in Search. Videos. New Videos page and timeline. Shorts feed that also takes Loops and portrait PeerTube videos, a popup player, Up next, and Add channel as a search. Blogs. Write in Markdown, mention people in a blog post, and offer the blog's posts by email. Forums. Discover forums through Catodon's Threadiverse Catalog, from Search > Forums, Explore > Forums and the sidebar. Moderation. Mass actions on up to 100 accounts, delete all posts, block an email address on delete, warnings with appeals, and reviewable trending hashtags. Email and terms. Notifications by email, filters for notifications you would rather not hear, and terms of service a server can write, date and version. Layout. Posts first, Accounts becomes Streams, 16 new themes, Ctrl+K command palette, and bookmark categories. Mastodon API. Sign-ups from apps, paging through lists, more notification kinds, and per-account server blocks. For admins. Warnings about critical updates and about the end of support of your release line; email and terms stay off until you turn them on. Migrations run on first start, so back up first. Full details with the stable release. ​:catodon:​ #catodon