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-        <p class="intro">Over the last year the ActivityPub fediverse has been eclipsed in popularity by the shiny and drowning-in-cash BlueSky project. But ActivityPub is like the tortoise in the race, and the centralized architecture of BlueSky will create unavoidable problems which collapse its advantage in the long run. Standardized protocols are the only sure thing, resistant to the transient whims and scandals of any one particular company.</p>
-        <p class="intro">Epicyon is designed for the expected long term future of the ActivityPub protocol. Written in the most boring trend-avoiding way possible, with few dependencies, no database to get corrupted, and suitable for running on old hardware at minimum cost. In tough environments, it can also run from an onion or i2p address and use text mode browsers with no risk from javascript exploits.</p>
+        <p class="intro">Over the last year the ActivityPub fediverse has been eclipsed in popularity by the BlueSky project and menaced by Meta's Threads. With the twin tanks of silicon valley parked ominously on its lawn surely it might appear that the "digital counterpublic" has finally been overthrown. But the centralized architecture of BlueSky and Threads will create unavoidable bottlenecks and problems which corrode their illusion of indefatigability. Standardized protocols have a tendency to resist the transient whims, scandals and business models of any one particular company.</p>
+        <p class="intro">Epicyon is designed for the expected long term future of the ActivityPub protocol. Written in the most boring trend-avoiding way possible, with few dependencies, no database to get corrupted, and suitable for running on old hardware at minimum cost. In tough environments, it can also run from an onion or i2p address and use text mode browsers with no risk from javascript exploits. While the silicon valley titans are clashing and crashing in a boss fight, the small and meek gain advantage.</p>
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-        <p class="intro">It can be downloaded as <a href="epicyon.tar.gz">a gzipped file</a>, or you can get the latest version from the <a href="https://gitlab.com/bashrc2/epicyon">git repo</a>. For installation instructions see <a href="index.html">the main page</a>. To upgrade an existing instance, make sure that you have the <i>python3-cryptography</i> package installed then do a git pull, chown and restart the daemon.</p>
+        <p class="intro">Epicyon can be downloaded as <a href="epicyon.tar.gz">a gzipped file</a>, or you can get the latest version from the <a href="https://gitlab.com/bashrc2/epicyon">git repo</a>. For installation instructions see <a href="index.html">the main page</a>. To upgrade an existing instance, make sure that you have the <i>python3-cryptography</i> package installed then do a git pull, chown and restart the daemon.</p>
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         <p>By: Bob Mottram <a href="mailto:bob@libreserver.org">bob@libreserver.org</a></p>