Nostr notes by Dessalines

It's been a busy month, with a lot of work to add new ...

2025-10-06T13:01:07Z

It's been a busy month, with a lot of work to add new features to lemmy-ui which were already added to the Lemmy backend before. There were also a lot of bug fixes for the development version. We are gradually getting closer to a 1.0 release.

While the API changes for 1.0 are *mostly* finalized, we still have [many more lemmy-ui 1.0 tasks](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/milestone/5) to complete.

Some of the major additions:

- [Simplified lemmy-ui development](https://lemmy.ml/post/36316159).
- Audio file support in lemmy-ui.
- Added comment locking (which also locks children). Thanks to @flamingos-cant)
- [Post time filtering, with a smart dropdown](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3403#issuecomment-3286284650).
- Added ability to block all users from an instance (separate from blocking all communities)
- Added ability to make a note for a person, and view the vote totals you've given to them.
- Fixed remote RSS feeds.
- Added ability to do actions on report items, from the reports page.

::: spoiler Full list of changes by user

## salif

- [Fix data URL syntax in webmanifest](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3414)

## Meri-Dax

- [Saving video width and height alongside `embed_video_url`](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5965)

## flamingos-cant

- [Use more standard AP fields for community tags](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5976)
- [Don't populate embed fields when the Opengraph tag is empty](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5960)
- [Add urls for moderators and featured collections on local communities](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5939)
- [Comment lock](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5916)

## MV-GH

- [Restore deprecated apk post processing config](https://github.com/LemmyNet/jerboa/pull/1969)
- [Regenerate baseline profiles](https://github.com/LemmyNet/jerboa/pull/1968)
- [Bump to Android SDK 36](https://github.com/LemmyNet/jerboa/pull/1933)
- [Fix too large images in comments being cutoff](https://github.com/LemmyNet/jerboa/pull/1944)
- [Add option to disable video auto play](https://github.com/LemmyNet/jerboa/pull/1936)

## dessalines

- [Fixing missing shortcode from emoji updating.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/6004)
- [Validate saving default_items_per_page local user setting.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5986)
- [Fixing show_scores -> show_score DB name.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5985)
- [Fixing `LockComment` and `ModLockCommentView`](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5978)
- [Fixing local_user table column order.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5977)
- [Adding type_ to `PostOrCommentOrPrivateMessage` enum.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5980)
- [Fix post like not decrementing vote totals.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5941)
- [Add ability to mark a notification as unread.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5951)
- [Changing rss inbox feed -> notifications](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5953)
- [Fixing admin list users not using query.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5955)
- [Adding `ban_expires_at` to views](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5924)
- [Adding a post undelete delay to fix federation tests.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5948)
- [Add voyager development as the default test server for test.sh](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3444)
- [Adding default posts_per_page setting.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3417)
- [Add ability to lock comments](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3413)
- [Adding post time filtering with defaults.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3403)
- [Upgrading pnpm to 10.16](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3420)
- [Collapse removed comments that have no children by default.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3416)
- [Updating to new 1.0 names.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3412)
- [Adding ability to visit a random community.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3401)
- [Highlight new comments using the last read comments time.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3405)
- [Fixing scheduled publish time.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3404)
- [Adding read and hidden content for your profile.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3379)
- [Add ability to show banned users and all users.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3384)
- [Fixup notifs](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3381)
- [Add @nutomic to codeowners](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3380)
- [Fix profile radios spacing.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3378)
- [Add ability to block all persons from an instance.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3348)
- [Add ability to create a note for a person, and view vote totals](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3347)
- [Add ability to resend verification email.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3352)
- [Use the `getCommentsSlim` variant for post comments.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3351)
- [Fixing build tools to version 36.0.0](https://github.com/LemmyNet/jerboa/pull/1967)

## Nutomic

- [Include error message for rate limit error (fixes #6019)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/6020)
- [Proper null check for mod-reason-mandatory (fixes #6021)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/6022)
- [Update dependencies, use latest diesel-cli](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/6007)
- [Set image_mode: None for development](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/6014)
- [Correct name for instance default theme](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/6008)
- [Avoid unnecessary requests to w3.org (fixes #5999)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/6000)
- [Fix remote user/community rss feeds (fixes #5997)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5998)
- [Dont allow write api actions for banned user](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5996)
- [Exclude `LocalSite.multi_comm_follower` from public api](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5995)
- [Let banned users login](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5994)
- [Make reason mandatory for mod actions (fixes #1948)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5982)
- [Remove local_user.enable_keyboard_navigation (fixes #5988)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5992)
- [Rename FederationState.next_retry and NotificationType](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5991)
- [Rename person banned columns](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5975)
- [Show most used languages first](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5961)
- [Restrict max length of community title](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5958)
- [Reenable plugin hook (fixes #5925)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5954)
- [Sorting for instance list](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5946)
- [Print diff-check errors to stdout (fixes #5937)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5964)
- [Avoid regenerating metadata for unchanged post url (fixes #5956)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5962)
- [Dont allow removing only mod/admin, remove leave_admin endpoint](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5970)
- [Provide federation context collection (fixes #5283)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5856)
- [Add report actions (fixes #501)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3447)
- [Convert buttons for view all, show context to links (fixes #3229)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3475)
- [Enable various lints](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3485)
- [Enable alt text for videos (fixes #2779)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3487)
- [Fetch emoji data separately (fixes #3470)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3480)
- [Downscale proxied thumbnails (fixes #2591)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3476)
- [Insert emojis at current cursor position (fixes #1983)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3473)
- [Simplify translation code](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3472)
- [Fix Arabic user/community names (fixes #2207)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3459)
- [Correct name for instance default theme (fixes #2371)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3456)
- [Fetch similar posts when copying suggested title (fixes #2029)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3457)
- [Fix community link in modlog title (fixes #2209)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3454)
- [Properly render multi-line deny reason (fixes #3103)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3458)
- [UI changes if current user is banned (fixes #989)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3446)
- [RSS feed should use local domain (fixes #2012)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3449)
- [Add button to expand all images (fixes #1273)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3448)
- [Remove env var LEMMY_UI_DEBUG, use NODE_ENV instead](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3452)
- [Add new modlog filters](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3443)
- [Extend readme](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3445)
- [Improve development instructions to use remote instance](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3371)
- [In search results show number of posts/comments for users/communities](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3409)
- [Add checkbox for title only search (#3220)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3411)
- [Use params instead of string concat (fixes #1350)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3406)
- [Setting for community/post notifications](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3385)
- [Extend admin user list with more info](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3397)
- [Allow blocking community that banned you (fixes #3267)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3408)
- [Multiple language input using checkboxes (fixes #1935)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3388)
- [More details about crossposts (fixes #3386)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3387)
- [Instance list changes (fixes #3261)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3382)
- [Respect link target for post domain (fixes #3256)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3407)
- [Show community languages in sidebar (fixes #1009)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3376)
- [Implement donation dialog](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3056)
- [Hide bio for banned users (fixes #961)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3377)
- [Indicate when registration is disabled (fixes #2070)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3375)
- [Add icon to indicate new accounts (fixes #2389)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3373)
- [Remove outline for username button](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/3374)

:::

Or see the full list of changes at the links below:

- [Backend](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pulls?q=merged%3A2025-09-01..2025-09-30+sort%3Acomments-desc)
- [Frontend](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pulls?q=merged%3A2025-09-01..2025-09-30+-author%3Aapp%2Frenovate+sort%3Acomments-desc)
- [Jerboa](https://github.com/LemmyNet/jerboa/pulls?q=merged%3A2025-09-01..2025-09-30+-author%3Aapp%2Frenovate+sort%3Acomments-desc)

---

An open source project the size of Lemmy needs constant work to manage the project, implement new features and fix bugs. Dessalines and Nutomic work full-time on these tasks and more. As there is no advertising or tracking, all of our work is funded through donations. Even so there is barely enough time in the day, and no time for a second job. The only available option are user donations. To keep it viable donations need to reach a minimum of 5000€ per month, resulting in a modest salary of 2500€ per developer. If that goal is reached we can stop worrying about money, and fully focus on improving the software for the benefit of all users and instances. We especially rely on recurring donations to secure the long-term development and make Lemmy the best it can be.

[Donate](https://join-lemmy.org/donate)

I was trying to find who else besides Roger Waters and Lowkey ...

2025-05-30T23:47:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…j3vm
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I was trying to find who else besides Roger Waters and Lowkey support Palestine, and [it looks like there's a lot now.](https://www.palestinechronicle.com/musical-solidarity-artists-and-bands-who-stand-for-justice-in-palestine/)

> Yorke also condemned Hamas, admonishing the Palestinian ...

2025-05-30T19:27:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…lwfq
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> Yorke also condemned Hamas, admonishing the Palestinian Islamist group that governs the Gaza Strip for the October 7, 2023, attacks that precipitated the Israeli military’s offensive in the region. “Why did Hamas choose the truly horrific acts of October 7th?” he asked.

An entire island of george orwells lol.

You're talking about the USA, not China. Internet costs in ...

2025-02-06T04:50:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…3lcp
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You're talking about the USA, not China. Internet costs in the PRC are much lower than the USA.

## About Habit-Maker Have you found it difficult to build new ...

2025-01-03T15:15:58Z

## About Habit-Maker

Have you found it difficult to build new habits? Habit-Maker uses rewards and encouragements to help get over initial willpower required to form new habits.

## Features

### Rewards

Habit-Maker game-ifies making habits by giving you rewards each time you check a habit. It shows the following progress metrics:

- Streaks - The # of days you've completed your habit in a row.
- Points - points for checking habits, with multipliers for continuing your streak.
- % progress to your [66-day-ingrained habit](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2009/aug/how-long-does-it-take-form-habit).

### Encouragements

Studies have found that encouragements are [vital](https://jamesclear.com/three-steps-habit-change) to building new habits. Habit-Maker takes advantage of this by allowing you to create your own **custom encouragements.**

Before creating a habit, take a few minutes and think about _why_ you want to build this habit. What benefits will it bring you, and how your life will improve by doing it?

A good encouragement should have:

- An initial congratulations for completing the habit.
- A message tailored to you, about the benefits or reasons why you should continue.

Some examples of good encouragements:

| Activity | Encouragement |
| ----------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Brushing your teeth | Great job! Your friends will like seeing your whiter teeth, and less coffee stains. |
| Lifting weights for 10m | Nice job! People will notice your better physique. |
| Cardio for 10m | Well done! Studies show you're going to live a lot longer! |
| Working out for 10m | Excellent! You'll have more energy, and feel healthier by continuing! |
| Meditating for 10m | Nice! You're on your way to bettering the lives of those around you, by developing your awareness. |

### Completing a habit

Once a habit has been formed, its relatively easy to continue doing it, almost as if it were on auto-pilot. Research shows that ~40% of our daily activities are habits that don't require much (if any) willpower once they've been formed.

## Built With

- [Android Jetpack Compose](https://developer.android.com/jetpack/compose)
- [kizitonwose Calendar](https://github.com/kizitonwose/Calendar)
- [iSoron/uhabits](https://github.com/iSoron/uhabits) (For score calculations)

## Installation / Releases

- [Releases](https://github.com/dessalines/habit-maker/releases)
- [IzzyOnDroid](https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/com.dessalines.habitmaker)
- [F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.dessalines.habitmaker/)
- [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dessalines.habitmaker)

## Support / Donate

Habit-Maker will always remain free, open-source software. We've seen many open-source projects go unmaintained after a few years. **Recurring donations have proven to be the only way these projects can stay alive.**

Your donations directly support full-time development, and help keep this maintained. If you find yourself using habit-maker every day, consider donating:

- [Support me on Liberapay](https://liberapay.com/dessalines).
- [Support me Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/dessalines).

### Crypto

- bitcoin: `1Hefs7miXS5ff5Ck5xvmjKjXf5242KzRtK`
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## Social / Contact

- [lemmy.ml/c/habitmaker](https://lemmy.ml/c/habitmaker)
- [Mastodon](https://mastodon.social/@dessalines)
- [Matrix chat](https://matrix.to/#/#habit-maker:matrix.org)

## Habit Resources

- [James clear - 3 steps habit change](https://jamesclear.com/three-steps-habit-change)
- [I got addicted to a habit app.](https://archive.ph/atmo6)
- [Develop good habits](https://www.developgoodhabits.com/build-habits/)
- [James clear - how to build a new habit](https://medium.com/the-blog-of-james-clear/how-to-build-a-new-habit-this-is-your-strategy-guide-79a7abd186a5)
- [CNN habit tips](https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/29/health/5-steps-habit-builder-wellness/index.html)

## Icons

[Work in progress icons created by Cap Cool - Flaticon](https://www.flaticon.com/free-icons/work-in-progress)

Here is our regular update that explains what we have been ...

2024-11-15T14:54:36Z

Here is our regular update that explains what we have been working on for the past two weeks. This should allow average users to keep up with development, without reading Github comments or knowing how to program.

We should also have a bugfix release for a few issues with the last release, and have `0.19.7` ready today or sometime soon.

## karminski

- [Modify the logic for appending the URL after uploading an image](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/2804)

## dullbananas

- [Combine action tables](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4459). This will greatly improve the performance of lemmy's post database queries by simplifying the number of joined tables.

## SleeplessOne1917

- [Simplify regex for user/community name validation](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5164)
- [Bump versions used in compose](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5180)

## Nutomic

- [Always assign default language before checking if language is allowed](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5132)
- [Fetch community mods synchronously](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5169)
- [Move aggregates to replaceable_schema, fix error (fixes #5186)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5190)
- [Implement private communities](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5076)
- [Run analyze after changing post.url type (ref #4983)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5148)

## dessalines

- [Add ability to mark multiple posts as read.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5178)
- [Add user setting to auto-mark fetched posts as read.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5160)
- [Change "mark post as read", "hide post" api calls to take single post instead of multiple](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5043)
- [Fixing cors origin wildcard.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5194)
- [Upping default max_image_size from 256 to 512.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5177)
- [Allow disabling private messages. Fixes #3640](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4094)
- [Fix postgres connection options causing slow query speed.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5150)
- [Removing strip = true from release profile.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5166)
- [Add filter to hide posts with comments.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5158)
- [Fix fullsize post image](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/2797)
- [Fix modlog mod_id filtering not working.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/2795)
- [Cleanup post action forms](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5197)

## Support development

@dessalines and @nutomic are working full-time on Lemmy to integrate community contributions, fix bugs, optimize performance and much more. This work is funded exclusively through donations.

If you like using Lemmy, and want to make sure that we will always be available to work full time building it, consider [donating to support its development](https://join-lemmy.org/donate). Recurring donations are ideal because they allow for long-term planning. But also one-time donations of any amount help us.

- [Liberapay](https://liberapay.com/Lemmy) (preferred option)
- [Open Collective](https://opencollective.com/lemmy)
- [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/dessalines)
- [Cryptocurrency](https://join-lemmy.org/crypto)

## What is Lemmy? Lemmy is a self-hosted social link aggregation ...

2024-11-08T13:20:44Z

## What is Lemmy?

Lemmy is a self-hosted social link aggregation and discussion platform. It is completely free and open, and not controlled by any company. This means that there is no advertising, tracking, or secret algorithms. Content is organized into communities, so it is easy to subscribe to topics that you are interested in, and ignore others. Voting is used to bring the most interesting items to the top.

## Changes

This release took a long time to complete due to a major performance problem which brought lemmy.ml to a crawl every time we tried to deploy the new version. It took a lot of testing (in production) to narrow it down to a single commit, and finally fix the problem.

The release itself contains numerous bug fixes and minor improvements:

### Lemmy

#### Enhancements

- Parallel federation sending by @phiresky in [#4623](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4623)
- Reduce CPU usage for generating link previews by @phiresky in [#4957](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4957)
- Switch from OpenSSL to rustls by @kwaa in [#4901](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4901)
- Increase max post url length to 2000 characters by @dessalines in [#4960](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4960)
- Increase max length of user bio to 1000 charactes by @dessalines [#5014](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5014)
- Reduce maximum comment depth to 50 by @nutomic [#5009](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5009)
- Resize post thumbnails by @nutomic [#5107/files](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5107)
- Add category to RSS feeds by @nutomic [#5030](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5030)
- Allow users to view their own removed/deleted communities by @dessalines in [#4912](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4912)
- Add backend check to enforce hierarchy of admins and mods by @dessalines in [#4860](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4860)
- Do pictrs transformations for proxied image urls by @dessalines in [#4895](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4895)
- Enable more build optimizations by @nutomic in [#5168](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5168)
- Calculate "controversial" ranking with exponent instead of multiply (just like Reddit) by @dullbananas in [#4872](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4872)
- Automatically remove tracking parameters from URLs by @dessalines [#5018](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5018)
- Relax timeout for sending activities by @Nothing4You in [#4864](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4864)

#### Bug Fixes

- Fix admin notification for new user registration (fixes #4916) by @Nutomic in [#4925](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4925)
- Allow community settings changes by remote mods @flamingo-cant-draw in [#4937](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4937)
- Fix problem with connecting to Postgres with TLS @FenrirUnbound in [#4910](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4910)
- Fix bug when commenting in local-only community by @dessalines in [#4854](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4854) and @abdel-m in [#4920](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4920)
- Fix scheduled task to delete users with denied applications by @Nothing4You in [#4907](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4907)

#### API

- Return image dimensions and content type in API responses by @dessalines in [#4704](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4704)
- Adding a show_read override to GetPosts. by @dessalines in [#4846](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4846)
- Add show_nsfw override filter to GetPosts. by @dessalines in [#4889](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4889)
- Require authentication for site metadata fetch endpoint by @dessalines in [#4968](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4968)
- Add the ability to fetch a registration application by person_id by @dessalines in [#4913](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4913)
- Order community posts by published data, not id by @dullbananas in [#4859](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4859)
- Throw error when non-mod posts to mod-only comm or when URL is blocked by @flamingo-cant-draw in [#4966](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4966)
- Add option to search exclusively by post title by Carlos-Cabello [#5015](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5015)

#### Database

- Approve applications in transaction by @Nothing4You in [#4970](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4970)
- Use trigger to generate apub URL in insert instead of update, and fix query planner options not being set when TLS is disabled by @dullbananas in [#4797](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4797)

### Lemmy-UI

- Fix full-size post images. by @dessalines in [#2797](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/2797)
- Fix modlog ID filtering. by @dessalines in [#2795](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/2795)
- Allow Arabic and Cyrillic characters when signing up or creating community by @SleeplessOne1917
- UX - Swap "Select Language" and "Cancel/Preview/Reply" button locations around in commentsReverse order of buttons in Reply TextArea
- Fix jump to content by @SleeplessOne1917
- Fixing peertube and ordinary video embeds. by @dessalines in [#2676](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/2676)
- Changing sameSite cookie from Strict to Lax. by @dessalines in [#2677](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/2677)
- Remove show new post notifs setting. by @dessalines in [#2675](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/2675)
- Fix memory leak around emojis on server render by @makotech222 in [#2674](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/2674)
- Enable spellcheck for markdown text area by @SleeplessOne1917 in [#2669](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/2669)
- Pre release dep bump by @SleeplessOne1917 in [#2661](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/2661)
- Add ability to fill magnet link title on post creation. by @dessalines in [#2654](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/2654)
- Registration application view by @SleeplessOne1917 in [#2651](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/2651)
- Add torrent help by @dessalines in [#2650](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/2650)
- More moderation history by @dessalines in [#2649](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/2649)
- Fix tribute related bug by @SleeplessOne1917 in [#2647](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/2647)
- Remove min and max length from password input when using login form by @SleeplessOne1917 in [#2643](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/2643)
- Remove trending communities card from home. by @dessalines in [#2639](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/2639)
- Set data-bs-theme based on the presence of "dark" in theme name by @SleeplessOne1917 in [#2638](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/2638)
- Fixing modlog filtering to allow admins and mods to filter by mod. by @dessalines in [#2629](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/2629)
- Fix issue from logo bugfix by @SleeplessOne1917 in [#2620](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/2620)
- Make more post params cross-postable by @SleeplessOne1917 in [#2621](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/2621)
- Fix wonky comment action icon button alignment by @SleeplessOne1917 in [#2622](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/2622)
- Prevent broken logo from crashing site by @SleeplessOne1917 in [#2619](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/2619)
- Add rate limit info message. by @dessalines in [#2563](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/2563)
- Fix getQueryString by @matc-pub in [#2558](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/2558)

### New Contributors

- @abdel-m made their first contribution in [#4920](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4920)
- @johnspurlock made their first contribution in [#4917](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4917)
- @FenrirUnbound made their first contribution in [#4910](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4910)
- @kwaa made their first contribution in [#4901](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4901)
- @Daniel15 made their first contribution in [#4892](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4892)

### Full Changelog

- [Lemmy Backend](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/compare/0.19.5...0.19.6)
- [Lemmy-UI](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/compare/0.19.5...0.19.6)

## Upgrade instructions

This upgrade could take as long as ~30 minutes for larger servers, due to needing to recalculate controversy ranks for all historical posts.

There are no breaking changes with this release.

Follow the upgrade instructions for [ansible](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ansible/blob/main/UPGRADING.md) or [docker](https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/administration/install_docker.html#updating).

If you need help with the upgrade, you can ask in our [support forum](https://lemmy.ml/c/lemmy_support) or on the [Matrix Chat](https://matrix.to/#/!OwmdVYiZSXrXbtCNLw:matrix.org).

## Thanks to everyone

We'd like to thank our many contributors and users of Lemmy for coding, translating, testing, and helping find and fix bugs. We're glad many people find it useful and enjoyable enough to contribute.

Special shout out to @SleeplessOne1917, @phiresky, @dullbananas, @mv-gh, @Nothing4u, @asonix, @sunaurus, @flamingo-cant-draw, and @Freakazoid182 for their many code contributions and helpful insights.

## Support development

We (@dessalines and @nutomic) have been working full-time on Lemmy for over five years. This is largely thanks to support from [NLnet foundation](https://nlnet.nl/), as well as [donations from individual users](https://join-lemmy.org/donate).

If you like using Lemmy, and want to make sure that we will always be available to work full time building it, consider [donating to support its development](https://join-lemmy.org/donate). A recurring donation is the best way to ensure that open-source software like Lemmy can stay independent and alive, and helps us grow our little developer co-op to support more full-time developers.

- [Liberapay](https://liberapay.com/Lemmy) (preferred option)
- [Open Collective](https://opencollective.com/lemmy)
- [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/dessalines)
- [Cryptocurrency](https://join-lemmy.org/crypto)

## What is Lemmy? Lemmy is a self-hosted social link aggregation ...

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Here is our regular update that explains what we have been working on for the past two weeks. This should allow average users to keep up with development, without reading Github comments or knowing how to program.

## sunaurus

- [Always save remote image data](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4875)

## netbrum

- [Replace `clippy::unwrap_used` in tests](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5064)

## dullbananas

- [Apply scheduled post limit to future posts instead of past posts, and verify this in test](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5054)

## N4taaa

- [UX - Swap "Select Language" and "Cancel/Preview/Reply" button locations around in commentsReverse order of buttons in Reply TextArea](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/2730)

## matc-pub

- [SortType, Tagline, Emojis](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/2718)
- [Fix date-fns dynamic import](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/2716)

## SleeplessOne1917

- [Add skip_serialize_none to OAuth structs with option fields](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5046)
- [Fix jump to content](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/2729)

## Nutomic

- [Resolve links to remote posts into local URL](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5057)
- [Attempt to fix test for fetching deeply nested comment](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5072)
- [Avoid stack overflow when fetching nested comments, reduce max comment depth to 50](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5009)
- [Handle partial settings backup (fixes #4307)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5063)
- [Avoid breaking changes, keep response fields as deprecated](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5058)
- [Replace clippy allow annotation with expect (fixes #5012)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5048)
- [Cleanup remaining use of Result<bool, Error> (fixes #4862)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5047)
- [Post scheduling (fixes #234)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5025)
- [Conditionally hide comments on nsfw posts (fixes #4237)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5028)
- [Simplify handling of NotFound SQL errors (fixes #4633)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5031)
- [Post scheduling](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/2693)

## dessalines

- [Adding a get_random_community endpoint.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5042)
- [Adding local site settings to reject federated upvotes or downvotes.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5038)
- [Add modlog entries for bulk removals.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5050)
- [Adding skip_serializing_none to another OAuth API request.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5060)
- [Removing a few more Result\<Bool\>.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4977)
- [Add ability to search for Community by its description (or title only).](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5044)
- [Remove redundant local_user.auto_expand setting.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5041)
- [Adding saved_only, liked_only, and disliked_only filters to search.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5034)
- [Get rid of a lot of pointless mut form initializations.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5037)
- [Fixing titleOnly, PostSort, and CommentSort.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/2715)
- [Updating git cliff.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/2719)

### Support development

@dessalines and @nutomic are working full-time on Lemmy to integrate community contributions, fix bugs, optimize performance and much more. This work is funded exclusively through donations.

If you like using Lemmy, and want to make sure that we will always be available to work full time building it, consider [donating to support its development](https://join-lemmy.org/donate). Recurring donations are ideal because they allow for long-term planning. But also one-time donations of any amount help us.

- [Liberapay](https://liberapay.com/Lemmy) (preferred option)
- [Open Collective](https://opencollective.com/lemmy)
- [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/dessalines)
- [Cryptocurrency](https://join-lemmy.org/crypto)