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.

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