kosmos.social is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
kosmos.social is run by the Kosmos open-source co-operative, and is open for new members via invitation by existing ones.

Server stats:

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active users

TL;DR of that blog post:

* I'm offering free mentorship to people wanting to get involved in a variety of software projects/areas during Hacker Beach
* I'm bringing a bike for the first time, and hope that a couple more people do, so we can be bike buddies on Busuanga island