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   - this solves one of my issues with [[vscode]] as a [[digital garden]] editor.
   - now if only I could make [[foam]] not take several seconds to autocomplete wikilinks :)
 - [[discord]]
-  - [[please dont use discord for foss projects]]
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+  - [[please dont use discord for foss projects]]
+- [[matrix]]
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 # Matrix
 
-- a **federated chat network**.
-	- successor to [[xmpp]] -- or that is the pitch.
-	- [[element]] is the default client.
+- a [[tool]].
+	- [[pushl]] [[fediverse]]
+		- [[federated]] [[chat]] [[network]].
+		- successor to [[xmpp]] -- or that is the pitch.
+	- [[element]] is my default client.
 		- [[go]] https://element.io
+		- reasonable web and android versions; supports voice messages well, video calls in the works.
 	- I'm on [[matrix]]: @flancian@matrix.org
 		- (see [[flancian]] for my identities in other platforms)
 		- there are [[agora]] [[rooms]] in matrix, each room implicitly a space for collaboration and cooperation -- or a [[stoa]]: