Meta renews commitment to make Threads part of the fediverse (2023):

The addition of ActivityPub to Threads may finally bring a new era of decentralized social media that many internet enthusiasts, such as myself, have longed for. In a strange twist of fate, Meta is now positioned as the unexpected hero who may save everyone from the travesty of Musk’s X while simultaneously making the fediverse a reality to all netizens.