Hey ~ew, thanks for sharing a bit of your story. I agree the atmosphere here is quite lovely, and it seems like many would benefit from a quieter, more serene place to stay once and a while amidst the chaos and confusing of The Current Year™.
I'm interested in gemini, I've seen it references here or there, can you help me understand how I can participate and get involved in that?
Edit: actually, I found this resource!
https://gemini.circumlunar.space/docs/faq-section-1.gmi
You found the most important stuff already.
There is a curated list about things gemini-ly here:
https://github.com/kr1sp1n/awesome-gemini
The quickstart guide may need some updating, but here it is:
Activity is listed at these two sites (but there is more)
gemini://warmedal.se/~antenna/
Creators of content contact antenna to add new links, whereas Cosmos is a crawler.