I seem to have found a bit of a running theme of alternating between instances new and old, and today's instance for #buildingtheroads is one of the oldest: quitter.se

Run by En Kompis Kompis, a swedish non-profit organization, quitter.se is one of the beneficiaries of donations thereto.  As to how to describe quitter.se, I am at a bit of a loss - pretty much every GNU social or postActiv instance that uses the qvitter theme owes its much of its layout and features to this elder instance, and it has had a thriving community for many years, having been established years and years ago, as well as the entry doorstop into which many people found their foothold onto the fediverse, much as mastodon.social has been for many much more recent entrants.

To read up on En Kompis Kompis, and/or make a donation:
http://enkompiskompis.se/en/donations/