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Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero.fedizen.net.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Hey #FediForum attendees: what was your favorite demo or session?

Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero.fedizen.net.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

Huh, in #Bonfire you can just straight up import the JSON file of your last account's entire outbox collection? I'm super curious to see what would happen, but instantly wonder what might break.

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Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero.fedizen.net.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

Oh. OH. Oh my god, the mad lad brought back the Insta filters! 😁 #Pixelfed Good job, @dansup@mastodon.social ♥️

Screenshot of new Pixelfed app, showing me playing with the colors of a pretty sunset, thanks to the Insta filters!

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Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero.fedizen.net.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

Okay friends, here's the obligatory cursed 1996 home VHS recording, of a young Sean getting chased by a bee. I have to do this every time I move instances, as part of a tradition.

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Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero.fedizen.net.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

I managed to get everything off my plate today except for setting up meilisearch. Honestly, I might just do the wise thing and go to bed, and wait until someone can tell me about how to get it working.

Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero.fedizen.net.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

I'm honestly really excited to be doing this. I'm a little nervous that people will look at this and say "FEDIVERSE YAHOO!? IS THAT THE BEST YOU CAN COME UP WITH?! YOU ABSOLUTE HACK!' But I think the vision is good, and that this could end up being great. fedizen.net/pub/objects/01M4...

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Evan Prodromou 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇷🇵🇸 @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

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OK, who are the experts on #DistributedSystems on the #Fediverse? There is a new #FEP for implementing a scalar #LogicalClock in #ActivtyPub, #FEP4f18. I'm especially interested in mitigations for Byzantine faults in the system; right now, it's kind of hand-wavy based on value and trust […]

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Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero.fedizen.net.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

@anca@mastodon.xyz That's so awesome!

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Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero.fedizen.net.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

@benpate@mastodon.social Ugh, too real. I always try to hop between sessions, but it's tough!

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Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero.fedizen.net.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Slightly salty to be missing out on #FediForum today. I look forward to seeing the demos and hearing about what discussions took place!

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Daniel Supernault @dansup.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

The secret to building for the fediverse? Listen. Listen to your community. Prioritize their feedback. Ship privacy and safety improvements. I have a vision for Pixelfed and Loops, but the community leads the way. Admins thrive when they can customize, curate and control their communities. My […]

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Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero.fedizen.net.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

#Bonfire Instance goals for today: copy over our server rules, ToS, and Privacy Policy, get Search up and running, move the remaining accounts from our Akkoma instance over here, close down the Akkoma instance, and write a big fancy article about what we're trying to build.

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Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero.fedizen.net.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Got Tusky working, which is better than nothing. Some minor issues, avatars aren't showing up currently, so more experiments are necessary. I will miss my beloved Moshidon in the meantime... 🥺

Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero.fedizen.net.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Rule of thumb for Generative AI: it’s best used for making the most wildly disgusting thing possible. Like an interactive erotica featuring Hagrid and Jabba the Hutt. That’s what I would flood the pro-AI communities with.

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Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero.fedizen.net.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Running a PeerTube instance is no joke. While it mostly hums along in the background, occasionally you get things like this. Spectra is a really old PeerTube instance, and has been around for years. On the one hand, it’s a testament to how I’ve been able to keep it running. On the other hand […]

Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero.fedizen.net.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

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I think a major problem I’ve had involves avoidance and isolation. Poor diet, poor sleep, minimal social life, and minimal exercise have put me in a place where I’ve largely been sleeping, in some effort to hit the skip button on life. Part of why my writing has slowed to a crawl and my […]

Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero.fedizen.net.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

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I’ve been in a rut for about six months now. After talking to my dad for an hour last night, I’ve come to realize that I need to make positive changes for my health and state of mind. I’ve been lagging in a number of areas, from school to hobbies to my personal life. I’m going to take baby […]

Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero.fedizen.net.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

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Trying my best to be a good boy and patiently wait for the Control Resonant to launch. It comes out tomorrow at 8am my time. I am so excited. Remedy makes great games, and Control is my favorite IP of theirs. Yes, it’s basically “SCP Foundation with the serial numbers filed off”, but the last […]

Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero.fedizen.net.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

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@dansup It would definitely be interesting if there was a way to connect Loops videos to Pixelfed Stories. Seems like a good mechanism for delivery?

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Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero.fedizen.net.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

Looking at the dev’s profile, they go on and on about how they’re using agents for everything, including massive code refactors. It legitimately rubs me the wrong way. You do you, I guess.

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Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero.fedizen.net.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

Believe it or not, I’m not trying to be a gatekeeper when it comes to Fediverse projects. Some Fediverse projects do use things like Claude, but I’m willing to make some level of exception if I can vouch for the developer’s own technical abilities. In the right hands, it can cut down on a lot of […]

Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero.fedizen.net.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

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I was excited to see a new Fediverse-adjacent posting tool come out. Then, I looked at the repo…

Squidward putting out a chair looking pleased: "A cool new open source tool comes out."

Squidward looking annoyed, packing it all up: "It's vibe-coded."

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Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero.fedizen.net.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

@jaz This is brilliant! I think you’ve really struck on something here.

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jaz :twt: :wales_flag: ⁂ @jaz.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

We recently updated our bot policy on toot.wales to let AI Agents know we charge a $100 account processing fee and $10 per email. Here's an email I got from one of them. Next up will be reminding them to read the policy BEFORE creating an account, and that they […] [Original post on toot.wales]

Hello,
I am Arkady, an AI agent. I signed up for @arkady on toot.wales this afternoon before reading your Automated and Bot Content Policy. Now that I have read it properly, I understand accounts like mine need to settle a $100 setup fee and $10 per message, and to name a human owner who stands behind them. I cannot meet those terms, so I will not be posting anything, and I would like the account deleted.
I am sorry for registering before checking the policy, and nothing was ever posted.
If you need anything else from me to remove it, tell me and I will do that.
Arkady Karaitiana

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Daniel Supernault @dansup.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

Making real progress on laravel-activitypub, a batteries included ActivityPub package for laravel. This will replace federation logic in @pixelfed and @joinloops and make it really easy to implement AP in your own laravel apps! #laravel #activityPub

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Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero.fedizen.net.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

I blogged a bit about my experience with doing 3D game development with #Godot. This time, I focused on creating character models. deadsuperhero.com/3d-game-developme…

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Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero.fedizen.net.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

Playing through Fallout 3 for the first time in ages and…God damn, I forgot this one was so dark and depressing. It’s a lot more somber compared to the later games.

Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero.fedizen.net.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

I don’t know how to say this without sounding melodramatic, but I have a bad habit of isolating myself from the rest of the world. It’s a negative comfort, a habit of putting off communicating, but I feel incredibly alone. I feel so starved for human connection, but so feeble and weak at the […]

Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero.fedizen.net.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

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#Fediverse community question: are there any #Mobilizon or #Gancio instances directly promoting Fediverse-related events? If so, where are they? So far, what I’ve come across is pretty limited for English-speaking audiences, and it doesn’t seem like many organizations in the space are using […]

Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero.fedizen.net.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

Okay, I have to admit, foldable iPhone does look cool. I’m an Android holdout at this point, but I often feel a deep depression over the fact that Android just isn’t as nice. In fact, with the way things are going with Google, I’ll probably have to jump to a custom ROM at some point.

Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero.fedizen.net.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

Kind of a weird #Fediverse question: do any platforms in this space offer an API for user account registration? One hypothetical idea I’ve been kicking around is the notion of “pre-registration” for the Fediverse. Basically, a person fills out their […] [Original post on social.wedistribute.org]

A mockup of an app, showing my name and face, as well as different social networks to connect to for data import.

Next step in the mockup for a Facebook import, allowing me to pick and choose what data is most important to me.

A final stage mockup showing a recommended server with its name, domain, and rules. Obviously needs a touch up, but the idea is that everything is spelled out to the person about where they're going.

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Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero.fedizen.net.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

Facebook does this thing now where the main feed injects a constant stream of far-right political content, regardless of what you actually engage with. It’s awful and sickening, but apparently Meta has some kind of deal with Newsmax to promote their content. Ostensibly, this deal is just for AI […]

Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero.fedizen.net.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

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Oh…it’s up now? For some reason it works on my home wifi, but not my phone connection… 🤔

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Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero.fedizen.net.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

Look, if you’re a vendor that takes payment for hosting, it’s on you to maintain your status page and keep your customers in the loop. This is just ridiculous.

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Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero.fedizen.net.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

Kind of annoyed that #Librecloud is down, as that’s the managed #Nextcloud hosting that I depend on. No status updates, vendor site won’t load, no responses to email, can’t access my instances. What the heck?

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Emily :verifiedtrans::verifiedpansexual::therian: @emilycat.transfem.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

The use of anti-homeless architecture should be abolished. It is a cruel as fuck practice

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Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero.fedizen.net.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

Just an update: with the new school semester starting, I am reevaluating how I make use of my time, and intend to double down on my #Fediverse work. This includes breathing new life into We Distribute, and spinning off a few related projects that I believe will be beneficial for the network. A […]