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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2026

Mm... it seems GitHub issues now comes with additional project management fields like **Priority** and **Effort**. When do we get **Story Points** , so I can play F/OSS Planning Poker? Just kidding, I'd rather gouge my eyes out. :anguished:

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 30/04/2026

Trying Pulp Fiction coffee house in Kelowna 🙂☕

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 17/03/2026

TFW when this is what you've been working on for the past decade :crying_cat_face:

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 10/03/2026

TIL Fastmail has a feature where you can add notes to emails that come in. I accidentally triggered it when I pressed `o`. cc @j12t@j12t.social

A note I wrote to myself to remember to actually buy a ticket to FediForum this time around

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 09/03/2026

Reposting to the threadiverse Original credit @lucaswerkmeister@wikis.world wikis.world/@LucasWerkmeister/11619…

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 04/03/2026

NodeBB now sneaks in a mention to the category/community, and this gets pre-filled in the Mastodon composer. I tested it against piefed's crust instance, and the response from Mastodon to my post on NodeBB successfully made its way to crust for distribution :tada: @rimu@piefed.social

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 02/03/2026

The next version of NodeBB (v4.10.0) will ship with the ability to set alt-text with images :writing_hand: While this was already natively supported in-site, the alt text wasn't federated out until now. Thanks to @kirk@social.coop who filed the original […] [Original post on activitypub.space]

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026

Here now we have @meadmin@qlub.social talking about Qlub on its 1st anniversary!

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026

Oh here's a hot take. "To a large extent, media still thinks corporate social media matters, even if they were kicked off of X or Facebook" (paraphrased)

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026

Oh hey look! Evan reporting 43k+ independent servers operating as of today. These open source projects get those larger organizations on to the fediverse.

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026

Huh. Food for thought. (The China flag later flips to an American flag)

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026

How corporate social media uses algorithmic feeds to make you stay on-platform

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026

After travel delays, @evan@cosocial.ca has made it to FediMTL! Wait, this presentation isn't about the fait d'hiver?

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026

@saskia@backend.newsmast.org going through many of the apps they've built for projects, institutions, papers, etc. They all share a common thread, none of them talk about the fediverse, ActivityPub, Mastodon, Bonfire, etc. They all also have split DMs away from the public feed. Heh 😏

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026

"What is the fediverse"? Oh boy. The language we use matters.

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026

@saskia@backend.newsmast.org about to lay on some hard truths about what normies think of the fediverse

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026

"[Gen Z] moving towards smaller, more meaningful societies" Yes! Bring it on!

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026

Next up, @saskia@backend.newsmast.org talking about building community on the social web! Fun fact, this was also the original title of my talk, but Saskia beat me to it!

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026

Back from lunch I regret to inform that I am not able to provide a good commentary on @catouma@qlub.social's presentation as I only barely passed Grade 9 French. 🥲

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026

@paige@masto.canadiancivil.com discussing how Canadian Civil is using Ghost to build their own Patreon alternative.

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026

A breakdown into how content creation is funded. (The secret funding source is Patreon btw)

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026

@paige@masto.canadiancivil.com on Canadian Civil and the fediverse!

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026

@cwebber@social.coop on Age Verification * Relies on you no longer owning the hardware you run, with backdoors written in

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026

Reflecting on her article about How Decentralized Bluesky is, and asking introspectively whether ActivityPub can win big in the wake of ATProto's surging popularity. Drawing parallels to Lisp vs UNIX. "The fediverse has a lot of people who care about the […] [Original post on activitypub.space]

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026

Q: is it better to pick a fight with big tech, or is it better to build open alternatives? Cory: * references Trump wanting Greenland, and then volatility of his tarrifs * if you plan assumes America is a market you can rely on, you're being naïve * […] [Original post on activitypub.space]

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026

@pluralistic@mamot.fr answering a question about Threads defederation, noting that it is "reactionary", and that the ones you hurt are the users, the "normie friends" you want to talk to. The act of defederating from threads assumes that the people on […] [Original post on activitypub.space]

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026

This slide deck is absolutely bonkers, I love it.

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026

@pluralistic@mamot.fr starting off with hard truths about how Canada sucks at regulating American tech

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026

@randydjohnston@qlub.social introducing and welcoming us to the first edition of FediMTL!

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026

The venue, Le Ministère, is an intimate concert venue housed in a former bank. Super cool! The closest thing we have to that at home is a former bank turned shawarma joint. Still neat, but not the same 😏

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026

Doors open and the participants are starting to arrive.

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026

Met up with @matt@writing.exchange for a mini Longformers reunion ✍️

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 23/02/2026

@fediforum@mastodon.social what is this, a web page for ants? I just of course :sweat_smile: mobile responsiveness is hard.

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 23/02/2026

Here we go! Since FediCon last year I try to do a livestream of the fedi events I go to. This is the start of the FediMTL livestream. Let's see how well I can keep this up 😅 FediMTL streaming tickets still available! 50% off for fedi friends with code […] [Original post on activitypub.space]

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 21/02/2026

Saw a post on fedi about _The Expanse_ and that got me thinking about my favourite genre again, dystopian sci-fi. Would love book suggestions along those lines, but tonight it's time for _Silo_ , season 1 episode 1!

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 11/02/2026

Right now, when you cross-post something to your forum, it is represented by the "clone" icon, or two overlapping squares. Do you think the "shuffle" icon works better?

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 29/01/2026

Feelin' FOMO over missing FOSDEM, but this does make up for it a little bit. lin' There is however another ActivityPub conference by @paige@masto.canadiancivil.com in Montreal next month (I'm even speaking there, hopefully!), so looking to get my fix there.

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 23/11/2025

@chihu@mastodon.social Threadiverse devs be like:

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 08/11/2025

It seems Peertube is sending me `Update` activities every few hours on the hour (or rather, on the 7s or 37s), with no changes. Any idea what this is about? Perhaps view counters updating? Seems a tad noisy.

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2025

For us Canadians, it's Thanksgiving weekend 🦃. I spent mine (besides stuffing my face with food) on the Niagara escarpment doing some single pitch sport climbing.

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2025

LineageOS 23 got released, which inspired me to install it on my Pixel 5. So quick, so seamless. My favourite feature is the PIN scrambling on the lock screen. What's yours?

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2025

@incentive@mastodon.circlewithadot.net success!

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julian @julian.activitypub.space.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2025

Sure, activitypub.space will hook up. It's pending right now though, which means the `Follow` got sent but we haven't received an `Accept` or reciprocal `Follow`. @incentive@mastodon.circlewithadot.net

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