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Sam

@sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy

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Founder of VEX.blue, @studio & @fedicate Member of the LGBTQIA+ community 🌉 bridged from ⁂ break3.social/@sam, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/05/2026

I've had a lot of heart-ache in my life and over time it seems that most of it can somewhat pass, but there's always something that lingers, the want, the desire to feel love, to feel wanted is something that has only worsened overtime but you gotta just move and try your best. I've got a lot […]

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Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/05/2026

As apart of the journey to find who I am properly, I've started working on videos again to 'achieve' something. Currently working on some basic gaming videos, but also looking at doing some Motorvlogs when I get going with my CBT and other bits to get on the bike but also looking at vlogging […]

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Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/05/2026

I've just purchased the domain solent.social as I'm thinking about possibly making that an instance that my friends, family, local business' and more can join. In the end the local social group could easily start using an instance like that and then move away when they feel like a new part of […]

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Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/05/2026

I'm testing with the idea of possibly running a local social group to discuss with people about what the Fediverse is, how people can join, why it's important... ext. #Southampton #Fediverse #FediverseSocial #FediverseInfo

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Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/05/2026

10 Anti-AI Stickers for £3.50 (+ shipping) that's 35p each. Maybe I should be selling them as single stickers... Who wants 10 Anti-AI Stickers #AntiAI #AI #Stickers #SmallBusiness #NoAI

Circle and Red Cross with black text saying AI on a stack of stickers next to a 50 pence price

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Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/05/2026

More Stickers are needing to be designed. The Fediverse Stickers are now on vex.blue/shop so you can order them. But what is the next stickers you'd love to see? Any artists wanna work together to create something unique for the Fediverse together? […] [Original post on break3.social]

12 Fediverse Stickers compaired to a 50p coin.

Each Sticker being ~50mm
- ActivityPub
- Fediverse
- Misskey
- Sharkey
- Mastodon (Purple)
- PixelFed
- Piefed
- Lemmy
- Loops
- Loops (Big)
- PeerTube
- Mastodon (Blue)

Fediverse Stickers with 11 different designs (2 of each).

Loops
PixelFed
Sharkey
Mastodon
ActivityPub
Misskey
Piefed
PeerTube
Lemmy

Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/05/2026

Wordpress is a strange platform try and actually get working with ActivityPub in a meaningful way. While I do enjoy Sharkey I'd love to not have to pay for multiple subscriptions just to run my website and interact with people on the Fediverse. #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Wordpress #WordpressPlugin

Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/04/2026

Get 10% off Fediverse Stickers with code 'ReadyForFedi' at Checkout. OFFER ENDS END OF APRIL 2026 ko-fi.com/vexblue/link/READYFORFEDI #Fediverse #Stickers #Discount #DiscountCode

Fediverse Stickers with 11 different designs (2 of each).

Loops
PixelFed
Sharkey
Mastodon
ActivityPub
Misskey
Piefed
PeerTube
Lemmy

12 Fediverse Stickers compaired to a 50p coin.

Each Sticker being ~50mm
- ActivityPub
- Fediverse
- Misskey
- Sharkey
- Mastodon (Purple)
- PixelFed
- Piefed
- Lemmy
- Loops
- Loops (Big)
- PeerTube
- Mastodon (Blue)

Join the Fediverse sticker with Coloured dots around it compared to a 50 pence coin

Fedicate Yourself Sticker messured againced a 50p coin

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Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/04/2026

12 Sticker Large Fediverse Pack has now been released. Get 12 Fediverse Stickers ~50mm each for £9. Showing off various Fediverse Software for you to enjoy and share on your laptops, Notebooks, Vehicle and more. They all have a water resistant laminate […] [Original post on break3.social]

12 Fediverse Stickers compaired to a 50p coin.

Each Sticker being ~50mm
- ActivityPub
- Fediverse
- Misskey
- Sharkey
- Mastodon (Purple)
- PixelFed
- Piefed
- Lemmy
- Loops
- Loops (Big)
- PeerTube
- Mastodon (Blue)

Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/04/2026

12 Sticker Large Fediverse Pack has now been released. Get 12 Fediverse Stickers ~50mm each for £9. Showing off various Fediverse Software for you to enjoy and share on your laptops, Notebooks, Vehicle and more. They all have a water resistant laminate […] [Original post on break3.social]

12 Fediverse Stickers compaired to a 50p coin.

Each Sticker being ~50mm
- ActivityPub
- Fediverse
- Misskey
- Sharkey
- Mastodon (Purple)
- PixelFed
- Piefed
- Lemmy
- Loops
- Loops (Big)
- PeerTube
- Mastodon (Blue)

Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/04/2026

Bigger Versions of these Fediverse Stickers will be coming to our store in the near future. Each being updated to a 50mm Height format instead of the current 25mm of these small ones. What do you think of these stickers? Would you purchase something like this? […] [Original post on break3.social]

Fediverse Stickers with 11 different designs (2 of each).

Loops
PixelFed
Sharkey
Mastodon
ActivityPub
Misskey
Piefed
PeerTube
Lemmy

Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/04/2026

🚀 Mini Fediverse Sticker Pack is here! Show your love for the decentralized web with 22 stickers (11 designs, 2 of each) featuring your favourite platforms like Mastodon, Misskey, PixelFed, Lemmy & more. ✨ ~25mm die-cut stickers ✨ Easy-peel backing […] [Original post on break3.social]

Fediverse Stickers with 11 different designs (2 of each).

Loops
PixelFed
Sharkey
Mastodon
ActivityPub
Misskey
Piefed
PeerTube
Lemmy

Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/04/2026

Thank you to everyone that has purchased our stickers so far. We have now opened up World Wide Shipping, UK Shipping is cheaper and Custom Orders are available.

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Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/04/2026

🚀 It’s official - Phase 1 of our Stickers are here! Our first batch of 10 unique stickers has landed on Ko-fi. 👉 ko-fi.com/vexblue/shop We’ve kept things simple and accessible: • £2 shipping in the UK • £5 international shipping • Sticker packs from […] [Original post on break3.social]

10 Stickers of various designs

Join The Fediverse Sticker messured againced a 50p coin

Fedicate Yourself Sticker messured againced a 50p coin

Parks Like a Tw@ Sticker messured againced a 50p coin

Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/04/2026

Now got the two ANTI-AI stickers up on the Ko-Fi store. UK Only for the moment, but other regions will be added over time (open to suggestions). Love what I've been able to do with these and hopefully will get the others up on the store soon […] [Original post on break3.social]

Two AI Stickers, One with a orange / yellow border with the words "STOP destorying peoples futures" under a Red Cricle with a red cross through the letters AI.

The Second sticker is the Red Cricle with a red cross through the letters AI (bigger).

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Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/04/2026

Starting the day off strong with a Anti-AI sticker (just the circle sign part), 30mm x 30mm but still getting there. I’m really proud of where we are getting to with all of this so far. Hope we can keep making new stickers for you all. #Stickers […] [Original post on break3.social]

Circle and Red Cross with black text saying AI on a stack of stickers next to a 50 pence price

Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/04/2026

Anti-AI / No AI UK Road Sign Sticker (35mm x 40mm). Me and @Emily designed a Anti-AI road sign, these will be up to order soon, but here’s your first glimpse. What do you think? #Stickers #StickerDesign #StickerArt #CustomStickers #IndieCreator #SmallBusiness […] [Original post on break3.social]

No AI Road Sign Sticker laid out with text saying ‘STOP destroying peoples futures’ in black and white.

Nice orange background on the sticker.

Two Stickers on phone

No AI Road Sign Sticker laid out with text saying ‘STOP destroying peoples futures’ in black and white.

Nice orange background on the sticker.

Two Stickers on phone

No AI Road Sign Sticker laid out with text saying ‘STOP destroying peoples futures’ in black and white.

Nice orange background on the sticker.

Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/04/2026

New Superstar Sticker all designed and tested ~60mm x 30mm. Easy Peal for Accessibility. More coming soon and release date for these will be announced shortly. What would you like on a sticker? #Stickers #StickerDesign #StickerArt #CustomStickers […] [Original post on break3.social]

Superstar text with a yellow star on the right hand side

Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/04/2026

What do you lot think about these stickers so far (Size 30mm x 30mm) and all have an easy peel backing to help with accessibility. #Stickers #FediverseStickers #FediMerch

Fedicate Yourself with Graduation Hat, and Fedicate.org wrote in small text conspired to a 50 pence coin

Join the Fediverse sticker with Coloured dots around it

Fedicate Yourself with Graduation Hat, and Fedicate.org wrote in small text

Join the Fediverse sticker with Coloured dots around it compared to a 50 pence coin

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Fedicate Project @fedicate.org · 28/03/2026

As apart of the Fedicate Project we are working on Stickers for the Fediverse. What would you like to see, Experience and share with the world in sticker form? #Stickers #Fediverse #FediverseAdvert #AdvertiseTheFediverse #FediStickers #CustomStickers

Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/03/2026

Our Fediverse Stickers are nearly ready 👀 Been putting a lot of time into getting these right, and we’re finally in the final stages of production. Got a cutter set up now, so everything’s cleaner and more consistent, and I’ve been experimenting with an […] [Original post on break3.social]

Join The Fediverse Stickers layed ontop of eachother on a dark background.

Each having coloured dots inside of them colours including Blue, Light Blue, Orange, Green and Red

Rules marking out 3 inches (for whole sticker size including easy pull margin), The total size being 69cm x 69cm for the round stickers.

Join The Fediverse Stickers layed ontop of eachother on a dark background.

Each having coloured dots inside of them colours including Blue, Light Blue, Orange, Green and Red

Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/03/2026

@pixeltube@mstdn.social It seems like the PixelTube website is getting slow and sometimes doesn't load images or even the videos. Just endlessly loading. Not sure what's wrong but hopefully you are doing alright and can take a look when you can

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Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/03/2026

Today I'm learning more about Davinci Resolve. There's so much in this software and was able to transfer my partners license over to me so I can now using all the Studio stuff. What do you suggest to learn for Davinci? #Davinci #DavinciResolve #VideoEditing #Editing #VideoCreator #ContentCreator

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Fedicate Project @fedicate.org · 15/03/2026

Want to contact the admin of a Fediverse instance? Here’s a quick way to find them. Most servers publish their admin contact details on the **/about** page of their domain. For example: mastodon.social/about There you can usually find the **admin’s email address** and **Fediverse […]

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Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/03/2026

Has there been any successful Brands / Business' that have moved or grow on the Fediverse? Hello Fedi, I'm looking to see if there has been successful integrations of small business', brands or other non individuals here on the Fediverse. Share with me your favorite brands, business' and more […]

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Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/03/2026

I've been spending most of today updating the vex.blue website, The goal will be to make it so it has a proper banner along with a store page that will have products on in the near future. The other things I've found well looking across the site is that we need a better way of the […]

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Fedicate Project @fedicate.org · 07/03/2026

Take Back There Social Life, Join the Fediverse. If you want people to move over to a system like the Fediverse, we need to push for it to friends, family and others we interact with. We NEED to show it's a valuable alternative built for people, not IDing […] [Original post on break3.social]

Fediverse
- Mastodon
- Loops
- PixelFed
- Lemmy
- PeerTube

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Fedicate Project @fedicate.org · 06/03/2026

🚀 The Fedicate Fund is NOW OPEN! This monthly fund helps keep social.fedicate.org online for March. Our main goal is **£25 per month** , which covers most of the server costs for hosting the instance and storing uploaded media. 💡 If you're a Fedicate Social user, you can include your […]

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Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/03/2026

Looking at possibly leaving Virgin Media for Toob as VM won't give me a good deal, and Toob is one of the only other companies I can go for due to cables in the UK often being dial up speeds my location. #toob #virginmedia #ukinternet #wifi

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Fedicate Project @fedicate.org · 02/03/2026

Cate is proud to show off that we've been testing our A5 flyers on the printer today. Design might need a small tweak before it goes to final print but if you want to help us fund this amazing adventure you can through our website; fedicate.org/fund […] [Original post on break3.social]

Blue Mastodon Plush showing off Fedicate Flyer design

Blue Mastodon Plush leaning in (as camera is wide angle) showing off Fedicate Flyer design

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Fedicate Project @fedicate.org · 01/03/2026

For those who missed the post on @sam@break3.social a while back, We released seven total banners for the Fediverse to help promote it as apart of our 'Take Back Your Social Life' campaign. Here they are again, Feel free to use them on any of your socials […] [Original post on break3.social]

Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/02/2026

I've spent the past week working on the @fedicate project, This has been an amazing journey creating something that people can hopefully use for resources along with linking to valid areas of the Fediverse that could be useful. I've now launched the official @fedicate account to keep the […]

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Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/02/2026

I'm proud to announce we now have a funding page for Fedicate. Help us fund the education of the Fediverse along with running our own social.fedicate.org website for those that are invited. Funding growth, education, promotional videos and flyers. Along with many other areas. Check it out […]

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Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026

Fedicate now has an updated homepage, making it easier for new people to learn what the Fediverse is and get to the correct places for certain things. Well we don't have much guides at the moment I'll be adding more in the future. Our resources include sending […] [Original post on break3.social]

New Design of the Fedicate Website.

Two Videos showing off what the Fediverse is followed by 6 boxes showing off the morels of the Fediverse.

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Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/02/2026

Working on bettering the fedicate.org homepage as it feels a little meh. There's got to be some really good way of introducing people to the Fediverse without making it overwhelming / giving a good place to start. #Fedicate #Fediverse

Home | Fedicate

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Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/02/2026

The Fedicate Website now has information about the Sharkey BETA Chat system and how you can access it and move it to be more accessible. Been great working on this site, always open to more suggestions for resources and information that you want to have on the Fediverse and similar systems […]

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Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/02/2026

Looking at @movim@piaille.fr and #XMPP and it's got me thinking about how XMPP could be used for our Chat systems across the Fediverse... Like why don't we use it? I'm not massive into backend coding so I'm probably missing something obvious but it does seem like it's worth a look. #Fediverse […]

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Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/02/2026

Well I can't always afford to purchase media I've been tending to push towards DRM-Free things over streaming services or anything close to that. With how AI, Data Collection and Constant Subscriptions I wanna find new DRM-Free services into the near future. I've got most of my Music Covered […]

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Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/02/2026

My Sibling has just released there first song on music services. Feel free to check them out and support them if you can. Apple Music / iTunes: music.apple.com/gb/album/its-all-go… Spotify […]

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Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/02/2026

I've spent the past week trying to find a good way to bring mine and @Emily 's friends away from Discord and onto something that won't just go away over night or ask for ID verification. Luckily I was able to set up a Sharkey Server, well doesn't have all the features such as VC it's a good way […]

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Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/02/2026

I've been working on a Marvel Cinematic Universe Watch Order for people to watch through the main MCU (Phase 1 - 3) before learning about the other information of the Marvel Universe, Lots more tweaking is needed especially as I keep on forgetting a few characters return early than I remembered […]

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Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/02/2026

Love this so much, found it well looking at Fluxer's Gifs. #Mastodon #Plushtodon #Plushy #Fediverse

Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/02/2026

BirdConvert has a new home on fedicate.org/birdconvert It's great to see this site come together and after a few struggles getting it sorted it's finally up and running along with social.fedicate.org Glad to see everything going well with this […] [Original post on break3.social]

Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/02/2026

Love this so much, found it well looking at Fluxer's Gifs. #Mastodon #Plushtodon #Plushy #Fediverse

Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/02/2026

Has anyone actually tried @fluxer.app@bsky.brid.gy, Like is it actually good? or does it just look like Discord. I quickly read their Roadmap and it seems like they are looking to federate themselves making it possibly the first step to a decentralized alternative to Discord. #Fluxer #Discord […]

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Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/02/2026

I've been working hard on bringing my friends into the fold of the Fediverse due to the Discord ID Verification Globally along with more tighter controls, data collection and governments wanting that data. As apart of this effort I've been working on […] [Original post on break3.social]

Fedicate Homepage, Displaying the Video "What is the Fediverse?"

Menu bar on the Left displaying Homepage. Social (new), BirdConvert, FediDB & Lemmy Explorer

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Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/02/2026

I'm starting to work on a helpful resource that will give my friends a place to start when it comes the Fediverse. Filling out little tools and things I and others create along with useful links like one to @fedidb@mastodon.social The site will be public in […] [Original post on break3.social]

Website called Fedicate, Big Navigation bar located on the left with Homepage, Social (new), BirdConvert and FediDB linked.

The page selected is the Homepage with information about the Fediverse and a video of 'What is the Fediverse?' hosted from PeerTube.

Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/02/2026

@gofedi@social.gofedi.com do we have an eta on when people will be able to set up new servers through you?

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Sam @sam.break3.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/02/2026

Just finished watching Iron Man 3 with @Emily, been slowly getting them to watch the MCU, Skipped The Incredible Hulk because it's not really relevant till Phase 4 but will slowly get the whole lot done. I'm hoping I can get a good amount of it done with her by Doomsdays release but I dealt […]

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