Anyone thinking of going to All Things Open 2026 in Raleigh NC?

A few folks and I are discussing some kind of Fediverse meet up and attempting to have conversations around the Fediverse. #ATO2026 #Raleigh #Open #Fediverse

Finally back from vacation, work should be calming down, wife graduated and is studying for boards, kids are out of school but should be good, SO I think life is FINALLY about to calm down about. So back to scheduling episodes of Fireside Feid. Who would YOU like to see on the podcast? Volunteers welcome as well.

@_elena@mastodon.social I try. I don't look so great in the cheerleading skirt, but gotta do what I gotta do. This reminds me, I need to look into getting a kilt. They seem very comfy.

@_elena@mastodon.social thank you so much for your passion and love. We're all stronger with you here.

@dandelionutilitarian@mastodon.social MI6 would like a word with you.

Can't begin to state how pissed and stressed I am atm. We leave for vacation tomorrow. We booked through Expedia. Which includes adding in names and ages. It's booked through Delta. The flight is totally booked.

We never got to book our seats. It seemed we had to pick our seats at arrival to the airport or on getting on our flight. Just got an email, they put the four of us, mind you my wife, myself, and a 9 and 6 year old, all separate, in middle seats. I'll be damned with if I let my 9 and 6 year olds sit alone during their first flights ANYWHERE. And of course their support takes "on average" 37 minutes to respond. Wife opened a chat, and of course, nothing they can do, but they're certain that someone at the gate can help tomorrow.

I fucking hate travel. My father's response? "This is why I like driving". Yeah. 12 hours in a car is just dandy.

@evan@cosocial.ca @ivan@bonfire.cafe @smallcircles@social.coop @liaizon@social.wake.st @mayel@bonfire.cafe

Can I just say, while we're all talking about a bug, and nothing is perfect, THIS is why I LOVE open source. 😊 Everyone collaborating, folks in each of their expert fields lending their experience. Love it. 😊

Thank you ALL for working through this. <3

@theeclecticdyslexic@mstdn.social Not spoiling the mood at all. I have a LOT of complicated feelings about it as well. But at this point, I HAVE to focus on the positive. We can't let perfect get in the way of good. THIS is a step. Is it the step we'd maybe want? NOPE. But it's a STEP and I will ABSOLUTELY take it. He converts dozens more, they convert dozens more. ONE DROP AT A TIME.

Umm... holy shit? PewDiePie made an AI? IDK how real or true it is, someone give me your thoughts, BUT the fact he's talking about open source, the fact he's pushing for self hosting. Like... this is HUGE imo. Even showing he can try is incredible. He's influencing a generation. And while I never watched PewDiePie, I might just start.

piefed.social/post/2105937

@TCMuffin@toot.wales Honestly the feeling can't be described can it? You get to experience a first through their eyes. First to say a word, first to learn to read. I don't remember that feeling, but I get to feel it through my children. And it's just warmth in your heart. When you really stop and pay attention to them and really feel what they're feeling. It's fucking magical man.

@JenJen@mastodon.art holy shit you look so good in that! LOVE it!

@dandelionutilitarian@mastodon.social that is fucking adorable and I hate you for your artistic skill. 😜

@liaizon@social.wake.st @ivan@bonfire.cafe @mayel@bonfire.cafe what version are you on? Can we see a picture?

I'm on the latest-beta and I don't see any warnings.

I will state that the message I replied to was from Julian's NodeBB instance. So it's translating from threadiverse to Bonfire, so probably some incompatability there.

@TCMuffin@toot.wales Thank you so much! My father is taking my family to Disney World. So it's going to be NUTS. And I'm going to hate the crowds, hate the travel, hate the wait times.

But I will NEVER forget watching my children have so many first experiences. I would never go there for myself. But I'm SO fucking excited to watch my children. 😊

This is incredible @benpate@mastodon.social and @julian@community.nodebb.org . I'm absolutely blown away by the work you folks are doing. This isn't JUST for Emissary. This isn't JUST for NodeBB. This isn't JUST for Mastodon. THIS is for EVERYONE. And y'all are fantastic. When I see this kind of work, I honestly get emotional, because THIS is what changes the game. Thank you both and everyone, for all of your hard work. I know folks don't see it the way I do, but THIS is a step. Maybe the rigth direction, maybe 5 years down the line we say it wasn't, but it's a STEP that pushes EVERYONE forward.

Thank you so so so so so much for spending your time and energy here.

@Cheeseness@mastodon.social I was going to install it again and I thought I had it somewhere, but I don't see it in my Itch library. Do you remember how you gave it to me?

@Cheeseness@mastodon.social DUDE! This has changed A LOT since I last played it. 😊 Looks good sir!

@repeatro@mastodon.social All games are just clones of World of Warcraft, so it must be that. 😜

I have ZERO clue btw. 😁

About to go on vacation and I updated our refurb Microsoft Surface with the latest Debian 13. WOW does this thing work well for a low powered device. Debian 12 seemed to have a lot of little issues with the Surface, such as not actually powering down properly, but Debian 13 seems to be functioning incredibly with the surface build.

So thank you to ANYONE that helped work on this #Debian build for the #Surface . It's so good and my kids are hopefully going to keep busy while we're traveling.

@JenJen@mastodon.art @welshpixie@mastodon.art absolutely gorgeous.