Good day all! TODAY on Fireside Fedi!

The #livestream will be on: stream.firesidefedi.live

Special Guest: @scottjenson@social.coop TAKE 3!

Product Strategy Advisor to Mastodon Core team. Previously UX Strategy: Apple System 7, Newton, and Apple Human Interface guidelines. UX Director at Symbian, manager Mobile UX at Google, creative director frog design San Francisco. Head of Product for two startups. Returned to Google to lead the Physical Web in Chrome and explore multiple UX research projects in Android. Left 2024, now advising part time.

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 12 February 2026 at 12:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-5 )

If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:

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#firesidefedi #fediverse #fedi #interview #freesoftware #opensource #userfreedom #freedom #resistance

Did you ever post a project and think to yourself "wow that went way easier than I remember it being." And then realized 30 min later that's because you didn't actually do the work?

Yeah I posted the recording of Hannah and I and I COMPLETELY forgot to actually do any kind of video editting, which includes the intro!

So! I'm going to do that now and reupload it the VOD, but it should be the same URL, it'll just be swapped in place.

Thank you again to @haubles@hachyderm.io for joining me on this episode of Fireside Fedi.

I'm having some technical difficulties, so please go check out the episode on TubeFree.org

Good day all! TODAY!

The #livestream will be on: stream.firesidefedi.live

Special Guest: @haubles@hachyderm.io

Mastodon community director / fediforum advisory board ☞ certified goof ♡ loves birds ☆ importantly, earnest

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 11 February 2026 at 12:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-5 )

If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:

#PeerTube ( #VOD ): tubefree.org/@firesidefedi

#firesidefedi #fediverse #fedi #interview #freesoftware #opensource #userfreedom #freedom #resistance

@orva@social.orva.fi @JenJen@mastodon.art ​LOL I didn't get to see Jen's face when I was trying them. LOL That is an EVIL look of satisfaction. LOL

@boilingsteam@mastodon.cloud ​any attempts are better than the current situation imo. I too don't like the idea of my currency tied to my phone number, but honestly I've had my number for 30 years now. I know there are lots of people that don't have a phone, but hopefully once they start prying the claws out of these massive payment processors that have no responsibility to anyone but the fat cats at the top.

Yet more amazingness from the EU:

europeanbusinessmagazine.com...

Let me be very clear, I don't think this will solve all the problems, I do think it'll create new problems. But working to actively take back control, to break up with companies that have abused their position for decades, is a good thing in my opinion.

THIS is progress. And from progress comes innovation.

@gnilleps@mastodon.art @JenJen@mastodon.art ​I love trying new things. I never expected that kind of flavor in my mouth hole and not sure I want it again, but I will torture others with it. 😁

@feed@www.404media.co ​With how stupid the redactions are in the Epstein files, who wants to bet they didn't use AI to do it? Because I'd take that bet I'm so certain that some asshole sold them just the AI they needed. They checked a handful by hand and said it's good enough.

That's the ONLY way this makes sense right? They redacted a photo of the Mona Lisa!

Good day all! Upcoming this week!

The #livestream will be on: stream.firesidefedi.live

Special Guest: @haubles@hachyderm.io

11/02/2026 12:00 UTC-5

Mastodon community director / fediforum advisory board ☞ certified goof ♡ loves birds ☆ importantly, earnest

Special Guest: @scottjenson@social.coop

12/02/2026 12:00 UTC-5

Product Strategy Advisor to Mastodon Core team. Previously UX Strategy: Apple System 7, Newton, and Apple Human Interface guidelines. UX Director at Symbian, manager Mobile UX at Google, creative director frog design San Francisco. Head of Product for two startups. Returned to Google to lead the Physical Web in Chrome and explore multiple UX research projects in Android. Left 2024, now advising part time.

Special Guest: @joeress@mastodon.social

13/02/2026 21:00 UTC -5

Head of the Late Night Linux Family of podcasts. I mostly get paid to talk to my friends about computers which is nice. It seems I was radicalised by basic decency.

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#firesidefedi #fediverse #fedi #interview #freesoftware #opensource #userfreedom #freedom #resistance

I'm planning on starting a new podcast called WorksOnMyMachine.live or womm.live . Are there any software developers out there would like to join me?

The premise is we hop on a video or audio call on a Sunday morning, 0900 UTC-5, and we talk about your software application. However, I also attempt to follow your docs and use your application live. If I get stuck, or we experience issues we learn live, troubleshoot live, etc.

This allows all of us to learn your app, it helps go over your docs, etc.

Are there any software developers out there interested in doing this?

If so, what's a good place to contact you, what's the link to your website, what's your app do, etc.

#software #podcast #qa #troubleshooting #docs #livestream #tech #techTrends

Thank you again to @davidrevoy@framapiaf.org for joining me!

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@wakest@hackers.pub ​WOW! Thank you! 😊

Big Tech are the new

Cigarette Industry

Sugar Industry

Drug Dealers

They feed off of your addiction and we're finding more and more evidence they knew and exploited this.

BREAK UP BIG TECH!

techoversight.org/2026/01/25...

@screwlisp@gamerplus.org ​idk if I've had the pleasure of trying it to form an opinion.

Just a reminder to anyone that's near the Raleigh North Carolina area on Feb 28th some of us are getting together downtown Raleigh for a meetup.

@eric@mastodon.eom.dev and I will be there. Hoping a few others can come and hang out. We don't have to stay where we are, but figured we could all just meet up there and meet folks that share our interests. 😊

freestreamers.btfree.org/eve...

#meetup #raleigh #NC #northCarolina #fedi #fediverse