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Rectangular picture.  Person in the upper left rotated 90 degrees and he's covering his face like he's in fear.

Middle shows FOSSY 2026.  August 6th - 9th 2026 - University of British Columbia, Cananda.

Bottom left is the Fireside Fedi icon, a spinning Fediverse icon on fire.

Middle bottom - FEDICON Fossy 08/008/2026

Bottom Right there are multiple pictures.  

Top shows a shadowy man with the name John Mastodon and a cancelled banner over it.

Next is a man in a ball cap with glasses and a beard with the name MATT BAER.

Then man with a beard leaning towards the camera with DJANGO DOUCET.

Then a man with a dog behind him.  DAN SUPERNAULT.

Then a picture of someone turned 120 degrees in a blanket waving.  VAGRANT CASCADIAN.

Finally a cartoon character in the South Park style.  BEN PATE.

# content
Your favorite #podcast ( you know the one. The one that's #livestream at FiresideFedi.live and the #VODS hosted at tubefree.org/@firesidefedi )

MORE LIVE-ER

...

than EVER!

...

FIRESIDE FEDI LIVE!

...

AND IN PERSON!

They said it couldn't be done! But we're doing it!

Talking with #fediverse #developers live and on stage!

...

FIVE on ONE!

...

Without a NET!

And this time the STAKES are even HIGHER!

Live studio audience!

RABID #Fedizens!

...

Rabid for content!

...

WITH SPECIAL GUEST for the first time ANYWHERE:

JOHN MASTODON! *Cancelled*

This won't be just any normal show! It's the show you've waited your ENTIRE LIFE to see!

We'll also be speaking with these following extraordinary people:

- Dan Supernault - @dansup@mastodon.social

Currently building @pixelfed, @loops, @supapp, @fedidb, and more.

- Django Doucet - @django@social.coop -

At #CoLab.coop , #Django is a developer for #WordPress sites. His approach is people-centric, which influences the usability, #performance and #accessibility of his designs.

- Vagrant Cascasian - @vagrantc@floss.social -

Involved in various #FOSS projects such as #ReproducibleBuilds #Debian #Guix and so much more. Passionate about #Aikido and #Solar hobbyist.

- Matt Baer - @matt@writing.exchange -

#Founder writing.exchange/@write_as , musing.studio

Lead #dev writing.exchange/@writefreely

Co-organizer gram.social/nycphotostroll

#Admin @ https://Writing.Exchange

- Ben Pate - @benpate@mastodon.social -

Ben is the nerd who's building emissary.dev/ - an #ActivityPub server for building custom social applications on the #Fediverse .

First app on this platform is a #music #sharing #server for indie bands, called bandwagon.fm/ . He's also working on atlasmaps.org/, a #social #mapping server for adding #Federated annotations to places in the real world.

HARD HITTING questions! Questions like:

Pie or Cake?

Red, Blue or Green?

Best Fediverse Application?

Don't forget to catch us at #FOSSY #FediCon track Aug 8th! 2026.fossy.ca/schedule/prese...

IT

WILL

BE

hopefully, honestly just a really a lovely time really!

# source.content
Your favorite [#podcast](https://btfree.social/hashtag/podcast) ( you know the one. The one that's [#livestream](https://btfree.social/hashtag/livestream) at [FiresideFedi.live](http://FiresideFedi.live) and the [#VODS](https://btfree.social/hashtag/VODS) hosted at [tubefree.org/@firesidefedi](http://tubefree.org/@firesidefedi) )

MORE LIVE-ER

...

than EVER!

...

FIRESIDE FEDI LIVE!

...

AND IN PERSON!

They said it couldn't be done! But we're doing it!

Talking with [#fediverse](https://btfree.social/hashtag/fediverse) [#developers](https://btfree.social/hashtag/developers) live and on stage!

...

FIVE on ONE!

...

Without a NET!

And this time the STAKES are even HIGHER!

Live studio audience!

RABID [#Fedizens](https://btfree.social/hashtag/Fedizens)!

...

Rabid for content!

...

WITH SPECIAL GUEST for the first time ANYWHERE:

JOHN MASTODON! \*Cancelled\*

This won't be just any normal show! It's the show you've waited your ENTIRE LIFE to see!

We'll also be speaking with these following extraordinary people:

\- Dan Supernault - [@dansup@mastodon.social](https://mastodon.social/users/dansup)

Currently building @pixelfed, @loops, @supapp, @fedidb, and more.

\- Django Doucet - [@django@social.coop](https://social.coop/users/django) -

At #[CoLab.coop](http://CoLab.coop) , [#Django](https://btfree.social/hashtag/Django) is a developer for [#WordPress](https://btfree.social/hashtag/WordPress) sites. His approach is people-centric, which influences the usability, [#performance](https://btfree.social/hashtag/performance) and [#accessibility](https://btfree.social/hashtag/accessibility) of his designs.

\- Vagrant Cascasian - [@vagrantc@floss.social](https://floss.social/users/vagrantc) -

Involved in various [#FOSS](https://btfree.social/hashtag/FOSS) projects such as [#ReproducibleBuilds](https://btfree.social/hashtag/ReproducibleBuilds) [#Debian](https://btfree.social/hashtag/Debian) [#Guix](https://btfree.social/hashtag/Guix) and so much more. Passionate about [#Aikido](https://btfree.social/hashtag/Aikido) and [#Solar](https://btfree.social/hashtag/Solar) hobbyist.

\- Matt Baer - [@matt@writing.exchange](https://writing.exchange/users/matt) -

[#Founder](https://btfree.social/hashtag/Founder) [writing.exchange/@write_as](https://writing.exchange/@write_as) , [musing.studio](https://musing.studio)

Lead [#dev](https://btfree.social/hashtag/dev) [writing.exchange/@writefreely](https://writing.exchange/@writefreely)

Co-organizer [gram.social/nycphotostroll](https://gram.social/nycphotostroll)

[#Admin](https://btfree.social/hashtag/Admin) @ https://Writing.Exchange

\- Ben Pate - [@benpate@mastodon.social](https://mastodon.social/users/benpate) -

Ben is the nerd who's building [emissary.dev/](https://emissary.dev/) - an [#ActivityPub](https://btfree.social/hashtag/ActivityPub) server for building custom social applications on the [#Fediverse](https://btfree.social/hashtag/Fediverse) .

First app on this platform is a [#music](https://btfree.social/hashtag/music) [#sharing](https://btfree.social/hashtag/sharing) [#server](https://btfree.social/hashtag/server) for indie bands, called [bandwagon.fm/](https://bandwagon.fm/) . He's also working on [atlasmaps.org/](https://atlasmaps.org/), a [#social](https://btfree.social/hashtag/social) [#mapping](https://btfree.social/hashtag/mapping) server for adding [#Federated](https://btfree.social/hashtag/Federated) annotations to places in the real world.

HARD HITTING questions! Questions like:

Pie or Cake?

Red, Blue or Green?

Best Fediverse Application?

Don't forget to catch us at [#FOSSY](https://btfree.social/hashtag/FOSSY) [#FediCon](https://btfree.social/hashtag/FediCon) track Aug 8th! [2026.fossy.ca/schedule/prese...](https://2026.fossy.ca/schedule/presentation/465/)

IT

WILL

BE

hopefully, honestly just a really a lovely time really!