Notices by Meljoann (meljoann@topspicy.social)

Whoooh! I think, by process of elimination I've just found the culprit for my OBS hell. Just a LUA script. https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/issues/13491

My gawd, that's what I get for trying to be fancy.

MTV died. All the cool, unique artists like off “120 minutes” are now fighting the blandest algorithms imaginable.

We wanted a place to watch weird stuff you can’t see on mainstream channels. So….

Fedi MTV goes live in ONE HOUR.

https://tv.theindiebeat.fm/

#FediMTV #TIBtv #music #nowPlaying #FediTips

I’m live! Come join me (if you like this sort of thing) for some disturbing #experimental sounds on the theme of: UNwellness.

There will be beats at the end, as a little treat.

Gravitons Festival 2025! 💜

https://stream.gravitons.org

Relaxing… I just made a pixellated heap of sand and poured salt water on it
https://sandboxels.r74n.com/

Supposed to be a day off, but spent all day hyperfocusing on a new https://gravitons.org website, and setting up a self-hosted Forgejo. And trying and failing to get automatic Hugo builds happening on it.

Hashtag Relatable I would say

Can anyone recommend local or internet radio stations that reliably play electronic beats?

Any genre as long as it sounds gooood. I’m into anything from minimal techno to industrial to IDM to breakcore and glitch. Like just quality choons of any description.

I need more beats in my radio app!

Seems relevant for… absolutely everybody I know

https://anxietyaidtools.com/

#fediblock reccy

Predictable fascist response to my last post. State of this instance bleaurghhhh

https://annihilation.social/

Attention fellow whites of Fedi! ⚠️

Like… I love it here as well

But intruding on someone’s mentions, when they’re posting about racism? Ignoring their pain? To defend… an inanimate piece of software?

You don’t wanna be their millionth reply-guy, all snippy with patronising “””advice”””:

1. Listen & be supportive
2. Keep note of ideas and solutions
3. Implement, feature-request/boost these improvements, with credit (or better yet, with payment)

✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻
Stronger together, pals 💜

Fedi MTV is being birthed! 🎉 Great article from @limebar

“…I remember how influential music videos were for me as a teen… without MTV, new wave wouldn’t have happened and most of the weird stuff I saw on 120 Minutes would never have played anywhere…”

https://nham.co.uk/2025/09/how-indie-video-killed-the-spotify-star/

Fedi artists: send us your music videos!

Anyone up to share local radio stations that play experimental, or interesting & unusual music? I got:

- http://listen.dublindigitalradio.com/
- https://extra.resonance.fm/

I wanna add yours to my radio app!

My new “adulty” thing to do is: cleaning when the gaff is already clean. It never gets dirty! Fuck yeah.

@torstentorsten @HauntedOwlbear I’m in the UK, so a bit different to EU ones, but yeah! Arts Council of England and HMUK 🫡 (and for music)

Got a chance to plug our lovely Fedi #music scene on BBC6Music!

You can listen here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0029y4j — the segment is around 1:06:20 in

Seeing more and more stuff around about leaving crappy Big Social. I think there’s a lot of curiosity about alternatives…

It’s a big difference following a music blog on RSS, instead of Instagram. I can actually click links. The link takes me to Bandcamp, where I can follow the artist and put their album in my wishlist.

Like this blog: https://www.outsidenoise.org/

Does this #fedihired thing work?

I'm looking for part-time stuff right now. Based in Brighton UK, remote is good too.

I can do:
- websites, fedi sysadmin
- graphic design, video editing, VJ
- audio editing, mixing, mastering, remixes
- bartending & retail
- email & socials marketing, "content"
- any office stuff, spreadsheets, all that exciting stuff

#FediHire

I’m looking for a tool to to #migrate #Instagram follows to #Mastodon or #Pixelfed.

I’ve used similar tools to find and follow old Twitter connections on Masto & Bluesky. But can’t find anything for Insta.

Most of the music community, frustratingly, isn’t budging from Insta. I think being able to recommend something like this could help!

Hey, I’ve been wondering this. How come you can sign in with a #Pixelfed account using a Mastodon app, and not vice versa? Design choice on the Pixelfed app? Or is there a some technical reason?

It’s just the apps themselves deciding whether to support multiple #ActivityPub projects, is it?

Woahh ok. You can sign into @impressia ios app with your Masto or Gotosocial account. Beautiful photo view for your feeds!

Nice! Now the Android people need something like this.

My Xmas gift to you, Fedi, is a glamour shot of the worst looking cake in the world.