Notices by Cassidy James :roost: :gnome: (cassidy@mastodon.blaede.family)

dealing with dependabot PRs

Anyway, their public, unauthenticated API is exposing users' DOB and email addresses. Neat!

https://api.twitter.now/api/user-profile/J2lPkMmhVzcJJQ45QdPR4mBtBtp1

#Twitter #TwitterNew

There’s a twitter.new site which to me appears to be a marketing stunt to get investors to pay attention to their AI-powered “trust” system, but…

It’s currently being trivially spammed. @kaitlyn @ellie that you??

#Twitter #TwitterNew

Aaaand it’s live on the @roost blog!

https://roost.tools/blog/trust-safety-across-the-fediverse-roost-fossy-fedicon-2026/

#FOSSY #FediCon

Hot take: naming doesn’t matter. The term “fediverse” is goofy and nerdy *and fine, actually.*

You use the “Internet” every day. “Email” is ubiquitous. We install “apps” on “phones.” You ask for the “Wi-Fi password.” These are all goofy names, yet nobody bats an eye.

What we call something doesn’t factor into its adoption as much as nerds would have you think. But arguing about naming is easier than doing all of the *other* work required for adoption.

#FediCon #fediverse #OpenSource

I guess I really should write up a blog post about my experience at #FediCon for @roost, huh. I have so many thoughts!

@dansup @julian @ozoned @logaldeveloper ah I was at another place basically next door lol, trying to find that entrance now

@julian @ozoned @logaldeveloper which hot pot place did you end up at? 👀 I wound up chatting by the registration desk for a while 😅

I’m headed to FOSSY and Fedicon in BC, Canada in just a couple of short days! I look forward to catching up with folks, learning a bunch, and chatting about both @roost and @gnome.

Come find me!

https://2026.fossy.ca/

#FOSSY #FOSSY2026 #Fedicon #Fedicon2026 #OpenSource #TrustAndSafety

I’m en route! Don’t worry, I packed the essentials.

#FOSSY #FOSSY2026 #FediCon #FediCon2026 #ROOST

I’ll be arriving at the UBC campus around 8 PM this evening. Anyone else coming in early and want to grab a drink tonight or a coffee in the morning?? I’m also cassidyjames.01 on Signal in case that’s more reliable.

#FOSSY #FOSSY2026 #FediCon #FediCon2026

I took this to say I’m ready for FOSSY day one and show people what I look like to find me in person, but it just ended up looking like “Cassidy is a big boy now and headed off to school.” 🎒

#FOSSY #FOSSY2026 #FediCon #FediCon2026

New stress dream unlocked: I woke up in a sweat because I totally forgot to prepare for my TWO talks I signed up to give at FOSSY.

I did not submit any talks to FOSSY this year. 🤣

Day two is off to a great start otherwise!

#FOSSY #FediCon #FOSSY2026 #FediCon2026

Oops I ended up actually giving a talk

https://activitypub.space/post/2226

Day 2/4 of #FOSSY (1/2 of #FediCon) has come to an end. It was SO good!!

I didn’t know exactly what to expect from FediCon, but it’s been really inspiring and optimistic. I planned to bounce between FOSSY tracks, but ended up hanging out in the FediCon room w/folks building and passionate about the fediverse all day.

I’m grateful I was able to share an impromptu crash course on trust & safety as well; it’s a critical piece of the puzzle that we need more people to understand and care about.

Oh yeah! And during @evan’s talk, he mentioned https://tags.pub but apologized for its design because he’s “not a designer.” So… I opened a PR that was merged to make the typography a little nicer (plus dark style support).

We can just do things!

Imagine shipping a Linux app in 2026 solely as a .deb file that only works on Ubuntu/Debian and that users have to download and install as root.

If only, idk, there was an app store…

https://flathub.org

@killyourfm ummmm come say hi to me and @micahilbery and @ahoneybun?? You're basically in our neighborhood!

@killyourfm @micahilbery @ahoneybun next time you gotta hang out in Denver for the day before heading up to a 14er. 😅 My family would always do Casa Bonita to acclimate when we were traveling from sea level 🤣

TIL Anakin basically has a Steam Deck in Revenge of the Sith.

#StarWars #SteamDeck