I am cree, and belong to a long line of chiefs and medicine men

These are passed down to the oldest son of the oldest son

I'm the oldest son. My dad was the oldest, his dad was the oldest. Since I was a kid, I've been prep'd for this

Generations of traditions have been passed down

I struggle with this in many ways, being a gay man most especially. I feel a duty to pass this on to my own son, and to help heal people in need as I was taught

I need to embrace this, and this is my first step!

UI Updates: developers love them and users hate them

The recent Mastodon icon changes remind me of this sentiment, I'm kind of worried that @pixelfed may alienate some users with the upcoming redesign

#UI

An early preview of the redesigned @pixelfed UI

It's about time we stepped out of the "federated instagram" shadow

While it will remain familiar, I'm eager to build on our Collections (think Pinterest), Exif data (flickr, 500px) and Portfolios (deviantart) features

We are not abandoning the social photo sharing aspects of IG

Rather we will be extending beyond them to provide new and exciting ways to share photos + videos, more details soon!

📸

#pixelfed #pixelfedUI #metro

I conflicted with Plane Jane, on one hand she is catty AF and we stan them mean queens but on the other hand she just a dollar store Jimbo and I'm not sure her outfits and opinions will sustain her (like girl, Jimbo was giving wacky and sensational but the only memorable moments you have are in confessionals)

I want to love her, but I'm bananas over her nemesis lil mrs.Nymphia

#RuPaul #RuPaulsDragRace #Season16 #GirlYouBettaWalkThatDuck #NymphiaWind

It’s amusing when spammers think padding their spam posts with AI generated text will somehow throw off @pixelfed Autospam when in reality it helps train it even better 😂

Girrrrrl please, it’s giving desperate 💅

#Autospam #pixelfed #desperate

Oh great…

#alberta

SLAY QUEEN ✨

#jchrist #lilNasX

✨ Pixelfed + Parental Controls

Now available!

https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/pull/4862

#pixelfed #parentalControls

Accidentally posting to a public story on Snapchat is the worst UX ever, like I didn’t know followers even existed on snap and now I have hundreds and they seen too much 🤣

The current @pixelfed landing page and the whole guest experience leaves a lot to be desired.

I'm working to fix this, it's going to be a huge shift that embraces content discovery and onboarding in a much easier and better way!

#pixelfed #ui #metroUI #onboarding

Fediverse devs like me get a lot of attention because our work is more user facing, but I still think it’s important to remind people of the crucial work that the ActivityPub authors put in.

They did this at a time where there was little to no expectation for established players to join and they laid the groundwork for @Mastodon and others to shine!

Y’all wouldn’t be reading this today if Mastodon stuck with just oStatus.

Remember the magic of the fediverse is bcuz of them, not Mastodon!

we really be do standing on the shoulders of giants

the fediverse wouldn't exist without the pioneering work of @cwebber, @erincandescent and @evan

let's show them some appreciation, Mastodon and Threads get a lot of credit for the ActivityPub spec they built upon and the AP authors don't get the credit they deserve

❤️

y'all be so distracting ❤️

(seriously, ask any fedi dev how easy it is to get lost in replies or marketing. Start the night trying to finish a feature and end up helping someone debug an issue or walk through installation. The struggle is real, and I'm here for it most of the time, but now I need to focus on the backlog of features and bug fixes)

I unfollowed a few accounts and will be distant from discord/matrix so I can focus on getting caught up on @pixelfed

Please don't take it personally fam, I'll be back to my chipper self soon

I got a bit distracted with sup, solo and pubkit and need to wrap up the Parental Controls grant milestone so I have the financial stability to focus on side projects like them

Donations are very appreciated!

https://pixelfed.org/support-our-project

I can't emphasize enough how crucial @pixelfed Autospam is to our platform and user experience

We're starting to see a lot more spam accounts/posts, and thanks to our (best in class) spam detection system, we are able to prevent 99% of spam posts from ever being seen by users!

The best part is it becomes even more accurate and useful the more you train it 😎

#pixelfed #autospam #spam #spamDetection

Federated Uber but for weed delivery

Imagine being able to order the dankest buds or pre-rolls with ease from a local mom/pop store using an open platform that incentivizes delivery with fair driver fees.

A stoner can dream...

#activityPub #legalize

My car didn’t start earlier because of the frigid temperatures of -30 so I plugged her in and she started up with command start just now no problems!

I work from home and rarely drive (it’s a 2016 Mazda with only 55k kms lol) but you never know when you need to make an emergency snack/beer/smoke run 😅

#trueNorth #alberta

Minus 50, winters finally arrived ☺️ #alberta