Sean Tilley
@deadsuperhero.com
Former Community Manager of #Diaspora, actively involved in reporting on decentralized technologies and the #fediverse at large. The clump of brain cells behind brands.town, spectra.video, and wedistribute.org
For my capstone project in Computer Science, I’m writing a desktop music player in Java. I’ve never tried to build one before, but it seems like a decent challenge, and it covers the different data structures we’ve learned about.
December 4, 2025 at 12:52 AM
For my capstone project in Computer Science, I’m writing a desktop music player in Java. I’ve never tried to build one before, but it seems like a decent challenge, and it covers the different data structures we’ve learned about.
I've been thinking about media platforms in the #Fediverse geared around artists. I think the network is in dire need of having support for commerce.
Not "Big Capitalism" commerce, but the ability for people to buy/sell things, support projects, and commission people to keep making stuff.
Not "Big Capitalism" commerce, but the ability for people to buy/sell things, support projects, and commission people to keep making stuff.
The Fediverse and Content Creation: Monetization
Sure, we have open source, federated replacements for Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube. How do we get creators to use this stuff? One consideration involves the ability to pay for things.
deadsuperhero.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:09 AM
I've been thinking about media platforms in the #Fediverse geared around artists. I think the network is in dire need of having support for commerce.
Not "Big Capitalism" commerce, but the ability for people to buy/sell things, support projects, and commission people to keep making stuff.
Not "Big Capitalism" commerce, but the ability for people to buy/sell things, support projects, and commission people to keep making stuff.
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this week's fediverse news is about the launch of Bonfire, a new modular social platform that focuses on communities, with a crowdfunding campaign to grow further
and mastodon has officially launched quote posts, and fixed their missing replies problem
connectedplaces.online/reports/fedi...
and mastodon has officially launched quote posts, and fixed their missing replies problem
connectedplaces.online/reports/fedi...
Fediverse Report – #141
Fediverse community platform Bonfire launches, together with a crowdfunding campaign. Mastodon now officially quote posts, and a fediverse client for the Media Liberation Day campaign.
connectedplaces.online
November 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
this week's fediverse news is about the launch of Bonfire, a new modular social platform that focuses on communities, with a crowdfunding campaign to grow further
and mastodon has officially launched quote posts, and fixed their missing replies problem
connectedplaces.online/reports/fedi...
and mastodon has officially launched quote posts, and fixed their missing replies problem
connectedplaces.online/reports/fedi...
Not only is the concept of an alpha male fundamentally flawed, but the idea that certain men feel the need to proclaim their alpha male status almost definitely means they’re anything but.
October 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Not only is the concept of an alpha male fundamentally flawed, but the idea that certain men feel the need to proclaim their alpha male status almost definitely means they’re anything but.
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Heard about the Louvre jewel heist and my first thought was “finally, some good old fashioned normal crime”
October 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Heard about the Louvre jewel heist and my first thought was “finally, some good old fashioned normal crime”
Dreams can sometimes shed incredible insight into human insecurities.
Last night’s dream: “I wanted to fly my fighter jet to school, but I just found out that my wife is leaving me.”
Last night’s dream: “I wanted to fly my fighter jet to school, but I just found out that my wife is leaving me.”
October 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Dreams can sometimes shed incredible insight into human insecurities.
Last night’s dream: “I wanted to fly my fighter jet to school, but I just found out that my wife is leaving me.”
Last night’s dream: “I wanted to fly my fighter jet to school, but I just found out that my wife is leaving me.”
I've been thinking for a while about writing a simple app, because I haven't done app development before. The first thing I would love to make is a social bookmarking app for posts, that lets you save stuff into different categories.
Basically what Firefish had back in the day.
Basically what Firefish had back in the day.
October 5, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I've been thinking for a while about writing a simple app, because I haven't done app development before. The first thing I would love to make is a social bookmarking app for posts, that lets you save stuff into different categories.
Basically what Firefish had back in the day.
Basically what Firefish had back in the day.
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A little proof of concept I've been working on, it's a version of Bluesky that you can run locally, even on your laptop, that pulls just the data you care about from the firehose, indexes it, and provides you an interface to view and interact with posts.
GitHub - whyrusleeping/konbini
Contribute to whyrusleeping/konbini development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
October 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
A little proof of concept I've been working on, it's a version of Bluesky that you can run locally, even on your laptop, that pulls just the data you care about from the firehose, indexes it, and provides you an interface to view and interact with posts.
Imagine if toaster companies required you to buy proprietary bread that only worked in specific toaster models.
That's where we're at with so many printers.
That's where we're at with so many printers.
October 5, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Imagine if toaster companies required you to buy proprietary bread that only worked in specific toaster models.
That's where we're at with so many printers.
That's where we're at with so many printers.
Hey! Are you a CEO or project lead of a decentralized, open source communication platform or protocol? Are you tired of dealing with negative responses to your misinterpreted posts?
Hire me to be your comms person! I can be your community punching bag that keeps everyone happy and excited!
Hire me to be your comms person! I can be your community punching bag that keeps everyone happy and excited!
October 5, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Hey! Are you a CEO or project lead of a decentralized, open source communication platform or protocol? Are you tired of dealing with negative responses to your misinterpreted posts?
Hire me to be your comms person! I can be your community punching bag that keeps everyone happy and excited!
Hire me to be your comms person! I can be your community punching bag that keeps everyone happy and excited!
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This whole day has been french toast erasure and I won't stand for it
October 2, 2025 at 12:39 AM
This whole day has been french toast erasure and I won't stand for it
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Realizing I never posted this to Bluesky 🫢
✨ Introducing Shaders
A first-of-it's-kind component library for jaw-dropping effects and frontend magic, shipping soon for @vuejs.org, @react.dev & @svelte.dev.
✨ Introducing Shaders
A first-of-it's-kind component library for jaw-dropping effects and frontend magic, shipping soon for @vuejs.org, @react.dev & @svelte.dev.
October 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Realizing I never posted this to Bluesky 🫢
✨ Introducing Shaders
A first-of-it's-kind component library for jaw-dropping effects and frontend magic, shipping soon for @vuejs.org, @react.dev & @svelte.dev.
✨ Introducing Shaders
A first-of-it's-kind component library for jaw-dropping effects and frontend magic, shipping soon for @vuejs.org, @react.dev & @svelte.dev.
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What happened to RubyGems, Bundler, and the Open Source drama that controls the internet infrastructure.
🔗 www.404media.co/how-ruby-wen...
🔗 www.404media.co/how-ruby-wen...
How Ruby Went Off the Rails
What happened to RubyGems, Bundler, and the Open Source drama that controls the internet infrastructure.
www.404media.co
October 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
What happened to RubyGems, Bundler, and the Open Source drama that controls the internet infrastructure.
🔗 www.404media.co/how-ruby-wen...
🔗 www.404media.co/how-ruby-wen...
I beat Wolfenstein: The New Order yesterday, and started playing Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. What a series! I can’t believe I slept on these.
Gunplay is absolutely amazing, story is great, level design is absolutely killer. Loads of fun, and a perfect outlet for aggression and frustration.
Gunplay is absolutely amazing, story is great, level design is absolutely killer. Loads of fun, and a perfect outlet for aggression and frustration.
October 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I beat Wolfenstein: The New Order yesterday, and started playing Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. What a series! I can’t believe I slept on these.
Gunplay is absolutely amazing, story is great, level design is absolutely killer. Loads of fun, and a perfect outlet for aggression and frustration.
Gunplay is absolutely amazing, story is great, level design is absolutely killer. Loads of fun, and a perfect outlet for aggression and frustration.
The computer science course I'm taking this semester is a lot of fun, but the most recent stuff is super challenging. It's all Java-based, which I'm actually doing okay with, but refactoring code to incorporate new concepts is super hard.
Also, implementing Linked Lists from scratch suuuuuucks.
Also, implementing Linked Lists from scratch suuuuuucks.
September 25, 2025 at 7:21 AM
The computer science course I'm taking this semester is a lot of fun, but the most recent stuff is super challenging. It's all Java-based, which I'm actually doing okay with, but refactoring code to incorporate new concepts is super hard.
Also, implementing Linked Lists from scratch suuuuuucks.
Also, implementing Linked Lists from scratch suuuuuucks.
Where's a good place to go to find all the cool stuff being built by Bluesky / ATproto devs? I want to start covering this stuff more closely.
Maybe @bmann.ca can steer me in the right direction?
Maybe @bmann.ca can steer me in the right direction?
September 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Where's a good place to go to find all the cool stuff being built by Bluesky / ATproto devs? I want to start covering this stuff more closely.
Maybe @bmann.ca can steer me in the right direction?
Maybe @bmann.ca can steer me in the right direction?
Dogs, particularly beagles, have the uncanny habit of both being deep sleepers, and also discerning the slight crinkling sound of a bag of chips. By the time they hear it, you’re already too late, and they’re silently asking for some.
September 10, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Dogs, particularly beagles, have the uncanny habit of both being deep sleepers, and also discerning the slight crinkling sound of a bag of chips. By the time they hear it, you’re already too late, and they’re silently asking for some.
I unwrap a Babybel Cheese for the beagles to enjoy. The dogs watch intensely, their tails wagging faster and faster. I can feel their eyes on me. 👀
September 10, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I unwrap a Babybel Cheese for the beagles to enjoy. The dogs watch intensely, their tails wagging faster and faster. I can feel their eyes on me. 👀
2000's Bush-Era Country Music, but the singer is bemoaning "workin with ugly funky code."
September 10, 2025 at 5:53 AM
2000's Bush-Era Country Music, but the singer is bemoaning "workin with ugly funky code."
I procrastinated on this way too much, feel apprehensive about my ability to sum up all my thoughts and feelings on a page, but I finally wrote about #FediCon.
The Fediverse in Real Life
What happens when you get a bunch of Fediverse people in a room together?
deadsuperhero.com
August 21, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I procrastinated on this way too much, feel apprehensive about my ability to sum up all my thoughts and feelings on a page, but I finally wrote about #FediCon.
Just watched Coraline for the very first time. I’m blown away. The stop-motion animation is incredible, the horror aspects of the story are fucked up, the They Might Be Giants song was icing on the cake. Great story, fantastic direction, some absolutely inspired artistic decisions.
August 20, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Just watched Coraline for the very first time. I’m blown away. The stop-motion animation is incredible, the horror aspects of the story are fucked up, the They Might Be Giants song was icing on the cake. Great story, fantastic direction, some absolutely inspired artistic decisions.
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Adding Mastodon author attribution to Ghost
How to add the Mastodon author attribution to your single author Ghost site.
#author #federate #fediverse #ghost #mastodon
How to add the Mastodon author attribution to your single author Ghost site.
#author #federate #fediverse #ghost #mastodon
Adding Mastodon author attribution to Ghost
How to add the Mastodon author attribution to your single author Ghost site.
onemanandhisblog.com
August 19, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Adding Mastodon author attribution to Ghost
How to add the Mastodon author attribution to your single author Ghost site.
#author #federate #fediverse #ghost #mastodon
How to add the Mastodon author attribution to your single author Ghost site.
#author #federate #fediverse #ghost #mastodon
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200+ users and 180GB of data migrated to the Blacksky server in ~48hrs and that’s with individually distributed invite codes via my DMs.
August 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
200+ users and 180GB of data migrated to the Blacksky server in ~48hrs and that’s with individually distributed invite codes via my DMs.
I put out a message asking about raising money for my news site, and some Anticapitalist on Mastodon started lecturing me about how the desire to make money and grow a following is somehow inherently bad.
He literally said "We cannot defeat Capitalism with the Master's Tools."
He literally said "We cannot defeat Capitalism with the Master's Tools."
August 13, 2025 at 8:16 AM
I put out a message asking about raising money for my news site, and some Anticapitalist on Mastodon started lecturing me about how the desire to make money and grow a following is somehow inherently bad.
He literally said "We cannot defeat Capitalism with the Master's Tools."
He literally said "We cannot defeat Capitalism with the Master's Tools."
If you like the work I put out there, and want to help support it, please check this out.
We Distribute is evaluating whether to launch a crowdfunding campaign to support our organization. Right now, almost everything we do is created, produced, and edited by one guy, @deadsuperhero.com.
If you're interested, feel free to fill out this survey:
cloud.wedistribute.org/apps/forms/s...
If you're interested, feel free to fill out this survey:
cloud.wedistribute.org/apps/forms/s...
August 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
If you like the work I put out there, and want to help support it, please check this out.