Stefan

GardenState.social Admin

he/him #javascript #nj #indiepop #developer #memes #feministAdvocate #tv #progressive #NewJersey #GardenState #cryptoSkeptic #tfr #fedi22

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2026-06-26 15:56:21 UTC

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@nprofile…h0ux wait. I don't see how to get to an mspaint like tool?
https://gardenstate-social.s3.bhs.io.cloud.ovh.net/media_attachments/files/116/817/222/618/182/835/original/978a9380d8f47632.png

2026-06-26 15:51:52 UTC

next time I have free time I will be building a fediverse client where the only way to post is with an mspaint like tool.

2026-05-21 21:21:31 UTC

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@nprofile…2ttq this rocks.

2026-04-18 16:32:54 UTC

As a volunteer mastodon admin I HAVE to balance growing a community with managing my time.
One way this comes up is new account registrations. Approval or Open is the eternal battle I see happen. I hate it.
I want open registration but not loose my life to battling new account spam.
So here is a screenshot of the tool I built. It checks new accounts and grades them and then silences or bans them based on 54 different properties. It's not perfect but seems to work for me.
#mastoAdmin
https://gardenstate-social.s3.bhs.io.cloud.ovh.net/media_attachments/files/116/426/616/009/896/362/original/b16cf492b8ff6f87.png

2026-04-07 14:10:31 UTC

If the USA starts blowing up power plants in Iran I will not be going to work and I will make it clear to my employer that is why.

2026-04-05 13:24:19 UTC

NEW MASTODON BROWSER PLUGIN
FF: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/mastodon-hashtag-helper/
Chrome: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/mastodon-hashtag-helper/cajmebgmalmdnhiemmedmnkfkahgecnp
Tried of trying to type hashtags correctly with proper capitalization? NO MORE. This plugin will track your 25 most used hashtags and add them to the post composer with 1 click. Also with edit more for easy delete from list.
#mastodon #plugin #firefox #chrome #webDev
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2026-03-31 16:15:46 UTC

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@nprofile…44dh I feel very similar and have gone down a similar path recently. For me I've found it does very little wrong for the apps I am trying to make and I am more eager to press 2 because I enjoy the outcome and testing that outcome more then have control over the code.
I've been calling myself a self loathing AI user but I'm in the process of building 5 or 6 apps and tools I have wanted over the years but never found the effort to do.

2026-03-30 23:26:03 UTC

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@nprofile…ugp2 got to talk to @nprofile…7yuj who is a real luminary on this technology but also future ideas for new ways to build social apps!

2026-03-28 18:24:54 UTC

NEW MASTODON WEB CLIENT
I'm launching a new way to liveblog events with persistent hashtags and CWs across posts, easy threading, and focused search column.
Try it here:
https://liveblog.stefanhayden.com/
read more here:
https://stefanhayden.com/blog/2026/03/28/Liveblog---a-new-mastodon-client-to-quickly-post-durring-live-events/
#mastodon #liveblog #events #awards #sports
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2026-03-09 04:36:52 UTC

Revoke their license.
Emergency Responders Say They're Now Unpaid "Roadside Assistance" for Confused Waymos https://share.google/yGTL3WVyQYFfoFDS4
https://gardenstate.social/system/media_attachments/files/116/197/358/499/806/303/original/6eb46c63a718ab1b.png

2026-02-22 16:33:33 UTC

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@nprofile…0wmn every time I close my eyes I'm like "I wish every UI was this good"

2026-02-18 02:42:50 UTC

These photos are insanely beautiful.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/02/peter-li-architectural-church-cathedral-photos/
https://gardenstate.social/system/media_attachments/files/116/089/325/617/185/418/original/281a9f1a59289901.png

2026-02-18 02:03:07 UTC

apps really freak out on ubuntu when coming back from sleep/ suspend/ logged out. Some appear but I can't click them. some have weird shadows on the borders. It's a hot mess.
How long do I have to use ubuntu before people will let me say that Windows is less buggy then Linux?
#ubuntu

2026-01-30 20:43:21 UTC

You are being misled about renewable energy technology. by Technology Connections
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9nt2ZeGM
#technology #climateChange

2026-01-15 12:49:47 UTC

Sometimes it feels silly to donate $1 to any project but while the amount of money they have is important they also care about total number of donors as a way to demonstrate broad interest in a project.

2026-01-13 17:23:46 UTC

this makes this the 29th biggest server on the fediverse which I guess just highlights how centralized and small the whole fediverse operation is.
https://fedidb.com/servers
#nevent1q…ka95

2025-12-30 20:28:20 UTC

How AI Artists Tried to Scam Me! by Roll For Combat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBEodBD1Q2c
#ai #art #dnd

2025-12-16 19:02:41 UTC

Mastodon needs big changes if it wants to grow. BIG CHANGES.
Most of what I personally want are small Quality of Life changes.
One reason apps like Pixelfed and Loops are interesting are because people could find them without caring about Activitypub.
New apps are exciting because it's a great way to experiment with things that maybe Mastodon could learn from and add in the future.

2025-11-26 02:59:54 UTC

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@nprofile…6zuf nice. I didn't know this was a thing. following in all the places.

2025-11-05 02:55:22 UTC

78% in #newJersey
https://gardenstate.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/494/833/877/977/720/original/8e538c870af9087e.png

2025-11-05 02:30:50 UTC

64% in #newJersey
https://gardenstate.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/494/736/167/093/054/original/68b580fcca19a8d7.png

2025-08-27 02:44:28 UTC

Yet I still love it, #NewJersey
The Terrible Design of Newark Airport by Wendover Productions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpzzTNhKXAg

2025-07-04 14:31:03 UTC

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@nprofile…hd3q that looks super cool!

2025-06-13 18:43:32 UTC

stop telling me I'm cooked. that sounds delicious.

2025-05-28 13:38:11 UTC

I like space and generally find Scott a good neutral reporter.
SpaceX Builds Largest Reusable Booster, Also Makes Door That Won't Open - Starship Flight 9 Recap by Scott Manley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqQM1AfpSZI
#space #youtube

2025-05-26 14:13:32 UTC

Hey #Fediverse, do you love #TV? I've launched a new app to track your tv in a single user app with #activitypub support!
After you watch give my github repo a ⭐ ! https://github.com/stefanhayden/tvmarks
https://gardenstate.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/574/531/832/760/030/original/6ae935dd88f1ceee.mp4

2025-05-26 03:16:25 UTC

If you love #TV and want to track it on your own federated site where you own your data try out Tvmarks:
https://github.com/stefanhayden/tvmarks
https://gardenstate.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/571/959/294/115/823/original/b11cbfaddeab7798.jpg

2025-05-26 03:14:34 UTC

@nprofile…d3t6 hello! I just recently launch #Tvmarks a cousin app of postmarks.
Tvmarks lets you track shows you are watching and mark episodes as watched. It also can post your activity to a federated account just like postmark.
githuib: https://github.com/stefanhayden/tvmarks
my instance: https://tv.stefanhayden.com/
my instance federated account: @nprofile…gg9m

2025-05-25 21:25:26 UTC

I DID IT. I only had 2 #glitch apps I cared about but I'm off glitch now. Both now on digitalocean with caddy as my reverse proxy and pm2 running the app.
my #postmarks https://links.stefanhayden.com/
my #tvmarks https://tv.stefanhayden.com/

2025-05-22 13:40:57 UTC

why is this soccer field so small? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLSDRFLOc2I
#football #soccer

2025-05-16 20:11:14 UTC

"the best career advice I ever got was that every time you do well in your career you're going to get to choose between power and autonomy and you should always choose autonomy" - David Peirce - The Vergecast
#video #quote #podcast #verge #advice #CareerAdvice
https://gardenstate.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/519/325/534/337/472/original/d3dba48b7ff593b8.mp4

2025-05-15 20:10:23 UTC

as we make fun of Florida for banning fluoride remember to also pick on #NewJersey
"Only 15 percent of New Jersey residents have teeth-protecting fluoride in their water, compared to 75 percent of the rest of the nation.
According to Jim Schulz, the director of governmental and public affairs for the New Jersey Dental Association, we rank 49th out of the 50 states when it comes to the percentage of population consuming fluoridated water. Only Hawaii has less."
https://nj1015.com/most-nj-towns-dont-have-fluoridated-water-but-these-do/

2025-05-12 01:54:53 UTC

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz escape room in Wharton was very good!
https://morty.app/attraction/23711/the-wonderful-wizard-of-oz?s=1
#escaperoom #NewJersey

2025-05-09 23:00:27 UTC

Rep. Bob Menendez, who intervened when ICE put their hands on two female colleagues, is speaking outside the ICE facility in Newark, where Mayor Baraka was arrested.
#NewJersey #uspol
https://gardenstate.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/480/356/924/912/924/original/6ef26f0854e88ca7.mp4

2025-04-11 22:26:30 UTC

Sure $450 is a lot for Switch 2 but here is other other consoles adjusted for inflation:
Switch 2: $390
WiiU: $416
Wii: $395
Gamecube: $359
N64: $405
SNES: $453
NES: $532
#videogames #switch #switch2

2025-04-09 13:14:16 UTC

Why is football so hard to analyse? by Tifo Football by The Athletic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6KhzmxVWJc
#football #soccer #youtube

2025-03-30 20:02:48 UTC

Top 10 SOLO Board Games Of 2024! | My 10 favorite games I played solo this past year!
by The Board Game Garden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHjYZ0e_bO4
#top10 #boty2024 #boardgames

2025-03-09 23:56:24 UTC

We try 13 New Jersey Board Game Stores by Shelfside
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EvvoBZD6h0
#NewJersey #nj #ttrpg #boardgames #youtube

2025-02-26 13:56:52 UTC

AI is bad.
https://gardenstate.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/070/531/938/802/381/original/a013faa6d342d188.png

2025-02-23 05:16:11 UTC

Elon is the picture of government inefficiency. A government unable to to stop people from hoarding money and resources. He is the hotdog man pointing at the crushed hotdog truck screaming for accountability. Government will only be efficient when it can efficiently represent the will of the people.
#uspol

2025-02-21 03:00:35 UTC

The Columbian women's national team deserves more then $80 a day as one the top 20 teams in the world.
#USWNT #columbia #football #soccer

2025-02-15 01:19:18 UTC

Did you know it's time for the Project for Awesome?
The Project for Awesome (or P4A) is an annual event where they raise awareness of charities that make the world a little bit of a better place.
In 2024, they raised a grand total of $3,530,889.25. 50% of donations went to Save the Children and Partners in Health, and 50% of donations were split between 30 charities chosen by the Project for Awesome community.
https://www.projectforawesome.com/
#charity #project4awesome
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2025-02-09 14:40:43 UTC

This one line of code seems to suggest to me that mastodon has an rss feed for hashtags for your account.... but I don't think that is true? I wish I knew ruby better.
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/discussions/33871
#Mastodon #MastodonDev

2025-02-07 03:28:02 UTC

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@nprofile…aqq5 I recently learned you can search "type:poll" to see like every poll your server knows of!

2025-02-01 20:29:02 UTC

If you remember back to Lizzie Bennet Diaries diaries on youtube then you will remember it's star Ashley Clements.
Sadly her house has burned down in LA. If she ever brought you some joy but never figured out a way to pay her back (that youtube production didn't pay much) now is the perfect time to give.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-ashley-clements-and-brendan-bradley-rebuild-after-fire
#LAfire #firerelife #gofundme

2025-01-30 20:45:58 UTC

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@nprofile…2uaj splice has some cool videos and playlists https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-dc-plane-crash-american-airlines-helicopter-b2688952.html

2025-01-28 13:23:03 UTC

Congrats to the 300 newly unionized workers at the Philly whole foods.
https://www.inquirer.com/business/whole-foods-union-philadelphia-ufcw-20250128.html?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=android&utm_campaign=app_android_notification_share&utm_content=OUPBWLU67FETRG2DNAFQGY33MY
#unions #amazon #journalism #philadelphia

2025-01-25 23:10:12 UTC

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@nprofile…naem Steven's bedroom has been my zoom background the last 5 years.

2025-01-21 22:08:50 UTC

@nprofile…wjfe @nprofile…2ryr you got to announce your server transfer with the same flare as a athlete moving teams.
https://gardenstate.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/868/619/700/935/487/original/4f61d10a37e7f608.png

2025-01-20 18:03:53 UTC

“Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.” — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
#mlk

2025-01-18 15:33:13 UTC

Tavi Gevinson on #ai
https://gardenstate.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/850/079/252/624/623/original/c5d34ed65c8d78b7.png

2025-01-17 12:37:32 UTC

I just assume all these sites with AI toys will go away once the price goes up. Any really useful action it cane do will jump in price a lot.
"If people actually had to pay out of pocket for the energy used per query, we’d get a much better idea of how valuable these tools actually are to people" - Jeremy Keith
https://adactio.com/journal/21656
#tech #ai #energy #vc

2025-01-15 14:24:20 UTC

girl trying to start a podcast with an AI cohost. thanks I hate it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOqqrbbrW2s
#ai #podcast

2025-01-13 15:51:37 UTC

Hold your self and others to morals you believe in and then allow them and yourself to fail and struggle to uphold them.

2025-01-13 13:16:19 UTC

Anyone remember the article that did a survey of where mastodon instances are hosted?

2025-01-11 00:30:37 UTC

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@nprofile…px39 great colors!

2025-01-01 03:44:25 UTC

Excited Duolingo finally added Morse code.

2024-12-29 16:25:01 UTC

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@nprofile…jpfa love it!

2024-12-23 23:52:05 UTC

One way to donate to mastodon is to move off mastodon.social and to a smaller server. in 2023 it cost them $75k to run the servers and here at https://gardenstate.social it costs way less!
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/12/annual-report-2023/
#mastodon

2024-12-20 03:57:15 UTC

#NewJersey elects good people.
Senator Kim Comments on Section 708 of NDAA (12.17.2024) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGoQE3EGS8s

2024-12-19 13:35:47 UTC

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@nprofile…d6h6 I have a lot of those same youtube issues on FF on windows but I have not tested turning off my ad blocker. I often have to open up the firefox task manager and kill multi-gigabite youtube processes.

2024-12-18 13:22:58 UTC

Does anyone actually use lithium AA batteries? I didn't realize they were so common these days.

2024-12-15 20:19:16 UTC

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@nprofile…qng0 curious if you know what's up with the drop for MLS?

2024-12-14 15:02:37 UTC

@nprofile…2fuq feditree is really great. congrats!

2024-12-11 20:22:45 UTC

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@nprofile…f76m @nprofile…2p3a idk. ATM this point it's just a bunch of reports. no one has done anything yet. Not sure I would love launching the military at every unknown thing. just seems like a thing that is weird but not urgent atm.

2024-12-08 16:30:55 UTC

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@nprofile…2uaj @nprofile…t0r3 great episode!

2024-12-07 03:07:38 UTC

I am now caught up on Stranger Things. Wild I didn't watch past season 1 for so long.
#tv

2024-11-29 15:44:54 UTC

Personally I see activity pub and RSS the same. RSS is everywhere but you don't think about it. The goal for AP is to disappear. For Bluesky and Threads and Mastodon to be apps to access a broad portion of the network and for users to not care which they are on.

2024-11-21 23:48:24 UTC

lol. imagine if Mastodon.social was like "turning of federation for a while"
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://snarfed.org/2024-11-21_54148

2024-11-20 00:24:40 UTC

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@nprofile…g56y like the colors but the egg is C tier at best.

2024-11-20 00:08:35 UTC

If #mastodon had plugins I would have one give random profile images to new accounts.
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/30936

2024-11-19 05:24:39 UTC

Wow I've not had to change a light bulb in forever. Guess this is the future.

2024-11-18 15:17:06 UTC

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@nprofile…pfg4 I keep wanting to organize a "move server holiday" or something.

2024-11-16 00:20:37 UTC

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@nprofile…fa5p I've often gone back to this post which is an all time fav of mine and change how I used the internet https://www.anildash.com/2011/06/09/all_in_favor/

2024-11-10 15:54:04 UTC

If you find yourself of a different social network remember it's free to mention the shocking number of people on mastodon. they would be shocked to learn that.

2024-11-08 23:16:54 UTC

These Maps are Lying (if you let them)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC9u7NZbGlQ
#youtube

2024-09-16 02:16:39 UTC

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@npub1kmn…8cg8 sounds like something that would cause the fbi to show up at your house.

2024-08-01 11:54:12 UTC

I'm excited for any and all mastodon forks or brand new fediverse apps. The future of the network will depend on folks pushing hard on the features they want.

2024-07-28 00:19:39 UTC

A #startrek live action comedy series!!! After the lower decks cross over I am 100% ready for this show.
Star Trek Is Getting Its First Live-Action Comedy
Justin Simien and Star Trek: Lower Decks' Tawny Newsome are in early development on a brand new Star Trek show... with a hell of a twist.
https://gizmodo.com/sdcc-2024-star-trek-live-action-comedy-tawny-newsome-2000480245

2024-07-22 02:35:05 UTC

This would make a killer tshirt.
https://prod-244acc89-mastodon-6cad389c-bucket.s3.fr-par.scw.cloud/media_attachments/files/112/827/802/513/467/210/original/1cb34ce4789caccc.jpg

2024-07-21 20:41:35 UTC

This is my favorite Kamala video
Kamala Harris & Mindy Kaling Cook Masala Dosa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz7rNOAFkgE

2024-07-21 16:39:57 UTC

Texted 7k people before lunch on behalf of the Democratic party. great way to avoid house chores.

2024-07-15 19:08:27 UTC

Not every lime pie needs to be the key lime pie. I am happy to eat a supporting lime pie.

2024-07-15 16:06:01 UTC

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@npub1c35…9pmh congrats!

2024-07-12 00:05:35 UTC

Imagine Trump saying this many facts in a row. You can't.

2024-07-06 01:27:20 UTC

Lot to love the ABC news pivot from "will America elect this effective old man?" to "will this super storm and massive heatwave kill Americans?" as if there was nothing related about those two stories.

2024-07-02 15:48:25 UTC

Thanks Biden!
Biden administration approves large offshore wind project for New Jersey https://www.inquirer.com/news/new-jersey/atlantic-shores-offshore-wind-new-jersey-20240702.html
#NewJersey #nj

2024-07-01 23:35:25 UTC

What convinced Barça coach Jonatan Giráldez to join the Washington Spirit | TWG Exclusive Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fz0GCMceBSs
#nwsl

2024-07-01 19:55:43 UTC

Drama in the board games industry (Meeplegate) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izDgyd2tDmY

2024-05-24 19:13:06 UTC

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@npub1at7…ca7v that's crazy!

2024-05-23 12:41:02 UTC

Spirit's Croix Bethune Shares The Keys to Her Early #NWSL Success https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycwAyffUbTU

2024-05-18 13:41:57 UTC

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@npub19fc…ay3c the fact that moon knight got his own show is wild. Was he even C level? D?

2024-05-14 13:33:57 UTC

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@npub19fc…ay3c did you ever watch the other TV show from 2015 called dark matter? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4159076/

2024-05-08 23:42:47 UTC

Great country. excited to be here.
https://prod-244acc89-mastodon-6cad389c-bucket.s3.fr-par.scw.cloud/media_attachments/files/112/408/111/458/544/024/original/7b210a844caa50d6.jpg

2024-04-28 23:30:58 UTC

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@npub12ty…vnqc i case you see something different
https://prod-244acc89-mastodon-6cad389c-bucket.s3.fr-par.scw.cloud/media_attachments/files/112/351/448/203/611/498/original/c048803118a1072f.png

2024-04-25 18:04:36 UTC

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@npub1svm…hfej i love these!

2024-04-24 17:07:42 UTC

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@npub19fc…ay3c seems like another design flaw.

2024-03-02 17:34:00 UTC

AI is currently the solution to all problems in the same way Uber was once the solution to all problems. In 5 -10 years when the venture comes to get it's profits and cost sky rocket it feels like most companies will scale back use. But in the mean time it will probably decimate a couple of industries that will never recover in the same way.

2023-09-22 12:27:35 UTC

Mastodon 4.2 seems... fine. I want some cool utility upgrades.

2023-08-29 15:43:01 UTC

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@npub1ddp…2tax @npub18lj…80hq your right! It's is hard. Don't give up so easy.