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Good day all! I was out on vacation last week with my family, so that's why there weren't any episodes of Fireside Fedi!

This week though! WOW! I'm nervous and super excited! All times are Eastern, UTC-4.

2025-08-12 1500 @benpate developer of the indie music hosting platform @howdy ! SUPER excited to talk with Ben and all of the amazingness he's working on.

2025-08-13 1100 @rwg is the Ontario Research Chair of Digital Governance for Social Justice, York University. Robert has written numerous books about the current environment of social media, including his next book "Move Slowly and Build Bridges: Mastodon, The Fediverse, and the Struggle for Democratic Social Media."

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