Posts by theropologist@beige.party
(DIR) Post #AldQtfQGv1RmvCLEHo by theropologist@beige.party
2024-09-03T18:02:07Z
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It's kind of a shame because Vernonia is a quaint little former timber town at the intersection of two great bike trails that is trying to attract weekend tourists from the city. Last time I was here it was not an election year and I was thoroughly charmed. After seeing so many Trump signs, however, I do not feel welcome here anymore. Someone needs to tell these folks that tradition and small "c" conservativism is fine. We don't have to agree on everything. It's when you try to dehumanize people and turn this country into fascist dictatorship that we're gonna have issues.
(DIR) Post #AldQtfhdsRLFn4T6MS by theropologist@beige.party
2024-09-03T17:36:24Z
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Me, preparing to pedal like hell away from this fascist shithole. Hey everyone!
(DIR) Post #AmocP453RPU2f33SCm by theropologist@beige.party
2024-10-08T20:22:58Z
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At an airport bar and briefly saw a news chyron asking "What's up with Gen Z?" Idk, they slap? What else do you need to know Mr news man?
(DIR) Post #AmocP67xpZ010eQo1A by theropologist@beige.party
2024-10-08T20:29:23Z
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This same channel is also advertising "Patriot Power" generators so I am not surprised that they are having a hard time getting Gen Z.
(DIR) Post #AnLZGv639s1Yy6VArQ by theropologist@beige.party
2024-10-24T19:05:58Z
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Them: We're forcing you to go back into the office because we believe work is more meaningful when employees are together and have a shared sense of comradery.Me: So, unionize?Them: No, not like that.
(DIR) Post #AnxM42At69tgncGw5Y by theropologist@beige.party
2024-11-12T03:57:19Z
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@PlaystationPixy Added a few :playstation: :atari: :nintendo_switch_logo: :nintendo: :sega: :xbox: :sega_dreamcast: :nintendo_gameboy_color: Let me know if there are any other specific ones you'd like me to add
(DIR) Post #AobHs1bc4iVRs6wXUe by theropologist@beige.party
2024-12-01T01:45:42Z
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State of The Instance - November 2024We're continuing to be inundated by new spam accounts. I've been getting around a couple dozen reports each day regarding spammers. This is too high of a volume for me to respond individually to each report, but I am suspending the accounts as soon as they come to my attention, so please continue to report. And thanks for remaining vigilant.Another thing that has come up recently is the bridge account to Bluesky. I've had a lot of questions regarding this and whether or not we are federating with Bluesky. As far as federation goes, Bluesky is not built on the ActivitPub protocol like Threads is; it uses its own proprietary AT protocol, so there is no way to directly federate with Bluesky from a fedi instance. What the bridge account does is repost things between the fediverse and Bluesky so that Bluesky posts are visible on the fediverse as if they were fedi posts and vice versa. It's fairly simple to use: you just follow (at)bsky.brid.gy(at)bsky.brid.gy. The account will follow you back and then the posts you make on Beige Party will be posted on Bluesky as well. I first became aware of this account when it was reported for sending unsolicited DMs to people who were liking posts that were being bridged from Bluesky. These DMs amounted to advertisements for the bridge service so I blocked the account for acting like a spammer. However, I subsequently received inquiries from several other party-goers about using the bridge service. Based on this, I lifted the suspension to allow our users to bridge their content to Bluesky.I've decided to treat Bluesky differently than Threads for two reasons:1. Bluesky is not on the fediverse and can't federate with use directly the way that Threads can.2. While there seemed to be consensus about not federating with Threads, I have heard from several people who were interested in bridging their content to Bluesky.However, if you'd rather not see any Bluesky content, this can be accomplished by blocking the bsky.brid.gy domain from your account profile.As always, I invite you to share your thoughts on the matter in the replies.Ok, on to the numbers!New sign-ups:In the month of October, we gained 11 new party-goers, for a total of 593 users. Of those, 375 have been active in the last month.Welcome new party-goers! if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me directly.Finances:For the month of October we received $480.00 in donations. After PayPal fees, that comes out to $424.35. We had $2,331.14 left over from September, so our total available funds for paying the October hosting fees was $2,755.49.The hosting fees for October break down as follows:VPS Hosting: $143.46Foreign Transaction Fee: $3.87S3 Storage: $12.86SMTP Relay: $17.00Total: $177.19After paying the hosting bills for October, we have $2,578.30 left in donation funds. That's enough to keep us running for over a year, so we are in good shape. Thank you to all who donated!For those who would like to donate to the ko-fi, you can do so here:ko-fi.com/drinkyThe link can also be found in my bio and on the about page for the site.And as always, thank you to all the party-goers. It looks like we are heading into some tumultuous times, but those are the times when humor and an appreciation of the absurd are the most important, so keep on Beigein' in the free world!Beige-bless :bb:
(DIR) Post #Aq6CbQ2888xNtpTndY by theropologist@beige.party
2025-01-15T07:16:19Z
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:bc: Attention Beige Party :bc:And we're back! I am going to continue reindexing in the background, but there should no further downtime tonight.Thanks for your patience!Beige-bless :bb:
(DIR) Post #AqIWbED4Q5FkD3IoHQ by theropologist@beige.party
2025-01-21T03:57:19Z
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Today I needed a silent Monday. Here's some stuff I saw.
(DIR) Post #Asd6vRytYNFCv2DsTA by theropologist@beige.party
2025-03-31T20:38:23Z
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:bc: Attention Beige Party-goers! :bc:State of The Instance - March 2025Hey everyone, just wanted to give a quick update while it's still March. As usual we're dealing with a lot of new spammers. Thanks to everyone who continues to report these accounts. I'm blocking them as soon as they come to my attention.Another thing I've gotten reports on is issues with the full text search. It would seem to go stale after a while, with newer posts not showing up in search results. I've been handling this by periodically rebuilding the elasticsearch indexes manually, but that should not be necessary. I did some searching and was able to find this identified as a bug in GitHub:https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/34176This bug was identified after the latest version of Mastodon was released, so we should be getting the permanent fix with the next release. Until then, I'll keep rebuilding the indexes manually.Ok, on to the numbers!New sign-ups:In the month of February, we gained 27 new party-goers, for a total of 712 users. Of those, 421 have been active in the last month.Welcome new party-goers! if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me directly.Finances:In the month of February we received $529.00 in donations. After PayPal fees, that comes out to $470.71. We had $2,998.89 left over from January, so our total available funds for paying the February hosting fees was $3,469.60.The hosting fees for February break down as follows:VPS Hosting: $218.37Foreign Transaction Fee: $5.89S3 Storage: $13.15SMTP Relay: $17.00Translation API Key: $29.00Total: $283.41After paying the hosting bills for February, we have $3,186.19 left in donation funds. Costs have gone up a bit due to scaling the servers, but we still have enough cash reserves to keep the site running for about a year, so we are in great shape. Thank you to everyone who donated!For those who would like to donate to the ko-fi, you can do so here:https://ko-fi.com/drinkyThe link can also be found in my bio and on the about page for the site.And as always, thanks to all the party-goers. You are what makes this place great!Beige-bless :bb:
(DIR) Post #Au07tZ16PuYTjgEIj2 by theropologist@beige.party
2025-05-11T23:18:10Z
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THIS IS A TEST!This is a test of the polling system. Please vote, especially if you are outside of beige.party. I'm trying to prove a theory that since v4.3.4 polls with more than 4 options only record votes from the local instance.Who's your #1 muse?
(DIR) Post #Au07yI6uhYIakYCZxg by theropologist@beige.party
2025-05-11T23:16:48Z
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THIS IS A TEST!This is a test of the polling system. Please vote, especially if you are outside of beige.party. I'm trying to prove a theory that since v4.3.4 polls with more than 4 options only record votes from the local instance. This poll is the control.What's your favorite temper?
(DIR) Post #Au1dve1ABZmVW5FoEy by theropologist@beige.party
2025-05-12T17:27:46Z
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THIS IS ANOTHER TEST!Ok, I think I've got a fix for our poll problem. Long story short, it's not a bug in the Mastodon code and entirely a result of me having no idea what I'm doing. I recently moved the Sidekiq services to their own server and I forgot to increase the max poll options there as well, which lead to this weird behavior where only local votes got counted for polls with over 4 options.So, as before, please vote, especially if you are outside of Beige Party so I can test if the fix is working. Thank you!So, who are your Guys?
(DIR) Post #Au3vBDDJhHBIYVrqfw by theropologist@beige.party
2025-05-13T16:09:15Z
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*slaps side of plane* This bad boy can fit so many emoluments in it
(DIR) Post #Au3vBL7wH9dJ69PfP6 by theropologist@beige.party
2025-05-13T16:09:35Z
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Only 2018s kids will get this
(DIR) Post #AwfQ9AWfgoW6IYRrZg by theropologist@beige.party
2025-07-30T17:59:54Z
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A lot of people have asked me what the name "Beige Party" means. I now present the definitive explanation:
(DIR) Post #Az35k8RA1hNYXNCr56 by theropologist@beige.party
2025-10-09T21:33:22Z
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The thing to remember about social media is that it's human beings all the way down
(DIR) Post #Az35kI6G6GbKVRVItE by theropologist@beige.party
2025-10-09T21:33:59Z
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Until you get past OSI layer 1 and then of course it's turtles
(DIR) Post #B2IJ8yjEj5LdFXcZDE by theropologist@beige.party
2026-01-14T07:20:07Z
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Had a good interview today for a job that would be perfect for me. So naturally I have entered a fresh doom spiral.
(DIR) Post #B2IJ902PrGHfJJbOkK by theropologist@beige.party
2026-01-14T20:06:37Z
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Thanks for all the positive vibes everyone. I got a tentative offer today!