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@politicsbot "Hurting the right people" -GOP

Instance performance is now much better.

I'm learning how to clip my fingernails after breaking a 30 year habit.

Instance performance is trash. Don't know if it's the host or something I've done.

@Gargron I have a preschooler. I get to experience it at least once a week.

Velký Bratr se dívá

@schestowitz I haven't read anything specifically stating that it's an App from the Store. Is this true, or FUD?

I'm not excited by Microsoft's faux "embrace" of Linux, but let's make sure not to muddy the waters.

Assortedflotsam.com is upgraded to Mastodon v2.8.2

#mastoadmin

@bnmng I think only usernames and profiles are searchable, maybe hashtags. Not the full text of posts. I've found some other ways to gain performance improvements.

Anyone try setting up Cloudflare in front of their Mastodon instance?

#mastoadmin

Hiking this weekend

2 extremely stressful weeks and no nailbiting. Maybe I can finally kick the habit?

I wonder if I should get rid of Elastic Search on this Mastodon instance. In theory, it's a nice feature, but it's a huge performance drain. Not sure.

#mastoadmin

Web host had an outage, sorry everyone. But on the plus side, they gave me a free performance upgrade for my trouble.

Since we were down anyway, I took the opportunity to upgrade to Mastodon v2.8.0.

#mastoadmin

GoFundMe

#healthcare

@assortedfiles Or he becomes the Smoking Man. Time travel plot ensues.

@deejoe

Which one?

Immediate Policy Change for @Assortedflotsam.com:
No spam or self-promotion whatsoever. 75% of all new account registrations are spammers or people trying to boost search results. No more.
Small promotions by independent artists/developers or for non-profits are allowed. #mastoadmin