For the first time the #CoSocialCa Mastodon server has started to struggle just a little bit to keep up with the flow of the Fediverse.
We’ve usually been “push” heavy but we’ve started to see some spikes in “pull” queue latency. The worst of these spikes was today, where we fell behind by at least a couple minutes for most of the afternoon.
There’s this trope in zombie movies where the outbreak is just starting to take hold and the viewer catches glimpses of news reports about the emerging threat on TVs that are unnoticed in the background.
The characters don’t know that the world is ending just yet, but the viewer has a premonition of the disaster that’s just ahead.
Anyhow, feeling a bit of this about H5N1 at the moment.
The Government of #Canada is accepting input on a “Regulatory Framework for an Oil and Gas Sector Greenhouse Gas Emissions Cap” until February 5th at midnight.
The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment have set up a one-click letter to make it easy to let your representative know that the cap must be strong and fair, quickly implemented, and free from loopholes favoured by the oil and gas industry.
@mick I'm still hoping Mr. Trump will dare participate in a Republican debate. Lots of ways to attack him from the right, might even shake some votes loose.