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paul

@paul@oldfriends.live

Admin & owner of OldFriends.Live
Host of 9 o'clock @hashtaggames
AKA #FeedingTubePaul

#Healthcare: #Parkinsons Plus- #MSA #MultipleSystemAtrophy
#FeedingTube since 4/2012

#HashtagGames #Jokester

#Progressive #politics

#Banjo #music, #literature, #movies, #TV, #fedi22

#Ohio #US #AppalachianOhio

#Veteran

#SissyCat & #LittleBit are my #CatsOfMastodon

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jasonkoebler, to random
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New: The Reply all / cc apocalypse but for losers jerking it to nonconsensual AI porn

https://www.404media.co/nonconsensual-ai-porn-maker-accidentally-leaks-his-customers-emails/

paul,
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@jasonkoebler

I wonder how those celebrities feel about Google images caching and serving those deep fake nonconsensual AI porn images from that Patreon account that are shared on third party site in Google image search results...
@emanuelmaiberg

Most are hardcore and very realistic.

WarnerCrocker, to random
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Down to seeds and stems as the great moving adventure continues.

paul,
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@WarnerCrocker

"Seeds and Stems..." What cool indie band name.

Nonilex, to conservative
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๐Ÿงต Monday 20 May 2024

has a huge posse today, including ; , a party leader in NY; , fmr NYPD commissioner who was imprisoned for tax fraud & false statements; , lawyer who defended Trump during his first impeachment, & , legal adviser who was in AZ for attempts to keep Trump in power after the 2020 election.

paul,
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@Nonilex

How did they all fit in that little car? ๐Ÿ˜‰

(A little frivolity for this serious matter, simply because I have no respect for any of those people as they are domestic terrorists.)

Animation: clowns getting out of a small car.

noondlyt, to random
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Red Lobster files for Chapter 11. Will sell most assets.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/red-lobster-files-voluntary-chapter-11-petitions-to-strengthen-financial-position-and-maximize-value-for-stakeholders-302149769.html

paul,
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@noondlyt

Ponderosa, Bonanza and Sizzler steakhouses all over again.

(On note, there are two, before COVID, three of the 13 Ponderosa's that are still left within a 30 minute drive of us.) At one point, Ponderosa had over 400 locations nationwide.

superball, to random
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I forgot my iShuffle (my music player of choice). Anybody want to share one or more songs to contribute to my playlist for the night? The kind of music I like is good music. (Use your best judgment based on your deep understanding of me and my musical tastes. ๐Ÿ˜)

paul,
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@DemocracySpot @superball

It will take a while for you (Eddie Spot) to see the preview since Stux did upgrades (MSTDN) and the sidekiq jobs are clearing up and probably way behind, but rest assured, we see them, Eddie, because our sidekiq jobs aren't behind.๐Ÿค“

paul, to random
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Two eyelashes dropped on my phone screen and landed perfectly in the shape of Chinese writing and I spent too much time trying to backspace the Chinese writing out of the text box before I realized it was on my screen. ๐Ÿ˜‚

paul, to HashtagGames
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Punky Boebert

#PoliticianAMovieOrShow
#HashTagGames

paul, to HashtagGames
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All in the Fantasy


All in the family poster

paul, to HashtagGames
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How To Lose Guy Fawkes in 10 Days

#PoliticianAMovieOrShow
#HashTagGames

A man and woman back to back

stux, to random
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Omg i can cry.. ๐Ÿ˜ฟ

Currently mstdn.social is down because of unkown reasons with our hosting provider! โš ๏ธ

Maybe I put the farm on fire who knows :catblush:

:boost_ok:

paul,
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@stux

Bless your heart. You've been at it all day. Hope things get better.

paul, to Arkansas
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๐ŸšจNew: Dog Food Recall Sparks Warning For Pet Owners

Certain Pedigree Adult Complete Nutrition grilled steak and vegetable flavored dry dog food sold by in , , and , and online~contains metal pieces

PRODUCT 44 lb. bag PEDIGREEยฎ Adult Complete Nutrition Grilled Steak & Vegetable Flavor Dry Dog Food

BEST BY DATE March 4, 2025

LOT CODE 410B2TXT02
.

๐Ÿ”—https://www.pedigree.com/update

๐Ÿ”—https://www.newsweek.com/dog-food-recall-sparks-warning-pet-owners-1902231

stux, to random
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โš ๏ธ mstdn.social will go offline for a few mintures for a quick server upgrade โš ๏ธ

I can't keep it up with the current structure and we need a litle more resources for now

Later I'll look into scaling back down, but the option is there now at least

paul,
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@FallsMom @stux

Service providers are all over the world. I live in the US ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ and have one domain that is hosted on a server located in ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ˜‚

cadusilva, to random
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Admin, if you're reading this, consider using a CDN to deliver your media.

You can use services like Cloudflare (for free) or Bunny CDN (for cheap).

Recurrently, images and videos in a post fail to load here because it took too much time to download them.

And indeed, when you click to see the media, it takes a while to finish.

With a CDN you'll free your server from this load and distribute it via the CDN, from the closest point to your users.

Or, you know, other servers creating a cache of your images and videos. Mastodon does this by default.

Other platforms, like Akkoma, loads the file directly from your instance, so it's another burden taken away from your server if you use a CDN.

paul,
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@cadusilva

Backblaze is throttling again today. Not just Mastodon servers, but for other platforms, uses also.

I've been reading new reports from users on other posting platforms with the same issues.

Today, the API is sending back message, "SlowDown: Too busy. Please see b2 documentation to learn when to retry."

Moving on. Now I just need to find a storage home & easy transfer

paul,
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@cadusilva

What process are you using to transfer? Rclone? I think I will use Flexify.io again. It won't cost too much.

I need to setup my system with files.oldfriends.live instead of using the bucket as the URL. I saw some that allowed it to first be local then get moved to buckets, to prevent cdn failures.

This is getting out of my comfort zone. ๐Ÿคญ

If you have a good Mastodon object storage guide, send me a link.

paul,
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@cadusilva

I have rclone trauma.๐Ÿ˜‚ A decade ago, I misconfigured rclone doing a backup of my personal computer and lost everything in both directions. Luckily, I caught it early.

For my personal files, I have backups of my backups, so it was an easy fix. I've been afraid of rclone since.๐Ÿคญ

I've been reading the rclone guides over the past week but decided, $5.00 to transfer my instance with Flexify was worth it. I still have a credit from the first transfer.

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