In the meantime the choice is for the users to make their own decisions. I have chosen to move away from mstdn.ca while this is resolved.
This is a sad situation as someone with a lot of time for #Mastodon and a former (small) donor to #mstdnca
RE: https://mstdn.party/@austin/111603979705045480
Hello #MstdnCa users! As a former user there I want to let you know that your admin did this to your data before (and tried to skirt anti-spam laws). We don't use your data for fundraising here (though we still encourage you to donate!). And if […]
RE: https://mstdn.ca/@announcements/116266821872646846
As a volunteer moderator on #mstdnca I want to spread the word about this - check your email, fellow @mstdn.ca kids. We want your engagement and help continuing to build and support this community!
Especially invited & encouraged are women […]
It’s spring? Maybe? Featuring the Mastodon Canada servers
#mstdnca #spring #mastoadmin #sysadmin
This has been such a game-changer for me.
Our custom-developed back-end hooks into all our resources and provides a holistic view of our infrastructure in a single pane of glass. We can dig into each service and application for troubleshooting and analysis, but the […]
[Original post on mstdn.ca]
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⚠️ Hey Mastodonauts, there's a new scam afoot. ⚠️
Do not click links in DMs from accounts you don't recognize.
Please continue to report these accounts.
#mstdnca #mastoadmin @FediTips
Also - congrats to our high scorers on our down page. 😉
I hope the mini-games helped! We'll keep and use this down page in the future.
So - I started work on moving our big database off of the cloud at around 11PM MST. It took some time to pull down that 450GB database, and it took a little longer than expected to restore that backup into our new database. As a result, our maintenance window was extended by three hours.
Once […]
RE: https://mstdn.ca/@announcements/116118557878895498
Fam I'm realy excited about doing this tonight. As many know, it's been a long, long, long time coming.
This is going to save us hundreds of dollars a month and all indications say we're ready and prepared for this move.
Despite the […]
Hey #mstdnca Mastodonauts - we received our package yesterday afternoon, which I expected to contain two M.2 SSD drives.
I opened it this morning to find only one.
I've emailed the merchant, but obviously, this prevents us from moving the database until we have both. The database must be on a […]
As I continue to reflect on this incredibly terrible tragedy, I recognize that words really don't ever meet the moment.
Ultimately, I want to make sure that folk(x/s) know that there is a safe space here in our community and that the love extends to all members of our community - local and […]
SQL query for fetching count of remote URLs from the media attachments table with domain of "mastdn.ca". Returned count of 2923 on the TheCanadian.social instance.
@chad on #TheCanadian I'm seeing some 500 errors for media from some #mstdnca posts. Digging into it a bit more, the remote URLs are showing `cdn.mastdn.ca`. I'm seeing that mastdn.ca is a registered domain, but `cdn.mastdn.ca` isn't loading. Did y'all […]
[Original post on thecanadian.social]
Our first step is to find a dual NVMe PCI card, and the only AHCI-compatible one we can find is in Vancouver. @adam will pick it up and then send it to me here in Edmonton.
Huge props to him, and gosh - what an amazing team we have.
#mstdnca
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/115989801184595302
Applied! ✅ :mstdn:
#mstdnca
I've had a few questions via DM asking if @avilewis is legit, and I can confirm that this account belongs to his campaign.
We have made sure that @verified has their account verified.
#canpoli #cdnpoli #ndp #ndpleadership
RE: https://things.uk/@eclectech/115933228471599099
Thanks to #mstdnca technical troubles, my feed for @AmeliasBrain has not been refreshing all day, and this post has been at the top of it each time I check.
And like, it's a good toot. Helps cancel out the frustration. Hoping the moss spirits […]
I've created an "All-Hands" Call on DIscord for this evening at 6pm MST. I'm hoping that anyone interested in participating in the technical aspects (and other areas) are able to join.
LInk here: https://discord.gg/ywBGPybz?event=1463209268676395089
It's interesting to see that our latency drops off as the sun sets over Canada.
The instance comes back to what I normally expect.
I'm also wondering if someone has started using a very noisy application.
#mstdnca #mastoadmin
We've got a power outage in play. Working to mitigate. We might see an outage.
Thank you for your patience.
#mstdnca
I think we've seen our first example of a psyop effort in the fedivese.
We have suspended the offending instance but we urge members to continue to report suspicious accounts so we can keep our community safe.
#mstdnca #mastoadmin
I've heard that packets traverse the internet faster because they don't want to get cold. (/s)
All the more reason to host out of Edmonton!
Soon, we'll be offering up our extra server space via a third party that will benefit the community. Stay tuned!
#mstdnca #mastoadmin
RE: https://mstdn.ca/@chad/115655820018590334
Thank you to everyone who answered the call - and those who boosted the post. Our community answered the call, raising an astounding $2,597.22!
Thank you, everyone, for helping make sure our bills are paid! ❤️
#mstdnca #fedifund
RE: https://mstdn.ca/@chad/115661188313029457
To my fellow #TheCanadian fedizens: I saw this post from our #mstdnca friends earlier and was inspired to generate our #wrapstodon reports a little earlier 🫡.
You should see a fun little post in your notifications for this 🤓. I've also updated the […]
My #Wrapstodon for 2025! FOr #mstdnca friends, you'll find the notification in your web app if not now, but very soon.
Canada is a great country, home to many friendly and hardworking people.
Before the pandemic, I had secured a job in Canada with a company that was willing to sponsor me, and I fully intended to become a Canadian citizen. But then the pandemic hit. Before I could complete my move, the borders […]
