Important Announcement:
Closure of Our Mastodon Instance
Dear friends,
After 8 incredible years of running this Mastodon instance as a safe space for the LGBTQ+ community, it is with a heavy heart that I announce its closure. Due to rising operational costs and personal life challenges, I am no longer able to sustain it financially, as I’m currently managing significant debts.
This space has meant the world to me. I created it with the hope of giving us a space where we could be ourselves - safely, freely and unapologetically. Maintaining this community has been an honour and I’m deeply grateful to everyone who has been part of it, whether you joined years ago or just recently.
To the admin and moderator team: I wholeheartedly thank you. You’ve been the pillars of this community, especially during times when I wasn’t able to be present.
I also want to express my heartfelt gratitude to Ellie - and to our dearly missed Porsupah - for stepping in when I was struggling with my mental health. Your help in restoring and maintaining the server during that period meant more than I can ever say.
The instance will officially shut down on 15 August 2025. I encourage you to migrate your account to another instance where you feel safe and supported. If you’d like to stay in touch, you can find me at @Self@mastodon.social.
This may be goodbye to the server, but not necessarily to the connections you've built.
From the bottom of my heart: thank you - for your trust, your kindness and your presence.
With love and solidarity,
Self ![]()
reminder that framework built a desktop with soldered RAM, a machine that's less repairable than a bog standard desktop computer
hat jemand eine idee wie man ein thinkpad P14s Gen 2 AMD (Type 21A0) wieder zum laufen bekommt, was nach einem botched firmware update (?) komplett tot ist (lade-LED leuchtet nicht, einschalter drücken macht keinen mucks, batterie-reset poken und batterie abklemmen bringt auch nichts)?
(es wurde während normaler nutzung der bildschirm schwarz, hab dann nach einer weile mit powerbutton-longpress resettet, dann kam erst fwupd und dann der lenovo-firmware-update-screen, und jetzt gehts nicht mehr)
In the Future All Food Will Be Cooked in a Microwave, and if You Can’t Deal With That Then You Need to Get Out of the Kitchen
I wanted a cheap camera that works with the Switch 2 and these ones we have at the office fit the bill + I could just test it before I bought one. They also have a nifty mechanical shutter which is convenient for living room use
I have now finished Resident Evil 6 and now I am qualified to say it kinda sucks. It has its moments but I wouldn't have gotten through it if I wasn't playing with a friend. Also every time we beat a boss and it goes out in a fiery blaze and a big explosion cutscene and comes back five minutes later pissed me off so much
idk why, they don't differ very much, probably the dev doesn't have a Kinect For Windows
I thought I could play Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator with it but turns out that needs a Kinect 2.0
I don't play VRchat so I don't really have any use for it unless I start but it's nice to see this Kinect actually do its job
hey you! if your instance uses #Jortage and you have a few bucks to spare, please consider donating this month.
the unmet running costs of Jortage are paid for by Una, whose work has offset some very substantial costs for many of the instances on this network.
project expenses are expected to go down next month with the switch to Fastly's storage! but until then, there's a gap of just over a hundred bucks to break even.
edit: the post link should work properly now!
https://mastodon.sleeping.town/@unascribed/114977751585340388
~ awoo.space admin ~ bisexual ~ nonbinary ~ likes video games and weird/ old electronics and will post obsessively about both ~ AC, Germany ~ avatar by @dzuk