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In the middle like a bird without a beak 🐓 Admin of this here instance 🦖 I have no idea what I'm doing 🦣 he/him 🙆‍♂️ Alt Text: Avi is the head of a […] [bridged from beige.party/@theropologist on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy ]

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Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

To "Automated protocol deliverability probe": Please fuck off Thanks

Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

:bc: Attention Beige Party-goers! :bc: The upgrade is complete and we are now on Mastodon v4.7.3. This concludes the server maintenance for this evening. You are now free to roam about the feditubes again. Beige-bless :bb:

Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Starting the database migrations. Looks like it might take a while. There should be no impact to users, but it means I might not be starting the actual upgrade for a couple of hours.

Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

Hello it is Admin

A middle aged white guy with a beard and black horn rimmed glasses. He's wearing a peach colored shirt and a white baseball cap with a smiley face on it, which contrasts humorously with his stern expression. Behind him is a record player and a set of IKEA shelves filled with way too many records.

Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

:bc: Attention Beige Party-goers! :bc: We've got a critical Mastodon update so I will be upgrading the instance to version 4.7.3 tonight or tomorrow, depending on where you live. This is a minor release update so I will be extending the maintenance window to 3 hours. The maintenance window […]

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Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

:bc: Attention Beige Party-goers! :bc: Mastodon version 4.7 has been released, but given the bugs we had when upgrading to 4.6, I'd like to wait a little bit before we upgrade to the new minor version. I am tentatively planning to upgrade to the new version on Saturday, September 5th […]

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Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

:bc: Attention Beige Party-goers! :bc: We've got another bug fix release of Mastodon out and it looks like a fairly simple upgrade so I'd like to take care of it today, or possibly tomorrow since I live far enough west to be in most people's past. The maintenance window well begin at 3 AM UTC […]

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Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026

:bc: Attention Beige Party-goers! :bc: I've been noticing and seeing reports from others about the site going down intermittently this morning. It looks like I overdid it with adding the extra web service processes and it's causing the web server to use up all available memory at times. I'm […]

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Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026

:bc: Attention Beige Party-goers :bc: The upgrade is complete and we are now running the latest stable mastodon release, version 4.6.5. I also added a few more web service processes because I noticed the site appeared to be a bit sluggish. Hopefully things are running a little bit faster now […]

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Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026

:bc: Attention Beige Party-goers! :bc: There's a critical update for Mastodon out, and I think it's critical enough that I should take care of it tonight, even if it is somewhat short notice. The good news is that the site should only go down briefly when I restart the docker containers. The […]

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Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2026

:bc: Attention Beige Party-goers! :bc: Looks like we had another unplanned outage. This time the culprit was the hot standby db server. At some point it stopped responding to the production server and when that happens, the prod server starts caching all changes locally until the standby comes […]

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Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026

:bc: Attention Beige Party-goers! :bc: Sorry for that unplanned outage. We were getting overwhelmed with Sidekiq jobs again, the result being the Beige Bubble effect where posts on the timeline are delayed by several hours. In trying to add some more DB connections for SideKiq to use, I found […]

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Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 12/07/2026

:bc: Attention Beige Party-goers! :bc: Looks like the issue was that the Sidekiq Ingress queue was getting overwhelmed. That meant that we were experiencing a delay of a few hours for fresh toots to arrive from outside the instance. In response I added additional Sidekiq worker threads to […]

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Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 11/07/2026

:bc: Attention Beige Party-goers! :bc: We're having some issues with the instance at the moment. I am looking into it now. There is also a new patch version of Mastodon that should fix some bugs that have cropped up since v4.6. Since we are having site issues anyway, I'm going to go ahead and […]

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Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 02/07/2026

:bc: Attention Beige Party-goers! :bc: Welp, looks like the days of me being able to update docker and have the site go down for just a few seconds are over. Since I've already started, I'm going to go ahead and update the other servers. You may see the site go down for a couple of minutes. I […]

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Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 26/06/2026

:bc: Attention Beige Party-goers :bc: I have completed the upgrade and we are now on version 4.6.2. There should be no additional downtime tonight. Beige-bless :bb:

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Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 26/06/2026

:bc: Attention Beige Party-goers! :bc: Mastodon v4.6.2 has been released and it contains a security patch for a critical vulnerability involving Docker, so I am going to go ahead and do the upgrade tonight. I'm not going to set a specific maintenance window because the site should only go down […]

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Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026

:bc: Attention Beige Party-goers! :bc: Well, that wasn't so bad. The Mastodon upgrade was successful and we are now on version 4.6.0. Like with the 4.5 upgrade, I'm having to reindex elasticsearch again, so test search will probably be down for a day or so while the indexes get rebuilt […]

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Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026

Going offline for Mastodon upgrade. See you in a couple hours...

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Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 20/06/2026

Sorry folks, was updating docker in preparation for the 4.6 tomorrow and it ended up taking the database offline for several minutes. We should be good now.

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Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 20/06/2026

:bc: Attention Beige Party-goers! :bc: When it rains it snows! Now that I've finally gotten us on version 4.5, they've gone and released 4.6. The good news is that, after reviewing the release notes, I don't foresee any major issues with this upgrade, so I am going to schedule it for this […]

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Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 18/06/2026

:bc: Attention Beige Party-goers! :bc: I need to make a couple more tweaks to the web server, which will require taking it offline briefly. Any downtime should be less than a minute. Beige-bless :bb:

Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 18/06/2026

:bc: Attention Beige Party-goers :bc: I've gotten this question from several people and just ran into the same issue myself, so I thought I'd address it here: Yes, I am aware that the site has been going down randomly since the last upgrade. In most cases it seems to resolve itself within a […]

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Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 18/06/2026

Well would you look at that. As soon as I finally get us on 4.5 they go and release 4.6.

Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 16/06/2026

I know a lot of people were waiting for quote toots but one thing that immediately irritated me about 4.5 is that boosting now takes 2 clicks by default. That's a 50% reduction in boost efficiency! If you are like me and find that kind efficiency hit unacceptable, you can enable quick boosting […]

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Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 15/06/2026

I am actually learning a lot of Spanish-language football slang from watching the World Cup on Telemundo. My favorite so far: Piscinazo - flopping so dramatically and with such obvious intentionality that you dive to the ground as if you were jumping into a swimming pool.

Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 15/06/2026

:bc: Attention Beige Party-goers! :bc: I have completed the 4.5 upgrade and bumped us up to 4.5.11. Text search broke again so I am reindexing. That could take a day to complete. Other than that, everything seems to be working properly. If you notice anything that's broken, please let me know […]

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Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 15/06/2026

We're back up and on version 4.5. I need to do some fine tuning so expect the site to go up and down for the next hour or so.

Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 15/06/2026

Going offline for Mastodon 4.5 upgrade. See you in an hour or so....

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Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 13/06/2026

Pretty sure the US fans were booing when Iran team was announced. God I hate this place.

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Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 11/06/2026

The World Cup, or my month-long immersion course in Español.

Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 11/06/2026

:bc: Attention Beige Party-goers and prospective party-goers! :bc: Due to a surge in fake account sign ups, I am closing new registrations for now. If you would like to sign up for an account, please contact me directly or have a party-goer recommend you. Thanks, and Beige-bless :bb:

Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 10/06/2026

:bc: Attention Beige Party-goers! :bc: Phase 2 of server maintenance was successful and we are now ready to proceed with the 4.5 upgrade this Sunday night, June 14 - 15. The maintenance window for the upgrade will be in the regular time slot, but I'm extending it to 4 hours in case I need extra […]

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Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 07/06/2026

:bc: Attention Beige Party-goers! :bc: I had been planning to do some more server maintenance tonight to prepare for upgrading to Mastodon 4.5 next Sunday, the 14th. I need a little more time before I perform the maintenance I was planning for tonight so I will be moving that to Tuesday, June […]

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/06/2026

relix write-up of the dead’s spring tour opener, today in 1976. #deadfreaksunite #gd060376 [4/4]

first pages of Relix Bicentennial Tour write-up

Relix write-up continued

Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 01/06/2026

:bc: Attention Beige Party-goers! :bc: We are currently having issues with the full text search. This is because migrating the database requires reindexing elasticsearch. We've got a lot of toots in this baby so a full reindex can take a day or more. I just checked and the process is still […]

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Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 01/06/2026

:bc: Attention Beige Party-goers! :bc: It took a little longer than expected but the database server migration was successful. We are now running Postgres 17, which means we are one step closer to the Mastodon 4.5 upgrade. The next maintenance window is scheduled for next Sunday around the […]

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Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 01/06/2026

...and we're back! I think. Sidekiq queues are backed up so it might take a little bit for our toots to work their way out into the world. I also need to reindex elasticsearch so full text search might not work for a few hours. Otherwise, everything appears to be working. We have successfully […]

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Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 01/06/2026

Ok, going offline for few hours for server maintenance. See you on the other side.

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Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 28/05/2026

:bc: Attention Beige Party-goers! :bc: GREAT NEWS! After much struggle, I have finally settled on a Postgres migration strategy that I'm comfortable with. It's going to mean 2-3 hours of downtime but it has the advantage of leaving the old database intact so I can roll back in case something […]

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Street Art Utopia @streetartutopia.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 07/04/2026

Close-up of a black-and-white street sticker pasted on a gray utility pole next to a textured blue wall, featuring bold serif text that reads “THE ONLY DANGEROUS MINORITY IS THE RICH.” The sticker is slightly peeling at the edges, with faint graffiti tags and pink spray paint marks visible around it, creating a raw urban setting that emphasizes the political and anti-inequality message.

Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 07/04/2026

:bc: Attention Beige Party-goers! :bc: I'm still getting reports of media loading slowly. It seems to happen more around the evenings (in the US) and on weekends, which is when traffic is tends to be higher. The weird thing is that I have not been able to catch the problem in the wild. When I […]

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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 04/04/2026

To quote the poet, Jon Bon Jovi: "Wooooaaaahh we're halfway there!"

External camera aboard Artemis II captures an image of the moon far away in the distance

Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 01/04/2026

:bc: Attention Beige Party-goers! :bc: I'm working to resolve some issues with slow page and image loads. You may notice the site going down briefly while I'm noodling around in the guts of the instance. Beige-bless :bb:

Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 22/03/2026

How's it going folks? Are we still having fun?

Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 22/03/2026

The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. Surely some revelation is at hand

Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 22/03/2026

What is Beige Party?

Mr Nobody from Doom Patrol. He is an abstract representation of a human face. Left side black and right side white. His face is highly geometric with sharp angles. Both of his eyes are squeezed onto the left side. His grin is sharp and pushes past his face on the right side. His hands are clasped. He looks supremely pleased with himself and he says "This is almost as much fun as walking through a plate glass window!"

Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 08/03/2026

Just a reminder: No matter how much you wish violence upon someone, no matter how evil and vile and reprehensible they are, no matter how sure you are that they deserve to be removed from this earth, either by intentional action or happenstance, Beige Party is not the platform for expressing […]

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Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 06/03/2026

:bc: Attention Beige Party-goers! :bc: Hey folks, I need to do some unscheduled maintenance tonight. The site should not be down for an extended period of time but you might see things go down briefly as I restart stuff. maintenance window is 2 hours, starting....NOW! Beige-bless :bb:

Velocirooster adminensis :bc: @theropologist.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 14/01/2026

Had a good interview today for a job that would be perfect for me. So naturally I have entered a fresh doom spiral.