Somnius @somnius@merveilles.town

#introductions

Hey there! I'm Somnius, a white tiger living in SF. I code websites, play indie & rhythm games, love all kinds of music, and turned vegan in the middle of this year.

Things I advocate for: furries, non-monogamy, sex positivity, gender identity, LGBT+ rights, democratic socialism.

All of you here inspire me so much with the amazing things you create. I have so much to learn!

Welcome, @aadil! :3

Hey all! I just upgraded the instance to 2.7.4. Looks like this was a smaller bugfix-focused release.

Welcome, @fanna! :D

@drisc whoops this lovely human actually styled this page here: https://merveilles.town/explore

Nonetheless, fantastic work!

We also now have styled profile pages thanks to @drisc! Cheers :D https://merveilles.town/@somnius

Just included @andirueckel's CSS updates to re-align the like/boost/reply icons! :D Thanks, yo~

For people looking for a better room link, you can also find the room at #merveilles:matrix.org!

Hey all! We now have one bridged room set up on Riot/Matrix which is located here: https://matrix.to/#/!SrgLNaeWLZEjnOyugE:matrix.org?via=matrix.org

Thanks for your patience while I've configured this! After listening to a lot of useful feedback, having just one bridged additional room seemed to be the best way to go.

You can join the room by clicking the link. I hope to see you there! :D

Second update: based on some other concerns, I think I need to significantly rework how the Slack and Riot channels are linked. I'll keep you all updated on adjustments, and sorry for all the confusion!

Update: I'm getting some feedback that users in Slack can't see bridged users from Riot—this is concerning because people essentially don't know who all is listening in.

I'll keep the Riot rooms up, but for now, I'm going to have rooms be invite-only. Please reach out to me if you'd like an invite! :D

Hey everyone! After a long period of tweaking and fiddling, our community on Riot is up and running!

Log into Riot/matrix and feel free to join our Merveilles community here: https://riot.im/app/#/group/+merveilles:matrix.org

Each channel has a gateway enabled, connected to our corresponding Slack channels.

I wanted to make this to give people more options in how they participate in our community.

As usual, feel free to ask me about anything if you have any concerns. :3

Welcome, @Euxine! :D

I'm still super ecstatic that this server has been consistently paying for itself since it started. Cheers to you all, and keep on being your wonderful selves :D

Total Donations for Month
$45.00 via ko-fi

Infrastructure Costs for Month
Amazon S3: $5.53
DigitalOcean: $24.00
Sparkpost: $0.00

Total Costs: $29.53

Donations to Date
$429.00

Infrastructure Costs to Date
$197.13

Money left over
$231.87

Welcome, @dkim! :D

That being said, I'm finally over that awful virus, thankfully! Here's hoping that banishes it to the void forever.