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!

Our instance officially has over 200 registered users! Not bad for only being around for a few months :D

I got this lovely costume while at Anthrocon this year!! It's a premade partial fursuit (head, paws, and tail) made by Melissa Mendelson. Check out her work here, she does fantastic stuff: https://www.melissamendelsonart.com/

I've been wanting one of these for a long while, I'm ecstatic to have it! The details are so amazing :D

The photos were taken by my lovely friend Sean Tanuki, as well.

Aaaaaa I'm so excited 8D

Thanks very much to everyone who donated on the Patreon! It's much appreciated. I'm still sorting out other options for payments, but it's still much appreciated :3

It does look like the S3 usage is ticking up, though, so I'm going to be keeping an eye on that moving forward.

The uptick in DigitalOcean costs was from transferring the server over to a new account—my own mistake! I didn't remove the previous droplet for the rest of the month.

Total Donations for Month
$30.61 via Patreon

Infrastructure Costs
Amazon S3: $14.79
DigitalOcean: $34.59

Total: $49.38

Donations to Date
$489.61

Infrastructure Costs to Date
$397.78

Money left over
$91.83

The furries are piling in :D

Oh hello, this is a new icon! Looks like we'll have to come up with another shape for this one. Perhaps a star or hexagon?

Also, I know it's a new month! I'll send y'all an update on what the expenses have looked like this month when I'm back from Anthrocon—around the 8th :D

Hey all! We've now been updated to Mastodon v2.9.2. This includes the Moderation API and support for audio-only posts. For more info, check out the changelog on GitHub here: https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases

Been working on a Pride-related logo for the queer employee resource group I'm a part of at my company. These are intended to go on t-shirts, stickers, and other things to help people feel included at the office and at Pride events!

#theWorkshop

Notes: wow I came in real close to not meeting the deadline I set, next time I do this I'm absolutely giving myself extra time

We're now officially back online! Thanks for your patience, folks :D

Server shutdown begins now! Be back in a bit, y'all :3

Reminder that I'll be taking down the server in about 45 minutes while I transfer over the droplet from my personal account to a new one!

Reminder that I'll be taking down the server for maintenance tomorrow, from 5pm to 7pm PST!