not-on-pizza was here... @not_on_pizza@toot.cat

Do you like someone's creative output? Tell them today.

Trust me, they'll appreciate it.

Vetinari algo that uses the I piece droughts in a TGM-like or distance-like randomzier as a pulse train...

So... I made a music thing this weekend... and I've spent a lot of time wondering if it was any good...

A selection of feedback:
* "...want to see this in Zelda"
* "gives me a Final Fantasy vibe"
* "super atmospheric"
* "great track"

And... maybe it's good?

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But now... in part, at least... I am slowly starting to find my word-feet again...

Slowly finding the confidence to be able to believe that I can maybe do things again... That I can... be myself again...

A different self, in some ways... but still me, as I was. The pathing is different, but... I'm still here... somewhere... able to open up again...

To know that I can get _that_ sort of reaction out of someone...

Yes. I can do this...

It's... very possible that questioning, and then transition... had a large part to play in that...

Like I suddenly had to relearn pretty much everything, in terms of how to interact with the world around me. Removed from my normal operating parameters... things... started to go to hell...

And then that opened the floodgates, and then everything really _did_ start happening...

Sometimes, I wonder how I managed to escape, from that darkness... I nearly didn't...

I'm... starting to remember that my words can be... quite powerful, at times...

I used to be so much better at being able to communicate, and opening up to people, and allowing people to open up to me...

And... at some point, about 5-10 years ago... I lost almost all of that...

Today... I can slowly feel that coming back to me. It's going to take a lot of effort, but... I think I can do this...

Especially if... what just happened is anything to go by...

Please be compassionate to the people who pop up on other instances in the next few weeks asking if anyone knows why witches.town is down.

Mastodon::UnexpectedResponseError: Delivery failed for https://witches.town/inbox: https://witches.town/inbox returned code 410

RIP

boost this toot if you do what nintendont

Okay, so the wait for a replacement instance for a.weirder.earth is almost over.

- We plan to get the new instance up and running this weekend.

- Apart from some smaller edits, the new rules have been finalised. I'll be licensing it CC0 so other instance admins and copy and adapt it if they want.

- We are slowly exploring design changes that will be introduced at a later date.

okay, it is gonna be weirder.earth, and mykola is setting it up now :D

Not really an update, but I want to let you all know that Mykola is still working on this issue.

I wish I could say more but Scaleway aren't very responsive, which is really fucking shit!

Still no data access either... it seems like the data is gone, but Scaleway might have swapped the storage out so we're checking that. Who knows if they will actually respond about that, but hey ho.

Hey! You know what it's time for?

That's right, it's time to download an archive of your profile!

If you're on Mastodon, just head on over to your Preferences » Data export > Request archive. While you wait for that, go ahead and download your Follow list, and maybe your mute and block lists if those are important to you.

If you don't see "Download archive" show up within an hour (may require refreshing page) or don't get an email with the link, let your admin know. :-)

for glitch soc people, if someone marks their profile as having migrated, their profile on the page is grayed out + lacks follow options.

this makes it impossible to follow them w/o doing a remote follow.

please fix.

Also Mykola still can't log into the server, which is suggesting that it was wiped.

So at least by our current reasoning, something is missing here. Why would a hardware failure that would have probably just forced a server restart do this?

Some more information on what we know has happened so far:

- Our host (Scaleway) is saying that the server failure a hardware error on their end.

- Our mailgun account was shut down for spam at the same time this hardware failure happened because it's credentials were compromised by an unknown entity. Mykola is still not sure how that happened atm. Maybe it was a separate, unrelated incident but it doesn't seem right.

Mykola is still in email correspondence because everything is still not clear, and Scaleway aren't really answering questions.