i'm still alive!

i'm still alive.

i've been so down lately. it's been difficult to get through the day since felix left.

Sunny day in PDX in the St. John neighborhood, taking pictures from the tall bridge.

Nikon 28Ti
Nikkor 28/2.8
Kodak BW 400CN
#filmphotography

Yep, happy with these!

for non-Americans this is a 100% accurate representation of the USPS experience /ex

I really hate to do a "self promotion," so to speak, but it's for a good cause. I'm sad to report that our beloved cat Felix has #cancer. @polarisu is going to be selling some things soon on Mercari (https://www.mercari.com/u/647927272/), feel free to browse her MyFigureCollection to see what's incoming: https://myfigurecollection.net/profile/mariijane. A #GoFundMe is incoming as well, which I'll be sharing once it's up.

*EDIT*- Here is the GoFundMe link:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/xmpecj-please-help-save-my-best-friend?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1

The main reason for this is that there is a sense of urgency since the sooner the #chemotherapy is done, the better. We just don't have the $5,000-$6,000 it's going to cost upfront since my wife has medical conditions we need to take care of as well ( #RA, #diabetes, and #MS ).

Felix is our family and one of our best friends to both my wife and I. Especially for her, he has been a wonderful emotional support through all of the medical issues she's had to endure for years. If we start this treatment ASAP, he will have many years left with us. Even if you can not contribute financially, just a boost is greatly appreciated. Thank you all!

#Lymphoma #FelineLymphoma #FelineCancer #MutualAid #Fediverse #Cats #BlackCats #BlackCatsOfMastodon #CatsOfMastodon

i made a gofundme to save felix. please, please consider donating or sharing. felix is my everything and i can't imagine life without him.

https://gofund.me/6a5b99d3

#gofundme #helpsavemycat #cancersucks #blackcat #medicalbills #donations #felixthecat

This fourth is

To anyone thinking about joining BlueSky, especially artists: everything you post is sent to a third party for AI labeling.

BlueSky uses AI to label content for moderation, and to do that they use a company called https://thehive.ai. If you look through their privacy policy, you will see that they can use content sent to them to train models for all their services, which include generative AI for both text and images.

Update: https://meow.social/@FluffyDeveloper/110652053858910840

#ai #bluesky

i have such a nasty cough rn. first time i've been sick with a virus since 2019.

He knew I was about to get up and stop rubbing his belly. #cats #catsofmastodon #caturday #blackcats #blackcatsofmastodon

So the chair is built and ready for my w̶i̶f̶e̶ ̶@̶p̶o̶l̶a̶r̶i̶s̶u̶@̶m̶a̶s̶t̶o̶d̶o̶n̶.̶w̶o̶r̶l̶d̶ cat to use (I give it a day before Latte takes over). #homeoffice #wfh #wfhlife @polarisu

@polarisu yup

#caturday #cats #blackcats #catsofmastodon #blackcatsofmastodon

✨ Import from Instagram

Now available! 🥳

PR: https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/pull/4466

Docs: https://pixelfed.social/site/kb/import

Thanks again to @NGIZero for funding this amazing feature! #instagramImport

A second Bluebell polaroid from the same (brief) visit as the first.

#polaroid

I tell ya, the #adenoidectomy can't come soon enough. I spend most of the week on the verge of exhaustion due to the #sleepapnea, and it seems to be interfering with work now.

Earlier in the day, I had a call with a colleague and wanted to share my screen. I couldn't find the button. After said colleague shared theirs instead to get to the page I was talking about, I found it. At the bottom of the GUI...with a big button that said "SHARE SCREEN". :welp:

Later, I received an e-mail asking to see if someone on my team could troubleshoot a potential issue of a closed port blocking needed traffic from one server to the other. I read it as "Server A" to "Sever B" even though it was actually "Server A" to "Server C."

So incorrectly, assuming A to B, I saw the required ingress port was closed for Server B and opened it up. I replied to the email and said it was all set. I then get a response with: "Thanks, but it was actually A to C."

So I walked back the port I opened in error and tried opening ingress on A even though it's A to C, since a colleague mentioned they had to do that once to solve a similar issue. No go, but it's EOD for me, so I'll have to check again tomorrow.

#sysadmin #sysadminlife #sysadminfailoftheday

3. @budlight@twitter.com is facing boycotts because it sent a trans influencer a few cans of beer

But @budlight@twitter.com's parent, @AnheuserBusch@twitter.com, donated 227K to anti-gay politicians since 01/22, including sponsors of anti-LGBTQ legislation in TX and FL & 29 members of Congress rated zero by @HRC@twitter.com