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Brook Miles

brook@sunny.garden

<p>I run the <a href="https://sunny.garden" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">sunny.garden</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Mastodon server.</p><p>Move slowly and build things.</p><p>Expect photos of flowers, clouds, cats and other creatures I spot out walking, and sometimes Mastodon admin or -- very rarely -- game development.</p><p>Canadian living near Tokyo 🇨🇦🚀🇯🇵 • he/him</p>

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    Went for a walk along the canal yesterday, now that the summer heat is waning, and saw a surprising number of creatures. This grumpy little soft shell turtle was doing it&#39;s best impression of a rock in the middle of the footpath along the top of the canal. I relocated them off the path, down next to the water. #turtle

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    Very pleasant clouds at sunset tonight, which I bring to you at great personal risk (of mosquito bites). Airplane for scale. #clouds

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    Dear #MastoAdmin for anyone using #S3 storage I would highly recommend disabling S3 multipart uploads for a day (or forever) to see if you notice any improvements. Pre-existing issues with Mastodon and S3, plus some recent regressions in the #AWS S3 library can cause a variety of issues, notably in the ingress #sidekiq worker, such as: - infinite disk usage in /tmp - higher outbound bandwidth use (2-4x) - higher cpu and memory use by sidekiq - higher costs on providers like Wasabi that have m...

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    It&#39;s cool that Microsoft open sourced Comic Chat but I open sourced my IRC client 13 years ago http://pocketirc.com Download today for all your Windows Mobile Pocket PC, Pocket PC 2002, and Pocket PC 2003 devices. #IRC #ComicChat #PocketPC #PocketIRC

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    Hey #MastoAdmin is anyone else seeing an unusual spike in disk and/or memory usage over the past 12 hours? Considerable increase in RAM use by sidekiq, the ingress queue in particular if you have them separated out? Modest but notable increase in network activity over that same time? I&#39;m seeing this on two separate servers, similar configs but different versions of Debian, one a recent fresh install which has /tmp configured as a RAM disk by default, which is why I noticed when suddenly...

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    @britt@mstdn.games hey there! i don&#39;t have experience with managed services to recommend one, but i&#39;d be happy to chat about how i&#39;ve got my servers set up (at OVH Canada), as well as providing any assistance that i can on the admin side of things. mind if i DM?

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    sunny.garden April review :blobclipboard: Four Years of Sunny Garden · Mastodon Updates and Maintenance · Hosting Costs and Donations Cover by @quarksparrow https://hub.sunny.garden/2026/05/05/the-sunny-gardener-april-2026/ #SunnyGardenAdmin

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    Happy four year fediversary to sunny.garden :brdScreamHyper:

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    Sakura over the pond last week. #japan #sakura #photography #asaka #BloomScrolling

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    sunny.garden March review :blobclipboard: Ten Years of Mastodon · DNS Issues · Hosting Costs and Donations Cover by @lichendust https://hub.sunny.garden/2026/04/10/the-sunny-gardener-march-2026/ #SunnyGardenAdmin

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    I&amp;#39;ve spent relatively little time on or thinking about computers for the past 3-4 weeks, getting out to parks and cherry blossoms, and meeting with several friends who visited Japan... and wouldn&amp;#39;t you know it, it&amp;#39;s been pretty nice. :BlobCat_Flower:

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    Had a little hiccup on the server for a couple of minutes, applied some system updates and Mastodon didn&amp;#39;t come back up immediately, oops. But it should be good now. :blobcatspace: #SunnyGardenAdmin

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    Kinkaku-ji Temple from my trip to Kyoto in November. This might be my favourite shot of the temple itself. Small detail that I also love, the grasses near the edge of the pond at the bottom making fun little shapes with their reflections in the water. 2025-11-27 #japan #kyoto #kinkakuji #photography #darktable

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    they are a hardy people, and fierce warriors, but they do not come cheap.

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    Quite blustery today, I had to implement a wind protection system for the maple seedlings. #momiji #bonsai

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    Wires and graves in the rain. It&amp;#39;s peak cherry blossom season here, but the weather has been really mixed. I keep trying and failing to get out to a favourite nearby spot to take pictures between rain showers.

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    As rainy as it was yesterday morning, I still got a couple of sakura shots I liked. #japan #photography #sakura #kuromegawa