I am an admin of The Union Place, and a proud AWU-CWA Local 9009 #Union member. I'm a Staff SRE at Google, but all opinions are my own, and this account and instance are in […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://union.place/@tim, follow @ap.brid.gy to interacthttps://bsky.app/profile/tim.union.place.ap.brid.gyhttps://bsky.app/profile/tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy/post/3mze7jehjxt32Private equity, ruining everything, all the time. https://www.urbanmind.net/display/f7dd981d-46816172-27190bbdafe53b8402 Nov 2026 20:55 +0000at://did:plc:e2ozmrix4ccfa4no6fz6shol/app.bsky.feed.post/3mze7jehjxt32https://bsky.app/profile/tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy/post/3mz2227bbcky2TWENTY TWENTY SIX YOU MONSTER!!!!!! NOT MY PATRICK STEWART!!!!!29 Oct 2026 19:51 +0000at://did:plc:e2ozmrix4ccfa4no6fz6shol/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz2227bbcky2https://bsky.app/profile/tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy/post/3myzliysj5sa2Look, I just wanted to go to the beach, I swear. https://mastodon.social/users/rejectedplates/statuses/11752490960445023329 Oct 2026 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:e2ozmrix4ccfa4no6fz6shol/app.bsky.feed.post/3myzliysj5sa2https://bsky.app/profile/tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy/post/3myzkbxzl4um2#UnionPlace is updated to Mastodon 4.7.4 (critical security update), wheeeeeeeeeeeeee.29 Oct 2026 15:09 +0000at://did:plc:e2ozmrix4ccfa4no6fz6shol/app.bsky.feed.post/3myzkbxzl4um2https://bsky.app/profile/tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy/post/3mywxxo4knjy2Aww my Intel Mac can't get MacOS 27. Sad face. Not that I really care, but it's the beginning of the end for it, I guess. (Also I have to compile literally everything I want in Homebrew anymore, which is also sad).28 Oct 2026 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:e2ozmrix4ccfa4no6fz6shol/app.bsky.feed.post/3mywxxo4knjy2https://bsky.app/profile/tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy/post/3mykxvtrr7zg2Hey #UnionPlace, sorry for the brief downtime, I was reshaping the instance and GCP stocked out in a way I did not anticipate. Rude. It should be back up now, though we're on a lower-spec machine (but cheaper!). I'll monitor and see where we go from here.23 Oct 2026 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:e2ozmrix4ccfa4no6fz6shol/app.bsky.feed.post/3mykxvtrr7zg2https://bsky.app/profile/tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy/post/3mykiilbuzhv2Moar puppies you say? #DogsOfMastodon23 Oct 2026 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:e2ozmrix4ccfa4no6fz6shol/app.bsky.feed.post/3mykiilbuzhv2https://bsky.app/profile/tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy/post/3myis36lyn5n2Richard Ayoade is such a treasure.22 Oct 2026 23:13 +0000at://did:plc:e2ozmrix4ccfa4no6fz6shol/app.bsky.feed.post/3myis36lyn5n2https://bsky.app/profile/tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy/post/3myihetuwv3g2Good news #UnionPlace friends, I've been working on some updates that should bring our costs down by as much as $100+/mo, helping make the overall donation situation less dire. We'd still be extremely grateful to anyone who feels they can give a little bit to keep things running […] https://union.place/@tim/11748634180164492622 Oct 2026 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:e2ozmrix4ccfa4no6fz6shol/app.bsky.feed.post/3myihetuwv3g2https://bsky.app/profile/tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy/post/3myigxxg3eku2#EndBillionaires https://mstdn.ca/users/seanb/statuses/11748628295630934722 Oct 2026 19:54 +0000at://did:plc:e2ozmrix4ccfa4no6fz6shol/app.bsky.feed.post/3myigxxg3eku2https://bsky.app/profile/tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy/post/3myifcolg5w62I am simultaneously pleased with the relative ease of moving my object storage from GCS to Cloudflare R2 and slightly scared about increasing dependency on Cloudflare. But at least I'll be actually paying them for storage so it'll feel better than free, somehow?22 Oct 2026 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:e2ozmrix4ccfa4no6fz6shol/app.bsky.feed.post/3myifcolg5w62https://bsky.app/profile/tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy/post/3myidx7kb2on2Please enjoy this cute puppy. #DogsOfMastodon22 Oct 2026 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:e2ozmrix4ccfa4no6fz6shol/app.bsky.feed.post/3myidx7kb2on2https://bsky.app/profile/tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy/post/3myi62n65nya2Good(?) news, #UnionPlace ! I've updated us to run the glitch-soc fork of Mastodon, which means we can now have more than 500 characters! I've increased our limit to the 11,000 characters used by many other instances using glitch-soc, so you can now write long toots to your heart's content! Be […] https://union.place/@tim/11748568591203741422 Oct 2026 17:14 +0000at://did:plc:e2ozmrix4ccfa4no6fz6shol/app.bsky.feed.post/3myi62n65nya2https://bsky.app/profile/tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy/post/3mydwkwialsf2How the heck has Mastodon not released a patch for this automated delivery probe account creation nonsense yet?21 Oct 2026 00:50 +0000at://did:plc:e2ozmrix4ccfa4no6fz6shol/app.bsky.feed.post/3mydwkwialsf2https://bsky.app/profile/tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy/post/3mybgrljpdft2Reading keys with a key gauge is really more of an art than a science, I'm learning. #Locksmithing #TooManyHobbies20 Oct 2026 01:02 +0000at://did:plc:e2ozmrix4ccfa4no6fz6shol/app.bsky.feed.post/3mybgrljpdft2https://bsky.app/profile/tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy/post/3mybgpkztgjs2@bobthetraveler I have a question not addressed by your blog post: why do you post identical content multiple times per day? Noticed today by me on your Pullman post. Generally if someone on Fedi is following a hashtag they're following (ie scrolling / reading) that hashtag, and so repeatedly […] https://union.place/@tim/11747053237231275520 Oct 2026 01:01 +0000at://did:plc:e2ozmrix4ccfa4no6fz6shol/app.bsky.feed.post/3mybgpkztgjs2https://bsky.app/profile/tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy/post/3mxxfni7e3l32#EndBillionaires https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTyoWqceH/16 Oct 2026 01:15 +0000at://did:plc:e2ozmrix4ccfa4no6fz6shol/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxxfni7e3l32https://bsky.app/profile/tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy/post/3mx5rsb4w74t2Well, there's one #UnionPlace bill eliminated, moved off of SquareSpace to a static site hosted with Cloudflare Pages for ... $0.05 Oct 2026 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:e2ozmrix4ccfa4no6fz6shol/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx5rsb4w74t2https://bsky.app/profile/tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy/post/3mx5e32damkf2Flu shot: ✅05 Oct 2026 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:e2ozmrix4ccfa4no6fz6shol/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx5e32damkf2https://bsky.app/profile/tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy/post/3mx566tochuz2Every time I see `clang` in my `top` output I get earwormed with "Clang Clang Clang (Goes The Trolley)"05 Oct 2026 14:52 +0000at://did:plc:e2ozmrix4ccfa4no6fz6shol/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx566tochuz2https://bsky.app/profile/tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy/post/3mx55wcdnily2Ugh, #Homebrew stopped building for Intel Mac so everything has to be compiled now. Sad panda.05 Oct 2026 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:e2ozmrix4ccfa4no6fz6shol/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx55wcdnily2https://bsky.app/profile/tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy/post/3mx3d2hhhs572Everyone lost to everyone else. https://live.acarsdrama.com/users/acarsdrama/statuses/11738470202113360704 Oct 2026 21:14 +0000at://did:plc:e2ozmrix4ccfa4no6fz6shol/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx3d2hhhs572https://bsky.app/profile/tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy/post/3mx3czltztiq2Maybe if we keep saying this eventually someone will listen? #EndBillionaires https://mstdn.social/users/DemocracyMattersALot/statuses/11738398095044830204 Oct 2026 21:14 +0000at://did:plc:e2ozmrix4ccfa4no6fz6shol/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx3czltztiq2https://bsky.app/profile/tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy/post/3mx3cvkrib2k2#EndBillionaires Such a complete fucking scumbag. https://mstdn.social/users/DemocracyMattersALot/statuses/11737883627419787004 Oct 2026 21:11 +0000at://did:plc:e2ozmrix4ccfa4no6fz6shol/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx3cvkrib2k2https://bsky.app/profile/tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy/post/3mx3b5rpaedl2Hey #UnionPlace family! I need your help. We've got about 230 active users. The cloud hosting bill for the instance is a bit over $500/mo. We're down to about $100/mo of income from people-who-are-not-me. That means I'm out of pocket $400+/mo to keep this going, and that's not super […] https://union.place/@tim/11738457301446379804 Oct 2026 20:40 +0000at://did:plc:e2ozmrix4ccfa4no6fz6shol/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx3b5rpaedl2