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Witchcraft Systems @witchcraft.systems · 5d

and also the PDS is provided for free using our own hardware, so if you want to support us and what we're doing - you can do so using any of the methods listed on git.witchcraft.systems/scientific-w... :3

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Witchcraft Systems @witchcraft.systems · 5d

and also the PDS is provided for free using our own hardware, so if you want to support us and what we're doing - you can do so using any of the methods listed on git.witchcraft.systems/scientific-w... :3

git.witchcraft.systems

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Witchcraft Systems @witchcraft.systems · 6d

we do recommend using pds moover instead of goat if possible tho

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Witchcraft Systems @witchcraft.systems · 6d

this is your reminder that pds.witchcraft.systems is a thing and is still accepting new members!

DM this account to get the invite, then follow our starter guide to either sign up for a new account or migrate your existing one to our PDS

(the DM requirement is just to prevent spam)

pds-starter-pack

All you need to know about pds.witchcraft.systems

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Witchcraft Systems @witchcraft.systems · 13d

this is really cool actually!! now you can try migrating to a third-party PDS (like ours :3) and if you don't like it there - come back to your previous bluesky-hosted PDS!

daniel 🫠 @dholms.xyz · 13d

okay and as promised, the bluesky PDS is officially open for returning users to migrate their accounts back!

hoping this lowers the stakes & gives folks the confidence to explore some other PDSs in the network!

docs.bsky.app/blog/incomin...

Enabling Account Migration Back to Bluesky’s PDS | Bluesky

One of the core promises of AT is the seamless account migration between PDS hosts. Since federation opened up in the AT network, it has been possible to migrate away from the Bluesky PDS and between ...

docs.bsky.app

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Witchcraft Systems @witchcraft.systems · 22d

heyyy

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Witchcraft Systems @witchcraft.systems · 25d

We have a donation page now! If you want to support what we do and motivate us to do more of it - now you can!!

git.witchcraft.systems/scientific-w...

git.witchcraft.systems

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Witchcraft Systems @witchcraft.systems · Sep 4

hey and this is absolutely unrelated but did you know that japan has extremely permissive social media laws (that even then basically only apply to platform operators with 10M users or more) with no plans to change that any time soon? haha

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Witchcraft Systems @witchcraft.systems · Sep 2

oh and we also have a publicly-accessible S3 bucket with nightly exports of all accounts so in case we go down you will still be able to get your data (for at least a month) and move somewhere else

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Witchcraft Systems @witchcraft.systems · Sep 2

worst case scenario (like, an earthquake or smth) - the backup gets rolled out onto a VPS and we’re back

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Witchcraft Systems @witchcraft.systems · Sep 2

in my defense, it’s a synology on a UPS, with two redundant network connections (fiber and 5G), nightly backups, and a backup instance ready to be deployed if something happens to the main one

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Witchcraft Systems @witchcraft.systems · Aug 29

The coven has updated the migration guide over at the git.witchcraft.systems/scientific-w... for all of you suffering from the PLC token Timeout curse

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あすとら @astrra.space · Aug 28

planning to do some network restructuring later today, the PDS will be switched over to the backup uplink until it's over

might experience a small blip when changing the networks, and slightly worse performance while on the backup connection, but otherwise it should be ok

will reply here when done

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PDS announcements @announcements.pds.witchcraft.systems · Aug 27

proxy server had an oopsie but we're back now!

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Witchcraft Systems @witchcraft.systems · Aug 5

yay ^-^

あすとら @astrra.space · Aug 5

pet the PDS

me petting a synology DS723+ that is standing on top of a DX517, with lots of wires behind them

a small chunk of a APC UPS is visible in the corner

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Witchcraft Systems @witchcraft.systems · Aug 5

yaaaay :3

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Witchcraft Systems @witchcraft.systems · Aug 5

yes please

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Witchcraft Systems @witchcraft.systems · Aug 4

hi I'm a sane PDS setup nice to meet you

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ATBackup @atbackup.pages.dev · Jul 20

Introducing ATBackup: one-click local backups of your atproto data (including blobs!)

Download on @github.com ➜ github.com/Turtlepaw/at...

#atproto #opensource

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Witchcraft Systems @witchcraft.systems · Jul 17

hey

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Witchcraft Systems @witchcraft.systems · Jul 11

Reminder that PDS signups are open for everyone! DM this account to get an invite code (handled manually to protect us from spam), there are no special requirements you need to meet to join.

pds-starter-pack

All you need to know about pds.witchcraft.systems

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Witchcraft Systems @witchcraft.systems · Jul 11

Our PDS is physically located in Tokyo, so if your client (like deer.social) doesn't tell the AppView you're somewhere else - thanks to service proxying, the best guess at where you're at, from the AppView's perspective, could only be Tokyo (from the IP address of the PDS).

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Witchcraft Systems @witchcraft.systems · Jul 5

Just had a voltage drop in the circuit powering the PDS, the UPS kicked in, and it seems to have gone back to normal now, but just in case it drops again - assume the possibility of unexpected downtime in the following couple of hours

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minnows @minnows.inyour.stream · Jul 2

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Witchcraft Systems @witchcraft.systems · Jun 27

we’re thinking about this!! but no promises yet…

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