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[–] smorks@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago

for some context, there was a bug where the cookie wasn't being set properly. so it's likely you were logged in and the incorrect cookie value was set, and logging out and back in fixed it.

[–] smorks@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Thanks, I've removed a few of the comments from that post.

[–] smorks@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

sorry about the delayed response to this, but just to clear out any confusion, we (lemmy.ca) don't have our own app or apk to download. i'm guessing that you probably just added a home screen shortcut to our website possibly?

anyways, as others have said, there's a bunch of different lemmy apps for android, there's a nice overview of them here, and you can filter by various things, etc: https://www.lemmyapps.com/

i would recommend against any of the discontinued apps, however.

[–] smorks@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

i've heard good things about Isekai Ramen, and we will likely go check it out sometime soon. Also curious about Dave & Laverne's.

Heard mixed reviews on Belle's, but at least we have another BBQ option here.

 

this community no longer has a moderator. anybody that wants to take over, please let us know.

here are a few alternative aviation communities to check out:

!aviation@lemmy.world
!aviation@lemmy.zip
!avgeeks@sh.itjust.works
!aviation@lemmy.ml

[–] smorks@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

hey! thanks for the offer to help. feel free to offer to help mod any communities, and if there's any local communities here that look unmoderated, let us know! that would be a good start.

[–] smorks@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

it is on our todo list, see shadow's updated comment here: https://lemmy.ca/comment/14573698

[–] smorks@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

looks like the main post link is updated now. thanks Sunshine!

[–] smorks@lemmy.ca 47 points 1 month ago (1 children)

here's a link directly to the article, instead of having to scroll through a bunch of unrelated stuff: https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file/male-rage-is-a-sign-of-weakness-not-strength/#V2

[–] smorks@lemmy.ca 24 points 2 months ago (14 children)

apparently, yes. crosses, anyways:

The ban, meant to separate the state from religion, also outlaws Christian crosses, Jewish kippahs and Sikh turbans.

[–] smorks@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

Blackberry is a great movie. Love Baruchel and Howerton in their roles.

Also enjoyed many Cronenberg and Villeneuve movies too.

[–] smorks@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

Cube is fantastic. I like to rewatch it every now and then. The sequels, not as good, imo.

[–] smorks@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago

Henri et Victoria is a canadian company that makes their own shaving soap, I believe? I might give them a shot.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by smorks@lemmy.ca to c/main@lemmy.ca
 

Hello All,

Our current admins have busy lives, but we want to make sure we're still on top of growing and maintaining lemmy.ca. As such we've decided to add two new admins to help out. Please welcome @otter@lemmy.ca and @mp3@lemmy.ca. Both have been active with generating reports and keeping the site free from spammers and trolls, and both have experience moderating other communities too. We are confident they will help make the site even better!

 
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/1711526

This is a little late, but I figure that it's better late than never!

For full transparency, I'm just going to give a high level overview of the financial situation of lemmy.ca through June 2023, when I started to accept donations.

Total Expenses: $30.00

This includes all hosting fees, including backups, etc.

Total Contributions: $1,503.03

  • $1,184.84 through LiberaPay
  • $318.19 through OpenCollective

All contribution amounts are not including payment processor and/or OpenCollective fees.

Remaining Balance: $1,473.03

I plan on transferring the remaining balance to the new admin team, whenever they are ready to accept it.

Thank you to all that have contributed so far, I couldn't have gotten the instance to where it is now without your generosity. I'm very excited to see what comes next and look forward to watching the instance grow more!

 

This is a little late, but I figure that it's better late than never!

For full transparency, I'm just going to give a high level overview of the financial situation of lemmy.ca through June 2023, when I started to accept donations.

Total Expenses: $30.00

This includes all hosting fees, including backups, etc.

Total Contributions: $1,503.03

  • $1,184.84 through LiberaPay
  • $318.19 through OpenCollective

All contribution amounts are not including payment processor and/or OpenCollective fees.

Remaining Balance: $1,473.03

I plan on transferring the remaining balance to the new admin team, whenever they are ready to accept it.

Thank you to all that have contributed so far, I couldn't have gotten the instance to where it is now without your generosity. I'm very excited to see what comes next and look forward to watching the instance grow more!

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/1044064

As you may have already noticed, 3 new admins have been added. Welcome @TruckBC@lemmy.ca , @Shadow@lemmy.ca , and @Jarcode@lemmy.ca! There are also many more people that are helping behind the scenes as well. They have many years of experience moderating various subreddits, and I believe that they can bring lemmy.ca to the next level.

We have been collaborating so that they will be taking over hosting this instance. When I initially volunteered to take over this instance early in 2022, I was thinking it would just be a hobby project, and I really had no idea what I was getting myself into. With the surge of new users in the past few weeks, and potentially a lot more to come soon, I decided that I don't have the time or energy required to dedicate to running this site, and it just so happened that they were looking for a new home too.

@crb@lemmy.ca and I will stay on as an admin while we transition to a new server, just to make sure everything goes smoothly, but I plan on removing myself as an admin once everything is settled. I will try and stay active here as a user, because I believe that lemmy and the fediverse can become something great!

I have also suspended donations for the time being, but thank you to all that have already donated. All your current donations will be transferred to the new admins.

I have also upgrade the server to 8 CPU's and 8 GB, since it seemed to be struggling with an influx of new users tonight, so sorry about the brief downtime!

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to ask!

 

I have taken the advice from this post and blocked all instances with > 10,000 users, from this list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRthB7RtY4Rr0t5fhVKaliJnwSmptMc5oJi7uha_OBcF4wpu4eElxAxNzaCqjlq6NsOE9GpgSnMzZ2x/pubhtml

I will continue to monitor things and will make another announcement if more blocks are necessary.

If anybody is interested in getting a cleaned up instance federated again, feel free to contact me over DM (if you’re currently blocked, you can contact me on Matrix: @smorks:40to.ca).

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/863495

I'm planning on upgrading lemmy to v0.18.0 tonight, probably around 9pm CDT. So there will be a bit of downtime, but I don't think it should take too long.

Release Announcement: https://lemmy.ca/post/862306

 

The current mod is the former admin and no longer active here. Does anyone want to take over as mod, or does anyone want to nominate anyone?

update: made @TruckBC@lemmy.ca mod! thanks!

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