Union Place, Glasgow, 2026.
#UnionPlace #Glasgow #Scotland #Cities #Urban #Boy #Child #GasMask #RicohGRIVMonochrome #BW #Streetshot #OnePointPerspective #Surfaces #Outdoor #Hardcore #Depth #Grain #Buildings #Dystopia #Play
#UnionPlace #Glasgow #Scotland #Cities #Urban #Boy #Child #GasMask #RicohGRIVMonochrome #BW #Streetshot #OnePointPerspective #Surfaces #Outdoor #Hardcore #Depth #Grain #Buildings #Dystopia #Play
August 21, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Union Place, Glasgow, 2026.
#UnionPlace #Glasgow #Scotland #Cities #Urban #Boy #Child #GasMask #RicohGRIVMonochrome #BW #Streetshot #OnePointPerspective #Surfaces #Outdoor #Hardcore #Depth #Grain #Buildings #Dystopia #Play
#UnionPlace #Glasgow #Scotland #Cities #Urban #Boy #Child #GasMask #RicohGRIVMonochrome #BW #Streetshot #OnePointPerspective #Surfaces #Outdoor #Hardcore #Depth #Grain #Buildings #Dystopia #Play
Lol, just looked back at my Stripe declines, somebody tried to validate a BUNCH of stolen cards by attempting to "donate" $1.00 at a time to #unionplace at the beginning of May. Looks like they got some through, too.
Seriously guys? Testing your stolen cards against a non-profit? Not cool.
Seriously guys? Testing your stolen cards against a non-profit? Not cool.
July 12, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Lol, just looked back at my Stripe declines, somebody tried to validate a BUNCH of stolen cards by attempting to "donate" $1.00 at a time to #unionplace at the beginning of May. Looks like they got some through, too.
Seriously guys? Testing your stolen cards against a non-profit? Not cool.
Seriously guys? Testing your stolen cards against a non-profit? Not cool.
Howdy #unionplace ! We've had to close registrations temporarily because of a nasty mail flood bot that's hitting the Mastodon / Fediverse world. You should be able to invite folks still, and if anyone is looking to join, feel free to reach out to me, my email is the same as my Mastodon handle […]
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union.place
September 17, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Howdy #unionplace ! We've had to close registrations temporarily because of a nasty mail flood bot that's hitting the Mastodon / Fediverse world. You should be able to invite folks still, and if anyone is looking to join, feel free to reach out to me, my email is the same as my Mastodon handle […]
Sorry about any errors you saw #unionplace - I was adjusting some server settings and didn't quite get it right the first time. Should be good to go now though.
September 8, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Sorry about any errors you saw #unionplace - I was adjusting some server settings and didn't quite get it right the first time. Should be good to go now though.
Hello #unionplace and welcome to Mastodon 4.7.0!
There's no big user-facing changes in this version, but supposedly it lays the groundwork for some neat stuff to come. As always, please let me know if you see any problems!
Also... donations have really been trailing off, I feel like, it's […]
There's no big user-facing changes in this version, but supposedly it lays the groundwork for some neat stuff to come. As always, please let me know if you see any problems!
Also... donations have really been trailing off, I feel like, it's […]
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union.place
August 26, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Hello #unionplace and welcome to Mastodon 4.7.0!
There's no big user-facing changes in this version, but supposedly it lays the groundwork for some neat stuff to come. As always, please let me know if you see any problems!
Also... donations have really been trailing off, I feel like, it's […]
There's no big user-facing changes in this version, but supposedly it lays the groundwork for some neat stuff to come. As always, please let me know if you see any problems!
Also... donations have really been trailing off, I feel like, it's […]
Hey #unionplace ! We're on Mastodon 4.6! You can learn more about the user-facing changes in this version here: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/06/mastodon-4.6/
Collections are the big addition, but there's a bunch of other/smaller stuff as well, including a refurb of user profile editing […]
Collections are the big addition, but there's a bunch of other/smaller stuff as well, including a refurb of user profile editing […]
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union.place
June 26, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Hey #unionplace ! We're on Mastodon 4.6! You can learn more about the user-facing changes in this version here: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/06/mastodon-4.6/
Collections are the big addition, but there's a bunch of other/smaller stuff as well, including a refurb of user profile editing […]
Collections are the big addition, but there's a bunch of other/smaller stuff as well, including a refurb of user profile editing […]
I just blocked everything except cloudflare from directly accessing our media bucket. This shouldn't impact anything but if you have broken images suddenly on Union Place, please let me know. #unionplace
June 22, 2026 at 12:45 AM
I just blocked everything except cloudflare from directly accessing our media bucket. This shouldn't impact anything but if you have broken images suddenly on Union Place, please let me know. #unionplace
Howdy #unionplace , we're migrating to serving via CloudFlare, so if you get any weird behaviors for a bit, that might be the problem. Apologies for any instability and hopefully it'll be short and resolved quickly.
June 20, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Howdy #unionplace , we're migrating to serving via CloudFlare, so if you get any weird behaviors for a bit, that might be the problem. Apologies for any instability and hopefully it'll be short and resolved quickly.
Howdy #unionplace! Monthly hosting costs have bloomed a bit over the past few months, from under $500/mo to over $650 this month. I'm taking a look at where we can cut back, but just a reminder that union.place is run by Labor Union Networking Inc, a US non-profit whose main funder is yours […]
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union.place
May 1, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Howdy #unionplace! Monthly hosting costs have bloomed a bit over the past few months, from under $500/mo to over $650 this month. I'm taking a look at where we can cut back, but just a reminder that union.place is run by Labor Union Networking Inc, a US non-profit whose main funder is yours […]
Okay #unionplace, hold on tight, I'm trying a `pg_repack` on our database. It should keep running while I'm doing it.
March 14, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Okay #unionplace, hold on tight, I'm trying a `pg_repack` on our database. It should keep running while I'm doing it.
I hate that I pay almost as much for snapshots (for backup purposes) for #unionplace as I pay for CPU time. But I don't exactly want to lose the data!
I really need to figure out how to do a proper vacuum/cleanup on the database without a long downtime. I've found a bunch of docs but haven't […]
I really need to figure out how to do a proper vacuum/cleanup on the database without a long downtime. I've found a bunch of docs but haven't […]
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union.place
March 14, 2026 at 7:16 PM
I hate that I pay almost as much for snapshots (for backup purposes) for #unionplace as I pay for CPU time. But I don't exactly want to lose the data!
I really need to figure out how to do a proper vacuum/cleanup on the database without a long downtime. I've found a bunch of docs but haven't […]
I really need to figure out how to do a proper vacuum/cleanup on the database without a long downtime. I've found a bunch of docs but haven't […]
Hello #unionplace !
We have historically maintained federation with threads.net, but with a "limit" in place, in the interest of our mission to provide broad networking/communication.
More and more I'm feeling like that is the wrong decision. So, local users, please let me know: are you for […]
We have historically maintained federation with threads.net, but with a "limit" in place, in the interest of our mission to provide broad networking/communication.
More and more I'm feeling like that is the wrong decision. So, local users, please let me know: are you for […]
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union.place
January 28, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Hello #unionplace !
We have historically maintained federation with threads.net, but with a "limit" in place, in the interest of our mission to provide broad networking/communication.
More and more I'm feeling like that is the wrong decision. So, local users, please let me know: are you for […]
We have historically maintained federation with threads.net, but with a "limit" in place, in the interest of our mission to provide broad networking/communication.
More and more I'm feeling like that is the wrong decision. So, local users, please let me know: are you for […]
Sorry for a few minutes of instability #unionplace , I just did a bit of system maintenance (I probably should have done that before / separately from asking for money, but hey, it shows you I'm a real human. Mostly, anyway. Allegedly. I think. Or so the voices in my head say.)
:solidarity:
:solidarity:
December 30, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Sorry for a few minutes of instability #unionplace , I just did a bit of system maintenance (I probably should have done that before / separately from asking for money, but hey, it shows you I'm a real human. Mostly, anyway. Allegedly. I think. Or so the voices in my head say.)
:solidarity:
:solidarity:
#unionplace , we now have Mastodon 4.5.0! With quote posting!
You can learn more about the release, including the quote posting settings you can configure, here: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/mastodon-4.5/
As with all updates, you may need to do a force reload if you're using the web […]
You can learn more about the release, including the quote posting settings you can configure, here: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/mastodon-4.5/
As with all updates, you may need to do a force reload if you're using the web […]
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union.place
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
#unionplace , we now have Mastodon 4.5.0! With quote posting!
You can learn more about the release, including the quote posting settings you can configure, here: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/mastodon-4.5/
As with all updates, you may need to do a force reload if you're using the web […]
You can learn more about the release, including the quote posting settings you can configure, here: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/mastodon-4.5/
As with all updates, you may need to do a force reload if you're using the web […]
Howdy #unionplace ! I'm going to be upgrading us to Mastodon 4.5.0, so there may be a bit of downtime while it's updating. Should be back within an hour or so.
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Howdy #unionplace ! I'm going to be upgrading us to Mastodon 4.5.0, so there may be a bit of downtime while it's updating. Should be back within an hour or so.
Heads up #unionplace, quote posts are coming to Mastodon soon! Betas of the 4.5 release include quote posts are out now, and while we're not planning on running 4.5 while it's in beta, we probably will pick it up after it goes full release.
If you want to learn more, including a setting you can […]
If you want to learn more, including a setting you can […]
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union.place
October 24, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Heads up #unionplace, quote posts are coming to Mastodon soon! Betas of the 4.5 release include quote posts are out now, and while we're not planning on running 4.5 while it's in beta, we probably will pick it up after it goes full release.
If you want to learn more, including a setting you can […]
If you want to learn more, including a setting you can […]
#unionplace announcement: if you get a notification that we've blocked a.gup.pe, don't be alarmed; unfortunately this popular group subscription service had its domain bought out from under it, and is now pointing to a spam blog. 😞
We have blocked the domain proactively to prevent them from […]
We have blocked the domain proactively to prevent them from […]
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union.place
September 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
#unionplace announcement: if you get a notification that we've blocked a.gup.pe, don't be alarmed; unfortunately this popular group subscription service had its domain bought out from under it, and is now pointing to a spam blog. 😞
We have blocked the domain proactively to prevent them from […]
We have blocked the domain proactively to prevent them from […]
Howdy #unionplace! We've updated Mastodon to version 4.4.1. You can read more about the changes in Mastodon 4.4 here: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/07/mastodon-4.4/
Please let us know if you encounter any problems or have any questions!
Please let us know if you encounter any problems or have any questions!
Mastodon 4.4
Mastodon 4.4 is here, bringing you new ways to showcase yourself, manage your growing network, and enjoy what’s in your timeline. Administrators and moderators also gain new tools for keeping communities safe.
As always, if you use mastodon.social, you may already have seen some of the updates as they gradually showed up across the user experience. Rolling out a new stable release enables us to share all of that goodness across the whole Mastodon community. We encourage all server operators to upgrade to Mastodon 4.4, starting today.
blog.joinmastodon.org
July 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Howdy #unionplace! We've updated Mastodon to version 4.4.1. You can read more about the changes in Mastodon 4.4 here: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/07/mastodon-4.4/
Please let us know if you encounter any problems or have any questions!
Please let us know if you encounter any problems or have any questions!
Howdy #unionplace, doing a spot of server maintenance, may be a few minutes downtime here and there in the next hour or so. Don't panic, we're not going anywhere.
July 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Howdy #unionplace, doing a spot of server maintenance, may be a few minutes downtime here and there in the next hour or so. Don't panic, we're not going anywhere.
I feel like Mastodon is doing me dirty on its notifications of new user sign-ups on #unionplace, or there's just a bunch of cool users that I somehow missed the notifications for. While working on my Labor & Unions starter pack I'm finding all sorts of local accounts I totally should have been […]
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union.place
April 5, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I feel like Mastodon is doing me dirty on its notifications of new user sign-ups on #unionplace, or there's just a bunch of cool users that I somehow missed the notifications for. While working on my Labor & Unions starter pack I'm finding all sorts of local accounts I totally should have been […]
Hey #unionplace, sorry things might have been a bit unstable for a little while there - a disk filled up and for some reason alerting didn't fire properly. We'll look at the alerting, in the meantime, everything is back up and running now.
We may see some catching-up of federation that was […]
We may see some catching-up of federation that was […]
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union.place
February 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Hey #unionplace, sorry things might have been a bit unstable for a little while there - a disk filled up and for some reason alerting didn't fire properly. We'll look at the alerting, in the meantime, everything is back up and running now.
We may see some catching-up of federation that was […]
We may see some catching-up of federation that was […]
Speaking of which, #unionplace is operated by Labor Union Networking, Inc., a 401(c)(3) non-profit (we never did end up going that route with #dyndns) and your contributions are always welcomed and appreciated. 😉
https://www.laborunionnetworking.org/donate will get you going down the right […]
https://www.laborunionnetworking.org/donate will get you going down the right […]
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union.place
January 23, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Speaking of which, #unionplace is operated by Labor Union Networking, Inc., a 401(c)(3) non-profit (we never did end up going that route with #dyndns) and your contributions are always welcomed and appreciated. 😉
https://www.laborunionnetworking.org/donate will get you going down the right […]
https://www.laborunionnetworking.org/donate will get you going down the right […]
I long for the feeling of running a service that people value and enjoy on the Internet again. I mean, #unionplace is great, y'all, but there aren't enough of you to feed my ego and joy (also: you aren't enough work, which is good and bad 😂 )
January 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I long for the feeling of running a service that people value and enjoy on the Internet again. I mean, #unionplace is great, y'all, but there aren't enough of you to feed my ego and joy (also: you aren't enough work, which is good and bad 😂 )