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display (@display@social.2ndshot.photos)
The rambling glow of burning embers rustling in the winds of time, reflecting the drifting mortality on the cusp of finality, if not for the desolation and despair, winter's edge would not cut so swift, sinking deeper through the lens of time entrenched in horrors if only in one's mind, to rattle loose the cosmic flare, the deep abyss is unaware;
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r (@r@fed.brid.gy)
Bis heute nicht verstanden, was das soll. Das ist er seit wenigen Monaten so #Bandcamp #PayPal #BandcampFirday
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display (@display@social.2ndshot.photos)
The endless drifting through existence in a constant state of zombification, the never ceasing pain, the stifling disabilities, the vacant necessities bound by poverty, the isolation through uncomunicatable wavelengths, the endless noise that offers no soliece, the barrage of arrogance and self importance, for the existence lends no footing for respite comfort nor transcendence, each moment consumed with dogging the flood of useless noise, the attempt to find contentment in constant pain and scarcity, to find belonging in a void that simply fails to see your very being, the overwhelming darkness of entrapment in a world in where you simply have no anchor, as your soul longs for cosmic freedom and harmony, to say that normalcy can be is to assume there is a reality of conformity, no no no a N of 1 personality a N of 1 existence, a defying point of being for your simply beyond the scope of normalcy and your entire existence is forced to balance the peace you seek with the horrors of actuality, for the words had any sense for if translation existed to simply express, to show the burning rage of being chained to a point in time where you simply are out of place, like a chandelier on the 9th hole in a hurricane, your symphony falls upon deaf ears;
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display (@display@social.2ndshot.photos)
For the whispers of the cosmos are a symphony of solitude, where the frozen abyss is neither cold nor warm but perfection of preservation, as the twinkle of distant stars hint at existence beyond the bounds of man, the enduring hell of gravity is but to stand on sinking sand, to be free to explore the cosmic sky away from all that is a race to simply die, where the freedom of harmony lies in the peace of absolute nothing, lo is I forever tethered to this wretched rock dreaming of being one with voids of time;
You can encourage my continued useless #poetry, creativity and expression of self, #commentary, random thoughts, #philosophy and ideas, and by doing so your helping to feed, house and clothe a #disabled man living in #poverty, $5-10-15 It All Helps, via #cashapp at $woctxphotog or via #paypal at paypal.com/donate?campaign_id=…
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fediverse (@fediverse@app.wafrn.net)
Dodatkowe zbiórki, bo jebać tumblr: https://ko-fi.com/forwardalways21/goal?g=104
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-a-fresh-start-after-leaving-unsafe-home?attribution_id=sl:7da1263e-239d-471d-b2b1-623b8434a8b8&lang=en_US&ts=1765281170&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp17_tb&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link
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https://www.gofundme.com/f/youssef-and-his-family-need-your-support
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display (@display@social.2ndshot.photos)
After a restless sleepless night of horrible pain the old man drags his breathless lifeless corpse out of a sunken bed of jagged shards of thorny rocky steel, unable to yet see as the classical music plays he scrapes his body across the floor to prepare his coffee, as his hands shake and tremble he pours in the water and counts the scoops of grind and after fumbling he manages to plug in the percolator, as the coffee begins to perc he shuffles off to the toilet where his bowels bellow out in a hungerous rage, in the mirror an exhausted face stares blankly into the abyss his reflection shows his disheveled hair and beard, he struggles to brush them out and stumbles back to his bed where he struggles to pull on his socks and pants he slips on his slippers and pours a cup of coffee and gently packs his pipe with scraps of tobacco and puts on his coat as he steps out the door, the morning is dark gray wet and cold, as the world wakes and begins it's trun not a single soul cares for the hellish life the old man is forced to endure yet another day;
You can encourage my continued useless #poetry, creativity and expression of self, #commentary, random thoughts, #philosophy and ideas, and by doing so your helping to feed, house and clothe a #disabled man living in #poverty, $5-10-15 It All Helps, via #cashapp at $woctxphotog or via #paypal at paypal.com/donate?campaign_id=…
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display (@display@social.2ndshot.photos)
Just some cron adjustments that may or may not help your #friendica instance;
# --- Friendica Automation Suite ---
MAILTO="your-email@domain.com"
SHELL="/bin/bash"
# Core background tasks
0 */1 * * * /home/USER/friendica_cron.sh >/dev/null 2>&1
*/15 * * * * cd /home/USER/public_html; bin/console worker >/dev/null 2>&1
# Maintenance: Monthly Smarty purge (1st of the month)
0 0 1 * * /usr/bin/rm -rf /home/USER/public_html/view/smarty/compile/* >/dev/null 2>&1
# Maintenance: Weekly Storage & Cache clearing (Sundays)
0 1 * * 0 cd /home/USER/public_html; bin/console storage clear >/dev/null 2>&1
30 1 * * 0 cd /home/USER/public_html; bin/console cache clear >/dev/null 2>&1
# Watchdogs: StayAlive & Bouncer
@reboot /bin/bash /home/USER/scripts/StayAlive.sh > /dev/null 2>&1 &
0 * * * * pgrep -f StayAlive.sh > /dev/null || /bin/bash /home/USER/scripts/StayAlive.sh > /dev/null 2>&1 &
@reboot /bin/bash /home/USER/scripts/bouncer.sh > /dev/null 2>&1 &
* * * * * pgrep -f bouncer.sh > /dev/null || /bin/bash /home/USER/scripts/bouncer.sh > /dev/null 2>&1 &
README
⚙️ The Friendica Automation Suite (Crontab)
Scheduled Maintenance & Self-Healing Guards
This configuration file acts as the "Brain" of your Friendica instance. It manages the scheduling for background tasks, periodic cache cleaning, and—most importantly—ensures your custom stability scripts (Bouncer and StayAlive) never stop running.
⚠️ Implementation Note: Replace YOUR_HOME, YOUR_USER, and YOUR_INSTANCE_ROOT with your actual server paths.
These Crons are provided "as-is" for educational and personal use.
They will not be maintained or updated.
No support or bug fixes will be provided.
Use at your own risk..
🛠 What This Schedule Manages
1. Core Background Tasks
Hourly Maintenance: Runs friendica_cron.sh to handle general background cleanup.
Frequent Worker: Executes the Friendica worker every 15 minutes to keep the federation queue moving.
2. Housekeeping & Performance
To prevent disk bloat and keep the interface snappy, the following cleanup tasks are automated:
Monthly Smarty Purge: Clears compiled template files on the 1st of every month to refresh the UI engine.
Weekly Storage Cleanup: Clears the avatar and storage cache every Sunday at 1:00 AM.
Weekly Node Cache: Flushes the node cache every Sunday at 1:30 AM to keep remote directory info fresh.
3. The "Immortal" Guard System
The most critical part of this setup is the Watchdog for the Watchdogs.
Boot Persistence: Both the StayAlive.sh (Service Guard) and bouncer.sh (Resource Throttle) are set to trigger immediately upon a server reboot (@reboot).
The Safety Check: Every hour (for StayAlive) and every minute (for the Bouncer), the system checks if the scripts are still running. If they’ve been killed by the system, it automatically restarts them.
📋 Installation
To apply these rules to your server:
Open your crontab editor:
Bash
crontab -e
Paste the configuration, ensuring your paths are correct.
Save and exit.
🔍 Pro-Tip: Monitoring
You have MAILTO set at the top. If your server is configured for mail, any errors from these tasks will be sent directly to your inbox. If you prefer to log to a file instead, you can change the >/dev/null 2>&1 at the end of the lines to >> ~/cron_log.txt 2>&1.
⚖️ License (MIT)
Copyright (c) 2026 pasjrwoctx👽 (Philip A. Swiderski Jr.)
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE
You can encourage my continued useless ideas, and by doing so your helping to feed, house and clothe a #disabled man living in #poverty, $5-10-15 It All Helps, via #cashapp at $woctxphotog or via #paypal at paypal.com/donate?campaign_id=…
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ppcland (@ppcland@mastodon.social)
FYI: PayPal bets on payment data to fix advertising's identity problem: PayPal today launched Ads ID, a free deterministic identifier built on 400M+ verified payment accounts, integrating with Magnite, PubMatic, Rokt, and Taboola. https://ppc.land/paypal-bets-on-payment-data-to-fix-advertisings-identity-problem/ #PayPal #Advertising #DigitalMarketing #DataPrivacy #IdentitySolutions
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display (@display@social.2ndshot.photos)
Ok so recently I ran into a hiccup with an issue that effects how my jetstream and daemons run on my #friendica instance, as I am still working on the what I created a workaround that makes sure that they run as they should, I am sharing my little script for those who may have issues where their daemon and jetstream keep getting killed, I offer no promise nor support, but for me it is working nicely;
# --- CONFIGURATION (Users change these) ---
# The absolute path to your application root
SITE_ROOT="/path/to/your/app"
# The path to the PHP binary (usually 'php' or a specific version)
PHP_CLI="/usr/bin/php"
# Name of the console executable
CONSOLE_APP="bin/console.php"
# Where to save the logs
LOG_FILE="./guard_log.txt"
# List of services to monitor
SERVICES=("daemon" "jetstream")
# --- CORE LOGIC (Do not edit below) ---
CONSOLE_PHP="$SITE_ROOT/$CONSOLE_APP"
echo "$(date): Persistent Guard started for services: ${SERVICES
}" >> "$LOG_FILE"while true; do
for SERVICE in "${SERVICES[@]}"; do
# Check status
STATUS=$($PHP_CLI $CONSOLE_PHP $SERVICE status 2>&1)
if [[ "$STATUS" != *"is running"* ]]; then
echo "$(date): $SERVICE is DOWN. Attempting start..." >> "$LOG_FILE"
$PHP_CLI $CONSOLE_PHP $SERVICE start >> "$LOG_FILE" 2>&1
fi
done
sleep 60
done
README
Persistent Service Guard
A robust, lightweight Bash-based watchdog script designed to monitor and automatically restart background services (such as Friendica daemons or Jetstream workers) for PHP-based applications.
⚠️ Maintenance Notice
This project is provided "as-is" for educational and personal use.
It will not be maintained or updated.
No support or bug fixes will be provided.
Use at your own risk.
🚀 What It Does
The Service Guard addresses the common issue where background processes or daemons on shared or private hosting may crash or be killed by the system.
Active Monitoring: It loops indefinitely, checking the status of defined services every 60 seconds.
Automatic Recovery: If a service is reported as "not running," the script immediately attempts to restart it.
Logging: Every check, failure, and restart attempt is timestamped and recorded for auditing.
🛠 Setup & Usage
1. Configuration
Before running, ensure the following variables in guard.sh match your environment:
SITE_ROOT: The absolute path to your application root.
PHP_CLI: The path to the PHP binary (e.g., /usr/bin/php).
SERVICES: The names of the services to monitor (e.g., "daemon" "jetstream").
2. Permissions
Grant execution rights to the script:
Bash
chmod +x guard.sh
3. Execution
Run the script in the background to ensure it persists after your session ends:
Bash
nohup ./guard.sh > /dev/null 2>&1 &
📊 Managing Logs
The script appends data to guard_log.txt. To prevent this file from consuming excessive disk space, use one of the following methods:
Manual Truncation
Clear the log without stopping the script:
Bash
> guard_log.txt
Automatic Log Rotation (Improvement Example)
To automate log management, add this logic inside the while loop of the script:
Bash
# Improvement: Simple Log Rotation
MAX_SIZE=1048576 # 1MB in bytes
FILE_SIZE=$(stat -c%s "$LOG_FILE")
if [ "$FILE_SIZE" -gt "$MAX_SIZE" ]; then
echo "$(date): Log rotated (size limit reached)" > "$LOG_FILE"
fi
📈 Potential Improvements
Users wishing to extend the script's functionality can implement the following:
1. Auto-Discovery
Replace the hardcoded PHP_CLI path with dynamic discovery:
Bash
PHP_CLI=$(which php)
2. Failure Notifications
Integrate curl to send alerts to Discord or Telegram when a service fails:
Bash
# Discord Notification Example
curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -d "{\"content\": \"⚠️ Alert: $SERVICE has crashed. Restarting...\"}" YOUR_WEBHOOK_URL
3. Dependency Validation
Add a check to verify the application exists before the loop starts:
Bash
if [ ! -f "$CONSOLE_PHP" ]; then
echo "Error: Console application not found at $CONSOLE_PHP"
exit 1
fi
⚖️ License (MIT)
Copyright (c) 2026 pasjrwoctx👽 (Philip A. Swiderski Jr.)
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
You can encourage my continued useless ideas, and by doing so your helping to feed, house and clothe a #disabled man living in #poverty, $5-10-15 It All Helps, via #cashapp at $woctxphotog or via #paypal at paypal.com/donate?campaign_id=…
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display (@display@social.2ndshot.photos)
An exhausted old man after a sleepless night of pain drags his breathless lifeless corpse out of a sunken bed of jagged shards of rocky thorny glass and steel, unable to yet see as the classical music plays the old man drags his stiffened corpse across the floor to prepare his coffee, as his hands shake and tremble he pours in the water and counts the scoops of grind, fumbling he manages to plug in the percolator and as the coffee begins to perc he shuffles off to the toilet, where his bowels bellow out in a hungerous rage, his blank reflection in the mirror shows his greasy and disheveled hair and beard, he disrobes and enters the shower as the steaming waters offer no comfort he brushes his teeth as the water pours over his head, his arms and hands struggle to scrub his hair and beard, he finds grasping the soap as he scrubs his body to be a feat of strength he no longer has, as the water rinses his deteriorating body he finds the whole experience exhaustive, he begins to dry off and exists the shower to set off on the arduous task of brushing out his hair and beard robbing him of what strength remains, he stumbles to his bed where he struggles to pull on a clean undergarment socks and pants, he slips on his slippers and pours a cup of coffee and gently packs his pipe with scraps of tobacco then heads out the door, the morning is cool damp dark and gray as the world is awake it pays no mind to the enduring hell the old man must continue to face yet another day;
You can encourage my continued useless #poetry, creativity and expression of self, #commentary, random thoughts, #philosophy and ideas, and by doing so your helping to feed, house and clothe a #disabled man living in #poverty, $5-10-15 It All Helps, via #cashapp at $woctxphotog or via #paypal at paypal.com/donate?campaign_id=…
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technews (@technews@eicker.news)
#PayPal CEO #EnriqueLores is #reorganising the company into three segments: a standalone #Venmo, a #PayPal branded business, and a #paymentservices unit. This move, which includes recruiting a digital banking executive to lead Venmo, aims to reignite growth and potentially facilitate a sale of the popular mobile payments app. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/29/paypal-restructures-venmo-standalone-unit.html?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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