Curtis Bray

Tech geek and lover of nature. Admin of PNW.Zone. Options in are my own. #photography #nature #technology #hiking #pnw #aws #ev #ElectricCars #EngineeringManager #EngineeringLeadership

Pronous: he/him
Blog: https://www.techandtrees.net/
LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/curtislbray
PNW.Zone Donations: https://hcb.hackclub.com/donations/start/pnw-zone

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Last Notes

2026-06-27 16:52:30 UTC

We've upgrade #PNWZone to Mastodon 4.6.2. The new 4.6 release provides a number of new features. Check out some of the details in this blog post: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/06/mastodon-4.6/

2026-04-14 19:44:38 UTC

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I’m gonna have to try this outing! Thanks for sharing all these great #PNW adventures.

2026-04-13 03:55:34 UTC

#SilentSunday #PNW #Tulips #NTurePhotography #TulipFestival #SkagitValley
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2026-04-05 15:27:26 UTC

#SilentSunday #PNW #EdmondsWA #Ferry
https://files.pnw.zone/media_attachments/files/116/352/793/895/466/572/original/2b5460697b165f0a.jpeg

2026-03-29 02:39:04 UTC

So many great signs today in Bellingham, WA. A few of my favorites.
#NoKings
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https://files.pnw.zone/media_attachments/files/116/310/129/144/870/282/original/198681c652891054.jpeg
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2026-03-28 15:46:48 UTC

RE: https://pnw.zone/@CurtisLBray/110640210572007689
Posted 1,000 days ago!
#note1zpu…8kwe

2026-03-28 02:09:17 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/116296392095869320
In a few weeks, #PNWZone should be able to upgrade to Mastodon 4.6 to get these new profile updates!
#note17qt…56qg

2026-03-08 16:17:29 UTC

#SilentSunday #PNW
https://files.pnw.zone/media_attachments/files/116/194/449/579/938/513/original/6a5a48ef7a13543d.jpeg

2026-02-22 18:04:54 UTC

I’ve implemented new security rules to block requests from systems that seem to be scraping media from #PNWZone. Please let me know if you encounter any errors while using the site, as I don’t want to block legitimate users.

2026-02-16 01:44:28 UTC

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Thanks for this one! I forgot I still had LinkedIn Premium and canceled that after seeing it listed on https://www.resistandunsubscribe.com/

2026-02-14 15:47:31 UTC

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ah, man! That sucks.

2026-02-06 00:10:40 UTC

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wild! I’m ready for these prices to calm the heck down!

2026-01-31 19:02:34 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/115989801184595302
Hey #PNWZone community! We’ve submitted interest in this new program to allow new Mastodon users learn about our instance during their signup process. I’ll keep everyone posted on any progress we make on this.
#note14e8…xq2a

2026-01-26 03:00:14 UTC

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what a game!! Go Hawks!

2026-01-16 14:43:01 UTC

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yup. In hindsight, that’s what I should have done!

2026-01-16 04:26:03 UTC

Oh, it’s that time again. Revive I-5 closing the northbound lanes on the ship canal bridge which means chaos for traffic everywhere north of that. It took me over an hour to get down to Southlake Union when that is a normal 30 minute trip in traffic for me. #Seattle #WSDOT #ReviveI5 #TrafficJam

2026-01-11 15:03:34 UTC

#SlientSunday #DogsOfMastodon
https://files.pnw.zone/media_attachments/files/115/877/069/624/411/510/original/765d0adbcd54ef43.jpeg

2026-01-02 05:42:48 UTC

Happy New Year to everyone! Here’s to a fantastic 2026!

2025-12-22 01:07:20 UTC

#SilentSunday #PNW #Seattle #OverlookWalk
https://files.pnw.zone/media_attachments/files/115/760/531/074/703/203/original/c580075350f0e870.jpeg

2025-11-30 17:30:21 UTC

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Excellent! Thanks for the pointer to Mike’s channel.

2025-11-30 17:10:50 UTC

#SilentSunday #PNW #Ferries #NaturePhoto #Water
https://files.pnw.zone/media_attachments/files/115/639/753/751/203/212/original/bd5c15c3381691a5.jpeg

2025-11-30 16:49:29 UTC

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thanks! I was struggling to wrap my head around the use of the “graph” option. I won’t focus my energy there!

2025-11-30 16:31:38 UTC

I’ve begun down the #Obsidian rabbit hole! Tips for some good getting starting videos/resources? I understand it is best to “ease” into this ecosystem to avoid getting overwhelm. #askfedi

2025-11-27 17:55:01 UTC

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Happy Thanksgiving to you too!

2025-11-25 04:35:54 UTC

#PNWZone has updated https://elk.pnw.zone/ to Elk v0.17.2
https://m.webtoo.ls/@elk/115599598262632849

2025-11-24 04:09:29 UTC

#SilentSunday #Jewelry #MonroeWA
https://files.pnw.zone/media_attachments/files/115/602/706/401/681/854/original/c856604b85a8de10.jpeg

2025-11-22 17:59:56 UTC

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just a casual Saturday morning adventure 😀

2025-11-21 05:06:59 UTC

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Welcome back! Looks like all your previous posts were here waiting for you :)

2025-11-20 02:12:46 UTC

Happy Birthday to #PNWZone! This server launched 3 years ago today in the hopes of building a #PNW community on the Fediverse! Thanks to all that have come along for the ride! Watch for some upcoming conversations about how you can help continue to support this community.

2025-11-18 15:46:14 UTC

#PNWZone was impacted by the #Cloudflare outage between 5:05am and 6:30am PT today. Our servers quickly caught up on the backlog of posts that were queued up during the outage and all systems appear to be operating normally now.
https://noc.social/@cloudflare/115570742400692713

2025-11-16 15:47:55 UTC

#SilentSunday #PNW #Ferry #NaturePhotography
https://files.pnw.zone/media_attachments/files/115/560/151/283/852/457/original/9b667c3bb3a8712f.jpeg

2025-11-09 18:02:20 UTC

#SilentSunday #PNW #Autumn #NaturePhotography
https://files.pnw.zone/media_attachments/files/115/521/046/159/927/871/original/7106f42f32c9d253.jpeg

2025-11-09 17:57:12 UTC

For those using the Ivory Mastodon client, here's an update from Tapbots, the Ivory client developer.
https://hachyderm.io/@lkanies/115509520907993204

2025-11-09 17:46:12 UTC

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Alright gang! Have fun with Mastodon 4..5 on #PNWZone!

2025-11-09 16:46:12 UTC

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Ok. Claude helped me determine that 3 out the 64 4.4 DB migrations scripts were not completed in July (had no impact - just left some cruft in the DB that prevented the 4.5 DB migration scripts from running). Those are now cleaned up and I'll be starting the 4.5.0 migration now. No downtime is anticipated. #PNWZone

2025-11-09 15:45:24 UTC

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I've finished patching the backend servers, but the actual Mastodon 4.5.0 upgrade is running into a couple issues, so we're up and running fine with 4.4.8 for the time being. I'll continue to debug the 4.5.0 migration scripts. #PNWZone

2025-11-09 00:43:45 UTC

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Reminder! Tomorrow's #PNWZone maintenance starts at 6am PT tomorrow. We'll be doing some server upgrades at the same time as the Mastodon 4.5 upgrade, so we could be offline for until 8am or so.

2025-11-08 23:48:14 UTC

That #Sounders game was stressful! I had predicted penalty kicks, but thought we’d prevail. Maybe next year! #MLS

2025-11-06 15:26:10 UTC

We're be upgrading #PNWZone to Mastodon 4.5 on Sunday between 6am-8am PT. We're excited about some of these new features! Check out the announcement here: https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/115503016101266241
(and in the future, I could just "quote" that post!)

2025-10-20 03:00:21 UTC

#SilentSunday #PNW #NaturePhotography
https://files.pnw.zone/media_attachments/files/115/404/257/106/953/527/original/cc33f26c0b8c4e01.jpeg

2025-10-20 02:37:10 UTC

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OK. The smudge didn’t work!

2025-10-20 02:30:12 UTC

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I like that plan! 🤞

2025-10-20 01:54:15 UTC

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ok. This is the turning point. Right?

2025-10-20 01:21:59 UTC

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I’m starting to have some doubts here 😔

2025-10-19 15:26:17 UTC

#Seattle showed up for the #NoKings march yesterday! #ThisIsWhatDemocracyLooksLike #Democracy
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2025-10-19 15:05:18 UTC

I'm excited to bring a some awesome new features to #PNWZone in the next month or so. The Mastodon Engineering team is close to releasing version 4.5 with many updates, but the most notable being quote posts and automated fetching of remote replies. The auto fetching which will close one of the major gaps for smaller instances like ours where it feels like we're not seeing the whole thread (because we weren't).
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/09/introducing-quote-posts/
https://mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering/115378848435180844

2025-10-10 23:28:24 UTC

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Yeah! I’ve been struggling with this too. I’ve got a #NebulaTV subscription and the limited content there is solid. Wish #PeerTube had more content. I’d explore running a #PNW instance of PeerTube if there was decent traction.

2025-10-05 15:09:05 UTC

#SilentSunday #PNW #Beach #NaturePhotography
https://files.pnw.zone/media_attachments/files/115/322/188/045/501/740/original/b16c3cfec1efbf6e.jpeg

2025-10-05 00:35:46 UTC

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Go Mariners!!! Let’s start this series with a strong win!

2025-09-28 18:40:05 UTC

#SilentSunday #SpiderSeason #PNW
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2025-09-22 02:09:47 UTC

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Welcome to the Fediverse!

2025-09-01 03:49:33 UTC

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Right!?!? What an amazing game!

2025-08-10 19:00:25 UTC

#SilentSunday #NaturePhotography #Flowers
https://files.pnw.zone/media_attachments/files/115/006/008/265/090/742/original/e6ccce1424606470.jpeg

2025-08-03 03:02:03 UTC

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Arc

2025-08-01 22:12:28 UTC

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Great episode. I've been having a blast with Kiro. I wrote up some thoughts on my experience here https://open.substack.com/pub/curtisbray/p/spec-driven-development-with-kiro?r=3k78vs&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

2025-07-27 18:13:32 UTC

#SilentSunday #PNW #NaturePhotography #Flower
https://files.pnw.zone/media_attachments/files/114/926/551/443/117/408/original/0d09918bb0caf9c7.jpeg

2025-07-21 02:53:54 UTC

#SilentSunday #PNW #NaturePhotography #Flowers
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2025-07-16 17:25:08 UTC

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I assume those reports came from this?
"...we got reports from Cloudflare Radar that Tata Communications India (AS4755) had started advertising 1.1.1.0/24: from the perspective of the routing system, this looked exactly like a prefix hijack... this BGP hijack was not the cause of the outage. We are following up with Tata Communications."

2025-07-16 17:10:29 UTC

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I am always impressed with the level of detail and amazing turnaround time on Cloudflare's outage reports!

2025-07-13 14:26:08 UTC

#SilentSunday #PNW #Ferry #MtBaker #WashingtonStateFerries
https://files.pnw.zone/media_attachments/files/114/846/368/859/323/402/original/22402f79bea017b0.jpeg

2025-07-13 14:12:15 UTC

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Alrighty. We've completed the #PNWZone upgrade to version 4.4.1. The also patched some backend servers to keep everything in tip-top shape. Please ping me if you run into any issues with the new version. For details of all the changes you and see the official Mastodon blog at https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/07/mastodon-4.4/

2025-07-09 04:04:08 UTC

We’ll be updating #PNWZone to run Mastodon 4.4 over the weekend. Watch for a system announcement in the web interface for more details.
https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/114818205314251502

2025-06-01 15:43:27 UTC

#SilentSunday #PNW #NaturePhotography #Beach #Flag #LowTide
https://files.pnw.zone/media_attachments/files/114/608/871/630/155/517/original/bca4e3d15ca7b28d.jpeg

2025-05-11 16:53:12 UTC

#SilentSunday #PNW #Ferrry #KingstonWA
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2025-04-28 01:06:13 UTC

#SilentSunday #PNW #Beach #NaturePhotography
https://files.pnw.zone/media_attachments/files/114/412/904/020/584/518/original/e38495904762a02f.jpeg

2025-04-20 15:26:54 UTC

#SilentSunday #PNW #NaturePhotography #Tulip #TulipFestival
https://files.pnw.zone/media_attachments/files/114/370/989/866/748/849/original/f0880c1f3ecc4def.jpeg

2025-04-11 21:47:46 UTC

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: blobcoffee: now installed! Enjoy.

2025-03-31 17:30:32 UTC

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those are always stressful! We’re doing a big one in June. 🤞

2025-03-23 17:16:10 UTC

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I love this description in the bug:
"Expected behaviour
No DDoS
Actual behaviour
DDoS"
We've actually been hit by this issue when some #PNWZone posts go a little "viral".

2025-03-23 16:39:43 UTC

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Oh, that was in Edmonds at the Marina Beach Park. https://www.yelp.com/biz/marina-beach-park-edmonds

2025-03-16 18:25:54 UTC

#SilentSunday #PNW #Beach
https://files.pnw.zone/media_attachments/files/114/173/512/919/441/853/original/5510d870d9a653cc.jpeg

2025-03-10 14:50:21 UTC

We’ve updated #PNWZone to Mastodon version 4.3.5. Release notes are available here https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.3.5

2025-03-02 13:54:15 UTC

Some interesting perspective on America’s leadership and actions each of us can take to support Ukraine and democracy.
https://open.substack.com/pub/robertreich/p/sunday-sermon?r=3k78vs&utm_medium=ios
#StandWithUkraine #Democracy

2025-02-26 02:56:34 UTC

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Thanks so much for all those that have donated as well as inquired about the finances of #PNWZone. To share some stats... From Nov-Jan, we averaged $86/month in donations. Our expenses are about $300/month. We currently have about 220 monthly active users. If 50% of folks gave just $3/month then we'd be good to cover costs with and build a small reserve. No obligation if your not able to, but if you have the means, the US tax-deductible donation page is at https://hcb.hackclub.com/donations/start/pnw-zone

2025-02-25 01:16:09 UTC

Be safe out there all you #PNW peeps! The winds are rolling in!

2025-02-24 06:01:21 UTC

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no worries. There were a number of folks following those accounts.

2025-02-24 04:54:59 UTC

Hey #PNWZone users. We've been doing some analysis of our top users and 50% of our top 30 users are all bots that are mirroring Twitter accounts through https://www.sportsbots.xyz/
Given our donations aren't covering our costs, we're going to disable these mirrored accounts starting Feb 25, 2025 to save some cash. Please feel free to directly follow those accounts on Twitter. Thanks!

2025-02-10 03:22:16 UTC

Some good recommendations on actions we can all take in these dark days.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/more-on-what-you-can-do
#Democracy

2025-02-09 19:52:11 UTC

#SilentSunday
https://files.pnw.zone/media_attachments/files/113/975/671/340/737/683/original/b6284dc1f14a8931.jpeg

2025-02-07 01:53:01 UTC

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Following!

2025-02-05 15:16:07 UTC

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This article may answer your question. https://fedi.tips/why-arent-all-mastodon-and-fediverse-posts-and-accounts-automatically-visible-from-all-servers/

2025-01-30 00:33:06 UTC

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Excellent! I'm so glad to see another regional instance coming online. Feel free to reach out if you want to bounce any “follow administrator" questions or ideas off me.

2025-01-21 04:12:41 UTC

"We need leaders not in love with money but in love with justice. Not in love with publicity but in love with humanity"
—Martin Luther King, Jr.

2025-01-18 18:29:26 UTC

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congrats! That was a doozy of a cold!

2025-01-18 18:28:32 UTC

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is amazing seeing the sun today, huh?

2025-01-10 15:17:05 UTC

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yuck! I’ve got that same chest cold. A no funner!

2025-01-08 16:40:16 UTC

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it was extra packed on the trains yesterday. I assumed it was related to the Amazon RTO.

2025-01-05 15:51:15 UTC

#SilentSunday #PNW #CamanoIsland #Beach #NaturePhotography
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2024-12-01 18:12:07 UTC

#SilentSunday #PNW #NaturePhotography
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2024-11-20 04:04:45 UTC

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that looks like one happy puppy dog!

2024-11-16 05:02:09 UTC

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and there’s the buffering. The moment Mike Tyson walked out!

2024-11-16 04:34:54 UTC

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I’ve been waiting for it to crap out here. So far, so good 🤞

2024-11-16 04:33:04 UTC

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oh, dang! I thought I told you I installed :cascadia: !

2024-10-27 15:42:54 UTC

#SilentSunday #NaturePhotography #PNW #Trees #Fall
https://files.pnw.zone/media_attachments/files/113/376/940/203/564/884/original/7fe21efcf56dbb12.jpeg
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2024-10-27 03:38:47 UTC

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can we just time travel to Nov 6th please?

2024-10-27 03:37:36 UTC

It is done!
https://files.pnw.zone/media_attachments/files/113/377/296/497/810/485/original/cad03d90dec266c3.jpeg

2024-10-21 13:47:30 UTC

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Drew, thanks for the tip! This is installed on #PNWZone now!

2024-10-21 13:40:19 UTC

We're now on Mastodon version 4.3.1 here at #PNWZone. Minor fixes in this release.
Details here: https://mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering/113345421273761855

2024-10-20 14:32:43 UTC

#SilentSunday #MtHood #PDX #NaturePhotography #Sunrise
https://files.pnw.zone/media_attachments/files/113/340/236/366/468/261/original/bf6a7fe1ce4991b6.jpeg

2024-10-20 14:14:20 UTC

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Welcome to #PNWZone! Great to have ya’ here. That was an interesting thread discussing the thoughts that go into the current state of social networks!