The Sunny Gardener - August 2025
– grumpy toad by @fablewooddesignco
Mastodon Updates
Mastodon v4.4.3 was released, containing various fixes including to some security issues.
Verification Scam Spam
There was another wave of verification scam messages coming in, this time either from randomly named accounts, or from previously legitimate accounts that had been compromised, for example due to using the same passwords that were leaked from other services.
As always, please remember to:
- Be on the lookout for scams.
- Report any scams that you see or receive.
- And use unique passwords for each service!
Summary
Hosting Costs
Our Main Server costs have increased about 8% based on the most recent invoice. It appears our host has started charging us QST.
I’ve also added in the taxes on storage costs which weren’t being included before.
Expand Hosting Costs
| sunny.garden | August 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Main Server | 12-32GB-512GB | -$90 |
| Worker Server | 2-2GB-40GB | -$7 |
| Media Storage | 279 GB | -$13 |
| Media Bandwidth | Free | $0 |
| Backups | 550 GB | -$16 |
| Domain Name | $55/yr | -$5 |
| Email Server | -$5 | |
| Donations One-Time | $10 | |
| Donations Recurring | $89 | |
| Monthly Totals | ||
| Previous Balance | $105 | |
| Total Expenses | -$134 | |
| Total Donations | $99 | |
| Balance | $70 |
Canadian Dollars
As always, thank you to everyone that has donated on ko-fi! There’s no obligation or expectation that you donate in order to use the server, and I’m still able to cover any shortfall myself if needed.
– Brook