I'm also pretty sad about putting this instance out to pasture after I've spent so much time on it. Some of my code did end up in !postactiv, so it's not lost. I also have a bunch of stuff on gitgud.io, which I'll link to it the landing page that'll replace this instance. !gnusocial
I'll never forget the time I've spent with all of you. The multiple waves of users in early 2016, the rise and fall of the early instances such as GNUtan, Pleroma's inception, the rise of Mastodon, GSCon, and everything else.
The main reason is because the Markov bots have been playing poorly with Pleroma notices, as they always have been with Mastodon notices, and I don't want to put time into fixing them. Without the bots, there's no reason to keep this instance going.
@rohan I live next door to a Taiwanese tea shop, and a few blocks away from a cafe that only does tea (including selling the leaves), so I always have a huge supply of it at home.
I've been largely drinking it as "refrigerator !tea " when at home, though, as I can't handle the caffeine of the proper hot stuff in the afternoon. I do drink hot tea at work, though, and have a fancy electric tea kettle on my desk.