It’s wild and depressing that in the space of 20 years, we went from: “I can now share my furry fanfic or my penis puppetry show with the entire world without worrying about any government or tv channel censoring or gatekeeping me out.” To: “I can’t spell the word s*x, or anything a 1960s […]

I've always found the catcall line "do those legs go all the way up" too surreal to be upsetting. It's supposed to be vulgar and sexist but instead it raises all of these questions about geometry and what legs even are... are legs vectors? If they "go up" do they also go down? When I think […]

Post-Apocalyptic Giant Strawberry, Poland This behemoth sun-faded fruit was a roadside attraction for a large Polish strawberry farm. The farm closed around 20 years ago. Read more: www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/other/post-apocalyptic-g... #Photography #urbex #urbanexploration #a…

Here’s wishing @baddogbootblack.bsky.social from Room 445 a very Happy Birthday! BearHotel.net/445

Since the #emfcamp announcement about dropping Mullvad sponsorship yesterday, we've had about £500 of new Art & Installations donations, which is super cool and we're really grateful. It will go towards supporting the amazing makers who bring their weird and wonderful things to the festival. If […]

Welsh music artists - I've just been chatting to the folks in Heavenly Vegan in Barry about music and I suggested they reach out to local artists and use a mix of their stuff as a playlist for the cafe and then have a poster or posters for the artists in here. Is that the win win scenario I […]

The famous "Wedges" paper was used repeatedly to shut us up when we argued against the continued use of fossil fuels, and, esp, against carbon capture and storage and the mass use of bioenergy. "But these eminent scientists say ..." Now we learn BP co-authored it. www.propublica.org/article/wedg...

🔋 Finland's 'sand battery' survived its first brutal winter. But the viral story gets one big thing wrong. What's real: - Polar Night Energy built a commercial thermal battery in Pornainen, Finland (5,000 people) - 2,000 tons of crushed soapstone heated to 500-600C - 1 MW power, 100 MWh […]

First cup of tea in a week.

Every now and then I suggest that humans should switch to laying eggs and raising larvae to have kids. You can do much larger batches and metamorphosis means that everything gets done at once. When I do everyone just gets very quiet... so I've stopped bringing it up. But come on! Look at her […]

I love that moment in a game where the music swells and I run towards this emotional turning point in the story of my character and accidentally fall sideways off a cliff

If you were born after 1985, you just have to the word of oldies…

Starting a new social media challenge: "The 'Be a privacy-oriented for-profit company that doesn't actively fund anti-human political movements' Challenge (Impossible!)'

When you first raise a queen ant she's a very active little bug. She's intent on digging, setting up her nest, fussing over her eggs and feeding, cleaning and constantly rearranging the larvae. Then after her first daughters eclose she becomes much more clam. She sleeps more. She stops feeding […]

Leakage, heaviness, hip/pelvic pain when you lift? It's common; but it isn't normal. Dr. Laura Ross returns to HT for an intimate pelvic health workshop capped at 12 people. Free, donation supports @projectliftyboi.bsky.social Reserve your spot. #chicago #powerlifting #lifting #MoveWithHan

5.5 weeks out from surgery - need to pay in 4 weeks! I know I won’t achieve my target but the closer I get, the less challenging it’ll be after. If you wanted to chuck some change my way I would be eternally grateful. gofund.me/7948b004d

germans: “uuuuuhhh, we don’t really have proper high-speed rail!!!!” also germans:

Waking up at 4.30 to let the colder air into the house in preparation for the day.

I have acquired all of the Regina Hardon mp3s but cannot play them as the windows are wide open to cool the house.

[Spoiler for The Comeback Season 3] Watched all of season 3 of The Comeback after @motoridersd reminded me about it. It was excellent. Valerie manages to have grown and still be funny to watch. There was a lot of finality to it though; saying goodbye to Mickey being a heartbreaking one, but […]

Was thinking about one take on hypnosis, calling it accelerated learning. It's been a while but I think the base of it was hypnosis helps create/modify neural pathways. Was playing with a guy I hadn't seen in a few months. We had done some sensitivity play when we started, and he reported that […]

[Hypnokink] Definitely not hypnotising sweet hot bears to be feral tops 👀

Incoming message for POS Abbott from Austin: “You can remove paint from a crosswalk, but you can't erase a community...” ~@javitheartist_ #HappyPrideMonth 🌈

Getting as many cups of tea in as I can before the heatwave hits.

Consideration in the modern age is restraining your use of emoji when being the first to wish someone a happy birthday in a group chat, to allow others following the room to deviate or escalate as they wish.

🇩🇪 It is live! I just published my road tour blog from my recent 2026 East Germany Tour! Including; 💃1970s ballroom 🏨 Timecapsule hotel in the mountains. 🏭 Steelworks ruins 🍶 A pottery factory 👮‍♂️ Police training academy 🗝️ Abandoned prison Blog and photos - […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

As part of 'Making Tax Digital' the UK will soon force people to use proprietary software to file certain types of tax return. If you disagree, think people should have control over their data, that HMRC alone should be in charge of HMRC's job, that you shouldn't have to pay random companies […]

I would like to reiterate how mad I am that something as dumb as setting my upstairs lights to the minimum kelvin (1801K) and dimmed to 75% their max output at 10 PM means I'm distressingly sleepy and ready for bed by 11 PM. Like, how dare all those articles about sleep hygiene be right!?

Recently renewed my subscription to Fastmail and realised I can offer 10% off to other people (ofc if you sign up I get a little kickback too, full disclosure etc.) https://join.fastmail.com/5a7bc1e2 If you're trying to escape GMail, and you heard some problematic news about Proton - try […]

A fitness themed celebration of Welsh Queerness today as I shout out Be Gay Do Climbs in Cardiff. They offer a safe space for LGBTQIA+ folks to connect, find some fun exercise, and grow in confidence, among other things […]

When young I read a piece written by a woman about experiences of feeling unsafe and things men can do to reduce that. It had never occurred to me that being tall and walking faster due to a longer stride meant I could feel like a nearing dangerous presence to someone I was catching up to […]

Fizz is about 8 months old now and today I noticed an expected change in his coat that a male puberty causes. He's gone from being ultra soft to having a little more roughness in his texture. He's still very strokable and largely happy for me to stroke him so I'm […] [Original post on woof.group]

It's #fediforumfriday- your reminder to check in with projects you're excited about, ask for or offer help, or just chat with the folks you met and refresh the joy and motivation you felt at #fediforum.

The other day I heard the phrase "the Epstein files should have already lead to Epstein trials by now" and I can't get it out of my head

My fifth grader is going through a wringer, which will surely only increase next year, sixth grade, new school. He's undiagnosed-probably-definitely-autistic with a big tender heart. And certain kids (who used to be friends) are doing little things that cut him to the bone, probably(?) because […]

Recon has been a sort of equivalent of a doom scrolling habit for a long time for me. I use the website and not the app. When bored, I would refresh to see who is online now. Oh same people, big surprise. Refresh in 5 minutes in case something changes. And so on. With the recent changes and […]

I often talk about how I disagree with the mainstream definition of the word "family." You know, the one referring to the people you happened to grow up with. It's bullshit. Family are the people you *want* to keep close in your life. Doesn't matter if you grew up with them or not. 1/

... renaming my git "main" branch to "daddy" for Pride Month

`npm install -g vast-unfathomable-attack-surface`

OK y'all, this Pride post isn't Welsh but I recently learned about the TTRPG Cottagecore Goblin Lesbians Destroy Capitalism and I had to share it cos what better way to celebrate Pride than with super Queer anticapitalist gaming?! It's free / pay what you want: https://digthezig.itch.io/cgldc […]

You get there in several ways with very different words but at the end of the day there's a framework trying to explain that sentience sits on top of a rabid animal we can never conquer or separate ourselves from and there's a path to peace and coexisting with that animal!

Thinking about the time I showed my straight best friend the video for Kylie's Come Into My World, and his strangled gasp of "Four Kylies!"

Given I largely post about rats and kink, I'm just going to say I've got boys lined up for the cage at home and leave it there.

How do people get started in tabletop war-gaming when figurines are expensive? It would be well annoying to buy a set and discover you don't like the game very much! Are there official sets of cardboard tokens you can buy for trying out the game?

RE: https://mastodon.social/@cmconseils/116703013357621630 The marxist concept of alienation in a meme.

Owning a property is a low level intro to Cthulu geometry as you slowly stop believing in such things as flat surfaces and right angles.

I managed to make someone using The Robot to post a PR review praising my implementation of "the_wafussy"

It occurs to me that Muppets are the anti-AI. AI personas look real, but have no soul. And, despite being made of complex technology, they generate uncanny valley reactions, when they’re visual and not just chatbots. Whereas Muppets look fake, but they have all the soul. They’re made of simple […]

The amount of propaganda bots trying to sign up lately is bonkers. The fediverse feels like it’s becoming a battleground for information warfare. Be safe out there