I've set up a second Mastodon account as [email protected]. I don't plan to drop this one, but my activities here have gotten so news-driven and political that some days it was hurting my mental health. I'm a Creative at heart, and that's my joy. Hopefully JSteven will be focused more on […]

@ThorOfAsgard Whoops, and I meant to send that from the new account, not here. I'm [email protected] there.

@thorncoyle I'm finally here and trying to feather the new nest. Thanks again for your help. Forgive me for crawling through your follow list looking for suggestions to follow.

The crisis of our national black Sharpie shortage continues... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/24/justice-department-epstein-files-due-to-be-released #EpsteinFiles #trump #doj #coverup

I find it somewhat annoying how a lot of businesses close *before* Xmas nowadays. I'm writing in Fitzroy Library today, and hunting around for a nearby cafe that's open (why are cafes so terrible at updating their public holiday hours via social media?). #melbourne

This is how we should all file our taxes this year.

"We have absolutely nothing to hide," they shouted as they continued to eat and swallow the ripped pages. #nothinginparticular #itsfine

Traveling and feeling cat-parent guilt. Missing my Notty cat. #cats #caturday

I dislike the common practice of service workers (like hotel or restaurant workers or store clerks) calling me "boss." I'm not their boss, and they aren't slaves, certainly mine. I wish we lived in a culture that didn't encourage this kind of casual subservience of workers. #work #workersrights […]

For comparison, here's a multi-panel Xmas themed cartoon from 2017. "Real" Santa has by then been replaced by super-villain "Doctor Santa," punisher of the naughty. #webcomics #santa #christmas #actionfigures #minionsatwork

I'm digging into the near 20 year history of my "Minions at Work" photo comics, and found this single panel Christmas cartoon from 2006. I REALLY didn't know what I was doing back then, but I still think this is funny. Running the dialog as a bottom caption […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

The Trump balloon keep springing leaks, but so far, he has been an endless replacement supply of gas. But he's losing altitude, is dangerously low and -- oh, hell, this metaphor has crashed into a Waymo […]

LOL NBC Philadelphia: Man charged after using wife's Homeland Security vehicle to pose as officer: Police https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/man-arrested-impersonating-homeland-security-police-officer-washington-township-gloucester-county-new-jersey/4315707/

RE: https://flipboard.com/@npr/television-92nip7jgz/-/a-uc6oNyW5T8CsyPIWQtQldA%3Aa%3A3195441-%2F0 I didn't know Rob Reiner, but in the late 70s I worked at a theater he often visited, sometimes alone, but often with Penny Marshall (later married), and sometimes with Steven Spielberg. They all […]

If you make everything about yourself, you might just be a malignant narcissist. If you want a happy life, you might try spending at least some of your time doing things that make other people happy.

I got the The Archer archetype! https://mastodon.social/@jstevenyork/wrapstodon/2025/c078642a6d5b43ec #wrapstodon2025

Apparently Stratolaunch was flying their huge carrier aircraft over Mojave today. I've seen it up-close on the ground several times, but have never been lucky enough to catch it in flight. Cool videos. #aviation #stratolaunch #mojave #space #hypersonic #huge #roc #mojaveairandspaceport […]

RE: https://med-mastodon.com/@cbarbermd/115698510609875230 Already weakened by covid, inflation, tariffs, investor driven rents, unfair monopolies among suppliers, and mega-corporate competition, a slight breeze would be enough to knock most of them down. The only surprise is that more people […]

Actual recent Trump: Knocks down a third of the White House without notice or permission. Actual recent Republicans: "The Trump Ball Room is going to be the envy of the world." Hypothetical past Obama: "I'm thinking about making the White House drapes pink." Hypothetical past Republicans […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@ScienceScholar/115698583290708943 Mars is a dynamic world, and having eyes on station continuously allows us to learn a lot watching transitory events. That capability is hanging by a (hopefully sturdy for now) thread. #nasa #space #spacescience #mars #science […]

Hollywood Report headline: "Trump on Hosting Kennedy Center Honors: 'If I Can’t Beat Out Jimmy Kimmel in Terms of Talent, Then I Don’t Think I Should Be President'" We'll expect your resignation on our desk a year ago, Donnie. #jimmykimmel #trump #kennedycenter #notalenthack

RE: https://mastodon.art/@Nick_Stevens_graphics/115682800565793265 None the less, I can still see my house from here. (Actually I'm guessing, through I'm only a few miles from the 45 parallel.)

Just watched "Robinson Crusoe on Mars," a fave film of my childhood. Despite, dated, rubbish science, a bit of religious glurge toward the end, and a couple small but uncomfortable treatments of colonial and slavery references, it holds up surprisingly well […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Anyone else think that Mark Zuckerberg is just Temu Lt. Data? (I'd say "Lore," but Lore is more interesting.) #meta #facebook #zuck #startrek

China's Falcon 9 clone has a relatively successful flight until after reentry, where it may have lost an engine and hit the ground in spectacular fashion instead of a controlled landing. I don't see this as a major setback, and they got to orbit and the reentry seems to have been fine. More […]

Five minutes. You won't be sorry. https://youtu.be/gJxzhUAGBDw

I think we'd all be much better off in the U.S. if we'd just called guns by their proper name: "Murder sticks..." #guns #gunviolence

RE: https://flipboard.com/@thenewsdesk/top-stories-in-politics-mjjjoeffz/-/a-33TyF6w2RGGkN4vC-qadxg%3Aa%3A43591897-%2F0 REPEATING MYSELF ❝ the largest fleet and flotilla that goes unchecked for #drugs #guns #human #trafficking are the private airplanes and yachts of USA’s #techbro #finbro […]

#hegseth later added: “We’ve had a bit of a pause, because it’s hard to find boats to strike right now,” drawing laughter from the psychokillers in the room. Hegseth ended his remarks by praising #trump for having the #military’s back, including in supporting the boat strikes. #law #criminal […]

US Defense Secretary "Pistol" Pete Hegseth has his own Kristi Noem dog-killing autobiography revelation. Hegseth, in a book he wrote last year revealed that he told US soldiers in Iraq to ignore legal advice on rules of engagement in combat. Noem, the current head of the US Homeland Security […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@QasimRashid/115650386634171473 in today’s #alttxt #yaddayadda: ❝ "Michael and Susan Dell to Put $250 in 25 Million Children’s Accounts" The tech billionaire and his wife hope other philanthropists follow their $6 billion lead in expanding the reach of […]

DOGE has broken NWS alerts (shakes fist at sky) (not sure on the fix on my bots yet). https://www.weather.gov/idp/alertsdecom #weather #nws #broken #wx

Notty Cat and Susy Cat update. Notty has been on the bed the last two nights, and is getting braver about coming up in other parts of the day, though it definitely is still Susy territory. I've been giving them treats on the bed together (separate servings […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it). But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that

A historic event last night as, after 9 months inside, newest rescue, Notty Cat (L) climbed into bed with Susy (R) and my wife and I. Things were pretty chill for both kitties, and both slept at least some. Dunno what happened in the night, but nothing that […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Would his doing any of those things meaningfully help? Maybe not. But his failure to even act like he regards the lives under his command as being worthy of his time sends a very clear message.

A more minor thing, but one that still bugs me: Trump, for all his bluster about the shootings of the guard troops he sent to DC, has remained at Mar-a-Lago this whole time. He won't return to Washington until Sunday. He never returned to visit the bedside of Specialist Beckstrom before she […]

So back in 1944, a German U-Boat Commander named Heinz-Wilhelm Eck did exactly what US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth ordered US military forces to do - kill the survivors of a destroyed boat at sea. Now, as then, this is considered a War Crime. In 1945, Commander Eck was tried, found guilty […]

I've assembled the parts to do a major upgrade on my old Ender 3pro 3D printer. I've got a touch-screen display, a 32 bit main board, a BL Touch auto-bed-leveling kit, metal extruder (never had any problems with the stock one, but while I'm tearing it apart […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

I know I have an awl (maybe two) around here somewhere, and I can't find them. Really could have used one to scribe some thin polycarbonate sheet tonight for cutting. Used a box knife, and probably as a result, botched the job. The circle cracked out on the edges in several places, and since it […]

I was giving my cat Susy a few treats as a regular reward for her cooperation in letting me make the bed she sleeps on all day, and my hand came out of the bag with a big old brown lump the size of a marble. I assumed it was just malformed treat, and foolishly gave it to her. Guess it wasn't […]

My dad was a rep for Bell Helicopter from my childhood and teens. We traveled from contract to contract, lived many places, and returned regularly to Alabama we kept a house where my mom still lives. I spent SO much time in motels like this, even living in them for months at a time. I have as […]

New Comic Strip Found: Too Much Coffee Man by Shannon Wheeler Too Much Coffee Man - 2025-11-28 https://www.gocomics.com/toomuchcoffeeman/2025/11/28 #comicstrip #toomuchcoffeeman

Hope they don't have Over-The-Air (OTA) software updates. "This is your Captain speaking. Please ignore our loss of control as our software is updated and rebooted! 😬 🤪 ) NPR: Airbus calls for 'immediate' software upgrade to A320 aircraft Airbus on Friday […] [Original post on ai6yr.org]

"The aircraft manufacturer said in a statement it found the issue after an analysis of an incident involving an A320 plane found that "intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls."" #aviation #a320 #datacorruption

Air Data News: Incident involving a JetBlue A320 on October 30 may have prompted Airbus recall "An incident involving a JetBlue Airbus A320 during a flight from Cancun to Newark on October 30 may have prompted the global recall announced by the manufacturer this Friday, the 28th. The episode […]

Ants are very attractive! Here is a fashion show I made: https://sauropods.win/@futurebird/109542256435778823

RE: https://mstdn.social/@Mediagazer/115630497246458094 And here I was thinking this parade (which we always watched in my youth) might be going the way of dinosaurs and products that don't depend on the cloud, but here we are. I think people are really looking for something simple, familiar […]

Now, if I just ha good substitute for InDesign. I'd cut back to that subscription if I didn't use the fonts so much.