@Kimberley I don't know about contacting Master gardeners but we fairly regularly use our local extension service office, most recently to help identify a caterpillar that has started damaging my citrus fruit. Helping people is definitely part of what they do! In OR they are associated with the […]

I’m not sure who posted the kitten video but it made us both laugh! Thanks we needed that!

#introduction My name is Elizabeth but please call me Lisa. I'm probably best known as the person who started the #safari and #webkit projects at #apple. You may think you know my deadname but... you don't. I've drawn underground comics, pioneered using a Mac for newspaper graphics and […]

What fresh hell is this? #winter #storm #humor #humour

RE: https://tech.lgbt/@Natasha_Jay/115803316954592617 It's time for a Guinness...

Sometimes, you just need to watch two Border Collies playing gently to be reminded that real life is about treasuring moments of joy. 😎 #dogs #BorderCollies

JOB: Research Scientist at Wikimedia "We’re hiring a Research Scientist strongly committed to the principles of free knowledge, open source, privacy, and collaboration to join the Research team. As a Research Scientist, you will conduct applied research on the integrity of Wikipedia knowledge […]

This piece cites 13 insightful pieces on Miller from this year, plus a bunch of other stories that mention Miller's pathologies (such as how he views the murderboat campaign as an opportunity to make Latinos look criminal). www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/27/w...

I have decided to create a small video support group for understanding humans. I would think it could encompasse both the neurotypical and neurodivergent. Also how this relates to culture, systems, sensitivities, and group think! recently I found a book around conversational styles so I […]

We did some cycling again. Very slow, but under clear blue sky! This time I tested recording when the camera was mounted on my new chest strap. I think I like it! I remember when I once said that I'd feel stupid wearing such a chest strap with the camera mounted, but - to be honest: I don't […]

On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me thoughtful and compassionate discussions, zero ads on my social networking platform, and a local first platform that's led by the needs of Welsh people and those living in Wales! That's why I donate monthly to @teamtoot […]

Walked through the cemetery before it closed just to feed the squirrels. The odd crow too because it's important to keep on their good sides. If you're wondering whether our walk back home will be via a pub or two then, well, we're already in one. #Photography #squirrel #cemetery

**And the winners of the Plushies are...** * I've created a list of everyone who boosted this post, removed all the bots and people who asked not to participate, ran a random number generator and got the following results: Dear @Erika and @fantasminha, you've each won a Mastodon plushie ^ ! […]

Can you name three songs that you love? 1. One song that is well known and loved by millions and yes you love it too. 2. One song tragically little known that many could easily love but, for now, loved only by you. 3. And at last one song that you know is hard to love: (too strange or corney […]

early #caturday with my grandcat Gerald, who is visiting for the holidays

"I have lived with several Zen masters — all of them cats." – Eckhart Tolle Daily #zen #buddhism #tolle #eckharttolle

Some people see me and say “ oh he’s fine he’s got that weird autism and seems normal. 🤔👀👀🫣” Mmmm… yeah I’m like a jet that can go 2-20 miles an hour variably then fall from the sky then have to use a parachute to stop. People are like “well at least you got a jet. You got a bunch going for […]

Here’s a bribe! Happy holidays!

Merry Christmas! 🎄 Here is the lid of a fourth century sarcophagus in the Vatican Museums showing one of the earliest depictions of the Nativity. flic.kr/p/itxcNf #Christmas #photography #BuonNatale

How did I wake up this morning fell out of bed and hit my head on a painting. Then went and gave mochi a bath for climbing underneath our tub and un our walls. Now cleaning the room and finishing Christmas cards and other tasks, laundry. Merry Christmas. The […] [Original post on ecoevo.social]

Hey Siri set a timer for one hour so I can remember to get a powerball ticket for my in-laws …. I wonder if they win they will share with me…wait I’m buying the ticket, we are partners right Siri ?

Again, kudos to the librarians for fighting book censorship, including age ratings on books, which would ultimately amount to book censorship with extra steps. Sure, have kids sections and adult sections, but if a kid wants to learn about something, let them do it […]

fund post offices and libraries damn it.

If you find the fediverse useful, don’t forget to support your instance (assuming they accept support). While the software is free, running instances is far from it. I am glad to be part of the community and want to see it continue on as a viable alternative. Thank you all for being here and I […]

I spent a lot of this year on boats. I really enjoyed it. I have perfected the art of propping myself snugly on railings of boats of all sizes, trying to take photographs of birds and whales. A tripod is useless on such a boat especially in the chaotic waves of […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

Ill Fix the posts in a second my internet connection is too laggy!

Hello Followers AND Friends, Asher has fallen on rough times.Asher is super sick has a systemic infection targeting all lymph nodes and needs and procedures and meds to make him comfortable. Myself and my family. Asher is the most affectionate cuddlers out […] [Original post on ecoevo.social]

Must actually be because the books I ran across earlier were "knitting and sewing" and filed with knitting around 746.432 and tailoring is at 646.2 -- why they are not next to each other, a mystery. #deweydecimal

View from my situation room / ‘fish tank’: Today we successfully launched the aquarium’s first public-facing service in the multi-year technology infra change that I’m leading. We helped thousands of educators book free field trips and lab classes and talks […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

I've finished reading RFC 9413: Maintaining Robust Protocols. It is a very important document, and I strongly recommend it to anyone developing ActivityPub applications. The robustness principle, also known as Postel's law, is simple and seemingly non-controversial: _be conservative in what you […]

Home of the Truck, Land of Unlogic!

> We invite you to submit your research entitled "Hurdles to open access publishing faced by authors: a scoping literature review from 2004 to 2023." for our "Journal of Quantum Physics, Agriculture and Biochemistry". We already published it in a journal. I am really wondering who is the target […]

There is a voice in my head that keeps saying "There is a concentration camp in the swamps of Florida." When I'm shopping for groceries. When I'm taking a shower. "There is a concentration camp in the swamps of Florida." Here is a tiny victory in a much bigger battle. There was a tension I've […]

Alaska should get on this. What could go wrong? 😸 #cats #catsofmastodon

A note on the tickets: you don’t need a pre booked ticket to get on the shuttle. It is usually not full. You can book online for $5 off ($60 otherwise). But you can’t book it on the same day. You can however bring $60 in cash and just wait at the pickup point […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

How I get to Monterey from San Francisco without driving: 1. BART to San Francisco airport (29min from Civic Center) #sanfrancisco #monterey #transit

Ok there’s a bunch of folks, I’ll find a spot and post more info by 9/12. Thanks!!

When I clean out clutter I forget about the things I never miss and dwell on the few things that I might need to find again. It's a selective bias in human memory and I can fight it and have more space and less clutter. *affirmations*

Let it eclipse And be made new. If the moon has Taught us anything, It’s that we will Shine again. #poetry

We need a "Children's Video Game Network" with sesame street philosophy but for games. Not creaky educational games. In fact, I don't care if they are educational as much as I care if they are of a high artistic caliber, thoughtful, fun and both free and free of advertisements. I'm not saying […]

There was a type of person in older multiplayer games who ran around spamming random emotes and voice lines over and over again. That's what having #tourettes is like but real. At least in my case. I'll give thumbs up at trash cans or traffic, pointing at stuff I am trying to figure out that […]

maybe the fediverse would have wider adoption if we had ActivityNightclub and ActivityCoffeeshop too

All my life I never thought I would witness a genocide to this scale, or a free country turns to fascism What time to be alive! Hugz & xXx

For pete's sake, @mozilla : if you want to measure whether the AI/ML features are worth a damn, put a big green "disable all AI in my browser" button on the version update screen and put some telemetry around how many people instantly click it. Just about everyone I know who has taken the 142 […]

A boo book? 😁 A ghost book? Yeah, I know, but I couldn't resist! https://earthstream.social/@owlsintowels/115093533403219253

find the marmot

tried to "bounce" today (@anewsocial) but it failed. Try again another day.