A walk up to and around the lake near Betws-y-Coed, Snowdonia today. A stunning walk with great views. We certainly earned a Welsh inspired tapas meal and Welsh cheese board. #hiking #Wales #photography

fML. I’m just back from #porthcawl #elvis. It’s another world, and you truly haven’t lived until you’ve experienced it. We were lightweight this year going early, leaving early, but that’s probably for the best. 1/n

Pay or consent advertising is coming the UK 👎 At the Newsmast Foundation we oppose this binary choice approach to advertising which will, without doubt, affect the most marginalised communities. We hope that the UK will follow the example of the EU and block Meta from actioning this change […]

A recent cartoon for @newscientist.com p.s. my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out now. Visit www.tomgauld.com for details

A whole #Somerset village showed kindness this summer - what kindness did you see during your holidays? “My husband and I arrived at a lovely village in Somerset and would be joined by our daughter and family for the week. On arrival, we were advised of local […] [Original post on kind.social]

What are you a fan of? 🎸 🏀 Whether it's sports, music, TV, or something else. It's human nature to be a fan. But here on the Social Web, it can sometimes be hard to find fan content, leading to many hanging around platforms like X for their fan content […] [Original post on newsmast.social]

I'll be updating https://jaz.co.uk/projects/orgs-using-ap/ - which is a database of companies and organisation self-hosting (as in, on their own domain) an ActivityPub service of any kind. if you know of any, please let me know.

Leaves are starting to turn over at @woodlandwatch Autumn beckons...

Help us get Monica’s gratitude to the mystery kindness superhero at the The Gate Clock! “I would like to say a very big thank you, to the lovely person who handed my mum's rucksack in to the bar of The Gate Clock Wetherspoons in Greenwich on Monday 15th September. We had left the pub before she […]

Fediverse Report 135 - This week's #fediverse news - @Mastodon#fediverselaunches paid hosting service for institutions - Gaza Verified is a grassroots initiative to verify Palestinians on Mastodon who need aid, and who have recently completed a 22k USD fundraiser […]

New video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UwZmLWo3Lc&list=PLd3xkCe4Xt99zbfxuaJX7gc9LfTHbKWIN I was very bad at point and click puzzles in the heyday of LucasArts, and I still am. Also it's been very hot today and my brain is refusing to brain. Also available on Peertube […]

Neighbours.

Offering up the #plushtodon to the lake deity for a bountiful federation.

A beautiful morning along the shore at Waterford harbour #ireland

Question for the Toot Wales folks - if I was to run a community here for students in Wales, how would you like that to work? I'm thinking a hashtag, #studentsinwales, and then maybe a weekly chat hour. Very open to ideas and suggestions! p.s. Folks outside of Toot Wales but studying in Wales […]

This little guy getting stuck in

Mae pobl yn ddiderfyn cyfareddol, https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3416349995278795035, #blipfoto, @blipfoto, 2025-09-20

10 awr o gystadlu gymnasteg acro (dawnsio disgo) yn #abertawe heddiw, ond rhwng y cystadlu dwi wedi sleifio drws nesaf i Amgueddfa'r Glannau (tro cyntaf ers blynyddoedd lawer) ac Amgueddfa Abertawe (tro cyntaf erioed. Dwi wrth fy modd efo amgueddfeydd lleol, ac mae arddangosfa dros dro da iawn […]

Welais i hwn yn y siop. Neis i weld yr enw Eryri yn cael ei defnyddio. I saw this in the shop. Nice to see the name Eryri being used.

Sunset on the Hudson River

We found the perfect ball of moss #mosstodon

It has been the honor of my work life to serve the people of Colorado as a professor at CU Boulder, and to have my colleagues' support—today, with a medal recognizing tenure. I'm wearing a sweater from my grandfather, an earlier Prof. Schneider.

‘Blueskyism’, Political Violence, and Open Social Networks Under Authoritarianism on how the last weeks have shifted the threat model for open social networks: from fighting platform decay to the threat of authoritarianism […]

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Trying my hardest to eat more healthily, shopping around for no added sugar, no fake sugar, high fibre granola bars with a bit of protein in them. Wow, the prices. Oatrageous.

Updated the Eagle Transporter in #nomanssky - I think I've got the proportions a little bit better and added some scaffold on the spine. Bonus interiors, bunk room and mess.

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Dw i wedi gwneud dau gilo afal wedi stiwio, gydag afalau o'r ardd Tŷ Cyfarfod Crynwr. Wna i'w roi fo yn y rhewgell, i gwneud crymbl yn y dyfodol. I've made two kilos of stewed apple, with apples from the Quaker Meeting House garden. I'll put it in the freezer, to make a crumble in the future.

I'm now offering a snapshot release of the Fediverse Schema Observatory database: https://observatory.cyber.harvard.edu/snapshots/ This is in advance of the impending release of the ActivityPub Fuzzer (see previous post in thread), which requires an Observatory snapshot to run correctly. It's […]

@jaz mine too! Helianthus helianthoides

You can also take part in our survey to help us take the temperature amongst the fanbase at this crucial point of the season: forms.gle/Kj7hD6wVzcVE... #ncafc 🧡🖤

#Defaidodon <3

Woodland sunflowers still going strong

We’ve got this sweet little patch of adorable miniature Asters just inside our deer-fenced garden gate. Had to share. #oregon #southernoregon #pnw #gardening #bloomscrolling

Ha ha ha, made my morning hope it gives you a smile as well 😂😁 (cw: slight #Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 swearing, you'll be fine though) youtu.be/uxf-1FadOp4 #comedy #Wales #Cymru

With less than a week to go, let's see which platforms are responding to the Annual Fediverse Survey To help make the graph readable, Mastodon, with 59 entries, is not included in the visual. Any platforms with only one response have been excluded (13 […] [Original post on mastodon.iftas.org]

Dysgu – Professional Learning and Leadership Education Wales - is seeking a new Chair 👩‍🏫 Closing date is 10 October, and it's remunerated at £256/day for 3 days a month https://boards.wales #swyddi #cymru

Fediverse Report 134 - this week's #fediverse news - @Mastodon#fediverseshows their quote post implementation, coming next week - @anewsocial 's Bridgy Fed makes it easier to see interactions to your post on other networks with a new DM feature https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-134/

I’ll never not be enamored with tiny trees. (It’s actually a bit or a problem, walking-pace-wise, whenever I take my camera to the forest on sunny mornings/evenings.)

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com p.s. this week I am on a USA/Canada tour with my new book. Details and preorder links at tomgauld.com

GOOD MORNING TWTERS! No seriously, it's far too early. The skies were pretty though, before the horror of today's weather kicks in! #sunrise

By all means, make yourselves at home, you cute, darling, tick-infested lovelies.

It's #fediforumfriday so I'll point out I and others will be presenting at a dedicated Fediverse track with twelve (!) presentations in one day at #sfscon in November. Hopefully our attendance will spur SFSCon into creating an account somewhere Fediversal... You can review the Fediverse track […]