My study of old #folklore gets more and more relevant to current-day affairs. Example: All of these narratives about "Things That Cause #autism " are basically recycled folk tales about #changelings . Right now, we are at the: "The child is WRONG somehow - the mother must have been careless!" […]

John Oliver hat 10 Minuten über #Bernd das #brot gemacht und erstaunliche charakterliche Übereinstimmungen festgestellt. 😂

"...art is the form in which spirits choose to exist with us here in this world." Malidoma Patrice Some, in his autobiographical book, Of Water and the Spirit. It is quite a read, and for those who want to read a non-fiction book that is also a fantasy story, an epic about beings and creatures […]

@dilmandila A pleasure to help. I participate in the Solarpunk node of XR (eXtinction Rebellion) in Spain, posting on their website and participating in their Telegram group. XR Spain hasn't taken on this project in its strategic plan due to its already overwhelming workload, but they're […]

@dilmandila It is kind of a game to change the "rules of The Game", to help us organize ourselves en masse in the process of uninstalling capitalism. The proposal is also explained as an Organizing System, a metaphor analogous to the Operating System. It's a creative way of conveying that this […]

Since the demographics on the #fediverse tend towards middle age, what are we doing for youth outreach?

I would like to officially announce that my household is now car free. My BF sold his car yesterday. The sweet life after cars starts now!

A lively and cool interview with me at Siggraph: https://youtu.be/hx3lnDHeqKs?si=KdC8P5-dIr7HUbcQ

A Little Egret seen at Brandon Marshes this afternoon #nature #birds #wildlife #photography #naturephotography #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #uk #birdscrolling

I think I will join in on #monsterdon tonight. I want to watch a bat-rat-spider monster in Mars.

@dilmandila It's great to see a solarpunk film project coming from Africa. I hope your film opens the minds of many people who have lost the ability to imagine that a better world is possible, and we can make it happen. Here's a project I'm working on that's similar to the theme your film […]

Fediverse! I need some help! I have a fellowship to go to Aotearoa New Zealand for a few weeks, and also an offer of an additional fellowship to give lectures around NZ. This is INCREDIBLY EXCITING!! ...but I have a lot of animals! And it's going to be […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

I get most of my feedback for my #blog on #mastodon these days, so I have added my mastodon handle to the article template. We'll see if this spurs more constructive conversations. ps: If you like a web page and the author provides contact details, spend a minute to drop them a line. They will […]

#Fensterfreitag #WindowFriday #photography #ticino

"The fantasy that wakes me up each morning is a smart phone-like device, which does not need a service provider to make calls or access internet, yet it is cheap enough that any peasant can afford." A blog I wrote way back in 2018! Enjoy the read. The trouble with Afrofuturism – Dilman Dila […]

normal websites: HOT SINGLES NEAR YOU fedi, for some reason: HOT SINGLES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD

On Sept 12 #nepal saw a new prime minister swearing in, and she was elected using Discord! That left me feeling prophetic for some of my stories, and the feature film I will shoot next year, is themed on direct democracy where every citizen is a parliamentarian they run the country using a […]

@dilmandila direct democracy by app, tjis is the way :ablobcatenjoy:

On Sept 12 #nepal saw a new prime minister swearing in, and she was elected using Discord! That left me feeling prophetic for some of my stories, and the feature film I will shoot next year, is themed on direct democracy where every citizen is a parliamentarian they run the country using a […]

https://eurweb.com/africa-just-built-its-own-internet-and-its-a-nightmare-for-google-and-the-west-watch/ Hell yeah 🔥🔥🔥 "Coupled with the African Digital Protocol (ADP), the CIX establishes rules for data sovereignty—ensuring that African data remains […] [Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]

Federation problems is just something we have to live with in the Fediverse. Federating has its pros and cons. I'm Swiss. We know these things. #switzerland #fediverse #justswissthings

So updates on #thenightdancer to which many of you contributed a few months ago. I should have finished it like at the end of July, but well, mocap really bullied me and I gave up on it. I've written something small about it on patreon. https://www.patreon.com/posts/on-finishing-and-139097498 […]

"Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes" -- #jimcarrey (It's #hootintootintuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.) #Humor #humour #funnymeme #marriage #marriedlife #husbands #wives #quotes

I feel like a prophet! Just catching up with news that Nepali voted a female president using Discord, after protests.... I've been writing sci-fi stories about direct democracy run via social-media type of apps since 2020, when the first short story was published. Other movements like the Arab […]

How the US broke world trade | GUEST COMMENTARY https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/09/11/china-america-world-trade/ "Singapore’s Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong has suggested a more inclusionary path: a “world minus one.” In this vision, if the United States opts out, the rest of the world could […]

A professor I had who, I credit for changing my direction in life, has an excellent op-ed in the Baltimore Sun about the new world order, global trade, and the U.S. position https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/09/11/china-america-world-trade/

This would never have happened during the Sylvester McCoy years. #doctorwho

I’m especially disappointed to learn there aren’t significant numbers of lesbians of any height, in dyker heights. Maybe they’re all over in Dykier Heights

Today, we’re ready to show you the upcoming quote posts feature in more detail. We’ve put together a blog post with examples of how quote posts will work on Mastodon, ahead of early access on our own servers next week 💬 Full launch to come, in Mastodon v4.5 […]

Jeez this article says 1 in 5 Australians aged 85-89 have dementia. An argument against living much past 80? Scary in any case. https://social.chinwag.org/@abc_bot/115195269875213472

For a moment I thought this image was a scene in a film like Brokeback Mountain or Moonlight https://flipboard.com/@aljazeera/sports-2eg6blgnz/-/a-vEPIECdvQ6S_IxZeuhQamw%3Aa%3A3199698-%2F0

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Explain!! 😻😆 OK! Here it is: The Japanese text (ネコ飛出し注意) translates to “Watch out for jumping cats” or more literally “Caution: Cats dashing out”. It’s a local road sign sometimes put up in Japanese neighborhoods where there are many stray or outdoor cats […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

As I prepared to upload films to my new peertube instance @[email protected] (old instance died so I set up my own) I came upon the first film I ever made, way back in 2006, and so I wrote a blog about the experience. Check out my monster, the first vfx I ever did 😁 […]

feeling jealous of Brazil for being a real country with laws that powerful people have to follow, and judges who are courageous enough to cast what must be a difficult vote. Bolsonaro gets 27 years in prison #news #brazil https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8xrqxk9p4xo

Sending peace, sunsets, and happy dogs.

#writerscoffeeclub 9/12. What kinds of love appear in your writing? Mostly unfound love, or unrequited love. A lot of my main characters are single people and are most likely struggling with relationships, or with loneliness, or with having to socialize with others. I can't remember which story […]

As I prepared to upload films to my new peertube instance @[email protected] (old instance died so I set up my own) I came upon the first film I ever made, way back in 2006, and so I wrote a blog about the experience. Check out my monster, the first vfx I ever did 😁 […]

Hey everyone, my wife is looking to join Mastodon, and I'm looking for server recommendations! She is: A mom who homeschools our kids, enjoys growing a vegetable garden, enjoys her pet dog and pet chickens & turkeys, loves playing Stardew Valley and Dreamlight Valley and the Civ games. She […]

I just added better analytics to one of our AR installations, and wow, in a day and a half we already had over 400 unique users. This mural is of Shohei Ohtani, which surely contributes to the popularity, but it's still nice to see that people are willing to […] [Original post on mograph.social]

Because everyone needs it, here's a picture of a rooster who has moved in with the 3 boy goats who have to be kept separate from the girls until breeding time. It's like their own little bachelor apartment, they all share their grain, and sometimes the rooster roosts on the goats!

This might be a longshot... but the fediverse might be the best place for me to post this and get the reply of fellow Linux friends. One of my kid's buddies found an in-the-box Samsung SM-T113 "Tab." Doing searches, I see it may be possible to put something like PostMarketOS on it. Anyone out […]

The "996" work concept is so ridiculous - a classic case of valuing quantity over quality, when it should be the other way round. And it you really did work 72-hour weeks and were able to retire early, what would you do? You'd have had no time to develop interests or friendships along the way […]

I wish people wouldn't share screenshots from other platforms here. They're inevitably little jolts of poison, something objectionable which I would prefer to not have seen. And they're hard to avoid because you don't know what the thumbnail is before clicking. Please don’t share screenshots […]

This isn't my sub-field of astronomy, but someone needs to give this conference 1000 internet bonus points for the best, most geographically relevant acronym, plus their logo is ADORABLE https://uwaterloo.ca/astrophysics-centre/geese-on-2025 GEESE-ON […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

The #vfx are pleasant! Or was it all practical? Now I want to see this production in a theater! https://beige.party/@CoachMark/115169026899561591 [email protected] - This is mind blowingly good! Too good not to share! Absolutely brilliant! Thanks again @OutOnTheMoors for bringing it to my […]

This is mind blowingly good! Too good not to share! Absolutely brilliant! Thanks again @OutOnTheMoors for bringing it to my attention again this morning. https://youtu.be/gbljPQbxtTQ?si=nbVOjrdd9FCOKpbx

The petrified remains of a troll, Hvítserkur rises 15 meters from the sea. Geologists would tell you that it is a sea stack composed of basaltic rock, but what fun is that? #photography #Iceland