Before and after today's work on our bathroom - sound insulation and framing for a shower niche. Next steps are drywall patching and a tub installation, then the tiling project begins... ...I haven't been able to bathe in my own home since October, and on […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

[US Politics] I've been using a line from this poem to #protest #Trump for years now. Prescient doesn't do it justice. Our actions today sew seeds for tomorrow, and collectively steer is towards the future we deserve. Believe your eyes. #FuckTrump #FuckIce […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Won't get time for a walk today, but the morning #frost on one of our ground cover #plants looked pretty. Reminds me of sugar on a holiday treat. Stay warm y'all. #nature #winter

Suggest you (a) read this, and then (b) send it on to all of your friends who have enough courage to understand that we are living under a Fascist President's regime right now: 🎁 […]

A cold day. A good one to remember the important things in life. Family. Friends. Health. ...and sometimes noods! Today's #UnsolicitedNoods include my usual #veggies (#broccoli, #kelp, #radishes, #scallions) as well as TWO kinds of #TinnedFish (#scallops and […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

...I can *totally* fit two packages of insulation in my #corolla. No problem at all. Plenty of room! #stonewool #diyadventures

"The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on earth." – Linji Yixuan Daily #zen #buddhism #yixuan #linjiyixuan

Anyone who has played #skifree has trained for this. https://mastodon.social/@JKrotkov/115945425273958889 #gaming #oldschoolgaming #windowsgaming #videogames

An edited image from yesterday's walk, beside the original. Keep your chin up, keep going. Cheers. #awalkaday #mindfulness #nature #fog

Good morning humans, how about some #UnsolicitedNoods up in dis feed? Nobody asked for them, and nobody expected them. They're here anyway. Hotter than the vents at an AI server farm. Steamier than Trump's fantasies about Putin. Noodlier than... I dunno […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A fun little #cooking related thing to share... When you cut the bottom off of a #babybokchoy, it looks like a pale #rose! #bokchoy #vegetables

I put together a #playlist of every #qobuz song I could find from the #fallout franchise. ☢️ Wasteland Radio ☢️ by dicenbuttons on Qobuz https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/53571581 Qobuz is pretty neat, y'all. Enjoy. #videogames #music #retromusic #atompunk #wasteland #jazz #swing #bigband […]

Feeling a bit tired today. A bit slow, a touch methodical. Chilled dew lit up the spiderwebs though, and I spotted both a birds nest fungi and an actual bird's nest! Nourishing discoveries, both. Cheers friends. #fungi #birdsnestfungi #mushrooms #mosstodon #moss #birdsnest #awalkaday #nature #pnw

Sharing few photos from today's walk through the crisply cool sunshine. A comfort in dark times. Stay safe out there today, fellow respirators. I've apparently developed a sinus infection, which sucks and blows, and which limits my ability to suck and blow […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Another dangerous criminal brought down by heroic ICE agents. https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-st-paul-chongly-scott-thao-saly-hmong-us-citizen-arrest

In New York, USA. 🇺🇸

Following up my earlier flying squirrel video with another clip from my mom's security cameras. She heard a cat last night (as the temp dropped below freezing) so she left out some food and a warm box/bed, just in case... ...she got #raccoons instead. Which […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Good afternoon friends. Love the way the steam catches the light. May your days be steeped in mystery. #tea #silentsunday

Two photos from today's walk. A neat shelf fungi (there's a puddle on it, which I didn't see often) and a VERY ferny rock. #awalkaday #ferns #mosstodon #FungiFriday #fungi #fungiverse #nature

Good morning humans. Saw a pretty tree the other day and had to exorcize this idea from my head, so I made a thing! There's a fine line of perspective between appreciation for what is, and grief for what may be. Keep your mind in the present, to help steer […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Neat little pasta-shaped #mushrooms encountered today. Cheers chums. #awalkaday #fungiverse #fungi #mosstodon #lichensubscribe #nature

[US Pol, Greenland, Trump] Trump says that nobody will go to war over a tiny country like #greenland and that the United States can therefore do whatever he wants there. History disagrees. #ww1 had several causes, but the most immediate was the assassination of Austrian #archdukeferdinand by […]

This morning's #commute felt a bit too real. At least I wasn't alone. #funny #officelife #goodmorning

I think we all know what this country needs... #UnsolicitedNoods! ...and also less fascism. But today I can offer only noods. This morning's #ramen is joined by #kale, #broccoli, #avocado, #kelp, a tiny #radish, #sardines, and #scallions. Keep your chin up […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

@dicenbuttons That is a good looking ant hill. Are you in Europe or out west in the US? It's a little odd for them to be this active in winter, but if there is sun they will go out and try to warm-up. They do this thing where they sit in the sun and get warm. Then go deep in the nest and get […]

The big #anthill I pass on my lunchtime walks is coming to life! (for size reference, the hill is somewhere between 4 and 5 feet tall. I don't check it daily so it's possible that I'm late to catch on, but this was the first time all winter I've seen […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

My mom set up a little camera at her house for birds and such - we're pretty sure it picked up a #FlyingSquirrel the other night! Too late/dark for regular squirrels, and the tail isn't right for a rat. #nature #pnw #NorthernFlyingSquirrel #GlaucomysSabrinus […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Treecreeper #nature #birds #wildlife #photography #naturephotography #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #uk #birdscrolling

Happy Friday chums! Yesterday's #BirdsNestFungi post was one of the most popular posts I've ever had since I started doing my #awalkaday things. So today I went back to that log again to get y'all some more of those #fungi. Cheers, and stay safe out there […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

This is kind of wild, and more than a little concerning. Some #alaskanwolves in recent years switched diets (no deer on their island) and started eating #seaotters. The levels of #mercury in their bodies spiked, HARD, and these scientists suspect that it's due to mercury released by melting […]

Hello humans, hope you're staying warm and safe. Spotted some #BirdsNestFungi on today's walk, each about the size of my smallest fingernail. Also some neat #lichen on a rock. Sometimes just taking the moment to appreciate the little things can be an act of […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

It takes a Canadian pundit to nail it down this well: Occam’s kazoo: When it comes to Trump’s behavior, the most plausible explanation is the stupidest.” https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-trumps-behaviour-most-plausible-explanation-stupidest/?intcmp=gift_share

Spotted several new (to me) #fungi on today's walk. Haven't seen a puffball like this in years, and the standing pale #shroom is enormous! Trails were soggy, but the surprises are worth the squelch. #awalkaday #fungiverse #nature #lichensubscribe #mushtodon #pnw #mushrooms #mushroomsofmastodon

The year's first Monday, come and gone. Today's walk featured a couple neat little fungi friends under a pale sky. Love where I live. #fungiverse #lichensubscribe #nature #awalkaday #pnw #fungi #mushrooms

"Nobody today is normal, everybody is a little bit crazy or unbalanced, people’s minds are running all the time. Their perceptions of the world are partial, incomplete. They are eaten alive by their egos. They think they see, but they are mistaken; all they do is project their madness, their […]

Hey look, an audible photo! Stay warm out there humans. #awalkaday #goodmorning

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/30/ai-pull-plug-pioneer-technology-rights Scary read. Worth your time. #theguardian #technology #ai #fuckai #canada

#UnsolicitedNoods anyone? Today's bowl of tasty features the usual culprits: kelp, kale, #scallions, an egg and #sardines. Went out into the yard to pick the #kale, which was mostly frozen (pnw winter troubles) but it thawed right out on the cutting board […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Stopped at the #SelahCliffs on the way towards holiday visits this year, the #bridge was gorgeous AND there were cool #lichens! #pnw #nature #washington #easternwashington #awalkaday #lichensubscribe #lichen

@TheCrossCulturalNerd So I've gotta ask - you've played a fair bit of Tales of the Shire by now... what do you think of the game? I was super excited for it, but turned off by the bad reviews it got around launch. It is fun? What's the replay value like? Do you still laugh/enjoy it after 6+ hours?

Love this. What a life! https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/22/betty-reid-soskin-death-national-park-service

Saw these in the grocery store today for the first time. ...why is 2025 the year of #Shaq gummy candies? What even is this?! I almost bought them in tribute to their nonsense alone. Nothing against #ShaquilleONeal, I just don't get why this is happening now […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

All national cuisines are myths: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/15/myth-traditional-italian-cuisine-food The “Italian” cuisine that conquered the world was not the one Italians carried with them when they emigrated. They had no such cuisine to carry. Those who left Italy […]

[My cat is deeply strange] Happy #Caturday from Gobbo. We keep Dubia roaches in a little box for our lizard; they like egg crates. #GoblinTheCat LOVES the smell of those egg crates. He tries to crawl into the bug box and often knocks it over. Sometimes we […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

I cross this small creek on my lunch walks, but I don't think I've ever seen it quite this active. About a foot higher than normal (usually it's a slow 6-inch brook) and looking VERY lively. #awalkaday #pnw #rivers #streams #creeks #nature

"[I]f you think of unregulated social media as dangerous drugs, as you should, then we’ve become a nation in which drug lords control much of government policy. Social media billionaires have enough power to prevent us from protecting our own children. They have enough power to dictate U.S […]

My brother in law saved a doggo's life yesterday. Dude is a hero. Super proud of him. https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/dog-rescued-from-narrow-crevice-in-roslyn-after-7-hour-mission/article_81d19387-f451-43a0-8399-96188a2c315b.html #dogs #pets #pnw #animalrescue #goodnews

[... melting fungi? Dunno, a CW seemed appropriate.] Four #fungi from yesterday's walk. The orange one was WILD. I'm not sure if it was dying or fruiting or what, but it appeared to be melting into orange slime. Super neat. #mushtodon #fungifriends #fungiverse #nature #pnw #awalkaday #mosstodon