🐟 Idle new business thought for the day: Seafood restaurant called "Sofishticated" and all menu items are terrible puns. So far I've got "Shrimply Irresistible", "Prawn to be Wild" and "Just for the Halibut". If you're hooked on this idea, add your suggestions for the menu below.

Can #askfedi help solve the mystery of the rocks in our pool? For the last 2 weeks, we’ve found rocks like these in our pool most mornings. They are similar to rocks used decoratively in our backyard, but the rock section is far enough away that they aren’t just falling in. (1/3)

Iemand enig idee wat hier in mijn plant zit. Vol met wit slijmerige dotjes a 2 a 3mm.

Good tutorial in French explaining the features and benefits of Hetzner's Storage Share service, a cloud storage solution that integrates with Nextcloud, a popular open-source file management platform. From just €4.29 per month, you can get your own Nextcloud instance as an alternative to […]

In 9 days new bills arrive for the servers, media storage and emails send At this moment I am still a massive 660 euros short for this month (estimate) and that worries me a loot.. 😟 If you can and would like to help me out in paying these bills you can so via: https://paypal.me/stuxOS […]

Fresh air! #LeoniekeDoesNotNeedMoreHobbies #LTAACreations #Sewing#LTAACreations#FiberArts #PatchWork #Quilt

Lopen jullie zaterdag ook mee? > Op 18 mei trokken we massaal de Rode Lijn door Den Haag. Met ruim 100.000 in rood geklede mensen vroegen we het kabinet-Schoof een duidelijke rode lijn te trekken en daadkrachtig op te treden om de genocide in Gaza te stoppen. Niemand kon om ons heen. Maar […]

I'm impressed that #startrek #ds9 was only about nine months and half a state off in their prediction about the Bell Riots. I'm still holding out hope for their Irish Reunification prediction. #losangeles #politics

Alles gegeven - Jacoba van Heemskerck & Marie Tak van Poortvliet > Marie Tak van Poortvliet (1871–1936) en Jacoba van Heemskerck (1876–1923) ontmoeten elkaar op jonge leeftijd in Den Haag. Hun ambitie, idealen en persoonlijke relatie – liefdevol, intellectueel en spiritueel – bewegen zich tegen […]

The more I learn about atmospheric chemistry, the more terrified and angry I am about satellite companies' blatant lack of consideration for how their actions will harm the atmosphere. I hope this gets a lot of press. Great work by a whole team of scientists, including @astrokiwi.bsky.social! […]

Ach jee, helemaal vergeten reclame te maken voor de open les van de Schrijversvakschool Groningen vanavond om 19:00 uur. Een aanrader. Ik ging een jaar of negen geleden, ben nu aan het afstuderen en heb er een geweldige tijd gehad. Voor fictie en non-fictie en alles ertussenin. Misschien kun je […]

Has anyone else heard more about the Taylor & Francis take-over of Amsterdam University Press? Is there a news item / statement by either publisher? #tandf #aup #takeover

"Michael Tolliver to his mother, 'Letter to Mama', from Armistead Maupin, 'Tales of The City'. © Armisted Maupin (read by Nathan Lane) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APyn8Otui_w #letterslive #totc

TIL: a baby platypus is called a _puggle_ :neocat_heart: > [...] puggle pacifying persperation Thanks, Sci Show! https://youtu.be/z1semqcAVos?si=CbLQ5lcrjWZvSfxr&t=454 #scishow #til

What's been lost... Entomologists from Krefeld, Germany, collected flying insects for two weeks in August 1994 (left) and—at the same site, with an identical trap— in August 2016 (right). Similar data from 63 German protected areas overall gave a shocking […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Medieval London Murder Solved: Priest Killed by Noblewoman’s Orders - Medievalists.net > The murder of a priest in 14th-century London is shedding new light on class tensions, ecclesiastical power, and noble defiance, thanks to fresh research from Cambridge University’s Medieval Murder Maps […]

UPDATE! Het treinverkeer van NS in heel Nederland wordt op 10 juni stilgelegd. UPDATE: All NS trains on Tuesday 10 June are cancelled.

You're probably wondering if there was a proud Dalek at Portsmouth Pride and I'm here to let you know that yes, there was a proud Dalek at Portsmouth Pride. #pride #LGBTQIA #portsmouth #portsmouthpride #ukpride #dalek #DoctorWho #Photography

Tip voor bezoekers aan Het Depot van Booijmans: eeg leuk, mooie opzet maar niet geschikt voor mensen met hoogtevrees. :neocat_angst: #niethelemaalmijnding #museumbezoek #depotboijmans

The passenger tunnel of Leiden Centraal railway station is deemed too small for the envisioned amount of passengers in 2040. In order to fix this, the tunnel needs to be widened by at least 10 meters. For this, the current station roof has to be demolished as the foundations are in the way for […]

Fellow sewists - A weekend retreat where I can learn the basics of pattern making, ideally located in Northern Europe. Does that exist? @sewing #sewing

My head atilltneeda to get used to the fact I have a long weekend ahead of me: back to work on Tuesday. :neocat_shadefingers:

I missed this roll of #Kodak200 from my #OlympusMju2. It's always in my jacket pocket, and when I'm out with black & white film and colour is called for, out it comes. I'm getting slightly better results now I remember to turn off flash in lower light frames! […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]

🧺✨ Wat krijg je als je een plek boekt op Tavern’s Market? ✨🪑 🎟️ Kleedjeplek – €2,50 Je krijgt een plek op het gras waar je jouw eigen kleedje kunt uitspreiden en je spellen uitstalt. 🪑 Tafelplek – €10 Je krijgt een tafel van 160 x 80 cm + een stoel. 📋 Aanmelden […] [Original post on dice.camp]

#fensterfreitag #dailyvenice #venezia #venice

Op de leeslijst: **Hoe verzet je je tegen extreem­rechts? ‘Durf radicaal te zijn’** > Met de val van een extreemrechts kabinet komt er geen einde aan extreemrechtse politiek. Daarom: 10 lessen over verzet tegen het polderfascisme van socioloog Jacob Boersema. ‘Links moet de aanval kiezen, met […]

Yesterday I upgraded my Mastodon instance to go from PostgreSQL 15 PostgreSQL 17. The whole process was so simple that it almost seems silly to blog about it, but I did it anyway, in case anyone is interested: https://blog.thms.uk/2025/06/upgrade-postgres-15-17-mastodon?utm_source=mastodon […]

Komen jullie weer naar Den Haag? Lopen we weer een stukje door de stad, maar vergeet niet iets roods aan te doen. 🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥 De Rode Lijn, 15 juni, Malieveld https://steun.vluchteling.nl/rode-lijn/ #derodelijn #denhaag

How politicians completely lose the connection with their voters. While the outgoing cabinet in the Netherlands is best buddies with Israel, the Dutch public without a doubt condemns the genocide that that country is committing. It give me a bit of hope for the future […]

A friendly reminder that #Mastodon is a free open source social network without ads and tracking! Admins like me pay all bills from our own pockets with support form the community❤️ If you would like to help me out in paying these you can so via: https://paypal.me/stuxOS […]

My son is looking to get into sewing machine repair as a business. There's demand for it up here. But search engines in 2025 are shite. Does anyone know any good resources? Things like old manuals, online communities, forums, wikis, YouTube channels. For example, he's got a 1928 Singer that's […]

"A busy, busy day at the airport."

The games by Maciej Targoni are so wonderful! I often play either Naboki, Zerko or Hook even though I have "completed" them more than once: it's very relaxing. NABOKI | Rainbow Train https://www.rainbowtrain.eu/naboki #feditip #naboki #games

Kijk, dit is een mooi voorbeeld van hoe je goede dingen kunt doen met AI. AI is niet alleen maar tekst en plaatjes uitbraken, er valt ook onder wat we “machine learning” noemen, wat gefocust is op analyse. (Klein draadje) […]

Dekbeddenadvies gevraagd! Hallo mastodonhuishoudenkenners, Heeft iemand ervaring met wollen dekbedden (al dan niet 4-seizoenen)? Ik slaap eigenlijk sinds mijn peutertijd onder donzen dekbedden, en het wordt tijd om een nieuw dekbed[1] te kopen. Wol trekt me ergens meer aan vanwege de manier […]

I am working on consolidation of all my virtual servers into a set up where it's all running at the same provider. One of my biggest worries is moving my mastodon server. Would Hollo work for me? Can I import my mastodon posts? Pffff What is Hollo? | Hollo https://docs.hollo.social/intro/

A fairy tale palace? Yes, some would argue ... The Peace Palace 🕊️🇺🇳 Home of the International Court of Justice, the Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague Academy of International Law and the Peace Palace Library. #DailyWalk #DagelijkseWandeling […] [Original post on pxlfd.fenslaw.nl]

Updating talk slides so you all get to be horrified along with me at the current Starlink numbers. There are now 7,652 Starlink satellites in orbit (>500 more than there were in February, when I last updated these particular slides). 2-3 Starlinks per day are burning up in the atmosphere […]

[NL politiek] In de herhaling: * Er is geen asielcrisis. * Nederland wordt niet overspoeld met/door asielzoekers. * Ons eigen politieke beleid heeft problemen gecreëerd in AZC's. #stemlinks #stemgroen #dagrechts

Gut, dit kabinet is gevallen; ze hebben niets nuttigs gedaan (hallo 130 km/u op de Afsluitdijk), maar ze zijn vooral trainerend gewerkt. Ook goed, ik ga me gewoon tzt weer aanmelden als stembureaulid om onze democratie vooruit te helpen! #stemtegen #stemlinks #stemgroen