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in reply to Joseph Teller

Thank You Everyone For All The Well Wishes. We did our best to relax an enjoy the Day.

in reply to varx/tech

@varx I suspect they think they have those slow, ground based human things well trained.
in reply to David de Groot 𓆉

Beautiful birds ❤️ We get a lot of lorikeets and sometimes Rosellas, but never really see King Parrots in my part of Melbourne.
in reply to Becinator

@artdragon86 They are indeed. The lorikeets sometimes come down to the veranda, but mainly stay in the treetops. We sometimes get Crimson Rosellas coming in for a feed, but the Pale-headed ones stay in the trees and have no wish to socialise with humans.
in reply to David de Groot 𓆉

Greedy bugger, gets hand fed but wants the other pile as well lol
in reply to Paul

@PaulfromOz Yes, they're very much like that, all of them. There's usually one that is bottom of the flock per se, but they all have a go at each other initially, or when the seed piles are getting low.
@Paul


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@manton always seems to hit the nail on the head.



I have posted another excerpt of my draft of Hiram Falls, my first novel written in what is now my Third Life. I'd love your thoughts, subscribe if you wish (it is free). Here it is (text AND audio): geoffreygevalt.substack.com/p/… (To make full sense of it, you may have to read this first: geoffreygevalt.substack.com/p/…)

Mostly, though, I'd love your thoughts. Feedback is so important at this stage.

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Geoffrey Gevalt
@injenuity you're awesome. thanks.
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@injenuity yes. I live in Vermont and the novel takes place in a made-up place in northern Bermont near the Canadian border.


Who wrote this paper? "A Pedagogy of “Small”: Principles and Values in Small, Open, Online Communities" prism.ucalgary.ca/bitstream/ha…
in reply to Kate Bowles

I wanted to let you know I'm officially off Twitter and I am indebted to all of you (in the early Twitter days) for helping me in my then-project, Young Writers Project. Your knowledge, willingness to share and help were greatly appreciated.
I look forward to further interaction here, even though I've drifted from YWP & am doing my own learning while doing: a novel. (It's with the editor.) Sorry for hijacking the thread. Laziness.


Well, it's Mastodon for me. Today I deleted my Twitter account. The explosion of vile posts following the takeover by the billionaire was more than I can abide. I was an early adopter. Had an account for Young Writers Project when T. first launched. But it's outlived its usefulness. I prefer civility. I hope to get to know you all better now that I'm back.
in reply to Geoffrey Gevalt

Welcome (back?) to the #fediverse. I've not been on Twitter since like last week or so, I can only imagine the drivel.
in reply to tiny horror 👁️

@strange_aeons thanks so much. dreary. best way to describe it. Glad to be done with it.

And how are you? Are you writing much these days?

And, yes, do share some of your stories from the past...





new favorite thing: scenes from children’s movies set to deeply intense music

yewtu.be/j2cayyQlNBE



Hay un sábado de común denominadores #476 🙌

Compartimos las lecturas recomendadas de octubre para seguir reflexionando sobre tecnocapitalismo, precarización laboral, metaverso, Silicon Valley y crisis climática, entre muchos otros temas.

➡️ sursiendo.org/2022/10/hay-un-s…




Indonesian, chiptune boomer shooter?

Yes please!

store.steampowered.com/app/210…

#chiptune #boomershooter




I commented that I would frame and put on a wall one of my friends Thuan Nguyen's ink sketches for Inktober, it was sooo cute...and guess what? He sent it to me! Desmond insisted I include him in the photo. Here the sketch is framed. Amazing, amiright! It's now sitting on one of my bookshelves. Thank you, Thuan!


Working on the Tardis repairs today. First foot done. Pretty happy I managed to cut and weld four pieces of angle iron together and it is still square and not warped.

Only 7 more to go.

#metalwork #fabrication #tardis

in reply to David de Groot 𓆉

Four done now.

But guess who ordered exactly half the amount of steel needed for these caps?

If you guessed Me, you’re right on the money.



twitter didn't like that i said something mean about their new chief twit, guess it's time to look into other options


Bird site Elon Musk analysis

Very interesting thread on Twitter and the Musk take over, by one of the founders of Reddit. Worth your time, even if I don't agree with everything that is said.

nitter.snopyta.org/yishan/stat…

Hat tip to @quota_atypique





Bard College campus is spectacular and the Performing Arts Center (pictured below) is out of this world! Fisher Center designed by Frank Gehry

fishercenter.bard.edu/about/th…

in reply to Violeta

This year I saw the film the African Desperate and it has become my frame of reference for thinking about Bard and other small liberal arts based schools. I recommend it: imdb.com/title/tt17048276/


Have folks stumbled across this company producing air quality monitors before? I like the business model of open source designs and easy to purchase build kits:

airgradient.com/open-airgradie…



A position in infinite chess with game value $\omega^4$ | Joel David Hamkins

jdh.hamkins.org/a-position-in-…



An open-source browser with P2P tools and something interesting as a bonus!

news.itsfoss.com/impervious-br…

#OpenSource #Decentralized



OVH will raise their prices too.

So not only our local economy is fucking me because of dollar price, but also OVH is fucking me with their price increase.

Would you mind loaning me some of your lipstick, ovh cloud? invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watc…



A Disturbing Descent Into The Mind Of A Mad Man

youtube.com/watch?v=k35uDHs7Z9…



In other news, Mastodon has some interesting trends 😅


I'm not crying...you are!
youtu.be/Lrkdjz-oEi4




in reply to Muse

Yes. My daughter's cat loves to have his belly rubbed and does not attack!



Whenever we add services they will be added to f.sb since a.sc is used for our Mastodon.

Current Services:
invidious: invidious.f.sb
nitter: nitter.f.sb
rimgo: rimgo.f.sb
teddit: teddit.f.sb

matrix: element.a.sc/
mastodon: a.sc/

in reply to pom

Cool, another fellow self-hoster 😂 ❤️

I recommend to use status page to monitor the downtime of them 😛


in reply to Userd503

@userd503 I can highly recommend Ooni. Well made, heats up fast (15-20mins) and uses a tiny fraction of the wood I’d usually use in the beck pizza oven.

(Also works on lpg or bbq charcoal)


in reply to Esmail EL BoB :dinosaur:

Well, the exam will take place on oxford. And UOPEOPLE sent me username and password to login but what to know, for whatever reason simple login (auto) disabled some of my aliases including my uopeople email address, and now I'm locked out of the exam crying out loud






Ah, NSA. youtube.com/watch?v=7gRsgkdfYJ…

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