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dansup , 1 month ago to random

The new @pixelfed app is vibes 🔥

New pixelfed app

ElleGray , 1 month ago to random

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futurebird , 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

Is it "unjust" and "mean" to not let Pica lick (but not even eat) my mozzarella sicks?

Facts:

1. She has done this before
2. She won't even eat them, just mouth them.
3. She has a strong opinion about doing this.

futurebird , 1 month ago to random

She likes to rest on this bookshelf so she can look us in the eye when we exit the shower.

She peers around the door frame. Two triangle ears and a little plaintiff face.
My husband peers around the door and he and Pica are eye to eye in a staring contest.
Pica won. She sits front paws neatly draped in front of her queen of the bookshelf.

ElleGray , 1 month ago to random

so. in January I was in a bad car accident. fractured spine, ruptured discs, cracked pelvis, broken arm. last 4 months have been v hard. tonight though I'm going back to my adult dance class for the first time. I wasn't sure I'd ever even walk properly again so this is a moment for me. a good one

Ailantd , 1 month ago to random

#scifi #scifiart #spaceship #hopper

laurahelmuth , 1 month ago to random

Does anybody have a good term to describe people you used to respect who turned out to be horrible? Like Steven Pinker, J.K. Rowling, Richard Dawkins. It's like a milkshake duck but more consequential and even more disappointing

futurebird , 1 month ago to random

I just re-read Neuromancer for some reason and... I still don't really get it.

Though I'm not certain it's making any particular statement. The hero mall-ninja. The wasp nest of big money. It's like a bunch of dream images each with their own resonance rattling around in what would be unfair to call 90s pastiche... because to be fair to Mr. Gibson, he invented what was later imitated.

But, yeah. I still don't really get it.

ElleGray , 1 month ago to random

don't get me wrong, the rap battle is fun, but a fight between men named Kendrick Lamar Duckworth and Aubrey Drake Graham should really involve dueling with swords at dawn

futurebird , 1 month ago to random

You might think this meme from the cat internet is about shaming the second cat for being lazy... but if you do? You don't really understand cats.

This is a celebration of cat progress. Posted as a brag mostly.

tantramar , 1 month ago to random

The cat, at the back door, demanding to be let inside first thing in the morning.

I don’t have a cat. #caturday #earlyCaturday #CatsOfMastodon #ToeBeans #BeanShow

ElleGray , 2 months ago to random

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Ailantd , 2 months ago to random

Remains of a long gone exoplanet civilization.

Quick sketch with digital color overlay.

Left or Right?

#scifi #scifiart #alien

futurebird , 2 months ago to random

I still think they should change the name back to "The Department of War" I abhor euphemism.

ElleGray , 2 months ago to random

I always write in the present tense. It's the present, and I'm tense

futurebird , 2 months ago to random

There is this Fermi Paradox "solution" that's all about how it's not possible to create controlled fire on many planets. Too much or too little O2. Life that lives in water or other liquids has no access to fire. And the logic goes: no fire, no metal working, no technology, no space faring life.

But hold on just a damn min. Is fire the only way to heat metal to work it? Is fire the only way to control heat? Fire is a controlled oxidation-- but oxidation has many forms.

I don't buy it.

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tantramar , 3 months ago to random

“Vision Pro can’t save you from ants.” — @jsnell #AppleVisionPro #ants #NonSequitur

jeffowski , 3 months ago to random

Swedish warship Vasa, which sank in 1628. The ship was recovered from the ocean in 1961 almost completely intact. This is the most complete marine vessel that remains from the 17th century.
Photo: The Vasa Museum Stockholm

ElleGray , 3 months ago to random

the sphinx is awake and has thoughts

ElleGray , 3 months ago to random

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alice , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

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ElleGray , 3 months ago to random

This headline made me laugh out loud until I looked into those little black eyes and yep Derek's evil af

ElleGray , 3 months ago to random

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tantramar , 3 months ago to random

Late #caturday post. Pica sitting at the bottom of my stairs. October, 2017, sketch in black ink and Copic markers on Moleskine watercolour paper. #art #mastoArt #drawing

mjbdiver , 3 months ago to random

It's been five years since my Roxie crossed the rainbow bridge. I still think of her and miss her every day. #catsofmastodon

Ailantd , 3 months ago to random

Something is wanted by the Baron.
The Baron wants something.
Cake?
No.
Spice.

#Dune #harkonnen #Scifi #scifiart
From a fun online session.

SteveThompson , 3 months ago to random

"Fake AI images of Trump with Black voters circulate on social media"

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4507279-fake-ai-images-of-trump-with-black-voters-circulate-on-social-media/

"Trump has been courting Black voters, particularly Black men."

#GOP #Trump #race #AI #fake

futurebird , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

Did you have "sex ed" (sometimes called "health class") in school? Did it help you in any way? Hurt?

Which of the following apply (check more than one if needed, so if you had a multiple classes at different ages check both)

If I could change one thing about the education we had it would be to have more focus on the reality of rape and the nature of consent. These topics weren't addressed much beyond a cartoon version of bogey men jumping out of bushes and I think it left many unprepared.

tantramar , 4 months ago to random

Anyone posting “genocide Joe” gets a block. No time for Russian assets, no matter how noble or principled they imagine themselves to be; no matter Biden’s perceived shortcomings.

If you can’t understand how another Trump administration will be infinitely worse, especially for those you think you’re helping — or how every US president in living memory has likely met your definition of “war criminal” — then I’m out.

Disagree? Unfollow. I’m not interested in debating.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_idiot

futurebird , 4 months ago to random

Why do they make us do all that extra multiplying for (a+b)^2? FOIL? it's just a bunch of extra work. "show your work" ? I can do it in my head! (a+b)^2 is a^2 + b^2 And that's how it will be with me in charge.

FOIL is a deep state plot to add extra steps to homework!

(This is what Trump sounds like to me when he talks about countries paying us. And climate change... and everything. )

jbf1755 , 4 months ago to random

Hey folks:

If you head over to Instagram and go to Heather Cox Richardson's page or my page, you'll find the first episode of something that we plan to do regularly; we're two historians looking at the news.

This was our first stab. Watch for more! We'll announce new episodes as they appear. (Can't tell you how happy I am to be history-hanging-out with Heather again!)

#history #politics #news

futurebird , 4 months ago to random

Friendly reminder that, as someone who lives in NYC, in the South Bronx (represent!) and who works in Manhattan and Brooklyn ... nothing has changed in this city because of immigration. You'd need to send like half a million people here before we'd even notice, and we'd mostly like it?

More stores are open. I'm amused that outdoor dining continues and I hope it never ends (LOL suck it cars.) That's the news from da big city, ya'll.

futurebird , 4 months ago to random

I’m making some “fractions sensitivity training” warm up questions for grade five and six. Any particularly silly or subtle suggestions would be a big help. These are too boring.

A. How is 15min like $0.25?
B. How are three cat paws like 45min?
C. How is 12min like holding up one finger on one hand? .. or like $0.20?
D. How is one ant leg like 10 min?
F. How is holding up four fingers on one hand like 48min? … or like 8 dimes?

Ideas? #math #education #mathed

futurebird , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to random

GOP pollster Patrick Ruffini pretends AI generated photos show black Trump supporters registering to vote.

(ETA: no wonder he needed AI, the fictions compound. Black republicans? Republicans registering black people to vote? Black Trump supporters? It's all made up like the star on that "American" flag.)

(Look carefully)

futurebird , 5 months ago to random

If you want to grow your following, say mean things about mint plants, and flattering things about lichen. Mint plants will make your videos go viral.

because if you can't calm mint at least lichen subscribe.

futurebird , 5 months ago to random

This isn't a parody of Fox. It's just what it's like now. They have an 'FBI guy' on using words like "covert" ... and he implies some kind of sinister team has "turned" Taylor Swift making her... uh... (checking my notes) um... suggest that people vote? Diabolical!

(Can she sue them for defamation over this? They imply she can't think for herself and that she's tricking her fans.)

From the Majority Report.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RaDIGdf2sE

luckytran , 5 months ago to random

Millions have died and developed chronic illness from COVID. Millions have died and developed chronic illness from air pollution. Making sure our buildings have clean air isn't only a COVID issue. It's a climate justice issue too.

canadaehx , 5 months ago to random

On this day in 1860, Sir Charles G.D. Roberts was born in New Brunswick.
He was one of the first Canadian authors to gain international recognition.
He wrote 43 fiction books, four non-fiction books and a lot of poetry.
He died in Toronto in 1943.