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2026-07-15 01:04:50 UTC

RE: https://mindly.social/@MarkOnArt/116896955506401405
I've been enjoying Mark's art for some time now and look forward to the day when I'll have a place to put some. Really lovely and lively pieces! Definitely follow for some good timeline energy.
#note1jqs…73v0

2026-06-29 14:18:01 UTC

RE: https://journa.host/@msfreepress/116833695551668329
This is a euphemism for unaffordability, isn't it? I can't run for office because I need to make a living and feed my family.
#note16lk…sel7

2026-06-27 17:43:20 UTC

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Huge thanks for this. When I was in crisis over a two-year loss of photos (recovered, whew) I couldn't find the sort of backup solution I was looking for and went with photobucket just to hurry up and backup. This looks much better and am getting set up now.

2026-06-19 13:25:24 UTC

I'm in this house cooking in my own juices because THE GODDAMN THERMOSTAT CRASHED WTF INTERNET OF THINGS HELLSCAPE!!!!

2026-06-14 18:12:26 UTC

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I'm working with a storage unit in town with southern exposure but a concrete floor, where the buckets of paint are. Maybe being on the floor will help. 🙏
The pictures and bed linens and cleaning supplies are in a studio shed, but it's shaded. 🙏 Sigh. I can't do anything about any of these. I just got free of climate controlled storage. It's expensive and I'm still unemployed.

2026-06-14 18:02:35 UTC

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FFS. They just described EVERYTHING I have in storage. There's no "indoors" I can put stuff.
Actually my musical instruments are in the house, but it also has no air conditioning. No point in trying to move paint etc. in too. No space anyway. I'm screwed.

2026-04-19 00:16:17 UTC

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"IBM did not sell any of its punch card machines to Nazi Germany. The equipment was leased by the month. Each month, often more frequently, authorized repairmen, working directly for or trained by IBM, serviced the machines on-site-whether in the middle of Berlin or at a concentration camp."
Holy crap.

2026-04-04 23:13:36 UTC

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I got laid off last June and converted my personal computer to Debian shortly thereafter. I'm partially afraid of getting hired because I may be required to use Windows again.

2026-03-15 16:03:32 UTC

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Bedbugs.
I would line dry 100% of the time except my dad's house has a perennial bedbug problem. Dryer heat kills the eggs. Plain air drying does not.
So that's a caveat. I myself prefer lines and racks.

2026-02-25 16:27:23 UTC

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Behold the power of distraction. Somehow I put that whole sprig in the wrong place.
#WIP #CrossStitch
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2026-02-25 04:31:51 UTC

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#WIP #CrossStitch
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2026-02-25 03:57:38 UTC

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#WIP #CrossStitch
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2026-02-24 02:07:54 UTC

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#WIP #CrossStitch
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2026-02-23 18:56:25 UTC

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All fixed.
#WIP #CrossStitch
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2026-02-23 18:06:10 UTC

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Whoops, made an error. That last n has to come out.
#WIP #CrossStitch
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2026-02-23 15:59:17 UTC

New #WIP #CrossStitch
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2026-02-09 21:50:33 UTC

RE: https://cupoftea.social/@Dodo_sipping/116042569617163303
I hate misleading headlines.
It's still an interesting article, but one road in one city in Denmark is trying red streetlights.
#note1x0j…dl7k

2026-01-27 16:06:47 UTC

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It's still below freezing and the wind is picking up, so I expect more branches down before it warms up.
#IceStorm #WinterStorm #MSwx
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2026-01-26 23:19:17 UTC

Close call!
#IceStorm #WinterStorm
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2026-01-26 03:15:10 UTC

If you haven't tried filters on Mastodon yet, but you like content warnings, you might not know that individual filters have a "hide with warning" option that makes the post with the keyword look exactly like it's been CW'd.
I really like it. For instance, I put all my politics keywords in one filter so that on days I have cope, I can reveal each one if/as I'm feeling it. And on days of no cope, scroll on by, untouched. If I run out of cope, no problem.

2026-01-22 17:10:11 UTC

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For real life. And every member of a support crew themselves needs food, lodging, safety for their family. There is plenty of good work to do that isn't being the hero.

2026-01-22 16:59:21 UTC

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For every Luke Skywalker, how many other folks are carrying supplies and rendering aid. I don't have to be the one in the X-wing to be helpful.

2026-01-14 19:10:53 UTC

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Rage. Rage. Rage.
Just who is on whose land here?!?!?!

2026-01-14 01:44:26 UTC

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At the US-80 stop I asked if they were looking for DUI's and after a pause the officer said yeah.
At the 49 West stop I asked if a prisoner had escaped (because we got three prisons in this town). The officer said, no, this is just something they do from time to time to keep everybody safe.
At the 49 East stop I asked if ICE is coming and the officer asked me if my tags were up to date or is this a rental car.
#acab

2026-01-14 01:40:36 UTC

Mississippi law enforcement is doing something today. In one day I got stopped three times to show my license. They were stopping everybody.
Once on US 80, in between Jackson and Pearl, over by the I-55 interchange.
Twice on US 49 North of Yazoo City, once on 49 West where it joins East and once on 49 East at the Chemical Plant.

2026-01-03 23:26:14 UTC

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I like to pair this one with Mystery Men as a double feature. They feel cool together.

2025-12-27 17:31:46 UTC

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I presume you already tried recordings of cats hissing. Or canned compressed air.
I wonder if GooGone would work as a repellent. The cats I've had considered the smell of oranges thoroughly disgusting.

2025-10-20 18:00:19 UTC

My local library has started a seed library!
They already created a tool library.
If you think this kind of thing is only for affluent or leftist places, let me assure you, if our poor town of 10,000 in a poor, red, Southern state can do it, your town can do it too.
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2025-10-10 19:42:41 UTC

Alas! I didn't know that the number 2 Link line was active yet in #Seattle. My transit collection is incomplete! Good thing I have time to catch it now.
I collect all modes of transit except for buses because they tend to be ubiquitous. In most cities, I collect electric trolleys, but they're ubiquitous here, too, so I can't.
I have not smelled any human urine in any of the rail stations in Seattle or Portland. I did smell cat pee at a bus stop but I don't think that counts.
#PublicTransit

2025-10-10 03:27:27 UTC

https://communitymedia.video/w/fGf8CiQxyv1SJTKdHXw85Q
#Seattle #PublicTransit #ferry

2025-10-02 02:56:37 UTC

Anybody gonna be in #PDX next Tuesday and/or #Seattle the following Thursday? Wanna help me prove these places exist?
Gonna do video chats and stuff in crowded public places.

2025-09-22 14:12:11 UTC

The protesters were at my church again last night. This is like the 4th or 5th occasion. It was a stunning display of weakness. They have no sign game. All their signs are commercially produced. They have no megaphone game. And their knowledge of the Bible is nearly non-existent.
Very weak, very sad.

2025-08-03 14:36:31 UTC

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Nice! Thanks!

2025-07-30 02:28:11 UTC

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Some really cogent points in the article, but the repeated capitalization of "white" is grating. Whiteness is anti-ethnicity. Anti-culture. It doesn't get capitalization the way Black does.

2025-07-27 15:49:28 UTC

Oi. I would like to follow all the #RepairCafe accounts. Besides Rugby and Barry, who else is out there?

2025-07-10 14:32:47 UTC

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I have at least two friends and a close family member who are this close to eating a bullet.
Not only do I need these people, selfishly, for my life. But we need these people. For society. For resistance.
Let's uplift them, not shove them into the abyss.

2025-07-10 14:28:38 UTC

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Think about whether this link is helping or hurting those who are resisting.
Will it take the wind out of their sails.
Some people get mad and fight harder, but a lot of people don't. Suicide risk is high right now.
Is there some other article that has this same news but in a format not engineered to freak you the heck out?
Being informed is important. Demoralizing people is not cool.

2025-07-10 14:26:32 UTC

I don't want to shy away from bad news. We need all the information, to be sure, to oppose usefully.
However.
My friends. My dear, sweet friends. When we share links to articles and videos that are panicky and terrifying, we do the opponent's work for them.
They want us panicky and terrified. They want us too demoralized to stand up.
I'm asking to think about these things before sharing links.
#antifa #ICE #NoKings #project2025

2025-07-07 18:34:57 UTC

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Squeeee!!

2025-07-02 23:09:15 UTC

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Like you, I'm currently in a special circumstance. My kids are occupying my house, so they are paying the mortgage right now, which is much less than the rent they used to pay elsewhere. I stay there sometimes and in my tiny house sometimes.
But for much of my adult life, housing was ~65% of my income.

2025-06-15 02:28:42 UTC

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AHA!
That explains the "Tits out, king down" sign I saw.

2025-06-14 13:30:32 UTC

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Exhibit A, the Great Green Wall you are talking about.
https://youtu.be/xbBdIG--b58 (tracking token removed)

2025-06-11 15:18:37 UTC

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Why am I talking about counties and towns, and not households and homesteads?
Because solo preppers do not survive.
Communities survive. Because community is one of the human species' evolutionary advantages.
Another one is relentless stamina, by the way. We hunt by making the prey tired through relentless pursuit. That's another topic. Also the plasticity of the infant brain. There are a few.
Western society tends to fail to lean into some of these. Rugged individualism is a dangerous myth.

2025-06-11 15:15:33 UTC

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Have you thought about highways and rivers? Have you thought about hills, mountains, and plains?
Who is in charge of Civil Defense? Do they already have plans on file?
Has everyone had first aid training?
4/7

2025-06-11 15:13:48 UTC

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You are looking at a Red Dawn scenario, but it's not just about fighting, it's about feeding. It's about water, clothing, shelter, child care, elder care, education, all of that.
Have you prepared for this? Can you prepare for this now?
3/7

2025-06-11 15:12:36 UTC

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Thought experiment #2:
Imagine that an invading nation is set to come over your county line and occupy your county. How do you protect your people?
2/7

2025-06-11 15:11:32 UTC

Thought experiment #1:
Imagine that the world outside your county line has ceased to exist. How do your people survive and thrive?
1/7
#resilience

2025-06-04 17:01:25 UTC

Welp, I just got notified my last day is Friday. Now looking for a new #remote role in #TechSupport #CustomerService #EnterpriseSupport or related roles. Front line or leadership roles, I'm great in both. I've managed more than 60 direct reports at a time with excellent results. Dependability is my brand. Assign it and forget it. It will happen on time, under budget, exceeding expectations on quality. Highly skilled at de-escalation and knowledge management. #FediHire #GetFediHired

2025-04-13 14:15:54 UTC

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I would l live a house built like this but would never be able to afford it. It would take at least 3 or 4 times the amount of money a stick-built house would.
Some people are pioneering (re-pioneering?) better construction methods with rammed earth, hyperadobe, etc. but building codes are created around wood framing so it's hard for other types to even be legal.

2025-04-07 22:37:17 UTC

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Even the gift link is demanding account creation. Gift links no longer rule, I guess.

2025-03-20 15:04:00 UTC

Things you can say when people say, "during the pandemic" and mean some point in the past:
"Oh, during lockdown?"
"Oh, the height of the pandemic?"
"Oh, the worst part of the pandemic?"
"Oh, earlly days?"
"Oh, when it was still new?"
"Oh, before vaccines?"
"Oh, before RTO?"
And of course it's cool to follow up with, "Because the pandemic is still on."
#COVID #COVID19 #pandemic #ThePlague

2025-03-18 18:49:11 UTC

https://mastodon.social/@tofugolem/114184806081668462

2025-02-18 21:04:25 UTC

Two state highway patrol in normal uniform blocking highway 61 N approx. 1 mile south of Redwood, MS. Checking driver licenses.
#ACAB #cops #Vicksburg

2025-02-15 14:51:55 UTC

Today, while also working and keeping an eye on the weather, I'm attending Permaculture Institute of North America's Nursery Summit for 2025.
#Permaculture
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2025-01-31 23:24:54 UTC

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Give me consensus building, not majority rule.
Give me spokespeople, NOT representatives.
Give me councils, not legislatures.
Give me problem solving, not winning and losing.
Give me gift economies and mutual aid.
We already know it. We teach our children to share and to help. My dad remembers the good old days, whenever the well pump needed fixing, the neighbors passed the hat and got it done.
Neighborliness.
We know how to do this. We don't know we can do it completely.

2025-01-31 23:21:01 UTC

Please don't come to me with democracy. Democracy is majority rule and it inevitably leads to fascism every time.
No majority rule. No rule. None at all.
Give me #anarchism.

2025-01-23 05:31:56 UTC

Oh wow I've had this more than a year. Love it. Inspired by @npub1zvl…qckq it's a portable solar charging station.
#SolarPower #OffGrid #LowTech
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2024-10-21 13:14:03 UTC

Martha Wells should authorize a group of fans to produce The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon.
It would be mean to ask her to do the labor. And it's a camp project anyway, so they couldn't hurt it.
Somebody is already doing it, aren't they?
#Murderbot

2024-10-13 20:03:03 UTC

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🤣
Btw I did already order The Humanure Handbook because I've been wanting it for awhile.
I'm stocking up now because layoffs are coming and I won't have money later.

2024-10-13 19:55:00 UTC

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Ooh thanks!

2024-10-13 19:43:02 UTC

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I'm thinking about the secret stashes of books that survived the Dark Ages

2024-10-13 19:39:48 UTC

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Thank you!
I love the library but I also need to prepare for a time when it gets sacked.

2024-10-13 17:50:14 UTC

@npub1sh5…uyrq
Do you have a recommendation for a pretty good book about composting? I'm trying to beef up my physical printed materials collection. But I don't have a lot of space or dollars, so each selection counts.

2024-10-07 15:05:37 UTC

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My lungs are vulnerable and I can't keep spending one month per year on bronchitis and pneumonia just because I got any respiratory virus whatsoever that left me open to secondary infection.
Some of my masks are marked BAD LUNGS.
In my town, people rarely say anything about my mask, whether labeled or not. Other places, though ... sigh.

2024-09-25 16:09:36 UTC

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I need a Virginia buttonweed strategy. Every part of that plant propagates enthusiastically, and it makes trillions of seeds.
I love it. I truly love it. But it doesn't belong everywhere.

2024-09-16 16:46:56 UTC

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Happy birthday!!!

2024-09-05 14:13:39 UTC

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Chiang Mai, Thailand