2026-08-04T08:10:26+02:00 https://nostr.ae Pete Ashton https://nostr.ae/npub14g5nqsska5rejvm3yaryjkw0x7wyzlmqtwt73azwjs4mcfcgd4qsavkmty https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/109/370/719/590/741/069/original/edb80ebc739068f8.png https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/109/370/719/590/741/069/original/edb80ebc739068f8.png https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs92t685kt4ywvlnh074j7n6ej9hacse6qlh69gneqfmfhe50qtqyqzyz4zjvzzzmks0xfnwyn5vj2eeumecstlvpde0685f62zh0p8ppk5zah29mh Our local #rabbit rescue, Fat Fluffs (<a href="https://www.fatfluffs.com/">https://www.fatfluffs.com/</a>), is also a sanctuary for buns that, for medical or behavioural reasons, cannot be rehomed. They live in a big garden on site and are cared for by staff and volunteers (including us when we wanted to learn how to look after our buns properly). But when a new rabbit is introduced to the pack they need to be properly bonded. This involves putting all the buns into as small a cage as possible so their scents can mix and a new hierarchy can be established without any chasing, fighting and biting. <br/><br/>They recently bonded 19 #rabbits. Which is both a crushing indictment on the pet rabbit breeding industry (please always adopt, don’t shop, and only get a rabbit if you know what you’re doing) and also the most fucking cute thing ever. Via <a href="https://www.facebook.com/100064306315216/posts/1443076054512591/">https://www.facebook.com/100064306315216/posts/1443076054512591/</a><br/><br/>#rabbitsOfMastodon<br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/116/946/848/041/428/541/original/d13ebc918002faf2.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-07-19T15:21:26+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp9uaqew0m43jvrdexe4v2qj5lcrnzx94ec9qfykewaj04luspx7gzyz4zjvzzzmks0xfnwyn5vj2eeumecstlvpde0685f62zh0p8ppk5zu2dszs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspfqhxlu3h7r9gjacexf2pcm30mqf8edlu9hyrc4e0a4y6tg5f05csm50vx'>nevent1q…50vx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It did occur to me that they’re probably terrible for transportation and mass production. Thanks capitalism! 2026-05-24T15:06:40+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspa4ulsejpdp2df9lyaalxghphd4wzwwyzxvls0eavpulcqx24mpczyz4zjvzzzmks0xfnwyn5vj2eeumecstlvpde0685f62zh0p8ppk5z8t6zpm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsynwuqxl03rcw3unxjxd965342gxhkkvt0xvuagacxc0ynauf40mcdrjx7p'>nevent1q…jx7p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>They 100% were a thing in the UK when I was a kid, but now I think about it I haven’t seen one in the wild for a time. Hmm… 2026-05-24T13:43:12+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfdwyqxs3svsv5qvxsf5cllasxg84f7efa8nayu97dcnf3m8vu0lqzyz4zjvzzzmks0xfnwyn5vj2eeumecstlvpde0685f62zh0p8ppk5zn2mtjf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqlvvyx073mnq0ux9k4mpfatjcztkw2h7j9a7y8a8keaz9j47kyqszuexqz'>nevent1q…exqz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A finite Jess, not to be confused with the novel by David Foster Wallace.<br/><br/>I’ll get me coat. 2026-02-10T21:11:28+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyv422a7f8vs6r44dy3slg8a3msnf5gf83xgz6ag65wcwaty4yttszyz4zjvzzzmks0xfnwyn5vj2eeumecstlvpde0685f62zh0p8ppk5zfwe65v My bank’s phone app just forced me to swipe through a “2025 wrapped” nonsense and then crashed. In hindsight, that feels about right for 2025. 2025-12-04T11:14:43+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstj4wltdhf8s7jjm8yruchzl3h9hgpl8ku5zx959guvsxxfsrcwlqzyz4zjvzzzmks0xfnwyn5vj2eeumecstlvpde0685f62zh0p8ppk5zkrddtv The Aerobic Digest is back! <a href="https://the.aerobicdigest.email/p/the-aerobic-digest-14-electric-compost-battery-test">https://the.aerobicdigest.email/p/the-aerobic-digest-14-electric-compost-battery-test</a><br/><br/>After an enforced break I’ve figured out how to write my #composting newsletter again. <br/><br/>This issue: community composting in Birmingham and Machynlleth, a compost-powered computer in Manchester and a dead hedge. <br/><br/>Hope you enjoy it! <br/><br/>#compostodon #PermaCulture 2025-09-06T12:41:20+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv3jtraz5u7htxgc2xzmnkprym4pq7qhgeu8k50qxqzyd2m2c2a0qzyz4zjvzzzmks0xfnwyn5vj2eeumecstlvpde0685f62zh0p8ppk5zvwmtpf As someone who has been employed as a janitor I’m always struck by how the handwringing over the sanctity of gendered toilets never seems to consider the men who clean women’s loos and women who clean men’s loos. I suspect because cleaners are not considered real people. 2025-04-22T15:29:27+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9wsrcmacjmjefmuw20r04vwcwma4t4knh9qanad3j63448re6yqszyz4zjvzzzmks0xfnwyn5vj2eeumecstlvpde0685f62zh0p8ppk5za4e8hc We&#39;ll see how it pans out, but Liz Kendall was quite specific about the changes to #PIP and it would appear I will no longer be eligible for my disability benefit from 2026. I have post-viral chronic fatigue, barely leave the house and a trip to the supermarket sees me bedridden for 36 hours. <br/><br/>The #CFS specialist at Birmingham hospital reckons I&#39;ll be like this for 5 years and any recovery is predicated on minimal exertion, even if I feel capable. I cannot &#34;work&#34; even if I want to (and I do). 2025-03-18T15:14:05+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs242f9a0ptwe0dh38p655m6kl4wpp5et649yq2fk6yyyslnqj2aeqzyz4zjvzzzmks0xfnwyn5vj2eeumecstlvpde0685f62zh0p8ppk5z36jwzt Thanks to some help from Laura’s muscles we started spreading the mature #compost onto the beds today. It looks great. I hate having chronic fatigue but it does mean my compost matures really well.<br/><br/>#composting #Compostodon #Allotment<br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/114/015/096/376/326/568/original/fa4855a5021913a9.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/114/015/096/565/970/637/original/ab657b96559cb71c.jpg"> <br/> 2025-02-16T19:58:31+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyy828msn646ejye277ugmadd4vhxjzg556hjud3g2te6w2ap2w3qzyz4zjvzzzmks0xfnwyn5vj2eeumecstlvpde0685f62zh0p8ppk5z9dm6q6 Our shed blew over in the storm so the #allotment community rallied round to help us get it back up again. I was expecting a ship of fools, blind leading the blind farce but it all came together very professionally.<br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/890/208/838/142/831/original/ed7f68ba56f006c4.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-25T18:37:54+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9dp0cahrrm0s5yvma3muvwllw2w57e044ppxrkh3zen4llfecraczyz4zjvzzzmks0xfnwyn5vj2eeumecstlvpde0685f62zh0p8ppk5zl90cau Desire Paths.<br/><br/>via <a href="https://tech.lgbt/@Natasha_Jay/113838211051675623">https://tech.lgbt/@Natasha_Jay/113838211051675623</a><br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/839/578/105/034/800/original/bf75f16b62d551aa.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-16T20:01:52+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrth98ut9spxwxfgauzce5l5a9guwjrcry9zf4tlet752q3v5fj3qzyz4zjvzzzmks0xfnwyn5vj2eeumecstlvpde0685f62zh0p8ppk5z25cs2y Compost Culture: An Introductory Film<br/><a href="https://vimeo.com/1046340414">https://vimeo.com/1046340414</a><br/><br/>A nice video about Birmingham’s community #composting project which I was involved with before long-Covid took me off the board. This features the three-bay structures I designed and co-built last year and it’s quite emotional seeing them in use. <br/><br/>#compostodon #compost #permaculture 2025-01-13T19:07:39+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0nq2xe778x8upqglradc2edy6qztync0dga5kltet2562a0y8muszyz4zjvzzzmks0xfnwyn5vj2eeumecstlvpde0685f62zh0p8ppk5zvupzf3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfqh7wmgy5ud9ayhs453ptf4mjr8a0kn35kz9xdckdwnr8sdfzuksgg95dy'>nevent1q…95dy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is why we&#39;ve never had more than three rabbits. Pack hierarchy dynamics can be brutal! 2024-12-02T02:09:52+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs98crh45fx72km33mw2mnhvlmz4ptcr9x4lmz5lj5ck227j9zgzlszyz4zjvzzzmks0xfnwyn5vj2eeumecstlvpde0685f62zh0p8ppk5zaw40ma The Counterculture Switch: creating in a hostile environment <br/><a href="https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2024/counterculture-switch/">https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2024/counterculture-switch/</a><br/><br/>I’ve really appreciated and enjoyed <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1hr7087sk4yxl25nmx9c42p0zgk5kyfyvar5xeklezs23hjuenr7qr3jxyc" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Baldur Bjarnason</span> (<span class="italic">npub1hr7…jxyc</span>)</a></span>&#39;s recent spate of posts and commend his writing to you. Here he points to lessons from how queer counterculture navigated persecution and pushbacks in anticipation of a reactionary right-wing resurgence. 2024-11-19T18:04:31+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8fuad4kfum4ctv7f7kgv8pu2v0f9pe697z7agnm47y47gm75r49gzyz4zjvzzzmks0xfnwyn5vj2eeumecstlvpde0685f62zh0p8ppk5zsmmq2g People who use command line stuff very occasionally, how do you store your commands? I use FFMPEG and ImageMagick enough for them to be important but not for me to ever remember anything, so I have random documents in my notes apps on the off chance I remember to save them. Is there a better way? Or should I just get better at making notes. <br/><br/>macOS Terminal is my weapon. 2024-11-18T19:44:21+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9ysfeqfusn57uy3njgzetcz8zpf97eakv4dl5ud993lptgd7p56czyz4zjvzzzmks0xfnwyn5vj2eeumecstlvpde0685f62zh0p8ppk5zhpldjs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9sfpmq5mr7prprnlp23e7xg8csd8quzqu8hnssg28fm5dm8c2psqhmlzyt'>nevent1q…lzyt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There was a wonderful moment on Flickr (back when Flickr was wonderful) where someone posted a classic Cartier Bresson to a critique-me group and so many people picked holes in it for being “bad”. Most people who think they know about photography don’t know shite. 2024-11-13T23:42:52+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrhjhsrxkvtjnfgvu32vh50q2tadltv25s6eejtnqtwx9sr8d7gjgzyz4zjvzzzmks0xfnwyn5vj2eeumecstlvpde0685f62zh0p8ppk5zjjtvth In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstkm9s4p5tj7hzzng8rwm8xhnvure8lzvl5sdq8r599q9udd2t9wc6sxv88'>nevent1q…xv88</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thanks for writing this. I’ve been looking at a lot of counterculture materials from the 60s-90s and it’s useful to have the obscenity aspect articulated this way. 2024-11-11T13:47:25+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdql9kryk5wrcu0sh9aw854rzze2djeufdhqdg2yaef6fkc2r6sgszyz4zjvzzzmks0xfnwyn5vj2eeumecstlvpde0685f62zh0p8ppk5ztjl6dc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx36vn0ap7v79n78c6yp28jw8lfpmr6qdyjpkztuavnd02rw6q6dca4rrhl'>nevent1q…rrhl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If you collapsed at 30 seconds, what the hooting flip happened at 1:58??? 2024-11-05T23:30:16+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxr4zn7uzdwyuttflqta9c8c5qnnx8nrjvnku9am6a0rk55tr6qvgzyz4zjvzzzmks0xfnwyn5vj2eeumecstlvpde0685f62zh0p8ppk5zmdsval In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst8psppwwwnmqghgxfahmjse07pjjqssg94q3a7wmwu5eydxxlvucra996t'>nevent1q…996t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I read that post as “we set this up using our standard systems and they are definitely not right for this, so we’re going to have to figure out a different system that fits and that’ll take a while, but we’ll get there.” But I’m just watching and enjoying the messy honesty of these posts, not necessarily understanding the details. 2024-10-03T01:51:08+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswzylcvmkp6p7j8me6tfr0ntf5zd5g7wpesfexv9wv3ku5gucsxygzyz4zjvzzzmks0xfnwyn5vj2eeumecstlvpde0685f62zh0p8ppk5zv325yt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqp73wqk88xvt26n2g08g80a0j90dcn2un4dkz4jrp46z78df80kqy4phhn'>nevent1q…phhn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>T-shirt from here: <a href="https://sineater.bigcartel.com/product/soil-wizard-charcoal">https://sineater.bigcartel.com/product/soil-wizard-charcoal</a> #compostodon 2024-09-19T20:27:05+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqp73wqk88xvt26n2g08g80a0j90dcn2un4dkz4jrp46z78df80kqzyz4zjvzzzmks0xfnwyn5vj2eeumecstlvpde0685f62zh0p8ppk5z0qff5j Birthday haul.<br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/165/624/748/272/732/original/538fd2b6c6e53b71.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/165/624/946/147/909/original/30783c7fe7f06921.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-09-19T20:26:41+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9akz9t2nnd5f32lx3hr8eecmd0q8utrdzsyczrqqsyekemx8u74szyz4zjvzzzmks0xfnwyn5vj2eeumecstlvpde0685f62zh0p8ppk5z2f8uya In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrvxpk4lqwzc364wfhkz0au3xjfal8d5krfw2js98wvtzd54hfc0cdjh7dg'>nevent1q…h7dg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’m a big fan of Edible Acres’ chicken composting videos. Very thorough and always experimenting. <a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLihFHKqj6JerKruLfMcxdNKDRHkGxgwwz">https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLihFHKqj6JerKruLfMcxdNKDRHkGxgwwz</a> 2024-09-05T00:00:45+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxz3qylxv287zcyawdjf9qa74gclctfjdzq4c79064nyc8at3zyjgzyz4zjvzzzmks0xfnwyn5vj2eeumecstlvpde0685f62zh0p8ppk5z0v0u8e In further experiments in recording what&#39;s happening inside my #compost heaps, I stuck some microphones in all four of them today and uploaded the results. It&#39;s... interesting maybe? You can certainly hear the worms in the second one. Need to refine the process I think. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AFqW6rUjfM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AFqW6rUjfM</a><br/><br/>#compostodon #composting 2024-04-30T20:47:12+02:00