Andrew Wooldridge ⛰️
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Just a moody forest sketchbook spread~
#MastoArt #TraditionalArt #Forest #Mosstodon #Painting #Nature
Another interesting garden find. This morning we came across a hornworm caterpillar covered in parasitic wasp cocoons. Unfortunately this eventually kills the caterpillar but the wasp are beneficial to the ecosystem killing pest bugs. Just nature being nature which I find pretty cool, and a bit brutal.
Have an awesome Saturday!
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@That_One_Guy wonder if when you zoom in on the wasp cocoons there's not some further parasite going on
Where is the composer of Clair de Lune's favorite place to have sex?
Debussy
Tyrannical governments are those that put themselves above the law. Judge Talwani cannot make the Roberts Six abide by their own words or by the precedents of the Supreme Court. But she can and is positioning her rulings so that, no matter what, the lawlessness of the Six will be manifest if they continue to allow Trump to disrupt the election and unconstitutionally take over election administration. 8/8
@heidilifeldman SCOTUS has been demoted to ‘Sewer’ or ‘Swamp’ Court, whichever your preference. What hits hardest is we know there are ‘hijack election’ rulings being pushed by Corrupt SCOTUS to aid and abet #TheHeadCriminal based on huge Nation stealing Whoppers. There is no rule following, no justice with such criminal proceedings, just foold’ya. The Sewer Gang is impeach-able, convict-able, and jail-able. 🔥
Em :official_verified:
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I have a question for ***only*** people living in long term (one year or more) solo isolation ***without physical contact with humans or animals.***
How are you hanging in there? And specifically what helps you with the lack of physical touch?
Don't want replies from people not in solo iso, don't want conjecture, just the question as framed, thanks.
hypebot
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Happy Skynet self-awareness day, for those who celebrate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxW0yGvWRTk
Friendly reminder that megacorporations like Amazon are ruining the world, and you can instead support small independent businesses that make weird little things like today's Low Quality Ad, this Cow Jumping Over The Moon Pin.
https://collabs.shop/9kmzbo
There are other projects to support and works we need to do. There's a lot to be done.
Find the folks who do care. Who are political and upfront about it. Who understand about community safety and don't have distain for their communities.
You'll get more done without catering to abusers needs. Be picky, be mindful.
The projects who need our help and who can help you are out there.
There's FOSS folks out there who aren't fascists and like you don't feel at home in FOSS anymore.
@onepict The greatest disillusionment I’ve had with FOSS over the years is that it is not, by & large, a progressive movement.
It seems to be more libertarian than anything else which may be why it is so easily hijacked by capitalist, corporate, & fascist actors.
42 Years Ago Today, A Cult Poisoned Oregon Salad Bars In America’s First Major Bioterror Attack
https://www.mensjournal.com/news/42-years-ago-today-a-cult-poisoned-oregon-salad-bars-in-americas-first-major-bioterror-attack?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into News @news-mensjournal
What do you like the most about the Fediverse and Mastodon? 
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@Em0nM4stodon the kindness! 🥰
RE: https://social.coop/@shauna/117179319325429295
Back in like 2022 I saw a quote tweet of an anti-vaxxer whose unvaccinated daughter had died from covid.
The quote tweeter said something like, "How crazy do you have to be to keep denying the importance of vaccination after your own daughter died!"
It takes extreme moral courage to accept information that comes with the emotional consequence of believing your decisions killed your child. I doubt the quote tweeter could do it. I doubt I could do it.
When someone is not accepting a piece of information you think it's obvious they should accept, ask yourself:
"What would they have to feel if they believed this were true?"
It's a good question for yourself, too. When you see something you disagree with, ask yourself the hypothetical - what would I have to feel if I believed this were true?
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@catsalad
That cat has some Turkish Van in him..smart cat...😁
Obviously.
@lowqualityfacts i suffered through being a Comcast customer for 15 years and this is easily believable
Woozle Hypertwin
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Kayacat
#caturday
#FrancescaBria to #FattoQuotidiano:
"Designating #AutisticiInventati ( @cavallette ) [...] is part of the technological war that the United States is waging against anyone who asserts autonomy over digital networks and infrastructure"
https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2026/08/29/autistici-inventati-trump-terrorists-news/8491452/
#HarloHolmes to #FattoQuotidiano:
on the impact of US designation of #AutisticiInventati as terrorists:
"we could already be on a slippery slope"
[English, free from paywall]
https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2026/08/29/autistici-inventati-trump-terrorists-news/8491452/
Did you know that you don't need to start #emacs in daemon mode before being able to use emacsclient?
That's what the -a / --alternate-editor option or the ALTERNATE_EDITOR environment variable are for. If set to the empty string, the client will start Emacs in daemon mode and then connect to it.
@citizen428 I knew
Emporia Kansas has dropped its criminal case against Lux Claridge, a high school teacher who was arrested for clapping during a city data center meeting.
https://www.404media.co/charges-dropped-against-person-who-clapped-at-a-city-data-center-meeting/
@bigvimto @TheBreadmonkey China had Minidiscs in the second century BC
@TheBreadmonkey @bigvimto Back in the day the weird e4 Zeppotron website has fake warning signs and one of them that always stuck with me was "TIME TRAVEL PROHIBITED: Penalty for showing Henry VIII a DVD of Tango & Cash: £50"
(I have bookmarked the trance for future enjoyment)
