Muir Woods, California, on film

(Minolta Hi-Matic 7S II, Wolfen NC 500, developed at home in Bellini chemicals, scanned on Nikon CoolScan 8000ED)

#BelieveInFilm #Photography #MuirWoods #California #Outside #C41 #Minolta

I have cat-like reflexes, but only when it comes to gagging.

My little art shop has a collection of my landscape art in a variety of subjects to please everyone. All one of a kind originals at affordable prices for gifts.
https://folksy.com/shops/theweeowlart

#FediGiftShop #ScottishArtist #MastoArt #CreativeToots
#Landscape #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #TraditionalArtist #ArtFromScotland #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #SupportSmallBusiness #Christmas #ChristmasGifts

The UK chapter of #OpenStreetMap membership is £5 a year https://osmuk.org/members/become-member/ - more members means more clout for lobbying, and more cash for things like being able to host #sotmeu25 this year. I've just joined ✅🗺️

It enrages me that the #OnlineSafetyAct means I can't give UK people free audio any more, but if you're in the UK use code OSA for a massive discount (and do it before Dec 1st if you'd like a card - https://www.girlonthenet.com/blog/2025-christmas-cards/)

If you're in the UK and you're blind or need audio for other accessibility reasons, drop me an email hellogirlonthenet at gmail dotcom.

In which, on the occasion of my 3-year migration anniversary and the release of Mastodon 4.5, I assemble all my arguments as to why Mastodon is great and why anyone else on a service that’s becoming less fun/safe/useful should migrate to Mastodon and do it now, in late 2025: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/11/03/Time-to-Migrate

#fediverse #migration

Today is the 5th anniversary of the FediTips account 🥳

I started it because of the nasty stuff happening on centralised corporate social media (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube etc). These corporations promote "engagement" through algorithms that radicalise people into frenzies of bigoted hatred 😞

I'm trying to help people use alternatives instead of feeding the beast.

This account's first tip is here:

🎂 https://mstdn.social/@feditips/105220978455322895

The earliest archive is here:

🎂 https://web.archive.org/web/20201124173833/https://mstdn.social/@feditips

#FediTips

"The vast earthen platform, built more than 3,000 years ago, represents the oldest and largest monumental structure known in the Maya region"

"Remarkably, there is no trace of any rulers, palaces, or elite residences. Unlike later Maya cities, which were built under centralized authority, Aguada Fénix seems to have been a collective project: a monumental achievement born of cooperation rather than coercion."

via @archaeology, @luis_in_brief

https://archaeologymag.com/2025/11/largest-maya-monument-built-to-represent-the-cosmos/

As Usual, if you want me to blog, you need to get me angry.

I kept promising to write a "How FOSS won and why your scheme to fix it is wrong". I have done it. Please comment and tell me how wrong I am after I told you how wrong you were 😁

https://www.softwaremaxims.com/blog/how-foss-won-consequences

Derek is lucky I’m a nice person, but if I reset his OnStar account password I wonder if I could remote start his truck until it runs out of gas, or lock him out of it, or flag it as stolen.

Please for the love of god if you run any sort of system that involves account creation, make people verify their email address and phone first.

trans people exist.
billionaires shouldn't.

My #Caturday post