Lif Strand aka fasterhorses
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https://lifstrand.com #Author #Cranky #crone childless critter-owning opinionated voter #WritingCommunity #FabricArt #mixedmedia #photography #Gaia https://substack.com/@lifstrand1
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This doesn't apply to just books! bsky.app/profile/pype...
December 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This doesn't apply to just books! bsky.app/profile/pype...
A tangle of kittens
Hard to tell which paws and tails belong to which kittens (Daisy & Poppy at 5 1/2 months)
(c) 2025 Lif Strand
#Gaia #PhotoArt #DailyPhoto #cats
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Hard to tell which paws and tails belong to which kittens (Daisy & Poppy at 5 1/2 months)
(c) 2025 Lif Strand
#Gaia #PhotoArt #DailyPhoto #cats
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December 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A tangle of kittens
Hard to tell which paws and tails belong to which kittens (Daisy & Poppy at 5 1/2 months)
(c) 2025 Lif Strand
#Gaia #PhotoArt #DailyPhoto #cats
ko-fi.com/i/IW7W51QEGWL
Hard to tell which paws and tails belong to which kittens (Daisy & Poppy at 5 1/2 months)
(c) 2025 Lif Strand
#Gaia #PhotoArt #DailyPhoto #cats
ko-fi.com/i/IW7W51QEGWL
For those who are out there on the front lines, risking their freedom for all of us, it might be a good idea to investigate www.phreeli.com so that if you get 'detained' by the fascists your phone-use privacy will be protected.
Phreeli - Privacy By Design Wireless.
Your privacy is Phreeli's priority.
www.phreeli.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
For those who are out there on the front lines, risking their freedom for all of us, it might be a good idea to investigate www.phreeli.com so that if you get 'detained' by the fascists your phone-use privacy will be protected.
So does anybody know about actualhuman dot social? They want a one-time small fee to join which I don't mind but then they want stuff like uploaded documents. I don't trust that at all.
December 14, 2025 at 6:54 AM
So does anybody know about actualhuman dot social? They want a one-time small fee to join which I don't mind but then they want stuff like uploaded documents. I don't trust that at all.
OK all you cat walkers - I'm looking for recommendations for cat harnesses. My kittens are 4 1/2 months old, so I'd like adjustable. TIA!
#kittens
#kittens
December 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
OK all you cat walkers - I'm looking for recommendations for cat harnesses. My kittens are 4 1/2 months old, so I'd like adjustable. TIA!
#kittens
#kittens
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If you make a billion dollars — or $500 million or even $100 million dollars — and you keep trying to make more, then there is something seriously wrong with you. It's a mental illness akin to hoarding or drug addiction.
December 11, 2025 at 4:44 AM
If you make a billion dollars — or $500 million or even $100 million dollars — and you keep trying to make more, then there is something seriously wrong with you. It's a mental illness akin to hoarding or drug addiction.
Went to bsky just now and it asked for my DOB. What's with that? No biggie - I started using a phony birthdate for anything that wasn't official business years and years ago, and that's what I used today.
December 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Went to bsky just now and it asked for my DOB. What's with that? No biggie - I started using a phony birthdate for anything that wasn't official business years and years ago, and that's what I used today.
No passing zone
A layered & colorized image that started with a photo of the road going into town.
(c) 2025 Lif Strand
#photography
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A layered & colorized image that started with a photo of the road going into town.
(c) 2025 Lif Strand
#photography
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December 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
No passing zone
A layered & colorized image that started with a photo of the road going into town.
(c) 2025 Lif Strand
#photography
ko-fi.com/i/IP5P51PXEVS
A layered & colorized image that started with a photo of the road going into town.
(c) 2025 Lif Strand
#photography
ko-fi.com/i/IP5P51PXEVS
I was looking for a white oil paint pen or marker, poking through every place I could have possibly stashed one, when I came across an art supply box I haven't seen in years. I'm going through it now, forcing myself to throw away dried out markers & pens with no ink left. It's breaking my heart.
December 7, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I was looking for a white oil paint pen or marker, poking through every place I could have possibly stashed one, when I came across an art supply box I haven't seen in years. I'm going through it now, forcing myself to throw away dried out markers & pens with no ink left. It's breaking my heart.
@tkingfisher.com I want to get an autographed copy of Snake-Eater (actually I want two). Will you be doing any signings in Abq soon?
December 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
@tkingfisher.com I want to get an autographed copy of Snake-Eater (actually I want two). Will you be doing any signings in Abq soon?
@authorsguild.org are US Copyright Registrations taking longer than usual right now? I've been waiting for mine for over 3 months. According to them, my status is Pending, so does that just mean they're slow readers?
Thanks!
Thanks!
December 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
@authorsguild.org are US Copyright Registrations taking longer than usual right now? I've been waiting for mine for over 3 months. According to them, my status is Pending, so does that just mean they're slow readers?
Thanks!
Thanks!
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“At stake: Billions of dollars and, potentially, OpenAI’s defense in the case.“
OpenAI Loses Key Discovery Battle as It Cedes Ground to Authors in AI Lawsuits
The issue has been a major battleground in discovery. OpenAI could be on the hook for hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars if it was aware it was infringing on copyrighted material.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
“At stake: Billions of dollars and, potentially, OpenAI’s defense in the case.“
My sister's latest incredible art piece (unfinished in this photo)
#artadventcalendar
#artadventcalendar
December 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
My sister's latest incredible art piece (unfinished in this photo)
#artadventcalendar
#artadventcalendar
2.8 mile walk this a.m. 73 photos taken. Puddles, ice, bones, dead branches, poop (coyote?), shadows, badger burrow, rocks, dead bugs, and odd bit of wood with nails driven into it that got deposited by a flood last summer or the summer before. Pretty typical photo choices for me.
November 30, 2025 at 11:33 PM
2.8 mile walk this a.m. 73 photos taken. Puddles, ice, bones, dead branches, poop (coyote?), shadows, badger burrow, rocks, dead bugs, and odd bit of wood with nails driven into it that got deposited by a flood last summer or the summer before. Pretty typical photo choices for me.
You just died.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
(Huh. Well, I went out happy and full)
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
(Huh. Well, I went out happy and full)
November 28, 2025 at 2:44 AM
You just died.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
(Huh. Well, I went out happy and full)
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
(Huh. Well, I went out happy and full)
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These guys are great! I donate every year and may I suggest that some of the crafts they sell on behalf of the elders make great Christmas presents?
Time once again to rep my favorite place for giving: anelder.org - they supply food, firewood and supplies for traditional crafting to Navajo Elders. If you have the cash, please give these folks a hand.
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
These guys are great! I donate every year and may I suggest that some of the crafts they sell on behalf of the elders make great Christmas presents?
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
DOGE wasn't a failure. It was quite successful at trashing government agencies, stealing data, & shuttling a huge amount of $ to Musk. Its goals were achieved & now that they've ransacked as much as they can they don't need DOGE anymore.
Also #EpsteinFiles
Also #EpsteinFiles
November 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
DOGE wasn't a failure. It was quite successful at trashing government agencies, stealing data, & shuttling a huge amount of $ to Musk. Its goals were achieved & now that they've ransacked as much as they can they don't need DOGE anymore.
Also #EpsteinFiles
Also #EpsteinFiles
Fox Mountain
The 9383' mountain as seen from 14 miles away at 7200', on US 60 in Catron County NM
(c) 2025 Lif Strand
#Gaia #PhotoArt #DailyPhoto #Mountain
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The 9383' mountain as seen from 14 miles away at 7200', on US 60 in Catron County NM
(c) 2025 Lif Strand
#Gaia #PhotoArt #DailyPhoto #Mountain
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November 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Fox Mountain
The 9383' mountain as seen from 14 miles away at 7200', on US 60 in Catron County NM
(c) 2025 Lif Strand
#Gaia #PhotoArt #DailyPhoto #Mountain
ko-fi.com/i/II2I71OY8EU
The 9383' mountain as seen from 14 miles away at 7200', on US 60 in Catron County NM
(c) 2025 Lif Strand
#Gaia #PhotoArt #DailyPhoto #Mountain
ko-fi.com/i/II2I71OY8EU
Peace deals when there is no peace that comes from them get no prizes.
JD Vance: "He's fundamentally a humanitarian, and we've got 8 peace deals at this point. We're working on number 9 and number 10. And I think if he gets number 10, purely for mathematical harmony the Nobel Prize should be awarded to Donald J Trump."
November 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Peace deals when there is no peace that comes from them get no prizes.
They say people blame others for their own faults. Therefore we could take this statement to be an admission of guilt.
November 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
They say people blame others for their own faults. Therefore we could take this statement to be an admission of guilt.
I'm guessing that if the GOP lets Trump get taken down by the #EpsteinFiles, that means they figure he's of no use to them anymore and they're on to phase two or ten or whatever.
I wish we could just impeach, convict, and lock up the whole lot of them in one fell swoop.
I wish we could just impeach, convict, and lock up the whole lot of them in one fell swoop.
November 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I'm guessing that if the GOP lets Trump get taken down by the #EpsteinFiles, that means they figure he's of no use to them anymore and they're on to phase two or ten or whatever.
I wish we could just impeach, convict, and lock up the whole lot of them in one fell swoop.
I wish we could just impeach, convict, and lock up the whole lot of them in one fell swoop.
Things that dictators do: ban books, control media, restrict sharing of information in order to make propaganda more real.
Bay Area nature writer says his book is being banned from Yosemite share.google/5c4w4l3J4vh9...
Bay Area nature writer says his book is being banned from Yosemite share.google/5c4w4l3J4vh9...
Trump admin to ban book from Yosemite National Park, says author
The Trump administration's censorship directive has reportedly targeted Obi Kaufmann.
share.google
November 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Things that dictators do: ban books, control media, restrict sharing of information in order to make propaganda more real.
Bay Area nature writer says his book is being banned from Yosemite share.google/5c4w4l3J4vh9...
Bay Area nature writer says his book is being banned from Yosemite share.google/5c4w4l3J4vh9...
Northern lights (Aurora with bush)
So magical seeing the Aurora Borealis all the way down here in New Mexico... but then, this IS the Land of Enchantment.
(c) 2025 Lif Strand
#Gaia #PhotoArt #DailyPhoto #Aurora
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So magical seeing the Aurora Borealis all the way down here in New Mexico... but then, this IS the Land of Enchantment.
(c) 2025 Lif Strand
#Gaia #PhotoArt #DailyPhoto #Aurora
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November 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Northern lights (Aurora with bush)
So magical seeing the Aurora Borealis all the way down here in New Mexico... but then, this IS the Land of Enchantment.
(c) 2025 Lif Strand
#Gaia #PhotoArt #DailyPhoto #Aurora
ko-fi.com/i/ID1D71OCFF5
So magical seeing the Aurora Borealis all the way down here in New Mexico... but then, this IS the Land of Enchantment.
(c) 2025 Lif Strand
#Gaia #PhotoArt #DailyPhoto #Aurora
ko-fi.com/i/ID1D71OCFF5
Headlines: Government shutdown reaches its 40th day
Lets fire them all & put them in "protective custody" until their trial dates. Replace them with sensible non-politically oriented legislators & agency heads? Also, use Federal Marshalls to fetch the #EpsteinFiles for the new US Attorney General.
Lets fire them all & put them in "protective custody" until their trial dates. Replace them with sensible non-politically oriented legislators & agency heads? Also, use Federal Marshalls to fetch the #EpsteinFiles for the new US Attorney General.
November 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Headlines: Government shutdown reaches its 40th day
Lets fire them all & put them in "protective custody" until their trial dates. Replace them with sensible non-politically oriented legislators & agency heads? Also, use Federal Marshalls to fetch the #EpsteinFiles for the new US Attorney General.
Lets fire them all & put them in "protective custody" until their trial dates. Replace them with sensible non-politically oriented legislators & agency heads? Also, use Federal Marshalls to fetch the #EpsteinFiles for the new US Attorney General.