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LEE (they/he)

@mycomagus.bsky.social

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33yo enthusiastic disaster ✨unapologetically trans, fat, & queer 🍄 mushroom-obsessed crafter & gardener 🏴 abolition or bust current location: georgian bay Pfp: Lee, wearing safety glasses Header: basketful of 🍄

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LEE (they/he) @mycomagus.bsky.social · 14h

What kind of modding 👀👀

I really enjoyed the few times I got to play it! The movie aesthetic was perfectly suited to a pinball adaptation.

..then again, LOTR wasn't something I would have expected would make a wicked pinball and yet it did

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 2d

it's because the pinball machine turned out so good looking

(disclaimer this one is modded)

bright glowy neon cyan and orange lit tron legacy pinball machine, shows battling light cycle art on table. ramps have added lights along the edges.

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LEE (they/he) @mycomagus.bsky.social · 14h

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My only comment on fixating on this tree in particular is that there are beautiful trees all over the place, it just takes someone (You!) to appreciate them.

I've met so many beautiful old trees in my wandering, it's always a pleasure 🥰🥰

The Killbear "windswept pine" at sunset, a woman lifting a baby out of a stroller is silhouetted against the glowing orange of the sky

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LEE (they/he) @mycomagus.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry I was enjoying myself so much I forgot to share the mushrooms I found :)

🍄📸 So many boletes!! And fungal diversity 😍

A wonky Bolete is falling over on the colourful forest floor. It has black scabers on the stalk, and small creamy coloured pores that stain a reddish brown

A weird little fat fungal creature sits on the forest floor. Likely an Amanita "egg", it sorta looks like a yellowy beige sphere on a platform.

Top down view of a stump with a series of cracks in it stained a deep blue-green colour, likely indicative of the presence of Chlorociboria

Three spindly black fungal appendages (Geoglossum I believe) emerge from the lush green moss

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LEE (they/he) @mycomagus.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry I was enjoying myself so much I forgot to share the mushrooms I found :)

🍄📸 So many boletes!! And fungal diversity 😍

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LEE (they/he) @mycomagus.bsky.social · 1d

That's so funny!!! 😀

LEE (they/he) @mycomagus.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah!!

LEE (they/he) @mycomagus.bsky.social · 1d

I see what all the fuss is about, she is rather pretty

The windswept pine (aka "The Tree") on the rocky shore of Georgian Bay. It's an extremely well photographed tree, estimated to be around 100 years old. The braces are to slow it's eventual slide into death

A further away silhouette of the windswept pine against the blue sky

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LEE (they/he) @mycomagus.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you ❤️

Glad neither my friend nor I was alone!

LEE (they/he) @mycomagus.bsky.social · 1d

Anyways uh, the old round house was extremely cool and I really wish I could have stayed longer to photograph the lichens and mosses but, I don't like being stalked....

A long concrete wall snakes through the overgrown forest, archways 2 storeys high allowing sun to pass through the structure. Some colourful graffiti is present on the wall, but the moss and other greenery are working much harder

An old structure full of birch and poplar trees with massive old window arches

LEE (they/he) @mycomagus.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely zero idea what this man's issue with us was. My friend carried only a camera, I had a small hydration backpack. If the issue was with settlers generally, why leave the old tourists to go on their way and be incredibly aggressive towards us?

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LEE (they/he) @mycomagus.bsky.social · 1d

This entire situation is extremely confusing. Reservations that prohibit outsiders from visiting, like the one I live right next to, post clear signage in areas that visitors aren't welcome. There was none of that.

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LEE (they/he) @mycomagus.bsky.social · 1d

1. There were no signs prohibiting entry because ...we were not on the Reservation. We passed an open gift shop on the way in, ffs.

2. People are allowed to be on crown land

3. An Indigenous person told us about this area specifically and warned us to watch out for oil pits, not angry locals

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LEE (they/he) @mycomagus.bsky.social · 1d

He left the old couple to their business and proceeded to follow us in his pickup, passing by our vehicle multiple times while we parked to take photos of local history (ruined old train station), and then tailed us for a very long time until we left the area, and beyond.

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LEE (they/he) @mycomagus.bsky.social · 1d

While it initially read as grumpy land stewardship by a local, my opinion changed after he encountered a senior white couple right after us, there for the exact same stated purpose as us, who did not get this treatment.

My friend is Guyanese. The man never spoke to me (white masc) once.

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LEE (they/he) @mycomagus.bsky.social · 1d

Went to crown land adjacent to a Reservation w my friend to take photos of ruined buildings.....and got *interrogated* and then aggressively followed by a random old (presumably Indigenous) man.

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LEE (they/he) @mycomagus.bsky.social · 1d

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LEE (they/he) @mycomagus.bsky.social · 1d

For once I got a shipping error in my favour and got sent 2 brand new double burner camp stoves instead of the 1 that I purchased

I guess I will return the 2nd one for a refund and enjoy my free stove?

A large pot and a small kettle on a double burner propane stove with a bright yellow lid

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LEE (they/he) @mycomagus.bsky.social · 2d

In my element (outside looking at rocks/plants/trees/mushrooms)

A panorama of the rocky shoreline showing the variation in blue sky and clouds. In the centre Lee is crouched like a goblin looking at rocks

Lee, dressed in a ton of warm layers, looks up at the fall colours, their matching orange coffee mug in hand

LEE (they/he) @mycomagus.bsky.social · 2d

I am having a wonderful day ☀️

Gorgeous rocky boulders on the shore of Georgian Bay, windswept pines dotting the shore. The sky is blue with wispy clouds

Tiers of reddish rocks on the shoreline, smoothed by many years of wind and water erosion

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LEE (they/he) @mycomagus.bsky.social · 3d

My new tent was easy to set up, had some homemade soup for dinner, can't wait to sleep in tomorrow!!! I can see Georgian Bay from where I'm sitting rn 😁 so happy

LEE (they/he) @mycomagus.bsky.social · 4d

My camping vacation starts tomorrow afternoon and I am so ready for a day off..... 5-6hrs of sleep is not sustainable for weeks in a row!!! I haven't had a day off since June!!!!

So sleepy 😴😴

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LEE (they/he) @mycomagus.bsky.social · 4d

Found one on my bread last year!!! So cute www.inaturalist.ca/observations...

House Pseudoscorpion (Chelifer cancroides)

House Pseudoscorpion in April 2024 by Lee Cumming

www.inaturalist.ca

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LEE (they/he) @mycomagus.bsky.social · 4d

My camping vacation starts tomorrow afternoon and I am so ready for a day off..... 5-6hrs of sleep is not sustainable for weeks in a row!!! I haven't had a day off since June!!!!

So sleepy 😴😴

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 5d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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WhoKnowsWhatTiger @shonatiger.bsky.social · 6d

Ew 🥹

LEE (they/he) @mycomagus.bsky.social · 8d

The aliens are invading 🍄📸

Top down view of a large (2ft x 2ft) patch of scleroderma puffballs on gravel and woodchips. They're so densely packed together that they're no longer spherical but like bubbles squished together and deformed. They're splitting open to spore, so each puff all has an irregular black "eye"

Closeup view of the scleroderma puffballs showing the rough surface texture

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