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Nomnomnom de Plume

@verbscape.bsky.social

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User testimonials: "a great bear"; "a very wise stack of rocks". Social Justice NPC, amateur poet/jeweller/philanthropist, and badge dealer. Toitū te Tiriti.

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Nomnomnom de Plume @verbscape.bsky.social · Jun 2

TL;DR: Braided rivers are awesome and you should get one.

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Nomnomnom de Plume @verbscape.bsky.social · 7h

One of the star treks i think

Nomnomnom de Plume @verbscape.bsky.social · 7h

Earlier there was a security doggo and it looked so curly and fluffy and soft but I did not try to pat it

Nomnomnom de Plume @verbscape.bsky.social · 8h

There is a tall 14year old in a pilot’s uniform

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Nomnomnom de Plume @verbscape.bsky.social · 8h

I am at the airport and tired and some passengers near me are fighting over whether season 4 of some tv show has aired yet

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Nomnomnom de Plume @verbscape.bsky.social · 19h

So much birdsong this morning. Beautiful.

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Nomnomnom de Plume @verbscape.bsky.social · 1d

I wish I could heart this more than once!

Nomnomnom de Plume @verbscape.bsky.social · 2d

So much love. 🫶

Nomnomnom de Plume @verbscape.bsky.social · 2d

There's at least one pigeon outside the office window and it's REAL loud.

Nomnomnom de Plume @verbscape.bsky.social · 3d

OH no

that hurts.

Nomnomnom de Plume @verbscape.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, apparently it's A Thing.

bsky.app/profile/byro...

Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 3d

Now is the time to explore the plethora of video content available on Tubi

(Or, you know, go outside or something)

www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/y...

YouTube outage hits users as error messages block video playback - NZ Herald

More than 1600 New Zealand users have reported problems since 12.15am.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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Nomnomnom de Plume @verbscape.bsky.social · 3d

I just typed 'forumla' instead of 'formula' to my boss and I know she doesn't care but *I* care and now I am wandering around muttering 'forum-lah' to myself.

Nomnomnom de Plume @verbscape.bsky.social · 3d

*sits up straight* I just found out what I want to be when I grow up.

c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · May 29

Touching this bird can result in numbness & tingling in extremities. Eating it can result in paralysis or death ☠️.

Let's talk about neurotoxic birds 🐦.

(📷: Ben G Freeman, benjamingfreeman.com)

A bird with black head and wings but red-orange body is slightly annoyed to be touched by a human hand, beak semi-open in protest, as if about to complain. In the background is a lush forest scene.

Hooded Pitohui (Pitohui dichrous) YUS Conservation area on the Huon Peninsula, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.
CREDIT: Ben Freeman.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hooded_Pitohui_3.jpg

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Nomnomnom de Plume @verbscape.bsky.social · 3d

That's what I get for posting on my phone. I hate typing on my phone so much hahahaha. Give me a full keyboard any day.

Nomnomnom de Plume @verbscape.bsky.social · 3d

Dammit, forgot alt text: "Chainmail cuff consisting of three 'stripes' of black rubber links for stretch mixed with two coloured 'stripes' representing the Tino Rangatiratanga flag and the Rasta flag"

Nomnomnom de Plume @verbscape.bsky.social · 3d

I haven’t done any chainmail in multiple weeks because I’m developing RSI and it’s pissing me off. The last thing I did was this custom Tino Rangatiratanga/Rasta bracelet/cuff:

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Nomnomnom de Plume @verbscape.bsky.social · 3d

Any song can be a CPR song if you play it fast or slow enough.

Nomnomnom de Plume @verbscape.bsky.social · 3d

Sometimes I see other people doing cool things and I feel a surge of jealousy/envy and think to myself, "I could have done that--"

Then I have to follow it up with "but you didn't, did you? You didn't do it. So quit being a whiny baby."

Nomnomnom de Plume @verbscape.bsky.social · 3d

When I start to engage in pointless argument and then stop myself and just block instead, I feel proud of myself.

Also I have a big mug of hot chocolate.

Nomnomnom de Plume @verbscape.bsky.social · 3d

How fabulous!

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Nomnomnom de Plume @verbscape.bsky.social · 6d

Were they somewhere truly mindbogglingly obvious in plain sight the whole time? Of course they were!

Nomnomnom de Plume @verbscape.bsky.social · 6d

I have A Thing I need to get rid of because I don't use it and it's taking up space, but it has keys and folks, could I find the keys? Were they where I thought I'd safe-placed them? Of course not! Were they in any of the other safe places I scoured for the next 50 minutes? Of course not! 1/2

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Nomnomnom de Plume @verbscape.bsky.social · 6d

omg that's great!

Nomnomnom de Plume @verbscape.bsky.social · 7d

Yes :)

Nomnomnom de Plume @verbscape.bsky.social · 7d

Yeah I started hitting the gym with the lofty hope of fitting back into some nice clothes but I have decided I'll be happier if I accept my current size and just donate the clothes. Still going to the gym, and aiming to be stronger rather than smaller.

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Nomnomnom de Plume @verbscape.bsky.social · 7d

Ugh. Bad dreams. I have tidied the whole kitchen and done a heap of dishes that were stacking up. I have put away my laundry. I have had a soothing mug of hot chocolate. It is still only 8:30 in the morning. It's going to be a long day.

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