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Carson Hill
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Seattle-area dude. Late 30s, anti-fascist, lots of hair, piercings, etc. Boring he/him pronouns. Software QA.

Into cooking, humor, games, philosophy, plants […]

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Found a neat little #lichen. Cheers friends.

#lichensubscribe #awalkaday
A funky little green lichen happily sprawls on a split branch.
February 7, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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Not all butterflies start out as caterpillars.

#awalkaday #nature #mindfulness #insects
A photograph of a split piece of wood encountered beside a trail. Narrow channels in the wood have created the shape of a butterfly, likely created by ants or termites.
February 7, 2026 at 1:06 AM
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deberupts.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
A Reagan-appointed judge just ruled Trump’s Energy Secretary illegally ran a secret panel of climate deniers to cook up a biased report and sabotage clean air rules.

They didn’t follow the law, didn’t follow the science, and betrayed the public to serve Trump’s agenda.

Court Rules Trump […]
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February 5, 2026 at 9:13 PM
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Feeling tired today. Stay safe out there humans. Appreciate the little things.

#awalkaday #lichensubscribe #nature #forests #pixiecuplichen
A cluster of tiny pixie cup lichens, some sporting tiny droplets of water. Looking forward, down a forest trail.
February 5, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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Another walk through the woods today. More #birdsnestfungi along with some other fun little guys.

A breath of fresh air, a chance to clear my head. This has been a long week already. Find your peace, good folks. Whatever makes you feel refreshed. You're […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
A pair of fuzzy little birds nest fungi grow from a split stick, raising their little "eggs" above the forest floor. A bright orange fungi looks like nothing so much as a ball of orange snot. Dozens of pale brown mushrooms hold their fragile heads high, their secret council interrupted.
February 4, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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[US Pol, Scouting]

#boyscouts (or just Scouts now, I guess) have never been a perfect organization, but speaking as an #eaglescout I've got to say that they instilled many values I pride myself in today.

"A scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful […]
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February 4, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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[My sister-in-law took a concussion grenade to the head, blew hole in their flag. Her fiancee was featured on local news.]

(1/2) We live in the worst damn timeline, but I'm so damn proud of my people. My sister in law and her fiance have been protesting down in #portland, recording video. Clip […]
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February 4, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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This is the sort of cyclops design I can get behind (even if it is really a snout) 😂

📷 :https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1qus1su/look_closely_its_his_snout/

#dog #cyclops #design #cute #animals #dogsofmastodon
Side-by-side photos of a very fluffy black dog. In the left image, the dog stands on a dark wood floor near furniture, its thick fur obscuring most of its body shape so it looks like a round puffball. In the right image, taken from above on a light-colored tile floor, the dog is curled into an almost perfect sphere of black fur with only one bright eye visible, enhancing the illusion that it is a fuzzy black eye ball.
February 3, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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Good afternoon, my dudes and dudes-is-gender-agnostic-so-it-applies-to-everybody's-identity!

Today's walk featured the tiniest little #mushrooms and some #lipsticklichen. Happy little forest buddies.

Cheers y'all.

#fungi #fungiverse #lichen […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
Three tiny white mushrooms, each about half a centimeter tall, grow up from the needly forest floor. The mushrooms are so small as to be almost transparent. A photo of an old stump, where bright mosses throw up little seedling shoots from the top, and lipstick lichens (pale green with a red flowering body) coat the sides.
February 3, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Reposted by Carson Hill
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Someone objected to ‘dudes’, apparently it’s sexist so I’ll just leave this here.

In California, everything and everyone is a dude
Screenshot of a tumblr post that says everything and everyone is a dude in California
February 3, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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#Mosstodon #hiking #wandern #photography #naturephotography
This is a macro photo of some moss I took on a hike. I can't super remember when or where this was, somewhere in Austria. I just like holding up the macro lens up real close to something real small. You look at moss and just see this green homogenous carpet, but it's not, there's so much detail. It's a little world in itself.
January 30, 2026 at 7:06 AM
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I took the *long* way back to my car this morning, leaving the office to join the #strike this weekend.

A walk in light rain, towards a happier tomorrow. Noticed a tiny #pixiecuplichen growing at the edge of a parking lot, each cup less than a centimeter […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
A cluster of tiny pixie cup lichen grow among moss in the crumbling asphalt at the edge of a parking area. They look kinda magical. Shelf fungi do their thing, holding onto a wet branch held up to the camera. Out of focus, several ferns can be seen in the background. A chonky little shelf fungi happily meditates on the side of a fallen tree across my path. Almost round, the fungi is about three inches across.
January 30, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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The way we choose to see the world creates the world we see.
#philosophy #SelfHelp
the way we choose to see the world creates the world we see.
January 29, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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#seneca wrote that "The body should be treated more rigorously, that it may not be disobedient to the mind.”

And so, after a wet walk through the woods (I'm still drying my chilled toes back at the office) I'm feeling pleased to have gone out in the rain […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
Two damp little brown mushrooms glisten among fallen leaves, one appearing to shelter beneath the other. A chonky green lichen (along with several other species) clings up a narrow branch. Moss and ferns grow on a cut log, heavy with the day's rain.
January 29, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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A #rainy day today, so I won't be going out on a walk. Fine opportunity to reflect on things I'm grateful for. Among them is this happy little #raindrop; I've re-strung him twice in the years I've worn him, but he still brings a smile to my face.

Thanks again to @moonrabbit and to her excellent […]
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January 28, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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Two photos from yesterday's walk. Cheers, humans.

#fungiverse #fungi #bloomscrolling #mosstodon #awalkaday
A pale brown plant; sort of a husk of stacked dandelion floofs. It looks pretty neat, with some bracken out of focus in the background. A cluster of striated shelf fungi group up on the broken end of a fallen log, looking fly.
January 28, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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Afternoon, good people! Spotted more #birdsnestfungi today while investigating a new anthill. It's a neat one.

Cheers, take care out there.

#fungi #fungiverse #mushrooms #moss #mosstodon #awalkaday #nature #sporespondence
A cluster of five birds nest fungi or merrily poke up from the undergrowth. A fallen log, covered in moss, rests amid numerous fallen leaves. Two small mushrooms are growing beside a mossy log.
January 26, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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Before and after today's work on our bathroom - sound insulation and framing for a shower niche. Next steps are drywall patching and a tub installation, then the tiling project begins...

...I haven't been able to bathe in my own home since October, and on […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
A framed corner. With some imagination, one could imagine that it might one day be the side of a shower nook. The same corner, but with insulation foam crammed into various spots. A section in the middle has been re-framed, and will eventually hold shampoo bottles and such.
January 26, 2026 at 6:55 AM
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[US Politics]

I've been using a line from this poem to #protest #trump for years now. Prescient doesn't do it justice.

Our actions today sew seeds for tomorrow, and collectively steer is towards the future we deserve. Believe your eyes.

#fucktrump #fuckice […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen. To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery. Octavia Butler, Parable of the Talents
January 26, 2026 at 4:46 AM
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Won't get time for a walk today, but the morning #frost on one of our ground cover #plants looked pretty. Reminds me of sugar on a holiday treat. Stay warm y'all.

#nature #winter
Pretty frost shapes coat the tiny leaves of an otherwise green plant, reminiscent of a sugary coating.
January 25, 2026 at 8:51 PM
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Suggest you (a) read this, and then (b) send it on to all of your friends who have enough courage to understand that we are living under a Fascist President's regime right now:

🎁 […]
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January 25, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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A cold day. A good one to remember the important things in life. Family. Friends. Health. ...and sometimes noods!

Today's #unsolicitednoods include my usual #veggies (#broccoli, #kelp, #radishes, #Scallions) as well as TWO kinds of #tinnedfish (#scallops and […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
A gorgeous bowl of ramen, teeming with vegetables and little bits of fishes.
January 25, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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...I can *totally* fit two packages of insulation in my #corolla. No problem at all. Plenty of room!

#stonewool #diyadventures
A green Toyota Corolla, packed to bursting with two packages of Stonewool insulation material.
January 24, 2026 at 9:03 PM