Chuckling Duck
@friesen5000.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy
I am legion. Canadian. Prairie boy. Bureaucrat. Ecologist. Family man. Gardener. Mennonite.
I play a mean game of Minesweeper but am otherwise entirely mediocre […]
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I play a mean game of Minesweeper but am otherwise entirely mediocre […]
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Spoon supply is critically low. Supply chain issues mean restocking is slow and intermittent. May have to close up shop for a bit. Not easy at this time of year.
#spoons #MentalHealth
#spoons #MentalHealth
December 26, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Spoon supply is critically low. Supply chain issues mean restocking is slow and intermittent. May have to close up shop for a bit. Not easy at this time of year.
#spoons #MentalHealth
#spoons #MentalHealth
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This was my holiday card design for the year, which ended up being another lino cut. Merry #christmas !
December 26, 2025 at 3:22 AM
This was my holiday card design for the year, which ended up being another lino cut. Merry #christmas !
Spoon supply is critically low. Supply chain issues mean restocking is slow and intermittent. May have to close up shop for a bit. Not easy at this time of year.
#spoons #MentalHealth
#spoons #MentalHealth
December 26, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Spoon supply is critically low. Supply chain issues mean restocking is slow and intermittent. May have to close up shop for a bit. Not easy at this time of year.
#spoons #MentalHealth
#spoons #MentalHealth
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you there boy, what bullshit is this
December 25, 2025 at 5:30 AM
you there boy, what bullshit is this
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Can I pay someone to develop a good open source instrument tuning app?
There's one old, unmaintained windows app that doesn't suck.
But it's old, unmaintained, and windows.
Everything else is enshittified, ad-ridden crap.
I have no idea what dev time on this would be, but I'm willing to throw […]
There's one old, unmaintained windows app that doesn't suck.
But it's old, unmaintained, and windows.
Everything else is enshittified, ad-ridden crap.
I have no idea what dev time on this would be, but I'm willing to throw […]
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infosec.exchange
December 26, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Can I pay someone to develop a good open source instrument tuning app?
There's one old, unmaintained windows app that doesn't suck.
But it's old, unmaintained, and windows.
Everything else is enshittified, ad-ridden crap.
I have no idea what dev time on this would be, but I'm willing to throw […]
There's one old, unmaintained windows app that doesn't suck.
But it's old, unmaintained, and windows.
Everything else is enshittified, ad-ridden crap.
I have no idea what dev time on this would be, but I'm willing to throw […]
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When the song of the angels is stilled,
when the star in the sky is gone,
when the kings and princes are home,
when the shepherds are back with their flocks, the work of Christmas begins:
to find the lost,
to heal the broken,
to feed the hungry,
to release the prisoner,
to rebuild the nations […]
when the star in the sky is gone,
when the kings and princes are home,
when the shepherds are back with their flocks, the work of Christmas begins:
to find the lost,
to heal the broken,
to feed the hungry,
to release the prisoner,
to rebuild the nations […]
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mastodon.social
December 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
When the song of the angels is stilled,
when the star in the sky is gone,
when the kings and princes are home,
when the shepherds are back with their flocks, the work of Christmas begins:
to find the lost,
to heal the broken,
to feed the hungry,
to release the prisoner,
to rebuild the nations […]
when the star in the sky is gone,
when the kings and princes are home,
when the shepherds are back with their flocks, the work of Christmas begins:
to find the lost,
to heal the broken,
to feed the hungry,
to release the prisoner,
to rebuild the nations […]
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Paging through an atlas (remember those?) my parents gave me years ago for Christmas (yes, I was that kind of kid). I love the relaxed, undirected exploration of perusing a good atlas.
Unrelated - I'm looking at flights to Leticia, Colombia.
#atlas #geography #colombia
Unrelated - I'm looking at flights to Leticia, Colombia.
#atlas #geography #colombia
December 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Paging through an atlas (remember those?) my parents gave me years ago for Christmas (yes, I was that kind of kid). I love the relaxed, undirected exploration of perusing a good atlas.
Unrelated - I'm looking at flights to Leticia, Colombia.
#atlas #geography #colombia
Unrelated - I'm looking at flights to Leticia, Colombia.
#atlas #geography #colombia
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Pro tip: eggnog with fireball
December 25, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Pro tip: eggnog with fireball
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“A small act but I appreciate it as a person living on Social Security. Aldi’s the grocery store charges $.25 for the use of their carts.. as I was walking toward the cart row a lady came up to me & said do you need a cart? as she was rolling hers from her car. I […]
[Original post on kind.social]
[Original post on kind.social]
December 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
“A small act but I appreciate it as a person living on Social Security. Aldi’s the grocery store charges $.25 for the use of their carts.. as I was walking toward the cart row a lady came up to me & said do you need a cart? as she was rolling hers from her car. I […]
[Original post on kind.social]
[Original post on kind.social]
Christmas Eve and #waspwednesdsy - what better time for some sand-flinging wasps! #insect #Hymenoptera #wasp #manitoba #bembix #crabronidae
https://lone.earth/w/ojBUFoiPGmcWkY3y6h6woN
https://lone.earth/w/ojBUFoiPGmcWkY3y6h6woN
Sand Wasp Earthworks
Sand wasps (Bembix) busy digging their burrows. Recorded near Hadashville, Manitoba, Canada.
lone.earth
December 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Christmas Eve and #waspwednesdsy - what better time for some sand-flinging wasps! #insect #Hymenoptera #wasp #manitoba #bembix #crabronidae
https://lone.earth/w/ojBUFoiPGmcWkY3y6h6woN
https://lone.earth/w/ojBUFoiPGmcWkY3y6h6woN
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This thing that 404 is writing about in the US—the dehumanizing fake content created purely because Facebook pays people to make it?
https://www.404media.co/ai-generated-videos-of-ice-raids-are-wildly-viral-on-facebook/
It has a direct precedent in the Myanmar genocide and has been widely […]
https://www.404media.co/ai-generated-videos-of-ice-raids-are-wildly-viral-on-facebook/
It has a direct precedent in the Myanmar genocide and has been widely […]
Original post on mas.to
mas.to
November 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This thing that 404 is writing about in the US—the dehumanizing fake content created purely because Facebook pays people to make it?
https://www.404media.co/ai-generated-videos-of-ice-raids-are-wildly-viral-on-facebook/
It has a direct precedent in the Myanmar genocide and has been widely […]
https://www.404media.co/ai-generated-videos-of-ice-raids-are-wildly-viral-on-facebook/
It has a direct precedent in the Myanmar genocide and has been widely […]
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Happy holidays, fediverse!
I got you a megathrust earthquake, soil liquefaction, spine-tingling papers about the way our networks confound knowledge, and a PDF in a pear tree. It's my wrap on a year of trying to make sense of how we make sense of what's happening to us […]
I got you a megathrust earthquake, soil liquefaction, spine-tingling papers about the way our networks confound knowledge, and a PDF in a pear tree. It's my wrap on a year of trying to make sense of how we make sense of what's happening to us […]
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mas.to
December 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Happy holidays, fediverse!
I got you a megathrust earthquake, soil liquefaction, spine-tingling papers about the way our networks confound knowledge, and a PDF in a pear tree. It's my wrap on a year of trying to make sense of how we make sense of what's happening to us […]
I got you a megathrust earthquake, soil liquefaction, spine-tingling papers about the way our networks confound knowledge, and a PDF in a pear tree. It's my wrap on a year of trying to make sense of how we make sense of what's happening to us […]
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"We have become a Nazi monster in the eyes of the whole world - bullies and bastards who would rather kill than live peacefully. We are whores for power and oil, with hate and fear in our hearts." - Hunter Thompson, 2003
December 13, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"We have become a Nazi monster in the eyes of the whole world - bullies and bastards who would rather kill than live peacefully. We are whores for power and oil, with hate and fear in our hearts." - Hunter Thompson, 2003
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@futurebird I have a work Alexa. I found calling it a human female name unsettling. If I knew enough to change its vocal tone, I would, but I don't. I changed its call name from "Alexa" to "computer." It refers to me as "Science Officer Spock".
December 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
@futurebird I have a work Alexa. I found calling it a human female name unsettling. If I knew enough to change its vocal tone, I would, but I don't. I changed its call name from "Alexa" to "computer." It refers to me as "Science Officer Spock".
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I was hungry and you gave me food,
I was thirsty and you gave me drink,
I was a stranger and you welcomed me,
I was naked and you covered me,
I was sick and you visited me,
I was in prison and you came to me.
(Matthew 25:35-36)
I was thirsty and you gave me drink,
I was a stranger and you welcomed me,
I was naked and you covered me,
I was sick and you visited me,
I was in prison and you came to me.
(Matthew 25:35-36)
December 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I was hungry and you gave me food,
I was thirsty and you gave me drink,
I was a stranger and you welcomed me,
I was naked and you covered me,
I was sick and you visited me,
I was in prison and you came to me.
(Matthew 25:35-36)
I was thirsty and you gave me drink,
I was a stranger and you welcomed me,
I was naked and you covered me,
I was sick and you visited me,
I was in prison and you came to me.
(Matthew 25:35-36)
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#3goodthings
1) a warm house on a cold winter day (fire crackling in the fireplace a bonus)
2) feeling less unsettled today (last couple of days had their share of the restlessness of unfocused anxiety)
3) thoughtful colleagues - today thinking of the one who […]
[Original post on mstdn.ca]
1) a warm house on a cold winter day (fire crackling in the fireplace a bonus)
2) feeling less unsettled today (last couple of days had their share of the restlessness of unfocused anxiety)
3) thoughtful colleagues - today thinking of the one who […]
[Original post on mstdn.ca]
December 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
#3goodthings
1) a warm house on a cold winter day (fire crackling in the fireplace a bonus)
2) feeling less unsettled today (last couple of days had their share of the restlessness of unfocused anxiety)
3) thoughtful colleagues - today thinking of the one who […]
[Original post on mstdn.ca]
1) a warm house on a cold winter day (fire crackling in the fireplace a bonus)
2) feeling less unsettled today (last couple of days had their share of the restlessness of unfocused anxiety)
3) thoughtful colleagues - today thinking of the one who […]
[Original post on mstdn.ca]
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Human behavior.
Any contest between six year old boys on a basketball court will quickly devolve into "tackle-roller-basketball" within five minutes. There will follow shrieks of laughter, and you will know the contest is concluded when the crying starts three minutes after that.
Prove me […]
Any contest between six year old boys on a basketball court will quickly devolve into "tackle-roller-basketball" within five minutes. There will follow shrieks of laughter, and you will know the contest is concluded when the crying starts three minutes after that.
Prove me […]
Original post on mastodon.sdf.org
mastodon.sdf.org
December 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Human behavior.
Any contest between six year old boys on a basketball court will quickly devolve into "tackle-roller-basketball" within five minutes. There will follow shrieks of laughter, and you will know the contest is concluded when the crying starts three minutes after that.
Prove me […]
Any contest between six year old boys on a basketball court will quickly devolve into "tackle-roller-basketball" within five minutes. There will follow shrieks of laughter, and you will know the contest is concluded when the crying starts three minutes after that.
Prove me […]
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We all say we want the street on the left, but the street on the right is the receipt for our online shopping habits.
You can't have Amazon convenience and Main Street charm. Corporate convenience shopping will cannibalize small businesses commerce.
You can't have Amazon convenience and Main Street charm. Corporate convenience shopping will cannibalize small businesses commerce.
December 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
We all say we want the street on the left, but the street on the right is the receipt for our online shopping habits.
You can't have Amazon convenience and Main Street charm. Corporate convenience shopping will cannibalize small businesses commerce.
You can't have Amazon convenience and Main Street charm. Corporate convenience shopping will cannibalize small businesses commerce.
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A reminder during this holiday season, courtesy of the late Barbara Ehrenreich, about the "major philanthropists of our society."
December 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
A reminder during this holiday season, courtesy of the late Barbara Ehrenreich, about the "major philanthropists of our society."
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We were out shopping at Barrington Mall today and I was surprised to see this big sign saying “Shopping is pointless” next to a photo of a happy woman in a field of flowers.
My first thought was that it’s some surprisingly on point anti-commercialism messaging […]
[Original post on mastodon.nz]
My first thought was that it’s some surprisingly on point anti-commercialism messaging […]
[Original post on mastodon.nz]
December 23, 2025 at 2:25 AM
We were out shopping at Barrington Mall today and I was surprised to see this big sign saying “Shopping is pointless” next to a photo of a happy woman in a field of flowers.
My first thought was that it’s some surprisingly on point anti-commercialism messaging […]
[Original post on mastodon.nz]
My first thought was that it’s some surprisingly on point anti-commercialism messaging […]
[Original post on mastodon.nz]
#3goodthings
1) a warm house on a cold winter day (fire crackling in the fireplace a bonus)
2) feeling less unsettled today (last couple of days had their share of the restlessness of unfocused anxiety)
3) thoughtful colleagues - today thinking of the one who […]
[Original post on mstdn.ca]
1) a warm house on a cold winter day (fire crackling in the fireplace a bonus)
2) feeling less unsettled today (last couple of days had their share of the restlessness of unfocused anxiety)
3) thoughtful colleagues - today thinking of the one who […]
[Original post on mstdn.ca]
December 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
#3goodthings
1) a warm house on a cold winter day (fire crackling in the fireplace a bonus)
2) feeling less unsettled today (last couple of days had their share of the restlessness of unfocused anxiety)
3) thoughtful colleagues - today thinking of the one who […]
[Original post on mstdn.ca]
1) a warm house on a cold winter day (fire crackling in the fireplace a bonus)
2) feeling less unsettled today (last couple of days had their share of the restlessness of unfocused anxiety)
3) thoughtful colleagues - today thinking of the one who […]
[Original post on mstdn.ca]