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a wizard @towerwizard.bsky.social · 1d

The wizard is snuggled into his bed, reading a book about moles (the food). The little cat is curled up above the covers, by his feet.

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there is beauty in simplicity @kinsale42.mstdn.games.ap.brid.gy · 1d

why do we have to go to work when we could be petting cats

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Paco Hope wishes ill for JK Rowling @paco.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Thanks to my hardware store. New insult unlocked.

Photo of a white plastic bag with a UPC bar code. The text of the product name reads “BALLCOCK SHANK NUT BAG.”

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Eugen Rochko @gargron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Standing on a stile on top of Low Rigg.

📷 Pentax KX
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
🔭 Pentax M 50mm/1.7
⚗️ Come Through Lab

#believeinfilm #filmphotography #analogphotography #35mm #lakedistrict #thelakes #cumbria

A dry-stone wall extending into the distance, splitting the green landscape into two equal parts. A ray of golden sunlight descends on the middle part.

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Dan Fixes Coin-Ops @ifixcoinops.retro.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

nobody here has a normal relationship with technology

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Mark Asser @markasser.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Can't get a drink betwee n buses at Paradise 'cos the fridge is rebooting. Modern life is rubbish.

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Piggleston Pecanpants @lilpecan.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Today I saw someone toot, in dismay, people are posting their everyday life to Mastodon when they could simply buy a diary for $1.99. I can't stop thinking about this.
What if this is all they have? What if they're isolated with or without people in their life? What if the only kind word they […]

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🎣:cinnamoroll_sit: sylph in progress @dispencer.catboy.baby · Jul 2

resposting this with my own little addition...

venn diagram with 3 circles: love, the tidal patterns of the ocean, and salmon.
it is captioned: "it will return again and again. not always in the same form, or in the same place, but it will find its way back to you."

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Eugen Rochko @gargron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

A view of Elterwater.

📷 Pentax KX
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
🔭 Pentax M 50mm/1.7
⚗️ Come Through Lab

#believeinfilm #filmphotography #analogphotography #35mm #lakedistrict #thelakes #cumbria

A calm lake, reflecting the auburn trees on the far shore and the Langdale pikes in the distance. Some rocks are in the water.

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🍋 Superball ☀️ @superball.norcal.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

This happens to me fairly often on here and just happened again: as I was scrolling through your beautiful landscapes and produce and quirky little projects, a wave of joy passed through me. This is what it’s about. This is the good stuff. Thank you. 🥲💞

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Curmudgeon @jetton.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 4d

Tip for those iPhone users attempting to use the godawful iOS 26

In Settings -> Accessibility -> Display & Text Size set

Reduce Transparency On
Increase Contrast On
Bold Text On

and then it will almost be usable again.

Unless of course you already needed to use one or more of these settings […]

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GERM @germ.deletethis.lol · 4d

LOOK at this lady from TikTok with her snowball viburnum in the spring time, how can the whole world just be moving on while this thing exists

A screenshot from a ticktock of a lady Standing next to some bridal spirea and a TOWERING TALL snow ball viburnum, bursting with huge blooms and towering like miles tall above her

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🍋 Superball ☀️ @superball.norcal.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d

“Shoemaker’s mushroom boat, bobbing across the Pacific swells, may look whimsical. But it signals a deeper truth: Fungi aren’t just breaking into design, fashion and construction. They may be the quiet architects of a more sustainable future—allies and companions as we learn, at last, to build […]

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🍋 Superball ☀️ @superball.norcal.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d

A fascinating piece written by an oncologist about a patient who believed in bringing about his own healing

https://aeon.co/essays/what-can-positive-thinking-do-for-a-cancer-patient

What can positive thinking do for a cancer patient? | Aeon Essays

Warren met his cancer diagnosis with tenacious optimism. But can positive thinking really affect the course of the disease?

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🍋 Superball ☀️ @superball.norcal.social.ap.brid.gy · 5d

#3goodthings

• My friend’s place is almost ready for his fall visit: everything is done, including bonus things, except the last-minute things for when I clear out.

• I’ve almost entirely emerged from the depths I was in for a couple days, thanks in part to the ministrations of friends (on- […]

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Bellycan @pelicangut.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 5d

Always look in the stormwater drains. This great egret (white heron as we call it) stepped out of the drain under the Five Island Bridge to hunt in the water flowing into the lake.

Always look up too, especially at lamp posts next to water. Maybe don't stand […]

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A tall white bird with a yellow beak stands in water draining through rocky ground with mangroves dry grasses. We usually call it a white heron, but it's name is great egret.

The majestic Australian pelican stands on a lamp post watching all below (it's at a boat ramp). Blue sky above, casuarina trees catching the breeze behind.

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 5d

When asked what policy he would prescribe in response to AI, @rbreich.bsky.social said Universal Basic Income. That's the 3-word correct answer. It's not the only thing we need, but it's the core. It's the foundation to build on. The more people say the same, the better. Mention UBI over and over.

Our response to Robert Reich prescribing Universal Basic Income as the policy response to AI. #UBI

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🍋 Superball ☀️ @superball.norcal.social.ap.brid.gy · 5d

*resisting the urge to Argue With People Saying Shitty Things To Me On The Internet* 😖

DO NOT ENGAGE.
DO NOT ENGAGE.
DO NOT ENGAGE.
Remember that if I push back, they’ll push harder
. . . if they don’t know what they’re talking about, they don’t want to know
. . . if I ignore them, their […]

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🍋 Superball ☀️ @superball.norcal.social.ap.brid.gy · 6d

@gnomon ✨🤞🏼✨

🍋 Superball ☀️ @superball.norcal.social.ap.brid.gy · 6d

@gnomon
More personal-projects time for Ben, stat!!

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🍋 Superball ☀️ @superball.norcal.social.ap.brid.gy · 6d

OMGGGGGGGGG!!! Two of them just came romping across the deck!! I said quietly to this one: “Hello! You’re beautiful! I love you!”

A half-grown gray fox kit just inside a sliding-glass doorway, having stepped over the edge of a welcome mat, peering at the viewer with great curiosity over the handle of a plastic bag

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Street Art Utopia @streetartutopia.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 12d

https://streetartutopia.com/2025/09/26/the-weight-we-carry-8-photos/

The Weight We Carry (9 Photos) - STREET ART UTOPIA

From the tangible heaviness of stone-filled sculptures to murals that address absence, poverty, and environmental destruction, these eight works reveal the burdens we shoulder as individuals and societies. Featuring Celeste Roberge, Kevin Lee, Haohui Zhou, Bin Liu, SMUG, Innerfields, Lalone, Alexander Milov, Hijack, and Banksy, the collection spans continents and mediums, each piece offering its […]

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Stacey @vidyala.gamepad.club.ap.brid.gy · 6d

Do you know what would brighten my day? Please send me your best photos of your pets. Not urgent or time sensitive. cc esp friends @stoic_monkey @90sScriptKiddiw and anyone else who'd like to. It's not a contest. Every pet wins. 😍

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Matthew Haughey @mathowie.xoxo.zone.ap.brid.gy · 7d

A friend traveling abroad sent a photo of this, and now I can't believe I've never seen it before in every Car Guy's liquor cabinet

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Dan Fixes Coin-Ops @ifixcoinops.retro.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d

lbelaboration: Nick (@nickwedig) is an IRL friend of mine and makes excellent tabletop roleplaying games. I'll literally turn up at his house on a Friday evening and he'll have made a game for us to play, I've been playing games with him for wow okay over a decade now yikes and none of them have […]

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