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MostlyTato

@MostlyTato@mstdn.social

Archaeologist / Graphic Designer / High Functioning Potato / Scavenger / Cheapskate Gardener / Loved by dogs / Tolerated by cats

I live in the Dystopian Disunited Kingdom. I'm here to be informed of corruption, nebulous networks and shady government plans.

Really, I'm just a high-functioning potato, so cut me some slack 😏

#UKPolitics🎩#GTTO🐟#SavetheNHS💙#archaeology #geology #philosophy #dogs #cats #gardening #Introvert

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stux, to random Dutch
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Preparing for the server migration for tonight.. it’s gonna be a big one

MostlyTato,
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@stux
Eeek, good luck.

ElleGray, to random
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so. in January I was in a bad car accident. fractured spine, ruptured discs, cracked pelvis, broken arm. last 4 months have been v hard. tonight though I'm going back to my adult dance class for the first time. I wasn't sure I'd ever even walk properly again so this is a moment for me. a good one

MostlyTato,
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@ElleGray
Nice one, when you have been through that, I imagine every day feels like a blessing. 😎

GottaLaff, to random
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FYI, someone just asked me, "Could you please put a CW on those US politics posts?"

I said no sorry,, just mute me.

I don't understand CWing political posts. And that doesn't mean you need to @ me explaining why. I know THEIR reasons, I just disagree with them and won't do it.

I respect CWs for other things, but not politics. Politics is news and people need to be aware of what's happening. It's not gory or violent, it's politics.

Kthxbye.

MostlyTato,
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@GottaLaff
As long as you hashtag content appropriately, it can either be followed or blocked via filter as desired by each individual.

MostlyTato, to climate
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I for one am glad she's back...because that quote below is my life for the last five years; the world in microcosm:

"You admit you're scared. You admit you don't know what to do. You stop. You listen. You look for answers. You come up with a plan. You abandon your previous assumptions about reality. You adjust to the new reality in front of you."

https://www.okdoomer.io/panic-all-you-want-its-good-for-you/

MostlyTato,
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@fkamiah17
I think the lessons we are forced against our will to learn, well, for me those have the most profound effect. A both bitter and sanguine blessing.

MostlyTato, to random
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I love scavenging the back alleys. I found this! Its a mini trash can, based on the sort of thing we actually put rubbish in when I was young. It had mould inside, so I'm assuming it may have been meant to be for kitchen scraps outside. One of the handles was broken so that was fixed. No idea what to use it for, but its cool.

MostlyTato,
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@fkamiah17
All good ideas., but I already do all those things 😀 I'm thinking I may actually use it to store kitchen scraps. Or as a small yard waste bin!

MostlyTato,
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@fkamiah17
LOL Mia, you should see my yard. I just spent 20 minutes trying to find space for a small pot.😂 This spring has been mostly removing stuff from the yard after four years of cramming it all in.

fkamiah17, to random
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Morning all 👋
Lovely day outside 🥰 ☀️

MostlyTato,
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@fkamiah17
Good morning Mia 😎

markmccaughrean, to climate
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Nothing else matters.

Almost 80% of IPCC climate scientists believe we're heading for 2.5ºC of warming this century; 50% say 3ºC.

These are objectively disastrous numbers.

Over 70% say that lack of political will is to blame; 60% also blame vested corporate interests.

I'd add the demagogues, populists, & their cronies, weaponising denialism for their own short-term selfish gains.

History will judge our generation very harshly.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/08/world-scientists-climate-failure-survey-global-temperature

MostlyTato,
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@markmccaughrean
I think maybe within this century, and almost certainly within the next, there will be no historians left to judge anything.

patrickworld, to gardening
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This mthrfkr

MostlyTato,
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@patrickworld
Bookmarked, shall try and remember.

MostlyTato,
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@patrickworld
Sorry, I took a pic and just got around to uploading it!
You can just see it growing out of the toadflax. How it survives every year growing in practically nothing is amazing, it must have sunk rootlets down into the wall.

MostlyTato,
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@patrickworld
I have a three inch, naturally bonsaied birch tree growing in my back wall, that comes back each year. I must take a pic of it.

mkwadee, to random
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Today we travelled to the , which is just over an hour away by train, making it suitable for a day trip. We cycled to our and left our there. In , we only used pubic and walked everywhere; we were lucky that although today had been planned well in advance, the weather was wonderful.

MostlyTato,
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@mkwadee
The buildings are amazing. But that lawn...I'd fill it full of trees!

MostlyTato, to UKpolitics
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"I felt a great disturbance in the Force...as if millions of voices cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced. But they were Tories, so its all cool."

MostlyTato,
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@fkamiah17
I'm glad I didn't see that.

fkamiah17, to UKpolitics
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Cold War Steve 👏 🤣

MostlyTato,
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@fkamiah17
Haha the piggy

18+ fkamiah17, to random
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WEEK 30: White supremacist group Patriot Front march through the streets of Charleston, West Virginia today. Curious lack of riot police.

MostlyTato,
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@fkamiah17
Frrrreeeduuuumbbb!

MostlyTato,
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@fkamiah17
And a curious abundance of masks, too.

KokopelliBFree, to photography German
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  1. Glad and grateful that my appliances are working fine.
  2. Tiny with extended coffee break despite everything.
  3. Stayed way more creative than expected.

Yours?


@3goodthings

MostlyTato,
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@KokopelliBFree @3goodthings
I've eaten so much wild garlic over the past four years I'm actually not harvesting it this spring, I think I need a break!

TwoClownsEating, to random
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Too many folks not using recently. I've soft blocked (block then unblock to mutual unfollow) a few people recently, mainly people who post lots of images. They are nice people, the things they post are nice but I'm increasingly irritated by it.

No text, no boost. If you can't be arsed to do it, I can't be arsed to see it.

MostlyTato,
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@TwoClownsEating
I think a lot of it is simply that they don't know how much it helps many people.

MostlyTato,
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@TwoClownsEating
I landed here at the same time as you and very quickly learned the etiquette. I suspect the other place has taught people bad habits too.

stux, to random
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Happy !

A red and a black cat both pulling on a rope on the opposite side of the door

MostlyTato,
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@stux
Physics meet cats ---- cats meet physics. Cat based illustration of Tai Chi: push & pull. 😎

jblue, to gardening
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Three pips for native plants 🎉

Trillium erectum, red trillium

Viola pedata, birds foot violet

Fragaria virginiana, wild strawberry

Medeola virginiana, cucumber root

Sisyrinchium atlanticum, eastern blue-eyed grass

#gardening #jardin #garten #NativePlants #rewilding #bloomscrolling #florespondence #fleurisTonFil #flores #blumen #花 #flowers #plantas #plants @plants #GrowYourOwn

A close-up of a green plant with 6 pointed leaves radiating from a central point. The light is shining on the leaves so they glow green.
Two blue flowers with yellow centers bordered in dark purple. They emerge out of long stems from a plant that has long grassy looking leaves.

MostlyTato,
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@jblue @plants
Wild strawberry is lovely, but I made the mistake of putting some in the woodland bank in the alley and they took over. No matter how many I dig out there are always more in there. Now, when I remove them, I add the plants to the bits of the alley I'm ok to have covered in wild strawberry plants.

MostlyTato, to UKpolitics
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I was talking to a neighbour. He said he can't vote Conservative, they have destroyed the country. But he also blamed the state of the country on 'leftist councils' and immigrants.
He thinks Brexit was a good idea, despite it having fucked us all over and thinks Reform are the only electoral alternative and that the 'Far-right' is an invention of the liberal media.
He thinks Trump did a good job as president and that anthropic climate change isn't real.
I prefer cats to people.

MostlyTato,
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@fkamiah17
What struck me hard was the obvious contradiction in much of what he said, and that he couldn't see it.

idoubtit, to random
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    @idoubtit
    Natural selection at its finest! Rock on.

    fkamiah17, to UKpolitics
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    I'll leave with you with something to giggle about. He was so busy not running the country, Sunak's team had the bright idea to do a heavily stage-managed interaction with the plebs, by "surprising" people who thought they were seeking independent financial advice. They were so proud of their idea they pinned it to the No.10 homepage. No one thought to check if it was illegal to impersonate a financial adviser.
    Well, not quite no-one - Twitter remembered 🤣
    They've deleted it now.

    MostlyTato,
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    @fkamiah17
    Haha. Maybe twitter need to tell him he's not qualified to run the country too 😎

    MostlyTato, to windows
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    I just reinstalled Windows. The actual installation was easy, but what took nearly as long and was much more annoying was having to refuse all the crap Cortana was pushing my way. First thing I do when Windoze finally loads? Uninstall Cortana 😎

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    @fkamiah17
    A lot of the Windows app settings are about hiding from view what it continues to do, so you don't worry about it 😂

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