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ElleGray, 6 days ago to random

Scottish power

ElleGray, 6 days ago to random

Saw this and immediately wondered if the sound a parent made stepping on it in the dark in ancient times is the same noise we'd make today

ferricoxide, 10 days ago to random

Usually in the face.

pchestek, 11 days ago to random

"The whales have not responded to requests for comment."
https://boingboing.net/2024/05/14/whales-attack-and-sink-a-yacht.html

timbray, 12 days ago to photography

Humming-butt. We are blessed in that our back porch is regularly visited by these cheeky little flying jewels. I have tried to photograph them for some years and failed. I have just finished improving the technology and it’s good enough now, but have still not captured one in flight or looking at me. Summer project!

#photography

ProjectPhysX, 15 days ago to random

About an hour ago, the sky turned blood red over Bavaria, Germany. It's the first time I've ever seen an #Aurora in my life. It was so bright to be easily visible with the naked eye. An absolutely jawdropping experience. 🖖😳✨
#polarlights #northernlights #solarstorm
cc @tagesschau @DLR @dlr_next @stim3on

at 22:29 they got a lot brighter, covering half if the sky; even some green visible at the bottom; another 10s exposure
vertical 10s exposure at 22:37
before fading again, they moved westward in front of the moon, here an 10s exposure at 22:46 showing distinct lines shaped by the magnetic field

ErikUden, 17 days ago to random

The perfect Mastodon moderation principle

sinbad, 17 days ago to random

Being of a very similar age to him I find myself thinking that WWDTD (What Would David Tennant Do?) might be a reasonable guide to not becoming a horrible old fart

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/07/david-tennant-speaks-out-weaponising-trans-rights/

GeePawHill, 20 days ago to random

I know that everything sucks.

Believe me, I know.

But let me tell you a thing. In my "everything sucks" "i hate everyone and everything" mode, I have been binge-ing TV.

Excellent TV, yes, and, mmmm, barely okay TV, and DON'T JUDGE ME, mediocre TV.

And here's the thing: at all three levels of modern TV, there are important portrayed non-het relationships. Not implied, explicit.

All of this was inconceivable 20 years ago.

Don't quit. Keep pushing. Love who you love.

q, 23 days ago to random

Did you know that porn addiction isn't a thing?

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/women-who-stray/201808/science-stopped-believing-in-porn-addiction-you-should-too

"If the concept of pornography addiction were true, then porn-related problems would go up, regardless of morality, as porn use goes up. But the researchers didn’t find that. In fact, they cite numerous studies showing that even feeling like you struggle to control your porn use doesn’t actually predict more porn use. What that means is that the people who report great anguish over controlling their porn use aren’t actually using more porn; they just feel worse about it.

Having moral conflict over your porn use (PPMI) does turn out to be bad for you. But that's not because of the porn. Instead, higher levels of moral conflict over porn use predict higher levels of stress, anxiety, depression, and diminished sexual well-being, as well as religious and spiritual struggles. In one study by Perry and Whitehead, pornography use predicted depression over a period of six years, but only in men who disapproved of porn use. Continuing to use porn when you believe that it is bad is harmful. Believing that you are addicted to porn and telling yourself that you're unable to control your porn use hurts your well-being. It's not the porn, but the unresolved, unexamined moral conflict."

TL;DR: Porn addiction isn't a thing, and if you feel harmed by it, you can get help but you're not addicted to porn, you just have something else going on.

Enjoy being horny and enjoying yourself, just know that porn isn't inherently evil and corrupting like heroin.

WhiskeySailor, 23 days ago to random

I love when Zionist try to attack the left with "well are you saying the USA is settler colony?" and we can just say "yes." It's so easy and they get so mad because their big "gotcha" has no power

YakyuNightOwl, 25 days ago to random

If the braintrusts in Germany and the United States are worried about the rise of antisemitism, they need to take a good long look in the mirror.

Making every living generation of peaceloving Jewish citizens afraid of their current and future governments isn't a winning strategy.

You can fight fire with controlled burns in a forest.

You can't fight antisemitism by being antisemitic.

sylvia_ritter, 26 days ago to art

Tomorrow I will release the next tarot card, No. 57. 💚 🦋 :blobcat: #art #mastoart #fediart #tarot

veronica, 27 days ago to ai

A quick reminder that humans have not yet invented AI. It's an imitation puffed up by marketing. They've dressed up a parrot as Agent Smith.

#AI #LLM #Tech

BraveRobynArt, 28 days ago to templeofelementalevil

Happy #SelfPromoSaturday. My new adventure Silence of Stonetree is out. The town of Stonetree & its inhabitants suddenly petrify around the characters, can they find the fountain of legend, face down the corrupted guardian and cure the town? Find out in this exciting adventure module suitable for a 3rd level party, it comes with colour and printer-friendly maps (see below), new monsters, a magic weapon that grows with the party and more! All for just $3.50.

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/477773/silence-of-stonetree?affiliate_id=3919922

#DungeonsAndDragons
#Adventure #TTRPG #ttrpgcomunity #MastoArt #FeditArt #cartography #Dicecamp #AdventureModule #DnD #SelfPromo #Writing #GameDesign

AdamMakesTTRPG, 1 month ago to DnD

You've got about 12 hours to get #Planescape heroes on sale!

But first read the first 25 preview pages for free!

https://www.dmsguild.com/product/460333/Planescape-Heroes?affiliate_id=771734 #DnD #fantasy #multiverse

mathi_gwithyas, 1 month ago to random

New captcha just dropped

Badger_AF, 1 month ago to ResidentAlien

We started watching this on Netflix. I'm really surprised at how good it turned out to be!

BTW, the title alien watches a fuck-load of TV - just like most people.

It's funny, absurd, and at times poignant. Much better than it had to be.

#ResidentAlien

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4J7QjGNTs4

Some_Emo_Chick, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

The sacking of Rome by the Goths, 410 AD.

puppygirlhornypost, 1 month ago to random

PSA: If you have to sit there removing traits that your friends deem "unacceptable", such as trying to avoid your sexuality or acting like "an LGBTQ+" individual... protip: those people aren't your friends and doing that to yourself over long periods of time is not worth it. I sat there for YEARS repressing myself to be included in tech spaces who would've otherwise hated me for being publicly trans and queer. I regret trying to suck up and be "one of them" or "a good one". No fuck you, I am not hampering my personality to sit there and appease someone who very much wants my kind eradicated. Part of my recent techposting has been the fact I found a space where I can both be a kinky weird freak who's trans and gay while still being respected and able to talk to people about technology. A lot of the time I spent in those communities was negative to my mental health. Watching my acquaintances (if they can even be called that) spouting transphobic & homophobic rhetoric for years unend while not being able to say anything, and having to hide that part of me did a lot of harm on my mental health.

JenYetAgain, 1 month ago to random

Frodo: That man in the corner, who is he?

Bartender: He's one a them rangers, dangerous folk I hear. At home in the wilds. Dual wield without attack penalties. They can cast priest spells. Sometimes they have animal companions, but that depends on which edition yer playin.

teknomagic, 2 months ago to solarpunk

#Solarpunk community: please stop using AIs to generate images. Yes, I know there's very few solarpunk visual concepts. Generative AIs are predatory, anti-worker software and on top of that its energy and water consumption is huge (specially since it's a non essential service). Commission an artist, use stock images. Don't make me go fight you.

cybeardjm, 2 months ago to photography

There's unfortunately no video record of a fabled exchange between Joe Pyne (talk show host) and Frank Zappa.
According to Pyne lore, he invited his audience to “Say hello to a musician—and I use that term loosely—representing a rock ’n’ roll band known as the Mothers of Invention.”
Zappa, 24, nodded to the booing crowd.
Pyne looked him over and said, “I guess your long hair makes you a woman.”
Zappa shrugged. “I guess your wooden leg makes you a table.”

#Zappa #Photography

flexghost, 2 months ago to random

282 million instagram followers and she just told them to go vote on Super Tuesday

I can’t name a single song

But I’m a Taylor Swift fan

IPEdmonton, 3 months ago to random

I am fond of pointing out that in the early part of the pandemic, we stopped flu in its tracks completely (and even wiped out a whole strain) by wearing crappy masks badly. Well, it turns out those same crappy masks prevented a whole boatload of COVID too! Pretty good for crappy masks, worn badly.