Cyrus

Cyrus, 9 days ago to random

Yes hi uh, this is more of a cicada than a question

Cyrus, 12 days ago to random

This cosmic display is very cool because in the continental US we don’t often get to see areolae in public

Cyrus, 25 days ago to random

Just rewatched Beasts of the Southern Wild and goddamn if that isn’t one of my favorite movies of all time. I am aware of hooks’s criticism and I respect it, but for me the film’s magical depiction of the chaotically churning and burning cauldron of life and death far exceeds the tropes it may contain.

Cyrus, 29 days ago to jazz

It only just now occurred to me that the song My Favorite Things is about dissociation. I wonder if that’s why it resonated so much with Coltrane.
#jazz

Cyrus, 1 month ago to random

This honker was out honking its little lungs out and I thought @loren and some other bird people would enjoy it:

A small song bird sitting on a fence post near some dense foliage. It opens its beak wide for each utterance.

Cyrus, 1 month ago to animals

I’ve taught my cat to ring a bell when he wants food. I suppose most people would think he rings it all the time, but no! He just hunkers over the bell, waiting, watching, relishing his newfound center of power.
#CatsOfMastodon

Cyrus, 1 month ago to random

tailor holding a measuring tape and a leather punch

“For whom, the belt holes?”

Cyrus, 1 month ago to random

The best part is when the three bodies jump up, and the one dude looks at the camera and says “that’s a problem!”

Cyrus, 2 months ago to random

I can’t believe all this moss is free. Like it’s just sitting there where anyone can look at it without even having a subscription!
#mosstodon

A large tree reaching to the sky, completely covered in twisty whorls of moss
Moss drapes thickly and luxuriously from a branch
A closeup of a thick forest of little tree like shapes of vivid moss growing on a fallen branch

Cyrus, 2 months ago to random

Gettin real mossy up in this binch
#Mosstodon

Cyrus, 2 months ago to random

“Well, we won’t see him again.”
“I’m sure you’re right.”

The writing in the show “the Gentlemen” is so basic and cheap and low effort, I’m embarrassed.

Cyrus, 2 months ago to random

You’re pouring hot water into the French press? On what grounds?

Cyrus, 2 months ago to random

Weird! I just got a banner notification on here that I got an encrypted notification. Actually it showed up again while typing this, screenshot attached:
@MonaApp

Cyrus, 2 months ago to random

Little bit of everything here!
#LichenSubscribe #mosstodon #ThickTrunkThursday #ferndiverse

Cyrus, 2 months ago to drums

As a #drummer I like to talk shop about #drums, but the active forums for that are heavily loaded with reactionary old white men, including the moderators. The amount of blatant bigotry is ridiculous, especially because they are all very skilled at using euphemisms so they don’t break the usual rules against politics and religion. We can be talking about the thickness of the plating on a certain era of metal shell, and somehow they manage to insert coded racism, every time.

Cyrus, 2 months ago to random

I really enjoyed season 1 of the Tourist (Netflix) but season 2 is a MESS mess. Like wtf is going on, and not in a good way. It’s like they got the green light for a second season and they panicked.

Cyrus, 2 months ago to portland

Here in West Slope it’s snow in the air, but rain before it actually hits the ground. #pdxtst

Cyrus, 2 months ago to random

For #HotTakeJubilee : I don’t care about abled/white/cis people who find fedi unwelcoming or hard to use. There are plenty of places for them, so boo fuckin hoo if they didn’t get the red carpet treatment here. Oh are we keeping it just a little hobby site? Too bad, I like hobbies and hate entitled crowds.

[Corollary non-hot take is the fedi builders and power users should have done a better job of welcoming and supporting Black Twitter.]

Cyrus, 3 months ago to random

This one’s for @futurebird

Ants are famously able to lift 5000 times their own body weight. Research has shown that this ability decreases in inverse proportion to any genetic increase in the length of their legs. This is known as the Paradox of Taller Ants.

Cyrus, 3 months ago to random

Two very different moss monsters I made friends with today:
#mosstodon

A decaying stump, just a hand length wide and a meter high, with a big bulbous head of moss on top, giving it the appearance of a muppet or creature. Various types of moss and lichen spring off it, and the woods all around are similarly enrobed.

Cyrus, 3 months ago to jazz

Ooh! New tribute to Sun Ra by Meshell Ndegeocello:
#SunRa #jazz

https://youtu.be/dXYd-7UbX_g

Cyrus, 3 months ago to random

We’ve got #mosstodon and #LichenSubscribe but it’s more remarkable that mastodon has no #algaerithm

Cyrus, 4 months ago to random

Cyrus, 4 months ago to portland

Whew! Still no power at home, about 11 hours so far. No internet, and spotty phone, in the SW. Finally a friend got us connected to a Best Western nearby, and the reservation line (based who knows where) assured us they had power, and charged us for a room. Course when we got there, no power! We made our way to the house of a friend in NE who had power and offered to put us up, and that’s where I’m writing from now. #portland #pdxtst

Cyrus, 4 months ago to random

So, I am fervently dedicated to the War On Xmas, but if you want to watch some good xmas movies, there are two that I enjoy unironically:
We’re No Angels (Bogart, Ustinov, 1955)
Rare Exports (2010)
Both have mortally black humor yet warm hearts underneath.