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fluffgar

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Keeping Mastodon for my all of my chaos. If you want more creative/art focussed stuff follow my PixelFed: https://pixelfed.scot/fluffgar

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fluffgar, to edinburgh
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Là Bealltainn (May Day) is tomorrow and the celebrations begin tonight. The best known of which is probably the Cnoc Calton (Calton Hill) event in Dùn Èideann (Edinburgh).

https://beltane.org/beltane-fire-festival-2024/

alexanderhay, to Scotland
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It would be the bleakest of ironies if the Scottish Greens helped get TERF-tastic into power as leader, don't you think?

"'s will resign as first minister, says

"LONDON April 29 (Reuters) - Scotland's first minister will resign as early as Monday, the BBC reported, after the possibility of him winning a vote of confidence this week appeared to dwindle over the weekend..."

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/scotlands-yousaf-set-resign-first-minister-uk-media-say-2024-04-29/

fluffgar,
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@alexanderhay Forbes?! WTAF @ScottishGreens?

fluffgar, to random
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There are whole philosophies around making and mending. Part of it is about making your world a slightly better place.

Changing a thing now so that later you (and possibly others) can have a better experience.

A small nudge toward something better.

fluffgar, to wildflowers
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I bought a wildflower that is dear to me, and today it flowered.

Heart's Ease (viola tricolor) is a native here. I remember it being all over where I grew up, but have only rarley seen it in the wild since.

Am hoping that, as it is pretty good at self-seeding, my garden can be the start of a new wee colony.

fluffgar,
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Now it gets to be my Gaelic word of the day too.

"goirmean-searradh"
(pronounciation in link).

https://learngaelic.scot/dictionary/index.jsp?abairt=goirmean-searradh&slang=both&wholeword=false

fluffgar, to random
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We finally completed moving house. The place is going to be chaos for the foreseeable future but we've got everything here.

And the fatigue of a month of physical and mental labour has hit us. We're so tired it's not even funny. It's interesting how you can keep going and not realise how much effort you are making, until the pressure is off and the crash comes.

We're fine. Just need to take it a little slow for a bit.

To others , we salute you siblings in fatigue.

fluffgar, to Scotland
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Photo. Lots of tufts of lichen on the smaller branches of a tree. Camera struggling to focus.
Photo. Wider shot of lichen-covered branches. Camera fails to focus.

MsHearthWitch, to StarTrek
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It's time to reread The Earthsea Cycle I think.

Every time I read this book from now until the end of time I will remember one of the coolest things that happened to me. I don't remember how to conversation started, but I replied to a thread on twitter about books. I said I was reading Tehanu for the first time. And the actor who plays Paul Stamets (Star Trek) replied to me! We had a convo about how great the series was.

Huge fangirl moment.

fluffgar,
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@MsHearthWitch Loved seeing him on one of those Star Trek after show discussions (can't remember the name) because it was clear he was a massive fan himself.

Hope he gets to do more Star Trek stuff. There's always room for another alien ambassador, or something. Jeffrey Combs style.

hpkomic, to StarTrek
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Jean Luc is slutting it up.

fluffgar,
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@hpkomic Star Trek does have a long and proud history of men not being afraid to slut (in the positive sense) it up.

I'm sure thete are plenty more examples than I have here.

Still. Riker in an open shirt from TNG Season 01 Episode 14 "Angel One" (1988).

JackTheCat, to random
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I wonder at what point politicians go from, "I want to help my community, do good and leave positive improvements for little reward except a warm glow" to, "Ker-ching!"? The sad thing is it's not just politics. I've seen it at council level and even union level. Power corrupts. Absolutely.

fluffgar,
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@JackTheCat I wonder if it's mostly a symptom of a whole society problem. As long as people feel there is the possibility hanging over them of not having enough to get by perhaps they will keep trying to fill that potential deficit (which being only a potential has no measurement, meaning there's no figure to aim for to call "enough"). Excess greed might be a treatable psychological condition, if we can push toward actual social security for folk.

elizabethtasker, to random
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Here's today's press release for JAXA's SLIM lunar landing!

TL;DR:

Pinpoint site identification was crazily successful.

We were lowering into position, detecting boulders like a champ.

THEN ONE OF THE ENGINES DROPPED OFF.

(I kid you not)

(we don't know why yet)

(maybe space pirates)

But we still soft-landed on 1 engine.

(TAKE THAT SPACE PIRATES!)

but on our head.

Strangely, might not be a big deal once the Sun moves round to the other side of the spacecraft.

https://global.jaxa.jp/press/2024/01/20240125-1_e.html

fluffgar,
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@elizabethtasker Lander doing a celebratory break-dance?

birdpoof, to StarTrek

omfg I found out Wil Wheaton was bullied off Mastodon?
Y'all are jerks.

fluffgar,
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I make no comment on the right and wrong of that situation. Everyone involved could've probably handled it better. But looking it up there was clearly more to it.

One source I finally tracked down (the original seems to have been deleted): https://web.archive.org/web/20180902160444/https://medium.com/@AmberEnderton/wil-wheaton-has-a-listening-problem-accdf6277b88

fluffgar, to Scotland
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Just today I was walking in and found out what happened to the

WTF! I hope the company responsible gets their arse sued right off them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp7jQRdxiq4

fluffgar, to random
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@Gargron & co.

Is there such a thing as a mastodon invite link? Just to send to pals so they don't have to work out the server thing straight away. Maybe pop-up the option to follow the person who sent them the link once they've signed up?

kixes, to singapore
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I wrote this last week after a short road trip, where a friend and I had some time to chat about our lives in compared to how we are in , and the sorts of change that might occur in our lives as we move forward after the things we’ve been through so far.

https://kirstenhan.com/2023/12/23/transformations/

fluffgar,
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@kixes If you do decide to settle here and become a Singaporean Scot, you will be most welcome.

Your expertise in activism, and perspective, would also be great in our desire for Scottish independence. Though that is entirely optional.

Regardless as we like to say to welcome potential New Scots, kettle's oan!

sundogplanets, to random
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Today was a hard day. But someone who interviewed me yesterday sent me a news article about a satellite that is mostly made of wood and somehow that gave me a ridiculous amount of hope (probably WAY too much hope...)

https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/07/asia/japan-wooden-satellite-scn-spc/index.html

fluffgar,
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@sundogplanets Maybe it's a little fanciful of me, and I'm not even sure wood could actually hold an atmosphere, but now I'm imagining starships of the future creaking like tallships of the past. Kind of comforting sounds for the crew to boot.

fkamiah17, to UKpolitics
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In news that will surprise no one, a Fatal Motion was tabled today to stop the anti-strike bill. It was withdrawn because neither Labour nor the Lib Dems would support it. 🤬

fluffgar,
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@simon_brooke They also have a fediverse presence at @YorksBylines.

tantramar, to StarTrek
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Ok, I am NOT into musicals*, but I’ve watched Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Subspace Rhapsody ONCE and have these songs stuck in my head. (And yes, this is a good thing.)

*that said, I did get the “bunnies” references, because that’s ALSO a surprisingly good show WHO AM I?!?!

fluffgar,
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@tantramar You're Christopher MacKay, and you fly the ship.

thisismyglasgow, to glasgow
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Daldowie Dovecot on Hamilton Road in the east of Glasgow. Originally built in the 18th century in grounds of the Daldowie House Estate to house pigeons, by the 20th Century it found itself on the grounds of a sewage treatment works. It was moved to its currently location in 2000

fluffgar,
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@thisismyglasgow Looks like it might be a good refuge for bats too.

fluffgar, to cymru
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Looks like Near England is getting some of that that hit already. too. Not sure about Far , but seems to be mostly staying off so far.

fluffgar, to Podcast
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Been listening to the . It tells the story in real time. Episodes released around the dates they happened in the book. Interspersed are fun or informative bonus episodes.

It's very good.

https://podcastaddict.com/podcast/re-dracula/4518551

NationCymru, to random
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Universal Credit – don’t bank on support if you’re partnered https://nation.cymru/opinion/universal-credit-dont-bank-on-support-if-youre-partnered/

fluffgar,
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@NationCymru This is a particular peeve of mine. Treating two adult human beings as a unit (and giving them each less than they individually would receive in the process). The same isn't done if you are living in the same home as housemates.

You are still a person in your own right, with all the accompanying needs, whether you live with a partner or just a friend.

chrysalis, to glasgow
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I’d booked a Glasgow city centre hotel in July but my car was banned from the new LEZ, despite being a low emission diesel. So I parked in Laurieston, Southside not in LEZ & used footbridge over the Clyde to the city centre. At 143 Oxford St I spotted this potential Art Deco masterpiece. 1937 6-storey 4-bay Art Deco former drapery warehouse. Unfortunately it’s a building at risk, in poor and deteriorating condition.

fluffgar,
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@chrysalis I've always liked that one, whenever I've been that way. Will be sad when it either becomes dangerous and has to be knocked down, or has the inevitable "accidental" fire.
@thisismyglasgow

vagina_museum, to random
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WE ARE OPENING IN TWO DAYS! Are you excited? Is your visit planned yet? Are you going to be the first to come inside? https://www.vaginamuseum.co.uk/visit

fluffgar,
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@vagina_museum I am planning to visit relatives there soon...

mastodonmigration, (edited ) to Futurology
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