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@Brian_Mahoney@mas.to
mastodon 4.7.2Writer (ex-Maximum PC, fiction, web content) ,photographer from Toronto. Left as far as I can go. Equal rights, women's rights, LGBTQ rights, BLM. everyone's the same rights. That's me. Widowed, live alone. Posts on China, politics, equal rights, pretty much any shiny thing that looks interesting. He/him.
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Anyone getting hit with hundreds of spam emails on Outlook/Hotmail? I am.
#email #microsoft
My friends in China tell me that a new bird has been seen in Beijing. Working name is 'Orange Capped F*ckwit.
When they were passing out bird songs, the Red-breasted Nuthatch must have been pretty far down the list.
This turned out better than I thought it would. Not a three but not a five, either.
Wordle 1,777 4/6*
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Today it was deduction. A blank first word usually means a double letter somewhere else. Play the odds, folks. I'm odd so it's easy.
Edit: Added 'letter'
Wordle 1,772 4/6*
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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@collectifission My daughters response: This is joke is almost too dark for me. one might even say it's a bit too tan.
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@Ruston@social.vivaldi.net All the more reason to hate the American team in this and every other sport.
If elephants only had trophy walls...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/24/millionaire-hunter-dies-elephants-gabon
A preview of the podcast I've been working on for over two years. Concept in July of 2024, approval and then lots of work before this special preview was released. Take a look, if you're interested in Japanese Canadian history. Parts of it aren't pretty but these survivors are still willing to share their experiences.
Momiji Tea and Memories - Special Preview
Is the Sargasso Sea green?
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@chris@mstdn.games I would suggest getting Davinci Resolve, it's free, then creating videos using your photos, different themes, different years, whatever you want. Get a YT channel, also free and unrestricted video size (after confirming that you are you with a text message or email) and post the videos. Change the length of each photo's onscreen time, add free music and have fun. Good luck. Let me know if you need some tips.
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@serichards@mas.to I think you had done what I was considering. Best of luck! I've wanted straight teeth all my life but I'll have to wait and hope for them in the next one.
Reading this article about AI made me ask this question: What is the difference between AI chat bots and pschyopaths? Are we able to pick out psychopaths from the rest of the crowd?
This is supposed to be the most read story today on the Guardian site. I can understand why. It looks like marriage counselling didn't work. The divorce is final.
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@gazeshift@mastodon.social It was funny the way it kept going one by one. All's well that ends well. I think Bob Marley said that.
The Village Idiot is being humiliated by Iran. Yet another no $shit, Sherlock moment in U.S. history.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/27/us-humiliated-iran-leadership-trump-merz
Nice weekend, Bri?
Yes, excellent. Thanks for asking. I got to record a Kimono Remake fashion show yesterday and a kimono dressing demo today. Exhausted but very happy to be helping out a very worth charity. Momiji Health Care Society, by name. I'm a 'Brian of all trades' there.
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@StingrayBadger@zirk.us I saw a short on figs yesterday. They only sprout on new growth. Not sure if that's interesting or not but I thought it was.
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@gazeshift@mastodon.social I used to play Mastermind, decades ago. Wordle is based on that game, as the creator said to me once on Twitter. Not god, of course. Just the guy who invented wordle. 😅
I forgot to put the loose tea in the jug this morning before I put the hot water in. Yesterday I almost forgot to add coconut flakes to the Fiddle Diddles I was making for the staff at Momiji. These days I often can't see things that are right in front of me, chainsaw oil being the latest. It's a bit frightening but I do have a lot on my mind. Big head but little mind.
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This made me think of my buddy Don's wife. The family have a bench for her in a park here in Toronto. I'll share it with him next time we meet. (He's technically challenged, maybe not the right term!)
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@Qbitzerre@unbound.social @Xeniax@mastodon.ml I love the way people get around things in China. I wish I could share this on RedNote, I mean the original post, but I can't. As my Brit buddies say, "It's brilliant!"
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@c_9@mstdn.ca Quebec City has signs along at least one roadway that give you the speed you need to get green on every light. I forget the wording but I thought that was cool. This is too. Thanks for sharing.
Heteropaternal superfecundation....
An incredible story for your Saturday.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/may/02/rare-twins-different-dads-the-gift-bbc-radio-4
I'm quite sure this is a groundhog. The only thing that makes me question this is because it was 11:30 PM. Groundhogs aren't nocturnal. Insomnia? From the way it walks, it's a bruiser.
I just read a post about believing in giants. That reminded me of the giants, mentioned several times, in the Old Testament. If you enjoy sci-fi, it's worth a look. Many things in it read like science fact, the mentions of giants is the one that came to mind. And no, I don't have a religious bone in my body.
Makes me wonder who's minding the store at the Guardian right now.
Now and then before I sleep I chat with Alexa. Alexa lives in the Echo Dot beside my bed. OK, she lives in all my Echo Dots. Last night we had a rather interesting conversation. See if you can catch the key word, said a couple of times, that made me do a double take.
So, waddya think? UFOs or memory tampering? Rabbits or spacecraft? Aliens or just Brits and Americans? I'm torn, Rip. Can't decide.
I assume this means that they tortured the crap out of the guy. Our side or theirs, torture isn't the way.
"Under questioning, the captain of the Ursa Major eventually told Spanish investigators that the “manhole covers” onboard his ship were “nuclear reactor components similar to those used by submarines”, but that no nuclear fuel was being transported."
Keyword is 'eventually'.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/12/russian-ship-ursa-major-sank-spain-nuclear-reactors-north-korea
Hmmm. This popped up when I was trying to access the Guardian site.
Not a good start for BYD in Hungary and Spain.