My first moonflower (Ipomoea alba) opened tonight!
#bloomscrolling #moonflowers
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James
@James@woof.group
mastodon 4.7.230-something, 🏳️🌈, 👬, living just outside of Washington, DC. May occasionally toot, boost, or otherwise engage with explicit material (with content warnings)
General interests include baking, cooking, tiki, sewing, cheesemaking, Irish trad fiddle, cycling, backpacking, starting to get into table top RPGs.
Also aiming to embrace my sexuality more, exploring my sub side. Relevant interests include leather, wax, tactile, sensory, rope/bondage, and estim.
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Joined November 11, 2022
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@ytetic@4bear.com
sweetened condensed is the syrupy one
evaporated is just concentrated milk (also works great for making mac and cheese!)
Technically you can get from evaporated to sweetened condensed by adding a fuckton of sugar.
Side note, pressure cooking a can of sweetened condensed milk and letting it cool overnight in the PC is the easiest way I know of making dulce de leche mmmm
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@ytetic@4bear.com honestly, would eat. Like a blended matar soup? Ooh, or you could add some boiled cubed potatoes in the beginning to make it like a chowder. Mmm.
My current Instagram feed, in order of appearance:
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I like my curated, ad-free posts of weirdos, kinksters, furries, tech nerds, and queer folk in the fediverse ❤️
This hospital is a ghost town at 7am, it's creepy. Bright, sterile, and creepy.
Flights booked.
Car rental set up.
Cabin reserved.
Looks like I'm heading to Hot Springs, MT in November to join @thickurt@woof.group and folks for their Wet Fur Weekend!
I just set up Calibre Web Automated on my home lab and configured it to work directly with my kobo e-reader. Now I can just curate my library of ebooks in a web interface (that looks an awful lot like Plex) and directly sync with my e-reader over wifi!
This is fantastic!
#selfhosting
PH (-)
Ah... Finally, a week off.
Last night I started to smell the wildfire smoke that's been all over the northeast. In my bedroom.
I installed an air quality monitor earlier in the week by chance and you can see exactly when the smoke reached us.
(I'm in a 100-year old leaky house)
Did a big round of weeding in the garden/yard today and was delighted to see the wild geraniums I rescued and relocated here a couple of years ago have finally established themselves enough to flower!
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I went because I knew it'd be good once I got there.
I had a really good time. Met a few guys in person that I had previously only chatted with on the apps, and made a few really good connections.
So nice connecting with actual people and getting to know new, awesome friends.
Today was a lot of just sitting around alone, wondering... what the fuck I'm doing? What are my goals? Do I even have any? Am I progressing towards anything? Am I living with any sort of intention or drive?
Anyway, here's to 38.🥂🎂
Creatine tastes like bouncy balls.
Sometimes I need something fast that I can't reasonably get at a local store, so I order it from Amazon with overnight shipping. But at least the last 3 orders I've made this way have been delayed -- often by several days, and two of which triggered an automatic refund. 😒
Got the all-clear to continue weightlifting from the vascular specialist! They performed some ultrasound imaging of my carotid arteries done just to be safe and everything looks "excellent"
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@gairdeachas@mastodon.social
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I'm heading to a gay men's retreat in a couple of weeks. 4 days of (spiritual?) reflection at a retreat center in the Poconos.
I knew I'd be nervous to attend when I first signed up, and as expected, I'm getting really antsy about it.
The origin of this retreat was for HIV+ men and dealing with the shift that comes with that. It's since broadened to all men, but I still feel partially like I'll be an interloper without that shared experience of being HIV+
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@aphyr@woof.group I've noticed the performance degradation (refreshes, loads, feedback on actions taken like favoriting a toot), but it still seems workable at the moment. Take the time you need. As always, I appreciate all the work you put into running woof.group!
Ooh, new sewing bee and a new ginger bear 🤩
I finally found the local legit fabric shop 🤩🤩🤩
New car smell
The new CEO of my (global) company came to visit my office on the first stop of his tour of the US. I was a little late to the lunch talk, arriving just before they started and the only seat available was.... right next to the CEO.
But hey, free food and a low stakes chat (I'm not too worried about the need to make a good impression)
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@thickurt@woof.group it's okay, they're asleep now, we can trash talk them for a little while longer 😋
A couple of years ago, there was a post or link to an article that listed several ways to reduce the amount of tracking and to increase privacy while using large platforms like YouTube and Instagram. I'm trying to find it to send to a friend, can you help me find it?
Am I getting sick or is this still just allergies?
I hate this game.
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@thickurt@woof.group it's fun! Smooth ride, maybe too many bells and whistles. It's basically the same as the car I was leasing before, but updated. Also the grey color was not my original intention but I really like it
Already in a rough mood on my way to my therapy appointment, I happen to pass by Trump's fucking motorcade on my way 🤬
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@thickurt@woof.group 2 tops! Have fun
Also I really don't get the appeal of rolling coal at all. It's not like it's a modification to make the truck any more powerful or improve it in any way.
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@gruff@4bear.com You like exploring new cities and towns! You enjoy experiencing and learning new cultures! You seek out new vegan food experiences!
Don't sell yourself short, you've got plenty of hobbies! They just might not be the stereotypical hobbies that "other people" have.
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@Fabirucho@mastodon.social Yeah! That bloom started to open right around sunset, was fully opened around 10pm, and then had already wilted/shriveled by the morning.
I think there are a few nocturnal moths that prefer this flower -- it seems like a specialized co-evolution
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@michaelthec@poweredbygay.social yeah, I've had to block boosts from several users since they boost a lot of porn from bluesky. As far as I'm aware -- apart from them choosing not to boost it -- there's not anything they can do to add CWs to others' content. 🤷♂️
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@otterguy@woof.group agreed, it's one of my faves too. Especially with some juicy cheeks too
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@motoridersd@pug.ninja @whiteblep@woof.group OMG. This is so much nicer in chronological order and without ads
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@socalgecko@woof.group @toddbuddy@4bear.com so they can host at the station, is what your saying? 😋
Still baffled why it takes three attempts and several minutes to shut down my work Windows 11 laptop.
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@toddbuddy@4bear.com so...great, just bigger? They're just trying to copy Sheetz/Wawa/RoyalFarms?