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Ard the Rich

@ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

mastodon 4.7.3

Late Gen-X, married, father of 3

My avatar was painted by my youngest kid, when at age 4. It's a singing bear who is happy about a crystal that he found.

Touch my heart
Pristine light
I sing for you

I'm on social media for direct interaction. I reply a lot and hope to get replies. Number of boosts/followers don't matter.

I boost positivity and uplift. If I "like" a toot, but do not boost, that means I appreciate what you posted for reasons other than positivity and uplift.

112 Followers

118 Following

50 Posts

Joined February 21, 2026

Pronouns:

love/friend (also ok: he/him)

Languages:

English, deutsch

Timezone:

UTC+1

Previous account:

https://mastodon.social/@Richerpacker/115915793498524850

Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 1mo ago

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@no_brainer@sueden.social @Simone21@mastodon.social @moppi@chaos.social Solidarität ist klasse, keine Frage. Und ich fände den Prozess auch großartig, wenn es um bescheidene 300 Euro ginge. Aber 900 Euro finde ich übergriffig. Was fällt den Leuten ein, über die Finanzen anderer Eltern zu bestimmen? Nicht etwa für notwendiges (und da zähle ich eine 300 Euro Klassenfahrt dazu), sondern für die 600 Euro die eben nicht nötig sind. Das ist unverschämt! Habe selber 3 Kinder in dem Alter. Bei sowas stelle ich mich aus Prinzip quer.

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 5mo ago

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@LorenzMeyer Ich übersetze mal: Friedrich Merz fordert uns auf "unbequemer zu werden."

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 2mo ago

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@Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org I would be me. You would be you. And no doubt. 🫂

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 5mo ago

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@dickenhobelix Cheddar on the wall (Mike Oatfield)

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 2mo ago

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@Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org if I may ask: is the background fictional, or based on experience? As a child I had memories that I did not understand. A scene were I lay in hospital. The nurses were dressed like 19th century. Maybe just memories from a TV show? I don't know. But it felt tremendously important. Memories faded by the years. By now, I just remember that I remembered.

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 2mo ago

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 5mo ago

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@owent @alicemcalicepants @nullcolaship @davidtheeviloverlord @cstross May I assume that instead of dollars the bill was payed in puppetars?

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 5mo ago

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@1moremin@mastodon.ie A puddle full of creatures!

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 5mo ago

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@Aphelion 🫂 How could the sun not be the sun when it floats in darkness?

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 5mo ago

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@Aphelion 🙏 With palms on The ground I Experience The joy of Being Connected To you To all And to everything.

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 3mo ago

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@hart@norden.social Es ja noch viel bescheuerter: Sie predigen krebserregenden Wein, trinken aber selber heimlich Quellwasser.

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 5mo ago

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@artemis Denial seems to be the most intuitive explanation, I agree. But there is a simpler explanation, one I'm somewhat afraid of: What if some people _cannot_ imagine a future that is different from present? Simply lacking the imaginatory capability. After working 20 years in tech (all highly educated people) I came to the conclusion that some people (not even few, but depends on the company) seem to be locked in 'now', throughout their lifetime. Am I a bad person to think like that?

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 2mo ago

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@Heliograph@mastodon.au don't get fooled into believing your problem had anything to do with the technology you were dealing with. It's unrelated. Just a blur. You are victim of fraud. Imposters just use whatever available to them; technological or non-technological. Technology will not solve fraud. Simple as that.

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 2mo ago

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@Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org as long as you remember yourself, you are yourself. Being somebody else doesn't remove you. Welcome you both. And welcome back.

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 5mo ago

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@dickenhobelix Come on, baby, light my fryer

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 5mo ago

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@dickenhobelix Honey, honey, honey - ABBA

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 2mo ago

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@Siiin@pagan.plus Some raw observations: "Practice" is a how. "Stewardship" sounds like a mixture of why and how, a promising candidate. "Learning" is a what. "Rhythm of the land" is a what, but it's emotional -> promising. "Whole" in the sense of feeling, is a strong why. "Awakening" is a what. Just brainstorming: "Wholeness in land's rhythm" "Fruition by stewardship"

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 2mo ago

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@Siiin@pagan.plus your mind is full of thoughts and ideas and enthusiasm. Lovely. Don't miss out any of that in your class. However, a headline is different, not just a dense version of same thoughts, another layer. You intuitively know it, so you ask. The title should give a purpose, a motivation, a why. Not what and not how. It must be short; one thing, not a sequence. And motivation is an emotional thing. This twist in thinking is very challanging. I also don't have a golden answer. (continue)

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 4mo ago

#schöneAlteWörter --> hochwohlgeboren

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 5mo ago

Today's #advice : Mind your hug-rate!
Don't let it drop below 10 per day.

(Hint: it doesn't matter if you give or take hugs. Both count equally.)

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 5mo ago

Ok, maybe we can't solve the problems of the world.

But maybe we can do something against those who cause them.
Or maybe we can do something against the social norm that protects those who cause them.
Or maybe we can do something against the tabu of arguing against social norms.
Or maybe we can just impose some own problems onto the tabu, the norm, the protection, the people or their problems.

What if causing problems was still possible, but just very frustrating and inconvenient?

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 5mo ago

It hurts
to grow
sensible roots
through rock
and sliver.
The bloody
stew to
feel deep.

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 5mo ago

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@Aphelion The sun That never Sets, burns Out alone.

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 4mo ago

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@everythingisimportant@tldr.nettime.org Hope is a damn anvil that pretends to have wings. Love doesn't even need air, just courage. I hereby dare to say "I love you“ (in a platonic way). And I gave you a long hug if you were here. Start made.

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 4mo ago

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@kat_cal2@ck.catwithaclari.net Thanks for your warm words. And reminder that your message was received And appreciated And reminder that you are a kind person And reminder that you deserve being told

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 4mo ago

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@svenscholz@mastodon.social sehr schöne Zusammenfassung, danke! Ich mochte noch etwas zur Sprache hinzufügen, weil sie so schön entlarvend ist: Konservative reden gewöhnlich über Änderungen, z.B. "Stärkung von", "Verbesserung der", "mehr/weniger von". Diese Änderungen implizieren immer den Jetzt-Zustand als notwendige Gedankengrundlage. (Bzw. Vergangenheit, wie bei "Wiedereinführung") Ziele, die frei in der Zukunft stehen, findet man nicht, z.B. "starke ...", "gute ...", "genug von ...". Stimmt's?

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 4mo ago

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@Bubotomy@mastodon.social ... thinks the person who said "I love this song more than I can describe." You have plenty of feelings. They are in you. More than you think.

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 4mo ago

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@Bubotomy@mastodon.social Awesome song — what else should say?

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 5mo ago

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@Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org 🥹 Admit The light. Ignite Their wick.

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 5mo ago

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@Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org The kind knife Still cuts. The unkind wound Still bleeds.

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 5mo ago

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@1moremin@mastodon.ie Why does the floor change from red to green? That's such an awesome photography!

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 5mo ago

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@1moremin@mastodon.ie Well, you have a wonderful eye for interesting motives — non-mainstream and non-obvious. Particularly this one. It looks like a collage of pictures, 3-4 photographies put together with color filters. Knowing that you took it with a single shot — it's outstanding.

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 5mo ago

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@ira@beige.party ... implies a steelworks employs steel shepherds. I have to admit, I totally misperceived the whole steel industry.

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 5mo ago

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@Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org As catharsic as the Writing, As cleansing as the Reading, Our spilled time Fills a bucket Of poem. 🥹💧🪣

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 5mo ago

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@cupcakefae@sunny.garden "Why are they so obsessed with Start and End?" asked Universe. "It's my heartbeat. I don't intend it, and I can't suppress. It just goes on forever. Nothing is special about each Start or any End." "I don't know either." replied Dandelion. "I never met Start or End. I am here. I am now." Dandelion stopped for a moment. "Maybe Start and End are just like me. Away, away, away." Then she spread her dream, and —out of nothing— got gently lifted up.

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 5mo ago

#puddlephotography

Remains of a floral orgy.

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 5mo ago

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@Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org 🥹 Same screen as a moment ago. No atom appeared or disappeared. Just a subtile tilt in nematic That means everything.

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 5mo ago

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@Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org The cleansing proceedure Of death and resurrection, Even it wears out. We should do something About Thursday.

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 5mo ago

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@cupcakefae welcome back. Welcome back to yourself. Welcome back to the community! We missed you.

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 5mo ago

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@Aphelion May they confuse us with shooting stars.

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 5mo ago

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@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra. Their bottoms stuffed with noodles.

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 5mo ago

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@TheBreadmonkey Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Supercool!

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 5mo ago

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@SusanneBonn #wortkreation hat ein paar schöne Wörter.

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 5mo ago

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@iamdtms @Aphelion That you come up with a song is a surprise. You have good intuition! Indeed, I got inspired by a song. Just a pretty different one. 😁 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=puG607ho7TY&list=OLAK5uy_n1RJjL0SBxaqpZB9dg6izFCMZl1fMpvEM&index=4&pp=8AUB

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 5mo ago

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@Aphelion divine silence

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 5mo ago

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@Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org Deep in the darkness of the woods, I found the woodwoman's magic tree root. The captive within told me what tames the nameless: "It draws powers through its curse — though, sucking on many spirits, none of them is strong. The shallow are easy to get hold on. But the deeper the feelings, the stronger the curse." When he realized that I knew, he added: "Tell her that the arts of dealing with the curse is a gift. The brightest of all." I woke up for this message.

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 5mo ago

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@jef Oh, I like this term! Witch activity you're talking about. 😃

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 5mo ago

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@girlonthenet@mastodon.social Hungary. Don't miss Pálinka.

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Ard the Rich @ard_the_rich@mastodon.art

· 5mo ago

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@brandkopf@mastodon.art wunderschön und verspielt. 🥹 Ich meine zu erkennen, dass verschiedene Motive und Perspektiven angerissen sind, sich vermischt haben, um dann zu der im Bildtext beschriebenen zu kristallisieren. Die Frau links oben. Die Figur (Kind?, Plüschtier?) links unten, die steinerner Teil des Beckens zu sein scheint. Liegt da ein Zwerg an ihrem Knie? Auch die Wolken rechts oben scheinen unschlüssig, ob sie nicht lieber Hut oder Kolloseum geworden wären. Großartig!

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