I found some lovely lichens and fungi in the Middlesex Fells Reservation the other day.
Edit: adding #TextureTuesday at the suggestion of @mikemccaffrey@pdx.social#lichens #LichenSubscribe #fungi
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mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06Retired (mostly) accessibility pro. I love your pet pictures.
You may know me from the other place as sarahebourne. I try not to post about politics, but it can be hard when it affects people's lives and well-being. I like cats, dogs, birds, live music, and the interesting things people do and make.
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Look at this massive rock I found!
(Stuart Gross Trail, Great Pond Mountain, Maine)
The hummingbird feeder was empty! I left it that way overnight because it was too dark to clean and refill it last night. First thing this morning, a hummingbird came by and noticed the deficiency. It hovered down to eye level with Hilo (a cat) who was crouched on the other side of the screen of the porch, waiting for a chipmunk or squirrel to come by. They stared at each other for quite a while. I understand why the bird thought the cat was in charge of things around here 😹
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@joelvanderwerf@mastodon.social The first live music concert I went to was when my parents took us to Hudson NY to see Pete Seeger and that sloop. The music! The message! It was a defining moment for me. My parents were GOP and the GOP then was the party that was concerned about our responsibility for stewardship of Earth. Looking back now, the strangest thing is how so many people retained their party identity even as the party platform changed. I for one stuck with Pete's message.
RE: https://mathstodon.xyz/@ColinTheMathmo/116883416907365566
Haha I have no idea what he's talking about. Haha.
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(Do not look in my basement)
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One thing no one ever talks about being an adult is how much time you debate yourself on keeping a cardboard box because it's, like, a really good box.
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@marcotietz@infosec.exchange @stacey_campbell@aus.social @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org @saprentice@mastodon.social Back in the 80's, the Harvard radio station had a weekend show called "Lost 45s". For almost all of them, it was clear why they had been "lost". 😂
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From last September at Acadia National Park. They had been running rescue training exercises, so installed hardware had been flagged for the trainees. Apparently there are places in the park where visitors need rescuing frequently enough that they install things ropes can be hooked into. Generally speaking, if you see something this, do not go any closer to the edge!
Tagging @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org because it seems like something he'd be interested in 🤣
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@McCrankyface@social.vivaldi.net @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org @kateiacy@universeodon.com I hate when you have to chew the air before you can breathe it.
Kona was just sitting there, neither upstairs nor downstairs, probably thinking about as little as possible.
We've had so many turkeys around, including males in full display hanging out with a lot of hens who are mostly just eating. Unfortunately, you can't get good photos shooting through a screen 😂
#CrapNaturePhotography
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@paul_ipv6@infosec.exchange @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org @woody@pleroma.pch.net @unlambda@hachyderm.io @cookiesinheaven@m.ai6yr.org @blogdiva@mastodon.social @paninid@mastodon.world @ColesStreetPothole@weatherishappening.network If you e heard the soundtrack to Oh Brother Where Art Thou, you've heard her with Gillian Welch and Alison Kraus on "Didn't Leave Nobody But the Baby".
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@FediFollows@social.growyourown.services For Arts & Culture (etc.), @knizer@toot.boston does #BostonWeekend toots. Follow the hashtag at least!
The kitties are very excited: it was finally warm enough to open the window to the porch. They've been going in and out and in and out all day!
RE: @internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org
One of the features I loved about Ask Jeeves was the ability to see trends in what was being searched. Not the "top searches", but the searches that were growing the fastest. Fascinating insights into random nooks of the long tail.
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@futurebird@sauropods.win They were a staple for when the weather prohibited outdoor recess when I was in grade school. One of my favorites was one on an automated bottling plant.
I got a hankering for three bean salad, so I looked up a bunch of recipes and then didn't follow any of them. (How much sugar?! Are you kidding me?) Also, I only have one kind of bean, so it's just a 1 bean salad. Needs to marinate for at least 12 hours, so I'll see how it is tomorrow. Smells good!
White navy beans (cooked only enough to leave a bit of crunch), small thin sliced onion, thin sliced celery, sweet red pepper, cider vinegar, extra virgin olive oil, oregano, basil, thyme. (No sugar.)
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@spiegelmama@infosec.exchange At least you don't have to change all your eating habits a week before and spend a night on the toilet
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@spiegelmama@infosec.exchange Mammograms are extremely unpleasant for me. I get them as often as they tell me to, but it takes All The Adulting.
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@spiegelmama@infosec.exchange With tiny boobs, I've only ever seen bras as torture devices. A friend with much larger boobs explained that she needed a bra to prevent black eyes - legit reason!
@futurebird@sauropods.win I feel obligated to tell you that yesterday I watched an ant carrying a not-quite-dead tick - my hero! I did not get a picture. By the time I got back to do so she had moved on. I'll try to do better next time!
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@Denian@chaos.social @MicroSFF@mastodon.art We always just told our son, "Sure! Hop on out!" as we zipped down an interstate. We taught him to ask better questions 😂
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@Greg@socialbc.ca @Sanderde@mstdn.ca @Chigaze@cosocial.ca @Phosphenes@mastodon.social @flyhigh@universeodon.com @dbattistella@mstdn.ca Running through doesn't seem too bad (depending on their freight and speed 😬) but just sitting there seems a bit much to ask.
47 (47??! How is that possible?!!) years ago, I made the best decision of my life. There's nothing like marrying the right person.
http://flic.kr/p/tQNamf
RE: @lovableweirdo@universeodon.com
I have a new hero! I've spent quite a bit of time over the years thinking about the design of a self-cleaning bathroom. Close the door, hit the button, and come back later - kinda like a dishwasher.
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@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org They get a lot of visitors, it's a popular trail, and that granite is slick when wet. I suspect it's more that they don't remove them knowing they can use them again. I saw easily a half dozen along that stretch. There were probably more, but I wasn't going to leave the trail to look for them.
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@AmeliasBrain@mstdn.ca @MetalheadDana@metalhead.club You're doing great, sweetie! Just don't want you to forget that past you would have been amazed at all you've been able to do lately. Your garden needs you, too.
We had another great time at this year's Green River Festival, held in Greenfield MA this past Father's Day weekend. The spouse has written some blog posts if you care to read about it:
Day 1: https://jbxpro.blogspot.com/2026/06/grf-2026-friday.html
Day 2: https://jbxpro.blogspot.com/2026/06/grf-2026-saturday.html
Day 3: https://jbxpro.blogspot.com/2026/06/grf-2026-sunday.html
Tickets are already on sale for next year (big discount through 7 July!) if you waited too long for this year's.
#GreenRiverFestival #LiveMusic
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@NorcalGma2@sfba.social I am so sorry you have to deal with this. I am glad that you've been given some good advice.
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@maccruiskeen@social.linux.pizza I'm hoping it works out this way. It's a known weakness of extreme gerrymandering that it means you have razor-thin margins in at least some districts. I do worry about voter suppression tactics, though, especially to do with confusion about polling places in newly created districts. @futurebird@sauropods.win
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@davidoclubb@toot.wales "Walpole" is the name of a town near me, here on the other side of the Atlantic. According to Wikipedia, "The town was named after Sir Robert Walpole, de facto first prime minister of Great Britain." I'm not voting here, but if I were, it would not be for "Walpole" 😂
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@annaecook@mastodon.social There's probably a tie-in with our fixation on exceptionalism. We're #1! (Even when we're not.)
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@Unixbigot A new angle on Right to Repair: "It has been engineered in a way that they can't patch it or update the software" 😂
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@plinth@infosec.exchange I thought it was a sleeping bag! I mean, it could be, right? Why not?
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@Chigaze@cosocial.ca Yes, I understand their predicament, but I don't understand the decision to send both trains down that line at that time. I would think they could have held one of them someplace other than right next to a fire. @Greg@socialbc.ca @Sanderde@mstdn.ca @Phosphenes@mastodon.social @flyhigh@universeodon.com @dbattistella@mstdn.ca
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@trib@aus.social I would never think to put the curtains up like that. What is the purpose?
RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116918532877834251
I mean, pot's legal now in many places, and has a lot fewer downsides.
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@technodad@cunnin.me It would be sunny up here on the Blue Hill Peninsula if it weren't for all the smoke haze!
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@Chigaze@cosocial.ca @Phosphenes@mastodon.social @Sanderde@mstdn.ca @flyhigh@universeodon.com @dbattistella@mstdn.ca Did they get by safely eventually?
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@thegiddystitcher@sunny.garden If there are any, I'm too agog to be able to see them. That is so gorgeous!!