Remember Christian Cooper? Bird watching while black in Central Park had 911 called on him because his blackness threatening someone. Must have been those dangerous binoculars!
Christian will be the host for National Geographic's new show "Extraordinary Birder", a six-episode series to premiere June 17, on Nat Geo.
The smoke from the wildfires has now reached as far as the United Kingdom. Montreal currently has the worst air quality in the world.
#climatechange
So it's not officially announced yet, but Diaspora Co. just mentioned they'll have a July sale as they're moving from glass jars to refillable tins. I'd get on their mailing list temporarily if you want a shot of catching it? https://www.diasporaco.com/
Not sponsored, but I've been testing Diaspora Co.'s work for a while and it is *so awesome*. (Like we use their chai masala for baking and chai and it's super tasty in both!) And it's BIPOC and queer owned to boot! And they offer bulk spices! And since it's delayed less in transit/brokerages the stuff lasts longer!
And I know that's not a lot of info, it's just that their big sales tend to sell out dang fast so I wanted to give as much of a heads up as I could.
[Turns out, in retrospect, that this was my 2,000th Mastodon posting - and also my most popular to date π.]
I thought I'd bring a bit of colour into everyone's timeline this Saturday.
This is a selection of colour pigments I saw in the window of a craft shop in Venice recently.
This sort of thing is one of the joys of wandering aimlessly around city streets.
#Photography #Colour #Abstract #Psychogeography #Art #Venice
#BlackMastodon May be interested to hear that Aveta, the community organizer in black tech Twitter has launched a defederated Calckey instance that will be prioritize safety, privacy, and accessibility for minorities.
Iβve been working with her and others and while launched it is still invite only as we address T&S, accessibility issues and how to best grow the platform focused on users.
bipoc people can DM me for an invite, if youβre willing to help us improve the onboarding experience give a shout as we have product people collecting data and they need volunteers.
A disabled friend has come to the realization that his beloved cat needs a different human. Iβll mostly share his description verbatim, with more pics in thread. Please let me know if you or someone you know might be Miloβs humanβor boost if so inclined. ππΌπ§‘ The friend will be moving to Colorado as soon as he can, and I might be making a trip to Oregon in mid-July, so any places between and including Sonoma County, California, and those locations could be doable.
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This gives me a newfound respect for soccer players.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts
I really hate seeing videos of people going out and about in the ongoing pandemic and not wearing masks, despite being indoors and among other people. One or two, maybe they have issues that stop them from masking. Unlikely, but itβs not impossible. But itβs so many people.
I want an end of this pandemic. It looks like COVID is going to be permanent.
Since I'm new to the wandering.shop, moved over from home.social, I guess a new #introduction is in order. I'm a writer of fiction: mystery/suspense, science fiction, fantasy, and whatever strikes my fancy! I'm currently training to be a book coach to help people through all the things, so they don't spend years figuring it out like I did. I enjoy #nature, #science, #hiking, #biking, and #vegan #cooking and #baking. Oh, also #art and #architecture.
Thread: Reminder to everyone who is worried about Facebook'S future ActivityPub server and is complaining to their server admins. No matter your server's position on the subject, if you do not want Meta to have access through the API to your content, you can simply block them. A quick and easy guide on how to block both individual users and entire instances:
https://nerdschalk.com/how-to-block-a-specific-instance-on-mastodon/
But do ask your admin to activate Authorised Fetch.
https://dotart.blog/dotart-blog/enabling-authorised-fetch
This afternoon at @WaterstonesPicc, join @brennathummler signing SHEETS and DELICATES, and we will have 10 ARCs of the new title, LIGHTS, to give away!
https://www.waterstones.com/events/meet-brenna-thummler-at-waterstones-piccadilly/london-piccadilly
Anybody looking for a Reddit alternative for posting illustration work, I've setup a community on Kbin
https://kbin.social/m/illustration
Also one for Procreate users