The City we Live in
By Joseph Andreas

#art #painting #mastoart

#Permaculture
#mycelium orgy

Life is just a series of different scenarios I don't want to be found dead in

Fogscape: Bus Stop.

#Sony Nex-3N

It’s been a bit of a crappy week for #photography; too many doctors, not enough sleep, too much work, etc…. But the fog came back and I was able to work on a concept.

#Fog

Carna, Connemara

#LandscapePhotography #Seascape #Photography #Connemara #Mastodaoine #Ireland

Dramatic clouds at Ahu Tongariki, the site on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) having the largest number of moai (statues to honor the dead). See more here: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/sunrise-on-easter-island-chile-joan-carroll.html
#easterisland #rapanui #moai #statues #sunrise #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #ArtMatters #BuyArtNotCandy #giftideas @joancarroll

One of the hobbies I developed when social distancing was a thing was exploring ghost towns and abandoned places. This is one of the most well-known abandoned homes in Ontario, possibly Canada, known as the Guyitt Homestead. The lawn surrounding the house is still maintained, but the house is falling apart.

#Abandoned #AYearForArt #GuyittHouse #DiscoverON #Ontario

https://john-twynam.pixels.com/featured/abandoned-country-home-during-sunset-ontario-john-twynam.html

Hello fellow Denizens!

Here is my #introduction (Sept 2023 edit):

My name is Stephanie and I’m also ok with Steph or pixie. I love cats so feel free to mute cat-related hashtags if it’s too much.

I’m a 40-something Canadian white cis lesbian/queer woman (she/her) who loves art (I do some digital art), animation (I adore the show Arcane), soccer (especially watching NWSL), animals (particularly cats like my mini panther Ava 🐈‍⬛), video games (Red Dead Redemption 2, FIFA/EAFC, Assassin’s Creed, Cities Skylines, The Sims4), reading cheesy lesbian romance novels (recently expanding to sci-fi lesbian romance 😜) and learning about other people’s nerdy obsessions.

I’ve never been evaluated for autism but I think it’s likely that I am autistic. I gravitate to autistic people and have been learning more about autism and about disability advocacy in general.

I do my best to be inclusive and make my posts as accessible as possible and I am open to being shown a better way.

Some beliefs: I am gender inclusive, pro abortion, pro vaccines, anti-policing, anti-racist, anti-fascist.

I believe we all have the right to access healthcare, housing, food, education, transportation and all our accessibility needs without having to rely on income. I believe this world of community care is possible even if I have tendencies to be a loner.

I’m looking forward to meeting you all.

Some hashtags that represent me and my interests:

#VideoGames #Animation
#Cats #Caturday
#Art #DigitalArt
#Lesbian #Gay #Queer #LGBTQ

Finally got started on the story that I’ve been meaning to serialise for a while now. I wanted to get enough writing done this weekend to publish at least two parts over the week, but apparently that’s not going to happen 😛

On the other hand, the story is really falling into place and I love where the characters are taking me!

I also realized that most of my writing has hidden tidbits and connections that people might not always find/get. I lay these breadcrumbs out because I love discovering these things in other people’s writing. So I thought maybe I should start adding annotations at the end of each part with a link to more info, not a full explanation of what is going on, but enough info for those curious enough to explore further — I guess we’ll see how that goes …

Now to see if I can get a better image to go along with the story — probably will take the rest of the day to do that 😛

#Writing #AmWriting

Pro-Tip: Migrating servers doesn't *have* to mean losing ALL your history ✨ it's not complex✨

- Set up a new account on your new server
- Follow your old account
- BOOKMARK your best old account posts (say 20-30)
- Perform the standard migration process, which links old and new accounts
- BOOST your OWN old bookmarked posts from old-to-new, giving you a starting timeline, then your #Introduction

Sharing as I did this back in early November when I moved 💫 and found it useful #TwitterMigration

Celebrating the life of Dr. Eliza Ann Grier who, emancipated from slavery, became the first Black woman licensed to practice medicine in Georgia.

#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackWomeninMedicine #NationalWomenPhysiciansDay

Changing the Face of Medicine | Eliza Ann Grier

https://cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov/physicians/biography_132.html?_gl=1*s8869y*_ga*NTUzNzc0MjE3LjE2NzU1NjA4MDE.*_ga_7147EPK006*MTY3NTU2MDgwMC4xLjEuMTY3NTU2MTEwMC4wLjAuMA..*_ga_P1FPTH9PL4*MTY3NTU2MDgwMC4xLjEuMTY3NTU2MTEwMC4wLjAuMA..

The Grey Heron using its wings, like a parachute slowing a rocket car, as it comes in to land

#nature #NaturePhotography #birds #Wildlife #naturecommunity #photography #BirdsOfMastodon #birdphotography

Talking heads spewing Chinese spy conspiracies, but I’m living in rural Virginia so I know the real truth about who’s coming for us…

Eventually you have to accept that no matter how many different notebooks you buy, they won’t make you a better writer. For that, you need to spend a lot of money on the right pen.

Hemipenthes webberi

#Diptera #Fly #Flies #Insect #Insects
#ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CreativeCommons #CCBYSA
#Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hemipenthes_webberi_-_Mississauga,_Ontario_2018-06-15_(01).jpg

In the autumn of 1883, a paper in the nation's capital reported that "an Iowa woman has spent 7 years embroidering the solar system on a quilt."

Ellen Harding Baker used her stunning quilt to teach astronomy in an era when women could not attend college:
https://www.themarginalian.org/2018/12/06/ellen-harding-baker-solar-system-quilt/

"Can you explain this gap in your resume?"

"Yes, I used LaTeX and couldn't fix that bit"

Any time somebody posts about how great ChatGPT is and how it’s going to power their next system (or powers their current system), I feel like asking “And do you know that ChatGPT is a liar and is delusional?” 😛 (Disclaimer: Just a turn of phrase, I do not believe that ChatGPT is conscious …)

But I guess people will believe what they want to believe. They always have. Current state of the world is a case in point …

#MachineLearning #ChatGPT

This Black-headed Gull flew pretty close to see what was going down on Heron Island, so took opportunity to get this photo.

#nature #NaturePhotography #birds #Wildlife #naturecommunity #photography #BirdsOfMastodon #birdphotography