Connar Green

Today I learnt that the Irish word for "bottom" is "bun"...

More of Mom's names for different anime:
Rubber man pirate show: In space
Kamen Rider and the Midlife Crises
Yokai playing with their food
Alien boy and ghost girl keep trying to figure things out: Featuring the underwear yokai
Super powered trash people
Boy and Girl play dress up

Mari Lwyd, unknown author, An ancient welsh Christmas custom, public domain

#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: `Welsh Methodists and other Christian non-conformists criticised the Mari Lwyd in the 19th century. The Blaenau Gwent-based Baptist minister, Reverend William Roberts, called her "sinful" in his 1852 book, The Religion Of The Dark Ages […]

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Thomas Christopher Evans (Cadrawd), Mari Lwyd NLW, public domain

#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: `The first written record of the Mari Lwyd is in J. Evans' book from 1800, A Tour through Part of North Wales, although the tradition is best known for its practice in Glamorgan and Gwent.`
Vernon Watkins, The Ballad of The Mari Lwyd […]

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Doyle of London, Mari Lwyd from Glamorgan displayed at the Maidstone Museum, CC BY-SA 4.0

#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: `The Mari Lwyd is taken around a village traditionally, often between Christmas Day and Twelfth Night. She is dressed with festive lights and decorations, and is usually accompanied by an ostler, and in some regions like Ystradgynlais […]

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#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: ` The origins of Mari’s name are, like the horse herself, are deeply mysterious. One Welsh translation of it, Grey Mare, connects it to the heritage of pale horses in Celtic and British mythology, many of whom can cross over to the […]

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stables when Mary arrived to have Jesus, she spent dark days roaming the land trying to find somewhere new to have a foal. Many Mari fans believe the character to have come from pre-Christian, pagan origins, however. This is impossible to prove, but there's […]

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Stencil-style street art on a worn wall in Kraków, Poland, showing a red monochrome depiction of Han Solo from Star Wars holding a blaster, with the text “Sometimes antisocial but always antifascist” sprayed beside him. The Rebel Alliance symbol appears near the bottom. The paint is weathered and peeling, giving the piece a gritty, aged look.

The Gävle Goat on the morning of 1st of December 2025. Picture shows a large straw effigy of a goat with red trimmings surrounded by a fence. Behind the goat a tree lined esplanade and the Gävle theatre are visible. Parts of the image are pixelated to obscure people passing by. Picture from YouTube Live Feed.

It begins! The first night of advent has passed, which means it's time to ask the question for the first time this year.

Has the goat burned?

No! The Gävle goat is safe and well on the 1st of December. Good luck, Gävlebocken! 🐐

#GävleGoat #Gävlebocken […]

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#FolkloreSunday #Celtic `In the darkest months of the Welsh year, a white horse appears: the mysterious, menacing Mari Lwyd.
You'll never forget the moment you first see a Mari Lwyd. She has lights or baubles for eyes. Her mane is made of colourful streamers, or holly and ivy. A white cloak […]

Loops - Short videos. Your community. Your rules. All the fun of short-form video, none of the corporate control. Loops is federated, open-source, and designed to give power back to creators and communities.

Nuxt is so dang amazing, I love it.

I've built 3 production websites with it so far this year ✨

joinloops.org
fedidb.com
fediverse.info

The new Pixelfed UI will be the 4th 😉

#nuxt #NuxtJS #vue

Dublin City Council will not remove tricolour flags Dublin City Council said it will not be removing tricolour flags that have been erected on poles around the city and instead will be taking a "positive and proactive approach".

So anyone can hang flags of any kind anywhere they want in Dublin. Pass it on.

www.rte.ie/news/regiona...

A Mastodon hammering away on a computer keyboard

Big tech thrives on division. Mastodon thrives with you.

Here, you’ll find local journalists 📰, libraries 📚, and grassroots movements, all sharing space on their own terms. Stand with us for a social web that amplifies voices, not outrage.

Support us to […]

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YouTube video by GameTrailers The Secret of Weepstone - Official Demo Trailer | Indie Horror Showcase 2025

Play this free demo on Steam! The whole game feels like you're playing inside the black & white crosshatched art of old D&D games. When you open the map, it opens an old-style ttrpg module book with the classic blue-on-white maps. Classic and Shadowdark vibes abound!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7cu...

He has no idea what Black Friday is, but he loves treats and pets.

Dogs really have it all figured out eh?

Now there's something you don't see every day!

We're happy to be in good company with other non-profits we admire, to work with WE AID to accept donations. https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/mastodon-joins-forces-with-we-aid/

A year ago, I saw someone open a book lamp in a bar. It was a pretty expensive product. Since I combine electronics and paper crafting, I had to DIY it and develop an easy-to-use circuit template and instructions for it. This educational project is perfect for […]

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White and orange cat sleeping in a bird cage shaped shelf hanging from the ceiling

Multiple cats on similar stands

Bird cages as sleeping places for #cats - only in #Japan :neocat_heart:

#catsofmastodon

TIL that @Extelec build an awesome Pico Cray super computer. It must be amazing to own. This one computes a mandelbrot set.

I've played with mandelbrot sets, rendering them on IBM PS2 computers in the 1990s.

You can use Mandelbrot sets to create very […]

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Another police box in Glasgow. Maybe this time...?

Yes! The Doctor is making us cappuccinos!

Best coffee this side of Gallifrey

I just received a magnificent sci-fi collector's item. I'll review it soon, but the product is still in pre-order.

(It's great to be able to do what all those sites do with mysterious headlines that make you click to find out what they're about. 🥰)

fulacht fiadh, photo credit 1. Neu-Kelte

#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `Manannán had landed Cian in Balor's kingdom, the realm of the cold, where they roasted no meat, but ate their food raw. Cian was not used to this diet, so he lit himself a fire, and began to cook some food.
Balor saw the fire, and […]

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Harold Robert Millar creator QS-P170,Q5662198, Lugh spear, public domain

#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `When #Lugh’s spear was drawn out, it roared and struggled against its thongs; fire flashed from it; and, once slipped from the leash, it tore through and through the ranks of the enemy, never tired of slaying.`
Source: Celtic Myth & […]

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Brigid’s Fire House; photo credit 1. Neu-Kelte

#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `Daring attempts were made to change the Tuatha Dé Danann from pagan gods into Christian saints, but only with one of them was success immediate
and brilliant. Brigit, the goddess of fire, poetry, and the hearth, is famous today as […]

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Fire; photo credit 1. Neu-Kelte

#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `The Irish court crowned Gwern, Branwen's son, King of Ireland in place of Matholwch. When the ceremonies were over, the boy went from one to another of his uncles, to make acquaintance with them. When he came to Evnissyen, the wicked […]

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Cú Chulainn in warp spasm, licenced under CC BY-SA-NC

#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `Most of #Cuchulainn’s attributes are obviously solar symbols. He seemed generally small and insignificant, yet, when he was at his full strength, no one could look him in the face without blinking, while the heat of his constitution […]

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New Mastodon chart feedback · Issue #13 · mastodon/helm-charts We are in the process of releasing a brand new mastodon chart to replace the old chart for various reasons (See this issue for more details). As such, we are creating this space as a place to leave...

Attention Mastodon server operators 🤹🏻

We are working on a new Helm chart for Kubernetes deployments, and the team would appreciate your feedback. See this issue for the new repository (and to provide comments) #mastoadmin

https://github.com/mastodon/helm-charts/issues/13

Hag's Head, Cliffs of Moher; photo credit 1. Neu-Kelte

#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: `Sometime in the dim past, those who worshiped the hag saw her in the land - saw the land as their goddess - and cemented that connection through place-names. Although uncounted years have passed since the hag's religion died away, she […]

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Cailleach Beara, photo credit 1. Neu-Kelte

#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: `Archaeologist Helen Lanigan Wood has established that while a hill fort (rath), church (kil), or other human site is rarely named after a goddess, natural features - like a mountain (slieve or knock) or lake (lough) invariably are […]

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