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Main social is on Mastodon, @nelson@tech.lgbt. Now bridged here: https://bsky.app/profile/nelson.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy

338 Followers  |  178 Following  |  220 Posts  |  Joined: 23.04.2023  |  1.6075

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We have one of these and I give it to guests with great glee to see if they can figure out how to use it. It's easy once you know, at least for the 90% of cans it works on.

06.08.2025 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Disney’s Robin Hood is still a life-changing furry phenomenon Here’s why it’s such a beloved standard after 50 years, even with many more anthropomorphic animal movies out there

Every generation has its Robin Hood. www.polygon.com/century-of-d...

04.08.2025 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

this is really very funny.

30.07.2025 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I absolutely love this picture. I would have liked your teacher.

26.07.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

oh no, whoever is having them sunny side up is definitely the wife in the relationship. ;-)

21.07.2025 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump has a weird writing tic where capitalizes various Nouns in his malign utterances. I just assume its his German heritage showing through.

21.07.2025 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I love that they're his-and-hers!

20.07.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Alternate title: "it's 11am, as the gnomon clearly indicates".

12.07.2025 22:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Have you ever really loved someone?
Do you deserve what you've got?
Minus sixty-one...

12.07.2025 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow, there's got to be a story there!

11.07.2025 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Waldo, my friend, it hurts me to see you so wrong about something.

11.07.2025 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Nelson's Weblog: life / my-familys-slave-texas-1860

That's fascinating!

My version of this was reading the slave schedules to find my family's shameful history of owning people. The records are both amazing and frustrating in how little they convey. www.somebits.com/weblog/life/...

10.07.2025 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Economist has a big article on how we're OK for fireworks this year because everyone already had stock. But next year will be a bust.

05.07.2025 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’”Marlon Riggs. His "Color Adjustment" is also a very good watch (about Black representation, but not queer.)

27.06.2025 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I remember this, thank you for being part of it.

26.06.2025 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What's particularly frustrating is Goodreads still has a monopoly on book reviews and book space. Amazon invests almost no money in the product but *just enough* to freeze out competitors.

25.06.2025 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

People are treating Bluesky like it really matters, the next Twitter. What's nice about Mastodon culture is we're all fine with it being a little more casual.

24.06.2025 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Human sacrifice! Dogs and cats living together! Mass hysteria!

20.06.2025 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A Beechcraft Bonanza.

15.06.2025 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I liked that book!

10.06.2025 23:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I wrote him a fan email too (well, a SilverDaddies message) and he was so kind in his reply.

06.06.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Glad to help if I could. Honestly if I needed to set this up for myself today I'd ask ChatGPT what to do.

03.06.2025 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Simpsons- Chowder
YouTube video by DoctorEggman The Simpsons- Chowder

ChowdΓ©r

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-bb...

03.06.2025 23:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If they're static pages I know folks doing this with GitHub pages for free.

03.06.2025 01:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow good to hear! I guess I should try it again, it was a total mess on Chrome and Windows a year ago.

03.06.2025 01:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

are you using passkeys regularly? do they work for you? where do you store them?

02.06.2025 22:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
It's an older meme, sir, but it checks out

It's an older meme, sir, but it checks out

02.06.2025 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I love the novel, hoping some of the philosophy comes through.

01.06.2025 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Apologies if the suggestion is unwelcome but have you tried Kagi? It's a better Google keyword search. And its AI feature is cautiously useful, I use it sometimes instead of ChatGPT for the kinds of things it's good for. Kagi's not perfect but it is an improvement.

31.05.2025 21:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"The City That Knows How"

29.05.2025 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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