tuban_muzuru

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Ὁ ἔχων ὦτα ἀκουέτω !
I am getting heartily sick of being told to vote for Biden. Just quit it, you bad tempered preachers - we all know the score and I'm tired of being yelled at.

2024-04-30 20:17:01

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@npub16xr…qzyf
This is great.

2024-04-11 13:37:07

#photography #wisconsin
Moss and rocks, early spring
https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/112/252/366/695/781/673/original/0c20579d8e86f6f8.jpg

2024-04-08 14:15:45

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@npub1kef…jkqy
Canadian chaos theory:
https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/112/235/541/930/397/145/original/a76922c5e19c5312.png

2024-04-05 21:49:34

#photography #wisconsin #landscape
Beaver Dam, coming south from Chequamegon Bay.
https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/112/220/338/262/921/041/original/f58dac9b285ac950.jpeg

2024-04-03 16:52:40

#photography #landscape #wisconsin
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/112/207/848/430/465/753/original/8106689f6e49931c.jpeg

2024-04-02 03:00:49

#photography #portrait #blackstyle
Photography by Michael Robinson Chavez ; photo editing by Maya Valentine.
Just tremendous photography.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/interactive/2024/easter-sunday-attire/

2024-03-28 21:50:23

#photography #wisconsin #landscape
Overlooking the Mississippi River from the Wisconsin side.
https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/112/175/260/279/359/943/original/c9bec02f70c351e2.jpeg

2024-03-28 03:22:55

#photography #wisconsin #landscape
Bare trees
https://youtu.be/F84yWm1ZjCg?si=VVDf0wFdMAJnBsif
https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/112/170/916/446/532/190/original/d2629444130ebbe3.jpeg

2024-03-20 13:41:14

#photography #newmexico #landscape
Route 60, the back way through to Phoenix
https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/112/128/057/789/317/663/original/9ce094e134786000.jpeg

2024-03-20 04:44:13

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@npub1hvw…eq0t @npub1j8m…v5r7
Okay, Israeli Politics 101. The Knesset is a parliamentary system. Netanyahu is Israel's version of Trump, except Bibi actually stormed an airliner and killed hijackers. And was badly wounded.
Not like Mr Bone Spurs.
Netanyahu is a racist, a liar, a taker of bribes and a thief. And like Trump, I can't believe he's not in prison this minute.

2024-03-20 04:27:34

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@npub1j8m…v5r7
A few modern philosophers and authors look at the race line and say - it doesn't matter, all this legal equality. if it doesn't have equal outcomes. That's what CRT is about, in a too-short summary.
Who cares what these white people think or which Jewish person says this or that? Quit generating stomach acid over these people. War has been an equal opportunity nightmare for all involved - but not these judgmental fucks.

2024-03-17 18:21:05

#photography #minnesota #flowers
Como Conservatory, St Paul Minnesota
This bizarre weather has me grumpy and seriously out of sorts. The long, muddy trudge from Valentine's Day to Easter ... is just grating on me. So I'll put up a pic with flowers. Lots of flowers....
https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/112/112/167/040/559/104/original/14e6bf7907e89806.jpg

2024-03-13 20:16:19

#photography #wisconsin #landscape
Highway X Buffalo County - golden hour
https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/112/089/970/245/793/490/original/fb5154f4ae422862.jpg

2024-02-22 11:09:26

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@npub1tps…9rmt
The version they edited was Tyndale's. The Crown lured Tyndale back into England under false pretenses and burned him alive.
Now you know.

2024-02-16 13:06:25

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@npub1zdp…vqv8
As I understand it, agnostic says the proposition of the existence of God is undecidable.

2024-02-16 05:26:18

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@npub1rh0…sjsf
I'm still on Windows / Premiere Pro, force of habit.
Here's what I'd recommend for Linux: see if this works and report back, please
https://www.openshot.org/

2024-02-10 10:28:36

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@npub1ekl…v6p6
It's so tender and funny, to watch a grown cat revert to a silly kitten. In this house, we call the Amazon boxes "cat traps".

2024-02-06 06:52:57

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@npub1rh0…sjsf
Heh. It's my observation photographers don't want praise. They want to be told why the work ( and it is work ) is any good.

2024-02-06 02:31:57

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@npub1rh0…sjsf
Verdict: not overprocessed. You were trying to lift the horizon gradient, but you didn't overdo it.

2024-02-02 07:26:29

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@npub1ff3…sc33
[slow clap] The unsung heroes and their children - they're all around us.

2024-02-01 10:31:57

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@npub1yyx…qa5g
Do you have 3500 USD lying around, growing moss? Do you want the next generation of AR/VR headset, with better ever-thang?
You might want a Vision Pro, coz Apple has once again gotten a better level of tech to market faster than Magic Leap and Microsoft.
It's a step up from Quest 3 and Valve Index, for sure.
The people who will buy this are not concerned about price.
Will the developers like VisionOS and write for it? Tune in next week to this Bat Channel.

2024-01-31 09:28:46

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@npub1yyx…qa5g
... stock's at an all time high, y'know..

2024-01-30 22:53:16

#photography #birdwatching #minnesota
Birders, watching along the Mississippi River bottom at Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge. It's in a surprisingly urban area along the river, but a fine place for birders.
https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/111/847/100/153/709/390/original/b98be95e4fa5e5ac.jpg

2024-01-29 08:23:26

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@npub1w66…rc58
Rust: solid memory safety and great performance. Good multithreading, but you'll do a lot of ownership rule management.
Go with golang if you want conciseness, rapid development, especially good for web services.
Zig is a lovely language. Minimalist.
______
Rust is deceptively easy, especially for people coming from other languages. Solid as hell. Good for embedded systems,
Golang can't be beat for web services.
All the cool kids are learning Zig

2024-01-27 20:43:51

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@npub1zdp…vqv8 @npub1xpa…x7f6
... sometimes I check in with people who've been seriously offended.
You okay?

2024-01-27 13:13:10

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@npub18p3…03wh
Famously, Norman Rockwell painted a self portrait here: he's leaning forward, above and slightly behind the woman's head.

2024-01-23 23:12:44

#catsofmastodon
Frodo was looking a bit cold, so I covered heem up with a blanket. He went right back to schneep after I took his picture.
https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/111/807/554/995/980/688/original/fd963cedad0baec8.png

2024-01-20 20:36:42

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@npub1y7x…jrl4
"The only writer to whom you should compare yourself is the writer you were yesterday"
-Thomas Pynchon
To which I would add
"If you aren't looking back at your life with a twinge of embarrassment, you aren't making progress."
-TubanMuzuru
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2024-01-20 20:22:23

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@npub1y7x…jrl4
I can quote more Pynchon than is good for anyone.

2024-01-20 20:18:39

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@npub1y7x…jrl4
"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers."
https://gravitys-rainbow.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Proverbs_for_Paranoids

2024-01-18 05:27:08

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@npub1v2k…j0fr
I'll bet a nice tummy rub and a wee scratch would be a welcome interruption.

2024-01-11 17:50:46

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@npub1eyk…hpk4 @npub1fpr…lyph
... that's one of the aspects of social media I've always loved - that we don't have to be perfect. All those wretched Instagram people, trying to look like they're Having Fun - and internally they're a mess.
Rest easy, you make good photographs and you're a gentle soul.

2024-01-10 21:49:15

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@npub1kef…jkqy
Came back from Nigeria to New York State. Winters were brutal but y'know, sorta tolerable.
Didn't learn to hate winter until Dad moved us to Chicagoland.
Finally moved to western Wisconsin. Stunningly beautiful winters.
Turns out I didn't hate winter at all - I just hated driving in Chicago winters.
https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/111/733/620/859/254/835/original/291f933030031ac5.jpg

2024-01-10 21:18:53

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@npub1zdp…vqv8 @npub153s…cvd9
Heh! From Wiki, which doth make geniuses of us all...
"Camponotus is a hyperdiverse genus (> 1,000 species, > 400 subspecies) that is rife with taxonomic problems and puzzles. Various subgenera, complexes, and informal groupings have either been defined in taxonomic publications or have been informally recognized."

2024-01-10 07:49:39

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@npub1g0t…tvm4 @npub1kt3…5004
The Japanese, a wise and thoughtful people, have a word for this:
Tsundoku (積ん読) is the phenomenon of acquiring reading materials but letting them pile up in one's home without reading them. The term is also used to refer to books ready for reading later when they are on a bookshelf. A stack of books found after cleaning a room.

2024-01-09 21:30:21

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@npub1waj…c4zf
Furthermore, you'll be utterly amazed how much sin and error will clean up.
Remember, folks - for $49.95, you can Get Right with "Bob".

2024-01-09 21:25:04

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@npub1waj…c4zf
... there are, however, base charges. Salvation isn't free.

2024-01-09 15:39:18

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@npub1zdz…tl8u
... honestly, I'm biased. My wife and I ran a Spanish language school in Guatemala for 30 years. COVID shut it down.
Irish can't be learned academically, imho. You must take the Water Cure: drink 500 liters of water in the Ghaeltacht.
https://www.mezzoguild.com/learn-irish-in-ireland/

2024-01-08 22:04:29

Status Observation.
I've been on Mastodon for 76 days. Lots of kitties - I never tire of cats or cat owners. Dogs too.
Getting nice feedback on my photos, that's gratifying, gotta say.
My political things - stunned silence. I've survived three wars. Everything I say seems to makes people angry.
Problem is, I stopped caring and that's not a good thing. I should just shut up.

2024-01-06 12:41:18

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@npub1cmg…rzd2
I've been on "social media" since I ran a 4 modem BBS. Under the covers, it's Stone Soup, you get out of it what you put into it. Met my wife online.
Google+ went under and I grieved for a while. Shopped around, hated Twitter, but once I realized there was no limit on blocks and mutes, I managed okay.
You'll meet good people anywhere. I had to prune away some folks - look, Mastodon is just a bit more complex, but it avoids some well-understood Fire Swamps.

2024-01-04 08:56:29

#wisconsin #photography #landscape
Praag, Wisconsin
https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/111/696/596/454/006/152/original/a72f3071d497b8c0.jpeg

2024-01-04 00:32:07

#catsofmastodon
Maggie hiding amongst the beer bottles:
https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/111/694/620/736/146/551/original/29b0b6f4bdc65068.png

2024-01-02 20:36:26

Moping around here, scrolling through /memes for a pick-me-up.
You may need one, too.
#catsofmastodon
https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/111/688/029/190/449/380/original/fd2ad1c7be909313.jpg

2023-12-30 12:20:26

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@npub1969…uwn5
"Bob", helping people looking for a short cut to the quick fix.
For an appropriate fee, of course.

2023-12-29 21:41:20

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@npub1927…62ks
Shot from my drone in a blizzard.
https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/111/665/639/626/144/680/original/0c9b2776b7e69e4b.png

2023-12-29 21:16:09

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@npub1927…62ks
I do a lot of winter photography. This is tremendous.

2023-12-22 19:58:20

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@npub128a…lww3 @npub1j63…52qn
Okay Sharon... all the combatants.
But whatever the hell they are, they're not on one side or the other. They are packed into the same territory.
In Africa, we say, when the elephants fight, the grass is trampled. It's the civilians who bear the brunt of all this.
Anyone who takes sides in this fight does not understand it.

2023-12-22 18:25:11

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@npub1j63…52qn
In the abstract, if we're talking about "people" we can all agree we should be kind.
When your children are beheaded and your women are butchered, raped and mutilated, it's useful to remember that each side counts its own dead. These people are locked in a prison of their own devising.

2023-12-21 02:43:34

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@npub1mh3…2r8l @npub1hqj…jea3 @npub1zdp…vqv8
I used to hate winter. I'd grown up in the tropics. family moved to Chicagoland.
My kids grew up, I went on the road, stacking up shekels for retirement.
Consulting lets me choose where I work, more or less. So I worked in the South.
Then I came North to Eau Claire, WI. Found out it wasn't winter I hated - it was driving in Chicago I hated.

2023-12-20 16:16:22

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@npub1v2k…j0fr
Generally, I'm a kind person. Those who are thoughtful can be forgiven much.
It's that asshole inside my own head, the ugly criticizer, forgives nothing, forgets nothing. I'd like to beat that guy to death at turns.

2023-12-20 16:09:24

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@npub1v2k…j0fr
... worse, when I've missed a social cue and responded stupidly - I'll spend the rest of the evening grovelling and kicking myself internally.

2023-12-16 07:05:32

#Winter #photography #snow
Apple tree in a snowstorm, lit by my porch light. I had no idea what I'd get, shooting with my iPhone 12 Pro, it's a remarkable camera.
https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/111/588/576/213/410/611/original/ef303e1c66d5f8b7.jpeg

2023-12-14 09:55:01

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@npub1zw0…uljm
... in related news, some Pink Boys:
https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/111/577/929/976/894/648/original/e06c3ef3f15bebda.jpg

2023-12-14 09:24:48

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@npub1j8m…v5r7
I am brutally amused by the use of the epithet Zionist. The Zionists warned the State of Israel: do not steal land, buy it instead, befriend the local people and observe their customs.
Now Zionism has become a curse and a byword.
I am sick of everyone in this situation. Hamas is a vicious gang and Netanyahu/Likud is a brute. Anyone who takes sides is an idiot. An insane asylum, locked from the inside.

2023-12-08 01:26:58

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@npub1gyd…mcm2 @npub1j2y…ggdc @npub18jn…7898
"Slack is necessary."

2023-12-05 22:06:00

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@npub18lj…80hq
I like to play the Jethro Tull album Songs from the Wood.
https://youtu.be/XJS9TjjHxx8?si=r3b7Fq9Qp3asC2hg

2023-12-04 18:18:36

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@npub1lwu…6w4j
You heard of mindfulness, nu? Buddhists are big on it. Hard work it is, too.
Now, when confronted with this half-o'-this and none-o'-that command, allow your mind to lapse into its inverse, cluelessness. You will ponder it for a few minutes, get a cup of coffee and write the sender of this abomination:
"Don't see any time on your calendar to discuss this. Next week, perhaps?"

2023-11-17 02:14:05

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@npub1zdp…vqv8
Norman French and the Normans' dog Latin formed the basis of our strain of jurisprudence. It's hilarious. Chamber -> chambre.

2023-11-08 12:37:55

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@npub1c2x…w0nm
... so here's my response:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_uqebDvo6dcwCP_HXV3FUzLaFy_rtapzltIb09wR4Lo/edit?usp=sharing

2023-11-08 01:48:28

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@npub1c2x…w0nm
I'm kinda flattered - this isn't something I can respond to, immediately. I'll write something for delivery some time tomorrow.
This I will say, it's well-written and comes as a welcome rejoinder.

2023-11-07 15:08:22

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@npub1c2x…w0nm
Blame is the argument of the weak. What should we do ? As we become ever more alienated from our government, as our judges can be bought with vacation trips - and nothing is done - how do you suppose we are to deal with that situation?
Let's start there. The rest comes later..

2023-11-07 14:24:26

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@npub1c2x…w0nm
Perhaps you have some ideas what we as ordinary Americans might do. Washington DC has become a congregation of whores.
I suspect the smart move is to take all that wonderful advice we're given, up stakes and leave the outside world to its fate. If the last Serb chases the last Croat through those hills, if the Russians recolonise Ukraine, if the Strong Men oppress the weak - why on earth should we care?
Riddle me that.